CONVENTION OF PEACE A I
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, for thequarter terminât ing on that day.
It is further agreed that thèse moneys shall be paid into the hands of an officerwhom Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative shall specially appoint to receive them, and that the accuracy of the amonnts shall, beibre payment, be duly ascertained by Brilisli andChinese officers appointed to discharge this duty.
In order to prevent future discussion, it is moreover declared that, of the eight millions oftaels herein guaranteed, Iwo millions will be appropriated to the indemnilicalion of the British Mercantile Communityat- Canton, for losses sustained by them, and tbe remaining six millions to the liquidation of war expenses.
Art. IV. — It is agreed that on the day on which this Convention is signed, His Impérial Majesty the Emperor of Cbina shall open the port of Tien-tsin to trade, and that it shall be thereafter compétent to British subjects to réside and trade tbere under the same conditions as at any other port of China by Treaty open
to trade.
Art. V. — As soon as the ratifications of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-cigbt shall bave been exchanged, His Impérial Majesty (lie Emperor of China will, by Decree, command the high authôrities of everj province to proclaim throughout their jurisdictions, that Chinese choosing to take service in Bristish Colonies or ollier parts beyond sea, arc at perfect libertyto enter into engagements with British subjects for that purpose, and to ship themselves and their families on board anv British vessel at any of the open ports of Cbina ; also that the high authôrities aforesaid shall, in concert with Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative in China, frame such régulations for the protection of Chinese, emigrating as above, as the circumstances of the différent open ports may demand.
\,tT> VI. — With a view to the maintenance oflaw and order
in and about the harbour of Hongkong, His Impérial Majesty
tbe Emperor of China agrées to cède to lier Majesty the Queen
of Great Britain and Ireland, and to Her heirs and successors,
to hâve and to hold. as a dependency of lier Britannic Majesty's
Colonv of Hongkong, that portion of tbe township of Cowloon,
in the Province of K.wang-Tung, of which a lease was granted in
perpetuity to llarry Smith Parkes, Esquire, Companion of the
Bath, a Member of the Allied Commission al Canton, on behalfof
Her Britannic Majesty's Government, by Lan Tsung-kwang,
Governor-General of the Two K.wang.
Gordier. — Expéd. de Chine, 1860. ^7
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It is furlher déclare** ] that ihc lease in question is herebi cancelled ; that theclaims ofan\ Chinese to ;m\ propert\ on the said portion of Cowloon shall bc dul\ invesligated by a Mixed Commission of British and Chinese officers ; and thaï compensation shall be awarded b\ the Britisb Governmenl to an\ Chinese whose claim shall be 1 » n the said Commission established, should bis rcmoval be deemed necessarj by the British Government.
Art. VII. — It is agreed thaï the provisions of the Treaty of one thousand eigbt hundred and fifty-eight, except in so far as thèse are modified b\ the présent Convention, shall wilhoul delay corne into opération as soon as the ratifications of the Treatj aforesaid shall bave been exchanged. It is l'urther agreed, that no separate ratification of the présent Convention shall be necessary, but that it shall takeeffect from the date of ils signature, and be equally binding with the Treaty above-mentioned on the High Contracting Parties.
Art. \ III. — It is agreed that as soon as the ratifications of the Treaty ol the vcar one thousand eiyht hundred and fiftv-eieht
shall hâve been exchanged, His Impérial Majesty theEmperorof China shall, bv Decree, command the high authorities in thè capital and in the provinces to print and publish the aforesaid Treaty and the présent Convention, for gênerai information.
Art. IX. — It is agreed that, as soon as the Convention shall bave been signed, the ratifications of the Treaty of the yeai* one thousand eigbt hundred and fifty-eight shall bave been exchanged, and an Impérial Decree respecting the publication of the said Convention and Treaty shall bave been promulgated, asprovided for bv Article YIII of tins Convention, Chusan shall be
evacuted by lier Britannic Majesty 's troops there stationed, and lier Britannic Majesty's force now before Peking shall commence its mareb towards the city of Tien-tsin, the forts ofTaku. the north coast of Shantung, and the citv of Canton, at each or ail of vvbicb places it shall be at the option of lier Britannic Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to retain a force until the indemnity of eight millions of taels, guaranteed in Article III, shall bave been paid.
Done at Peking, in the Court of the Board of Cérémonies, on the twenty-fpurth dav of October, in the yearof Our Lord one thousand eigbt hundred and sixtj .
[L. S.] (Signed) Elgin and Kincardine.
TREATY OF PEACE h I 9
La signature de la Convention fut suivie de rechange des ratifications du traité de T'ien-tsin ; et comme la forme de ratification des Chinois était différente de celle des Anglais, lord Elgin exigea du prince Koung qu'il certifiât sur le document, sous son sceau et sa signature, que celui-ci liait également l'Empereur1.
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
Signed, in the English and Chinese Languages, at Tientsin,2(jth Jane,
i858. " Ratifications exchanged at Peking, 2l\th October 18G0.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and llis Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous to put an end to the existing misunderstanding between the tAvo countries, and to place their relations on a more satisfactory footing in future, hâve resolved to proceed to a revision and improvement of the Trealies existing between them; and, forthat purpose, havenamedas their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : — Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, a Peer of the United Kingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the ïhistle ;
And llis Majesty the Emperor of China, the High Commissioners Kweiliang, a Senior Chief Secretary of State, styled of the East Cabinet, Gaptain-General of the Plain White Banner of the Mancliu Banner Eorce, Superintendent-General of the Administration of Criminal Law ; and Hwashana, one of llis Impérial Majesty's Expositors of the Classics, Manchu Président of the Office for the régulation of the Civil Establishment, Caplain-General of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Chinese Banner Force, and Visitor of the Office of Interprétation :
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form, liave agreed upon and eoncluded the following Articles: —
