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HAWAIIAN  ISLANDS.	37 
(2) English treaty of Lord Edward Russell, November 16, 1836.
Articles made and agreed on at Honolulu, island of Oahu, the 16th of
November, 1836.
ARTICLE I. English subjects shall be permitted to come with their 
vessels, and property of whatever kind, to the Sandwich Islands; they 
shall also be permitted to reside therein, as long as they conform to the 
laws of these islands, and to build houses, and warehouses for their 
merchandise, with the consent of the King; and good friendship shall 
continue between the subjects of both countries, Great Britain and the 
Sandwich Islands.
ARTICLE II. English subjects, resident at the Sandwich Islands, are at 
liberty to go to their own country, or elsewhere, either in their own or 
any other vessel; they may dispose of their effects, enclosures, houses. 
&c., with the previous knowledge of the King, and take the value with 
them, without any impediment whatever. The land on which houses are 
built is the property of the King, but the King shall have no authority to 
destroy the houses, or in any way injure the property of any British 
subject.
ARTICLE III. When an English subject dies on the Sandwich Islands, 
his effects shall not be searched or touched by any of the governors or 
chiefs, but shall be delivered into the hands of his executors or heirs, if 
present; but if no heir or executor appear, the consul or his agent shall be 
executor for the same; if any debts were owing to the deceased, the 
governor of the place shall assist and do all in his power to compel the 
debtors to pay their debts to the heirs or executor, or the consul, in case 
no heir or executor appears, and the consul is to inform the King of the 
death of every British subject leaving property upon the Sandwich 
Islands.
KAMEHAMEHA III. EDWARD 
RUSSEL, Captain of H. B. M. S. 
Acteon.
[Translation.]
Treaty concluded July 12, 1839, between the King of the Sandwich Islands 
and Capt. Laplace, commanding the French frigate Artemise, acting in 
the name of the King of the French.
ARTICLE 1. The Catholic worship is declared free in all the islands 
subject to the King of the Sandwich (Islands); the members of that 
communion will enjoy there all the privileges granted to Protestants.
ART. 2. A piece of ground for a Catholic church will be granted by the 
Government at Hohorourou, a port frequented by the French, and that 
Church will be served by priests of their nation.
ART. 3. All the Catholics imprisoned on account of their religion since 
the last persecutions exercised against the French missionaries will be 
immediately set at liberty.
ART. 4. The King of the Sandwich (Islands) will deposit in the hands of 
the captain of the Artemise the sum of twenty thousand dollars as a 
guarantee of his future conduct towards France, the Government of 
which will restore him this sum when it shall deem that the clauses of

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