Gold and silver in bullion, bars or coin

États-Unis d'Amérique, Nicaragua.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And that the Government of Nicaragua has further stipulated that the laws and régulations, adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the déclarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product of the United States of America, shall impose no undue restrictions on the importer nor additional charges on the articles imported.

And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction , given assurance to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua at Washington that this action of the Government of Nicaragua in granting freedom of duties to the products of the United States of America on their importation into Nicaragua, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act :

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, Président of the United States of America , have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Nicaragua to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this 12th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth. [Seal.]

Benj. Harrison.

By the Président:

William F. Wharton

Acting Secretary of State.

Preceding Correspondence.

Mr. Blaine to Senor Guzman.

Department of State,

Washington, January 3, 1891.

Sir: I have the honor to bring to your attention the fact that the Congress of the United States at its last session enacted a law , of which a copy is inclosed herewith, in which provision was made for the admission into the United States, free of ail duty , of the following articles : Ail sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard in color, molasses, coffee, tea, hides, and skins.

In section 3 of this law it is declared . that thèse remissions of duty were made «with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing» those articles; and it is provided that, whenever the Président shall be satisfied that reciprocal favors are not granted to the products of the United States in the countries referred to , «he shall have the power and it shall be his duty» to impose upon the articles above enumerated, the products of the countries concerned, the rates of duty set forth in section 3.

Commerce.

The Government of the United States, being earnestly désirons of maintaining with the Republic of Nicaragua such trade relations as shall be reciprocally equal and mutually advantageous , I am directed by the Président to request you to bring the above-mentioned provisions of this act of Congress to the attention of your Government , and to express the hope that you may be empowered to enter with me upon the considération of the subject, with a view to the adjustment of the commercial relations between the two Republics on a permanent basis of reciprocity , profitable alike to both.

Accept, Sir, etc.,

James G. Blaine.

Sefîor Guzman to Mr. Blaine.

[Translation.] Légation of the Republic of Nicaragua,

Washington, March 11, 1892.

Sir: I take pleasure in inforining Tour Excellency that my Government, desiring to meet the friendly wishes expressed by Your Excellency in your important note of January 3, 1891 , has authorized me to conclude a treaty of commercial reciprocity.

I consequently have the honor herewith to enclose a schedule of the American articles which the Governments of Nicaragua is prepared to admit free of any duty into the ports of the Republic on and after the 15th of April next, on condition that those Nicaraguan productions referred to in section 3 of the tarifif law enacted by the United States Congress on the lst day of October, 1890, shall continue to enjoy the same privilèges in this country that they now enjoy.

The articles mentioned in the aforesaid schedule must be the exclusive production of the United States, and , in order to secure proof that they are so , my Government reserves the right to adopt such measures as it may think proper for the prévention of frauds upon its customs revenue; such measures, however, shall place no undue restrictions upon the importer nor occasion any additional charges or fees therefor upon the articles imported.

The Government of Nicaragua agrées to impose no export duties , so long as the treaty of commercial reciprocity between the two Republics shall remain in force , upon any of the Nicaraguan productions which are hereafter to be admitted into this country free of ail duties.

My Government hopes that His Excellency the Président of the United States will approve a treaty of commercial reciprocity on the bases which have been stated, and that such treaty will remain in force until the lawmaking power of either of the two countries décides otherwise , or until it is abrogated by the mutual consent of both Governments.

I reiterate to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest considération,

H. Guzman.

648 Etats - Unis d'Amérique, Nicaragua.

Schedule of American Articles which will be admitted into Nicaragua free ofany kind of dut y.