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(e) His Majesty the King relinquishes any right to claim the appointment of a British subject as Inspector-General of 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 orders, 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 courts in China at the time of the coming into 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,.80 far as practicable, apply the law which the court of His Majesty would have applied.
(E) His Majesty the King relinquishes the special rights which his vessels have been accorded with regard to coasting trade and inland navigation in the waters of the Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of China are prepared to take over any properties of His Majesty's nationals or companies which have been used for the purposes of these trades and which the owners may wish to dispose of and to pay adequate compensation therefor.
His Excellency the President of the National Government of the Republic of China relinquishes the special rights which have been accorded to Chinese vessels in respect of navigation on the river Irrawaddy under article 12 of the Convention signed at London on the 1st March, 1894. Should one High Contracting Party accord in any of his territories the right of coasting trade or inland navigation to vessels of any third country, such rights would similarly be accorded to vessels of the other High Contracting Party provided that the latter High Contracting Party permits vessels of the former High Contracting Party to engage in the coasting trade or inland navigation of his territories, Coasting trade and inland navigation are excepted from the requirement of national treatment and are to be regulated according to the laws of each High Contracting Party in relation thereto. It is agreed, however, that vessels of either High Contracting Party shall enjoy within the territories of the other High Contracting Party with respect to coasting trade and inland navigation treatment as favourable as that accorded to vessels of any third country subject to the above-mentioned proviso.
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 title in question and pay adequate compensation therefor.
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