the Trader of Her Majesty's
Subjects
in China shall be appointed to act provisionally as Consuls
or Vice Consuls, shall
have and hold all
necessary power and authority to Exercise jurisdiction over British Subjects in China for the repression and punishment of crime and offences by them committed
within the Dominions
of the Emperor of China, and for the arrangement
and
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and settlement of all and
all manner of differences, contentions, suits, and variances that may or
shall happen to arise between them or any of
them, and between British Subjects and the Subjects
of
The Emperor of China: and it is further ordered that the said Consuls,
Vice Consuls, or Persons acting provisionally as Consuls or Vice Consuls,
shall in the Exercise
of
the Jurisdiction aforesaid
proceed