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AMENDED TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.
of cattle. They will also take measures for the pursuit and return of fugitives and stolen cattle; and descriptions thereof shall be communicated by them to the soldiers on the frontier and to the headmen of the country round about.
Art. XVIII.-By the Treaty concluded at Aighoun on the 16th day of May, 1858, permission is given to Chinese and Russian subjects on the Amoor, the Sungari, and the Usuri to trade with the people living on the banks of these rivers. As a clearer statement should be made as to how this may be carried out, the two Powers shall take the matter into consideration and decide thereupon.
Art. XIX.-The Article of Treaties previously concluded between the two con- tracting Powers not affected by the present Treaty shall still remain in force.
Art. XX. When assent has been given to this Treaty by the respective Powers, it shall be published for general information and obedience, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at St. Petersburg in six months from the date of signature.
This treaty is executed in dupl cate in the Russian, Chinese, and French lan- guages, and is signed and sealed by the Plenipoten.iarics of the respective Powers. The three versions have been compared and found to have the same meaning; and in case of dispute the French version shall rule.
SEPARATE ARTICLE.
By Art. VI. of the Treaty now concluded by the Plenipotentiaries of the two Powers, China will complete in two years the payment to Russia of a sum of 9,000,000 roubles as an indemnity for the military expenditure incurred in holding and pro- tecting Ili by Russian troops on behalf of China, and in satisfaction of the claims of Russian subjects, and the Plenipotentiarics have agreed that this sum shall be paid in the following manner :-
The said sum of 9,000,000 roubles, equivalent to £1,431,664 2-. sterling shall be cleared off by six instalments. At each payment (and the expense of remitting need not be borne by China) China shall hand over to the Bank of Messrs. Baring Brothers (?) in the city of London the sum of £238,610 13s. 8d. sterling, one payment to be made every four months and two years respectively from the ratification of the Treaty.
This separate Article differs in no respect from the terms of the Treaty now concluded, in witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have hereunto set their hands and seals.