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No. 139.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Governor is pleased to direct (for the information of this Community) the publication of the following Proclamation by The EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Her Majesty's Special Ambassador in China.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th December, 1860.
CONVENTION AND TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, WITH TARIFF AND RULES.
1860. PROCLAMATION.
THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., G.C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Special Ambassador in China, &c., &c., &c., has much satisfaction in informing Her Majesty's subjects in China that a Convention for the re-establishment of Peace between Great Britain and China was concluded, and the Ratifications of the Treaty of Tien-tsin of the year 1858 duly exchanged at Peking, on the 24th of October, 1860.
The EARL OF ELGIN now publishes for general information the text of the said Convention, and Treaty, together with the text of the Tariff, and Rules which form part of the Treaty, and were agreed to by him and the Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor of China at Shanghae, on the 8th of November, 1858.
The EARL OF ELGIN trusts that by a considerate treatment of the natives with whom they may come into contact, and a faithful observance of their obligations towards the Chinese Government, Her Majesty's subjects in China will do what in them lies, to reconcile the people, and authorities of China, to the changes in their relations with Foreigners which are about to be introduced under the international compacts herewith promulgated—changes, which, if they be carried into effect in such a manner as to afford greater scope to the commercial activity of the Chinese people, without doing unnecessary violence to their habits and traditions, will, it may be hoped, prove beneficial to them, and to all who have dealings with them.
Due notice will be given, whenever the arrangements for carrying into execution the provisions of this Convention and Treaty, at the Ports thereby opened to British Trade, shall be completed.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Dated at Tien-tsin, this twentieth day of November, A.D. 1860.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
CONVENTION OF PEACE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
SIGNED AT PEKING, OCTOBER 24TH, 1860.
HER Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, being alike desirous to bring to an end the misunderstanding at present existing between their respective Governments, and to secure their relations against further interruption, have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung; who, having met, and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention, in Nine Articles:
ART. I.—A breach of friendly relations having been occasioned by the act of the Garrison of Taku, which obstructed Her Britannic Majesty's Representative when on his way to Peking, for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of the Treaty of peace, concluded at Tien-tsin in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, expresses his deep regret at the misunderstanding so occasioned.
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No. 139.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Governor is pleased to direct (for the information of this Community) the ublication of the following Proclamation by The EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Her Majesty's Special Ambassador in China.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th December, 1860.
CONVENTION AND TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, WITH TARIFF AND RULES.
1860. PROCLAMATION.
THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., G.C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Special Ambassador in China, &c., &c., &c., has much satisfaction in informing Her Majesty's subjects in China that a Conven. tion for the re-establishment of Peace between Great Britain and China was concluded, and the Ratifi- cations of the Treaty of Tien-tsin of the year 1858 duly exchanged at Peking, on the 24th of October, 1860.
The EARL OF ELGIN now publishes for general information the text of the said Convention, and Treaty, together with the text of the Tariff, and Rules which form part of the Treaty, and were agreed to by him and the Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor of China at Shanghae, on the 8th of November, 1858.
The EARL OF ELGIN trusts that by a considerate treatment of the natives with whom they may come into contact, and a faithful observance of their obligations towards the Chinese Government, Her Majesty's subjects in China will do what in them lies, to reconcile the people, and authorities of China, to the changes in their relations with Foreigners which are about to be introduced under the interna- tional compacts herewith promulgated-changes, which, if they be carried into effect in such a manner us to afford greater scope to the commercial activity of the Chinese people, without doing unnecessary violence to their habits and traditions, will, it may be hoped, prove beneficial to them, and to all who have dealings with them.
Due notice will be given, whenever the arrangements for carrying into execution the provisions of this Convention and Treaty, at the Ports thereby opened to British Trade, shall be completed.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Dated at Tien-tsin, this twentieth day of November, A.D. 1860.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
CONVENTION OF PEACE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
SIGNED AT PEKING, OCTOBER 24TH, 1860.
HER Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, being alike desirous to bring to an end the misunderstanding at present existing between their respective Governments, and to secure their relations against further interruption, have for this pur- pose appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
Her Masjesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung; who, having met, and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention, in Nine Articles:--
ART. I.—A breach of friendly relations having been occasioned by the act of the Garrison of Taku, which obstructed Her Britannic Majesty's Representative when on his way to Peking, for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of the Treaty of peace, concluded at Tien-tsin in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, ex- presses his deep regret at the misunderstanding so occasioned.
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