It's to Chinese authorities

for trial. Therefore the

exclusive jurisdiction

clause is inserted in

favor of England. This

of course is designed,

however, this

may

be

this class of questions

arise in the application

of ten clauses of

If the Treaty.

A.

d respecting the extra-

dition by the Chinese

Government of persons committing offences in British territory.

B. respecting the ex-tradition be-

tween Hong Kong Government

of persons committing offences in Chinese

territory

or of pirates. C. respecting

the

right

of British subjects of

Chinese extraction to be

withdrawn from the jurisdiction of Chinese

Courts of

Justice and

judged by British Consuls. F. It seems that the Chinese Government do

not refuse

to deliver

up to the British authorities British

criminals taking refuge

in China, and there

would be no

difficulty

probably in altering

the Treaty

so as to

secure

Page 393 appears to be indicated by the number "393" in the original text, but since it doesn't follow the exact format described (three lines at the top and three at the bottom), it is left as is. Corrections made include: - "étowever" to "however" - "this classes" to "this class" - "Iten" to "ten" - "bec" to "between" - "Stong" to "Hong" - "Chriese" to "Chinese" - "C_" to "C." - "levernnigh" to "Government" - "Fuse" to "refuse" - "Prince" to "China" - "us" to "no" - "Secre" to "secure" (assuming the intended word was "secure" based on context)
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