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rights as the most favoured nation, and shall not be charged, in any of these respects, with any higher imposts or duties than those which are paid, or may be paid, by the native subjects or citizens of the Power in whose dominions or territories they may be resident. (Article IX.) If applicable to British Colonies. Ships, Cargoes, Import Duties, Sfc. —Applicable to " all the British dominions situated out of Europe." (Articles 111 and IV.) Octobee 29, 1834. No time fixed. Most-favoured-Nation Treatment. Whereas a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, consisting of fifteen articles, was concluded between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the State of Colombia, which said treaty, together with an additional article thereto, was signed at Bogota on the 18th day of April, 1825 : His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the State of Venezuela, the independence of which State is hereby acknowledged, recognized, and declared by his said Majesty, mutually agree to adopt and confirm, as effectually as if the same were inserted word, for word herein, the several articles and provisions of the aforesaid treaty concluded between His said Majesty and the State of Colombia, together with the aforesaid additional article thereto ; and that all the matters and things contained in such treaty and additional article shall, mutatis mutandis, from and after the conclusion of the present Convention, be applied to the High Contracting Parties, their subjects and citizens, as effectually as if they were recited word for word herein ; confirming and approving hereby all matters and things done or to be done, by their respective subjects and citizens, under the aforesaid treaty, and in execution thereof. (Article I.) ZANZIBAE {see Muscat). ZOLLVEREIN {see Prussia). SEEVIA.—Maech 17, 1879. Commerce. —The present provisional arrangement shall remain in force until the conclusion of a definitive treaty of commerce; but in any case it shall cease to have effect on the Ist [3rd] May, 1880. Most-fayoured-Nation Treatment. Import, Export, and Transit Duties, Re-exportation, Brokerage, Goods in Bond, Local Dues, Customhouse Formalities. —The products of British origin or manufacture which shall be imported into the Principality of Servia, and the products of Servian origin or manufacture which shall be imported into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Colonies, shall be respectively subject to, as regards import, export, and transit duties, as regards re-exportation, brokerage, goods in bond, and local dues, and also as regards Customhouse formalities, the same treatment as the products of the nation the most favoured. If applicable to British Colonies. Applicable to British Colonies. Foreign Office, 31st July, 1879. -

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