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ART. LII. - British ships of war coming for no hostile purpose, or being engaged in the pursuit of pirates, shall be at liberty to visit all ports within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and receive every facility for the purchase of provisions, procuring water, and making repairs. The Commanders of such ships shall hold intercourse with the Chinese authorities on terms of equality and courtesy.
For the purpose of determining the amount of tariff-duties and transit-dues to be levied, a conference has been held accordingly; and its proceedings having been submitted to Her Majesty the Queen, on the one part; and to Kweiliang, Hwashana, Ho Kweitsing, Mingshen, and Chingshih, High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, on the other part, these High Officers have agreed and determined upon the revised Tariff hereto appended, rate of transit-dues therewith declared, together with other Rules and Regulations for the better explanation of the Treaty aforesaid; and do hereby agree that the said Tariff and Rules—the latter in ten Articles thereto appended—shall be equally binding on the Governments and subjects of both countries with the Treaty itself.
ART. LIII. - In consideration of the injury sustained by native and foreign commerce from the prevalence of piracy in the seas of China, the High Contracting Parties agree to concert measures for its suppression.
ART. LIV. - The British Government and its subjects are hereby confirmed in all privileges, immunities, and advantages conferred on them by previous Treaties; and it is hereby expressly stipulated that the British Government and its subjects will be allowed free and equal participation in all privileges, immunities, and advantages that may have been, or may be hereafter, granted by His Majesty the Emperor of China to the Government or subjects of any other nation.
ART. LV. - In evidence of Her desire for the continuance of a friendly understanding, Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain consents to include in a Separate Article, which shall be in every respect of equal validity with the Articles of this Treaty, the condition affecting indemnity for expenses incurred and losses sustained in the matter of the Canton question.
ART. LVI. - The ratifications of this Treaty, under the hand of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, respectively, shall be exchanged at Pekin within a year from this day of signature.
In token whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Treaty. Done at Tien-tsin, this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight; corresponding with the Chinese date, the sixteenth day, fifth moon, of the eighth year of Hien Fung.
Signature of First Chinese Plenipotentiary.
(L. S.)
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
Signature of Second Chinese Plenipotentiary.
In Witness whereof, they hereto affix their Seals and Signatures.
Done at Shanghai, in the Province of Kiangsu, this eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, being the third day, of the tenth moon, of the eighth year of the reign of Hien Fung.
Seal of Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
(L. S.)
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
Signatures of the Five Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
Seal of the Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
Separate Article annexed to the Treaty concluded between Great Britain and China, on the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
It is hereby agreed that a sum of two millions of taels, on account of the losses sustained by British subjects through the misconduct of the Chinese authorities at Canton; and a further sum of two millions of taels on account of the military expenses of the expedition which Her Majesty the Queen has been compelled to send out for the purpose of obtaining redress, and of enforcing the due observance of Treaty provisions; shall be paid to Her Majesty's Representative in China by the authorities of the Kwang Tung province.
The necessary arrangements with respect to the time and mode of effecting these payments shall be determined by Her Majesty's Representative, in concert with the Chinese authorities of Kwang Tung.
When the above amounts shall have been discharged in full, the British forces will be withdrawn from the city of Canton.
Done at Tien-tsin, this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, corresponding with the Chinese date, the sixteenth day, fifth moon, of the eighth year of Hien Fung.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
(L. S.)
Signature of First Chinese Plenipotentiary.
Seal of the Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
Signature of Second Chinese Plenipotentiary.
AGREEMENT
IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLES 26 AND 28 OF THE TREATY OF TIEN-TSIN. SIGNED AT SHANGHAI, NOVEMBER 8TH, 1858.
WHEREAS it was provided, by the Treaty of Tien-tsin, that a conference should be held at Shanghai between Officers deputed by the British Government on the one part, and by the Chinese Government on the other part...
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