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I have the honour to request Your Excellency's confirmation of my understanding that the juris- diction of the British courts in the areas specified in Article 16 above referred to will continue in force as long as subjects of His Majesty in the said areas are not amenable to the jurisdiction of the Chinese courts and further that under the provisions of Article 18 of the treaty subjects of His Majesty resident in areas in China in which Chinese adminie. trative jurisdiction does not at present apply shell enjoy all such exemption from Chinese jurisdiction as may be enjoyed by the nationals of any country. Minister for Foreign Affairs to His Majesty's

Minister.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt

of Your Excellency's note of today's date which reads as follows: (qucte note in full).

I have the honour to take note of

Your Excellency's declaration and to confirm your understanding quoted above as correct, ends.

Addressed to Foreign Office No. 230,

repeated to Peking for Tientsin No. 9 and Shanghai,