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# CHINA TRADE.
## CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
3859-
[December 31.]
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## SECTION 1.
Sir M. Durand to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received December 31.)
(No. 355.)
Washington, December 22, 1903.
My Lord,
WITH reference to my despatch No. 343 of the 15th instant and to my telegram No. 220 of the 19th instant, I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith copies of the Commercial Treaty between the United States and China, as ratified by the Senate.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
H. M. DURAND,
## Inclosure in No. 1.
## COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
58th Congress, 1st Session.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Treaty between the United States and China for the extension of the Commercial Relations between them, signed at Shanghae, October 8, 1903.
(Confidential.)
To the Senate :
I TRANSMIT, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, a Treaty between the United States and China for the extension of the commercial relations between them, signed at Shanghae on the 8th October, 1903.
I also inclose a Report from the Secretary of State submitting the Treaty for my consideration.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House, November 20, 1903.
The President:
(Signed)
The undersigned Secretary of State has the honour to lay before the President, for his consideration, and, if his judgment approve thereof, for submission to the Senate, with a view to receiving the advice and consent of that body to its ratification, a Treaty between the United States and China for the extension of the commercial relations between them and to promote the interests of the peoples of the two countries, signed at Shanghae, on the 8th October, 1903, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two Governments.
The three Annexes of the Treaty require ratification in the same manner as the Treaty itself, and the time within which the ratifications may be exchanged will expire on the 8th October, 1904.
By the Vth Article of the Treaty the Schedule of Chinese import duties, signed on the 6th September, 1902, by the Commissioners of the United States and China, and which went into effect on the 31st October, 1902, is made a part of the Treaty. The Schedule is herewith transmitted merely for the information of the Senate. It is subject to the amendment only by mutual agreement of the Representatives of the various Powers by whom it was also signed.
Respectfully submitted.
Department of State, Washington,
November 19, 1903.
(Signed)
JOHN HAY.
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