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Her Hammond was also furnished with copies of the treaty of 1843 referred to as Papers, and the Convention & Proclamation; and to uphold that we would take the matter into our consideration, and favour,
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with our Y.L. Instructions which should be sent to the Governor by H.M.'s allowance.
In obedience to its command, we have taken this matter into consideration and have the honour to Report.
That the crimes for the commission of which in China, by Chinese Subjects, the port of that Country has the right to demand the extradition to accord being fugitive at large, are, in our opinion, generally crimes against the municipal law of China.
The Supplementary Treaty of 1844 (which though abrogated by Article 16 of the Treaty of Tientsin, may properly be referred to as a question of the construction of that Treaty) expressed in terms "crimes or offences against their law" (Article 9) and Regulation of 20 March 1850, made per carrying into effect similar language "crime or offence against the laws of China".
This is the term used in the Treaty of Tientsin.