July 12, 1839
Article I.
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 Honourou, 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 this treaty and those of the convention concluded with Captain Dupetit-Thouars in July, 1837, have been faithfully executed.
Art. 5.
The treaty, together with the sum mentioned above, will be brought on board the frigate Artemise by one of the principal chiefs of the country, and, at the same time, the batteries of Honorourou will salute the French flag with twenty-one guns, which will be returned by the frigate.
Made and signed between the contracting parties July 12, 1839.
KAMEHAMEHA III.
C. LAPLACE,
Commanding the Artemise.