Such assent having been given and the ratifications of
the convention having been exchanged as provided in Article VI, the
convention shall remain in force for seven years from the date at which
it may come into operation, and, further, until the expiration of twelve
months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice
to the other of its wish to terminate the same, each of the high
contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other
at the end of the said term of seven years or at any time thereafter.
And whereas such convention has been approved and proclaimed by His
Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands and has been ratified and duly
proclaimed on the part of the United States, and a law to carry the same
into operation has been passed by the Congress of the United States, and
the ratifications of the convention have been exchanged as provided in
Article VI thereof; and
Whereas the Acting Secretary of State of the United States and His
Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Washington
have recorded in a protocol a conference held by them at Washington on
the 9th day of September, 1876, in the following language:
Whereas it is provided by Article V of the convention between the United
States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands
concerning commercial reciprocity, signed at Washington on the 30th day
of January, 1875, as follows:
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