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Subjects of His Majesty in the area at Tientsin shown
on the attached map shall not be amenable to the
jurisdiction of the Chinese courts during a period of
five years from the date of the coming into force of
the present treaty. Subjects of His Majesty in the
areas above specified areas shall be liable for the
payment of Chinese taxation as pi ovided in Article 6 of the present treaty, provided such taxation is equal- ly paid by Chinese citizens and other foreign nationals
in the said areas.
Exchange of notes.
sir,
With reference to Article 16 of the treaty
concluded between us today, I have the honour to inform
Your Excellency that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are prepared to support immediate nego- tiations for a solution of the question of the extra
settlement roads at Shanghai subject to satisfactory
arrangements being made in regard to the policing and
maintenance of the said roads and the payment of rates
and provision of municipal services in the areas in
question.
I have further the honour to declare that His
Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are prepared to enter immediately into negotiations for the rendi- tion of the British concessions at Canton on the under-
standing that all public and private property rights and interests shall be duly safeguarded in the terms of
such rendition.
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