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TREATY nv PKACE ^23

Thcy are permitlcd to carry on Irade with whomsoever thcy plcase, and lo procccd lo and fro at plcasurc with thcir vesscls and mercliandisc.

Tliey sliall cnjoy llic sanie privilèges, advanlages, and inimunities at tlie said towns and ports, as they enjoy at tlie ports already opened to tradc, including the riglit of résidence, of buying or renting houses, of leasing land tlierein, andofbuilding cliurches, liospitals, and cemeteries.

Art. XII. — British siibjects, whethcr al the ports or at other places, desiring to build or open houses, warehouses, churclies, liospitals, or burial-gronnds, sliall make tlieir agreenient for the land or buildings they require, at the rates prevailing among the people, equitably, and without exactions on eilher side.

Akt. XIII. — The Chinese Government will place no restrictions whatever upon the employment, by British subjects, of Chinese subjects in an y lawlul capacity.

Art. XIV. — British subjects niay liire whatever boats they please for the transport of goods or passengers, and the sum to be paid for such boats sliall bc settled between the parties themselvcs, without the interférence of the Chinese Government. The number of thèse boats sliall not be limited, nor sliall a monopoly in respect either of the boats, or of the porters or coolies engaged in carrying the goods, be granled to any parties. If any smuggling takes place in them, the offenders will, of course, be punished according to law.

Art. XV. — AU cjuestions in regard to riglits, whethcr of property or person, arising between British subjects, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Britisli authorities.

Art. XVI *. — Chinese subjects who may be guilty of any criminal act towards British subjects shall bc arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities, according to the laws of China.

British subjects, who may commit any crime in China, shall be tried and punished by the Consul, or other public functionary authorised thereto, according to the laws of Great Britain.

Justice shall be equitably and impartially administered on botli sides.

Art. XVII. — A British subject having reason to complain of a Chinese, must proceedto theConsulale, and state bis grievance.