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the Trader of Her Majesty's

Subjects

in China shall be appointed to act provisionally as Consuls

or Vice Consuls, shall

have and hold all

necessary power and authority to Exercise jurisdiction over British Subjects in China for the repression and punishment of crime and offences by them committed

within the Dominions

of the Emperor of China, and for the arrangement

and

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and settlement of all and

all manner of differences, contentions, suits, and variances that may or

shall happen to arise between them or any of

them, and between British Subjects and the Subjects

of

The Emperor of China: and it is further ordered that the said Consuls,

Vice Consuls, or Persons acting provisionally as Consuls or Vice Consuls,

shall in the Exercise

of

the Jurisdiction aforesaid

proceed