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/,lG CONVENTIONS DE PE-KING

further interruption, hâve forthis purpose appointed Plénipotentiaires, thaï is lo says : —

Mer Maiest\ the Queen of Gréai Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kancardine; And llis Impérial Majesty the Emperor of China, llis Impérial Highness the Prince of K.ung; \\ lio, having met and communicated to each other their full powérs, and finding Ihcsc to be in proper form, hâve agreed upon the following Convention, in Nine articles: —

Aur. I. V breach of friendlj relations having been occasioned b\ the acl of the Garrisonof Taku, which obstructed Her Britannic Maiesty's Représentative when on liis way to Peking for the purpose of exchanging the Ratifications of the Treaty of Peace, concluded al Tien-tsin in the month of .lune, one thousand eighl hundredand fifty-eight, His Impérial Majesty the Emperor of China expresses his deep regrel atthe misunderstanding so occasioned.

\ki. II. — Il is further expresslj declared, that the arrangement entered ialo al Shanghai, in the month of Octobei-, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, between lier Britannic Maiesty's \nd>assador, the F^arl of Elgin and Kincardine, and His Impérial Majesty's Commissioners Rweiliangand Hwashana, regarding the résidence of Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative in China, is hereby cancelled; and that, in accordante wilh Article III of the Treatj of one lliousand eight hundred and fiftyeight, Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative will henceforward réside pcrmanently or occasionallv al Pékin-, as lier Britannic Majesty shall be pleàsed to décide.

\kt. III. - - Itis agreed that the Separate Article of theïreaty of one lliousand eight hundred and fifty-eight is hereby annulled ; and that, in lieu of the amount of indemnity therein specilied, llis Impérial Majesty the Emperor of China shall pay the sum of eight millions of taels, in ihe following proportions or instalments, namel) : Al Tien-tsin, on orbeforethe 3othdaj of Novembér, the sum of fi ve hundred lliousand taels: al Canton, on or before the firsi day of December, one lliousand eighl hundred and sixty, three hundred and thirty-three lliousand and thirty-three taels, less the sum which shall hâve been advanced by the Canton authorities towards the completion of the British Factor\ site of Shameen ; and the remainder at the ports open lo foreign trade, in quarterly payments, which shall consist of one-fifth of the gross revenue from Customs there collected. I he first of the said payments being duc on the thirty-firsl day of