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(e) His Majesty the King relinquishes any right to claim the appointment of a British subject as Inspector- General f the Chinese Customs.
(f) All courts of His Majesty the King which have hitherto been sitting in the territories of the Republic of China having been closed down in accordance with Article 2 of the treaty signed this day, the crders, decrees judgments and other acts of any of His Majesty's courts in China shall be considered as res judicata, and shall when necessary be enforced by the Chinese authorities: further any cases pending before any of His Majesty's ccurts in China at the time of the coming int effect of the treaty shall, if the plaintiff or petitioner so desires, be remitted to the appropriate courts of the Government of the Republic of China, which shall proceed to dispose of them as expeditiously as possible and in so doing shall, so far Es practicable, apply the law which the court of His Majesty would have applied.
(g) While the question of rights in connexin with the coastal trade and inland neviction in the waters of the Republic of China is not rated to extraterritorial jurisdiction and is & matter which it is appropriate to reserve for the comprehensive treaty referred to in Article 8 of the treaty signed this day, His Majesty the King relinquishes all existing treaty rights relating to the participation of is merchant vessels in the coastal trade and inland nigation of the Republic of China: the Government of the Republic of China, while reserving the right to restrict the coasting trade and inland navigation to vessels flying the Chinese flag, declare that having regard to the fact that Chinese vessels are at present permitted to engage in the coasting tpede and inland navigation of the rritories of His Majesty to which the treaty applies they not contemplate introducing restrictions which will prevent the participétion by merchant vessels of His Majesty in these trades pending the making of further fangements bytween them and the Government of the United Kingdom or the conclusion of the comprehensive treaty referred to in Article 8.
2. With reference to the last sentence of Article 5(i) of the treaty, the Government of the Republic of China declare that the restriction on the right of alienation of existing rights and titles to real property referred to in that Article will be applied by the Chinese authorities in an equitable manner and that, if and when the Chinese Government decline to assent to a proposed transfer, the Chinese Government will, in a spirit of justice and with a view to precluding loss on the part of nationals or companies of His Majesty the King whose interests are affected, undertake, if so requested by the national or company of His Majesty to whom permission to alienate has been refused, to take over the rights and titles in question and pay adequate compensation therefor.
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