ADDITIONAL CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA
SIGNED AT PEKING, 20TH JUNE, 1895
Art. I.-It is agreed, to assure the policing of the frontier, that the French Governm nt will have the right of maintaining an agent of the Consular order at Toughing opposite Monkay on the frontier of Kwantung. A further regulation will determine the conditions under which these should be exere sed in accordance with the French and Chinese authorities and the communal police of the Sino- Annamite frontier.
Art. II.-Article 2 of the Additional Convention, signed at Peking, June 26th, lo87, is modified and completed as follows:- It is agreed between the high contracting parties that the town of Lungehow in Kwangsi and that of Mêngtse in Yunnan are open to French-Ann mite commerce. It is intended besid s that the post open to commerce on the river route of Laokay to Mengtse will no longer be Mannao, but Hokow, and that the French Government have the right of maintaining at Hokow an agent under the Consul at Mêngtse, at the same time the Chinese Government can maintain a customs agent.
Art. III.—it is agred that the town of Ssumao in Yunnan shall be open to French-Anuamite commerce, like Lungchow and Mê. gtse, and that the French Government will have the right as in the other open ports of maintaining a Consul at the same time that the Chinese Government can maintain a customs agent. The local authorities will employ themselves to facilitate the ustallat on of the French Consul in the proper residence. Frenchmen and ; rotected French subjects may establish themselves at Ssumao under conditions of the Articles 7, 10, 11, 12, and others of the treaty of June 27th, 1858; als by Article 3 of the Convention of April 25th, 1886. Goods destine or China can be transported by the rivers, parte lany the Loso an . the Mekong as wel. as by land routes, and particularly by the Mandarin-road which leads either from Monglê or Ipang to Ssumao and Puerh, the du ies which these goods will be subject to being paid at Ssumao.
Art. IV.—Article 9 of the Commercial Convention of April 25th, 1886, is uolife 1 as follows:—(1) Chinese goods in transit from one of the other four towns open to commerce on the frontier, Lungehow, Mengtse, Ssamao, and Hokow, in passing by Auuam, will pay on having the reduced duties of four-tenths. A Ķerial certificate will be delivered stating the payment of this duty, and destined to acompany the goods. Whe, they have come to another town they shall be exempt from payment and import duty. (2) Chinese gods which shall be exporte l from the four above-named locali ies and trau-ported to Chinese ports, maritime or fluvial, open to commerce, shall be freed on leaving the frontier by paym ut of the reduced export duy of four-tenths. A special certificate will be delivered stating the paymnt of this duty, and destined to accompany the goods. When they saali arrive at one of the ports, maritime or fluvial, open to commerce, tuey shall be freed the half-duty of re-importation in conformity with the general rue for all such goods in the maritime or fluvial ports open to commerce. B1 Chinese goods whica shalt be transported from Chinese ports, maritime or Buvial, op n to commerce, by way of Anuam, towards the four above-named bralities, shall be freed on leaving of all duty. A special certificate will be d-livered, stating the payment of this duty, and destined to accompany the goods. When they shall have arrived at one of the frontier customs they shall be freed on entry by half duty of re-importation based on the reduction of four-tenths. (4) The Chinese goods above mentioned, accompanied by the special certificate
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