2.
charge. British commercial vessels will not carry
Chinese troops or Chinese military supplies except
with approval of Chinese Government and with consent
of owners of vessel. In general the treatment
accorded to British commercial vessels shall be in
conformity with that accorded in recognized inter-
national practice by maritime nations to vessels of
other countries in their ports or territorial waters.
The present authority of Chinese Maritime Customs
with regard to British commercial vessels, including
authority to search such vessels for prevention of
fraud or smuggling, with or without armed assistance,
shall remain unimpaired.
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