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        "content_text": "\nARTICLE II. \n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Foochow foo, Ningpo, and Shanghai; and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., will appoint Superintendents, or Consular Officers, to reside at each of the above-named cities or towns, to be the medium of communication between the Chinese authorities and the said merchants, and to see that the just duties and other dues of the Chinese Government, as hereafter provided for, are duly discharged by Her Britannick Majesty's subjects. \n\nARTICLE III. \n\nIt being obviously necessary and desirable that British subjects should have some port whereat they may careen and refit their ships when required, and keep stores for that purpose, His Majesty the Emperor of China cedes to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., the Island of Hong-Kong, to be possessed in perpetuity by Her Britannick Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, and to be governed by such laws and regulations as Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., shall see fit to direct. \n\nARTICLE IV. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to pay the sum of six millions of dollars, as the value of the opium which was delivered up at Canton in the month of March, 1839, as a ransom for the lives of Her Britannick Majesty's Superintendent and subjects, who had been imprisoned and threatened with death by the Chinese High Officers. \n\nARTICLE V. \n\nThe Government of China having compelled the British merchants trading at Canton to deal exclusively with certain Chinese merchants, called Hong Merchants (or Co-Hong), who had been licensed by the Chinese Government for that purpose, the Emperor of China agrees to abolish that practice in future at all ports where British merchants may reside, and to permit them to carry on their mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please; and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong Merchants, or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannick Majesty. \n\nARTICLE VI. \n\nThe Government of Her Britannick Majesty having been obliged to send out an expedition to demand and obtain redress for the violent and unjust proceedings of the Chinese High Authorities towards Her Britan- nick Majesty's Officer and subjects, the Emperor of China agrees to pay the sum of twelve millions of dollars, on account of the expences incurred; and Her Britannick Majesty's Plenipotentiary voluntarily agrees, on behalf of Her Majesty, to deduct from the said amount of twelve millions of dollars, any sums which may have been received by Her Majesty's combined forces, as ransom for cities and towns in China, subsequent to the 1st day of August, 1841. \n\nARTICLE VII. \n\nIt is agreed, that the total amount of twenty-one millions of dollars, described in the three preceding Articles, shall be paid as follows:- \n\nSix millions immediately. \n\nSix millions in 1843; that is, three millions on or before the 30th of the month of June, and three millions on or before the 31st of December. \n\nFive millions in 1844; that is, two millions and a half on or before the 30th of June, and two millions and a half on or before the 31st of December. \n\nFour millions in 1845; that is, two millions on or before the 30th of June, and two millions on or before the 31st of December. \n\nAnd it is further stipulated, that interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, shall be paid by the Government of China on any portion of the above sums that are not punctually discharged at the periods fixed. \n\nARTICLE VIII. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to release, unconditionally, all subjects of Her Britannick Majesty (whether natives of Europe or India), who may be in confinement at this moment in any part of the Chinese Empire. \n\nARTICLE IX. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to publish and promulgate, under His Imperial Sign Manual and Seal, a full and entire amnesty and act of indemnity to all subjects of China, on account of their having resided under, or having had dealings and intercourse with, or having entered the service of, Her Britannick Majesty, or of Her Majesty's officers; and His Imperial Majesty further engages to release all Chinese subjects who may be at this moment in confinement for similar reasons. \n\nARTICLE X. \n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to establish at all the ports which are, by the Second Article of this Treaty, to be thrown open for the resort of British merchants, a fair and regular Tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which Tariff shall be publickly notified and pro- mulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages, that when British merchandize shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the Tariff to be here- after fixed, such merchandize may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the Empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed* the tariff value of such goods. \n\nARTICLE XI. \n\nper cent. on \n\nIt is agreed that Her Britannick Majesty's Chief High Officer in China shall correspond with the Chinese High Officers, both at the Capital and \n\n; the in the Provinces, under the term \"communication\" subordinate British Officers and Chinese High Officers in the Provinces, \n\nunder the terms \"statement\" \n\non the part of the former, \n\n'PIR \n\n* See Declaration on this subject, which follows the Treaty. \n\n",
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        "content_text": "\nT. M. C. C. \n\nT M.. \n\nLong Ells, Cassimeres, \n\nBunting (narrow), per Chang of 141 inches 0 0 \n\nf. C. 1 5 \n\nFlannel, and narrow \n\nUnenumerated Woollen \n\n❤ \n\nCloths of this descrip- tion \n\nper Chang of 141 inches Blankets of all kinds \n\nGoods, or Silk and \n\nWoollen, and Cotton \n\neach \n\nand Woollen Mix- \n\nDutch Camlets, per Chang of 141 inches Camlets Imitation ditto, Bomba- \n\nzettes, &c. \n\ntures, &c. \n\nditto \n\n48 Woollen Yarn \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nper 100 catties 3 0 0 0 \n\nditto \n\n[All Articles unenumerated in this Tariff, 5 per cent, ad valorem.] \n\nGENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai. \n\n1. Pilots. \n\nWHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochowfoo, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and, in like manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay. \n\nRegarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the risk run, &c. \n\nII. Custom-house Guards. \n\nThe Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay on board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished porportionately to the amount so exacted. \n\nIII. Musters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival, \n\nWhenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars. \n\nFor presenting a false manifest, the penalty will be five hundred dollars. \n\nFor breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due per- mission shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation of the goods so discharged. \n\nThe Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff, \n\nIV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants. \n\nIt having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with whatever native merchants they please,--should any Chinese merchant fraudulently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost to bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them. \n\nV. Tonnage Dues. \n\nEvery English merchantman, on entering any one of the above-men- tioned five ports, shall pay tonnage-dues at the rate of five mace per register-ton, in full of all charges. The fees formerly levied on entry and departure, of every description, are henceforth abolished. \n\nVI. Import and Export Duties. \n\nGoods, whether imported into, or exported from, any one of the above-mentioned five ports, are henceforward to be taxed according to the Tariff as now fixed and agreed upon, and no further sums are to be levied beyond those which are specified in the Tariff; all duties incurred by an English merchant-vessel, whether on goods imported or exported, or in the shape of tonnage-dues, must first be paid up in full; which done, the Superintendent of Customs will grant a port-clearance, and this being shown to the British Consul, he will thereupon return the ship's papers, and permit the vessel to depart. \n\nVII. Examination of Goods at the Custom-house. \n\nEvery English merchant, having cargo to load or discharge, must give due intimation thereof, and hand particulars of the same to the Consul, who will immediately dispatch a recognized linguist of his own establishment to communicate the particulars to the Superintendent of Customs, that the goods may be duly examined, and neither party sub- jected to loss. The English merchant must also have a properly qualified person on the spot to attend to his interests when his goods are being examined for duty, otherwise, should there be complaints, these cannot be attended to. \n\nRegarding such goods as are subject by the Tariff to an ad valorem duty, if the English merchant cannot agree with the Chinese officer in fixing a value, then each party shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase, shall be assumed as the value of the goods. \n\nTo fix the tare on any article, such as tea; if the English merchant cannot agree with the Custom-house officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole; and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods in packages. \n\nIf there should still be any disputed points which cannot be settled, the English merchant may appeal to the Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. 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        "content_text": "\n\nARTICLE IV. \n\nAfter the five ports of Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, shall be thrown open, English merchants shall be allowed to trade only at those five ports. Neither shall they repair to any other ports or places, nor will the Chinese people at any other ports or places be permitted to trade with them. If English merchant-vessels shall, in contravention of this agreement, and of a Pro- clamation to the same purport, to be issued by the British Plenipotentiary, repair to any other ports or places, the Chinese Government Officers shall be at liberty to seize and confiscate both vessels and cargoes; and should Chinese people be discovered clandestinely dealing with English merchants at any other ports or places, they shall be punished by the Chinese Government in such manner as the law may direct. \n\nARTICLE V. \n\nThe fourth clause of the General Regulations of Trade, on the subject of commercial dealings and debts between English and Chinese merchants, is to be clearly understood to be applicable to both parties. \n\nARTICLE VI. \n\nIt is agreed that English merchants and others residing at, or resorting to, the five ports to be opened, shall not go into the surrounding country beyond certain short distances to be named by the local authorities, in concert with the British Consul, and on no pretence for purposes of traffic. Seamen and persons belonging to the ships shall only be allowed to land under authority and rules which will be fixed by the Consul, in communication with the local officers; and should any persons \n\nwhatever infringe the stipulations of this Article, and wander away into the country, they shall be seized and handed over to the British Consul for suitable punishment. \n\nARTICLE VII. \n\nThe Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friendship provides for British subjects and their families residing at the cities and towns of Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, without molestation or restraint. It is accordingly determined that ground and houses, the rent or price of which is to be fairly and equitably arranged for, according to the rates prevailing amongst the people, without exaction on either side, shall be set apart by the local officers, in cominu- nication with the Consul, and the number of houses built, or rented, will be reported annually to the said local officers by the Consul, for the information of their respective Viceroys and Governors; but the number cannot be limited, seeing that it will be greater or less, according to the resort of merchants. \n\nARTICLE VIII. \n\nThe Emperor of China having been graciously pleased to grant to all foreign countries whose subjects or citizens have hitherto traded at Canton, the privilege of resorting for purposes of trade to the other four ports of Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, on the same terms as the English, it is further agreed, that should the Emperor hereafter, from any cause whatever, be pleased to grant additional privileges or immunities to any of the subjects or citizens of such foreign countries, the same privileges and immunities will be extended to, and enjoyed by, British subjects; but it is to be understood, that demands or requests are not on this plea to be unnecessarily brought forward. \n\nARTICLE IX. \n\nIf lawless natives of China, having committed crimes or offences against their own Government, shall flee to Hong-Kong, or to the English ships of war, \n\nor English merchant-ships, for refuge, they shall, if discovered by the English officers, be handed over at once to the Chinese officers for trial and punishment; or if, before such discovery be made by the English officers, it should be ascer- tained or suspected by the officers of the Government of China whither such criminals and offenders have fled, a communication shall be made to the proper English officer, in order that the said criminals and offenders may be rigidly searched for, seized, and, on proof or admission of their guilt, delivered up. In like manner, if any soldier or sailor, or any other person, whatever his caste or country, who is a subject of the Crown of England, shall, from any cause or on any pretence, desert, fly, or escape into the Chinese territory, such soldier or sailor, or other person, shall be apprehended and confined by the Chinese Autho- rities, and sent to the nearest British Consular or other Government officer. In neither case shall concealment or refuge be afforded. \n\nARTICLE X. \n\nAt each of the five ports to be opened to British merchants, one English cruizer will be stationed to enforce good order and discipline amongst the crews of merchant shipping, and to support the necessary authority of the Consul over British subjects. The crew of such ship of war will be carefully restrained by the officer commanding the vessel, and they will be subject to all the rules regarding going on shore and straying into the country, that are already laid down for the crews of merchant-vessels. Whenever it may be necessary to relieve such ships of war by another, intimation of that intention will be commu- nicated by the Consul, or by the British Superintendent of Trade, where circumstances will permit, to the local Chinese Authorities, lest the appearance of an additional ship should excite misgivings amongst the people; and the Chinese cruizers are to offer no hindrance to such relieving ship, nor is she to be con- sidered liable to any port-charges, or other rules laid down in the General Regulations of Trade, seeing that British ships of war never trade in any shape. \n\nARTICLE XI. \n\nThe posts of Chusan and Koolangsoo will be withdrawn, as provided for in the Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friendship, the moment all the monies stipu- lated for in that Treaty shall be paid; and the British Plenipotentiary distinctly and voluntarily agrees, that all dwelling-houses, store-houses, barracks, and other buildings that the British troops or people may have occupied, or intermediately built or repaired, shall be handed over, on the evacuation of the posts, exactly as they stand, to the Chinese Authorities, so as to prevent any pretence for delay, or the slightest occasion for discussion or dispute on those points. \n\nARTICLE XII. \n\nA fair and regular Tariff of duties and other dues having now been established, it is to be hoped that the system of smuggling which has hereto- fore been carried on between English and Chinese merchants-in many cases with the open connivance and collusion of the Chinese Custom-house officers- will entirely cease; and the most peremptory Proclamation to all English mer- chants has been already issued on this subject by the British Plenipotentiary, who will also instruct the different Consuls to strictly watch over, and carefully scrutinize, the conduct of all persons, being British subjects, trading under his superintendence. In any positive instance of smuggling transactions coming to the Consul's knowledge, he will instantly apprize the Chinese Authorities of the fact, and they will proceed to seize and confiscate all goods, whatever their value or nature, that may have been so smuggled, and will also be at liberty, if they see fit, to prohibit the ship from which the smuggled goods were landed, from trading further, and to send her away, as soon as her accounts are adjusted and paid. The Chinese Government officers will, at the same time, adopt what- ever measures they may think fit with regard to the Chinese merchants and Custom-house officers, who may be discovered to be concerned in smuggling. \n\nPapers",
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        "content_text": "\nTHE FRIEND OF CHIN, AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nCorresponding to lo., \n\nCorresponding to No, \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetical, i, e. \n\nEnglish List \n\nbroken Class XVI--All new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein. 5 per cent. að valoren. \n\nClass XVII-All forsign rice, and other grain, Duty Free \n\nSHIPPING DUES THESE bave hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the Ships || length and breadth, at so much per change but it is now agreed to alter the System, and charged according to the registeed statement of the number of tons of Carga the Ship may carry. On each ten (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a Shipping charge of 5 Mars is to be levied: and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port clearance fees, daily and Monthly ices. &ro., are to be abolished \n\nTaowkwang, 33rd year, 8th Month. day. (July \n\nL. S. \n\nI.. S. \n\nof \n\nol \n\nthe Supt. \n\nGuy.Genl. \n\nel the \n\nTwo Kwang \n\nCasures \n\nL. 5. \n\nरहने \n\nHigh \n\nCavathis. Funer \n\n1849.) \n\nL. 8. ไม่ \n\nGovernor \n\nCanton \n\nin Alphabetical i, e. \n\nin Alphabetical e, \n\nEnglish Last \n\nEnglish List. \n\nRattan ware, rattan and bamboo work Sandal-wood ware \n\nClass IV-Importel Sundries. \n\nتھ \n\nWints \n\nGold and Silver ware, formerly divided into \n\nMother of Peart shells \n\nBullock's and Ruffalo's Horns Cow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned \n\nClass XV Fraported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c. \n\nSea otter skins \n\nGold ware, and Silver ware \n\nTortoise shell ware \n\nClass V-Imported Dried Meats, &c. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nFox skras, larve and small \n\nLeather Trunks and Boxes \n\nClass VII-Exported Woods. Cares, &c. Canes or walking sticks of all kinds \n\nBird's nests, 1st quality cleaned Bird's nest 2nd quality, good middling \n\ndo., uncleanci 3rd Bicho de Mar 1st do, black 2nd do,, white \n\nTiger, Leopard, sad Martin skins Land Otter, Racoon, and Shark skius Beaver skine \n\nRD \n\nD \n\nARTICLES. \n\nHare, Rabbit, and Ermine skine \n\n+1; \n\nSea Horm Tued) \n\nClass VIII-Exported articles of Clothing, Wearing apparel, whether of Cotton, woollen, or silk, formerly divided into Cotton clothing. Woollén do., Silk and Sutin do,, and Velvet do, Boots and Shoes, whether of leather Satin, or \n\notherwise \n\nElephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole \n\nShark's as, 1st dn, white 2ud do, black \n\nJ7 \n\nStock Gsh and dried fish \n\nFish: maws, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nClass VI.--Imported Painter's Stores. \n\nClass IX-Erported fabrics of Cotton, &c. 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Mats of all kinds, as of straw, rattan, bamboo, &c. &c. 35 \n\nDressing Cases \n\nS \n\nJewellery of Gold and Silver, \n\nCutlery, Swords, &c, \n\nClass XII-Exported Preserves, fc. \n\nARTICLES. Preserved ginger and fruits of all kinds \n\nA \n\nSov \n\n} \n\nof the sanie description, 5 per cent, od valorem. \n\nAll the foregoing, and any other miscellanore unticles \n\nClass IX-Guki and Sitzer Bullion, and Sperae. Duty Free \n\nSugar Candy, all kinds \n\nTobacco, prepared and unprepared &c., &út, of \n\nall kinds \n\nClass XIII-All that it has not been practicable herein to include are to be charged an ad colorem duty of five per cent. Class XIV.--Gold and Silver Coin, and Gold and Silver. \n\nDuty Free. \n\nClasss XV-Bricks, Tiles, and building Materials. \n\nDuty Free, \n\nClass L-Imported Oilman's Stores, de \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetini & \n\nEnglish List. \n\nWax, Bee's wax Rose Malves \n\nCambrics and Masting \n\nCotton yarn, and Cotton thread \n\nLinen-fine-not formely in the Tariff \n\nBanting \n\nAll other imported articles of this class, as ginghams, pul- licates, dyed cottons, velveteens silk and citon mixtu rea, course linen, and mixtures of cotton and linen, &c. &c. & per cent. al calorem. \n\nCuss X---Imported Cotton, fubrics of Collen, fr., §c. \n\nCanvas Corton \n\nLug Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior and \n\ninferior fine Cotton cloth \n\nCottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &ce, formerly \n\nclassed as coarse long cloth \n\nTwilled Cottons, grey \n\nChintz and Prints, of all kinds \n\nClass XI-Imported fabrics of Woollen, Niik, de, de. \n\nSaltpetre, to be sold only to the licensed Agents of the \n\nGovernment \n\nHandkerchiefs, large \n\nSubult \n\nSoap. \n\nGold and Silver thread, superior or real \n\ninferior, or imitation \n\nClass II-Imported Spices, and Perfumes. \n\nBrond Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c. \n\n+7 \n\nGum Benzoin and Oil of ditto \n\nNarrow Clotis, as Long Eds, Cusemneres, &e., de. \n\nSandal Wood \n\nARTICLES. \n\nPepper \n\nAll other articles of this Class not included in the Tarifl \n\ntu pay an all calorem duty of Ten por cont. \n\nPerfumery \n\nClass III--- Imported Drugs. \n\nCamlets (Dutch) \n\nCamlets \n\nImitation Camiots or bombazettes \n\n5 per cent. \n\nWoollen yara \n\nSP \n\nBlankets \n\n4.7 \n\nAll oder fabrics of wood or of mixed wool and silk, \n\nAssaftetia \n\nwool and cotton. &c. & per cent, að caboreza. \n\nCamphor Barbos (or Maley,) 1st quality, or cleaned; \n\nformerly classed as good, and inferior, Camphor, \n\nClass Xil--Laportet Finca, Preserves, Spirita &c. Wine and Beer, in quart bottles \n\nC \n\nCloves, 1st quality (pieked) \n\n2nd quality, refisse; formerly classed as uncleaned Camphor \n\nin pint bottles in cask \n\nG \n\nand quality (Mother Cloves) \n\nClass XIII, Importal Metals. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCow Bezour \n\nCutch \n\nGambier \n\nCopper, manfiretured as in pigs, \n\nBanufactured as in sheets, rods &c. \n\nBetch out \n\nIron, comanufactured as in pigs. \n\nGinseng, 1st quality or Cleaner \n\nmanufactured as in bars, rods &c. \n\n2nd \n\ndo., refuse or Ginseng beard \n\nLead, in pigs, or manufactured \n\nGom Olibarni \n\nStoel, unanufactured \n\nTin \n\nMyrrh \n\nMace, or Flower of Nutmeg \n\nTin plates, not formerly in the Tarift \n\nMercury, or Quicksilver \n\nNutmegs, 1st quality or Cleaned \n\nZud \n\ndo., uncleaned \n\nPutchuch Rhinocero's Horns \n\nAll other metals as zinc, yellow copper, &c., not \n\nherein mumerated, 10 per cent. at walorem, \n\nRI \n\nClass XI Imparted Jewellery. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCornelians \n\nCornelian Beads \n\n(A une abstract-reference mumbers to the Alphabetic List bung in- serted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having boon carefully compared and found correct.) \n\n(Signed) \n\n(True Copy) \n\nJ. ROBT. MORRISON, Chinese Secretary & Interpreter. RICHARD WOOSNĀM, \n\nNOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. \n\nTo insure insertion, Advertisements ought to be sent to the Office on Toeslag hut unae can be received after 12 noon on Wednesday, \n\nAll extra Copies of our puper ordered at the Office, and not paid Cash, are charged to accounts one Rupee \n\nAny Subscriber who does not receive his paper on Thursday will please complain at the Office, as every Subscriber's repy is regularly sent off, and it is only by Complaints being made, that the Publisher can correct the irregularity. \n\nEVOLAND May \n\nLATEST DATES. \n\nUNITED Bras Apl. 15 CALORA July & \n\nBrommay \n\nSpray May IJ \n\nSINGAreas Argast 2 Jays July 29 MANILA Angus 15 Cresas Aver \n\n1.4 \n\n+; \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA, AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nVICTORIA, THURSDAY, Arever 21en, 1843. \n\nIx our last there was notified the appointment of COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLEANLI Ness, () hom whose labours we anticipato much benil to the sunitary condition of the town. \n\nWhen the Lands and Rods Committee was nominated some eighteen months since, we ventur- ed to say (File No. 2.) We would earnestly impress on a Committee, the necessity of framing same general Building Regulations for the Chinese, and which we dink are essentially necessary for their security and welfare. We would recommend the regulations to be framed so as to interfire no further with one's right to manage one's own pro- perty, than is necessary to protect the health of the community.\" \n\nChief Magistrate's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, July 14, 1843. \n\nThe duty on Tobacco in England is above 300 per Cent, and Lord Congleton states that three fourths of the Tobacco consumed in Ireland is believed to be supplied by Smugglers. Mr. Porter The following is again published by an- of the Board of Trade, proved before the Imports thority, for general information : \n\nBafy Committee in 1810, that 48 por Cent. of the It has been lately Notified by PROCLA whatever; and that the loss to the revene of French Silks imported into Egiand paid no duty MATION of the CHES MAGISTRATE, to the smuggled French brandy was estimated at Chinese Inhabitants of Hongkong, that be-2500000 a you. The Prerum on the illicit tween the hours of eight and ten P. M. atroduction of French goods into England was they are prohibited from being out of their 1831, for Gold triaketa, 6 to 10 par Cent. Silver, houses without lanthorns, and that after ten \n\n10 to 12; Silk gomis 29 to 25 per Cant., Tea 50 per Cent, and Spirits 80 per Cont. \n\n| o'clock P. M., and until daylight on the \n\nIn the same Report, is is stated that British following morning, no Chineso will, in fature Goods of the value of £2,000,000 were snuggled be permitted to go out, under any consider-ins France across the Belgia: frontier, besülés a ption, unless he can produce a pass in Eng-inge amount through the Channel ports. lish, specifying his object in being out at so On the Belgian frontier dags are trained to \n\nlate an hour. \n\nevoy the snuggled goods into France. Between 1820 to 1830 at fewer ton 40,279 sanggling A PROCLAMATION has also been issuedffcers, who receive thirea francs (48) for each. \n\ndogs were destroyed by the French Custom House prohibiting, under penalty of severe punish- In 1882 the cost of preventing struggling in unt, all Chinese Boats or Vessels, from England was truly enormous, and in that and the moving about the harbour after Gun-fire at following year there were captured on the Coast. aine o'clock P. A., and until Gm-fire at engaged in the contraband trade, 52 10ssels and day light on the following morning. \n\n385 bouts. The seizures in one half year were valued at £97.980. W. CAINE, CHIEF MAGISTRATE. \n\nAS OVERLAND MAIL to England ria Buhay, nee \"Petrell\" will be closed at this fee, on Friday, the 25th instant, at 3 P. M. \n\nA Mail for Singapore & Calcutta per \"City of Palaces\" will also be closed at 3 P. M, on Wednesday, \n\nthe 30th instani. \n\nPOST OFFICE, \n\nVictoria. 20 August, 1813. \n\nmiture what is now required, its acquaintance with the wants of the Colony satistics us that proper mea \n\nveronicat. \n\nStill we would recommend the tome- diate covering up of the fetid denine which now give forth the most deleterious minsara, \n\nLord Congleton (Inte Sir feary Parnell) in 1831, estimated the total anal cost of protecting the revenue at from £700,000 to £ 800,000. Then there were 116 persons under confinement. and 64 serving in the navy for smuggling offences. \n\nThe total charge for collecting and protecting the customs auf excise revenues of the Pnited Kingdon, was 22.300613 in the year 18-10. \n\nthe department of the customs was 11,000 and In 1885 the number of persons employed in the excise 6,079. \n\nin \n\nThe present Acts relating to Smuggling are the 3rd and 4th of William IV, Cap. 53, and Land & of Wiliam, Cap. 13. \n\nrefer to the Government Notification with We have only space to enable us to \n\nsures will be taken under the sanction of the Go-respect to Land. It is not such a one as many of our readers would export, still we think it is so far satisfactory, that we now know we shall soon be relieved from the distressing suspense which has for some time paralysed the Colony, \n\nIn London it was remarked that fever was con- startly engendered in localitics destitute of under- ground Swenge, and by a map of the Sowers it \n\nWe are not surprised at the wording of was shown by Dr Southwood Staith, that ons could correctly define the huts of the unhealthy districts Lord Stanley's despatch, socing that in the and accurately judge of the comparative Sanitary last Crown Colony which bad been esta- condition of the respective parts of the Metropolis.blished, New Zealand, there had been such flagrant and jobbing, and peculation by aithost every member of that colonial Go- vernom (vide No. 48.) \n\nThe FRIEND OF INDA states the gross receipts of the year, from the Opa monopoly to have been two millions sterling and adds this source of revenue is continued to Ludia for theen years more, the debt incurred in the war beyond the Indus will be wiped out.\" \n\nOur readers well know, that there does not exist even ususpicion, of similar couduct en the part of the officials here--this wo have often land occasion to say, us a valki argument for losing no longer truc, in giving the holders tiler to their lands, \n\nBy the Calcutta papers we learn that the Assam Tea Company is shipping the loaf of the Ten plant without first submitting it to any process The large powers which it is well known al' wamfacture, further than sun drying. It is are wisely confided to H. 1 (whose tho- thought by the Shippers that this Ten will, berough acquaintance with our best interests admitted at a lower duty than that from China, and whose sincere desire to promote them) it bong in an unmanufactured state. We think \n\nthis wholly unlikely, and after the liberal Taxir ads us to be quite sanguíne of a highly promulgated by the Chinese, it is not at all pro-satisfactory result. hable ministers would propose a reduction on any There was much delay, and as many kind or sort of Ten, which should not be equally doubts and misgivings abmit the Commer- applicable to Ten sent from hence, \n\ncial Treaty, as have ever existed with \n\nFrom a late publication of established authority, soon with respect to the former, that the respect to the Land Regulations. We have we have abriged an article en smuggling. His stated greatest cavillers have been gloriously Suugging is the clalestine ironcine of an agreeably disappointed by the promal- prohibited goods; or the illicit introduction of \n\ngoods by the evasion of the legal duties. Escos-gation of a Tariff of unprecedented' libera- sive duties present an overwhelming temptation lity and of immense national value. Henco to men to evade them; and the law loses a great we have every confidence that the final part of its moral influence when it first tempts adjustment of the Land Claims, and their * to the violation of it, and then pauishes the offence. \n\nfuture tenure, will afbrd as much satisfac- \n\nWe then thought \"regulations would have been nade as far as possible, conformable with,and minis- tering to, the convenience, wealth, and confort of the present and future residents of our new city.\" \n\nOn a later occasion (Fide No. 6) when the alleg.sively carried on, the smuggler is rather a popularredound as much to the honour of II. E., \n\ned unhealthmoss of Hong-Kong was a subject of nuimadversion in the English Papers we said (aud now we see no reason to after our opinions) Ma- eau is one of the healthicst towns in the world, and it is fully certain that when proper houses, barracks, cc., with the Sanitary Regulations which always obtain in an English town, Hongkong will lay claim, and justly, to even a superior salubrity\". \n\nIt is not to be wondered at, if with the many and great claims on the time of H. E, nothing has Hitherto been done. We need not inform the com- \n\n(*) This ride is not ungly chosen. Seving bow contingent halit te upor Cleanliness it word hoze auffierd, and it would have bees-we think mure correct to bare omitted and Glennlin, 295, ad ended it merely a C-unites or Board of Pobito Heath. At A tak dh a ta demquation of this very tertul b dy would ne have beci provocative, wit law is, of a gibe on a langu \n\nIn parts of a country where a free trade is extention to \n\nperson than otherwise in some countries; in Spain, still more thau in England. \n\nour little community, and will \n\nas will the announcement of the Commer We have only to examine the Tariff of any cial Treaty to his gratified countrymen country to know if smuggling is practised; and if abad system of commercial policy has been long \n\nat home. pursed, there the smuggler will be found. The exports to Gibraltar Rems England considerably exceed one million sterling, and are mostly jutes. duced by smugglers into the interior of Spain, besides some six to eight millions lbs. of Tobacco from the same British port. \n\nThe total ameamt of duties evaded in 1831 by the smuggling of French goods into the United Kingdom was estimated to execod £800,000 ex- clusive of Tobacco wiele cargoes of which aro enetics introduced from the French bonding wan homes int› Towinual. \n\nWo would refer the reader to our absact of the larnet Legislativo cunement wul regard Grow a Landu (the 5 ard oi Vieraţiu Cop. 36) we ihn guid, and still think, that Ant will be the basis of our future Land Regulations. Our opinion is forted by Goling Lord Stanley taking credit for the play therein seribel, and when she ulterius were enggested hesaid It was a system which he would be sorry to see inter fered with, or principle deparred front. His opinion was decidedly opposed to any soch course, as was proved by its introducing a Biž, which became an ret last session, which ex- pressly baried the Crown from interfering with the system. Vos Rapor ne na Braun og QuanYes Pricer's Poyanmar! S \n\nORION. Arest Byn. 1813. \n\n17 Aur Shiroing Nora ye, se He",
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        "content_text": "Pas \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nThe \n\nFriend of \n\nQuina SUPPLMENT TO No. 75. \n\nHong Kong Gajette, \n\nVICTÒRIA, HONG-KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1843. \n\nREPORT of Cases treated in the VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN, \n\nfor the momh ending, 19th August, 1843. \n\nDiseasDa \n\nAdmitted. \n\nDischarg. \n\ned relier. \n\nInitammation of the Liver. \n\nInflammation of the Brain. \n\nDelirium Tremens. \n\nDysentery. \n\nUlorrhoea. \n\nFever.. \n\nRácuratism. \n\nConsumption. \n\nVenereal \n\nTOTAL \n\nכני \n\nDischarg. \n\ned oured, \n\nD 0 \n\n(*) This Paliom left the Hospital contrary to the advice of the Surgeons, \n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 20th August, 1845. \n\nALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY \n\nOF LONDON. \n\nTHE Undersigned having been, appointed Agents in China, for the above Company, are prepared to accept. Assurances at Hong-Kong, as under: \n\n1st-On Buiklings of Brick or Stone, covered with Tiles, Slates, Metal of other incombustible material, together with their contents, when such Bniklogs are isolate! from all others. \n\nRate of Premium, 3 per cent, per annum, 2xD.--On such Buildings and their contents, when not so isolated, at the rate of 1 per cent. per ann Assurances for 6 months † 7 of the annual rate, will! \n\nand for 3 months, į 3be charged. \n\nOf the 1st Class, Assurances, for the present, will be accepted to the extent of £10,000 only on one risk. And of the 2nd Chies, to the extent of £3000. \n\nrisk. \n\nA Building and its contents taken together, form one Thas the above suns may be underwritten either on a Building alone, or the contents alone; on, part on the Building, and part on the contents. \n\nNo Assurance is to be considered in foron until the Premiam be paid. \n\nAmongst other advantages of the Company, the Assured will be entitled to participate in the profits after five successive payments. \n\nParties applying for Assurances will please send in full particulars of the risk to be taken; any deviation. from which, without the censent of the Company, will vitiate the Policy. \n\nJARDINE, MATILESON. & Co., \n\nAgents in China, \n\nMocan, 12th July, 1863, \n\nNOTICE. \n\nThe undersigned in connexion with Mn PareICK CHALMERS at present in England, has this day estal- Jished a house of Agency in China, under the firm of AKPRUSON, CHALMERS & Co. \n\nMacao, 1st July, 1843. \n\nJ. S. ANDERSON, \n\nFOR SALE. CHAIN Cables, Europe Rope, Wines, Spirits, Stores of every description, Dressing Glasses, Plate Glass and Warm Clothing, \n\nALFRED HUMPHREYS, \n\n20. Queens Road. \n\nHong Kong, 1st August, 1848, \n\nNOTICE--The un forsignal is authorized by \n\nflis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Land Forces in China, to recsivo al pack- ngem adresaid to the Officers or Messes of any of the Regiems ployed during the late war. \n\nN. LUGS. \n\nlong-Kong, 15th April, 1842 \n\nOne half per cent, Commission will be charged upon all Goods bought in. \n\nProceeds of Arconat Sales will be rendered fifteen hys after Sale, or sooner if realizeal. \n\nQueen's Road, Hong-Kong, kat Juno, 1843. \n\nXO. W. BENNETT, \n\nJUST RECEIVED, AND FOP SALE. BEEF, Pork. Flour and Bread, Brandy and Wines, Cherry Cordial Vinegar, Rum, and Anack, Beer in Cask, Sales &c. \n\nRice. Singapore Plunks, \n\nSpesin Candles. Tlouse-iltings. \n\nManda Timber, Sheathing Copper, \n\nAmerican and Castile Spip, \n\nTobacco, Raisins, Spirits Turpentine, Tar, Rusin, and I'l \n\nBlack, White, Brown, and Drab Flats. \n\nP. TOWNSEND, \n\nHong-Kong, 31st July, 1943. \n\nti \n\nDead. \n\nRetain \n\ning in the \n\nHospital. \n\n[ \n\n幾 \n\nJ SATCHELL, M. D, \n\nResident Physician and Surgeon. \n\nRICHARD JONES, M. D., Resident Asst. Physician & Surgeon, \n\nD. WILSON & Co., \n\nBEG to intimate to the Gentlemen of Hong-Kong that they have From thus, date opened their Billiard Room to be Pullic. \n\nPRICE OF THE GAMES. Ese Ga \n\nFoun Two \n\nof 24 for One Dollar \n\n\" \n\nNight games double the above. \n\nN. B. No Credit will be allowed in the Biard Room \n\nVICTORIA, HONG-KONG \n\n1st August 1848 \n\nD. WILSON & Co. \n\nAVE just received a fresh supply of Allsop's Lutin Ale, sound Chadder Chinese, Perfumery, Stationery, and a variety of ather articles. \n\nVICTORIA, Roxo-Kong, \n\n1st August, 1843. \n\nJUST Landed and for SALE. \n\nAlachines. \n\nApply to \n\n20, Quren's Road, Victoria, 2nd August. 1843 \n\nwo \n\nWeighing \n\nALEX. MOSY, \n\nNOTICE Goons and Merelmedio of all descrip \n\ntions received and curetilly stored ia sparions dry and secure Brick Godowns situated on the Queen's Road No. 20, at Hongkong, upon moderate terris. \n\nApply upon the premises to. \n\nALEX, MOSS. Goods are received and sold on Commission Hongkong, 2nd Angusi 1833, \n\nFOR SALE--Singapore Bears, on moderate \n\nApply to ALEX. MOSS, Hong Kong, 2d August, 1843, \n\nterms. \n\nNOTICE. \n\nIN consequence of the mytan! Dissolution of Part. nership betweeen Mesars, BENNETT, PAIN, & Co., the Undersigned bags to Notify, that the Busi ness will be cartiod on by lamseif, où the same Pre ruises, and most respectfully, solicits a continustee of the liberal support be has hitherto been favoured with Parties desinos në susting Goods for Pablie. Auction, are requested to, de so two days previous to the time of Sule. \n\nAuctions will be held every Friday. at Eleven A. 37, \n\nTerms-Five per Cent, at all. Goods. \n\nVICTORIA HOSPITAL, \n\nFUR \n\nSEA MEN, \n\nNos. 1, 2, 3, Queen's Roud, immediately opposito Fearon's Wharf, \n\nResident Physician and Surgeon, JAMES SATCHELL, M. D. Resident Assist, Physician, & Surgeon, \n\nRICHARD JONES, M. D. \n\nTHE HOSPITAL is now open for the reception of i \n\nPatients, and is furnished with every convenience necessary for the comfort and speely recovery of the sick. \n\nPatients are admitted at any hour of the day or night, on production of an undertaking to defray the expenses inerrel, signed either by the Captain of the Vessel to which the sick person belongs, or a Member of some Mercantile Firo in Chica. No Patient çan \n\nbe admittcik without such an undertaking. \n\nTERMS For Medical attendance, Medicines, and \n\nProvisions. \n\nSeamen-One Dollar, \n\nOFFICERS--Two Dollars per day, Victoria, Hong-Kong, \n\n20th July, 1843. \n\nFOR SALE, REIGHT on CHARTER, \n\nTHE Fine A. 1. British Brig Iris,\" \n\n277 Tous N. M. Captain MERCE, \n\nApply to \n\nHOLLIDAY WISE, 4. Co. Victoria, Hongkong, 24th August, 1843, \n\nFOR LONDON. \n\nTHE A British bull Barque Mary Catherine\" Captain Taylor, having \n\nTur \n\na large portion of her cargo engaged will meet with quick despatch, generat freight or passage, baving supe- \n\nG. F. DAVIDSON. LINDSAY & Co. \n\nrior accommodations, apply here w \n\nAt Macao to \n\nFlong-Kong, 14th August, 1943. \n\nFOR AMOY AND CHUSAN. \n\nTHE Barque Lanusy Campbell, Capt. Darley Will Sail for the above Parts in ath this month--For Freight or pis- \n\nN. DEUS Apply to \n\n18. Queen's Road, Or to the Captain on lumed. \n\nsaga. \n\nVictor 2, Aogust 9th, 1943. \n\nFOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. \n\nTHE A. L. Barque Extzaketh Moonn, W. 3isap Comunander, register ton. nage 241. \n\nFOR SALE. on board the Elizabeth Moniy,\" fod tons of Liverpool Coals, such as II. M Mail Steamors\" between Liverpool and fasiio, use. \n\nApply to 6, F. DAVIDSON. Hong-Kong, 2d, August, 1848. \n\nThe fist sailing British bult Brig \"NAUTILUS\" \"Captain Gibson, £33 toms Register, now ging at Hongkong, and ready to receive vargo. \n\nApply to FOX, BAWSON. & Co. \n\nBongkung 35th July, 1843. \n\nFOR-SALE. FLERGILE OR CuAXTER, \n\nTHE Clipper Bag ANOLESA, Capt. Rowland 10 Tons register, built at Ipswich, in 1840, & A. 1'de 13 years, has been newly coppered and is well found in stores Apply to the Captain on board; or to \n\nFOX, RAWSON, & Co. Hongkong, 25th. Jaly 1543. WANTED-fer the Gun Room Mess of 11. A. S. Cunwallis-a good Cook-either European or \n\nNalive. \n\nTestimonials at to character and efficiency will be required. \n\nFor further particulars, apply on board, butween the \n\nhouss of nine and twelve 4. N.\" \n\nH. M. S. Con wallis. \n\nAugust, 17th 1843. \n\nALL persons indebted to the firm of P. Townsend & Co. are desired to take immediate payment iv, \n\nP. TOWNSEND \n\nPR SALE. \n\nPRIME Bottled Beer. Apply in. \n\nPAIN & Co. \n\nFOR SALE. \n\nAr go. Secaes of Tus USDERSTORED. Prims Mess feeland Pork \n\nPaint and Paint End Torpentine and Tar Matlive Cair \n\nCalan api Slip Brend Superive Golden Sherry \n\nCockburts\" Port Wine \n\nClaret 31 Julen and Murgaux Hock. Bresar and Canignze \n\nBarton Ale in Cash and Bottle \n\nTumblers ani Wine Glasses \n\nSingapore planks \n\nBeaver and Sour Flats \n\nLaubes Mut, dilk stockings, Soilpe \n\nBrandy in Wood and Boitie \n\nAb assortment of Hosiery \n\nWah numerous other articles at moderate prices, \n\nNo. 2 Magistracy Street, \n\nPAIN &AG. \n\nTARIFF, PORT REGULATIONS &c. \n\nA few Cupies are still on SALE of No.71 of the Friend \n\nof China wad Hong Kong Gazette, contrining the Proclamation of His Excellency. Tariff, Government Notification. Table of Consular Fees &c. &c. \n\nAlso the Extraordinary of 31st July, Containing the Proclamation of the Chinese Commissioner, General, Regulations for the Ports, in Cléna, &c. &c. \n\nPrice—to Subscribers to the paper; each copy 25 pents, to non Subscribers 1 Rupeo. \n\nPAINTED AND I'encreuen For The ProPainTORS, NE rup Payaso Orvice, Querx's Rojo, Verona. \n\nWe are informed that Monsieur C. ALEX, CHALLAYE, Esa. ex Acting Consul for France in China, nas, by a decision of his Excellency Monsieur Guizot, Mi- nister for Foreign Affairs, bearing date the 14th March of the present year, her attached, in his capacity of Elove Consul, to the CoxsULATE ÚExEAL ci Franco in Egypt. \n\nINQUEST AUGUST 14TH, 1848. \n\nBEFORE MR. E. FARNCOMB. CORONER. \n\nFROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. \n\nCrtSAR-August 4th, 1843. \n\nwere arenred under the Old System. They are, the Eliza, Mary, and Bahamian Business is very dull, New Congous are arriving, the quality good. \"Crop, \n\nNo matter of political import need be looked for in 650 Chops, 20 maels. Shout price about the rate. this quiet locality, we are becoming gradually acquint. Whilst the Export in April and May, was 174 millions ed with the denems of a great intercourse, the \n\nof lbs., in 29 ships, the probable Export of 3 months, friendly disposition of the people favors it, and the June, July, and August, in 5 ships, is about 3 mil perfeet reliance which they place in the honour and hops of the integrity of British dealers, leads to the fervent hope LocAL Nuws-The British Flag was re-hosted at the that it may never be destroyed by questionable trave Consulate, on the 14th inst. \n\nOfficial responsibility to actions. \n\nthe Chinese, for the payment and collection of their \n\nThis was an inquest on the body of James Prestoe, The only true system of trade is a liberal one, and duties, is an enormous thor, and wifi catail endles \n\nThere can be no greater fillacy, than for the faw, to use and vexation on the Conals. Here, I should who died suddenly in the Exchange Room The Jury aere summoned to attend on the evening of the suppose that the knowledge of commercial particulars, he will want fy Claks, when basintesis upon this coast can be limited to themselves, here active. The Consulate order, to prevent ship'a boots 12th (Saturday), but in consequence of the post mor the examination of the Body un bring concluded where ready money transections constantly obtain, the exting Her Majesty's) dig at the Old Company till a late bour and the Medical Report being requested simplicity of business render its details obvious aden, bas given as inch disgust to the skipper, \n\nit hus given satifaction to the residents. to be given in writing the Jugnest was deferred to enough to the most obtuse piserver. the 14th (Monday). The following evidence was then \n\nIt is with very deep regret, we have to announce the takon. Mr. J. W. Bennett, sworn, sąl \n\nde mise of J. A. Murder, Esq. He died on hard the General Work, on the siternoon of yesterday, after a severe illness of three weeks datarion. A wide circle of friends not acquaintances will bewail the loss of a truly kind-heartedman, and our commu - nity will deplore the loss of a valuable incraber. \n\ni was informed on Saturday at about 3 o'clock that James Preston the deceased was dying. The deceased kept the Exchange Roome for me. On my coming up to see him I found he bad expired. Daring the time that the depensed had born in my employ be had always conducted himself in a sober manner. I \n\ndischarged from the Hospital he secured weakly and when I saw him going about in the wet. I remon- strated with him, and told him that he ought to en- play a man for the purpose. \n\nA subject upon which we may congratulate ourselves is the continued bathy nature of this loculty ; out national selfishness leads us to regret that this valu- alle island is one day to be restored; its worth as a commanding position can scarcely bo over-rated. situated in a glorious climate, exempted from the ord nary riak of the elements, provided wah the most Secure and spacious harbours and in itself abondant- \n\nof the Chinese Empire, with such a possession what \n\ndo not know what his bubits of life had been before 7 productive, populated with a quiet industrious raceOS KEENASSA FALAN KUGELSESKPROT \n\namong whom rict, crime, my dishonesty, is scarcely 1 employed him. About five days previous to his docense, he had been sent to the Hospital of Messrs. Known a rural people castly governed, Imants each J. N. ANDERSON, begrepectfully to inform Satchell and Jenes, he bad them an eruption on his member of the community seems to know himself\" \n\nthe inhabitants of Victoria, and the public generally, and then if we might venture to speak of its political tha the has opened those premista next Mr. Boulle's skin, ou different parts of his body; en huis being inuener, within a few day's sail of the riches cities teen's Road, as a winlesale al rail wine and might not the genius and enterprise of Great Britain Strict attention to business, good Articles, and mode Spirit Store, and BILLIARD ROOM, and hopes, by rate elurges, to meet a share of Public Putronage. \n\nJ. N. A. begs respectfully to solicit the attention of the Naval and Military, as well as private Gention.co in Flong-Kong, to the Hilliard Room, which is Spaci ous and weil aired, and to state, that every possiblo attention on his part will be paid to the confort of those who may honour him with a visit. Victoria, 14th August, 1843. \n\nMr. Francis Dickens, sworn, \n\nI am Clerk to Mir. Bennett: I was present when the dencased died, he died in the Exchange Room. When I came into the room he was sitting in one of the chairs with his bead hanging over the fuck of the chair. I supported hun in my arms and spoken to him, but received no answer, his lips moved as if to spek but he could not do on, and his pulse was scar- cely perceptible, I called up a servant and he took hold of hie zal i went and fetched a Doctor. The deceased did not recognise one when I came up. \n\nAr J W. Beaned, Re-examined, A day or two before the deceased went to the Hos. pitul he complained to me of sickness and a pain in Jus heal. I administered to him an Emnetic which gave him considerable relief: the eruption afterwards appearing on his body, I advised him to go to the os pital. \n\nJamce Satchell, Surgeon, Sworn-The deceased was in the Hospital under my charge from the seventh to the eleventh instant. His eomplaint was that of a nettle rush and disordered bowels. When he left the Hospital he wna perfectly well but was weak. I was sent for on Saturday to sec bin and on my arrival at the Exchango Rooin he was dend. \n\n(Signed) \n\nThere was no possibility of forming an opinion us to the cause of his death without an internal examination. I consider that course was necessary. \n\nJ. SATCHELL, M. D. \n\nResident Surgeon, Victoria Seaman's Hospital. Charles Alexander Winchester, \n\nI am the Acting Colonial Surgeon.- produce a copy of the notes taken whilst examining the body of the deceased. The report was then read. \n\nOn the Coroner enquiring what was the cause of the deceased's death the witness said, \n\nThe signs in the brain led me to suppose that influm mutory action must have existed for serae considerable time before death, and from the evidence given, of a sgb-acute character. I consider the immediate enese of death to have ben the pressure of a very considerable \n\nquantity of serum found at the case of the brain, on that órgin (in other words) that it was a rese of serious upo, lexy. He must have enjoyed very irregular health Prom the state of the liver. \n\nf \n\n(Signed) \n\nCHARLES ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, \n\nActing Colonial Surgeon. The Evidence having been summed up, and the Jury being charged to consider their verdict it was returned, \n\nDied by the visitation of God. \n\neffect in this remote, but highly interesting, portion of the civilised world? \n\nThe recent intelligence from Woosung, the Port of Shanghai ( with which place we have constant com- unication) is to the effect, that a sumber of men are engaged in repairing the ruined fortifications. They were formerly of cud: we are given to under- stand that they are now being feed with granite, sonte of the Opium vessels have recently gone up to the northward, with the intention, doabitess, of establishing other trading stations; it is useless to talk of a limited number of parts for all the coast will be open. The people are eager to trade, and the Mandarina are at Present very cautious in their interference in this matter, nothing but urbanity and kindness is expe- rienced from these dignitaries; certainly upon this coast there exists every outward manifestation of a sincero desire for peace and aliianey. \n\nThe immense amount of native toumage which finds its way up the Shanghai river daily, is worthy of remark, as being one of the most protaient features in the Yangtze kiang: they come from North and Sound, but as yet we canunt obtain the particulars of trade the English Ships keep healthy up the river, but the heat has been ahaost insupportable this season. \n\nA very fair trade has been doing here both in Straits produce and manufactured goods PEPPER has averaged 50 25 per picul; Rarrans still selling at 85, Grey sorrisos 68 30, Wuerz 84, Pic Leap,on account of large stock is down to $5 50, Saxval wOOD, without inquiry, Rion 81 50 no sales. Opium market unsettled, MALWA $610. PATNA 8710 to 720-very lit tle on hand. Speaking of the latter article, vessels coming up here with a general cargo should not neglect to com- prise it, helping off, as it does, heavy stock, it becomes a voluable auxiliary occasionally Alarm has been offer. ed in quantity at $1 15 it will doubtless be available era long as a rough return and calculated for purposes of ballast. I have no doubt but return freight on eative account, might be obtained from Niagpo and other consular ports, indeed some I believe has already beca obtained. \n\nAmov,-11th August, 1943. \n\nVaer quantities of Piece Goods have been brought to this market from Hongkong, and prices have given way. Lose Ctorns, far whites. $350 to $3 60, Greys $2 90 to 83 10; Twist $27 to $29. OPIUM raining its price, and good Malwa sells readily at $625. Rice 100; a good harvest. \n\nCanton, 21st August, 1843. \n\nThe former Hong Merchants continue to decline ex- porting Tens under the New System, and all the out- side man, are afraid to begin. Three slups are being loaded with Teus, at 1 taels on the short price, but these \n\nJ. \n\nMc. MURRAY, Baker, Pastry Cook, 4. opposite the Godowns of W Scott, Esq., Lower Bazaar, begs to announce to the Public, til be car ries on business in the above named sivinity, and hopes to participate in that Public Patronage which it shall be his constant endeavour to deserve. \n\nN. B.-Parties can be supplied with Bread, Pastry, &c., on the shortest notice, also ship biscuit, \n\nHong-kong. 14th August, 1848. \n\nBakings of every description, carefully exe- exted, from cleven in the moring till five in the evening FOR SALE-Anchors and Chain Cables, \n\nCopper sheathing, and nails Claret, and flavona cigars Sperm. Candles, and Ainerican Soap Cabin Biscuity in Tins of 58 s. Brass & Iron Bedstewis. \n\nApply at the Godowns of Holliday Wise, of Co. JOHN RITSON. Victoria, 17th August, 1543 \n\nto \n\nFOR SALE-The bull, masts, yards, anchors, chains, &c. &c., of the Brigantine, Roza, now lying in Ilong Kong. \n\nThe above may be Sold together or separate. The vessel is seven years old built of American live oak, and would make an excellent receiving vessel in say of the new Ports, having also good accommodation for resi dence on board, \n\nApply to \n\nN. DUUS. (1 T. M. METCALFE. \n\nGINGER BEER \n\nMATUEUS DB COSTA & Co. respectfully intimate \n\nthat they have opened an establishment at Ne. B Webster's Bazaar for the sale of Ginger Beer prepared by a peculiar process from the best fresh finger; it will be found to retain in the fullest perfection all \"invigorat ing and refreshing qualities, parties requiring a regular supply at intervals, are requested to give noties, this will ensure their having beer in its best condition at the Line wanted. —— \n\nPreserved Provisious, Cigure, Soap, Cheese & other Groceries,",
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        "content_text": "\nARTICLE II. \n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai; and Iler Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., will appoint Superintendents, or Consular Officers, to reside at each of the above-named cities or towns, to be the medium of communication between the Chinese authorities and the said merchants, and to see that the just duties and other dues of the Chinese Government, as hereafter provided for, are duly discharged by Her Britannick Majesty's subjects. \n\nARTICLE III. \n\nIt being obviously necessary and desirable that British subjects should have some port whereat they may careen and refit their ships when required, and keep stores for that purpose, His Majesty the Emperor of China cedes to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., the Island of Hong-Kong, to be possessed in perpetuity by Her Britannick Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, and to be governed by such laws and regulations as Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c., shall see fit to direct. \n\nARTICLE IV. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to pay the sum of six millions of dollars, as the value of the opium which was delivered up at Canton in the month of March, 1839, as a ransom for the lives of Her Britannick Majesty's Superintendent and subjects, who had been imprisoned and threatened with death by the Chinese High Officers. \n\nARTICLE V. \n\nThe Government of China having compelled the British merchants trading at Canton to deal exclusively with certain Chinese merchants, called Hong Merchants (or Co-Hong), who had been licensed by the Chinese Government for that purpose, the Emperor of China agrees to abolish that practice in future at all ports where British merchants may reside, and to permit them to carry on their mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please; and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong Merchants, or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannick Majesty. \n\nARTICLE VI. \n\nThe Government of Her Britannick Majesty having been obliged to send out an expedition to demand and obtain redress for the violent and unjust proceedings of the Chinese High Authorities towards Her Britan- nick Majesty's Officer and subjects, the Emperor of China agrees to pay the sum of twelve millions of dollars, on account of the expences incurred; and Her Britannick Majesty's Plenipotentiary voluntarily agrees, on behalf of Her Majesty, to deduct from the said amount of twelve millions of dollars, any sums which may have been received by Her Majesty's combined forces, as ransom for cities and towns in China, subsequent to the 1st day of August, 1841. \n\nARTICLE VII. \n\nIt is agreed, that the total amount of twenty-one millions of dollars, described in the three preceding Articles, shall be paid as follows:— \n\nSix millions immediately. \n\nSix millions in 1843; that is, three millions on or before the 30th of the month of June, and three millions on or before the 31st of December. \n\nFive millions in 1844; that is, two millions and a half on or before the 30th of June, and two millions and a half on or before the 31st of December. \n\nFour millions in 1845; that is, two millions on or before the 30th of June, and two millions on or before the 31st of December. \n\nAnd it is further stipulated, that interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, shall be paid by the Government of China on any portion of the above sums that are not punctually discharged at the periods fixed. \n\nARTICLE VIII. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to release, unconditionally, all subjects of Her Britannick Majesty (whether natives of Europe or India), who may be in confinement at this moment in any part of the Chinese Empire. \n\nARTICLE IX. \n\nThe Emperor of China agrees to publish and promulgate, under His Imperial Sign Manual and Seal, a full and entire amnesty and act of indemnity to all subjects of China, on account of their having resided under, or having had dealings and intercourse with, or having entered the service of, Her Britannick Majesty, or of Her Majesty's officers; and His Imperial Majesty further engages to release all Chinese subjects who may be at this moment in confinement for similar reasons. \n\nARTICLE X. \n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to establish at all the ports which are, by the Second Article of this Treaty, to be thrown open for the resort of British merchants, a fair and regular Tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which Tariff shall be publickly notified and pro- mulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages, that when British merchandize shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the Tariff to be here- after fixed, such merchandize may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the Empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed* \n\nthe tariff value of such goods. \n\nARTICLE XI. \n\nper cent. on \n\nIt is agreed that Her Britannick Majesty's Chief High Officer in China shall correspond with the Chinese High Officers, both at the Capital and \n\nin the Provinces, under the term \"communication\" 照 ; the subordinate British Officers and Chinese High Officers in the Provinces, \n\nunder the terms \"statement\" \n\non the part of the former, \n\n'PIR \n\n* See Declaration on this subject, which follows the Treaty. \n\n",
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        "content_text": "\nT. M. C. c. \n\nT. M. C. C. \n\nBunting (narrow), per Chang of 141 inches 0 0 1 5 Unenumerated Woollen \n\nGoods, or Silk and Woollen, and Cotton \n\nand Woollen Mix- \n\nLoug Ells, Cassimeres, \n\nFlannel, and narrow \n\nCloths of this descrip- \n\ntion Blankets of all kinds \n\n0 per Chang of 141 inches \n\neach \n\ntures, &c. \n\nCamlets . \n\nditto \n\n48 Woollen Yarn \n\nImitation ditto, Bomba- \n\nzettes, &c. \n\nditto \n\nΟ 3 5 \n\nDutch Camlets, per Chang of 141 inches \n\n[All Articles unenumerated in this Tariff, 5 per cent, ad valorem.] \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. per 100 catties 3000 \n\nGENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo, and Shanghai. \n\nI. Pilots. \n\nWHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochowfoo, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and, in like manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay. \n\nRegarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the risk run, &c. \n\nII. Custom-house Guards. \n\nThe Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay on board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished porportionately to the amount so exacted. \n\nHII. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival. \n\nWhenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars. \n\nFor presenting a false manifest, the penalty will be five hundred dollars. \n\nFor breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due per- mission shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation of the goods so discharged. \n\nThe Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff, \n\nIV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants. \n\nIt having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with whatever native merchants they please,-should any Chinese merchant fraudulently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost to bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them. \n\nV. Tonnage Dues, \n\nEvery English merchantman, on entering any one of the above-men- tioned five ports, shall pay tonnage-dues at the rate of five mace per register-ton, in full of all charges. The fees formerly levied on entry and departure, of every description, are henceforth abolished. \n\nVI. Import and Export Duties. \n\nGoods, whether imported into, or exported from, any one of the above-mentioned five ports, are henceforward to be taxed according to the Tariff as now fixed and agreed upon, and no further sums are to be levied beyond those which are specified in the Tariff; all duties incurred by an English merchant-vessel, whether on goods imported or exported, or in the shape of tonnage-dues, must first be paid up in full; which done, the Superintendent of Customs will grant a port-clearance, and this being shown to the British Consul, he will thereupon return the ship's papers, and permit the vessel to depart, \n\nVII. Examination of Goods at the Custom-house. \n\nEvery English merchant, having cargo to load or discharge, must give due intimation thereof, and hand particulars of the same to the Consul, who will immediately dispatch a recognized linguist of his own establishment to communicate the particulars to the Superintendent of Customs, that the goods may be duly examined, and neither party sub- jected to loss. The English merchant must also have a properly qualified person on the spot to attend to his interests when his goods are being examined for duty, otherwise, should there be complaints, these cannot be attended to. \n\nRegarding such goods as are subject by the Tariff to an ad valorem duty, if the English merchant cannot agree with the Chinese officer in fixing a value, then each party shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase, shall be assumed as the value of the goods. \n\nTo fix the tare on any article, such as tea; if the English merchant cannot agree with the Custom-house officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole; and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods in packages. \n\nIf there should still be any disputed points which cannot be settled, the English merchant may appeal to the Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. But the appeal must be made on the same day, or it will not be regarded. While such points are still open, the Super- \n\nC 2 \n\n",
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        "content_text": "\nARTICLE IV. \n\nAfter the five ports of Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, shall be thrown open, English merchants shall be allowed to trade only at those five ports. Neither shall they repair to any other ports or places, nor will the Chinese people at any other ports or places be permitted to trade with them. If English merchant-vessels shall, contravention of this agreement, and of a Pro- clamation to the same purport, to be issued by the British Plenipotentiary, repair to any other ports or places, the Chinese Government Officers shall be at liberty to seize and confiscate both vessels and cargoes; and should Chinese people be discovered clandestinely dealing with English merchants at any other ports or places, they shall be punished by the Chinese Government in such manner as the law may direct. \n\nARTICLE V. \n\nThe fourth clause of the General Regulations of Trade, on the subject of commercial dealings and debts between English and Chinese merchants, is to be clearly understood to be applicable to both parties. \n\nARTICLE VI. \n\nIt is agreed that English merchants and others residing at, or resorting to, the five ports to be opened, shall not go into the surrounding country beyond certain short distances to be named by the local authorities, in concert with the Seamen and persons British Consul, and on no pretence for purposes of traffic. belonging to the ships shall only be allowed to land under authority and rules which will be fixed by the Consul, in communication with the local officers; and should any persons whatever infringe the stipulations of this Article, and wander away into the country, they shall be seized and handed over to the British Consul for suitable punishment. \n\nARTICLE VII. \n\nThe Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friendship provides for British subjects and their families residing at the cities and towns of Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, without molestation or restraint. It is accordingly determined that ground and houses, the rent or price of which is to be fairly and equitably arranged for, according to the rates prevailing amongst the people, without exaction on either side, shall be set apart by the local officers, in cominu- nication with the Consul, and the number of houses built, or rented, will be reported annually to the said local officers by the Consul, for the information of their respective Viceroys and Governors; but the number cannot be limited, seeing that it will be greater or less, according to the resort of merchants. \n\nARTICLE VIII. \n\nThe Emperor of China having been graciously pleased to grant to all foreign countries whose subjects or citizens have hitherto traded at Canton, the privilege of resorting for purposes of trade to the other four ports of Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, on the same terms as the English, it is further agreed, that should the Emperor hereafter, from any cause whatever, be pleased to grant additional privileges or immunities to any of the subjects or citizens of such foreign countries, the same privileges and immunities will be extended to, and enjoyed by, British subjects; but it is to be understood, that demands or requests are not on this plea to be unnecessarily brought forward. \n\nARTICLE IX: \n\nIf lawless natives of China, having committed crimes or offences against their own Government, shall flee to Hong-Kong, or to the English ships of war, \n\nor English merchant-ships, for refuge, they shall, if discovered by the English officers, be handed over at once to the Chinese officers for trial and punishment; or if, before such discovery be made by the English officers, it should be ascer- tained or suspected by the officers of the Government of China whither such criminals and offenders have fled, a communication shall be made to the proper English officer, in order that the said criminals and offenders may be rigidly searched for, seized, and, on proof or admission of their guilt, delivered up. In like manner, if any soldier or sailor, or any other person, whatever his caste or country, who is a subject of the Crown of England, shall, from any cause or on any pretence, desert, fly, or escape into the Chinese territory, such soldier or sailor, or other person, shall be apprehended and confined by the Chinese Autho- rities, and sent to the nearest British Consular or other Government officer. In neither case shall concealment or refuge be afforded. \n\nARTICLE X. \n\nAt each of the five ports to be opened to British merchants, one English cruizer will be stationed to enforce good order and discipline amongst the crews of merchant shipping, and to support the necessary authority of the Consul over British subjects. The crew of such ship of war will be carefully restrained by the officer commanding the vessel, and they will be subject to all the rules regarding going on shore and straying into the country, that are already laid down for the crews of merchant-vessels. Whenever it may be necessary to relieve such ships of war by another, intimation of that intention will be commnu- nicated by the Consul, or by the British Superintendent of Trade, where circumstances will permit, to the local Chinese Authorities, lest the appearance of an additional ship should excite misgivings amongst the people; and the Chinese cruizers are to offer no hindrance to such relieving ship, nor is she to be con- sidered liable to any port-charges, or other rules laid down in the General Regulations of Trade, seeing that British ships of war never trade in any shape. \n\nARTICLE XI. \n\nThe posts of Chusan and Koolangsoo will be withdrawn, as provided for in the Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friendship, the moment all the monies stipu- lated for in that Treaty shall be paid, and the British Plenipotentiary distinctly and voluntarily agrees, that all dwelling-bouses, store-houses, barracks, and other buildings that the British troops or people may have occupied, or intermediately built or repaired, shall be handed over, on the evacuation of the posts, exactly as they stand, to the Chinese Authorities, so as to prevent any pretence for delay, or the slightest occasion for discussion or dispute on those points. \n\nARTICLE XII. \n\nA fair and regular Tariff of duties and other dues having now been established, it is to be hoped that the system of smuggling which has hereto- fore been carried on between English and Chinese merchants-in many cases with the open connivance and collusion of the Chinese Custom-house officers- will entirely cease; and the most peremptory Proclamation to all English mer- chants has been already issued on this subject by the British Plenipotentiary, who will also instruct the different Consuls to strictly watch over, and carefully scrutinize, the conduct of all persons, being British subjects, trading under his superintendence. In any positive instance of smuggling transactions coming to the Consul's knowledge, he will instantly apprize the Chinese Authorities of the fact, and they will proceed to seize and confiscate all goods, whatever their value or nature, that may have been so smuggled, and will also be at liberty, if they see fit, to prohibit the ship from which the smuggled goods were landed, from trading further, and to send her away, as soon as her accounts are adjusted and paid. The Chinese Government officers will, at the same time, adopt what- ever measures they may think fit with regard to the Chinese merchants and Custom-house officers, who may be discovered to be concerned in smuggling, \n\nwww. .... \n\nT",
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        "content_text": "E. \n\nreisting \n\nmy my pomy \n\nury. If it should be found that the \n\nLaws are \n\nare insufficient to enable the \n\nAuthorities to give due effect to the stipulation of the treaty, We think that a new Lon \n\nLow for that \n\nPurpose, should be passed by the Local Legislatured_ \n\nwhich may hate \n\nTo Chebet t \n\nat Hong Kong the Principel Provision of the peo to (dolatile) to peorzy Love should be to inforce the Surrender of the \n\nthe \n\nProperty of the Debtor, in satisfaction of the Demands \n\nagainst him, and in default thereof to imprison his \n\nto the \n\nPerson for a longer or shorter teren, according to \n\ntances of the Case \n\nCircumst \n\n12 Janel \n\nG \n\nZod. is to be maken. \n\nShearing han \n\nthe debt. \n\nsuring to th \n\nthat there will be much more. the \n\nحمد الجريمة. \n\nthe \n\nhave the Ilonar to be \n\nMyford \n\ndefendant to rege \n\nordships Most Obedient \n\nhumble servants. \n\nHodson \n\nFred Pollock \n\nToleta \n\n7 X7 \n\nHoughony \n\n+ be \n\nTuvale \n\nsorts to be provided for \n\nBill of Dinerary \n\nction of the Plaintiffi \n\nto be defended. \n\nChance The Ra \n\nChe \n\nobviousing \n\nBe a far \n\nLawyers ingropat \n\nPenty writ degenerant \n\nrulling. Jou. \n\nare well. \n\nenforce all there \n\nthat English Lawyers & \n\n& Judges \n\namy to anticipate \n\nThe subtleties & therefore \n\nthe Cha \n\nthey made \n\nBanzain \n\nthought \n\nthan \n\nthat \n\nthen Deblon at Anythay \n\n87 J'aque \n\nI enffore that \n\nHow in the God. or \n\nClaimant. \n\nSuffere the \n\nJuffore \n\na \n\nEnsure the \n\nWitnesses or of the \n\nSUPPLEMENTARY TREATY. \n\nWHEREAS a Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, was concluded at Nanking, and signed on board Her said Majesty's ship \"Cornwallis\" on the 29th day of August, A. D. 1842, corresponding with the Chinese date of the 24th day of the 7th month of the 22nd year of Taoukwang, of which said Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship, the Ratifications, under the respective seals and signs manual of the Queen of Great Britain, &c., and the Emperor of China, were duly exchanged at Hong-Kong on the 26th day of June, A. D. 1843, corresponding with the Chi- nese date the 29th day of the Fifth mouth, in 23rd year of Taoukwang; and Whereas, in the said Treaty it was provided (amongst other things), that the five ports of Canton, Foo-chow-foo, Amoy, and Ningpo, and Shanghai, should be thrown open for the resort and residence of British merchants, and that a fair and regular Tariff of Export and Import duties, and other dues, should be esta- blished at such ports; and Whereas, various other matters of detail connected with, and bearing relation to the said Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship, have been since under the mutual discussion and consideration of the Plenipoten- tiary and accredited Commissioners of the High Contracting Parties; and the said tariff and details having been now finally examined into, adjusted, and agreed upon, it has been determined to arrange and record them in the form of a Sup- plementary Treaty of Articles, which Articles shall be held to be as binding, and of the same efficacy as though they had been inserted in the original Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship. \n\nARTICLE I. \n\nThe Tariff of Export and Import Duties, which is hereunto attached under the seals and signatures of the respective Plenipotentiary and Commissioners, shall henceforward be in force at the five ports of Canton, Foo-chow-foo, Auray, Ning- po, and Shanghai. \n\nARTICLE II. \n\nThe General Regulations of Trade, which are hereunto attached under the scals and signatures of the respective Plenipotentiary and Commissioners, shall henceforward be in force at the five aforenamed ports. \n\nARTICLE III. \n\nAll penalties enforced or confiscations made under the third clause of the said General Regulations of Trade, shall belong and be appropriated to the public service of the Government of China. \n\nARTICLE IV. \n\nAfter the five ports of Canton, Foo-chow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, shall be thrown open, English merchants shall be allowed to trade only at those five ports. \n\nNeither shall they repair to any other ports or places, nor will the \n",
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        "content_text": "Provisions\n\nthe exclusive right and privilege of exercising the trade or occupation of a Broker or Weigher of Salt, or of selling or retailing Opium in any quantity less than one Chest, and of selling and retailing Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf in any quantity less than that which may be determined on from time to time hereafter by the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council within the Colony of Hongkong, and its Dependencies, and the waters thereof.\n\nIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said License or Licenses shall be granted to the highest bidders for the same respectively, to be ascertained by Public Auction, or by tenders to be sent in, in pursuance of public notice to that effect, and on such conditions relative to the giving of security for the payment of the sum tendered, and for the maintenance of good order, and the prevention of riots or disturbances among the persons engaged in the Salt Trade, or on the premises of persons retailing or selling Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, under such License or Licenses within the said Colony of Hongkong or its Dependencies, or the waters thereof, and subject to such other regulations in all respects as from time to time to His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the said Executive Council, may seem fit.\n\nPenalties imposed on unlicensed dealers.\n\nPower reserved to the Governor in Council to make regulations from time to time.\n\nIV. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person, without having obtained such license as aforesaid, shall exercise or carry on the trade or occupation of weighing Salt within the said Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, or the waters thereof, or shall sell, barter, or retail Opium in any quantity less than one Chest, or sell, barter, or retail Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, in any quantity less than may be so determined on in Council as aforesaid, or shall infringe any of the Regulations after public notice thereof, from time to time to be established by the Governor in Council under the authority of this Ordinance, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 Dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner before any Magistrate of Police, and in default of the said penalty being duly paid after conviction, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and if there be no sufficient distress, every such offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six Calendar months.\n\nV. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and be lawful to and for the said Governor in Council may further regulations from time to time to make such further regulations or orders as to him shall seem fit, respecting the weighing or brokerage of Salt, or the sale of Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, with the power to enforce the same by such penalties as shall seem expedient, provided always, that such penalties shall not exceed those hereinbefore imposed.\n\nVI. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council, to make hereafter all such rules and regulations for the farming, selling, and retailing of Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, and that in the making and enforcing of such rules and regulations, he shall be vested with all and singular the powers and authority hereby vested in him with respect to the selling, farming, and retailing of Opium.\n\nNo person to act as Pawnbroker or Auctioneer, or keep a Public Billiard Table, without license for such purposes.\n\nVII. And be it further enacted and ordained, that no person shall exercise or carry on the trade or occupation of a Pawnbroker, or of an Auctioneer, or shall keep a public Billiard Table, without having previously obtained a license from the Governor of Hongkong for the time being in Council, which license shall endure for the space of one year from the date thereof; provided always, that every person taking out a Pawnbroker's or an Auctioneer's license, or a license for a public Billiard Table, shall pay into the Colonial Treasury such sums as to His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may seem fit, the said sums to be paid previous to the granting of such license or licenses.\n\nUnder penalty\n\nVIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person shall, without having obtained such licenses aforesaid, carry on or exercise the trade or occupation of a Pawnbroker, or Auctioneer, or keep a public Billiard Table, or either or any of them, or shall be convicted of exposing for sale, or putting up any thing whatever to Public Auction, or of taking any thing whatever in pawn, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $200 Dollars to be recovered in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate, and in default of payment the same to be levied by distress and sale of his goods and chattels.\n\nDiscretionary power to levy an Auction Duty of $2 per cent on all sales.\n\nIX. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the Governor in Council, if he see fit, shall be empowered to levy an Auction Duty of 2 per cent on all sales by Auction within this Colony.\n\nAuctioneer to deduct the Auction Duties and make Quarterly Returns on oath.\n\nX. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall act as an Auctioneer in the said Colony, shall make and give, at the office of the Colonial Secretary, once in every three months, a faithful and true return on oath of all the sums received at sales made by him as Auctioneer within the said three months, and that every such Auctioneer shall, from every sum received by him on the sale of any article by him in that capacity, deduct the sum sanctioned under this Ordinance,\n\nPage 8",
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        "content_text": "III. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said License or Licenses shall be granted to the highest bidders for the same respectively, to be ascertained by Public Auction, or by tenders to be sent in, in pursuance of public notice to that effect, and on such conditions relative to the giving of security for the payment of the sum tendered, and for the maintenance of good order, and the prevention of riots or disturbances among the persons engaged in the Salt Trade, or on the premises of persons retailing or selling Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Pau, Betel, and Betel Leaf, under such License or Licenses within the said Colony of Hongkong or its Dependencies, or the waters thereof, and subject to such other regulations in all respects as from time to time to His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the said Executive Council, may seem fit.\n\nPenalties imposed on unlicensed dealers.\n\nPower reserved to the Governor in Council to make regulations from time to time.\n\nIV. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person, without having obtained such license as aforesaid, shall exercise or carry on the trade or occupation of weighing Salt within the said Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, or the waters thereof, or shall sell, barter, or retail Opium in any quantity less than one Chest, or sell, barter, or retail Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, in any quantity less than may be so determined on in Council as aforesaid, or shall infringe any of the Regulations after public notice thereof, from time to time to be established by the Governor in Council under the authority of this Ordinance, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 Dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner before any Magistrate of Police, and in default of the said penalty being duly paid after conviction, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and if there be no sufficient distress, every such offender shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six Calendar months.\n\nV. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor in Council to make further regulations from time to time to make such further regulations or orders as to him shall seem fit, respecting the weighing or brokerage of Salt, or the sale of Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, with the power to enforce the same by such penalties as shall seem expedient, provided always, that such penalties shall not exceed those hereinbefore imposed.\n\nVI. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council, to make hereafter all such rules and regulations for the farming, selling, and retailing of Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf, and that in the making and enforcing of such rules and regulations, he shall be vested with all and singular the powers and authority hereby vested in him with respect to the selling, farming, and retailing of Opium.\n\nAuctioneer, or license for such purposes.\n\nVII. And be it further enacted and ordained, that no person shall exercise or carry on the trade or occupation of a Pawnbroker, or of an Auctioneer, or shall keep a public Billiard Table, without having previously obtained a license from the Governor of Hongkong for the time being in Council, which shall endure for the space of one year from the date thereof; provided always, that every person taking out a Pawnbroker's or an Auctioneer's license, or a license for a public Billiard Table, shall pay into the Colonial Treasury such sums as to His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, may seem fit, the said sums to be paid previous to the granting of such license or licenses.\n\nUnder penalty not exceeding $200\n\nVIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any person shall, without having obtained such licenses aforesaid, carry on or exercise the trade or occupation of a Pawnbroker, or Auctioneer, or keep a public Billiard Table, or either or any of them, or shall be convicted of exposing for sale, or putting up anything whatever to Public Auction, or of taking anything whatever in pawn, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 200 Dollars to be recovered in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate, and in default of payment the same to be levied by distress and sale of his goods and chattels,\n\nDiscretionary power to levy an Auction Duty of 2 per cent on all sales.\n\nIX. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the Governor in Council, if he see fit, shall be empowered to levy an Auction Duty of 2 per cent on all sales by Auction within this Colony.\n\nthe books being liable to inspection.\n\nX. And be it further enacted and ordained, that every person who shall act as an Auctioneer in the said Colony, shall make and give, at the office of the Colonial Secretary, once in every three months, a faithful and true return on oath of all the sums received at sales made by him as Auctioneer within the said three months, and that every such Auctioneer shall, from every sum received by him on the sale of any article by him in that capacity, deduct the sum sanctioned under this Ordinance,\n\nPage 349",
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        "content_text": "62\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nCharitable laaits\n\n3.1.\n\nleads to the conclusiva that the expense\n\nIV—Provided always that all religious edifices, hospitals, jeme exempted from teries, and buildings strictly and exclusively appropriated tahari- of maintaining and extending it, if self- table purposes, and not being used as dwelling-houses, sall be imposed, would be less grudgingly paid, exempted from assessment under this Ordinance.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nNotice is hereby given, that the exclusive right of dealing in laun, Betel, and torment of col with the advice of the excentive Council, shall have powers apment. Betel Leaf, in the Colony of Hongkong, will be disposed of to the highest bidder at: Public Auction on the 20th day of June, at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police.\n\n[1]\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\n16\n\nProvisions for the\n\nJoctors,\n\nCollectors to malo\n\npoint such officer or officers as may be deemed requisite for te col- lection of the Rate leviable under this Ordinence, allowing in or them as remuneration for this service such a per Centage at the Governor in Council shall seem fit.\n\npaper the Report of a Trial on Appeal\n\nWe have extracted from an Edinburgh before the Louse of Lords, the subject being one of great importance to alt British colonists. The statule establish- ing dutics on legacies equaily affects England and Scotland, and the present decision settles the law, that such duties are not payable on\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained, that as soon afer the casual reters and first day of January in each year as may be founul practicale, the pablish officer collecting the assesstrent under this Ordinance shall gepare a detailed statement exhibiting the sums collected during de pre- ceding year, and the said statement, duly attested by the said ficer, shall be inserted in some newspaper published within this Clony, officer for one month from and after the date of its publicatio\n\nby a person re\n\nVI—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that the saf rate such property being subject to the law of\n\nsiding in one of its possessions abroad- Quarterly in advance shall be payable quarterly in advance, unless otherwise prefribed the colony where the deceased\n\nand directed, as hereinberare mentioned, and that it shall be charged ciled. This judgment is not only impor was domi- and chargeable on the lands, dwelling-houses, and premises repect- ively assessed, at the time of such assessment.\n\nand shall also be open to general inspection at the office & such | England, if bequeathed invested in\n\nException as to\n\ncapted, or used\n\nFREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\n憲。 告\n\nRate payalde\n\nT\n\n赴人在榔茲\n\n賣\n\n辦正等港\n\n此堂物等\n\n事衙於處\n\n者署五招\n\n特 THAA\n\n示 於投十包\n\n是如六質\n\n該要巡簍在\n\n署包理葉\n\n投\n\nB\n\n# B &\n\nexetorted.\n\nN\n\n一千八百四十五年五月 三 十\n\n日\n\n年四月\n\n二十六日\n\nFJ\n\ntant to British colunists, but may be\n\nΠΟΣ\n\nnot unwillingly substitute the following from a correspondent:-\n\nof benefit to England, by encouraging\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained that the omber of investments there. So important aid the property mat let, or any land, dwelling-house, or premises assessed, which may fot be\n\nlet to any tenant, shall be deered the occupier thereof. privided this question, that though neither he always, that if such owner can shew that the property las nt been the other low lords entertained any inhabited for a period of three months or upwards in any year, he doubt, it was submitted as an A. B ques- shall be entitled to a proportional abatement of assessment leted on the same for the said year.\n\ntion to the Judges, because, as the law\n\nAppeal against as\n\nwas to be stated definitively, for the\n\nVIII—Provided always, that if any person from whom payment British Islande, and for all its colonies, esten der pay- of the assessment leviable under this Ordinance may have been the Lords deemed it proper that the meo the\n\ndemanded, and who shall have already paid in the amount demanded decision should have all the weight of him, ohjects to the demand on any other ground than that of which the concurrent opinions of the valuation, it shall be competent to such person, after payment of Judges and of the Lords could give it.\" the amount demanded, to appeal against such demand to the Chief' Justice of the Supreme Court at such time and place as the said:\n\nWe had proposed to give a short critique\n\nChief Justice may be pleased to direct, or that if any person be dissa on the Concert of Thursday last, but tisfied, or objects to any valustion to be made under this Ordinance on the ground of over-valuation, he or they may, within the period of three calender months after such valuation, or when the said Chief: Justice may appoint or direct, appeal to him against such valuation, and that it shall be lawful for him, if he deem it advisable or neces- sary to have any three persons taken from the existing let of special jurors to assist him in ascertaining the question of value which may arise on\n\nDistricts may be\n\nIX—And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and n any such appeal. may be lawful for the said Governor, with the advice of the said Executive Council, to exempt such districts or portions of the said Island from the operation of this act, or from the payment of the said rates, as to him and them may seem advisable.\n\nX—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that un asessment made under the authority of the Ordinance shall be impeached or affected by reason of any mistake in the name of any person liable to assessment, or of any thing chargeable with assessment, provided the directions of this Ordinance be in substance and effect complied with.\n\nclause.\n\nTriplomatic Department.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nHis Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c. &c., is pleased to direct that the sunexed Circular to the address of Her Majesty's Consuls in China he published for general information.\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nCIRCULAR No.\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nI have to acquaint you, that I have received the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty, conveyed through the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, sanctioning and confirming Ordinance No. 6 of 1844, intituled, An Ordinance to authorize the execation of the Process of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in certain Parts within the Dominions of the Emperor of China.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. F. DAVIS.\n\nTrue Copy:\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE,\n\nTo Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at\n\nTisle.\n\nPreamble.\n\nClovernor to p\n\nIsland.\n\nHONGKONG,\n\nANNO OCTAVO, VICTORIE REGINE. No. 2 of 1845.\n\nBy His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esquie, Go- vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong jad its Dependencies, lur Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Sperin tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the idvice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\nAn Ordinance to raise an assessed Rate on Janda, houses, and premises, within the Colony of Hongkong, for the upholding of the requisite Police Force therein.\" WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and necessary that the Colony of Hongkong should defray the Expenses attendant on the upholding and maintaining the Police force thereof.\n\n--Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of point haters of the Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof that lands. house it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the mies within the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time to appoint two ar more persons for the purpose of estimating the annual vaide of the lands, houses, and premises within the said Island, or within any particular district thereof, which shall be in the tenure or occupation of any person or persons; and the said valuator or valuators shall, when thereunto required, make a retum in writing and on oath of such valuation to the said Governor and Coureff; and also at the time of having valued each property respectively, he proprietor thereal, a written Notification of their having made such or they shall leave or cause to be left with some inmate or the valuation, sod of the Amount thereof.\n\nIl—And be it further enacted and ordained that for the purposes of this Ordinance, the said Governor and Council may cause a new valuation to be made annually.\n\nILL--And\n\nValuation may be made anually.\n\nAssessment to he Trade on the d\n\nJyment, andromedy for nonpayment.\n\nbe\n\n|\n\nInterpretation\n\nAnd be it further enacted and ordained, that this Ordinaner shall come into operation and take effect, from and after the first day of Julf next ensuing.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong this 93d day of May, 1845. ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,\n\nClerk of Councila.\n\nJ. F. DAVIS, Governor, &c., &c.\n\nour present rulers every thing will be done with the utmost economy: but that does not affect the principle, against which we conter.d.\n\nThe right of the mercantile commu- pity to a voice in the Legislative Council has frequently been urged, not, we think, with much force of reason; for until the revenue of the colony is sufficient to pay its expenses, we do not ace that the in- habitants can claim representation as a right, and upon any other grounds it\n\nMessrs Fiebig and lavac's Concert took place according to announcement on Thurs day evening last, and the attendance was in very respect calculated so answer the ex pectoris of the originators, who well de Berve encouragement for their attempt to the ennuyés of Victoria. afford an evening's rational entertainment to deservedly applauded for his brilliant ex\n\nM. Rarac was eeution of the very difficulty picces allotted to him, sad met with an unanimous encore in the Caroival of Venice.\" His notes are remarkably clear and expressive, and by a himself of a few mannerisms, he might with little attention to his style, in order to divest study become a first rote performer on this most difficult of instruments. M. Fiebig was not so felicitous; his well known skill and tirely unworthy of his efforts. The \"Bella\" execution, were expended on a theme on- he dimittel. le proved himself to possess\n\na correct judgment and highly cultivated\n\ntaste, by the simple yet appropriate manner in which he accompanied M. Ravac, instead of displaying in mastery over the instrument by profuse ornament, at the expense of the melody itself, a fault too common among musicisms. The programme was a striking example of the lied taste which is unfortu Dately I too prevalent in the days with thrown aside for the modern Italian school, regard to music. The great masters are new The Messiah must give place to the Stabal Mater, and Iton Giovanni to Don Pasquale. Verily, Rossint, Donizetti, Belliei, Pacini, Auber, &o, ae but peor substitutes for Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Fiebig and Barac should favour the inhabi tots of Victoria with another Concert, or Gluck, Cimarosa, or Parsiella. If Messrs\n\neven a series of Concerts, and we think they have ample encouragement for so doing, what\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nHONGKONG, THURSDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1245. Is another part of to-day's paper will be found an important Ordinance by the Governor in Council for assessing the inhabitants with the expenses of the Police establishment. The advantages\n\nwhich the community derive from a well organized system of police are so self-evident, that a reason- able rate for its support is perhaps one of would be worse than useless. the few direct taxes that in civilized the case is different with municipal of his great countryman the composer of countries are submitted to without affairs. Here, it is proposed that the Fidelio, or M. Ravac delighting his auditors de tot anticipate whole charge of upholding the police or Vietti; and, if the prevailing taste is so that even those who, like ourselves, should be defrayed by the inhabitants, strongly expressed in favour of modera with the touching compositions of Corelli maiorain that it is a mistake\" policy who thereby, we conceive, establish a music, let us have it good at least, something to overburden the youthful energies of just claim to avail themselves of the con- by Spohr, Cherubini, Mendelssolu, er the colony with taxation, will find much stitutional right of British subjects to be Beyerbeer, for instance. to complain of in being called upon consulted both as to the levying and dis- to contribute their quota for uphollingposal of the fund. In London, though\n\nmormer; and WH\n\na treat it would be for a true lover of nute to hear M. Fisbig displaying his taste nad But exception on some of the majestic sinfonias\n\nPEKING GAZETTE.\n\nhridegroom was\n\nthat\n\nthe force requisite for the protection, nearly one-fourth of the expenses of the health, and comfort of the community. police establishment is paid out of the Con-rial Princess with one of the Mangal chieft THE COURT—The marriage of an Imps- amble of the Ordinance, we conocive to watch over the interests of the rate But though we thus concur in the pre-solidated Fund, there are commissioners has given rise to not a little trouble. The that its enacting clauses are objectionable peyers; and in Edinburgh and (ilasgow, riage celebrated without delay, and he mast defining the power and jurisdiction of the assessment on the inhabitants, they at- to the customary rule, directed that astronu- on two grounds, First, not clearly where the whole amount is raised by an\n\nan early day should be fixed for the core. police, a term of wide signification, and Dually elect representatives,\n\nmony. The Emperor, however, according which in the three United Kingdoms to the sale power of determining the per Board, to ascertain when the heavens would\n\nwho have made to include very different classes of centage, as well as its appropriation. be propitions for the celebration of the nup mical observations should be made by the functions. The Ordinance does not in- These Commissioners have, properly, tials. Unfortunately the members of the for us whether this preventive branch judicial functions; but except that the Board ware not mautious in reading the of justice is to be rendered so efficient in appointment of Superintendent is lodged agus of the stars, and after a great many Hongkong as to supersede the necessity in other hands, they are onnipotent calculations, drawing of horoscopes, and con- for the individual tax which the inhabi as regards the extent and remunera tants have hitherto been compelled totion of the force, as well as in all that persofthe day, they fixed on the 23d April at submit to in maintaining private watch relates to lighting, cleansing, removal\n\nthree o'clock in the morning as the most tion is the more pointedly directed by arrangements of the fire brigade. And at that hour. This is said to be the earliest men--a circumstance to which our atten- of nuisances and obstructions, and the able for that ceremony. The Royal pair joined in drinking from the nuptial cup the intimation from the Chief Magistrate we which appeared in the Cuts MALL only Geomy, these matters are nowhere the celestial empire,\n\nbelieve that in efficiency and hoar at which a marriage has taken place in better managed out of London, if indeed The King of Korea has again asked the the metropolis is an exception. tants who might consider them worth $10\n\nEmperor to sanction is marriage with one a-month. It seems necessary to under-there aced be no fear about the sua patent for that pa pose. The Emperor Were such a plan adopted in Hongkong, of the damsels of the Court, and to grant but stand whether we are to have a police ciency of the supplies, and we should look have hitherto been carried by a body of so generally effective as to supersede the confidently to a gradually improved sys Mandarins deputed by the Emperor for has acceded to his requeat. Such documents\n\na fortnight ago, tendering the services of\n\na night constahle to any of the inhabi-\n\nsultatious with the most celebrate! philosu-\n\nThis will add\n\nit further enacted and ordained, that for the purpose valiation and provi. of levying the said rate, a per Centage at such an amount in the sic:t for periods of hundred as muy annually be determined on by the Governor with the payment, notice of advice of the Executive Council, not exceeding such a sum as sball assessment, period of be equal to the expenses of the Palice establishment, shall be as- necessity for private watchmen, or if, betem from the suggestions of a body of that purpose, but on the present occasion a sessed and paid in respect of every such valuation by the occapier sides this heavy tax, we are to be called judicious and interested commissioners, single civilian only has been despatched or owner of cach parcel of ground, house, or building, within such upon to contribute to the support of a Protection of life and property, sanatory with it to the Prince. time and times as the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council, shall direct, or as is hereinafter provided. In the absence of auch direction and in default of the same being so paid, it shall be Jawful for any person or persons oppainted to collect the suid tax to apply to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the Island, who shall, on satisfactory proof of the same having been duly demanded and being due and\n\nJunsatisfied,\n\ngrant his Warrant to levy the same by distress of any goods on or in the lands, houses, or premises so rated; and that any such\n\nrate, while unpaid, shall be a lien on the property so assessed, or charged therewith, Provided always that when and so often as any assessment shall be made on any such valuation, the particulars and nature of such assessment shall be published in one or more public newspapers of the said Colony.\n\nforee, which, from the intimation alluded regulations, and whatever tends to the another Queen to the numerous Ilarem to, it may be inferred the authorities do comfort and convenience of the public, of bis Royal Highness. not consider to be entirely efficient. are matters of imperative necessity, Tau Lord Mayor of Puking reported, that The other objection we have to the acknowledged by every friend to public beavy showers of snow had fallen in the measure is that the inhabitants are not safety and good order; and the adminis-, during the beginning of March; and allowed a voice in fixing the rate, or tration of the law for securing these ends be looked for, he suggests that a day of public as a good wheat harvest might accordingly io determining the modo in which it is to be applied no other limit being pro- those of the community who are to enjoy Emperor has received his suggestion favour\n\ncan never be placed in better hands than thanksgiving should be appointed. The posed than what may seem to the Co-the benefits, and who are caliel upon to ally. vernor, with the advice of the Executive contribute the means of securing then, Council, sufficient for upholding or main- Without forgetting or under-vaining the taining any extent of force that may he salutary efforts of our rulers to provide an appointed. We have no doubt that with organized protective force, experience\n\nSome Mandarins, of high rank, arrived\n\nfrom Kwang-tung and Yan-an, whose baggage consisted of no less than one thou- ordinary quantity, they were interrogated sand packages. This being rather an\n\nBA-\n\nas to the contents, and the reply that they contained letters and despatelies for the tribunals, no being satisfactory, they were ordered to he opened and inspected. Ten were found to contain documents, but the contents of the remaining 990 have not been made public.\n\nP\n\nOn releasing the Petit Jary from their long and fatiguing labours the fan. Recorde complimented them on the zeal and jade ment which they had displayed, and his Honour stated, that he coincided in every verdict they had given.\n\nlfonso of Lorda, February 17. THOMSON LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nSITTING OF THE SCPI Colar, 2 June, 1945,\n\ndesired to name a son, he named 105 dollars,\n\n63\n\nA difter-\n\nstating the Admiral's desire to pay any c FOREIGN Goops with a Britist Chance- munendon for the services of the vossal\n\nT—During the past year numerous in- which Matheson might think G and stonees have occurred of goods buying bren (From the Hongkong Register] This was a writ of error against a judg\n\nA Special Jury was empanneled for thre meat of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland trial of an action raised as the instance of the manensient, but expressed his willingness to\n\nreason. Mr Matheann refused any ve brought to this country for home use or ex- The facts of the case are those John\n\nportation to foreign puits, with labek attach- Grant, a person born in Scotland, but who Crown against the Editor of the Friend of acccptacy couneration on the part of the ed, giving, or purporting to give thean, a had left that cuantry sad become domiciled: Ching, for the publication of the following\n\ncrew might think proper. When desired British character in a foreign market s in Demerara, died in that colony, in the\n\nto name a sum, be said, the Admiral may this, if allowed, would be highly detrimental Article in his 'isue of the 13th July last, Treasurer Tang-ting-ching, the late Gover-year 1887. He had acquired considerate, which was alleged to contain a libel against think very different from us and being to the British manufacturer, the goods have nor of Canton, and who will probably property while in Demerara, and had trans- Sir Thomas Cochrane:-\n\nin every instance been detained by the Reve- reesive the first van Governorship, osmitted saare portion of it to Scotland, at It will be in the all-rtion of many of our The letter M Me Matheson stated that the me officers, as being impuited contrary to recommended his inferiur officers, whe no- the time of his death, a banking house there Loaders, that Her Majesty's ship Wolf, got on a schooner had been detained 18 hours in conve the provisions of the act in that regard; the terially assisted bin in clearing large trace held property of his to the amount of\n\nbank somewhere below Woosneg, and has for the quence of the service rendered to the Wolf only relief given having been that the goods of land in Kan-sub, to the notite of govera- £18,000. Probate of his will was taken timely aid of the Schooner Fetes, Capt. Caer, sier Goddard in addressing the Jury for Mr have been allowed to be returned to the purt ment, as worthy of promotion.\n\nont in Scotland, by tho present appellant, as\n\nwould have been obliged to acrifice he cons and Carr, ill be felt eansiderable difficulty of shipment, the labels or other mode of in shot before she curld here'got n The Wolf took appearing before them in such circumstances.fringement having been firstromovel. These bis executor, and payment of the money due\n\nthe bank at high water, mud and not possibly have Mr Cur bad been accused of publishing a labels have usually contained the Royal arms having boea brained, in was transmitted to It is with touch regret we learn, from a\n\nbocu fiased again, without grandly reducing the dead hel, \"toulously, winkedly, and malicious of Enghel, will the name, in English, of Demerara. The law officers of the Crown weight on board. Then fast descried by the Fern, y\" Mr Carr, he believed, knew very little the importer in London, or other place in lang memorial of Lea, Governor-Genersi of\n\nclaimed from the executor the son of £1800 ahr, the Way had a sign.d of distress lying, ani Che-eang and Fo-keen, that the rise arup as legacy duty duo from him in respect of there can be no doubt that, hack it came in to be high and in these seas Sir Thomas, except on a person holding a the United Kingdom, ss the case may be, the in Pormasa hoe failed, also that the Granary the property of the testator existing in Scot- whilst she was lying in a mitical position, she\n\nname and description of the contents bring is now exhausted, and that the price of grain Lad. The case went before the Court of\n\nwand ham gore bo pres. The Pinot Pan niongailia, however, in this case did not act as a judge, also given in the English language, evidently is daily rising in Fo-keen. Leu has ardered Exchequer in Scotland, where Ford Gillies and took out all ver artament, 15 send 41,42 th. The ly Judge of Admiralty here is the intending to envey the impression in a extensive purchases to be made in Che-keang delivered a judgment declaring that the\n\nshot, and it was net wat relieved of this weight clut | Lord Chief Justice. Neither does he accuse foreign market that the goods were of British and other places, and wishes that the public legary duty as payable in the manner de ser altercaties fabu to the her guns overhard, either in his publie or his private character, time since of a parcel of esses containing se again loated; without this since she had no bin ofhay rbing eriminal, or of an offence mamifacture. An instance occurred a short granaries should be opened.\n\nmanded. The prosent writ of error was then brought. The ease bad been argued vage, and before any Adiralty socte sum\n\nor go to pisees on the ink. This is a clear case of which implied guilt. He never acted him paper for letter-writing being brought for of coruption. He only accuses him that he CANTON—Rumour states that the light two years ago, and now came on again for awarded the Foren for for aid would be siderable.\n\nexportation, etch sheet of paper having thos was not so bieral as he ought to be, A\n\nword Barle\" primed in the usual manner at ning struck the palace of Lieutenant-Gver. argument by one counsel on a side.\n\nAt the time the affair occurred, tar Admisal Sir Me Kelly, on the part of the appellant\n\ncriminal libel has been filed against Mr Carr, the left hand corner, and the packages them- nor [wang, and damaged, bis snutf-box. Themas Duebrang was at Chusni, when it arced. In consegnace of the way the accusation selves containing the paper the Brilish aras This, it is said, has made so strong an impres¦ (Mr Anderson was with him,) fosisted that between him are the Cipam of the Vares, that the has been brought, he was pot to great ex- einblazoned thereon. They were, of course, sion upon the grandee, that he has since been the legacy duty was not payable here. The question: of compensation atould be lett open ancil duty was demanded under 36 Geo. III, c. wrapt in deep thought and revery.\n\nSir 1 homas Cochrane avtored to this enlony. Altor penser, as the frown pays on costs; and if immediately detained, and application WAY he seeds, as I aux sure he will, he will made for permission to retard them to the 152, sec. 2, which enacted, that all legacies Thonan return, the cwners generaly waived\n\nabove the amount of £20, given by any will\n\nall claims fre salvage, marely requesting the Rear rill here to pay all his own expenses. Be port of shipment, but the intention in this (From the Singapore Free Press, 1st May.) or testamentary instrumcat, shoald pay le-\n\nAdmiral to remouense the Captain and eve for their sides the case has been deferred from time instance being so evident, the goods wer The Criminal Sessions were finished on gacy duty. Fe submitted that thang those elite similar te their own, Sir Thomas Cachane on long ago. Fir Thomas might have put ed, which was accordingly done,\n\ntrouble, never doubling then retunded by a spirit to time, whereas it might have been brought ordered to be seized and the parties prosecut Saturday Jast, the 28th ult. having lasted words were of the most extensive and gene rash hudumaly reward de vore of Fist himself into the witnesa box, and so might ence is made where the name and inscription four weeks, 18 persons were discharged on ral kind, the aut did not apply out of Great Majesty's slig. In doing thy they committed a Mr Waller, and thee we should have had an on the label is in the French or other foreign Saturday, no witnesses coming forward Britain. The aut could not extend even to\n\ncapital cere, to who justice and magnanimity opportunity of seeing what was right and language, although the British armus may be against them. No blame attaches to the our colonies, without some word expressly ey had entrusted the liquidatio of the cases what was wrong, or at least we should have Police in this instance, as the parties had including them, and there were no anche Captain and are of the Kareemid not fi\n\nengraved thereon, it being considered that words here. That being the case, the gene print much ganeanu facdage, and taking advantage\n\nhad an opportunity to cross-examine them, the act is not thereby infringed in const- been regularly bound over to appear nord\n\nquence. Timca. give evidence. In some cases there is leral rule of law applied that the personal pro- of the antideles is displast, he offered to award and of proving that Mr Matheson was not informed of the facts. Mr Bradshaw, the doubt that bribery has been resorted to inperty followed the fair of the domicile of its all $10, in the proportion of $4 for the quain\n\nfirst officer of the Fire, was on beard when I\n\nTHE HOPELESS SESSION. order to keep back evidenco. In van oase, a owner, and consequently as the domicile of $20 Ckiy Oficer; $16 Gunnar; $1 each for the Crew- charge of murder, the widow of the murder the testator here was Demerara, the low of take advantage of us Iter &iral's meannes, ant dewee was tatran in this court before a Com\n\nWe need actualy gette tha: Catón Carr would not the Wulf hoisted sigands of distress: his evi-\n\nWhat change has come over the public ed person, though she had appeared before that place unst govern the administration of\n\nwithin these few years Where be all the in is instance Her Majesty's ship has got off missioner. Mr Carr did not ferret out the the Grand Jury, was not to be found when his assets. Prubate but necessarily been fie fad the Fizen been the party cunt talon out in Scotland, because the Bankers\n\neager conjectures regarding the grent mea cireunastanees; \"hey were brought to him by the case came on for trial.\n\nwan in expardy unit the readers a Captain Carr, who complained of the waut Parliament aas supposed to lie pregnant? sares with which to coming session of who were the debtors had not honestly paid aquistanes, we would have had the matter certleil 1\n\nof liberality. F. M's Ships are generally People do not even take the treble to fore had been paid, but the claim here was what was due, and the probate duty there a very different mumer. Sie Thores mental op-\n\nvalued at £1000 per gan-the Wolf has 18 So which at times appear scleri -wor for legacy duty, which was clearly not pay\n\nguess what may be coming. Suficient for guns, nod may, therefore he vained at able As a very strong instance of the mis\n\nLeco fally opened to the importance of the service,\n\nThe day is the evil thereof. They will see and if such a question were left to his award, wo har 18,000, and for saving her 100 dollars are\n\nthe debates when they begin. Public emio- chief that would arise if the doctrine now\n\nIf Sir Thomas close to take ou nat the slightest doubt that the which awardedi. contended for by the Crowe could be sup\n\nsufficient for the 'em, would hure aweled bits himself the office of fixing the reward, be it is as languil is the opening of St A Chinese was executed on Monday week ported, it was only necessary to mention this\n\nchongauls for the War. We regret exeedingly to\n\nought to have exercised the strictest care to Stephen's as it has long been at the opening for murder. He taule a long speech when case, Suppose an Englishman resident They injure the dignity of the series not a litte: Carr, hearing that Sir Thomas was about to\n\nnatice such a crtions is the me now mantined. make himself acquainted with the facts. Mr of the patent theaires, No new pieces are the scaffold, protesting is innocence, abroad, or a foreigner traded with a person\n\nronounced as in preparation. Somo leading danouncing the witnesses against biu for in England, and at the death of the former a\n\nand alcough no thinking man would jrdys unferour-\n\nactors have cutired, and no onw ones ara commener an action against him, made every advertised. Nobody asks wht is to succeel perjury and threatening to beat them bill of exchange accnpted by the person io\n\nably of those whose merits Eater zee: so often tested, enquiry, in order that if he had done wrong. Lol Stanley in the Tybalt line, or Mr in conacquence of the lile minded actions of their afer his death. He acquitted the Judge this conmry was ranning, no parment of peat Chief, we are bound to acolodge, that to\n\nbe might rearess it by making an ample adstone in the heasy tragedy. There are and fury of all blame, as they had only acted that bill of exclange could be made without\n\napology but the more he did enqore, the to be rehearsals on Monday at Sir Robert the thoughtless and ipsmant, such tr.les uvey an according to the evidence, and be declared a deduction from the legacy duty. No one unfavourable, though file impression of the nasal stronger be found the facts. To costine Peri's (in full dress) and the Dake of Well- that in order to remove all cars from the cook pretend that a rale so mischievous to chare. Si Theme Cochrane, if we recoller Jibel it most the show that the party is Judge's mind, he, the prisoner, would bang commerce could exist, and the Hanse must, right, has been a candidate for parliamentary hưn charged with something that is criminal.ington's but the maies of the pinses in himself and he accordingly placed his head in therefore, act on the Authorities already des\n\npar: once, at least, he stood for a seaport, Mr Bradshaw's evidence is to this effect has invited his friends to be early in their\n\npreparation are not asked. the balter. He was very collected, and took cided, which had settled that the law of the\n\nthe pret buffetini inhalants of which are slip The Wolf was in great distress, firing gutus, attendances but the Opposition Fader a polite leave of those near him by bowing place where the testator died nust goverato distinguish himself in the nature of his country dwares; should the gallant Adunai ever again sek\n\nand baving her ensign with the Uniou down, ems to dust whether it is worth the to them, and at last, shaking hands with the the adutinistration of his personal property.\n\nThe Fire stood in and sent her boat to the while of his friends to we trust the affair we matrate will be prestained off to offer assistance. The Fixes had a 'Comeli whether it is worth tas while ot come, and Mr exceptioner, was launched off.\n\nThe Solicitor-General (with whom was bit the hastings, as we ate afrail would shin large pantity of specie on board. She re- bis to stay away. The Three Mays convinted of the rauder Me Crompton) did not deny the existence of in the eyes of any consergy intarestol in the\n\nThe tradesmen evince ceived 16 guns and 500 shut, and he consime animation in farbisting up the Houses, of Captain RBIsos of the Bluck twt, were some general rule as to the law of domicile, mesutile -hipping of Geet Britain.\" executed on Saturday last, and acknowledged but cuntended that it had nothing to do with\n\ndered the Voit would have been in extreme The following were the Jurymen on the\n\nand the grooms in exercising the cream- their guilt.\n\na case like the present. The principle of case,Thos. Jones, Esq., Duacan Flether, danger bl a gale come out. law that raust govern this case was, that Es, Angus Fletcher, Bay. F. T. Bush, Esq. aliona tendency to prevent others from giving pervade th actors and spectatus. Never coloured horses of the state-carriage; int TheJulge here asked, \"had not this public with these exceptions, apathy and langu where the property was balaistered the J. Leffler, Esq. and George Findlay, Esq. TRULY SEAMAN-LIKE CONDUCT. Captain legacy duty must be paid. If there had beeu The attorney-fineral in opening the case chassistance?—Mr Goddard said he thought before it the public appear to expect so Captain Caldwell, fate of the ship Durchester, of a specifs appropriation of the property in stated that this was an information on the ! \"xpressly the reverse, as it showedsuch per- little from a session will it be possible to Boston, tas pebliched the following amount: Sotland, this rule would not have applied, part of the Queen, to defend the character\n\nsous their age would be taken up by the press disappoint that little? Our faith in the Mr Bradshaw's videuce was then read. disappointing powers of Parliament is great. Captain Brition, of the Rochester, fell ja | but there was no appropriation The money of Sir Thomas Cochrane, who had awarded with the Dorchester at sea, a pertent Greek, recoveral there formed part of the general a sum of 100 dollars for services rendered and at great hazard rescued her officers, crew, assets, and was therefore liable to the lagney by the Fire to the off, as the fall salvage\n\nto an anchor near her. She had 144,000 severely trial-Sperlotur. and passengers from an untimely fate. duty. He contended that all the cases which claimed that Mr Car, well knowing the Caphan Caldwell says, \"The Rochester was bad been dated on this subject did not premises, took the occasion to vilify the stroring a course which would bare carried touch the subject of duncile, but related Commander-in-Chief as having acted aritra her about three miles north of us. The mo❘ wholly to that of the appropriation artit that when services were rendered to H. M. Barisfied with the award—He thinks the ons example of official economy. A crea-\n\nor non- rily, haughtily, and unjustly, and to state\n\nLouis Philippe's Ministers have get a tort- ment the wreck was seen, the course of the appropriation of the property, The Rochestor was altered for one directly for us. gentleman farther contended, that where a Ships, no adequate reward would be paid, remuneration illiberal, and injurious to other tion of Peers was intended, and the names of At that time,\" said Captain Britton to one party acted in the discharge of dutios of To this charge Mr Care at Girst pleaded vessels requiring assistance—Thorew help the Pencs were almost authoratively an afterwards, I had no idea that there could administration to a deceased person, the Not Guilty, but to-day he has added as a to take the guns, &c., on board—Witness nounced. Thone persons, of course, would be a living being on board of her; but I legacy daty is payable in respect of the money farther plea, that all he had stated was true, did so, and was powell in consequence—The be bound to Ministers for the coming session; have made it au invariable rate through life, he received and dealt with in that charseter, and published for the benefit of the pallie acevant in the Friend of China was not enig but what a waste of the coin of Court fa whenever I see a wreck, to get as near her The Lord Chancellor put the following Hy was aware that whenever there was angered The Fizen was detained 24 hours- vour! Ministers take second thought, and A. Matheson, Esq., being called as a vit postpone their creation until after the dis- as possible, and ascertain all I can about her, questions to the Judges:A B., a British Fattempt to check such objectionable publica- and make sure that there is nobody aliva on subject, born in England, resided in a Bri- tions, there was raised an outery that it was\n\nnews and sworn, deposed, that the Fizm be-\n\ncussion on their whole policy in the Cham- board before I leave her. We supposed, hetish colony, made his will, and died domiciled for the purpose of curbing the fibres and the chip of Jardine, Matheson, & .. hers. This is the true economy: every sup\n\nawarded nothing to the Crew continued, it was some timbership which there. At the time of his death debts were Press. The Government bero had no wish\n\nporner will wat himself down for a peerage, Secretary of Sir Thomas Cochrane called and each one prize will attract many gamblers had been drifting about here for months;awing to him in England; his executor in to do so.--an ollicer discharging the high and wished him to do so—the Viren bad for it. As if to show practically that the but resolving that I would adhere to my rule, England collected these debts, and out of duty of Admiral, and in this case acting as a I altered my course, although we all thought the money he collected paid legacies to cars\n\nJudge of the Admiralty, is complained of it useless at the time. Thus, by following tain legatees in England are such legacies a partial statement of the frots is brought the service rendered by hue was very made one sample Peer—M. Jaubert, an Op. this noble rule, Captain Britton was the able to the payment of the legacy daty? forward; for if the whole facts had been slight, and the crew were not employed at positionist. Spectator.\n\nAll—Captati Care was not satisfied with the mexas, in the hauds of God, of saving the He had fransed the question in this general stated. Sir Thomans Cochrane would have\n\nAdmiral's award, but did not ask witness's lives of 45 human beings, and in the circle of form, beranse the statute equally affected suffered no damage. A persoa in such vir-\n\nadvice as the course he ought to punue their friends and acquaintance, of making the England and Scotland,\n\ncumstances ought not to be so negligent as hearts of hundreds sing for joy. Captain The Judges requested short time to to pablish partial statements. The Admiral he is the assistance he gave was very im- portaut—Mr Waller did not make his state- Britton received me on board \"his ship with consider their answer. They retired for is charged with gross partiality and verup-\n\nment a upoo bis own knowledge, but na a welcome and a shake of the hand which this purpose, and at the end of about half an tion as a judge. You\" (the Jury) will not\n\nwhat he noderstood--Witness thinks that ac went to the heart, and spoke at once the sea- hour returned, when\n\nfail to perceive the motive on the face of the man and the gentleman. So long as memory Lord Chief Justice Tindal read their article.\n\ncording to Captain Carr's statement of the ser Will you ever believe chat Sir\n\nvices reutered, 100 Dollars was ootanfficient, retains her seat, I shall not forget his kind- answer, to the effect that, though the words Thomas was influenced by such motives, and ness. Taking me into his cabin, Consider,' of the statute could not apply everywhere, that this was published for the beaclit of the\n\nCross-examined by the Attorney-General said he, everything here at your service, the principle which ran through all the le public, and not to gratify some private feeling saw nothing on the part of Sir Thomas or Here are my clothes, use as many of them asided case was, that the domicile of the de- against him? It may produce the most\n\nMr Waller to lead him to believe they wished you need. And such was his treatment of ceased party gave the law which regulated prejudicial effoot for if this article is ciroz\n\nto retreat from their offer to give a proper us votil we arrived at New York, and then, the distribution of the personal property; lated among the mercantile wavy here, should remuneration. When asked to manie a sunt, witness said high Government officers were said he, Here is my purse at your service this ride was not affected by the situs of the another of Her Majesty's Ships got inte\n\nften stingy, and he believed Sir Thomas was for what moung you need? flow different personal property itself, or by the place tu similar circumstances, it would deter them the result, and how diferent must be the fee which the administrator received that pras from residering their services. I have au particular trouble. ings of Captain Britton from what they porty, and that, consequently, the law appli- thing to say against the serving rendered by\n\nThe Attorney-General said that Sie Thomas was of necessity discharging an office of high wonid have been, if he bad passed by and re-cable to this case was the law of the colony the Vire taking out guts, shat, &n. ported, Lat. 50 N., long. 20 W, saw a ship, where the deceased was domiciled at the This, I admit, it was a clear caso of salvage, Ministerial duty, se at that time there was no Totally dismasted, sea, making a complete time of his death, and was not the law of Sir Thomas bad to wish to deny this. Te Court of Admiralty here, breach over her: weather equally, and im England, consequently that the legacy daty said to his Secretary, Mr Waller, I know The Judge, in susuming up the case, said ing on night; could ascertain nothing further was not payable here.\n\nnothing of this case you will call on Methe bel was divided into two parts first a that the Lord had sent at thers to marry her, abour ber. Such are too often the reports, The Lord Chancellor expressed his fall Matheson and learn what be claims.\" Mrtement of facts, and secondly a commen! Betty, without much hesitation, replied,The but I hope we shall see no more of them. coneurrence with this opinion, and went Waller did call, and Mr Mathieson very tary on these facts. The first was passed Lord's will be done.\" Edinburgh Evening Courant.\n\ninto a very exact examination of the cases liberally refused to receive anything. Mr over. It was for the Jury to judge if there\n\nThe Premier\n\nThe Fixes was ordered by the Wolf to conte but on the present vesion they will be Tarls of silver on hoard. Thinks it was in\n\nsequence of the relief afforded by her that\n\nthe Wolf got off. Two vessels bave sincr bero wrecked there. The crew were all dis-\n\nHOW TO MAKE A PEERAGE GO VURTHEST,\n\nnot then returned to Hongkong Me Waller competition is open to all, Ministers have\n\nAN AMRICAN CONE AND 19 Swann, A Colonel of the Chised Sanes Army having rofused to obey the esmuunds of his superior cfficer, with sentenced by the courbeartial in↔ be deprised ní his sword for one month.\" On his weapon being demanded of her, he aroes, and in the mud gale and solema amer declared, that he didn't own one: that the sword be had been accustomed to wear Giln't being to him; but he had no dobi Mr Baker, the jeweller, f whow be hired it B waining days, would int it to the Court for the re quired mouth on the most reasonable terras 1\n\n'rovidence Guzeite\n\nFace ResigNA CON,-Deacon Mavis of Lyne Crevicu, Farge alludder and exemplary man, was exceedingly cocentre in some of his noticus. His courtship is in sus, was as follows:-aving The any pointed his horse, with only a nap-ssin fer a sad, be rede in front of the hause wherea Betty Lec lived, and, without dismounting, reguesial\n\nJetty to come to linn; on her eing, he told her\n\nyu this subject, which, he said, completely. Waller natted what compensation would be was a necessity first to publish these facts; AN EYE TO THE FUTURE—At a meeting, von justified the opinions of the learned Judges enough for the crew of the Vixen. Mr secondly was it necessary to publish this red by the friends of Clay, held in Woodstock, All sorts of people are plunging into the He begged to add, that the reasons why the Matheson said about 105 dollars, to which cotourstory. Had Mr Carr rested with a Vend, e ele oratore grew arazingly exontent, frightful whirlpool of railway speculation.Judges had been summoned to give the Mr Waller answered, say in round numbers statement of facts, it is probable you exchiring, ever heard of a woulan's warning Bankers and merchants, barristers and baber-House their resistance in this case was, tint 100 dollars. Mr Care puts an imaginary would not have been troubled with this paper sun after Jana K. Polk P\" and den pude a dashers, bankers' clerks and doctors of divi- as the law was to be stated definitively for case to injure Sir Thomas. Ho says, bail secution. Sir Thomas was not likely to have sig diffene pause, if inviting an awwer. nity, Members of Parliament and keepers of the British islands and for all our colonies, the Vixeu been the party that was in jeopac brought an autiou, and he was sure his friend did exclaims a fair decorat in the cred, win gambling-houses, old oren and young lads, the Lords had deemed it proper that the de dy,\" &. The last paragraph could only be the Attorney-General would not have taken hd boy married about six months proves, Bat married women who desire to have a good cision abould have all the weight which the pennet by some person who had a personal up such a case. But this was not the sting have en tha! intends to.\" speculation on their own account, and spin-concurrent opinions of the Judges and of spleen against the admiral. If any of you of the libel. It is for you to say whether Sir sters who think that an addition to their their Lordships could give it. He moved had been called on to act as arbiter, and ia: Thomas is charged with corruption, and if soị\n\nMas Lova, Harmony House, Concord, near fortune might give them an opportunity of that the judgment should be given for the consequence of your award had been accused it is a huel. To order that words may con- Kusing Pains,” is the adureas of a school stress in sharing it with another-all, all are rushing plaintiff in error.\n\nNew South Wales. of corruption, you would feel what damages stitute a libel, they must charge a man with on in the same course-dying after the wheel\n\nLord Brougham and Lord Campbell save ought to be given in the present case. The something criminal: but in writing whatever of fortune, which for the present is laden at rally expressed their concurrence with the affidavit of Me Walle, which will be read to, tends to bring a man into contempt is a libel. every spoke with the shares of some railway motion of the noble and leverned. Lord. you, states, that he wrote to Mr Malevon The Jury, after a short consultation, res company—Morning Post.\n\nby the direction of Sir Thomas, a letter torneil à verdict of not guilty.\"\n\nJudgment for the plaintiff is error.\n\nFon—Never tell a mun he's a frol. In the Grat place he won't believe you; in the next beŋl be sure i think you one jou buying 10,",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG.\n\nANNO DECIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ\n\nNo. 4 of 1853.\n\nBY His Excellency Sir SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\nAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCES Nos. 11 of 1844 and 5 of 1845, AND TO IMPROVE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS BY CHINESE, AND THE REGULATIONS FOR THE RETAIL AND PREPARATION OF OPIUM.\n\n[22nd December, 1853.]\n\n## Title.\n\n## Preamble.\n\nWHEREAS the Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, regulating the Sale of Spirituous Liquors, has been found inconvenient in its application to Chinese Dealers, and doubts have arisen as to the construction of the Regulations for the Retail of Opium made by His Excellency the Governor on the 19th July, 1847, in pursuance of the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1845: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That-\n\n### I. So much of the said Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 as refers to the mode of granting Licenses, and as prohibits the Sale of Spirituous Liquors where a retail Shop for the Sale of other articles is kept, shall not apply to Chinese licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors under this Ordinance.\n\n### II. Any Chinese requiring a License to retail Spirituous Liquors to Chinese only may apply to the Superintendent of Police, or such other Officer as the Governor may from time to time appoint for this purpose, who, on being satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive such License, and on payment of the established Fee into the Colonial Treasury may grant a License in the form laid down in Schedule A, which License shall not take effect until it has been countersigned by the Chief Magistrate.\n\n### III. The said Regulations for the retail of Opium, made on the 19th July 1847, be and the same are hereby annulled.\n\n### IV. If any person shall, without License, sell or barter raw Opium in any quantity less than One Chest, or prepare Opium in any quantity, or sell or barter prepared Opium in any quantity, or keep a smoking Divan, he shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars.\n\n### V. If any person not licensed to retail raw Opium shall import into the Colony raw Opium in smaller quantity than One Chest, or receive into his possession any such raw Opium so imported, or if any person not licensed to prepare Opium, or to sell prepared Opium shall import into the Colony prepared Opium in any quantity, or receive into his possession any such prepared Opium so imported, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars.\n\n### VI. Any person requiring a License to retail Opium, or to prepare Opium, or to sell prepared Opium, or to keep a smoking Divan, may apply to the Superintendent of Police, or such other Officer aforesaid, who, on being satisfied that the Applicant is a proper person to receive such License, and on payment of the established Fee into the Colonial Treasury shall grant a License in the form laid down in Schedule B, which License shall not take effect until countersigned by the Chief Magistrate.\n\n### VII. The Superintendent of Police may require that all persons licensed hereunder exhibit in front of the premises licensed their names and the number and nature of their License, in a form to be determined by him. He may also, by inserting a special clause in the License, require all licensed persons to send in a monthly Return of the quantities of Opium or Spirituous Liquors retailed, sold or prepared by them. He may also insert in the Licenses for keeping Smoking Divans the hours during which the Divans shall be open, and any other Rules appearing to him necessary for the preservation of good order therein.\n\n### VIII. If any Holder of a License shall offend against the tenor of his License he shall be liable to pay a Fine not Exceeding One Hundred Dollars, and for a second Offence the convicting Magistrate may in addition annul the License.\n\n### IX. No person shall receive in exchange or pledge for Opium sold by retail, any article of Clothing or implement of Trade, or other such thing, but only the current Coin of this Colony.\n\n### X. Any Magistrate on being credibly informed that any Spirituous Liquor or Opium is in any Ship, Boat or place for the purpose of being unlawfully retailed, sold, or prepared or having been unlawfully imported may issue his Warrant to search such place and bring before him such Liquor or Opium, and may adjudge to be forfeited to the Crown any Opium or Liquor so found that appears to him to have been in such place for the purpose of being unlawfully retailed, sold, or prepared or to have been unlawfully imported and the proof that such Opium or Liquor was in such place lawfully and for a lawful purpose shall lie upon the person in whose possession or on whose premises such Opium or Liquor was found.",
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        "content_text": "British-registered and navigated according to law, and any ship or vessel owned by a party entitled by law to be an owner of a British-registered vessel, and any ship or vessel provided with sailing-letters from the Governor of the Colony of Hong-Kong, or from the Chief Superintendent of Trade; and that the term \"crew\" shall be taken and held to include all persons employed in navigating any ship or vessel which may be proceeded against for a breach of the provisions of the present Order.\n\nIII. And it is further ordered, That the Chief Superintendent, or Consul in the port, place, or district in which he may reside, shall have full power and authority to carry into effect, and to enforce by fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, the observance of the stipulations of treaties now existing or which may hereafter be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Emperor of China, his heirs and successors, and to make, and enforce by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such treaties, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, and to enforce in like manner such rules and regulations as have heretofore been made and continue unrepealed at the time of the passing of the present Order.\n\nIV. And it is further ordered, That all rules and regulations heretofore made and continuing unrepealed, or to be hereafter made by the Chief Superintendent or Consul, as aforesaid, shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same be affixed and kept affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy, and for the purpose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the said rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regulations; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations to be hereafter made, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed: Provided always, that no rule or regulation to be hereafter made by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted to, and approved by, the Chief Superintendent, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district.\n\nV. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul as aforesaid, upon information, or upon the complaint of any party, that a British subject has violated any of the stipulations of treaties between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or has disregarded or infringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such treaties, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding article of this present Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party in regard to the offence laid to his charge; and to award such penalty of fine or imprisonment to any party convicted of an offence against the said treaties or the said rules and regulations, as may be specified in the said treaties or in the said rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of treaties, or for a breach of the rules and regulations for the observance of such treaties, shall be heard and determined by the Chief Superintendent or Consul without assessors: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of the said rules and regulations exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment.\n\nPage 46",
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        "content_text": "22\n\nofficer of Her Majesty within the said colony lawfully acting as such, and he is hereby required, on a requisition addressed to him by the Chief Superintendent under his hand and seal, to cause such person to be apprehended and brought before him the said Chief Magistrate or other officer; and the said Chief Magistrate or other officer on such person being brought before him, shall proceed to inquire into the offence laid to the charge of such person, in the same manner as if such person was charged with having committed an offence within the Colony of Hong-Kong, and the said Chief Magistrate or other officer having so inquired, shall report the result of such inquiry to the Chief Superintendent, and shall forthwith transmit to him the depositions with all the documents or other proofs which have been made or produced before him against or in behalf of the person so charged, and shall meanwhile detain the person so charged in custody or hold him to bail, and the Chief Superintendent shall thereupon direct the person so charged to be discharged, or shall proceed to award to such person the punishment to which he may be liable under the provisions of this Order, in the same manner as if the case had been originally inquired of, tried, and determined by the Chief Superintendent; and the decision of the Chief Superintendent in every such case shall be final; and any sentence of imprisonment awarded by the Chief Superintendent shall be enforced to execution in the common gaol of the Colony of Hong-Kong, in the same manner as if the sentence had been awarded by the Supreme Court of the said colony: Provided always, that the Chief Superintendent may,\n\nif he deems it advisable for the better decision of such cases, call in the assistance of two or more assessors, who, however, shall only have power to advise, but shall not have power to decide: and provided further, that the said Chief Magistrate of Police of the Colony of Hong-Kong, or any person lawfully acting on his behalf, or under his authority, shall not be liable to any action for damages in consequence of proceedings taken by him in pursuance of any requisition addressed as aforesaid by the Chief Superintendent to the said Chief Magistrate.\n\nSupreme Court to have, in certain criminal matters, concurrent jurisdiction with the Chief Superintendent or Consul.\n\nPrisoners may be sent to Hong-Kong from the ports of\n\n↑\n\n23\n\nXXX. And it is further ordered, that save and except as regards offences committed by British subjects against the stipulations of Treaties between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or against rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such Treaties, duly affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of Article IV of this Order, or against rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects, being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, duly affixed and exhibited as aforesaid, and save and except as regards the offence of engaging in trade declared by Article XXXIV of this Order to be unlawful, which offences shall be enquired of, tried, determined, and punished, in the manner hereinbefore and by Article XXXIV of this Order provided, and not otherwise, the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong shall have and may exercise, concurrently with the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, authority and jurisdiction in regard to all crimes and offences, committed by British subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and the ports and havens thereof, or on the high seas, within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, in the same and as ample a manner as if such crimes and offences had been committed within the Colony of Hong-Kong: Provided always, that the Supreme Court shall not be bound, unless in a fit case it shall deem it right so to do, by writ of certiorari or otherwise, to debar or prohibit the Chief Superintendent or Consul from taking cognizance, pursuant to the provisions of Articles XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, and XXII, of this Order, of any crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, committed by a British subject, being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China.\n\nXXXI. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul, to cause any British subject charged with the commission of any crime or offence to be brought before the Supreme Court.\n\nChina for trial\n\n54",
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        "content_text": "28\n\nborne on the muster-roll of any British ship arriving in a port of China, shall within a reasonable time after his arrival, to be specified as aforesaid, apply to the Consul of the district to be enrolled in such register; and any British subject who shall refuse or neglect to make application so to be enrolled, and who shall not be able to excuse, to the satisfaction of the said Consul, such his refusal or neglect, shall not be entitled to be recognized or protected as a British subject in any difficulties or suits whatsoever, in which he may have been involved within the dominions of the Emperor of China within the time during which he shall not have been so enrolled.\n\nConsuls may exercise the powers of Justices of the Peace for enforcement of provisions of Acts of Parliament relating to Seamen and Mercantile Marine.\n\nXLI. And it is further ordered, That the Consul within his Consular district may exercise the powers which by any Acts of the Imperial Parliament now enacted or hereafter to be enacted for the regulation of merchant seamen, or for the regulation of the mercantile marine, may be exercised by one or more justices of the peace within Her Majesty's dominions.\n\nXLII. And it is further ordered, That nothing in this Order contained shall be taken or construed to preclude a British Consul within the dominions of the Emperor of China from performing any act of administration, or jurisdiction, or other act, which British Consuls within other States at amity with Her Majesty are by law, usage, or sufferance enabled to perform.\n\nXLIII. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul to execute a writ of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong, and take security from each and every party named in such writ for his appearance in person or by his attorney at Hong-Kong, and in default of such security, to send such party to Hong-Kong, in the manner pointed out in Article XXX of this Order; Provided always, that the Chief Superintendent or Consul shall not be liable to an action for the escape of any party captured under such writ.\n\nChief Superintendent or Consul may execute Writs issued by Supreme Court of Hong-Kong.\n\nLimitation of actions.\n\nSupreme Court of Hong-Kong may take cognizance of offences committed by British subjects within the Peninsula of Macao.\n\nProvisions of the present Order to have force though repugnant to those of former Orders.\n\nProvisions as to Ordinances hereafter made by Chief Superintendent.\n\n29\n\nXLIV. And it is further ordered, That any suit or action brought against the Chief Superintendent or Consul in the said Supreme Court, by reason of anything done under the authority and in execution of the power or jurisdiction of Her Majesty entrusted to him by this Order, shall be commenced or prosecuted within six months after he shall have been within the jurisdiction of the said Court, and not otherwise, and the defendant in every such action or suit shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions made with respect to defendants in actions or suits, in an Act passed in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty, intituled \"An Act to remove doubts as to the exercise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual.\"\n\nXLV. And it is further ordered, That the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong shall have power to take cognizance of offences committed by British subjects within the Peninsula of Macao, and of suits originating there, when the party offending, or the party sued shall come or be found within its jurisdiction; but it shall not have power to issue any warrant or writ to be executed or served within the Peninsula of Macao.\n\nXLVI. And it is further ordered, That if any provision of any Article of this Order shall be in any wise repugnant to, or at variance with, certain Orders passed by his late Majesty King William IV, on the 9th day of December, 1833, or certain Orders passed by Her Majesty on the 4th day of January, 1843, and on the 24th day of February, 1843, and on the 2nd day of October, 1843, and on the 17th day of April, 1844, or any of them, then such provision of such Article of this Order, so long as the same shall be in force, shall be obeyed and observed; anything in the said recited Orders in Council contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.\n\nXLVII. And it is further ordered, That if any law or ordinance hereafter made in pursuance of the Act of the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled \"An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's...\n\n57",
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        "content_text": "6\n\nbe taken and held to include any ship or vessel British-registered and navigated according to law, and any ship or vessel owned by a party entitled by law to be an owner of a British-registered vessel, and any ship or vessel provided with sailing-letters from the Governor of the Colony of Hong-Kong, or from the Chief Superintendent of Trade; and that the term \"crew\" shall be taken and held to include all persons employed in navigating any ship or vessel which may be proceeded against for a breach of the provisions of the present Order.\n\ndent and Consuls\n\nIII. And it is further ordered, That the Chief Power granted to Superintendent, or Consul in the port, place, or dis- Chief Superinten- trict in which he may reside, shall have full power to enforce Treaties, and authority to carry into effect, and to enforce by and to establish\n\nRules and Regula- fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, the tions. observance of the stipulations of treaties now existing or which may hereafter be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Emperor of China, his heirs and successors, and to make, and enforce by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipula- tions of such treaties, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, and to enforce in like manner such rules and regulations as have heretofore been made and continue unrepealed at the time of the passing of the present Order.\n\nand exhibited in the\n\nOffice of the Chief Superintendent or Consul.\n\nIV. And it is further ordered, That all rules and Rules and Regula- \n\ntions to be affixed regulations heretofore made and continuing unre- pealed, or to be hereafter made by the Chief Super- intendent or Consul, as aforesaid, shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same be affixed and kept affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy, and for the purpose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the\n\nProceedings for enforcement of Treaties and of\n\nRules and Regula- observance thereof. tions for the\n\nsaid rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regulations; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations to be hereafter made, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed: Provided always, that no rule or regulation to be hereafter made by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted to, and approved by, the Chief Superin- tendent, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district.\n\nV. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul as aforesaid, upon information, or upon the com plaint of any party, that a British subject has violated any of the stipulations of treaties be- tween Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or has disregarded or infringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such treaties, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding article of this present Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party in regard to the offence laid to his charge; and to award such penalty of fine or imprison- ment to any party convicted of an offence against the said treaties or the said rules and regulations, as may be specified in the said treaties or in the said rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of treaties, or for a breach of the rules and regulations for the observ- ance of such treaties, shall be heard and determined by the Chief Superintendent or Consul without assessors: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of the said rules and regulations exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment.\n\n80",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nthe Commander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or of any British vessel, to receive any such person on board, with a copy of such sentence and a warrant from the Consul for its due execution, addressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the said colony, and thereupon to convey him in custody to Hong-Kong, and on his arrival there to deliver him with the said copy of such sentence and warrant into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other Officer of Her Majesty within the said Colony lawfully acting as such, who on the receipt of the said warrant, and of the therein named person, shall be authorized to commit, and shall commit such person to the common gaol of the said colony, and such sentence shall be enforced to execution in the said common gaol, in the same manner as if the sentence had been awarded by the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong.\n\nXXVI. And it is further ordered, That in cases Consuls may promote reconciliation of assault it shall be lawful for the Consul before whom complaint is made, to promote reconciliation between the parties, and to suffer compensation and amends to be made, and the proceedings thereby to be stayed.\n\nXXVII. And it is further ordered, That save and except as regards offences committed by British subjects against the stipulations of Treaties between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or against rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such Treaties, duly affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of Article IV of this Order, or against rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects, being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, duly affixed and exhibited as aforesaid, and save and except as regards the offence of engaging in trade declared by Article XXXIV of this Order to be unlawful, no act done by a British subject being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China shall, by the Chief Superintendent or by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, be deemed and taken to be a crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person committing it amenable to punishment, which, if done within that part of Her Majesty's dominions called England, would not by a court of justice having criminal jurisdiction in England, have been deemed and taken to be a crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person so committing it amenable to punishment.\n\nXXVIII. And it is further ordered, That a minute of the proceedings in every case heard and determined before a Consul in pursuance of this Order, shall be drawn up and be signed by the Consul, and shall, in cases where assessors are present, be open for the inspection of such assessors, and for their signature, if they shall therein concur; and such minute, together with the depositions of the witnesses, shall be preserved in the public office of the said Consul, and a copy of every such minute and of such depositions shall, if the Chief Superintendent shall see fit to require them, be transmitted by the Consul to the said Chief Superintendent.\n\nXXIX. And it is further ordered, That the Chief Superintendent shall have the same power and jurisdiction in regard to breaches of treaties, and breaches of rules and regulations, and in regard to crimes and offences committed by British subjects, as are granted to Her Majesty's Consuls by the provisions of this present Order; and if any person charged with an offence against any such treaties, or against any such rules and regulations, or with any crime or offence committed within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any British ship or vessel within one hundred miles from the coast of China, or within any ship or vessel on the high seas within the said limits not being lawfully entitled to claim the protection of the flag of any state or nation, or within any Chinese ship or vessel within the said limits, shall escape to, or be found within the Colony of Hong-Kong, it shall be lawful for the Chief Magistrate of Police of the said colony for the time being, or other Officer...\n\n21\n\nG\n\n87",
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        "content_text": "2223 \n\nofficer of Her Majesty within the said colony lawfully acting as such, and he is hereby required, on a requisition addressed to him by the Chief Superintendent under his hand and seal, to cause such person to be apprehended and brought before him the said Chief Magistrate or other officer; and the said Chief Magistrate or other officer on such person being brought before him, shall proceed to inquire into the offence laid to the charge of such person, in the same manner as if such person was charged with having committed an offence within the Colony of Hong-Kong, and the said Chief Magistrate or other officer having so inquired, shall report the result of such inquiry to the Chief Superintendent, and shall forthwith transmit to him the depositions with all the documents or other proofs which have been made or produced before him against or in behalf of the person so charged, and shall meanwhile detain the person so charged in custody or hold him to bail, and the Chief Superintendent shall thereupon direct the person so charged to be discharged, or shall proceed to award to such person the punishment to which he may be liable under the provisions of this Order, in the same manner as if the case had been originally inquired of, tried, and determined by the Chief Superintendent; and the decision of the Chief Superintendent in every such case shall be final; and any sentence of imprisonment awarded by the Chief Superintendent shall be enforced to execution in the common gaol of the Colony of Hong-Kong, in the same manner as if the sentence had been awarded by the Supreme Court of the said colony: Provided always, that the Chief Superintendent may, if he deems it advisable for the better decision of such cases, call in the assistance of two or more assessors, who, however, shall only have power to advise, but shall not have power to decide: and provided further, that the said Chief Magistrate of Police of the Colony of Hong-Kong, or any person lawfully acting on his behalf, or under his authority, shall not be liable to any action for damages in consequence of proceedings taken by him in pursuance of any requisition addressed as aforesaid by the Chief Superintendent to the said Chief Magistrate.\n\nSupreme Court to have, in certain criminal matters, concurrent jurisdiction with the Chief Superintendent or Consul.\n\nPrisoners may be sent to Hong-Kong from the ports of China for trial\n\n23\n\nXXX. And it is further ordered, that save and except as regards offences committed by British subjects against the stipulations of Treaties between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or against rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such Treaties, duly affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of Article IV of this Order, or against rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects, being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, duly affixed and exhibited as aforesaid, and save and except as regards the offence of engaging in trade declared by Article XXXIV of this Order to be unlawful, which offences shall be enquired of, tried, determined, and punished, in the manner hereinbefore and by Article XXXIV of this Order provided, and not otherwise, the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong shall have and may exercise, concurrently with the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, authority and jurisdiction in regard to all crimes and offences, committed by British subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and the ports and havens thereof, or on the high seas within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, in the same and as ample a manner as if such crimes and offences had been committed within the Colony of Hong-Kong: Provided always, that the Supreme Court shall not be bound, unless in a fit case it shall deem it right so to do, by writ of certiorari or otherwise, to debar or prohibit the Chief Superintendent or Consul from taking cognizance, pursuant to the provisions of Articles XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, and XXII, of this Order, of any crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, committed by a British subject, being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China.\n\nXXXI. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul, to cause any British subject charged with the commission of any crime or offence to be brought before the Supreme Court.\n\n88",
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        "content_text": "28\n\nborne on the muster-roll of any British ship arriving in a port of China, shall within a reasonable time after his arrival, to be specified as aforesaid, apply to the Consul of the district to be enrolled in such register; and any British subject who shall refuse or neglect to make application so to be enrolled, and who shall not be able to excuse, to the satisfaction of the said Consul, such his refusal or neglect, shall not be entitled to be recognized or protected as a British subject in any difficulties or suits whatsoever, in which he may have been involved within the dominions of the Emperor of China within the time during which he shall not have been so enrolled\n\nConsuls may exercise the powers of Justices of the Peace for enforcement of provisions of Acts of Parliament relating to Seamen and Mercantile Marine.\n\nXLI. And it is further ordered, That the Consul within his Consular district may exercise the powers which by any Acts of the Imperial Parliament now enacted or hereafter to be enacted for the regulation of merchant seamen, or for the regulation of the mercantile marine, may be exercised by one or more justices of the peace within Her Majesty's dominions.\n\nXLII. And it is further ordered, That nothing in this Order contained shall be taken or construed to preclude a British Consul within the dominions of the Emperor of China from performing any act of administration, or jurisdiction, or other act, which British Consuls within other States at amity with Her Majesty are by law, usage, or sufferance enabled to perform.\n\nXLIII. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul to execute a writ of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong, and take security from each and every party named in such writ for his appearance in person or by his attorney at Hong-Kong, and in default of such security, to send such party to Hong-Kong in the manner pointed out in Article XXXI of this Order; Provided always, that the Chief Superintendent or Consul shall not be liable to an action for the escape of any party captured under any such writ.\n\nChief Superintendent or Consul may execute Writs issued by Supreme Court of Hong-Kong.\n\n29\n\n91\n\nLimitation of actions.\n\nSupreme Court of Hong-Kong may take cognizance of offences committed by British subjects within the Peninsula of Macao.\n\nProvisions of the present Order to have force though repugnant to those of former Orders.\n\nProvisions as to Ordinances hereafter made by Chief Superintendent.\n\nXLIV. And it is further ordered, That any suit or action brought against the Chief Superintendent or Consul in the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong, by reason of anything done under the authority and in execution of the power or jurisdiction of Her Majesty entrusted to him by this Order, shall be commenced or prosecuted within six months after he shall have been within the jurisdiction of the said Court, and not otherwise, and the defendant in every such action or suit shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions made with respect to defendants in actions or suits, in an Act passed in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to remove doubts as to the exercise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual.\n\nXLV. And it is further ordered, That the Supreme Court of the Colony of Hong-Kong shall have power to take cognizance of offences committed by British subjects within the Peninsula of Macao, and of suits originating there, when the party offending, or the party sued shall come or be found within its jurisdiction; but it shall not have power to issue any warrant or writ to be executed or served within the Peninsula of Macao.\n\nXLVI. And it is further ordered, That if any provision of any Article of this Order shall be in any wise repugnant to, or at variance with, certain Orders passed by his late Majesty King William IV on the 9th day of December, 1833, or certain Orders passed by Her Majesty on the 4th day of January, 1843, and on the 24th day of February, 1843, and on the 2nd day of October, 1843, and on the 17th day of April, 1844, or any of them, then such provision of such Article of this Order, so long as the same shall be in force, shall be obeyed and observed, anything in the said recited Orders in Council contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.\n\nXLVII. And it is further ordered, That if any law or ordinance hereafter made in pursuance of the Act of the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled \"An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Islands of Hong-Kong...",
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        "content_text": "དག་པོའི་ནད་འབུ་བྱུང་\n\nTitle.\n\n* Preamble.\n\n59\n\nHONGKONG.\n\nANNO DECIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.\n\nNo. 4 of 1853.\n\nBY His Excellency Sir SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\nAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCES Nos. 11 OF 1844 AND 5 OF 1845, AND TO IMPROVE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS BY CHINESE, AND THE REGULATIONS FOR THE RETAIL AND PREPARATION OF OPIUM.\n\n[22nd December, 1853.]\n\nWHEREAS the Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, regulating the Sale of Spirituous Liquors, has been found inconvenient in its application to Chinese Dealers, and doubts have arisen as to the construction of the Regulations for the Retail of Opium made Certain Provisions by His Excellency the Governor on the 19th July, 1847, in pursuance of the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1845: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That\n\nI. So much of the said Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 as refers to the mode of granting Licenses, and as prohibits the Sale of Spirituous Liquors where a retail Shop for the Sale of other articles is kept, shall not apply to Chinese licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors under this Ordinance.\n\nII. Any Chinese requiring a License to retail Spirituous Liquors to Chinese only may apply to the Superintendent of Police, or such other Officer as the Governor may from time to time appoint for this purpose, who, on being satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive such License, and on payment of the established Fee into the Colonial Treasury may grant a License in the form laid down in Schedule A, which License shall not take effect until it has been countersigned by the Chief Magistrate.\n\nIII. The said Regulations for the retail of Opium, made on the 19th July 1847, be and the same are hereby annulled.\n\nIV. If any person shall, without License, sell or barter raw Opium in any quantity less than One Chest, or prepare Opium in any quantity, or sell or barter prepared Opium in any quantity, or keep a smoking Divan, he shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars.\n\nV. If any person not licensed to retail raw Opium shall import into the Colony raw Opium in smaller quantity than One Chest, or receive into his possession any such raw Opium so imported, or if any person not licensed to prepare Opium, or to sell prepared Opium shall import into the Colony prepared Opium in any quantity, or receive into his possession any such prepared Opium so imported, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars.\n\nVI. Any person requiring a License to retail Opium, or to prepare Opium, or to sell prepared Opium, or to keep a smoking Divan, may apply to the Superintendent of Police, or such other Officer aforesaid, who, on being satisfied that the Applicant is a proper person to receive such License, and on payment of the established Fee into the Colonial Treasury shall grant a License in the form laid down in Schedule B, which License shall not take effect until countersigned by the Chief Magistrate.\n\nVII. The Superintendent of Police may require that all persons licensed hereunder exhibit in front of the premises licensed their names and the number and nature of their License, in a form to be determined by him. He may also, by inserting a special clause in the License, require all licensed persons to send in a monthly Return of the quantities of Opium or Spirituous Liquors retailed, sold or prepared by them, and may establish Rules for the preservation of good order in smoking Divans. He may also insert in the Licenses for keeping Smoking Divans the hours during which the Divans shall be open, and any other Rules appearing to him necessary for the preservation of good order therein.\n\nVIII. If any Holder of a License shall offend against the tenor of his License he shall be liable to pay a Fine not Exceeding One Hundred Dollars, and for a second Offence the convicting Magistrate may in addition annul the License.\n\nIX. No person shall receive in exchange or pledge for Opium sold by retail, any article of Clothing or implement of Trade, or other such thing, but only the current Coin of this Colony.\n\nX. Any Magistrate on being credibly informed that any Spirituous Liquor or Opium is in any Ship, Boat or place for the purpose of being unlawfully retailed, sold, or prepared or having been unlawfully imported may issue his Warrant to search such place and bring before him such Liquor or Opium, and may adjudge to be forfeited to the Crown any Opium or Liquor so found that appears to him to have been in such place for the purpose of being unlawfully retailed, sold, or prepared or to have been unlawfully imported and the proof that such Opium or Liquor was in such place lawfully and for a lawful purpose shall lie upon the person in whose possession or on whose premises such Opium or Liquor was found.\n\nPage 60\n\n171\n\nE\n\nXI. The Fees charged on Licenses shall be those laid down in Schedule C.\n\nXII. If a licensed person shall omit to pay at the appointed time the Fee due to his License, any Justice of the Peace, on complaint made, may levy the amount due by Sale of the Property of the Defaulter.\n\nXIII. This Ordinance shall not apply to Licenses now in force.\n\nXIV. The Penalties and Forfeitures in this Ordinance may be adjudged by any Magistrate of Police or any two Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,\n\nthis 22nd Day of December, 1853.\n\nCHAS. ST. GEO. CLEVERLY,\n\nFor the Clerk of Councils.\n\nS. G. BONHAM,\n\nSCHEDULE A.\n\nNo.\n\nLICENSE TO RETAIL SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS TO CHINESE ONLY.\n\nOffice of the Superintendent of Police.\n\nHongkong,\n\n185\n\n[A.B.] of [insert the applicant's native place,] [insert the calling of the applicant,] is hereby licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors to Chinese only, under the provisions of Ordinance No.4 of 1853 on the premises known as [insert the number of the house, name of the street, and description of the premises.]\n\nThis License will remain in force until the close of the current year ending on\n\non the\n\n195\n\n. A Fee of\n\nDollars is to be paid at the Colonial Treasury day of each month, until the expiration of the term, and in default of payment will be levied on the property of the Defaulter.\n\nIf Spirituous Liquor be sold to any other person than a Chinese the License holder will incur a penalty not exceeding $100, and for a second offence his License may in addition be annulled.\n\nCountersigned [E. F. Chief Magistrate,\n\nOn the\n\nday of\n\nkeep a smoking Divan.]\n\nThis receipt to be repeated monthly.]\n\nSCHEDULE B.\n\nNo.\n\n185\n\n[C. D.] Superintendent of Police.\n\nreceived the Fee of $9.\n\n[G. H.] Colonial Treasurer.\n\nLICENSE TO [retail raw Opium] [or to prepare Opium, and sell prepared Opium,] [or to\n\nOffice of the Superintendent of Police.\n\nHongkong\n\n185\n\n[A. B.] of [insert native place,] [insert calling] is hereby licensed to [as the case may be] under the provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1853 on the premises known as [describe the premises, mentioning the number of the house and the name of the street.]\n\nThis License will remain in force until the close of the current year ending on\n\nA Fee of\n\n185\n\nDollars is to be paid at Colonial Treasury on the\n\nday of each month, until the expiration of the term, and in default of payment will be levied on the property of the Defaulter.\n\n[C. D.] Superintendent of Police.\n\n185 received the Fee of $\n\n[G. H.]\n\nColonial Treasurer.\n\nCountersigned\n\n[E. F Chief Magistrate.\n\nOn the\n\nday of\n\n[This receipt to be repeated monthly.]\n\nSCHEDULE C.\n\nFees payable on Licenses.\n\nFor the retail of Spirituous Liquors.\n\n$ 9\n\nJ\n\n„ retail of raw Opium.\n\n$30\n\npreparing Opium, or selling prepared Opium, or both,\n\nPer month in advance.\n\n$20\n\nkeeping a Smoking Divan.\"\n\n$10\n\nلود از سالها است",
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        "content_text": "# The Hongkong Government Gazette\n## HONGKONG\n### [JUNE 19, 1858\n#### ANNO VIGESIMO PRIMO VICTORIE REGINE\n##### No. 10 of 1858\n\nBy His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\n**An Ordinance for Penal Servitude**\n\n[15th June, 1858.]\n\nBe it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\nUntil Places of Transportation are appointed, Penal Servitude may be substituted. I. Where no Place hath been or shall hereafter be appointed by Her Majesty or Her Governor of Hongkong, whereunto Offenders convicted in this Colony, and being under Sentence or Order of Transportation, may according to Law be sent or transported, every such Offender shall (subject to Section Three) be kept in Penal Servitude within the said Colony for any Period not exceeding a Period of the same duration as the Term or Terms, or unexpired Portion of the Term or Terms, of Transportation under which the said Offender now is or shall hereafter be; and until no such Place as aforesaid is appointed, and so often as no such Place shall be hereafter appointed as aforesaid, any Offender who, but for this Ordinance, might have been sentenced to Transportation shall (subject to Section Three) be liable to be sentenced to be kept in Penal Servitude for a Period or Periods not exceeding a Term or Terms of the same Duration as the Term or Terms of Transportation to which such Offender would, but for this Ordinance, have been liable, and subject to the same Discretion on the part of the Court.\n\n## Laws of Transportation to apply to Offenders under Penal Servitude\nII. All Laws and Gaol Regulations relating to the Removal, Transportation, Care, Custody, Management, Employment, and Discipline of Offenders under Sentence or Order of Transportation, and the punishment of such Offenders if at large without lawful cause, whilst the said Sentence or Order is in force, and all other Laws relating to such Offenders, shall apply to Offenders kept in Penal Servitude.\n\n## Computation of Time\nIII. Any of the said Offenders may be removed and transported to any such Place as aforesaid during his Term of Punishment, and the whole of the time (if any) during which he may have been kept in Penal Servitude or Imprisonment during the Term specified in his Sentence or Order, shall be computed and allowed unto him in determining the Duration of his Term of Transportation.\n\n## Gangs made responsible for escapes\nIV. In case any Offender kept in Penal Servitude shall escape, under Circumstances which, being proved by lawful evidence before the Court of Petty Sessions, shall satisfy the said Court that any other Offender with whom, or Offenders with or amongst whom, the said Offender was at the Time of his said Escape, might, if so disposed, have prevented him from effecting or attempting it, the said Court shall have power to order and adjudge that any Term of Penal Servitude not exceeding Three Years shall be allotted unto every such Offender: in addition to, and by way of increase of, the Periods or Period still unexpired of the Punishment to which such Offender as last aforesaid was liable at the Time of the said Escape.\n\n## Convict Prison Laws extended to this Colony\nV. The Laws for the time being in force within England for the Prevention or Punishment of the Offences of Prison Breach, Escape, Rescue, and bringing or carrying in or out of prohibited Articles, when committed, attempted, or allowed by, or with reference to, or in favor of, Prisoners ordered to be detained in Convict Prisons, shall be applicable to the like Offences, when committed or attempted by, or with reference to, or in favor of, Offenders kept in Penal Servitude, whether original or substituted as aforesaid.\n\n## Power to His Excellency in Council to make Regulations\nVI. His Excellency The Governor in Executive Council is hereby empowered from time to time to make, alter, repeal, or revive such Regulations (in any manner, not being inconsistent with this Ordinance) for the Diet, Clothing, Maintenance, Employment, Instruction, Discipline, Correction, Removal, and Discharge of Offenders undergoing the said Punishment of Penal Servitude, and for the Duties and Conduct of their Keepers and Overseers, and other the Officers employed in or about the Premises, as to His said Excellency in Council shall in the Premises seem meet; yet so as that every such Regulation, Alteration, Repeal, and Revivor, be forthwith notified in the Hongkong Government Gazette for general information.\n\n## Power to Imprisonment not affected by this Ordinance\nVII. The Jurisdiction to sentence Offenders to Imprisonment with or without hard Labour, and the Execution of such Sentences, are not affected by this Ordinance.\n\nJOHN BOWRING.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 15th Day of June, 1858.\n\nL. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.\n\n## REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO CERTAIN STATEMENTS INVOLVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY\n\n### ORDER OF REFERENCE\n\n**VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG**\n\n#### No. 11 of 1858\nFRIDAY, 7th MAY, 1858. PRESENT: His Excellency The Governor and all the Members, except the Lieutenant-Governor and the Chief Justice.\n\nThe Acting Colonial Secretary, with the Governor's permission, called the attention of the Council to certain Statements in the last issue of the `Hongkong Register` Newspaper, affecting his character as Colonial Secretary, as connected with the Opium Monopoly.\n\n#### No. 12 of 1858\nMONDAY, 10th MAY, 1858. PRESENT: His Excellency The Governor, and all the Members.\n\nThe Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor stated his unwillingness to form part of the Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Acting Colonial Secretary, as connected with the Opium Monopoly; whereupon, Debate ensuing, It was moved by Mr Lyall, seconded by Mr Dent, and carried unanimously, That a Committee, consisting of the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor, be requested to inquire into the Statements involving the integrity of the Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nIt was moved by the Attorney General, seconded by the Lieutenant-Governor, and agreed to, that such Committee do consist of the Chief Magistrate and Mr Dent.\n\n### Extract from the \"Hongkong Register\" of the 4th day of May, 1858\n\n## REPORT\n\nYour Committee considering that the words of the order of reference should be taken in their widest sense, and that the integrity of the Acting Colonial Secretary implies not merely ordinary honesty, but the wholeness and singleness of his character as Colonial Secretary, have enquired into his entire conduct in reference to all matters connected with the grant of the Opium Monopoly.\n\n1st. It appears that the tender of the present Monopolist (Chun-tai-kwong), and those of two other persons, were not received by the Acting Colonial Secretary until the 14th March, the day after the last day for tendering; that Chun-tai-kwong's tender was the highest, and, the reason given for the lateness of his tender being satisfactory to His Excellency, that it was accepted by him, with a full knowledge of the facts, on the 15th March; that two days after this, on the 17th March, the Opium Monopoly Ordinance passed the Legislative Council, on which day various changes highly favorable to the Monopolist, and suggested by him or his partners to the Acting Colonial Secretary, were introduced into the Ordinance on the Acting Colonial Secretary's motion.\n\n2d. The above matters being the only ones connected with the grant of the Opium Monopoly, in which it has been suggested that the honesty or honour of the Acting Colonial Secretary could be involved, your Committee are clearly of opinion that the honesty and honour of Dr Bridges, in reference to all proceedings connected with the grant of the Opium Monopoly, remain wholly unimpeached.\n\n3d. It further appears that, early on the morning of the 17th March, the day when the Ordinance passed, and when the alterations referred to were made in it-or of some subsequent day, the Monopolist retained Dr Bridges as his Counsel; that on the 25th March, immediately after the Monopolist had executed a Bond to Government connected with the Monopoly at the Government Offices, Dr Bridges called the Clerk of the Councils into the Colonial Secretary's Room, that he might hear Dr Bridges tell the Monopolist that though he was his Counsel, he could not act for him against the Government.\n\n4th. These proceedings in the opinion of your Committee shew the want of a due appreciation by Dr Bridges of the demands of his high and important offices as Acting Colonial Secretary, Member of the Legislative Council, and Member of the Executive Council; and denote an absence of that proper sensitiveness which should have made him, above all other persons, foresee and avoid all positions of possible conflict between his Public and Private Duties.\n\nWe ask, in conclusion, our general readers to peruse with care the accompanying article from the `Daily News` on Mr Butt's case. We ask our government whether or not it would not more consort with their honor and open dealing, if all the facts of the case as to granting a most odious and oppressive monopoly on sealed tenders when it could have been sold in open and fair market... were made known. And we do not think we ask too much, in asking the Acting Colonial Secretary to give the public, which pays him, some explanation of the very doubtful position in which he at present stands:- \n\n[Here follows Extract from the “Daily News.”]",
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        "content_text": "I have the honor to be,\n\nWith the highest respect,\n\nSir,\n\nYour Most Obedient\n\nhumble servant,\n\nPage 136\n\nInventory of Public Furniture at Government House, taken 25 April, 1859.\n\n  \n    Article\n    Remarks\n  \n  \n    Sofas, mat covered\n    3 In Verandah's\n  \n  \n    Do hair\n    \n  \n  \n    D yellow striped Couches\n    1 English\n  \n  \n    Footstools\n    \n  \n  \n    Goo tables\n    \n  \n  \n    Sofa tables\n    \n  \n  \n    Card tables\n    \n  \n  \n    Marble top side tables\n    2 large\n  \n  \n    Black wood\n    \n  \n  \n    Dining table\n    1 with 7 spare leaves\n  \n  \n    Marble top tables\n    § different sizes in Corridor\n  \n  \n    Writing table with desk\n    \n  \n  \n    Pier tables, marble tops\n    2 of these called flower stands.\n  \n  \n    Side board,\n    \n  \n  \n    Packing Stand\n    \n  \n  \n    Papier, marble tops\n    \n  \n  \n    Marble top tables\n    \n  \n  \n    Lacquered armoire\n    \n  \n  \n    Small Chairs\n    \n  \n  \n    Easy chairs\n    \n  \n  \n    Do\n    \n  \n  \n    chain\n    \n  \n  \n    Small maple chairs\n    \n  \n  \n    Chairs, mat seats\n    19 Various kinds\n  \n  \n    Drawing room chairs\n    12 Billiard Room\n  \n  \n    Do\n    16 Original Dining\n  \n  \n    Sounge Chair\n    \n  \n  \n    Antique Chairs\n    \n  \n  \n    Painting of George IV.\n    \n  \n  \n    Frames for Glass Presses\n    B 1 Crimson, I blue.\n  \n  \n    \n    2 Covered blue Morrocco\n  \n  \n    \n    12 Crimson damask\n  \n  \n    \n    13 blue seats\n  \n  \n    \n    12 Crimson seats.\n  \n  \n    \n    I leather covered, large\n  \n  \n    \n    2 Crimson\n  \n  \n    \n    In Dining Room.\n  \n  \n    \n    2. Below\n  \n\n£14\n\n475\n\nAdlinson may like to see this.\n\nPage 136",
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        "content_text": "73\n\n2\n\nauthorised to act in any of the aforesaid capacities in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan, and engaged in carrying into execution the provisions of this Order; and that the terms \"British ship,\" or \"vessel,\" or \"ship or vessel under the British flag,\" shall be construed to include any ship or vessel British-registered and navigated according to law; and any ship or vessel owned, or partly owned, by a person entitled by law to be an owner of a British-registered vessel; that the term \"crew\" shall be construed to include all persons employed in navigating any such ship or vessel; and that, wherever in this Order any word or words is or are used importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, such word or words shall, nevertheless, be construed to include several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.\n\nand to establish\n\nRules and Regulations.\n\nIII. And it is further ordered, that the Consul in the port, place, or district in which he may reside, shall have full power and authority to carry into effect and to enforce by fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, the observance of the stipulations of the said Treaty, or of the Articles for the regulation of trade appended thereto, or of any other Treaty or Treaties which may be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Tycoon of Japan, his heirs and successors, or of any Articles or Regulations appended thereto, and to make and enforce, by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan.\n\nIV. And it is further ordered, that all rules and regulations made by the Consul as aforesaid shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same shall be affixed, and kept affixed and exhibited, in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy; and for the purpose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the said rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the said Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regulations; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed: Provided always, that no rule or regulation to be hereafter made by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted and approved of by the Consul-General, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month, in the public office of the Consular district.\n\nV. And it is further ordered, that it shall be lawful for the Consul, upon information or upon the complaint of any party, that a British subject has violated any of the stipulations of any Treaty between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or has disregarded or infringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding Article of this Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party, in regard to the offence laid to his charge, and to award such penalty of fine or imprisonment to any party convicted of any offence against any such Treaty, or against any such rules and regulations which may be specified in any such Treaty, or in any such rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of any Treaty, or for a breach of the rules and regulations for the observance of any such Treaty, shall be heard and determined by the Consul without assessors: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of any such rules and regulations exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment.\n\n3",
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        "content_text": "79\n\n14\n\nof the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan to any deported person to such port as aforesaid, or to England, as provided in Articles XIX, XX, and XXI of this Order, the Consul sending him out shall forthwith report such act of deportation, with the grounds of his decision, to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or, in a case where the party so deported is a native of the aforesaid territories, to the Governor-General of India.\n\nXXIII. And it is further ordered that a report of every sentence passed by a subordinate Consular officer in the matters referred to in Articles XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, and XXI of this Order, and awarding a fine exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisonment for more than ten days, shall be sent in to the superior Consular officer of the district; and, on the receipt of such report, such superior Consular officer shall proceed, without assessors, to revise such sentence as to him may seem fit; and if the sentence should have been pronounced by the subordinate Consular officer, without assessors, or with the concurrence of assessors, then the decision pronounced by the superior Consular officer, on revision of the proceedings, shall be final; but if the sentence of the subordinate Consular officer shall have been pronounced, with dissent on the part of the assessors, or of any of them, then the superior Consular officer shall not proceed to revise such sentence, but shall submit the whole proceedings to the Consul-General in the same manner as if the case had been originally heard and decided by the superior Consular officer, with dissent on the part of the assessors, or any of them.\n\nPersons sentenced by Consuls may be sent to Hong Kong for imprisonment.\n\nXXIV. And it is further ordered, that it shall be lawful for any of Her Majesty's Consuls to send any person sentenced to imprisonment under this Order, at any time while such sentence of imprisonment is in the course of execution, to Hong Kong, in any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or in any British ship or vessel, to undergo his term of imprisonment in any jail in Hong Kong, and it shall be lawful for the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or of any British ship or vessel, to receive any such person on board, with a copy of such sentence and a warrant from the Consul for its due execution, addressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the said Colony of Hong Kong, and thereupon to convey him in custody to Hong Kong, and on his arrival there, to deliver him with the said copy of such sentence and warrant, into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other officer of Her Majesty within the said Colony, lawfully acting as such, who, on the receipt of the said warrant, and of the person therein named, shall be authorized to commit, and shall commit, such person to any jail of the said Colony; and such sentence shall be enforced to execution in the said common jail in the same manner as if the sentence had been awarded by the Supreme Court of the said Colony.\n\nXXV. And it is further ordered, that in cases of assault not coming within the terms of Article XX of this Order, it shall be lawful for the Consul before whom complaint is made, to promote reconciliation between the parties, and to suffer compensation and amends to be made, and the proceedings thereby to be stayed.\n\nXXVI. And it is further ordered, that save and except as regards offences committed by British subjects against the stipulations of Treaties between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or against rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such Treaties, duly affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of Article IV of this Order, or against rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan, duly exhibited and affixed as aforesaid, and save and except as regards the offence of engaging in trade, declared in Article XXIII of this Order to be unlawful, no act done by a British subject being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan shall be deemed and taken to be a crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person committing it liable to punishment, which, if done within that part of Her Majesty's dominions called England, would not, by a Court of Justice having criminal jurisdiction in England, have been deemed and taken to be a crime or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person so committing it, liable to punishment.\n\n15",
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        "content_text": "Board\n\n146 2\n\nauthorised to act in any of the aforesaid capacities in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan, and engaged in carrying into execution the provisions of this Order; and that the terms \"British ship,\" or \"crew vessel,\" or \"ship or vessel under the British flag,\" shall be construed to include any ship or vessel British-registered and navigated according to law; and any ship or vessel owned, or partly owned, by a person entitled by law to be an owner of a British-registered vessel; that the term \"crew\" shall be construed to include all persons employed in navigating any such ship or vessel; and that, wherever in this Order any word or words is or are used importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, such word or words shall, nevertheless, be construed to include several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.\n\nand to establish Rules and Regulations.\n\nIII. And it is further ordered, that the Consul in the port, place, or district in which he may reside, shall have full power and authority to carry into effect and to enforce by fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, the observance of the stipulations of the said Treaty, or of the Articles for the regulation of trade appended thereto, or of any other Treaty or Treaties which may be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Tycoon of Japan, his heirs and successors, or of any Articles or Regulations appended thereto, and to make and enforce, by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan.\n\nIV. And it is further ordered, that all rules and regulations made by the Consul as aforesaid shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same shall be affixed, and kept affixed and exhibited, in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy; and for the purpose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the said rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the said Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regulations; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed: Provided always, that no rule or regulation to be hereafter made by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted and approved of by the Consul-General, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month, in the public office of the Consular district.\n\nV. And it is further ordered, that it shall be lawful for the Consul, upon information or upon the complaint of any party, that a British subject has violated any of the stipulations of any Treaty between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or has disregarded or infringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding Article of this Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party, in regard to the offence laid to his charge, and to award such penalty of fine or imprisonment to any party convicted of any offence against any such Treaty, or against any such rules and regulations which may be specified in any such Treaty, or in any such rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of any Treaty, or for a breach of the rules and regulations for the observance of any such Treaty, shall be heard and determined by the Consul without assessors: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of any such rules and regulations exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment.",
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        "content_text": "14\n\n152\n\nand\n\nBoard\n\nof the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan to any deported person to England, or vary such port as aforesaid, or to England, as provided or remit his punishment. The Consul sending him out shall forthwith report such act of deportation, with the grounds of his decision, to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or, in a case where the party so deported is a native of the aforesaid territories, to the Governor-General of India.\n\nXXIII. And it is further ordered that a report of every sentence passed by a subordinate Consular officer in the matters referred to in Articles XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, and XXI of this Order, and awarding a fine exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisonment for more than ten days, shall be sent in to the superior Consular officer of the district; and, on the receipt of such report, such superior Consular officer shall proceed, without assessors, to revise such sentence as to him may seem fit; and if the sentence should have been pronounced by the subordinate Consular officer, without assessors, or with the concurrence of assessors, then the decision pronounced by the superior Consular officer, on revision of the proceedings, shall be final; but if the sentence of the subordinate Consular officer shall have been pronounced, with dissent on the part of the assessors, or of any of them, then the superior Consular officer shall not proceed to revise such sentence, but shall submit the whole proceedings to the Consul-General in the same manner as if the case had been originally heard and decided by the superior Consular officer, with dissent on the part of the assessors, or any of them.\n\nthe.\n\nXXIV. And it is further ordered, that it shall be lawful for any of Her Majesty's Consuls to send any person sentenced to imprisonment under this Order, at any time while such sentence of imprisonment is in the course of execution, to Hong Kong, in any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or in any British ship or vessel, to undergo his term of imprisonment in any jail in Hong Kong, and it shall be lawful for the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or of any British ship or vessel, to receive any such person on board a copy of such sentence and a warrant from the Consul for its due execution,\n\n2\n\n?\n\nConsuls may promote reconcilement in cases of assault.\n\nDefinition of\n\n15\n\naddressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the said Colony of Hong Kong, and thereupon to convey him in custody to Hong Kong, and on his arrival there, to deliver him with the said copy of such sentence and warrant, into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other officer of Her Majesty within the said Colony, lawfully acting as such, who, on the receipt of the said warrant, and of the person therein named, shall be authorized to commit, and shall commit, such person to any jail of the said Colony; and such sentence shall be enforced to execution in the said common jail in the same manner as if the sentence had been awarded by the Supreme Court of the said Colony.\n\nXXV. And it is further ordered, that in cases of assault not coming within the terms of Article XX of this Order, it shall be lawful for the Consul before whom complaint is made, to promote reconciliation between the parties, and to suffer compensation and amends to be made, and the proceedings thereby to be stayed.\n\nXXVI. And it is further ordered, that save and except as regards offences committed by British subjects against the stipulations of Treaties between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or against rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such Treaties, duly affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of Article IV of this Order, or against rules and regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan duly exhibited and affixed as aforesaid, and save and except as regards the offence of engaging in trade, declared in Article XXIII of this Order to be unlawful, no act done by a British subject being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan shall be deemed and taken to be a crime, or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person committing it liable to punishment, which, if done within that part of Her Majesty's dominions called England, would not, by a Court of Justice having criminal jurisdiction in England, have been deemed and taken to be a crime or misdemeanour, or offence, rendering the person so committing it, liable to punishment.",
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        "content_text": "ART. II. It is further expressly declared, that the arrangement entered into at Shanghai, between Great Britain and Ireland, to retain a force, until the indemnity of eight millions of taels, guaranteed in Article IV of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, between Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and His Imperial Majesty's Commissioners Kweiliang and Hwashana, regarding the residence of Her Britannic Majesty's Representative in China, is hereby cancelled, and that, in accordance with Article III of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, Her Britannic Majesty's Representative will henceforward reside, permanently, or occasionally, at Peking, as Her Britannic Majesty shall be pleased to decide.\n\nELGIN AND KINCARDINE.\n\nART. III. It is agreed that the separate Article of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight is hereby annulled, and that in lieu of the amount of indemnity therein specified, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China shall pay the sum of eight millions of taels, in the following proportions or instalments, namely:-At Tien-tsin, on or before the 30th day of November, the sum of five hundred thousand taels; at Canton, on or before the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three taels, less the sum which shall have been advanced by the Canton authorities, towards the completion of the British Factory site of Shameen; and the remainder at the ports open to foreign trade, in quarterly payments, which shall consist of one-fifth of the gross revenue from Customs there collected; the first of the said payments being due on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, for the quarter terminating on that day.\n\nIt is further agreed that these monies shall be paid into the hands of an officer whom Her Britannic Majesty's Representative shall specially appoint to receive them, and that the accuracy of the amounts shall, before payment, be duly ascertained by British and Chinese officers appointed to discharge this duty.\n\nIn order to prevent future discussion, it is moreover declared that of the eight millions of taels herein guaranteed, two millions will be appropriated to the indemnification of the British Mercantile Community at Canton, for losses sustained by them; and the remaining six millions to the liquidation of war expenses.\n\nSeal of Chinese Plenipotentiary.\n\nSignature of Chinese Plenipotentiary.\n\nTREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. SIGNED AT TIEN-TSIN, JUNE 26TH, 1858. RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT PEKING, OCTOBER 24TH, 1860.\n\nHer Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous to put an end to the existing misunderstanding between the two countries, and to place their relations on a more satisfactory footing in future, have resolved to proceed to a revision and improvement of the Treaties existing between them; and for that purpose, have named their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:\n\nHer Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, a Peer of the United Kingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle;\n\nAnd His Majesty the Emperor of China, the High Commissioners Kweiliang, a Senior Chief of State, styled of the East Cabinet, Captain-General of the Plain White Banner of the Manchu Banner Force, Superintendent-General of the administration of Criminal Law; and Hwashana, one of His Imperial Majesty's Expositors of the Classics, Manchu President of the Office for the regulation of the Civil Establishment, Captain-General of the Bordered Blue Banner of the Chinese Banner Force, and Visitor of the Office of Interpretation;\n\nWho, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:\n\nART. I.-The Treaty of Peace and Amity between the two nations, signed at Nanking on the twenty-ninth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, is hereby renewed and confirmed.\n\nART. IV. It is agreed that on the day on which this Convention is signed, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China shall open the port of Tien-tsin to trade, and that it shall be thereafter competent to British subjects to reside and trade there, under the same conditions as at any other port of China by Treaty open to trade.\n\nART. V.-As soon as the ratifications of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall have been exchanged, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China will, by Decree, command the high authorities of every province to proclaim throughout their jurisdictions, that Chinese choosing to take service in the British Colonies, or other parts beyond sea, are at perfect liberty to enter into engagements with British subjects for that purpose, and to ship themselves and their families on board any British vessel at any of the open ports of China; also that the high authorities aforesaid shall, concert with Her Britannic Majesty's Representative in China, frame such regulations for the protection of Chinese emigrating as above, as the circumstances of the different open ports may demand.\n\nART. VI. With a view to the maintenance of law and order in and about the harbour of Hongkong, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to cede to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and to Her Heirs and Successors, to have and to hold as a dependency of Her Britannic Majesty's Colony of Hongkong, that portion of the township of Cowloon, in the province of Kwangtung, of which a lease was granted in perpetuity to Harry Smith Parkes, Esquire, Companion of the Bath, a Member of the Allied Commission at Canton, on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty's Government, by Lau Tsung-kwang, Governor-General of the two Kwang.\n\nIt is further declared, that the lease in question is hereby cancelled; that the claims of any Chinese to property on the said portion of Cowloon shall be duly investigated by a mixed Commission of British and Chinese officers, and that compensation shall be awarded by the British Government to any Chinese whose claim shall be by the said Commission established, should his removal be deemed necessary by the British Government.\n\nART. VII.-It is agreed that the provisions of the Treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, except in so far as these are modified by the present Convention, shall, without delay, come into operation, as soon as the ratifications of the Treaty aforesaid shall have been exchanged. It is further agreed, that no separate ratification of the present Convention shall be necessary, but that it shall take effect from the date of its signature, and be equally binding with the Treaty above mentioned on the High Contracting Parties.\n\nART. VIII.—It is agreed that, as soon as the ratifications of the Treaty of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, shall have been exchanged, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China shall, by Decree, command the high authorities in the capital, and in the provinces, to print and publish the aforesaid Treaty and the present Convention, for general information.\n\nART. IX. It is agreed that, as soon as this Convention shall have been signed, the ratifications of the Treaty of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall have been exchanged, and an Imperial Decree respecting the publication of the said Convention and Treaty shall have been promulgated, as provided for by Article VIII of this Convention, Chusan shall be evacuated by Her Britannic Majesty's troops there stationed, and Her Britannic Majesty's force now before Peking shall commence its march towards the city of Tien-tsin, the forts of Taku, the North Coast of Shantung, and the city of Canton, at each or all of which places, it shall be at the option of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to remain or not.\n\nThe Supplementary Treaty and General Regulations of Trade having been amended and improved, and the substance of their provisions having been incorporated in this Treaty, the said Supplementary Treaty and General Regulations of Trade are hereby abrogated.\n\nART. II. For the better preservation of harmony in future, Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and His Majesty the Emperor of China mutually agree that, in accordance with the universal practice of great and friendly nations, Her Majesty the Queen may, if She see fit, appoint Ambassadors, Ministers, or other Diplomatic Agents to the Court of Peking; and His Majesty the Emperor of China may in like manner, if He see fit, appoint Ambassadors, Ministers, or other Diplomatic Agents, to the Court of St. James.'\n\nArt. III.-His Majesty the Emperor of China hereby agrees, that the Ambassador, Minister, or other Diplomatic Agent, so appointed by Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, may reside, with his family and establishment, permanently at the capital, or may visit it occasionally, at the option of the British Government. He shall not be called upon to perform any ceremony derogatory to him as representing the Sovereign of an independent nation on a footing of equality with that of China. On the other hand, he shall use the same forms of ceremony and respect to His Majesty the Emperor as are employed by the Ambassadors, Ministers, or Diplomatic Agents of Her Majesty towards the Sovereigns of independent and equal European nations.\n\nIt is further agreed, that Her Majesty's Government may acquire at Peking a site for building, or will assist it in so doing. Her Majesty's Representative shall be at liberty to choose his own servants and attendants, who shall not be subjected to any kind of molestation whatever.\n\nAny person guilty of disrespect or violence to Her Majesty's Representative, or to any member of his family or establishment, in deed or word, shall be severely punished.\n\nART. IV. It is further agreed, that no obstacle or difficulty shall be made to the free movements of Her Majesty's Representative, and that he, and the persons of his suite, may come and go, and travel at their pleasure. He shall, moreover, have full liberty to send and receive his correspondence to and from any point on the sea-coast that he may select; and his letters and effects shall be held sacred and inviolable. He may employ, for their transmission, special couriers, who shall meet with the same protection and facilities for travelling as the persons employed in carrying despatches for the Imperial Government; and, generally, he shall enjoy the same privileges as are accorded to officers of the same rank by the usage and consent of Western nations.",
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        "content_text": "# AGE \n\nCourt Of \n\n87 \n\n2 \n\n## II. \nAnd it is further ordered that this Order shall commence and take effect from and after the day on which it shall be received by the Consul-General in Japan.\n\n## III. \nAnd it is further ordered, that, in the construction of this Order, the word \"Consul\" shall be construed to include all and every officer in Her Majesty's service, whether Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, or person duly authorized to act in any of the aforesaid capacities in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan, and engaged in carrying into execution the provisions of this Order; and that the terms \"British ship,\" or \"British vessel,\" or \"ship or vessel under the British flag,\" shall be construed to include any ship or vessel British-registered and navigated according to law; and any ship or vessel owned, or partly owned, by a person entitled by law to be an owner of a British-registered vessel; that the term \"crew\" shall be construed to include all persons employed in navigating any such ship or vessel; and that, wherever in this Order any word or words is or are used importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, such word or words shall, nevertheless, be construed to include several persons as well as one person, and females as well as males, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.\n\n## IV. \nAnd it is further ordered that the Consul in the port, place, or district in which he may reside, shall have full power and authority to carry into effect and to enforce by fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, the observance of the stipulations of the said Treaty, or of the Articles for the regulation of trade appended thereto, or of any other Treaty or Treaties which may be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Tycoon of Japan, his heirs and successors, or of any Articles or Regulations appended thereto, and to make and enforce, by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan.\n\n## V. \nAnd it is further ordered, that all rules and regulations made by the Consul as aforesaid shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same shall be affixed, and kept affixed and exhibited, in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy; and for the purpose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the said rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the said Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regulations; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed: Provided always, that no rule or regulation to be hereafter made by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted and approved of by the Consul-General, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month, in the public office of the Consular district.\n\n## VI. \nAnd it is further ordered, that it shall be lawful for the Consul, upon information or upon the complaint of any party that a British subject has violated the stipulations of any Treaty between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or has disregarded or infringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of any such Treaty, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding Article of this Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party, in regard to the offence laid to his charge, and to award such penalty of fine or imprisonment to any party convicted of any offence against any such Treaty, or against any such rules and regulations which may be specified in any such Treaty, or in any such rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of any Treaty, or for a breach of the rules and regulations for the observance of any such Treaty, shall be heard and determined by the Consul without Assessors: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of any such rules and regulations exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment.\n\n## VII. \nAnd it is further ordered, that any charge against a British subject for a breach of any rules and regulations other than those relating to the observance of Treaties, shall in like manner be heard and determined by the Consul, and in all cases in which the penalty shall not exceed two hundred dollars, or one month's imprisonment, the Consul shall hear and determine the charge summarily, without the aid of Assessors; but where the penalty attached to a breach of any rules and regulations other than those relating to the observance of Treaties, shall amount to more than two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for more than one month, it shall be obligatory upon the Consul, before he shall proceed to hear the charge, to summon two British subjects of good repute, residing within his district, to sit with him as Assessors, which Assessors shall, however, have no authority to decide on the innocence or guilt of the party accused, or on the amount of fine or imprisonment to be awarded to him on conviction, but it shall rest with the Consul to decide on the guilt or innocence of the party accused, and on the amount of fine or imprisonment to be awarded to him: Provided always, that in no case shall the penalty to be attached to a breach of rules and regulations, other than those for the observance of Treaties, exceed five hundred dollars, or three months' imprisonment; and provided further, that in the event of the said Assessors, or either of them, dissenting from the conviction of the party accused, or from the penalty of fine or imprisonment awarded to him by the Consul, the Consul shall take a note of such dissent, with the grounds thereof, and shall require good and sufficient security for the appearance of the party convicted, at a future time, in order to undergo his sentence or receive his discharge; and the Consul shall, within ...\n\nPage 90\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "# Treaty between Portugal and China\n\n## ARTICLE I\nThe subjects of His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and those of His Majesty the Emperor of China; whose respective subjects shall equally enjoy, in the dominions of the High Contracting Parties, the most complete and decided protection for their persons and property.\n\n## ARTICLE II\nAnd hereby are entirely annulled and held as non-existing by this Treaty everything that down to this day has been done, at whatever time or place, whether in writing, or printed, or verbally agreed,—with respect to the relations between Portugal and the Empire of China and between the Government of the City of Macao (formerly in the Province of Canton) and the Chinese Authorities:—In virtue whereof from now henceforth the present Treaty,—concluded and signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the two States, duly provided with their respective credentials, is to serve as the only valid Regulation of these relations.\n\n## ARTICLE III\nThe Governor General of Macao, in his capacity of Plenipotentiary of His Most Faithful Majesty in China, may visit the Court of Pekin every year should important affairs render it necessary.\n\nIf in the future the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of China shall allow the Plenipotentiary of any other Foreign Nation to reside permanently at Pekin, besides those who have already their Representatives there, the Envoy of His Most Faithful Majesty may consider such permission as extending to himself and avail of it should he deem convenient.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\nThe Diplomatic Agents shall enjoy at their residences all the privileges and immunities accorded by the Law of Nations: that is to say, that their persons, their families, their homes, and their correspondence shall be inviolate.\n\n## ARTICLE V\nThe expenses incurred by the diplomatic Missions of Portugal in China shall be borne by the Portuguese Government. The diplomatic Agents which His Majesty the Emperor of China may be pleased to appoint to the Court of His Majesty the King of Portugal will be received with all the honors and privileges enjoyed by the other foreign diplomatic Agents of equal rank accredited to the said Court.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\nThe official correspondence forwarded by the Portuguese Authorities to the Chinese Authorities shall be written in Portuguese accompanied by a translation in Chinese. In the same manner, the present Treaty is to be written in Portuguese and in Chinese—which after being duly compared will serve as a Document to guide each Nation as the written version of its respective language.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\nThe form of correspondence between the Portuguese and the Chinese Authorities will be regulated by their respective rank and position, based upon complete reciprocity. Between the high Functionaries of Portugal and China, at the Capital or elsewhere, such correspondence will take the form of Dispatch or Communication; between the subordinate Functionaries of Portugal and the first Authorities of the Province, the former shall make use of the form of exposition (`Chau-Hoei`), and the latter that of declaration (`Xen-Cheu`); and the subordinate officers of both nations shall correspond together in terms of perfect equality.\n\nMerchants, and generally all others who are not invested with an official character, will adopt, in addressing the Chinese Authorities, the form of representation or petition (`Pin-Chen`).\n\nWhenever any Portuguese subject shall have to petition the Chinese Authority of a district, he is to submit his statement beforehand to the Consul, who will cause the same to be forwarded should he see no impropriety in so doing, otherwise he will have it written out in other terms—or decline to forward it:—Likewise, when a Chinese subject shall have occasion to petition the Portuguese Consul, he will only be allowed to do so through the Chinese Authority, who shall proceed in the same manner.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\nHis Majesty the King of Portugal may appoint Consuls at all the ports of China open to commerce, to look after commercial interests, and to watch the due observance of all the articles of this Treaty.\n\nThe Consul and the local Authorities will show to each other reciprocal civilities and correspond with each other in terms of perfect equality.\n\nThe Consuls and Acting Consuls will have the honor of `Tau-tai`, and Vice-Consuls, Consular Agents, and Interpreter translators, those of Prefect. Their powers shall be equal to those of the Consular Authorities of other nations.\n\nThese functionaries are to be true agents of the Portuguese Government and not merchants. The Chinese Government, however, will make no objection, in case the Portuguese Government should deem it unnecessary to appoint a full Consul to any of the ports, and choose to entrust a Consul of a foreign nation, for the time being, with the duties of a Portuguese Consul at that port.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\nHis Majesty the King of Portugal and His Majesty the Emperor of China desiring to manifest their reciprocal amicable intentions have agreed expressly upon the following:\n\nAll the subjects of both States shall always be treated, reciprocally, as friends in any part of the Portuguese or Chinese territories.\n\nHis Majesty the King of Portugal will enjoin upon the Governor of Macao to bestow his most determined cooperation to avoid everything which might, at that place, be prejudicial to the interests of the Chinese Empire.\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China may appoint, should he deem it convenient, an Agent to reside at Macao, there to treat of commercial affairs and watch the due observance of the regulations. This Agent, however, must either be a Manchú or a Chinese of the fourth or fifth rank. His powers are to be equal to those of the Consuls of France, England, America, or of those of other nations who reside at Macao and Hongkong, and there treat of their public affairs, showing their national flags.\n\n## ARTICLE X\nIt is permitted to all Portuguese subjects and their families to reside at or frequent the ports of Kuang-chou (Canton),—Chang-chou (Suatau),—Amoy,—Fu-chau—Ningpo, Shanghae, Chin-kiang, Kieu-kiang and Han-kau (on the Yang-tsi),—Tang chou, Tien-tsin—Neu-choang–Tam-shoei and Tai-van (on the Island of Formosa), and Kiung-chou (on the Island of Hainan), and there to carry on trade or otherwise employ themselves. Their boats may go and come without hinderance and their merchandize be imported or exported at all times.\n\n## ARTICLE XI\nThe Chinese Government will, in no manner whatever, object that Portuguese subjects should take Chinese subjects into their service and give them a lawful occupation.\n\n## ARTICLE XII\nAll Portuguese merchants importing goods into any of the open ports, having paid duties on them, and any other Portuguese subjects, are allowed to travel through all parts of the interior of China for commercial purposes or for convenience sake, provided they be furnished with passports which are to be granted by the Consuls and counter-signed by the local Authorities. The bearer of a passport...",
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        "content_text": "# THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1862.\n\n## TREATY of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians.\n\nSigned at London, July 23, 1862.\n\n[Ratifications exchanged at London, August 30, 1862.]\n\nHer Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, being equally animated by the desire to facilitate and extend the relations of commerce and navigation between their respective dominions; and being desirous, with a view to so beneficial an object, to remove the obstacles which impede the commercial relations between the two countries, have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:\n\nHer Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable John Earl Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and Ardsalla, a Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Honourable Thomas Milner Gibson, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations;\n\nAnd His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Sieur Sylvain Van de Weyer, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Britannic Majesty, Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, decorated with the Iron Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain, of the Order of the Ernestine Branch of Saxony, of the Tower and Sword, of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander of the Legion of Honour, &c.;\n\nWho, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:\n\n### ARTICLE I.\n\nThere shall be reciprocal liberty of commerce between all the dominions and possessions of the two High Contracting Parties; and the subjects of each of them shall, throughout the whole extent of the territories and possessions of the other, enjoy the same rights, privileges, liberties, favours, immunities, and exemptions, in matters of commerce and navigation, which are or may be enjoyed by native subjects.\n\n### ARTICLE II.\n\nThe subjects of one of the two High Contracting Parties residing in the dominions of the other, shall have the same liberty as native subjects to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of any other persons, as brokers, factors, agents, or interpreters. They shall not be restrained in their choice, and shall not be obliged to pay any salary or remuneration to any person whom they shall not choose to employ in those capacities; buyers and sellers being at perfect liberty to bargain together, and to fix the price of any goods or merchandise imported or destined for exportation, on condition of observing the regulations and the Customs laws of the country.\n\n### ARTICLE III.\n\nIn all that relates to navigation and commerce, the High Contracting Parties shall not grant any privilege, favour, or immunity to any other country, which shall not be also and immediately extended to their respective subjects.\n\n### ARTICLE IV.\n\nAll vessels which according to the laws of Great Britain are to be deemed British vessels, and all vessels which according to the laws of Belgium are to be deemed Belgian vessels, are declared to be British and Belgian vessels respectively.\n\n### ARTICLE V.\n\nNo duties of tonnage, harbour, light-house, pilotage, quarantine, or other similar or corresponding duties, of whatever nature or under whatever denomination, levied for the profit or in the name of the Government, public functionaries, communes, corporations, or establishments of whatever kind, shall be imposed in the ports of either country, upon the vessels of the other country, from whatever port or place arriving, which shall not be equally imposed in the like cases on national vessels.\n\n### ARTICLE VI.\n\nIn all that regards the stationing, the loading, and unloading of vessels in the ports, basins, docks, roadsteads, harbours, or rivers of the two countries, no privilege shall be granted to national vessels, which shall not be equally granted to vessels of the other country; the intention of the High Contracting Parties being, that in this respect also the respective vessels shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality.\n\n### ARTICLE VII.\n\nBritish vessels entering a port of Belgium, and, reciprocally, Belgian vessels entering a port of Great Britain or of the British Possessions, and desiring to discharge only a part of their cargo, may, subject to compliance with the laws and regulations of the respective countries, retain on board that part of the cargo which is destined for another port, whether in the same country or in any other country, and may re-export the same, without being compelled to pay, upon such retained part of their cargo, any duty of Customs save those for watching, which, of course, shall be levied only at the rate fixed for national vessels.\n\n### ARTICLE VIII.\n\nGoods of every kind which are or may be legally importable into the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its Colonies and Possessions, in British vessels, may likewise be imported into such ports in Belgian vessels, without being liable to other or higher duties, of whatever denomination, than if such goods were imported in national vessels.\n\nReciprocally, goods of every kind which are or may be legally importable into the ports of Belgium in Belgian vessels, may likewise be imported into such ports in British vessels, without being liable to other or higher duties, of whatever denomination, than if such goods were imported in national vessels.\n\nSa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, animés d'un égal désir de faciliter et d'étendre les rapports de commerce et de navigation entre leurs Etats respectifs; et voulant, pour arriver à un but si utile, faire disparaître les obstacles qui entravent les relations commerciales entre les deux pays, ont résolu de conclure un Traité à cet effet, et ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:\n\nSa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, le Très Honorable Jean Comte Russell, Vicomte Amberley de Amberley et Ardsalla, Pair du Royaume Uni, Chevalier du Très Noble Ordre de la Jarretière, Membre du Très Honorable Conseil Privé de Sa Majesté Britanique, Principal Secrétaire d'Etat de Sa Majesté Britannique pour les Affaires Etrangères; et le Très Honorable Thomas Milner Gibson, Membre du Très Honorable Conseil Privé de Sa Majesté Britannique, Membre du Parlement, et Président du Comité du Conseil Privé pour les Affaires de Commerce et des Colonies;\n\nEt Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, le Sieur Sylvain Van de Weyer, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près Sa Majesté Britannique, Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Léopold, décoré de la Croix de Fer, Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Charles III d'Espagne, de l'Ordre de la Branche Ernestine de Saxe, de la Tour et de l'Epée, de St. Maurice et St. Lazare, Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur, &c.\n\nLesquels, après s'être réciproquement communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs respectifs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants:\n\n### ARTICLE I.\n\nIl y aura liberté réciproque de commerce entre tous les Etats et possessions des deux Hautes Parties Contractantes; et les sujets de chacune d'elles, dans toute l'étendue des territoires et possessions de l'autre, jouiront des mêmes droits, privilèges, libertés, faveurs, immunités, et exemptions, en matière de commerce et de navigation, dont jouissent ou jouiront les nationaux.\n\n### ARTICLE II.\n\nLes sujets de l'une des Hautes Parties Contractantes résidant dans les Etats de l'autre, seront respectivement libres de régler, comme les nationaux, leurs affaires par eux-mêmes, ou de les confier aux soins de toutes autres personnes, telles que courtiers, facteurs, agents, ou interprètes. Ils ne pourront être contraints dans leur choix, et ils ne seront tenus à payer aucun salaire ni aucune rétribution à ceux qu'ils n'auront pas jugé à propos d'employer à cet effet; étant absolument facultatif aux vendeurs et acheteurs de contracter ensemble leur marché, et de fixer le prix de toutes denrées ou marchandises importées ou destinées à l'exportation, sous la condition de se conformer aux règlements et aux lois des douanes du pays.\n\n### ARTICLE III.\n\nEn toute ce qui concerne la navigation et le commerce, les Hautes Parties Contractantes ne pourront accorder aucun privilège, faveur, ou immunité à un autre Etat, qui ne soit aussi et à l'instant étendu à leurs sujets respectifs.\n\n### ARTICLE IV.\n\nTous les navires qui, d'après les lois de la Grande Bretagne, sont considérés comme navires Britanniques, et tous les navires qui, d'après les lois de la Belgique sont considérés comme navires Belges, sont déclarés respectivement navires Britanniques et navires Belges.\n\n### ARTICLE V.\n\nAucun droit de tonnage, de port, de phare, de pilotage, de quarantaine, ou autres droits semblables ou équivalents, de quelque nature ou sous quelque dénomination que ce soit, perçu au profit ou au nom du Gouvernement, des fonctionnaires publics, des communes, corporations, ou établissements quelconques, ne sera imposé dans les ports de chacun des deux pays sur les navires de l'autre nation, arrivant d'un port ou endroit quelconque, qui ne soit pas également imposé en pareil cas sur des navires nationaux.\n\n### ARTICLE VI.\n\nEn tout ce qui concerne le placement des navires, leur chargement et leur déchargement dans les ports, bassins, docks, rades, havres, ou rivières des deux Etats, il ne sera accordé aucun privilège aux navires nationaux, qui ne le soit également à ceux de l'autre Etat; la volonté des Hautes Parties Contractantes étant que, sous ce rapport aussi, les bâtiments respectifs soient traités sur le pied d'une parfaite égalité.\n\n### ARTICLE VII.\n\nLes navires Britanniques entrant dans un port de Belgique, et réciproquement les navires Belges entrant dans un port de la Grande Bretagne ou de ses Possessions, et qui n'y voudraient décharger qu'une partie de leur cargaison, pourront, en se conformant toutefois aux lois et règlements des Etats respectifs, conserver à leur bord la partie de la cargaison qui serait destinée à un autre port, soit du même pays, soit d'un autre, et la ré-exporter, sans être astreints à payer pour cette dernière partie de leur cargaison aucun droit de douane, sauf ceux de surveillance, lesquels, d'ailleurs, ne pourront naturellement être perçus qu'au taux fixé pour la navigation nationale.\n\n### ARTICLE VIII.\n\nLes marchandises de toute espèce dont l'importation dans les ports du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, ses Colonies et Possessions, est ou sera légalement permise sur des bâtiments Britanniques, pourront également y être importées sur des bâtiments Belges, sans être assujetties à d'autres ou de plus forts droits, de quelque dénomination que ce soit, que si les mêmes marchandises étaient importées sur des bâtiments nationaux.\n\nRéciproquement, les marchandises de toute espèce dont l'importation dans les ports de Belgique est ou sera légalement permise sur des bâtiments Belges, pourront également y être importées sur des bâtiments Britanniques, sans être assujetties à d'autres ou de plus forts droits, de quelque dénomination que ce soit, que si les mêmes marchandises étaient importées sur des bâtiments nationaux.",
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        "content_text": "14\n\n16\n\nII. The direct countenance given to this assumption of irresponsible authority by the refusal of British Consuls to take cognizance of such acts, when brought to their notice, or to do more, (when pressed,) than record the protest of the complaining parties.\n\nIII. The finality of the decision of the Superintendent of Trade in all cases between British Subjects, and other Foreigners or Chinese, both in original suits before himself, or on appeal from the decisions of the Consular Courts.\n\nIV. The consequent practical impossibility of applying a check to any high-handed proceedings of the Foreign Customs.\n\n10. With respect to the first named ground of complaint, Mr. Lay stands up stoutly for the moderation of the Foreign Customs in its treatment of revenue offences. Such is not the popular impression and further, the foreign community are impressed with a belief, amounting to conviction, that the proceeds of confiscations are largely, if not wholly, distributed among the various grades of subordinates. Should this belief be groundless, an inquiry conducted by the Consuls would be an easy means of rebutting the charge.\n\n11. Notwithstanding the dictum (section 18 of the Memorandum,) \"that the Chinese Superintendent of Customs, with or without the advice of the Foreign Commissioner, can in no case overstep the limits assigned to his action by the Treaties, without being forthwith called to account by the Consul, upon the complaint of the Merchants aggrieved,\" that liability is very small when, as at present, British Consuls are reluctant to entertain such complaints and as the influence of the foreigners in the service is avowedly not limited to that gained by sagacious advice, the \"weak and corrupt officials,\" (described in Section 11,) are as likely to succumb to the misdirected energy of Foreign Customs officials as to the (there asserted) bribery or bullying\" of Foreign Traders.\n\n12. But the Committee will not discuss the \"Procedure in cases of fine and confiscation\" now practised; because they deny the right of the Chinese Authorities to make such seizures in Treaty ports, or levy such fines, independently of the British Consul.\n\n13. In all Treaties with China, Foreign Governments have required and obtained various ex-territorial rights:-- and the reason of such demands on the part of Her Majesty's Government is thus stated by Lord Clarendon in his dispatch to Sir George Bonham of June 24th, 1853, inclosing the order in Council of the 13th of the same Month.-\"In ordinary cases of British Subjects resorting to a Foreign Country, their persons and property are entrusted to the laws and institutions of the Country to which they may resort in the full assurance that those will be duly administered, and that the institutions of such country, although they may differ from those of England, are substantially in harmony with the general principles of jurisprudence recognized among Christian Communities. But the case is different as regards China, and there the British Crown has found it necessary to require that British Subjects shall be entirely exempted from the jurisdiction of the local tribunals, and has engaged in return, either expressly or by implication, to take effectual measures for the maintenance among British Subjects of peace, order, and good Government.\"\n\n14. In the second Article of the Treaty of Nanking,-a treaty renewed and confirmed by the second article of the later Treaty of Tientsin,-Her Majesty agrees to appoint \"Superintendents or Consular officers to reside at each of the above named (Treaty) cities or towns, to be the medium of communication between the Chinese Authorities and the said Merchants, and to see that the just duties and other dues of the Chinese Government as hereafter provided for, are duly discharged by Her British Majesty's Subjects.\"\n\n15. In the order in Council of June 1853, there is no waiver of any of the rights so secured; but on the contrary it embodies a series of regulations for the guidance of Consular Officers in dealing with them.\n\n16. The authoritative opinion given in 1860 by the then Crown Lawyers-Sir J. D. Harding, Sir Richard Bethel, and Sir W. Atherton,-in reference to vessels and cargoes seized for the breach of the Blockade of the Canton River affirms still more strongly the exclusion of China from the comity of civilized Nations; and from its having been communicated to the British Authorities in this Country, shows that up to that period Her Majesty's Government had seen no reason to depart from the principles laid down by Lord Clarendon. That opinion broadly states, that \"as between Her Majesty's Government and the Government and Subjects of China, (a Country which neither acknowledges, nor follows, the Jus Gentium of European states, under which the necessity for Prize Court condemnation arises,) no condemnation as Prize is either necessary or expedient.\"\n\n17\n\n17. The ex-territorial provisions of the Treaties are the natural consequence of the recognized exclusion of China from the comity of civilized Nations; and the judicial power of Consuls follows as a matter of course where some restrictive jurisdiction must exist, but is denied under Treaty to the native authorities. To argue therefore that \"the Chinese Government is no more obliged to resort to a British Court to enforce fines or confiscations for a breach of its revenue laws, where a British Subject is concerned, than it is to an American or French Court, where an American or French Subject is concerned,\" is beside the question, for the Chinese Government is bound to British Subjects by the express stipulations of its Treaties with Great Britain, while British Subjects are not bound by the Treaties of other Nations, though entitled to the benefit of all privileges accorded to them, greater than those secured by the British Treaties. The 7th clause of the French Treaty, quoted by the Inspector General of Chinese Customs, declares, it may be remarked, the obligation of a formal notice to a French Consul of any intention to seize or confiscate,\n\n18. But a serious fallacy underlies all arguments in favor of Chinese, as opposed to Consular, jurisdiction in cases of smuggling in the open ports by Subjects of Treaty Powers. They assume that such smuggling is an offence against the Chinese revenue laws, when in fact it is an offence against the Treaty only, a knowledge of Chinese Revenue laws not being obligatory, nor their observance compulsory, except in so far as they are recognized by Treaty. If this view be correct, of which the Committee entertain no doubt, the pretensions of the Chinese Customs to independent action in cases of violation of Treaty Stipulations or Regulations fall to the ground.\n\n19. Assuming the correctness of the statements now submitted to Your Lordship, it seems clear that British Subjects have a right to the judicial action of their Consuls in all cases of fine or confiscation; and that the limitation of their functions to ex post-facto political action, as urged by the advocates of the Chinese Customs, is as untenable in theory as it was contrary to fact in practice, till recently for it would be extremely difficult for the Inspector General of Chinese Customs to prove that the special cases of seizure enumerated in his memorandum were made without a previous application from the department to the British Consul-and even were that otherwise, the Committee of the Chamber are prepared to show, that within the last twelve months, some of the Chinese Superintendents of Customs have pleaded the direct or implied sanction of Her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade as their Authority for carrying out confiscation, and further that a rule, drawn up by that officer for the regulation, inter alia, of cases of confiscation at Canton, runs thus-\"if the goods are on board British Vessels or in possession of a British Subject, the particulars shall be communicated to the Consul, who shall grant a warrant for their seizure, and if, on examination they are undoubtedly smuggled, it shall be permitted to the Hoppo to declare their confiscation.\"\n\n20. Before proceeding to the other questions enumerated above, it is the pleasing duty of the Committee to state, that the Baron de Meritens, Commissioner of Customs at Foochow has appreciated the fact, that the best mode of discouraging illicit trade is to deprive it of motive; and as a commencement in opening the ports of China more widely to legitimate Commerce, has induced the superior Authorities to sanction the resort of ships to the ports of Keelung and Takao in Formosa. Should the experiment succeed, as it no doubt will, it will probably lead to its extension to other important ports on the Mainland.\n\n21. The second cause of dissatisfaction to the Foreign Commercial body, viz:-the direct countenance given to the pretensions of the Chinese Customs' Authorities by the present reluctance of British Consuls to entertain any complaint arising from the Acts of those officials, will be more shortly discussed.\n\n22. It is generally understood and believed, that the Consular officers act in this matter under special instructions from the Superintendent of Trade :-but apart from the violation of right, which the Foreign residents believe to be involved in the surrender to the Chinese Customs' establishment of irresponsible power in dealing with Treaty offences, they universally condemn such surrender as impolitic. Should the Foreign element in the Chinese Maritime Customs be a permanent one, it might, at any time, be composed of men of a very different stamp, and very inferior grade, to the gentlemen now holding the higher offices of the Foreign Inspectorate; and who might be the reverse of scrupulous in their administration of the department, but keenly alive to the value to themselves of mingling political power with their fiscal functions, particularly if through the direct Agency of the Maritime Customs establishment, the Cost of foreign armed and manned gun-boats, and of disciplined Chinese troops commanded by Foreign Officers, is to be defrayed.\n\nIn the\n\n23. But indeed this perilous union of powers appears to have been already initiated. Supplement to the North China Herald of Sept. 26th of this year, the case is reported of the \"United States of America versus Pinder and others\" tried in the United States Consular Court, in which Commander Solway, (one of the Witnesses for the prosecution,) describing himself as a British Naval Officer in the service of the Emperor of China, is stated to have deposed, that his commission in that service is held from Mr. Lay and Captain Sherard Osborne, and that it professes to be given on behalf of the Emperor. Certainly among the many anomalous arrangements now in existence in This Country, this is one of the strangest.\n\n24. Again Commercial men in this Country have no faith in the theory of Chinese, of any rank, being led up to European international civilization by being dealt with as though they were guided by its maxims, in anticipation of their honest adoption of them. They accept as an axiom that relaxation of ex-territorial rights, obtained under Treaty, should follow, but never precede, practical advance in such civilization on the part of the Chinese. They are satisfied, that Asiatics of every race attach no meaning to the phrase of political magnanimity, and cannot believe in the existence of such a virtue. Asiatics respect those who respect their own rights, and attribute to fear, or ignorance, any concession that is not palpably balanced by some corresponding advantage. Justice they understand.",
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        "content_text": "# THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1864.\n\nment to be accumulative or not, at the discretion of the adjudicating tribunal), for any British subject, within any part of China, to assist either the existing Chinese Government, or any or either of the different factions then engaged, or who might be thereafter engaged, in opposition to the Government, by personal enlistment in the service of either of the said several parties, or by procuring other persons to enlist in such service, or by furnishing, selling, or procuring warlike stores of any description, or by fitting out vessels, or by knowingly and purposely doing any other act to assist either party, by which neutrality might be violated; and that the tribunal for adjudicating on offences, of the description intended to be thereby dealt with, should consist of a Consular Officer in charge of a Consulate, and two Assessors of Her Majesty, resident within the Consulate;\n\nAnd whereas it is expedient that the said Ordinance of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, should be explained and amended, and that further provisions should be made to prevent the participation of British subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China, in acts of war or rebellion against the authority of the said Emperor; Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of all powers enabling Her in this behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-\n\n1. Nothing in the said Ordinance made and passed on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall extend or apply, or be deemed to have extended, or to have been applicable, to any British subject, who, at any time heretofore may have assisted, or may hereafter assist, the Government of the Emperor of China, by the means in the same Ordinance mentioned, or otherwise howsoever, by or under the leave or licence of Her Majesty, or by or under the authority of any Order of Her Majesty in Council, at any time heretofore made, or to be hereafter made.\n\n## No. 139.\n\n2. If any subject of Her Majesty, within any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China, shall, at any time after the publication of this present Order, in Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong, levy war, or take part in any operations of war, against the Emperor of China, or aid or abet any persons who are or who may be engaged in carrying on war or rebellion or insurrection against the said Emperor, in carrying on such war or rebellion, or insurrection, such person shall be liable to the several penalties mentioned in the said Ordinance of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and shall further be liable to be sent out of the dominions of the Emperor of China; and in case of his afterwards returning within the same, shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished, and to be again sent out of the said dominions, and so from time to time, in the same manner, in all respects, as is provided by the said Orders in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and the twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, respectively, concerning the persons liable to be sent out of the said dominions under those respective Orders.\n\n3. Every person offending against this present Order may be proceeded against in the same manner, in all respects, as is provided by the said Order of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, concerning persons offending against any rules or regulations duly made, under and by virtue thereof, by Her Majesty's Superintendent of British Trade in China for the time being.\n\nAnd the Right Honourable Earl Russell, and the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may respectively appertain.\n\n## GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\n**ARTHUR HELPS**\n\nThe following Circular from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, covering the new Instructions issued by the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Restoration of Persons apparently Drowned, is published for general information.\n\nBy Order,\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1864.\n\n**CIRCULAR.**\n\nW. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.\n\nDOWNING STREET, 20th June, 1864.\nSIR,-I transmit to you, herewith, a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Royal National Life Boat Institution, with copies of new Instructions which have been issued by that Institution, for the Restoration of Persons Apparently Drowned.\n\nI have been informed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Medical Director-General of the Navy has given it as his opinion that the Instructions in question are valuable, and that they have been circulated in the Royal Navy; I have therefore no hesitation in giving to these Instructions the circulation desired by the Committee of the Institution.-I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,\n\n**EDWARD CARDWELL.**\n\nGovernor SIR H. ROBINSON,\n&c. &c. &c.\n\n(Copy.)\n\nMr. Lewis to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, 14, JOHN-STREET, ADLEPHI, LONDON, 26th May, 1864.\n\nSIR, I am directed to transmit to you a few copies of the new Instructions issued by the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Restoration of the Apparently Drowned.\n\nThese Instructions are the result of extensive inquiries which have recently been made by the Institution amongst medical men, medical bodies, and coroners throughout the United Kingdom.\n\nThe Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered 1,000 copies to be circulated throughout Her Majesty's Fleet, and the Commodore Controller-General of Coast Guard has also requested 2,000 copies to be supplied for distribution throughout the Coast Guard Service.\n\nThe Committee are desirous that these directions should be known throughout the British Colonies, and they would therefore feel much obliged if you would do them the honour to direct that the accompanying letters, containing packets of the same, be transmitted to the respective Governors of the Colonies.--I have, &c.,\n\n(Signed)\n\n**RICHARD LEWIS,**\nSecretary.\n\n# TREATMENT OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.\n\n## ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.\n\nINCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. -SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS,\n\n**PATRONESS.-Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.**\n\n## DIRECTIONS FOR RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.\n\nThe leading principles of the following Directions for the Restoration of the apparently Dead from Drowning are founded on those of the late Dr. Marshall Hall, combined with those of Dr. H. R. Silvester, and are the result of extensive inquiries which were made by the Institution in 1863-4 amongst Medical Men, Medical Bodies, and Coroners throughout the United Kingdom. These Directions have been extensively circulated by the Institution throughout the United Kingdom and in the Colonies. They are also in use in Her Majesty's Fleet, and in the Coast-guard Service.\n\n### I.\n\nON THE SPOT,\n\nSend immediately for medical assistance, blankets, and dry clothing, but proceed to treat the Patient instantly in the open air, with the face downwards, whether on shore or afloat; exposing the face, neck, and chest to the wind, except in severe weather, and removing all tight clothing from the neck and chest, especially the braces.\n\nThe points to be aimed at are-first and immediately, the Restoration of Breathing; and secondly, after breathing is restored, the Promotion of Warmth and Circulation.\n\nThe efforts to restore Breathing must be commenced immediately and energetically, and persevered in for one or two hours, or until a medical man has pronounced that life is extinct. Efforts to promote Warmth and Circulation beyond removing the wet clothes and drying the skin must not be made until the first appearance of natural breathing. For if circulation of the blood be induced before breathing has recommenced, the restoration to life will be endangered.\n\n### II.-TO RESTORE BREATHING.\n\n#### TO CLEAR THE THROAT-\nPlace the Patient on the floor or ground with the face downwards, and one of the arms under the forehead, in which position all fluids will more readily escape by the mouth, and the tongue itself will fall forward, leaving the entrance into the windpipe free. Assist this operation by wiping and cleansing the mouth.\n\nIf satisfactory breathing commences, use the treatment described below to promote Warmth. If there be only slight breathing or no breathing or if the breathing fail, then-\n\n#### TO EXCITE BREATHING-\nTurn the Patient well and instantly on the side, supporting the head, and-\n\nExcite the nostrils with snuff, hartshorn, and smelling salts, or tickle the throat with a feather, &c., if they are at hand. Rub the chest and face warm, and dash cold water, or cold and hot water alternately, on them.\n\nIf there be no success, lose not a moment but instantly\n\n#### TO IMITATE BREATHING-\nReplace the Patient on the face, raising and supporting the chest well on a folded coat or other article of dress.\n\n| Action | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Turn the body | very gently on the side and a little beyond, and then briskly on the face, back again; repeating these measures cautiously, efficiently, and perseveringly about fifteen times in the minute, or once every four or five seconds, occasionally varying the side. |\n| Pressure on the back | Make uniform but efficient pressure with brisk movement, on the back between and below the shoulder-blades or bones on each side, removing the pressure immediately before turning the body on the side. |\n\nBy placing the Patient on the chest, the weight of the body forces the air out; when turned on the side, this pressure is removed, and air enters the chest.\n\nThe first measure increases the Expiration, the second commences Inspiration.\n\n**The result is Respiration or Natural Breathing;—and, if not too late, Life.**\n\nWhilst the above operations are being proceeded with, dry the hands and feet; and as soon as dry clothing or blankets can be procured, strip the body and cover, or gradually reclothe it, but taking care not to interfere with the efforts to restore breathing.\n\n### III.\n\nShould these efforts not prove successful in the course of from two to five minutes, proceed to imitate breathing by Dr. Silvester's method, as follows:-\n\nPlace the Patient on the back on a flat surface, inclined a little upwards from the feet; raise and support the head and shoulders on a small firm cushion or folded article of dress placed under the shoulder-blades.\n\nDraw forward the Patient's tongue, and keep it projecting beyond the lips: an elastic band over the tongue and under the chin will answer this purpose, or a piece of string or tape may be tied round them, or by raising the lower jaw, the teeth may be made to retain the tongue in that position. Remove all tight clothing from about the neck and chest, especially the braces.\n\n#### TO IMITATE THE MOVEMENTS OF BREATHING-\nStanding at the Patient's head, grasp the arms just above the elbows, and draw the arms gently and steadily upwards above the head, and keep them stretched upwards for two seconds. (By this means air is drawn into the lungs.) Then turn down the Patient's arms, and press them gently and firmly for two seconds against the sides of the chest. (By this means air is pressed out of the lungs.)\n\nRepeat these measures alternately, deliberately, and perseveringly, about fifteen times in a minute, until a spontaneous effort to respire is perceived, immediately upon which cease to imitate the movements of breathing, and proceed to INDUCE CIRCULATION AND WARMTH.\n\n### IV. TREATMENT AFTER NATURAL BREATHING HAS BEEN RESTORED.\n\n#### TO PROMOTE WARMTH AND CIRCULATION.--\n\nCommence rubbing the limbs upwards, with firm grasping pressure and energy, using handkerchiefs, flannels, &c.: [by this measure the blood is propelled along the veins towards the heart.]\n\nThe friction must be continued under the blanket or over the dry clothing. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.\n\nIf the Patient has been carried to a house after respiration has been restored, be careful to let the air play freely about the room.\n\nOn the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing have returned, small quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee, should be administered. The Patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition to sleep encouraged.",
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        "content_text": "## Article II and Related Correspondence\n\n### Procedures for Handling Seized Ships or Goods\n\n(6) to the Superintendent. If he considers the seizure justified, he will direct the Foreign Commissioner of Customs to give notice to the party to whom the ship or goods are declared to belong, that the ship or goods have been seized because such or such an irregularity has been committed, and that the said ship or goods will be confiscated unless before noon on a certain day, being the sixth day from the date of the delivery of the notice, the Superintendent receives from the British Consul an official application to have the case fully investigated.\n\nThe British subject to whom the ship or goods belong, if prepared to maintain that the alleged irregularity has not been committed, is free to appeal within the term of six days direct to the Commissioner. If satisfied with his explanations, the Superintendent will direct the release of the ship or goods; otherwise, if he elects not to appeal to the Customs, or if, after receiving his explanations, the Superintendent still declines to release the ship or goods, he may appeal to his Consul, who will write to inform the Superintendent of the particulars of his appeal and request him to name a day for the public investigation of the evidence on which the action of the Customs is founded.\n\n### Article II: Investigation Procedures\n\nArticle II. The Superintendent, on receipt of the Consul's communication, will name a day for meeting him at the Custom House, and the Consul will desire the merchant to appear with his witnesses at the Custom House on the day named and will himself, on that day, proceed to the Custom House. The Superintendent will invite the Consul to take his seat with him.\n\nThe Commissioner of Customs will also be seated to assist the Superintendent. Proceedings will be opened by the Superintendent, who will call on the Customs employés who have seized the ship or goods to state the circumstances that occasioned the seizure and will question them according to their evidence. Whatever the merchant interested may have to state in contradiction of their evidence, he will state to the Consul, who will cross-examine them for him. Such will be the proceedings in the interest of truth and fairness.\n\nThe Consul and Superintendent may, if they see fit, appoint Deputies to meet at the Custom House in their stead, in which case the order of proceeding will be the same as if they were present in person.\n\n### Article III: Documentation and Decision\n\nArticle III. Notes will be taken of the statements of all parties examined, and the paper containing these will be signed and sealed by the Consul and the Superintendent. The room will then be cleared, and the Superintendent will inform the Consul of the course he proposes to pursue. If he proposes to confiscate the vessel or goods, and the Consul, having given notice of the appeal to the Superintendent, they will forward copies of the above notes, the Consul to his Minister, and the Superintendent to the Yamên of Foreign Affairs at Peking. If the Consul agrees with the Superintendent that the ship or goods ought to be confiscated, the merchant will not be entitled to appeal. In no case will the release of ship or goods entitle the merchant to indemnification for the seizure, whether these be released after the investigation at the Custom House or after appeal to the high authorities of both nations at Peking.\n\n### Article IV: Appeal to Superior Authority\n\nArticle IV. The case being referred to superior authority, the merchant interested shall be at liberty to give a bond binding himself to pay the full value of the ship or goods attached should the ultimate decision be against him, which bond, being sealed with the Consular Seal and deposited with the Superintendent, the Superintendent will restore to the merchant the ship or goods attached, and when the superior authority shall have decided whether so much money is to be paid or the whole of the property seized confiscated, the merchant will be called on to pay accordingly.\n\nIf the merchant declines to give the necessary security, the ship or merchandise attached will be detained. But whether the decision of the superior authority be favorable to the appellant or not, the appellant will not be entitled to claim indemnity.\n\n### Correspondence Regarding the Seizure of the Steamer Prince Albert\n\nSIR,\n\nTHE CONSUL IN REPLY TO THE PETITION,\n\nBRITISH CONSULATE,\n\nCANTON, 11th April, 1866.\n\nI have received your Petition stating the circumstances under which the steamer `Prince Albert`, of which you are the registered owner, was seized by the Imperial Maritime Customs for alleged breach of Treaty, and praying that the said vessel may be released and handed back to you, or, if the authorities decline to do so, that I will apply for the proper investigation and adjudication in the matter.\n\nIn reply, I have to observe that proper investigation and adjudication implies the exercise of judicial functions and powers, which I am not aware exist in such cases, but I have communicated with H. E. the Superintendent of Customs on the subject, and he has appointed to meet me at the Foreign Custom House on Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when you and any evidence you may bring forward will be heard in support of your Petition; and I shall then be enabled to judge whether or not, in my opinion, the seizure you complain of has been made in accordance with Treaty. You will, therefore, be good enough to attend at the place and time above indicated.\n\nMr. Kwok A'Cheong,\n\n&c., &c.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour Obedient Servant,\n\n&c., &c.\n\nHongkong.\n\n(Signed)\n\nD. B. ROBERTSON, H. M. Consul.\n\n### PETITION TO SUPERINTENDENT OF CUSTOMS\n\nCANTON, 19th April, 1866.\n\nTo H. E. the Superintendent of Customs, Canton.\n\nThe Humble Petition of Kwok A'Cheong, the Owner of the Steam-ship `Prince Albert`, of the Port of Hongkong.\n\nThat in the petition, which your petitioner forwarded to the British Consul at Canton, he prayed that an investigation might be made into the circumstances attending the seizure of his said steamer by the Officers of the Imperial Maritime Customs at Sue Tung, and be made certain statements as to the facts concerning her presence there. That Your Excellency, in concert with the British Consul for Canton, having decided that the vessel has violated the provisions of the Treaty by being at the place where she was found, it only now remains for your petitioner to appeal to the merciful consideration of Your Excellency in the hope that you will allow him to have the vessel back again.\n\nIt has already been brought to Your Excellency's notice that the vessel had no cargo on board and did not go to Sue Tung for the purpose of trading or in any way defrauding the Imperial Revenue, but was in search of a Junk which she had been chartered to tow up to Hongkong, and which, when last seen, was dismasted and lay at anchor under the Island of Foong Ky, about 6 or 7 miles from the entrance of the River in which Sue Tung stands, and about nine miles from where the said steamer was seized. The steamer did not leave Hongkong with the intention of going to any port or place whatever and was sent away in a hurry, even her master and crew being newly hired for the voyage, and she would not have even approached Sue Tung except for the purpose of endeavoring to find out where the Junk could be by enquiring amongst the native craft there and down the Coast below Sue Tung.\n\nAs the master had to act in the instant and without the possibility of being able to communicate with your petitioner, Your Excellency will see that, though the very letter of the Treaty has been broken, your petitioner is innocent of either any intent or act in violation of the Treaty or in fraud of the Revenue, and he trusts that Your Excellency, with your well-known liberality and impartiality, will be pleased to give back the vessel to your petitioner and merely inflict such a fine as may punish the master for his thoughtless and unauthorized act, and while upholding the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Treaty, may not so heavily punish the innocent owner of the vessel, who neither authorized nor sanctioned the act and who could get no profit nor benefit from this wrongful act of the master.\n\nYour Petitioner therefore prays that Your Excellency will be pleased to take his application for a remission of the sentence of confiscation into your gracious and merciful consideration and do such favor to your petitioner as in mercy and fairness he ought to have.\n\nDated the 19th day of April, A.D., 1866.\n\nPage 22",
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        "content_text": "(6)\n\nto the Superintendent. If he consider the seizure justified, he will direct the Foreign Commissioner of Customs to give notice to the party to whom the ship or goods are declared to belong, that the ship or goods have been seized because such or such an irregularity has been committed, and that the said ship or goods will be confiscated unless before noon on a certain day, being the sixth day from the date of the delivery of the notice, the Superintendent receive from the British Consul an official application to have the case fully investigated.\n\nThe British subject to whom the ship or goods belong, if prepared to maintain that the alleged irregularity has not been committed, is free to appeal within the term of six days direct to the Commissioner. If satisfied with his explanations the Superintendent will direct the release of the ship or goods; otherwise, if he elect not so to appeal to the Customs, or if, after receiving his explanations, the Superintendent still decline to release the ship or goods, he may appeal to his Consul, who will write to inform the Superintendent of the particulars of his appeal, and to request him, the Superintendent, to name a day for the public investigation of the evidence on which the action of the Customs is founded.\n\nArticle II. The Superintendent on receipt of the Consul's communication, will name a day for meeting him at the Custom House, and the Consul will desire the merchant to appear with his witnesses at the Custom House on the day named, and will himself on that day proceed to the Custom House. The Superintendent will invite the Consul to take his seat with him.\n\nThe Commissioner of Customs will also be seated to assist the Superintendent. Proceedings will be opened by the Superintendent, who will call on the Customs employés who have seized the ship or goods, to state the circumstance which occasioned the seizure, and will question them according to their evidence. Whatever the merchant interested may have to state in contradiction of their evidence he will state to the Consul, who will cross-examine them for him. Such will be the proceedings in the interest of truth and fairness.\n\nThe Consul and Superintendent may if they see fit appoint Deputies to meet at the Custom House in their stead, in which case the order of proceeding will be the same as if they were present in person.\n\nArticle III. Notes will be taken of the statements of all parties examined, and the paper containing these will be signed and sealed by the Consul and the Superintendent. The room will be then cleared, and the Superintendent will inform the Consul of the course he proposes to pursue. If he propose to confiscate the vessel or goods, and the Consul having given notice of the appeal to the Superintendent, they will forward copies of the above notes, the Consul to his Minister, and the Superintendent to the Yamên of Foreign Affairs at Peking. If the Consul agrees with the Superintendent that the ship or goods ought to be confiscated the merchant will not be entitled to appeal. In no case will the release of ship or goods entitle the merchant to indemnification for the seizure, whether these be released after the investigation at the Custom House, or after appeal to the high authorities of both nations at Peking.\n\nArticle IV. The case being referred to superior authority, the merchant interested shall be at liberty to give a bond binding himself to pay the full value of the ship or goods attached should the ultimate decision be against him, which bond being sealed with the Consular Seal, and deposited with the Superintendent, the Superintendent will restore to the merchant, the ship or goods attached, and when the superior authority shall have decided whether so much money is to be paid or the whole of the property seized confiscated, the merchant will be called on to pay accordingly.\n\nIf the merchant decline to give the necessary security, the ship or merchandize attached will be detained. But whether the decision of the superior authority be favorable to the appellant or not, the appellant will not be entitled to claim indemnity.\n\nSIR,\n\nTHE CONSUL IN REPLY TO THE PETITION,\n\nBRITISH CONSULATE,\n\nCANTON, 11th April, 1866.\n\nI have received your Petition stating the circumstances under which the steamer Prince Albert, of which you are the registered owner, was seized by the Imperial\n\n(7)\n\nMaritime Customs for alleged breach of Treaty, and praying that the said vessel may be released and handed back to you, or, if the authorities decline to do so, that I will apply for the proper investigation and adjudication in the matter.\n\nIn reply I have to observe that proper investigation and adjudication implies the exercise of judicial functions and powers, which I am not aware in such cases exist, but I have communicated with H. E. the Superintendent of Customs on the subject, and he has appointed to meet me at the Foreign Custom House, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when you and any evidence you may bring forward will be heard in support of your Petition; and I shall then be enabled to judge whether or not, in my opinion, the seizure you complain of has been made in accordance with Treaty. You will, therefore, be good enough to attend at the place, and time above indicated.\n\nMr. Kwok A'Cheong,\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour Obedient Servant,\n\n&c., &c., &c.\n\nHongkong.\n\n(Signed)\n\nD. B. ROBERTSON.\n\nH. M. Consul,\n\nPETITION TO SUPERINTENDENT OF CUSTOMS.\n\nCANTON, 19th April, 1866.\n\nTo H. E. the Superintendent of Customs, Canton,\n\nThe Humble Petition of Kwok A'Cheong, the Owner of the Steam-ship Prince Albert, of the Port of Hongkong.\n\nThat in the petition, which your petitioner forwarded to the British Consul, at Canton, he prayed that an investigation might be made into the circumstances attending the seizure of his said steamer by the Officers of the Imperial Maritime Customs, at Sue Tung, and he made certain statements as to the facts concerning her presence there. That Your Excellency, in concert with the British Consul for Canton, having decided that the vessel has violated the provisions of the Treaty, by being at the place where she was found, it only now remains for your petitioner to appeal to the merciful consideration of your Excellency, in the hope that you will allow him to have the vessel back again.\n\nIt has already been brought to your Excellency's notice that the vessel had no cargo on board, and did not go to Sue Tung for the purpose of trading or in any way defrauding the Imperial Revenue, but was in search of a Junk which she had been chartered to tow up to Hongkong, and which when last seen was dismasted, and lay at anchor under the Island of Foong Ky, about 6 or 7 miles from the entrance of the River in which Sue Tung stands, and about nine miles from where the said steamer was seized. The steamer did not leave Hongkong with the intention of going to any port or place whatever, and was sent away in a hurry, even her master and crew being newly hired for the voyage, and she would not have even approached Sue Tung except for the purpose of endeavoring to find out where the Junk could be, by enquiring amongst the native craft there, and down the Coast below Sue Tung.\n\nAs the master had to act in the instant, and without the possibility of being able to communicate with your petitioner, your Excellency will see that though the very letter of the Treaty has been broken your petitioner is innocent of either any intent or act in Violation of the Treaty or in fraud of the Revenue, and he trusts that your Excellency with your well known liberality and impartiality will be pleased to give back the vessel to your petitioner, and merely inflict such a fine as may punish the master for his thoughtless, and unauthorized act, and while upholding the strict enforcement of the provisions the Treaty, may not so heavily punish the innocent owner of the vessel, who neither authorized nor sanctioned the act, and who could get no profit nor benefit from this wrongful act of the master.\n\nYour Petitioner therefore prays that your Excellency will be pleased to take his application for a remission of the sentence of confiscation into your gracious, and merciful consideration, and do such favor to your petitioner, as in mercy and fairness he ought to have.\n\nDated the 19th day of April, A.D., 1866.\n\n93",
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        "content_text": "(6)\n\nto the Superintendent. If he consider the seizure justified, he will direct the Foreign Commissioner of Customs to give notice to the party to whom the ship or goods are declared to belong, that the ship or goods have been seized because such or such an irregularity has been committed, and that the said ship or goods will be confiscated unless before noon on a certain day, being the sixth day from the date of the delivery of the notice, the Superintendent receive from the British Consul an official application to have the case fully investigated.\n\nThe British subject to whom the ship or goods belong, if prepared to maintain that the alleged irregularity has not been committed, is free to appeal within the term of six days direct to the Commissioner. If satisfied with his explanations the Superintendent will direct the release of the ship or goods; otherwise, if he elect not so to appeal to the Customs, or if, after receiving his explanations, the Superintendent still decline to release the ship or goods, he may appeal to his Consul, who will write to inform the Superintendent of the particulars of his appeal, and to request him, the Superintendent, to name a day for the public investigation of the evidence on which\n\nthe action of the Customs is founded.\n\nArticle II. The Superintendent on receipt of the Consul's communication, will name a day for meeting him at the Custom House, and the Consul will desire the Merchant to appear with his witnesses at the Custom House on the day named, and will himself on that day proceed to the Custom House. The Superintendent will invite the Consul to take his seat with him.\n\nThe Commissioner of Customs will also be seated to assist the Superintendent. Proceedings will be opened by the Superintendent, who will call on the Customs employés who have seized the ship or goods, to state the circumstance which occasioned the seizure, and will question them according to their evidence. Whatever the merchant interested may have to state in contradiction of their evidence he will state to the Consul, who will cross-examine them for him. Such will be the proceedings in the interest of truth and fairness.\n\nThe Consul and Superintendent may if they see fit appoint Deputies to meet at the Custom House in their stead, in which case the order of proceeding will be the same as if they were present in person.\n\nArticle III. Notes will be taken of the statements of all parties examined, and the paper containing these will be signed and sealed by the Consul and the Superintendent. The room will be then cleared, and the Superintendent will inform the Consul of the course he proposes to pursue. If he propose to confiscate the vessel or goods, and the Consul having given notice of the appeal to the Superintendent, they will forward copies of the above notes, the Consul to his Minister, and the Superintendent to the Yamên of Foreign Affairs at Peking. If the Consul agrees with the Superintendent that the ship or goods ought to be confiscated the merchant will not be entitled to appeal. In no case will the release of ship or goods entitle the merchant to indemnification for the seizure, whether these be released after the investigation at the Custom House, or after appeal to the high authorities of both nations at Peking.\n\nArticle IV. The case being referred to superior authority, the merchant interested shall be at liberty to give a bond binding himself to pay the full value of the ship or goods attached should the ultimate decision be against him, which bond being sealed with the Consular Seal, and deposited with the Superintendent, the Superintendent will restore to the merchant, the ship or goods attached, and when the superior authority shall have decided whether so much money is to be paid or the whole of the property seized confiscated, the merchant will be called on to pay accordingly.\n\nIf the merchant decline to give the necessary security, the ship or merchandize attached will be detained. But whether the decision of the superior authority be favorable to the appellant or not, the appellant will not be entitled to claim indemnity.\n\nSIR,\n\nTHE CONSUL IN REPLY TO THE PETITION.\n\nBRITISH CONSULATE,\n\nCANTON, 11th April, 1866.\n\nI have received your Petition stating the circumstances under which the steamer Prince Albert, of which you are the registered owner, was seized by the Imperial\n\n(7)\n\nMaritime Customs for alleged breach of Treaty, and praying that the said vessel may be released and handed back to you, or, if the authorities decline to do so, that I will apply for the proper investigation and adjudication in the matter.\n\nIn reply I have to observe that proper investigation and adjudication implies the exercise of judicial functions and powers, which I am not aware in such cases exist, but I have communicated with H. E. the Superintendent of Customs on the subject, and he has appointed to meet me at the Foreign Custom House, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when you and any evidence you may bring forward will be heard in support of your Petition; and I shall then be enabled to judge whether or not, in my opinion, the seizure you complain of has been made in accordance with Treaty. You will, therefore, be good enough to attend at the place, and time above indicated.\n\nMr. Kwok A'Cheong,\n\nI am, Sir,\n\n&c., &c., &c.\n\nHongkong.\n\n(Signed)\n\nYour Obedient Servant,\n\nD. B. ROBERTSON. H. M. Consul.\n\nPETITION TO SUPERINTENDENT OF CUSTOMS.\n\nCANTON, 19th April, 1866.\n\nTo H. E. the Superintendent of Customs, Canton.\n\nThe Humble Petition of Kwok A'Cheong, the Owner of the Steam-ship Prince Albert, of the Port of Hongkong.\n\nThat in the petition, which your petitioner forwarded to the British Consul, at Canton, he prayed that an investigation might be made into the circumstances attending the seizure of his said steamer by the Officers of the Imperial Maritime Customs, at Sue Tung, and he made certain statements as to the facts concerning her presence there. That Your Excellency, in concert with the British Consul for Canton, having decided that the vessel has violated the provisions of the Treaty, by being at the place where she was found, it only now remains for your petitioner to appeal to the merciful consideration of your Excellency, in the hope that you will allow him to have the vessel back again.\n\nIt has already been brought to your Excellency's notice that the vessel had no cargo on board, and did not go to Sue Tung for the purpose of trading or in any way defrauding the Imperial Revenue, but was in search of a Junk which she had been chartered to tow up to Hongkong, and which when last seen was dismasted, and lay at anchor under the Island of Foong Ky, about 6 or 7 miles from the entrance of the River in which Sue Tung stands, and about nine miles from where the said steamer was seized. The steamer did not leave Hongkong with the intention of going to any port or place whatever, and was sent away in a hurry, even her master and crew being newly hired for the voyage, and she would not have even approached Sue Tung except for the purpose of endeavoring to find out where the Junk could be, by enquiring amongst the native craft there, and down the Coast below Sue Tung.\n\nAs the master had to act in the instant, and without the possibility of being able to communicate with your petitioner, your Excellency will see that though the very letter of the Treaty has been broken your petitioner is innocent of either any intent or act in Violation of the Treaty or in fraud of the Revenue, and he trusts that your Excellency with your well known liberality and impartiality will be pleased to give back the vessel to your petitioner, and merely inflict such a fine as may punish the master for his thoughtless, and unauthorized act, and while upholding the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Treaty, may not so heavily punish the innocent owner of the vessel, who neither authorized nor sanctioned the act, and who could get no profit nor benefit from this wrongful act of the master.\n\nYour Petitioner therefore prays that your Excellency will be pleased to take his application for a remission of the sentence of confiscation into your gracious, and merciful consideration, and do such favor to your petitioner, as in mercy and fairness he ought to have.\n\nDated the 19th day of April, A.D., 1866.\n\n241",
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        "content_text": "## of May 1863\n\nDecember 1862, and 12th February 1863, were the subject of the Queen's Jurisdiction over Hong Kong.\n\nThe Banks of the Balramas and Bermudas, and favor you with our opinion on the matter.\n\nThe whole correspondence relating to the cession of Hong Kong by the Emperor of China to Her Majesty is relevant. This island was ceded by the 3rd Article of the Treaty of Peace and Amity of 29th August 1842 (Hertalet Vol II p. 222 et seq.).\n\nIn obedience to your Lordship's special commands, we have taken the matters submitted to us into consideration and have the honor to Report that, in order to advise your Lordship on the matters submitted, it is necessary to call attention to the Treaties and Acts of Parliament relating to the governance of Hong Kong.\n\nBy an Order in Council of 4th January 1845 (`Kaje 228`, same volume), reciting the 2nd and 3rd of William IV and the Order in Council...",
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        "content_text": "xvi\n\nxvii\n\n20. His Excellency further believes that he has thereby adopted the only course open to him for securing the object equally desired by him and by you—namely, the greatest amount of justice and benefit, attainable for the Emigrant.\n\nNo. 39.\n\nI have the honor to be,\n\nGentlemen,\n\nYour most obedient Servant,\n\n(Signed) HENRY JOHN BALL,\n\nActing Colonial Secretary.\n\nAPPENDIX No. 10.\n\nREGULATIONS FOR CHINESE EMIGRANTS AT MACAO.\n\nThe Governor of the Province of Macao, Timor, and Solor determines as follows:-\n\nWhereas it is necessary that all practicable measures be taken to the end that, without interfering with the right of Chinese to depart from Macao, those abuses be prevented which might occur in the transportation of such as may embark for foreign countries as Colonists or emigrants, and to unite in one single regulation all the enactments heretofore prevailing in this respect, in order that they may the better come to the knowledge of all, and the Council of Government having been heard, I deem it right to determine as follows\n\nCONCERNING BROKERS,\n\n1. Persons occupying themselves in engaging Chinese for emigration, and who are known by the name of Brokers, shall not be authorized to carry on this traffic without having obtained a license from the Procurador of the Loyal Senate.\n\n2. Brokers shall deposit a security of $200 before obtaining a license, which shall be granted for the period of one year.\n\n3. Whenever any Chinese shall have been engaged to emigrate by Brokers, they shall produce him at the office of the Procurador, where explanation shall be made to the Colonist or emigrant respecting the country to which he is going, the service for which he engages himself, and the conditions thereof, the regulations of the depôt in which he is to be received, and all other circumstances which the Procurador may deem necessary, to the end that the Colonist be thoroughly informed of the obligations he is about to contract.\n\n4. The Procurador shall visit from time to time the houses of the Brokers, and whenever he shall meet with any Chinese who has been imposed upon and is kept there against his will, he shall cause him to leave the place, and shall fine the Broker in the amount of $100. In case of repetition of the offence, the Broker's license shall be withdrawn.\n\n5. A like penalty to that provided in the foregoing article shall be incurred by every Broker, who does not produce before the Procurador any Colonist whom he may have engaged, within twenty-four hours of such engagement, if this has taken place in Macao, or, if it has taken place elsewhere, within twenty-four hours after the Colonist shall have entered the city.\n\n6. Brokers shall be bound to send away from the City all Colonists who are rejected by the Emigration Agents, or their representatives, and to pay their passage back to their homes. For every case of infringement of these provisions the Broker shall be mulcted in a fine of $30.\n\n7. Any Broker who shall resort to violence or coercion in order to cause any Chinese he may propose to export as a Colonist to enter his house or the depôts, shall be prosecuted in conformity with the existing laws, in addition to being mulcted in the fine imposed by Article IV.\n\nCONCERNING EMIGRATION AGENTS AND THEIR DEPOTS.\n\n8. The Emigration Agents, or the persons superintending the embarkation of the Colonists shall notify the Government respecting the locality in which they propose to deposit them, their number, the vessel or vessels in which they are to embark, the contracts made with them, and the place of their destination.\n\n9. A place shall be kept apart in the depôts for Colonists, in which the sick shall be cared for.\n\n10. The Surgeon Major of the Province, alone or accompanied by the practitioners constituting the Board of Health, shall inspect from time to time the localities occupied by the Colonists, and shall carefully inquire whether all the precautions required in the interests of public health are observed; he shall give such instructions as he may deem necessary in this respect both to the Emigration Agents to whom the depôts belong, and to the medical men in charge of the same; and he shall propose to the Government whatever measures he may deem necessary upon so important a subject, bearing in mind that he has to watch over not alone the public health, but also the good treatment and comfort of the Colonists.\n\n11. The medical practitioners appointed by the agents to take care of the Colonists in their depôts, and to inspect them, shall be bound to report to the Surgeon Major of the Province the method in which they discharge this service, as well as any circumstance which might endanger the public health, or that of the Colonists, and they shall further comply with all instructions they may receive from the Surgeon Major.\n\n12. The Emigration Agents shall send to the Government a copy of regulations established in their depôts.\n\n13. Contracts entered into between Chinese emigrating to foreign countries, and embarking at the Port of Macao, and Emigration Agents, shall be registered before the Procurador in the same manner as is provided in respect to all contracts between Chinese or Chinese and Christians. This registration shall be made in the presence of the parties interested and before two witnesses.\n\nSECTION 1.—Contracts must be drawn up in the Chinese, and in the language of the country to which the Colonists are destined.\n\nSECTION 2.—The contract must specify the name, sex, age, and native place of the Colonist.\n\nSECTION 3.—No Colonist will be permitted to engage himself unless he has reached the age of eighteen, or is accompanied by his father or mother.\n\nSECTION 4.—The contract shall set forth the period for which the engagement is to last, as also the amount of wages, food, and clothing that the Colonist is to receive,\n\n14. The Procurador shall, on the occasion of his visits to the depôts of Colonists ascertain with scrupulous care, whether any of them are there against their will, or under deception with respect to the destination of the vessel they are to embark upon. In case he shall meet with any individual who has been the subject of violence or fraud, he shall cause him at once to leave the depôt, and shall proceed against the Broker who has imposed upon him.\n\n15. A visit of the kind treated of in the preceding article shall always take place on the evening previous to embarkation, which shall not be accomplished without such visit, for which purpose the Agents shall give timely notice to the Procurador.\n\n16. Chinese who have entered into contracts before the Procurador, and have been fully informed of the place and service for which they are engaged, shall be under obligation to fulfil the same, or to compensate the Emigration Agents for the expenses to which they have been put, which they will be required to repay in case they repent of their engagement or for any other cause whatever wish not to proceed to their destination. The cost of their maintenance shall be repaid by them at the rate of 100 cash per diem.\n\n17. The provisions of the foregoing article shall not empower the Emigration Agent to keep the Colonists imprisoned in the depôts; they will be authorized in taking measures to obtain the deposit of caution-money, or other guarantees that may appear suitable for securing the expenses they incur, but never in detaining the persons of individuals.\n\n18. Emigration Agents shall be liable to a fine of from $50 to $300 for infringement of the preceding rules in so far as they are referred to therein.\n\nCONCERNING THE VESSELS ON WHICH COLONISTS ARE SHIPPED.\n\n19. No vessel shall leave Macao with Chinese Colonists unless she has first been inspected by the Captain of the Port.\n\n715",
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        "content_text": "XX\n\nxxi\n\n{\n\nREGULATION FOR THE SHIPMENT OF COLONISTS.\n\nResolved by the Governor of Macao:\n\nWhereas it is necessary to adopt, in the regulations with respect to Chinese emigration from the Port of Macao, some of the provisions that have been enacted by the authorities at Canton, to the end that in this Colony there be followed a system as nearly as possible similar to that which the said authorities have deemed proper for the purpose of securing the liberty and good treatment of the emigrants. Having heard the Council of Government I have seen fit to determine as follows:-\n\nI. The office is created of Superintendent of Chinese emigration, who shall be nominated by the Governor, and who shall be responsible to him for the execution of the regulations and other matters concerning the exportation of Chinese labourers engaged to emigrate to foreign countries.\n\nII. The Superintendent of Chinese emigration shall draw a fixed salary from the Government and shall not receive any emolument depending upon the greater or less number of Chinese colonists embarking at Macao.\n\nIII. The Superintendent shall have under his orders an interpreter of Chinese, paid like himself by the Government, and who also shall receive no other fees.\n\nIV. The Superintendent shall be present at the examinations held at the Procurador's office in conformity with the Regulation of June 5th 1856, and shall sign the contracts in the same manner as is done by the Procurador.\n\nV. Both the Superintendent and the Procurador shall keep a register, in which they shall enter the names of all Chinese coming before them to emigrate,\n\nVI. In this Register, in addition to the name, shall be entered, the age, native place, employment, and condition of the Chinese proposing to emigrate.\n\nVII. On Chinese presenting themselves when about to emigrate, there shall be given to them a copy of the contract, and they shall be registered in the form laid down in the preceding article; and all explanations shall be made to them with reference to the contract offered to them, but they shall not be allowed to sign until the expiry of at least six days after registration.\n\nVIII. During the time between the registration and the signing of the contract, the Chinese registered shall be allowed to return to their homes or villages, or to reside in the depôts, which they shall be allowed to enter and leave whenever they please (during the day) without any right on the part of the Emigration Agent to detain them or to require them to pay for their maintenance, clothing, travelling expenses, or any other outlay prior to their signing their contract.\n\nIX. If the colonist presents himself on the expiry of the six days specified in article 7, and states that he decidedly wishes to engage himself, the contract shall again be read and explained to him, and he shall then sign it, as well as the Superintendent and the Procurador with two witnesses.\n\nX. On the contract being signed, there shall be paid to the Colonists the gratuity or advance made to them by the agent, and they shall be sent on board the vessel that is to carry them to their destination.\n\nXI. The amount of gratuity or advance received by the Colonist must be noted in the contract, and delivered to him in presence of the Superintendent.\n\nXII. No Chinese below the age of 25 shall be allowed to sign the contract unless he has obtained the consent of his parents if they are still living.\n\nXIII. After having signed the contract, the Colonist is bound to fulfil the same, or, in case of change of mind, to repay the expenses lawfully incurred by the agent, in conformity with Article 16 of the Regulation of the 5th June 1856,\n\nXIV. The advance paid to the Colonist and clothing given him shall be considered part of the lawful expenses he shall be called upon to pay if he refuses to sail after signing the contract.\n\nXV. The contracts which emigration Agents propose to enter into with Colonists must be previously laid before the Superintendent of Emigration, who will examine them and approve them if they are just and equitable, admitting no condition that may be injurious to the Colonists.\n\nSECTION 1.-The contracts shall not be for a longer period than eight years.\n\nSECTION 2.-Colonists shall not be allowed to renounce the benefit of the legislation in the Countries which they are engaged.\n\nSECTION 3.-On the expiry of the period of eight years, Colonists shall be free to dispose of their own services, no debt they may have contracted being allowed to serve as a pretext for prolonging the time of their engagement. Such debts must be recovered by process of law.\n\nSECTION 4.-Contracts shall be written in Chinese and in the language of the country to which the Colonist is emigrating.\n\nSECTION 5.-Foreigners engaging Colonists shall bind themselves to afford them every means for communicating with their families in China, and for remitting to them such monies as they may wish and be able to send.\n\nXVI. Certain days shall be appointed by the Superintendent, in concert with the Procurador, for the appearance of intending emigrants at the latter's office, as also for the signature of the contracts.\n\nXVII. Chinese wishing to emigrate shall present themselves at the Procurador's office to be registered, both by the Procurador and by the Superintendent of Emigration, who will note in their respective books the depôt to which the Colonist is going until he signs the contract, and, in case he returns to his own home, the name of the Agent with whom he proposes engaging himself. In thus appearing, the Colonists must go unaccompanied by the employés of the depôts and by the brokers.\n\nXVIII. There shall be affixed in the depôts, both on the outside of the doors, and in different parts of the interior, the contracts and regulations of the establishment, both in Chinese and Portuguese.\n\nXIX. The internal regulations of the depôts shall be submitted to the approval of the Superintendent of Emigration.\n\nXX. The depôts shall be open from 8 A.M. until 4 P.M. in order that all the relatives and friends of the Colonists who choose to visit them may enter.\n\nXXI. The Superintendent of Emigration shall visit the depôts and vessels of the Colonists from time to time, and shall muster the Colonists in order to prevent any from embarking unless they have signed the Contract, as provided in Article 9.\n\nXXII. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to watch over the execution of the regulation and to obviate any abuses that might occur, and in any case of infringement he shall proceed against the guilty party, accusing him before the Procurador if the delinquent is a Chinese, and notifying to the Deputy Procurador of the Crown and Revenue whenever the individual should be dealt with by judicial power, to the end that the functionary in question may take proceedings in conformity with the law.\n\nXXIII. All provisions of the Regulation of June 5, 1856, which are not affected by the present Order shall remain in force.\n\nSECTION 1.-The prohibition against the sailing of vessel with Colonists in the contrary monsoon remains also in force, as well as the other provisions of the Orders of March 31 and August 4, 1857.\n\nSECTION 2.-It remains prohibited for Portuguese to go to any part of the Chinese territory in order to engage Emigrants, as well as for Portuguese vessels to transport them to Macao or from one part of China to another.\n\nXXIV. Persons contravening the provisions of this Order shall be liable to the penalties of articles 328 et seq. of the Portuguese Penal Code. The authorities to whom appertains the cognizance and execution thereof shall attend to the fulfilment of the same.\n\nISIDORO FRANCISCO GUIMARAES\n\nMACAO, April 30, 1860,\n\n717",
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        "content_text": "xxii\n\nSUPPLEMENT TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE 30TH APRIL 1860. Resolved by the Governor of Macao:\n\nI. Every vessel embarking Chinese emigrants at Macao under the regulation of April 30th of the present year, shall be anchored in the Tiapa Roads, when her draught of water does not forbid, until she has completed the number of passengers she is to take on board.\n\nII. No vessels shall carry a greater number of Chinese emigrants than one for every two tons burden.\n\nIII. On board all vessels receiving Colonists internal regulations approved in the first place by the Superintendent of Emigration shall be observed.\n\nSECTION. The Superintendent of Emigration shall watch over the observance of such regulations, on the occasion of the visit he is bound to make on board such vessels.\n\nIV. Without prejudice to the entire responsibility devolving on the Emigration Agent, the captains of vessels intended to carry Emigrants shall be responsible for the treatment of the latter on board.\n\nSECTION 1-In the case of any offence on the part of an Emigrant urgently necessitating confinement, the captain shall be authorized to inflict the same, the fact being immediately communicated to the Superintendent of Chinese Emigration.\n\nSECTION 2.-No other punishment may be inflicted without previous report and authorization.\n\nSECTION 3.-The Superintendent of Chinese Emigration shall inquire whether any of the Emigrants have just ground for complaint concerning the treatment they receive on board.\n\nV. It shall be incumbent on the Emigration Agent to prevent the Colonists being injured in the purchases they may make at any other shop established on board; rendering themselves liable to fine if they neglect so to do.\n\nVI. In the Emigration establishment there shall not be allowed a greater number of employés than shall be considered strictly indispensable for the service and maintenance of order in the establishment.\n\nSECTION 1.-The persons in charge of each establishment shall deliver a statement of their employés to the Superintendent of Chinese Emigration, who shall point out the number allowed them, and exclude any person who, owing to lack of security or for any antecedent reason may not be acceptable.\n\nSECTION 2.-In the statement above referred to must be entered the names of any employés who may be on board the vessel without belonging to the crew.\n\nVII. No Chinese who shall have twice declared himself unwilling to emigrate shall be allowed to sign the contract, although he may state that he was resolved to do so.\n\nVIII. It shall not be lawful to engage Colonists for a voyage when the north east monsoon is unfavourable during the period extending between the 31st March and the 1st September.\n\nIX. The Government retains the right of closing all the establishments, or any of them, whenever it shall see fit, without being bound to give reasons for so doing.\n\nX. The Government has the right of putting an end to the despatch of Chinese Colonists from the Port of Macao six months after publishing a prohibition to that effect. The authorities to whom appertains, etc. etc.\n\nNo. 35.\n\nMACAO, October 12th, 1860.\n\nISIDORO FRANCISCO GUIMARAES,\n\nResolved by the Governor of Macao:\n\nWhereas it is enacted by Order of this Government that in the despatch of Chinese Colonists from Macao vessels be required to be of the capacity of two tons for every passenger, which measure has been adopted in order to assimilate the legislation on this subject to that instituted by the Spanish Government relatively to emigration into the Island of Cuba, after hearing the Council of Government I have seen fit to declare that this provision shall henceforward be understood solely with reference to vessels carrying Colonists to the Island of Cuba, the Regulation of June 5th, 1856, which prescribes the capacity of one ton and a half for each passenger remaining in force with respect to all other Ports. The authorities to whom appertains, etc. etc.\n\nISIDORO FRANCISCO GUIMARAES.\n\nMACAO, September 5th, 1861.\n\nNo. 38.\n\nResolved by the Governor of Macao:\n\nChinese Emigration from the Port of Macao having been regulated by the Decrees of this Government of June 5th, 1856, March 31st, and August 4th, 1857, and April 30th and October 12th, 1860:\n\nNo clause being found in these Decrees which restricts the application of its provisions to emigration to certain specified countries, whence it should be understood that they are all applicable to emigration in general:\n\nAnd whereas it is certain, nevertheless, that emigration to Havana and Peru alone has been subjected to the regulations adopted, and that all other has been carried on without any control (fiscalisacao) on the part of the Government:\n\nAnd whereas it has become indispensable to obviate the abuses which may result herefrom: I see fit to determine as follows:-\n\nArt. 1. The observance of the Decrees above recapitulated is enjoined with respect to Chinese Emigration from Macao for all Countries without distinction.\n\nArt. 2. The Superintendent of Emigration, the Procurador of the Loyal Senate, and the Captain of the Port will take especial care, each in their own department, for the exact fulfilment of this Resolution. Other authorities and persons to whom appertains, &c., &c., &c.\n\nJOSE RODRIGUES C. DO AMARAL,\n\nMACAO, November 25th 1863.\n\nNo. 19.\n\nResolved by the Governor of Macao:\n\nWhereas it is determined by Decree of this Government, No. 100 of the 15th October 1860, that no vessel shall be allowed to carry a greater number of Chinese emigrants in proportion to her tonnage than at the rate of two tons for each person:\n\nAnd whereas it has subsequently been declared by Decree No. 35 of the 5th September 1861, that this provision shall be understood solely with reference to vessels carrying emigrants to the Island of Cuba, the rule laid down in Decree No. 39 of June 5th, 1856, fixing the number of passengers, inclusive of the crew, at one for every one and a half ton, remaining in force with respect to vessels sailing for other ports: And this distinction, based on the difference in voyages, appearing inexpedient, inasmuch as voyages to countries where Chinese emigration usually proceeds are in all cases of long duration:\n\nAnd inasmuch as the less reason exists for fixing the number of passengers that a vessel can carry in accordance with her tonnage or total capacity, since it is upon the amount of accommodation she possesses and her condition in respect to health that the number must essentially depend:\n\nAnd whereas it is expedient to require implicit observance of Article 25 of the said Decree of June 5th, 1856, in which it is prescribed that there shall be a doctor and a medicine chest on board every vessel carrying more than 20 passengers, thus putting a stop to the abuse of substituting Chinese empirics for duly qualified practitioners:\n\nFor all these persons, I have seen fit to determine as follows:-\n\nARTICLE I. The greatest number of emigrants that a vessel may carry shall be regulated by the capacity of the accommodation destined for their use, and by the provision existing for the admission of light and of ventilation. In the most favourable case, that is, if the part of the vessel occupied by the emigrants receives air and light through sufficient apertures in the ship's side, and if, in addition thereto, air-funnels are used, the number shall be fixed by the condition that there shall be a space of two cubic metres (about 6 cubic feet) for each individual. If no side-apertures exist, but air-funnels are used, two and half cubic metres be allowed. In the absence of air-funnels the vessel shall not be allowed to carry a greater number of emigrants in proportion to her accommodation than at the rate of three cubic metres for each person.\n\nxxiii\n\nPage 718",
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        "content_text": "My Lord,\n\nI desire to add anything to their letter of the 22th of January last on the subject.\n\nIn reply, I am to suggest for the consideration of Lord Stanley whether in order to prevent the possibility of the creation of a differential system of duties in the Sandwich Islands in favor of the United States of America, it may not be desirable to renew the Treaty in force between this Country and the Sandwich Islands for a term of years.\n\nBy the XIIIth Article of that Treaty which states \"that at any time after the expiration of 10 years from the date of the Exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, either of the Contracting Parties shall have the right of giving to the other party notice of its intention to terminate Articles IV, V, VI of the present Treaty, and that after the Expiration of 12 months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, the said Articles, and all the stipulations contained therein, shall cease to be binding on the Contracting Parties,\" it is open to the Government of the Sandwich Islands at any time to denounce it; and their Lordships therefore...\n\nPage 241\n\n \nhas been inferred, as original text end with \"therefore\" and likely to be continued in next page. \n\nHowever, to follow the exact instruction to output HTML using  for paragraphs, the corrected version is:\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI desire to add anything to their letter of the 22th of January last on the subject.\n\nIn reply, I am to suggest for the consideration of Lord Stanley whether in order to prevent the possibility of the creation of a differential system of duties in the Sandwich Islands in favor of the United States of America, it may not be desirable to renew the Treaty in force between this Country and the Sandwich Islands for a term of years.\n\nBy the XIIIth Article of that Treaty which states \"that at any time after the expiration of 10 years from the date of the Exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, either of the Contracting Parties shall have the right of giving to the other party notice of its intention to terminate Articles IV, V, VI of the present Treaty, and that after the Expiration of 12 months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, the said Articles, and all the stipulations contained therein, shall cease to be binding on the Contracting Parties,\" it is open to the Government of the Sandwich Islands at any time to denounce it; and their Lordships therefore...\n\nbecomes\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI desire to add anything to their letter of the 22th of January last on the subject.\n\nIn reply, I am to suggest for the consideration of Lord Stanley whether in order to prevent the possibility of the creation of a differential system of duties in the Sandwich Islands in favor of the United States of America, it may not be desirable to renew the Treaty in force between this Country and the Sandwich Islands for a term of years.\n\nBy the XIIIth Article of that Treaty which states \"that at any time after the expiration of 10 years from the date of the Exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty, either of the Contracting Parties shall have the right of giving to the other party notice of its intention to terminate Articles IV, V, VI of the present Treaty, and that after the Expiration of 12 months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, the said Articles, and all the stipulations contained therein, shall cease to be binding on the Contracting Parties,\" it is open to the Government of the Sandwich Islands at any time to denounce it; and their Lordships therefore...",
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        "content_text": "packets which shall continue to be maintained or subsidized, the one by the British Government, and the other by the French Government, on the line between Dover and Calais.\n\nThe British Post Office and the French Post Office shall regulate, by mutual consent, and in accordance with the well-understood interest of the two countries, the days and hours of departure and arrival of the above-mentioned packets.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nIndependently of the correspondence which shall be exchanged between the Post Offices of the two countries by the route pointed out in the preceding Article, those Offices may mutually forward from one to the other letters, newspapers, and printed papers of all kinds, by the several routes hereinafter enumerated :-\n\n1. By the packets which the British Government and the French Government may respectively think it right to maintain, to freight, or to subsidize, for the conveyance of correspondence.\n\n2. By merchant ships plying between the British and the French ports.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nThe commanders of merchant ships before sailing from the ports of France or Algeria for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and the commanders of British or French merchant ships before sailing from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for France or Algeria, on the other part, shall be bound to take charge of the mails which the Post Offices at the ports of departure may have to deliver to them.\n\nNo merchant steamer leaving one of the ports of France or Algeria for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall receive its clearance unless the commander present to the authorities empowered to issue that document a certificate from the director or chief officer of the posts, proving the delivery of the mails addressed to the place of the ship's destination, or that there were no mails to deliver to him.\n\n2\n\nde deux services de paquebots-à-vapeur qui continueront à être entretenus or subventionnés, l'un par le Gouvernement Britannique, et l'autre par le Gouvernement Français, sur la ligne de Douvres à Calais.\n\nL'Administration des Postes Britanniques et l'Administration des Postes de France régleront, de concert, et dans l'intérêt bien entendu des deux pays, les jours et heures de départ et d'arrivée des paquebots sus-mentionnés.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nIndépendamment des correspondances qui seront échangées entre les Administrations des Postes des deux pays, par la voie indiquée dans l'Article précédent, ces Administrations pourront s'expédier réciproquement des lettres, des journaux, et des imprimés de toute nature, par les différentes voies ci-après désignées, savoir :-\n\n1. Par les paquebots que le Gouvernement Britannique et le Gouvernement Français pourront respectivement juger à propos d'entretenir, de fréter, ou de subventionner, pour opérer le transport des correspondances.\n\n2. Par les bâtiments du commerce naviguant entre les ports Britanniques et les ports Français.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nLes capitaines des navires du commerce devant appareiller des ports de la France ou de l'Algérie pour le Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, d'une part, et les capitaines des navires Britanniques et des navires Français du commerce devant appareiller des ports du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande pour la France ou l'Algérie, d'autre part, seront tenus de se charger des dépêches que les Bureaux de Poste des ports de départ pourraient avoir à leur remettre.\n\nAucun bateau-à-vapeur du commerce devant partir d'un des ports de la France ou de l'Algérie pour le Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande ne pourra recevoir son billet de sortie, si le capitaine ne présente aux autorités chargées de délivrer cette pièce un certificat du directeur ou du préposé des postes, constatant la remise des dépêches adressées au lieu de destination de ce navire, ou qu'on n'en avait pas à lui remettre.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe payments on account of the sea-conveyance of letters contained in the mails exchanged between the British and French Post Offices by means of merchant ships, shall be made to the commanders or owners of those vessels by the Post Offices of the ports of destination, at the rate of ten centimes, or one penny, per letter.\n\nThe British Post Office and the French Post Office shall divide equally the payments made to the commanders or owners of the merchant ships, in accordance with the stipulations of this Article.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nWhen the packets employed by the British Post Office or by the French Post Office in execution of Articles I and II of the present Convention are national vessels, the property of Government, or vessels chartered or subsidized by Government, they shall be considered and treated as vessels of war, in the ports of the two countries at which they regularly or accidentally touch, and be there entitled to the same honours and privileges.\n\nThese packets shall be exempted in the said ports, as well upon their entrance as upon their departure, from all tonnage, navigation, and port dues; excepting, however, the vessels freighted or subsidized by Government, which must pay such dues in those ports where they are levied on behalf of corporations, private companies, or individuals.\n\nThey shall not on any account be diverted from their especial duty, or be liable to seizure, detention, embargo, or arrêt de Prince.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nThe packets of the two Offices shall be at liberty to take on board or land at the ports of the two countries at which they touch, whether regularly or accidentally, specie and gold and silver bullion, as well as passengers, of whatever nation they may be, with their wearing apparel or luggage, on condition that the captains of those\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLes frais résultant du transport, par mer, des lettres comprises dans les dépêches échangées entre l'Administration des Postes Britanniques et l'Administration des Postes de France, par la voie des bâtiments du commerce, seront payés aux capitaines ou armateurs de ces bâtiments par les Bureaux de Poste des ports de destination, à raison de dix centimes, ou un penny, par lettre.\n\nL'Administration des Postes Britanniques et l'Administration des Postes de France supporteront par moitié les frais de transport payés aux capitaines ou armateurs des bâtiments du commerce, en vertu des dispositions du présent Article.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nLorsque les paquebots employés par l'Administration des Postes Britanniques ou par l'Administration des Postes de France, en exécution des Articles I et II de la présente Convention, seront des bâtiments nationaux, propriété de l'Etat, ou des bâtiments frétés ou subventionnés par l'Etat, ils seront considérés et reçus comme vaisseaux de guerre dans les ports des deux pays où ils aborderont régulièrement ou accidentellement, et ils y jouiront des mêmes honneurs et privilèges.\n\nCes paquebots seront exempts dans les dits ports, tant à leur entrée qu'à leur sortie, de tous droits de tonnage, de navigation, et de port; excepté toutefois les bâtiments frétés ou subventionnés par l'Etat, lesquels devront acquitter ces droits dans les ports où ils sont établis au profit des corporations, compagnies particulières, ou personnes privées.\n\nIls ne pourront à aucun titre être détournés de leur destination, ni être sujets à saisie-arrêt, embargo, ou arrêt de Prince.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nLes paquebots des deux Administrations pourront embarquer ou débarquer dans les ports des deux Etats où ils aborderont, soit régulièrement, soit accidentellement, des espèces et matières d'or ou d'argent, ainsi que des passagers, de quelque nation qu'ils puissent être, avec leurs hardes ou effets personnels, sous la condition que les capitaines de\n\n308",
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        "content_text": "Supplementary Convention \n\nwith China. \n\nQ \n\n2. \n\nRemarks in the N. to. Raily. News\" (Shanghai) \n\n* \n\nChina Menil of 23 December, 1869. \n\nSUPPLEMENTARY CONVENTION TO THE TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF JUNE 1858, BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA. \n\nHer Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, desiring to secure the better execution of the Treaty of Commerce concluded between them on the 26th of June 1858, have resolved, in accordance with the provisions made in the 27th Article to the effect \"that either of the high contracting parties may demand a further revision of the Tariff, and of the Commercial Articles of the Treaty at the end of 10 years,\" to negotiate and make complementary arrangements, and they have for that purpose named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say, H. M. the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Rutherford Alcock, &c.; H. M. the Emperor of China, Foong (1 Kung), &c.; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :\n\nART. China having agreed that British subjects shall participate in all advantages accorded by treaty to the subjects of other powers, it is further agreed that British subjects desirous to participate in the advantages accorded by treaty to the subjects of other powers, shall participate in such advantages on the same conditions on which they have been accorded to, and participated in, by the subjects of other powers. \n\nART. I.-China having agreed that England may appoint Consuls to reside at every port open to trade, it is further agreed that China may appoint Consuls to reside at all ports in the British dominions, \n\nART. II.-It is agreed that articles of the following classes and denominations, namely, Cottons, Linens, Woollens and Cotton Mixtures, &c., imported by British merchants, shall pay both Import Duties and Transit Dues simultaneously at the time of importation; on the other hand, China agrees that the above-mentioned commodities imported by British merchants, and having paid Import Duties and Transit Dues simultaneously at the time of importation, shall be exempt from all other taxes and charges whatsoever, in treaty port provinces. \n\nART. IV.-It is agreed that Native Produce purchased in the interior by British Merchants furnished with the documents prescribed by the Supplementary Regulations, shall pay all inland dues and charges on its way to the treaty Ports; on the other part, China agrees that any such native produce, having paid all inland dues and charges on the way to the port from the place of purchase, shall be entitled to the return of any amount that may have been thus paid over and above the treaty Transit Due (half Export Duty), provided the exportation by British Merchants to foreign ports takes place within twelve months. It is further agreed that native produce shipped to other Treaty Ports shall not be entitled to such refund, \n\nART. V.-It is agreed that Chinese produce shipped from Hongkong to a Treaty Port, shall not be carried inland under the Transit Rule but shall pay dues, duty and inland charges with all other native produce at all barriers passed; on the other part, China agrees to issue to native produce shipped by British Merchants from Treaty Ports to Hongkong, the ordinary duty proofs, and to collect on such produce, on their arrival at a second Treaty Port, the ordinary Coast Trade (half import) duty, \n\nART. VI.-It is agreed that the port of Wen-chow in Chekiang shall be opened to British Trade, and that Kiunchow, named in the treaty of Tientsin, shall be removed from the list of Treaty Ports. \n\nART. VII.-It is agreed that British Merchant vessels shall not be called on to pay Tonnage Dues oftener than once in four months; on the other part, England agrees that British Merchant vessels of every description, whether used for the transport or storage of merchandise, or conveyance of passengers, or residences (merchant ships), as well as all crafts of the Chinese type, owned by British subjects, shall pay Tonnage Dues according to their tonnage, if trading from port to port, on the expiration of their special certificates ; and if used as hulks in ports on the expiration of the term of four months, as the case may be. \n\n3h 210/1/70 \n\nART. VIII. It is agreed that British Merchant vessels shall report to the Customs their port of destination, and shall hand in Export Manifest when about to clear; on the other part, China agrees that the amount of any Fine for false manifests where British Merchants are concerned, shall be determined in accordance with the special circumstances, and shall not in any case exceed the sum of Tls. 900. \n\nART. IX.-It is agreed that in all cases of Fines arising out of breaches of Customs Regulations, the Superintendent or Commissioner of Customs may have a seat on the bench, and take part with the British Consul in enquiring into the case; and in all cases of confiscation arising out of Customs regulations, the British Consul may have a seat on the bench with the Superintendent or Commissioner of Customs, and take part in enquiring into the case. It is further agreed that England and China shall in consultation draw up a Commercial Code. \n\nART. X.-On the one part China agrees to issue licenses to Pilots; on the other part England agrees to punish British subjects piloting, or who employ persons piloting without a license It is further agreed that effect shall be given to the stipulation of the Treaty of Tientsin \"that for the due restraint of the crews of ships, Regulations will be drawn up by the Consuls and local Authorities.\" \n\nART. XI.—It is agreed that drawbacks issued to foreign goods re-exported by British Merchant vessels to foreign countries within three months from the date of importation shall be convertible (at the Hae-kwan Bank) into cash; on the other part England agrees that foreign goods re-exported by British Merchants to foreign countries after the expiration of three years from the date of importation shall not be entitled to drawback of import duty, \n\nART. XII.-It is agreed that Opium shall pay import Duty at an increased rate; on the other part China agrees \n\n(a) That British subjects holding Passports may use their own vessels, resembling Chinese vessels, and propelled by oars or sails when visiting non-treaty ports, or places in the interior. \n\n(b) That Bonded Warehouses shall be established for British subjects at such Treaty Ports as may be expedient. \n\n(c) That the Superintendent of Customs at Kiukiang shall provide a Tug for British-owned Chinese-like boats on the Poyang in the vicinity of Hu-kow. \n\n(d) That Bonds entered into by British merchants for the Re-export of Teas shipped from the Yangtze ports shall, as an experiment, be done away with. \n\n(e) That the Imperial Commissioner in the South shall open Coal Mines in two or three places, and that the Duty on native coal exported by British merchants from the Southern ports shall be reduced. \n\nIn 24 \n\n259",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nSUPPLEMENT TO THE\n\nin print, and the date of Your Excellency's departure from China, is too brief to admit of the Chamber dealing with the subject as fully as its importance deserves. They are now engaged upon it, and shortly propose to transmit their views in a despatch to be addressed to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign affairs.\n\nHowever, the opportunity of Your Excellency being in this Colony is one that they are reluctant to allow to pass without endeavouring to obtain fuller information regarding several clauses in the convention, than can be gathered with certainty from the printed copies of it already referred to; and it is with this object, and also with a desire to express their own views on the subject, that the Chamber now beg that Your Excellency will do them the favour of granting an interview to a deputation from their members, at such time as you may be pleased to appoint. The Chamber, in the hope that the interview will be granted, take the liberty now of bringing to Your Excellency's notice some parts of the Convention, about which they would be glad to be accurately informed.\n\nFirst, as regards those parts of the Convention that directly affect this Colony:\n\nBy Article II. China may appoint Consuls at all ports in the British dominions.\n\nIt may therefore be fairly assumed that, amongst the first places to which they are sent, Hongkong will be selected. This, threatening to create an Imperium in Imperio, affects the status of the Colony politically, and it appears to the Chamber more advisable at present to leave it to be dealt with by His Excellency the Governor.\n\nAccording to Article V. native produce landed in Hongkong, and afterwards sent to a treaty port must pay full duty and all Inland dues; whilst on the other hand, such produce sent from one treaty port to another pays only half import duty, Hongkong thereby being placed at a disadvantage to the extent of half the import duty. In like manner, whilst native produce can be sent to Foreign countries paying only the export duty and 50 per cent. additional for Transit dues, similar produce if sent to Hongkong for shipment must pay export duty at the treaty port, and all the inland dues on the way to it, however much those dues may exceed one half of the export duty.\n\nOn the other hand, the Chamber are gratified to find that the former practice of granting at treaty ports exemption certificates for goods to be transhipped at Hongkong to other treaty ports, and which concession towards placing her on an equality with those ports has for some years been withdrawn, is to be again permitted.\n\nBy Article VI. Kiungchow, in the rich island of Hainan, is to be removed from the list of treaty ports. The Chamber regret that they can only look upon the closing of this place as a most unfortunate step. A number of merchants have been desirous to carry on trade with Kiungchow, but have been unable to do so, inasmuch as no Consulate of any nationality has been established there. Not only is the island rich in products, and its trade one that would rapidly increase if regulated by the same conditions as obtain at the treaty ports of the mainland, but it promises soon to become a much more valuable market, as the government of Annam is about to throw open several ports to foreign trade, in which event there would without doubt be considerable commercial intercourse between Annam and Kiungchow, and between both and Hongkong. To a Chamber that has always advocated a much more extended intercourse with China, it is of course gratifying to learn that Wuchow will be opened to British trade. It nevertheless regards it as inferior in importance to Kiungchow, and if the privilege of doing business at the one has been obtained at the cost of one right to trade at the other, we fear that the advantage of the exchange has not fallen to British interests.\n\nThe arrangement for the commutation of all transit dues upon British goods by the payment of 50 per cent. in addition to the Import duty, on Imports, and of 50 per cent. in addition to the Exports duty, on Exports, is one that the Chamber should hail with much satisfaction, could they take any assurance to themselves from past experience, that the Chinese would faithfully observe their part of the agreement. The Chamber do not hesitate to state that they regard their promises in this matter with the greatest distrust, and would respectfully suggest that either the payment of the 50 per cent., additional to the Import and Export duties be made contingent upon a faithful observance by the Chinese of their part of the agreement, or that her Majesty's Government determine to follow up every known breach of the engagement with uncompromising persistency.\n\nWithout such an understanding, the revised conditions bearing in this matter will be as inoperative as those stipulated for in the Treaty of Tientsin, and the Chamber could only regard the arrangement for the commutation of the Transit dues as an additional burden of 21 per cent., on the value of British trade with China. With reference to Rule I. of the Supplementary Rules, the Chamber deem it a matter of paramount importance to have it clearly understood between Britain and China that British merchandise shall pass into any port of the interior upon the payment of Transit Dues of 50 per cent. of, and in addition to the Import duty, without any further exactions whatsoever, and irrespective of the ownership of the goods, and should such be met by the rate in question, a great boon will have been gained. In the case of British merchants resorting to the interior markets for the sale of imports, the prohibition against exhibiting on the houses rented by them their Hong name or the style of their firms, and the provision that such merchants shall not interfere to protect the landlords of such houses from the incidence of charges for which the Chinese may say the same are assessable, must in the opinion of the Chamber to a great extent nullify what advantages appear to be offered, it being left to the Chinese official to levy illegal charges upon the landlords of the houses in question.\n\nWith regard to Rule I. of the Supplementary Rules the Chamber consider that native produce brought from the interior for sale and exported to a foreign Country should be exempt from transit dues of every description over and above half the export duty, whether brought to the port by British or by native merchants. But it does not appear from the text that Chinese merchants bringing down the produce are to be dealt with as favourably as the British, a condition of matters that would not be allowed to appear in the text were there not means of evading the stipulations.\n\nThe Chamber respectfully enquire in regard to the last clause of Article IV, whether native produce shipped from one treaty port to another, and afterwards exported to a foreign country, shall not be entitled to a refund of inland dues and charges levied in excess of 50 per cent. of the export duty, such for instance as on teas or other produce shipped from Hankow or Kiukiang to Shanghai.\n\nThe Chamber would further respectfully enquire whether under Article III. metals and opium are included.\n\nThe questions about lighthouses, beacons, pilots, measures for the suppression of piracy, the navigation of the Poyang Lake by British-owned steamers instead of merely by Chinese-like sailing vessels, tonnage dues on hulks and passenger boats, the opening of places on the Yang-tsze above Hankow to foreign trade, of erecting manufactories at the Treaty ports, of working mines, of the increased duty on silk and opium, of trading in the interior with passports, of railroads and telegraphs, and the time during which it is proposed that the Supplementary convention will remain in force, are highly important, and Your Excellency will greatly oblige the members of the Chamber by giving any information about them that you shall feel at liberty to convey.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant,\n\nJ. B. TAYLOR.\n\nVice Chairman.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN stated that Sir Rutherford Alcock had replied that he would receive the deputation at 2.30 P.M., at which time they intended waiting upon him.\n\nMr. RYRIE said it might be desirable to ask the meaning of Art. I. He had read it through, and could not understand its meaning, which was certainly very vague.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said simply that British subjects would have to agree to the terms attaching to any privileges. He thought it applied chiefly to the Russians, who had Hongs in the interior, and that it meant if we had the same privilege granted, it must be in the same terms.\n\nMr. RYRIE thought the article was useless, and that the old clause as to the most favoured nation was quite enough, and was also distinct and unambiguous.\n\nMr. KRESSER enquired whether the Russians did not hang out their Hong names. He certainly understood that they were not submitted to the same restrictions as the British. British subjects, it was now arranged, could only reside temporarily in the interior; the Russians, he understood, could do so permanently.\n\nMr. PYKE thought it most objectionable that British subjects could not in any way interfere with anything that the local officials might choose to do to Chinese, who were in their employ.\n\nMr. HETHERINGTON thought the terms of residence, as in the convention, were not of so much importance, as we could fall back on those granted to the Russians. If they were allowed to reside for a space of six months, others would be allowed to do the same.\n\nMr. RYRIE said that was so before. It would be better to ask what time would be allowed.\n\nMr. PYKE thought it would be best perhaps to ask how long the Russians were allowed to reside in the interior.\n\nMr. DELBANCO considered it better not to ask too many questions. If the Russians were allowed to stay in the interior, then we should be so also. He thought the letter of the Chamber was too comprehensive. As respected the Import of Shirtings, &c., this matter had already been taken up by the Bradford and Manchester Chambers of Commerce. There was one subject, however, which in Hongkong was especially important, namely, the increase in the Opium Duty, to which allusion should be made.\n\nMr. PYKE said it was certainly important that British subjects were not allowed to hang out their Hong names. Although no tax might be placed upon the goods, they would be imposed on the proprietor of the house.\n\nMr. DELBANCO observed that everywhere people had to conform to the taxes of the country.\n\nMr. PYKE replied that the duties were limited by Treaty, and could not, therefore, be with propriety exceeded.\n\nIn reply to Mr. DelbanCO, the CHAIRMAN stated that the Duty on Opium was to be Tls. 20 more than before.\n\nMr. BELILIOS could not see the justice of allowing the Chinese to put any tax they liked upon Opium, or why the trade in this article should not be guarded as well as that in other goods.\n\nMr. DELBANCO considered that taking notice...\n\nPage 263\n\n3",
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        "content_text": "# Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :~*\n\n## ARTICLE I†\n\nChina having agreed that British subjects shall participate in all advantages accorded by Treaty to the subjects of other Powers, it is further agreed that British subjects desiring to participate in the advantages accorded by Treaty to the subjects of other Powers shall participate in such advantages on the same conditions on which they have been accorded to, and are participated in by, the subjects of such other Powers.\n\n## ARTICLE II.‡\n\nChina having agreed that England may appoint Consuls to reside at every port open to trade, it is further agreed that China may appoint Consuls to reside at all ports in the British dominions.\n\nThe Consuls so appointed shall respectively be entitled to the treatment accorded to the most favoured nation.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nIt is agreed that commodities of the following classes and denominations, viz., cottons, linens, woollens, woollen and cotton mixtures, &c., &c., imported by British merchants shall pay both import duty and transit due simultaneously at the time of importation.\n\nOn the other part, China agrees that the above-mentioned commodities, imported by British merchants and having paid import duty and transit due simultaneously at the time of importation, shall be exempt from all other taxes and charges whatsoever, in Treaty port provinces.§\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\nIt is agreed that native produce purchased in the interior by British merchants, furnished with the documents prescribed by the Supplementary Regulations, shall pay all inland dues and charges on its way to the Treaty port.\n\nOn the other part, China agrees that any such native produce having paid all inland dues and charges on the way to the port from the place of purchase, shall be entitled to the return of any amount that may have been thus paid over and above the Treaty transit due (half export duty), provided exportation by British merchants to a foreign port takes place within twelve months.\n\nIt is further agreed that native produce shipped to another Treaty port shall not be entitled to such refund.[[\n\n* In this preamble only a part of the XXVIIth Article is quoted; what is omitted would have a bearing in the time for the next revision, and it is emitted in order that that question may receive its own solution in time, and not, by becoming a vexed question now, interfere indefinitely with the work of the present revision...\n\nThis Article is placed first because it contains the principle on which all voluntary revision, so far as China is concerned, hinges. England, to have the benefit of advantages accorded to any other State, agrees to be bound by the conditions consented to by the State concerned to obtain the advantages in question. With this form of the \"most-favoured-nation\" clause, it is hoped that other Treaty powers will be induced to accept what China gives, on the Chinese terms assented to by England.\n\n† The only explanation this Article needs is, that while foreign Consuls are called \"Ling-shih-kuan\" in China, Chinese Consuls in England, although styled Consuls by the English, will be known to Chinese officials by another Chinese title (not yet fixed on), than that of \"Ling-shih-kuan.\" That they are simply to be Consuls is evident from the concluding words of the Article.\n\nThis is a most important concession, for it permits manufactures (the goods in whose sale England is chiefly interested) to circulate freely without certificate, and without further charge or tax on payment of 7.5 per cent., through the Treaty port Provinces. It is a concession far in advance of the Tien-tsin transit clause as regards one-half of China, and as regards the other half, the former transit privilege is continued in force. The \"supplementary regulations\" will show the action to be taken.\n\nThe advantages of this new arrangement are obvious. On the one hand, the British merchant will have refunded to him in cash whatever taxes he may have paid over and above half tariff rate (2.5 per cent.) in bringing from the interior Chinese produce for shipment to a foreign market; and, on the other hand, the Chinese Government will be able to stop the malpractices of those Chinese who employ foreigners to bring produce from the interior (not intended for the foreign market), and who by thus cheating the Government out of its just dues on native trade, have indisposed it to give, in the past, a warm support to the foreign transit clauses, unquestionably an improvement on the Tien-tsin transit rule.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nIt is agreed that Chinese produce shipped from Hong Kong to a Treaty port shall not be carried inland under the transit rule, but shall pay dues, duties, and inland charges like all other native produce at all barriers passed.\n\nOn the other part, China agrees to issue to native produce shipped by British merchants from Treaty ports to Hong Kong the ordinary export duty proofs, and to collect on such produce, on arrival at a second Treaty port, the ordinary coast-trade (half import) duty.*\n\n## ARTICLE VI.\n\nIt is agreed that the port of Wên-chow in Chê-kiang shall be opened to British trade, and that Kiung-chow named in the Treaty of Tien-tsin shall be removed from the list of Treaty ports.†\n\n## ARTICLE VII.\n\nIt is agreed that British merchant-vessels shall not be called on to pay tonnage dues oftener than once in the four months.\n\nOn the other part, England agrees that British merchant-vessels of every description, whether used for the transport or storage of merchandise, conveyance of passengers, or residence (merchant-ships, hulks, chops, &c.), as well as all craft of the Chinese type, owned by British subjects, shall pay tonnage dues according to their tonnage, if trading from port to port, on the expiration of their special certificates, and if used as hulks in port on the expiration of the term of four months, as the case may be.‡\n\n## ARTICLE VIII.\n\nIt is agreed that all British merchant-vessels shall report to the Customs their port of destination, and shall hand in export manifests when about to clear.\n\nOn the other part, China agrees that the amount of any fine for false manifests where British subjects are concerned shall be determined in accordance with the special circumstances, and shall not in any case exceed the sum of 500 taels.\n\n## ARTICLE IX.\n\nIt is agreed that in all cases of fines arising out of breaches of Customs Regulations, the Superintendent, or the Commissioner of Customs, may have a seat on the bench, and take part with the British Consul in inquiring into the case.\n\nAnd that in all cases of confiscation arising out of breaches of Customs Regulations, the British Consul may have a seat on the bench with the Superintendent or the Commissioner of Customs, and take part in inquiring into the case.\n\n* Firstly, this gives the Hong Kong merchants what they ask for, and secondly, it arranges what Chinese officials have long felt to be a grievance. Till now Chinese produce (say sugar) shipped from Canton to Shanghai, has, via Chinkiang, gone into the interior as native produce while at the same time, and possibly conveyed by the same person, the very same kind of native produce, shipped via Hong Kong, and therefore held to have changed its origin, has entered the interior as a foreign commodity and under the transit system: the former paying all inland taxes en route, and the latter freed from them by one transit payment; offices lost revenue, and constant quarrelling has taken place as to the nature of such goods at the barriers. Under the new rules, Chinese produce will be treated as Chinese produce—for the sake of native officials when entering the interior having come from Hong Kong, and for the sake of foreign merchants when going to a Treaty port, but transhipped at Hong Kong (i.e., paying a full duty on shipment, and a half duty on discharge, instead of two full duties as going to and then coming from a foreign country).\n\nThis is a wise exchange. Kiung-chow has been nominally a Treaty port for ten years, and still shows no signs of inviting trade; it will therefore be no loss to remove it from the list. On the other hand, Wên-chow will afford a ready exit for a sort of tea that reaches Foochow after a long, difficult, and expensive transit, and as it is the port of a comparatively populous and wealthy country, it will take many foreign commodities. Further, to open it will be almost as good as to subsidize a steam line between Foochow and Shanghai, both of which places desire rapid and regular communication. Wên-chow will be a decided gain, and will become another important centre whence trade will radiate.\n\nThis, too, is a decided gain. Vessels now go to the Amoor, Japan, Hong Kong, Manila, and Saigon, only paying tonnage dues once in the four months. The new rule which, without specifying places, simply mentions time—once in four months—will enable vessels trading to Batavia, Bangkok, Singapore, Malacca, and Penang, to take advantage of the same privilege as regards payment of tonnage dues. The rule as it affects hulks, will only very properly enact that they are to pay every four months for the space they occupy in the harbour, and bear their share in supporting harbour police, &c.\n\nThe Treaties have not provided for export manifests or report of destination. In return for the assent to provide for these wants, China consents—in place of fining 500 taels for every false manifest—to fine offenders in sums not exceeding 500 taels, and which are to be determined in each case by the circumstances accompanying the offence.\n\n286",
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        "content_text": "# Chinese Passenger Ordinance, 1871\n\nNo Power is apparently conferred to modify or affect in any way the Body of the Act which contains all the machinery for enforcing the observance of whatever Regulations may be in force for the time being, whether they be the original Regulations of Schedule 4 of the Act, or Regulations substituted by the Colonial Legislature.\n\nConsequently, the Master of a Chinese Passenger Ship proceeding upon a Voyage of less than Thirty days duration under this Ordinance, will still be compelled to enter into the Bond of £1,000 prescribed by Section 7 of the **\"Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.\"** As, however, the main object of the Ordinance is to enable British Ship-owners to make Charters for the conveyance of Chinese Laborers, who although under no Contracts of Service, are mostly persons belonging to the very poor and ignorant classes, it is indispensable that some guarantee should still be exacted for the due observance of the new Regulations, though, had it been possible to reduce the amount of such guarantee, it would perhaps have been desirable to do so.\n\nIt is upon the above view of the Powers of the Colonial Legislature, that the **\"Chinese Passenger Ordinance, 1871\"** has been framed.\n\nThe Preamble explains the object of the Measure.\n\n## Sections of the Ordinance\n\nSection 11 adopts the Interpretation of terms contained in the Imperial Act as far as necessary for the purposes of the Ordinance.\n\nSection III strictly defines the application of the Ordinance as regards British and Foreign Ships, and contains a Proviso inserted for the purpose of obviating any doubts which might arise in the minds of Ship-masters as to whether the exception in the Imperial Act of Voyages not exceeding Seven days duration remains in force.\n\nSection IV defines by reference to a Schedule, the Voyages to which the Ordinance applies. Other Ports may be added to the List by a Proclamation of the Governor of Hongkong declaratory of the Duration of Voyages under Section II of the Imperial Act.\n\nSection V substitutes the Regulations contained in Schedule B of the Ordinance for those of Schedule A of the Imperial Act and for other Provisions contained in Local Ordinances and Proclamations.\n\nSection VI is explanatory as to the continuance of the Provisions of the Imperial Act, except as modified by the substitution of the New Regulations for Voyages not exceeding Thirty days.\n\nSection VII contains the usual Suspending Clause.\n\n## Schedules\n\n| Schedule | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Schedule A | defines the Voyages to which the Ordinance applies. It has been prepared with reference to the rate of speed of Steamers, and to the conditions of the Monsoon as regards Sailing Vessels, and the List of Ports which it includes shows how important this measure is likely to prove to the Shipping interest. |\n| Schedule B | contains the New Regulations, which have been framed after much consideration and consultation with all those who were most likely, from their local experience and other qualifications, to give useful advice and assistance in carrying out the wishes of the Secretary of State. |\n| Schedule C | contains a Form of Certificate to be issued by the Emigration Officer adapted to the Provisions of the Ordinance. As to the Power of the Hongkong Legislature to vary the Form of the Certificate, see Section IV of the Imperial Act. |\n\n## The Regulations of Schedule B\n\nArticle 1 commences by providing that the Master shall be furnished with a Copy of the Ordinance. In other respects this and the two following Articles are framed upon Rules 2 and 3 of Schedule A of the Imperial Act, with a few additions.\n\nArticle 4 deals with the accommodation of Passengers. As to space, 9 superficial and 54 cubical feet between Decks, and 4 superficial feet on Deck, are allowed, as in the Straits \"Passengers Act,\" for each Adult. The height prescribed between Decks is 6 feet, which is a foot more than allowed in the Straits \"Passengers' Act.” Other useful Provisions are inserted in this Article.\n\nArticle 5 relates to Deck Passengers. It will be observed that the Permission to carry Deck Passengers at all is discretionary, and that the conditions upon which the Permission is to be granted are subject to revision by the Secretary of State. There can be no doubt however that in fine weather the Deck Passengers are much better off than the others, and the Rules laid down in this Article will prevent exposure to wet and to the sun, as well as over-crowding.\n\nArticle 6 deals with the question of Provisions. The Scale adopted was recommended by Mr. Consul PEDDER. It will be seen that all the suggestions contained in Earl GRANVILLE'S Despatch and Enclosures in relation to this subject have been carried out.\n\nArticle 7 relates generally to the contents of the Emigration Officer's Certificate, and provides among other things for a sufficient supply of suitable Medicines. As the Doctor is dispensed with, the Scale of Medicines will probably be very simple, and will be left to the discretion of the Emigration Officer assisted by the Medical Adviser to be employed under Article 9.\n\nArticle 8 relates to the mustering and examination of Passengers. It is framed on Section VI of Schedule 4 of the Imperial Act and provides a check against any malpractices, in the shipment of Coolies. Contracts of Service, if any, will be examined and if unfair the passenger may be landed, as under the Imperial Act.\n\nArticles 9 and 10 empower the Emigration Officer to employ a Marine Surveyor and a Medical Man without whose assistance he could not possibly fulfil the Duties which will devolve upon him; and also to fix a Scale of Fees for their Remuneration subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.\n\nThe Fees of Professional Persons vary so much in different places that it would be hopeless to attempt to fix a general Scale which would secure efficient assistance to the Emigration Officer.\n\nArticle 11 regulates the Fees of the Emigration Officer. These Fees are also subject to revision by the Secretary of State.\n\nArticles 12 and 13 give Power to detain the Ship for non-Payment of Fees or for Fraud in the Particulars delivered. A similar Provision was inserted in `Ordinance No. 4 of 1870`, Section IX.\n\nArticle 14 corresponds to Rule 5 of Schedule A of the Imperial Act.\n\nArticle 15 is intended as a further check against any Deception or Misconduct. On arrival at the Port of Destination and at any Port of Call, the British Authorities on the spot can inspect the Vessel and her Papers and report to the Emigration Officer at the Port of Departure any suspicious circumstances which may have come to their notice.\n\nArticle 16 - It was thought desirable to introduce this Provision in the Regulations, but I doubt whether it comes within the Terms of the Power delegated by the Imperial Parliament, namely, \"to make Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships\" especially as the Imperial Act itself defines who shall be deemed to be Emigration Officers. Should this Article be considered “ultra vires\" it will of course be indispensable to the working of the Ordinance when approved of by the Secretary of State, that British Consuls or other Persons at the Ports in China be appointed Emigration Officers at the same time that the Royal Confirmation of the Ordinance is communicated to this Government.\n\nI may mention in conclusion that the Draft of this Ordinance has been published in the `Hongkong Gazette` for some time, and so far as can be ascertained, its Provisions meet with the approval of British Ship-owners and of those who advocate their interests in China.\n\nIt is hoped, therefore, that Earl GRANVILLE'S injunction that the Ordinance should be framed \"so as to secure adequately the interests of the Passengers no less than the Ship-owners'\" will be considered to have been carried out.\n\n**JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE,**\nAttorney General.\n\nPage 345\n3 of April 2nd, 1870.",
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        "content_text": "46\n\n! \n\nNo Power is apparently conferred to modify or affect in any way the Body of the Act which contains all the machinery for enforcing the observance of whatever Regulations may be in force for the time being, whether they be the original Regulations of Schedule of the Act, or Regulations substituted by the Colonial Legislature.\n\nConsequently, the Master of a Chinese Passenger Ship proceeding upon a Voyage of less than Thirty days duration under this Ordinance, will still be compelled to enter into the Bond of £1,000 prescribed by Section IV of the \"Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.\" As, however, the main object of the Ordinance is to enable British Ship-owners to make Charters for the conveyance of Chinese Laborers, who although under no Contracts of Service, are mostly persons belonging to the very poor and ignorant classes, it is indispensable that some guarantee should still be exacted for the due observance of the new Regulations, though, had it been possible to reduce the amount of such guarantee, it would perhaps have been desirable to do so.\n\nIt is upon the above view of the Powers of the Colonial Legislature, that the \"Chinese Passenger Ordinance, 1871\" has been framed.\n\nThe Preamble explains the object of the Measure.\n\nSection 1 adopts the Interpretation of terms contained in the Imperial Act as far as necessary for the purposes of the Ordinance.\n\nSection I strictly defines the application of the Ordinance as regards British and Foreign Ships, and contains a Proviso inserted for the purpose of obviating any doubts which might arise in the minds of Ship-masters as to whether the exception in the Imperial Act of Voyages not exceeding Seven days duration remains in force.\n\nSection IV defines by reference to a Schedule, the Voyages to which the Ordinance applies. Other Ports may be added to the List by a Proclamation of the Governor of Hongkong declaratory of the Duration of Voyages under Section II of the Imperial Act.\n\nSection V substitutes the Regulations contained in Schedule B of the Ordinance for those of Schedule A of the Imperial Act and for other Provisions contained in Local Ordinances and Proclamations.\n\nSection VI is explanatory as to the continuance of the Provisions of the Imperial Act, except as modified by the substitution of the New Regulations for Voyages not exceeding Thirty days.\n\nSection VII contains the usual Suspending Clause.\n\nSchedule A defines the Voyages to which the Ordinance applies. It has been prepared with reference to the rate of speed of Steamers, and to the conditions of the Monsoon as regards Sailing Vessels, and the List of Ports which it includes shows how important this measure is likely to prove to the Shipping interest.\n\nSchedule B contains the New Regulations, which have been framed after much consideration and consultation with all those who were most likely, from their local experience and other qualifications, to give useful advice and assistance in carrying out the wishes of the Secretary of State. I will presently offer some explanatory remarks upon these Regulations, in which it will be seen that all the suggestions of Sir T. MURDOCH have been adopted.\n\nSchedule C contains a Form of Certificate to be issued by the Emigration Officer adapted to the Provisions of the Ordinance. As to the Power of the Hongkong Legislature to vary the Form of the Certificate, see Section IV of the Imperial Act.\n\nThe Regulations of Schedule B.\n\nArticle 1 commences by providing that the Master shall be furnished with a Copy of the Ordinance. In other respects this and the two following Articles are framed upon Rules 2 and 3 of Schedule A of the Imperial Act, with a few additions. Article 4 deals with the accommodation of Passengers. As to space, 9 superficial and 54 cubical feet between Decks, and 4 superficial feet on Deck, are allowed, as in the Straits \"Passengers Act,\" for each Adult. The height prescribed between Decks is 6 feet, which is a foot more than allowed in the Straits \"Passengers' Act.\" Other useful Provisions are inserted in this Article. Article 5 relates to Deck Passengers. It will be observed that the Permission to carry Deck Passengers at all is discretionary, and that the conditions upon which the Permission is to be granted are subject to revision by the Secretary of State. There can be no doubt however that in fine weather the Deck Passengers are much better off than the others, and the Rules laid down in this Article will prevent exposure to wet and to the sun, as well as over-crowding.\n\nArticle 6 deals with the question of Provisions. The Scale adopted was recommended by Mr. Consul PEDDER. It will be seen that all the suggestions contained in Earl GRANVILLE'S Despatch and Enclosures in relation to this subject have been carried out.\n\nArticle 7 relates generally to the contents of the Emigration Officer's Certificate, and provides among other things for a sufficient supply of suitable Medicines. As the Doctor is dispensed with, the Scale of Medicines will probably be very simple, and will be left to the discretion of the Emigration Officer assisted by the Medical Adviser to be employed under Article 9.\n\nArticle 8 relates to the mustering and examination of Passengers. It is framed on Section VI of Schedule A of the Imperial Act and provides a check against any malpractices, in the shipment of Coolies. Contracts of Service, if any, will be examined and if unfair the passenger may be landed, as under the Imperial Act.\n\nArticles 9 and 10 empower the Emigration Officer to employ a Marine Surveyor and a Medical Man without whose assistance he could not possibly fulfil the Duties which will devolve upon him; and also to fix a Scale of Fees for their Remuneration subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.\n\nThe Fees of Professional Persons vary so much in different places that it would be hopeless to attempt to fix a general Scale which would secure efficient assistance to the Emigration Officer.\n\nArticle 11 regulates the Fees of the Emigration Officer. These Fees are also subject to revision by the Secretary of State.\n\nArticles 12 and 13 give Power to detain the Ship for non-Payment of Fees or for Fraud in the Particulars delivered. A similar Provision was inserted in Ordinance No. 4 of 1870, Section IX.\n\nArticle 14 corresponds to Rule 5 of Schedule 4 of the Imperial Act. Article 15 is intended as a further check against any Deception or Misconduct. On arrival at the Port of Destination and at any Port of Call, the British Authorities on the spot can inspect the Vessel and her Papers and report to the Emigration Officer at the Port of Departure any suspicious circumstances which may have come to their notice. Calcutta is one of the Ports of Destination under this Ordinance, and the Term \"Emigration Officer\" in the \"Chinese Passengers Act, 1855\" only applies to Officers appointed by the Governor of a British Colony, and \"Colony\" does not include the Government of India. Hence the use of the words \"Officer appointed by the local Government\" in this Article.\n\nArticle 16.-It was thought desirable to introduce this Provision in the Regulations, but I doubt whether it comes within the Terms of the Power delegated by the Imperial Parliament, namely, \"to make Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships\" especially as the Imperial Act itself defines who shall be deemed to be Emigration Officers. Should this Article be considered \"ultra vires\" it will of course be indispensable to the working of the Ordinance when approved of by the Secretary of State, that British Consuls or other Persons at the Ports in China be appointed Emigration Officers at the same time that the Royal Confirmation of the Ordinance is communicated to this Government.\n\nI may mention in conclusion that the Draft of this Ordinance has been published in the Hongkong Gazette for some time, and so far as can be ascertained, its Provisions meet with the approval of British Ship-owners and of those who advocate their interests in China.\n\nIt is hoped, therefore, that Earl GRANVILLE's injunction that the Ordinance should be framed \"so as to secure adequately the interests of the Passengers no less than the Ship-owners'\" will be considered to have been carried out.\n\nJULIAN PAUNCEFOTE,\nAttorney General,\n\nNo. 53 of April 2nd, 1870.",
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        "content_text": "8\n\nR\n\n64\n\nThe proposition is somewhat startling, but as the Chief Justice has acted upon it, the British subject, and the Governor think that he has done quite right, the matter deserves the most serious consideration.\n\nThe ground, upon which exemption from arrest was claimed in the present case I have already said, is the IV Article of the Postal Convention with France of 24th Sept 1866. That Convention will be found in the 10th Volume of Mr. Hertslet's Collection of Treaties at p. 108. The words of that section are as follows, \"4. When the Packets employed by the British Post Office by the French Post Office in execution of Articles I & II of this Convention are the property of Government, or Vessels chartered or employed by\n\n...the National Vessels-\n\nthe present National Vessels- \n\nbuy",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE I.\n\nThe Netherland Government shall be at liberty to recruit and engage labourers for the Netherland Colony of Surinam in the Indian territories belonging to Great Britain, and to embark emigrants from the ports of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, or any other ports in British India which shall hereafter be appointed by the Government of India for that purpose, under the conditions hereinafter stipulated.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe Netherland Government shall intrust the direction of its operations in every centre of recruitment to an Agent chosen by itself.\n\nThose Agents must be approved by the British Government.\n\nSuch approval is assimilated, with regard to the right of granting and withdrawal, to the exequatur given to Consular Agents.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nThis recruitment shall be effected conformably to the regulations which now exist, or may hereafter be established, for the recruitment of labourers for British Colonies; and it is distinctly understood that the effect of the present Convention is not to give to the Netherland Government, at any time or place, any privilege whatever in respect of emigration, which is not at the same time and place enjoyed by the British Colonies.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe Netherland Agent shall, with regard to the operations of recruitment which are intrusted to him, enjoy for himself and for the persons whom he may employ, all the facilities and advantages afforded to the recruiting agents for British Colonies.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe Government of Her Britannic Majesty shall appoint in those ports where emigrants may be embarked, an Agent who shall be specially charged with the care of their interests.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nNo emigrant shall be embarked unless the Agent described in the preceding Article shall have been enabled to satisfy himself that his engagement is voluntary, that he has a perfect knowledge of the nature of his contract, or the place of his destination, of the probable length of his voyage, and of the different obligations and advantages connected with his engagement.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nThe contracts of service, with the exception provided for by section 4 of Article IX, and by section 2 of Article X, shall be made in India, and shall either bind the emigrant to serve a person designated by name, or to serve a person to whom he shall be allotted by the proper authority, on his arrival in the Colony.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe contracts shall, moreover, make stipulation for-\n\n1. The duration of the engagement, at the expiration of which the emigrant shall receive a return passage to India at the expense of the Netherland Government, and the terms on which it will be competent to him to renounce his right to a free return-passage.\n\n2. The number of days and hours of work.\n\n3. The wages, and rations (in case rations are given), as well as the rate of payment for extra work, and all the advantages promised to the emigrant.\n\n4. Gratuitous medical treatment for the emigrant, except in cases where, in the opinion of the proper Government officer, his illness shall have arisen from his own misconduct.\n\nIn every contract of engagement there shall be inserted an exact copy of Articles IX, X, XIX, and XX, of the present Convention.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\n1. The duration of the immigrant's engagement shall not be more than five years. In case, however, he shall be duly proved to have absented himself from work, he shall be bound to serve a number of days equal to the time of his absence.\n\n2. At the expiration of that period, every Indian who shall have attained the age of ten years at the time of his departure from India shall be entitled to a return passage at the expense of the Netherland Government.\n\n3. If he can show that his conduct has been regular, and that he has the means of subsistence, he may be allowed to reside in the Colony without any engagement; but from that time he will lose his right to a free return-passage.\n\nARTIKEL 1.\n\nDe Nederlandsche Regering zal de bevoegdheid hebben werklieden voor de Nederlandsche kolonie Suriname te werven en aantenemen in de Indische gewesten, die aan Groot-Brittannië toebehooren en de emigranten in te schepen in de havens van Calcutta, Madras en Bombay, of eenige andere havens in Britsch Indië, die daartoe later door het Britsch Indische bestuur zullen worden aangewezen, op de hier achter bedongen voorwaarden.\n\nARTIKEL II.\n\nDe Nederlandsche Regering zal in elk middelpunt van aanwerving hare operatien toevertrouwen aan een door haarzelve gekozen Agent.\n\nDeze keuzen moeten door het Britsche Gouvernement worden goedgekeurd.\n\nZulk eene goedkeuring staat, wat het recht van haar te verleenen en in te trekken aangaat, gelijk met het exequatur, hetwelk aan de Consulaire Agenten verleend wordt.\n\nARTIKEL III.\n\nDe aanwerving zal geschieden overeenkomstig de regelen, welke nu bestaan of later zullen worden vastgesteld op de aanwerving van werklieden voor Britsche koloniën, en men is uitdrukkelijk overeengekomen, dat ten gevolge dezer overeenkomst aan de Nederlandsche Regering, noch te eeniger tijd, noch te eeniger plaatse, eenig privilege zal verleend worden op het stuk van emigratie, 't welk niet ter zelfder tijde en ter zelfder plaatse door de Britsche koloniën zal genoten worden.\n\nARTIKEL IV.\n\nDe Nederlandsche agent zal, wat betreft de bem opgedragen wervingsoperatien, voor zichzelf en voor de personen, van wie hij zich mogt bedienen, al de gerieflijkheden en voordeelen genieten, die aan de wervingsagenten voor de Britsche koloniën zijn verleend.\n\nARTIKEL V.\n\nDe Regering van Hare Britsche Majesteit zal in de havens, waar emigranten mogen worden ingescheept, een agent aanstellen, in het bijzonder belast met de zorg voor hunne belangen.\n\nARTIKEL VI.\n\nGeen emigrant zal mogen worden ingescheept, tenzij de in het vorig artikel genoemde agent in staat zij geweest zich te overtuigen, dat zijne verbindtenis vrijwillig is, dat hij volmaakt kennis draagt van den aard van zijne overeenkomst, van de plaats zijner bestemming, van den vermoedelijken duur zijner reis en van de verschillende verplichtingen en voordeelen uit zijne verbindtenis voortvloeiende.\n\nARTIKEL VII.\n\nDe overeenkomsten van dienst, uitgezonderd die, welke bedoeld worden in § 4 van Artikel IX, en in § 2 van Artikel X, zullen in Indië gesloten worden, en zullen den emigrant verbinden bij zijne aankomst in de Kolonie, tot het dienen of van een bij name aangeduid persoon, of van den persoon, aan wien hij door de gestelde overheid zal worden toegewezen.\n\nARTIKEL VIII.\n\nDe overeenkomsten zullen bovendien bedingen bevatten betreffende-\n\n1. Den duur van de verbindtenis, na afloop waarvan de emigrant recht heeft op vrijen terugtogt naar Indië, ten koste van de Nederlandsche Regering, en de voorwaarden waarop het hem zal vrijstaan van het recht van vrijen terugtogt af te zien;\n\n2. Het aantal der werkdagen en werkuren;\n\n3. Het loon, de rantsoenen, indien zij gegeven worden, als ook de wijze van betaling van buitengewoon werk, en al de aan den emigrant beloofde voordeelen;\n\n4. Kostelooze geneeskundige behandeling van den emigrant, behalve in de gevallen dat zijne ziekte, volgens het oordeel van de daartoe door het bestuur aangewezen deskundigen, ten gevolge van wangedrag door eigen schuld zal zijn ontstaan.\n\nIn elk contract of elke verbindtenis zal opgenomen zijn een afschrift der Artikelen IX, X, XIX, en XX van deze overeenkomst.\n\nARTIKEL IX.\n\n1. De duur van de verbindtenis van een immigrant zal niet langer zijn dan van vijf jaren. In geval echter dat hem behoorlijk bewezen zal zijn dat hij vrijwillig het werk verzuimd heeft, zal hij verplicht zijn daarenboven een gelijk aantal dagen te werken, als hij verzuimd heeft.\n\n2. Na verloop van dat tijdvak zal elke Indier, die den leeftijd van tien jaren bereikt had bij zijn vertrek uit Indië, het recht hebben op vrijen terugtogt naar Indië op kosten van de Nederlandsche Regering.\n\n3. Indien hij kan bewijzen dat zijn gedrag goed is geweest, en dat hij eigen middelen van bestaan heeft, kan hem vergund worden in de Kolonie te verblijven, zonder eenige verbindtenis, maar van dat oogenblik af aan, verliest hij het recht op vrije terugreis.\n\nPage 294",
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        "content_text": "Kind of printed matter, patterns and samples of merchandize shall be subject to the laws and regulations of each Country respectively, prescribing the condition of their publication and circulation, and also with regard to their liability to be rated with letter postage when containing written matter, or for any specified regulations, or other cause in said laws.\n\nEvery international letter insufficiently paid, received in The United States from Japan shall, in addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of five cents, to be retained by the United States Post Office.\n\nEvery international letter insufficiently paid received in Japan from the United States shall, in addition to the deficient postage, be subject to a fine of five Sen, such fine to be retained by the Japanese Post Office.\n\n## Article IV\n\nIn regard to Customs duty under the Revenue Laws of either Country.\n\nThere shall be an exchange of correspondence between the Post Offices at Yokohama and San Francisco. \n347",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE III\n\nLes trois provinces complètes de Bien-Hoa, de Gia-Dinh et de Dinh-Tuong (Mitto), ainsi que l'Ile de Pulo-Condor, sont cédées entièrement par ce Traité en toute souveraineté à Sa Majesté l'Empereur des Français.\n\nEn outre, les commerçants Français pourront librement commercer et circuler sur des bâtiments, quels qu'ils soient, dans le grand fleuve du Cambodge et dans tous les bras de ce fleuve; il en sera de même pour les bâtiments de guerre Français envoyés en surveillance dans ce même fleuve ou dans ses affluents.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nLa paix étant faite, si une nation étrangère voulait, soit en usant de provocation, soit par un Traité, se faire céder une partie du territoire Annamite, le Roi d'Annam préviendra par un envoyé l'Empereur des Français, afin de lui soumettre le cas qui se présente, en laissant à l'Empereur pleine liberté de venir en aide ou non au Royaume d'Annam; mais si, dans le dit Traité avec la nation étrangère, il est question de cession de territoire, cette cession ne pourra être sanctionnée qu'avec le consentement de l'Empereur des Français.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLes sujets de l'Empire de France et du Royaume d'Espagne pourront librement commercer dans les trois ports de Tourane, de Balat, et de Quang-An.\n\nLes sujets Annamites pourront également librement commercer dans les ports de France et d'Espagne, en se conformant toutefois à la règle des droits établis.\n\nSi un pays étranger fait du commerce avec le Royaume d'Annam, les sujets de ce pays étranger ne pourront pas jouir d'une protection plus grande que ceux de France ou d'Espagne, et si ce dit pays étranger obtient un avantage dans le Royaume d'Annam, ce ne pourra jamais être un avantage plus considérable que ceux accordés à la France ou à l'Espagne.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nLa paix étant faite, s'il y a à traiter quelque affaire importante, les trois Souverains pourront envoyer des représentants pour traiter ces affaires dans une des trois capitales.\n\nSi, sans affaire importante, l'un des trois Souverains désirait envoyer des félicitations aux autres, il pourra également envoyer un représentant. Le bâtiment de l'Envoyé Français ou Espagnol mouillera dans le port de Tourane, et l'Envoyé ira de là à Hué par terre, où il sera reçu par le Roi d'Annam.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLa paix étant faite, l'inimitié disparaît entièrement; c'est pourquoi l'Empereur des Français accorde une amnistie générale aux sujets, soit militaires, soit civils, du Royaume d'Annam, compromis dans la guerre, et leurs propriétés séquestrées leur seront rendues.\n\nLe Roi d'Annam accorde également une amnistie générale à ceux de ses sujets qui se sont soumis à l'autorité Française, et son amnistie s'étend sur eux et sur leurs familles.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nLe Roi d'Annam devra payer à titre d'indemnité, dans un laps de dix ans la somme de 4,000,000 dollars. 400,000 dollars seront, en conséquence, remis chaque année au Représentant de l'Empereur des Français à Saigon. Cette somme est destinée à indemniser la France et l'Espagne de leurs dépenses de guerre. Les 100,000 ligatures déjà payées seront déduites de cette somme. Le Royaume d'Annam n'ayant pas de dollars, le dollar sera représenté par une valeur de soixante et douze centièmes de taël.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nSi quelque brigand, pirate ou fauteur de troubles, Annamite, commet quelque brigandage ou désordre sur le territoire Français, ou si quelque sujet Européen, coupable de quelque délit, s'enfuit sur le territoire Annamite, aussitôt que l'autorité Française aura donné connaissance du fait à l'autorité Annamite, celle-ci devra faire ses efforts pour s'emparer du coupable, afin de le livrer à l'autorité Française.\n\nIl en sera de même en ce qui concerne les brigands, pirates ou fauteurs de troubles Annamites qui, après s'être rendus coupables de délits, s'enfuiraient sur le territoire Français.\n\n## ARTICLE X\n\nLes habitants des trois provinces de Vinh-Long, d'An-Gian et de Ha-Tien pourront librement commercer dans les trois provinces Françaises, en se soumettant aux droits en vigueur; mais les convois de troupes, d'armes, de munitions ou de vivres entre les trois susdites provinces devront se faire exclusivement par mer.\n\nCependant l'Empereur des Français permet à ces convois d'entrer dans le Cambodge par la passe de Mitto dite Cua-Tieû, à la condition toutefois que les autorités Annamites en préviendront à l'avance le Représentant de l'Empereur, qui leur fera délivrer un laissez-passer. Si cette formalité était négligée, et qu'un convoi pareil entrât sans un permis, le dit convoi, et ce qui le compose, sera de bonne prise, et les objets saisis seront détruits.\n\n## ARTICLE XI\n\nLa citadelle de Vinh-Long sera gardée jusqu'à nouvel ordre par les troupes Françaises, sans empêcher pourtant en aucune façon l'action des mandarins Annamites. Cette citadelle sera rendue au Roi d'Annam aussitôt qu'il aura mis fin à la rébellion qui existe aujourd'hui par ses ordres dans les provinces de Gia-Dinh et de Dinh-Tuong, et lorsque les chefs de ces rébellions seront partis et le pays tranquille et soumis comme il convient à un pays en paix.\n\n## ARTICLE XII\n\nCe Traité étant conclu entre les trois nations, et les Ministres Plénipotentiaires des dites trois nations l'ayant signé et revêtu de leurs sceaux, ils en rendront compte, chacun à son Souverain; et, à partir d'aujourd'hui, jour de la signature, dans l'intervalle d'un an, les trois Souverains ayant examiné et ratifié le dit Traité, l'échange des ratifications aura lieu dans la capitale du Royaume d'Annam.\n\nEn foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs susnommés ont signé le présent Traité et y ont apposé leurs cachets.\n\nA Saigon, le 5 Juin, 1862.\n\nTu-Duc, 15me année, 15me mois, 9me jour.\n\n(L.S.) (L.S.)\n\n**BONARD**\n\n**CARLOS PALANCA-GUTIERRES**\n\n(Cachet et Signatures des Plénipotentiaires Annamites.)\n\nArt. 2. Notre Ministre et Secrétaire d'Etat au Département des Affaires Etrangères est chargé de l'exécution du présent Décret.\n\nFait au Palais de Fontainebleau, le 1 Juillet, 1863.\n\nLe Ministre des Affaires Etrangères,\n\nPar l'Empereur:\n\n(Signé)\n\n**DROUYN DE LHUYS**\n\n(Signé)\n\n**NAPOLEON**",
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        "content_text": "# Printed for the use of the Foreign Office. November 20, 1874.\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\nNo. 1.\n\n13369\n\n## The Earl of Derby to Lord Lytton.\n\n**(No. 638.)**\n\nMy Lord,\n\nForeign Office, November 11, 1874. WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch No. 1051, and to previous correspondence respecting the Commercial Treaty recently concluded between France and Annam, a copy of which is inclosed in Lord Lyon's despatch No. 605 of the 23rd of June last, I have to state to your Lordship that I have now received from the Board of Trade, the Colonial and India Offices, the observations of the heads of those Departments in reply to a reference to them of the Treaty in question, so far as the Articles comprised in it might be considered justly open to objection on the part of Her Majesty's Government.\n\nYour Embassy is already in possession of a copy of a letter on this subject from the Colonial Office of the 27th of July last, containing some general observations by the Earl of Carnarvon in regard to the Political and Commercial Treaties between France and Annam, the former of which has already been ratified.\n\nThose views the Colonial Office now state are in no way altered by a further consideration of the Treaty now under discussion. Lord Carnarvon's objections, however, taking the two Treaties together, are necessarily general rather than particular, and refer to their entire scope and to the spirit in which they have been conceived, and his Lordship observes that this is the first instance, so far as he is aware, in which one of the great European Powers has departed from the wholesome rule which has heretofore been observed, that no nation seeks in Chinese or in Japanese waters any exclusive privileges, but has been content to act with others in concert, and to obtain equal rights for all; and, in illustration of this principle, Lord Carnarvon observes that in the two Treaties concluded with Malay Chiefs since 1818, Her Majesty's Government have never sought exclusive trade or extended powers such as those provided for under the French Treaty now under consideration.\n\nThe Board of Trade, entering more into detail in regard to the questionable Articles of the Treaty, make the following observations:\n\nThat it will be noticed in Article IV that it is proposed to levy differential duties in Annam in favour of goods imported from Saigon into ports in Annam and of those imported from Annam to Saigon, as well as upon goods in transit from or to Saigon and the Province of Yunnan. That the object of this provision is doubtless to cause the foreign trade of Annam to pass through the hands of the French at Saigon. That it will also be noticed that as the Commercial Treaty is to have the same duration as the Political Treaty; the above privilege appears to have been secured for ever by the restriction imposed by Article III of the Political Treaty, which stipulates that the King of Annam shall not make any Treaties of Commerce with other countries at variance with that concluded with France. Another provision which in principle appears to the Board of Trade to be objectionable is that in Article XV, which requires the captain of a foreign vessel, upon arrival at any of the open ports in Annam, to report his arrival and place his ship's papers in the hands of the French Consul at the port instead of reporting, as is usual, at the Custom-house.\n\nThe same remarks, the Board of Trade observes, apply to the terms of Article XVII, by which foreign merchants, who may require to load or unload goods, must do so through the Agents of the French Consuls at the respective ports.\n\nThe provision in Article XII that all disputes which may arise between foreigners and Custom-house officials in Annam, as regards the interpretation of Customs laws and ...\n\n[648] \n\nPage 648 \nB \n74 \n503",
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        "content_text": "## No. 2.\n\nThe Board of Trade observe that the provision in Article XV of the Treaty between France and Annam, which stipulates that disputes arising out of the application of the Customs laws and regulations, are to be settled by the Consul (French) with the assistance of an Annamite Judge, does not appear to afford security for an impartial treatment of disputes arising in the course of commercial transactions between foreigners, other than French, and the natives or traders of Annam; and it is suggested that this will be more evident when it is borne in mind that the Customs laws and regulations of Annam are to be originated and directed chiefly by French officials.\n\nIn another provision in Article XV, the Board of Trade observe, with reference to the confiscation of European and American vessels, which may be declared to have introduced a sufficient quantity of munitions of war to constitute a public danger, the French Government has also taken upon itself, conjointly with that of Annam, the responsibility of pronouncing judgment in such cases.\n\nThe Board of Trade conclude their observations on this subject by the remark that they are aware that the stipulations of the Treaty above alluded to are only the necessary consequences of a scheme which has for its object the control of the trade of Annam, and that, therefore, they must be regarded more from a political than a commercial point of view.\n\nThe Secretary of State for India has expressed his entire concurrence not only in the general observations of the two Departments whose remarks are embodied above, but also in the specific objections pointed out by the Board of Trade, and Lord Salisbury adverts especially to the objectionable character of Articles IV and XII of the Treaty as already pointed out.\n\nA Memorandum drawn up by a member of the Council of India on this subject, communicated by the India Office, is inclosed for your Lordship's information.\n\nI have now to request that your Lordship will take the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the Duc Decazes to this subject, and that you will place in his hands a Memorandum embodying the views of the various Departments above referred to as those of Her Majesty's Government after a careful consideration of the subject, and your Lordship will express the hope of your Government that upon a more mature examination of the Articles of the Treaty, and their general bearing upon the commercial interests of Great Britain and other countries, the French Government will be disposed to modify or amend the objectionable clauses in the Treaty so as to make it more in harmony with the general spirit which has hitherto guided the Great Powers in their Treaty negotiations with Chinese or Japanese States, and which has manifested itself in the principle of abstention from all measures calculated to obtain undue or exclusive privileges in any such negotiations.\n\nYour Lordship is fully alive to the fact that this is a matter in which no time should be lost, since the Chambers are convoked for the 30th instant, and the question of the ratification of the Treaty may come before them at any moment.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(No. 1105.)\n\nMy Lord,\n\n## No. 2.\n\n(Signed) \nLord Lytton to Earl Derby.-(Received November 18.)\n\nDERBY.\n\nParis, November 17, 1874,\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith a copy of a note in which I have submitted to the French Government, in the form of a Memorandum, the objections entertained by Her Majesty's Government to the Commercial Treaty in contemplation between France and Annam, as set forth in your Lordship's despatch No. 638 of the 11th instant.\n\nM. le Ministre,\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 2.\n\nLord Lytton to the Duc Decazes.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) LYTTON.\n\nParis, November 15, 1874.\n\nON the 22nd of June last, your Excellency was so good as to furnish Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador, for the information of Her Majesty's Government, with copies of the Political and Commercial Treaties recently negotiated between France and Annam.\n\nThe text of those Treaties was perused by Her Majesty's Government with some surprise and anxiety, and Lord Lyons was consequently instructed to address to your Excellency a general protest, on their behalf, against the exclusive character of the said Treaties, and the complete dependence upon France to which, for all political and commercial purposes, the King of Annam would be reduced by their simultaneous execution.\n\nThis instruction was carried out by Her Majesty's Ambassador in his note to your Excellency of the 29th of July last.\n\nIn the meanwhile, however, the Political Treaty had been presented to the National Assembly for ratification. But, owing to the circumstances mentioned to Lord Lyons by your Excellency last July, the presentation of the Commercial Treaty was postponed.\n\nHer Majesty's Government have therefore been encouraged to hope that, since this Treaty is still unratified, the terms of it may yet be reconsidered by the Government of France, in connection with the observations contained in the accompanying Memorandum to which I am instructed to solicit your Excellency's earliest attention.\n\nThe subject of this Memorandum has been anxiously considered by Her Majesty's Government and the Government of India, after careful reference to those Departments of the State which are more particularly charged with the protection of the interests affected by the terms of the proposed Commercial Treaty between France and Annam. In placing it in the hands of your Excellency, I cannot too earnestly express the hope entertained by my Government that, upon a more mature examination of the Articles of the above-mentioned Commercial Treaty, and of their general bearing upon the commercial interests of Great Britain and other countries, the French Government will be disposed to modify or amend those clauses in the Treaty to which objection is hereby offered, so that the Treaty may, before it receives ratification, be brought into greater harmony with the general spirit which has hitherto guided the great Powers in their Treaty negotiations with Chinese or Japanese States, and which has manifested itself in the principle of abstention from all measures calculated to obtain undue or exclusive privileges in any such negotiations.\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 2.\n\nMemorandum.\n\n(Signed) LYTTON.\n\nTHE terms of the Commercial Treaty recently concluded, but not yet ratified, between France and Annam having, by the courtesy of the Duc Decazes, been made known to the English Government, a careful examination of them in reference to their bearing upon the commercial interests of England and other countries has suggested the following observations, to which the early attention of the French Government is hereby invited.\n\nSo far as the Government of Her Britannic Majesty is yet aware, this Treaty (more especially when regarded in connection with the political Treaty which it is apparently designed to accompany) is the first wherein one of the great European Powers has departed from the wholesome rule heretofore observed. In accordance with that rule, every nation represented in Chinese or Japanese waters has hitherto been content, as regards its interests in these waters, to act in concert with other nations, seeking no exclusive privileges for itself, but co-operating with the common interests to obtain equal rights for all.\n\nIllustration of this principle will be found in the English Treaties concluded with Malay Chiefs since 1818, nor have Her Britannic Majesty's Government ever sought, in their negotiations with countries such as Annam, either exclusive trade or extended privileges of the kind provided for by the terms of the Treaty under present consideration.\n\nIn the month of July last, the Duc Decazes appeared to be under an impression that a different conclusion might be drawn from the terms of the engagement entered into on the 20th January, 1874, between the Government of the Straits Settlements and the Chiefs of Perak.\n\nHer Majesty's Government, however, are satisfied that such an impression must be dispelled by more careful reference to the terms as well as the circumstances of that engagement, which is merely an undertaking on the part of the Chiefs who are parties to it to adjust their mutual differences, which had previously been a cause of continual...",
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        "content_text": "## Memorandum\n\nThe engagement entered into by the British Government with the Chiefs of Perak consisted of fourteen Articles. The first five refer to the settlement of questions in dispute between the Chiefs; the 6th and 7th to the reception by the Sultan Muda and the Government of Laroot of British officers accredited to them with the title of Resident; the 8th charges the revenues of Perak with the cost of the establishment of these Residents; the 9th charges the same revenues with the Sultan's civil list; the 10th stipulates that the advice of the Resident shall be taken in the collection of revenues; the 11th and 12th define boundaries; the 13th provides for restoration of property and compensation for damages during recent disturbances; the 14th, and last, stipulates the acknowledgment of a debt due to the Straits Settlements. It is needless to point out the essential difference between the character of such an engagement and that of the French Commercial Treaty with Annam.\n\nBy Article IV of this Treaty, it is proposed to levy in Annam differential duties favouring goods imported from Saigon into Annamite ports and goods exported from Annam to Saigon, as well as upon goods in transit from and to Saigon and the province of Yunnan.\n\nThe object of this provision is doubtless to cause the foreign trade of Annam to pass through the hands of the French at Saigon; and as the Commercial Treaty is intended to have the same duration as the Political Treaty, the above-mentioned privilege appears to have been secured in perpetuity by the restriction imposed on the King of Annam under Article III of the Political Treaty, which prohibits the King from making with other countries any Treaties of Commerce at variance with his Treaty with France.\n\nAnother provision, of which the principle appears objectionable to Her Majesty's Government, is the one contained in Article XV. This requires that the captain of any foreign vessel, upon his arrival at any of the open ports in Annam, instead of reporting his arrival at the Custom-house, as is usual, shall report it to the French Consul at the port, and place his ship's papers in the hands of the said Consul.\n\nThe same remarks apply to the terms of Article XVII, whereby foreign merchants having occasion to load or unload goods, must do so through the agency of the French Consuls at their respective ports.\n\nAgain, it is stipulated by Article XII that all disputes between foreigners and Custom-house officials in Annam as to the interpretation of Customs laws and regulations are to be settled by the French Consul with the assistance of an Annamite Judge. This Article appears to Her Majesty's Government peculiarly objectionable in principle and likely to be injurious in practice to the commercial interests of other countries. It affords no security for an impartial treatment of disputes arising in the course of commercial transactions between foreigners, other than French, and the natives or traders of Annam.\n\nThe absence of any such security becomes conspicuous when it is borne in mind that the Customs laws and regulations of Annam are to be originated and directed chiefly by French officials.\n\nGreat Britain has at all times strictly maintained the rights of extra-territorial jurisdiction whereby British Consuls at the various treaty ports take cognizance of cases in which their countrymen are concerned, and it does not appear to Her Majesty's Government that either civil suits or criminal trials affecting British subjects can be properly committed to the jurisdiction of a French Consul in a country which has not even the pretension to be French territory.\n\nSimilar objection is offered to another provision in Article XV, whereby the French Government assumes, conjointly with that of Annam, the responsibility of pronouncing judgment with reference to the confiscation of European and American vessels declared to have introduced munitions of war in quantities sufficient to constitute a public danger.\n\nThe Political Treaty of March 15, with which this Commercial Convention is specially connected, by the last clause of it having been already ratified, is beyond reach of the remonstrances to which the present Memorandum is confined. But it is impossible for Her Majesty's Government so completely to dissociate the terms of the latter from the aims of the former as not to recognize, in the stipulation above referred to, the necessary consequence of a scheme having for its object a control over the trade of Annam, so complete as to justify Her Majesty's Government in regarding those stipulations from a political as well as a commercial point of view.\n\nIn point of fact, it would appear that the practical effect of the Political Treaty when fully completed by that of the Commercial Treaty, may be not only to place the Custom-houses of Annam under the exclusive supervision of France, and their conduct under her special protection by means of French ships of war in open ports, as well as to give to the same European Power exclusive command of access to the Chinese Province of Yunnan by means of the Tongka River, but also to complete the surrender to French agents exclusively of whatever real authority may have been hitherto possessed by the King of Annam in political as well as commercial matters.\n\nSuch a result would constitute, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, an unprecedented departure from the salutary understanding which has hitherto governed the common practice of the great European Powers in their commercial and political dealings with countries in the category to which Annam belongs, and Her Majesty's Government have, therefore, full confidence that the remonstrances contained in this Memorandum will not be disregarded by the friendly Government of France, whose National Assembly, in the Report of its Committee on the Political Treaty, to which the Commercial one is attached by its concluding Article, has referred with pride to the part taken by France in concert with England towards procuring for the common advantage of European commerce, the opening of the Treaty ports of China.\n\nParis, November 15, 1874.\n\nC `[648]`\n\nPage 510\nPage 511",
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        "content_text": "ion: 2508 \n\nHoughing 11th August 1870 \n\nRecaved \n\n# \n\nd \n\nAugust 1875- \n\nThe Attorney General- (The Hon the J. Braniston) \n\nThe Acting Colonial secretary (The Honth Cecil C. Smith) \n\nExtradition Ordinance (amended) Submits draft of _ for the Surrender of Chinese Criminals \n\nA \n\n102 Tobey \n\n75 \n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title \n\nwith the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, \n\nto amend the law relating to the Extradition of Chinese Criminals. \n\n[ \n\n$ \n\n1875.] WHEREAS by article XXI of the treaty of Tientsin it is Preamble, agreed and provided that if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for and, on proof of their guilt, be delivered up; and whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the surrender of criminals, subjects of China, who take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, \n\nas follows:- \n\nI. This Ordinance may be cited as \"The Chinese Extradition short title. Ordinance, 1875,\" \n\n262 \n\nII. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the surren- The Ordinance der of criminals under any future arrangement that may be made to apply to by Her Majesty with the Emperor of China with respect to the future arran- surrender of fugitive criminals, as well as to their surrender under well as to any treaty that is in force at the date of the commencement of existing this Ordinance. \n\ngements as \n\ntreaties. \n\nIII. The following restrictions shall be observed with respect Restrictions on to the surrender of fugitive criminals :--- \n\nsurrender of \n\n(1.) A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the of- fence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if he prove to the satis- faction of the Magistrate, or of the Supreme Court if brought before it on habeas corpus, or of the Gover nor, that the requisition for his surrender has in fact been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character, or for an offence which is not an extradition crime. \n\n(2.) A fugitive criminal who has been accused of some of- fence within English jurisdiction not being the offence for which his surrender is asked, or is undergoing sen- tence under any conviction in the Colony, shall not be surrendered until after he has been discharged, whether by acquittal, or on expiration of his sentence, or other- wise. \n\nIV. Every fugitive criminal, who is in Hongkong, shall be Liability of liable to be apprehended and surrendered in manner provided \n\ncriminals to ba \n\nthis Ordinance, whether the crime in respect of which the surren-surrendered. \n\nder is sought was committed before or after the passing of this Ordinance, and whether there is or is not any concurrent jurisdic tion in any Court in the Colony over that crime. \n\nby order to \n\nV. Whenever a requisition for the surrender of a fugitive cri- Requisition to minal, who is in, or suspected of being in Hongkong, is made to the Governer the Governor by some officer of the Chinese Government, the may be followed Governor may, by order under his hand and seal, signify to a Magistrate for Magistrate that such requisition has been made, and require him warrant of to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal, apprehension. VI. A Magistrate, on receipt of the said order, may issue his Duties of a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal, or, if the Magistrate criminal be already in custody, may issue his order to all neces- upon receipt of sary persons to bring the criminal before him to be dealt with such order. according to this Ordinance. \n\nVII. A Magistrate may also issue his warrant for the appre- Magistrate hension of a fugitive criminal on such information or complaint may also issue as would, in his opinion, justify the issue of a warrant if the crime warrant as lu had been committed in the Colony. \n\nA fugitive criminal apprehended on a warrant so issued shall be discharged by the Magistrate, unless the Magistrate within such time as, with reference to the circumstances of the case, he shall think reasonable, receives from the Governor an order sig nifying that a requisition has been made for the surrender of such criminal. \n\nordinary cases, \n\nVIII. When a fugitive criminal is brought before a Magistrate, Hearing of the he shall hear the case in the same manner, and have the same case and evi- jurisdiction and powers, as near as may be, as if the prisoner dence of crime were brought before him charged with an indictable offence cum- mitted in the Colony. \n\nThe Magistrate shall receive any evidence which may be ten- dered to show that the crime of which the prisoner is accused, is an offence of a political character, or is not an extradition crime. \n\nbeing politieal. \n\n: \n\nEnclosure in Administrator ) . Gardiner Austin, bespatét hr. 102 of 13th August 1878:",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nsomething a little more tangible than a mere report from me of a conversation to show that due notice was taken.\n\nque\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) LYONS.\n\n•\n\n}\n\nInclosure in No. 7.\n\nMemorandum.\n\nLE Gouvernement Français n'a cessé de reconnaître, de même que celui de Sa Majesté Britannique, la valeur des considérations qui engagent les Grandes Puissances à suivre dans leurs rapports avec la Chine et le Japon une politique de solidarité. Loin de rechercher sur ce terrain des avantages exclusifs, il n'a rien négligé pour assurer entre ses représentants et ceux des autres nations l'unité d'action qui est à ses yeux indispensable à l'affermissement et au développement des relations des étrangers avec les nations de l'extrême Orient. S'il est entré isolément en négociations avec le Royaume d'Aunam, c'est des circonstances particulières l'ont obligé à pourvoir aux exigences d'une situation qui lui est propre. Maîtresse d'une partie de la Cochin-Chine, la France ne pouvait en effet rester indifférente à la prolongation des troubles de l'Annam, dangereux à la fois pour la sécurité de ses possessions voisines et pour le pouvoir d'un Souverain son allié, ni laisser s'accroître encore l'audace des nombreux pirates qui entravent dans ces mers les opérations commerciales. Afin de parer à ces dangers, il était nécessaire de venir en aide du Gouvernement Annamite, dont l'autorité et les moyens d'action sont insuffisants pour s'acquitter d'une tâche entourée des plus grandes difficultés. Telles sont les considérations qui se sont imposées aux négociateurs de l'Acte du 15 Mars dernier, destiné à remplacer celui qui liait déjà les deux pays. En échange des secours que la France s'est engagée à fournir à l'Annam, elle était fondée à demander certaines concessions qui, consacrées dans le Traité politique, ont reçu leur développement dans la Convention Commerciale sur laquelle s'est arrêtée l'attention du Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique.\n\nPour apprécier en toute impartialité un acte de cette nature, il est indispensable d'en considérer l'ensemble et de ne pas perdre de vue l'état de choses antérieur. A côté des clauses qui soulèvent des objections de la part du Cabinet de Londres, il en est d'autres qui assurent aux pays étrangers des avantages nouveaux et considérables.\n\nLes stipulations mêmes sur lesquelles portent le mémorandum remis par Lord Lytton au Ministre des Affaires Etrangères de France ne paraissent pas justifier les critiques dont elles sont l'objet.\n\nLe traitement de faveur dont jouiront, en ce qui touche les droits de Douane à percevoir dans les ports de l'Annam, les marchandises provenant ou à destination de Saigon, aura sans doute pour effet de développer le mouvement des affaires sur cette place; mais il s'en faut que le commerce y soit exclusivement entre des mains Françaises, et d'autres pavillons étrangers profiteront, en même temps que le nôtre, de la réduction de moitié du droit modéré de 5 pour cent stipulé par l'Article IV de la Convention.\n\nL'obligation où seront les négociants et les capitaines de toute nationalité de s'adresser à l'Agent Français dans les ports ouverts pour la remise des papiers de bord ou pour le chargement et le déchargement des marchandises, n'impose aux étrangers aucune entrave dont ils aient à se plaindre; ce n'est pas une formalité qui, en s'ajoutant aux présomptions en usage, retarde leurs opérations, et l'intervention de l'Agent Français serait plutôt un gage de régularité dans l'expédition des affaires de la part de l'Administration Indigène.\n\nLe Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique s'est ému de la stipulation qui investit l'Agent Français du droit de statuer, de concert avec un Magistrat Annamite, sur les contestations entre les négociants étrangers et la douane, et de celle qui attribue aux deux Gouvernements la faculté de prononcer la saisie des bâtiments employés à introduire dans le Royaume d'Annam des armes en quantité assez grande pour constituer un danger public. Il est difficile de considérer comme préjudiciable aux intérêts du commerce étranger la participation de l'Agent Français aux décisions qui comporteraient des débats sur l'application des règlements douaniers. Par ses lumières et son expérience, il se trouvera en mesure de rectifier, s'il y a lieu, les appréciations mal fondées des fonctionnaires indigènes, et son impartialité sera à la fois garantie par le devoir qui lui en fait une loi et par sa situation désintéressée. La clause qui exige l'accord des deux Gouvernements pour le prononcé des saisies encourues par des bâtiments ayant enfreint les prescriptions relatives au commerce des armes est également destinée à prévenir toute décision qui ne serait pas équitable. A ne consulter que ses propres convenances, le Gouvernement Français aurait lui-même épargné à ses agents un surcroît d'attributions délicates, et il aurait évité pour\n\n21\n\nune responsabilité dont il ne se dissimule pas le poids. S'il n'a pas cru devoir la décliner, c'est dans la pensée de prévenir par l'intervention de ses Représentants les conflits auxquels pourraient donner naissance dans les premiers temps, surtout de la part des autorités Annamites, l'obligation d'entretenir des rapports nouveaux pour elles avec les étrangers. En stipulant au profit du commerce de toutes les Puissances l'ouverture de certains ports de l'Annam, le Gouvernement Français ne devait pas compter en effet sur une modification immédiate des idées d'un peuple qui se refusait jusqu'ici à toute relation avec le dehors et dont les répugnances n'ont cédé que devant la perspective de compensations importantes.\n\nCes compensations résultent des secours de différente nature que le Royaume d'Annam recevra de la France, et pour que notre assistance ne demeure pas stérile, pour qu'elle ramène dans le pays l'ordre et la prospérité, nous avions à prévenir, par des mesures de prévoyance, la possibilité de toute complication de nature à entraver nos efforts.\n\nLa France abandonne à l'Annam une somme assez élevée qui lui est due et reste garante vis-à-vis de l'Espagne du paiement de la part d'indemnité qu'elle est fondée à réclamer un droit de contrôle suffisant pour que cette garantie ne devînt pas une charge de plus à ajouter à celles que nous assumons.\n\nLe Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique, lorsqu'il a voulu mettre un terme à l'anarchie qui régnait dans des Etats de la presqu'île de Malacca, voisins de ses établissements, a jugé lui-même nécessaire de réserver à ses Représentants une influence décisive sur la direction des affaires. Le Traité conclu le 14 Janvier, 1874, entre M. le Gouverneur des Straits Settlements et le Chef de Perak paraît, à cet égard, plus étendu que ne le fait ressortir l'exposé sommaire inséré au Memorandum annexé à la lettre de Lord Lytton du 15 Novembre, 1874. En dehors de l'Article X, qui investit les résidents Anglais d'un droit de contrôle sur le revenu et l'administration du pays, les Articles VI et VII portent, en effet, que les avis de ces hautes fonctionnaires devront être suivis dans toutes les affaires autres que celles se rapportant à la religion et aux coutumes. D'ailleurs, en faisant à ces arrangements une allusion suggérée par l'analogie des exigences auxquelles la France et l'Angleterre se trouvaient respectivement avoir à satisfaire, nous n'avions d'autre pensée que d'indiquer par ce rapprochement les nécessités qui s'imposent à toute Puissance Européenne placée dans des circonstances semblables.\n\nLes luttes sanglantes qui désolent le Toukin, les excès de toute sorte auxquelles se portent des pirates, aussi nombreux que redoutables, sur le littoral du Royaume d'Annam, étaient faits pour appeler particulièrement l'attention du Gouvernement Français. L'influence qu'il devait à ses anciennes relations avec la Cour de Hué, la confiance qu'il lui a inspirée en lui offrant des témoignages certains de bon vouloir et d'amitié, lui ont permis de surmonter la répugnance d'une nation qui paraissait résolue à interdire à l'élément étranger l'accès de son territoire. Il a mis à profit les dispositions favorables qu'il rencontrait pour consacrer par des stipulations, qui n'ont rien d'exclusif, un régime nouveau constituant un incontestable progrès. C'est à l'initiative de la France que ces concessions sont dues, et quels que soient les avantages particuliers qu'elles lui assurent pour prix de ses sacrifices, elles profiteront au commerce de tous les pays dont le pavillon est représenté dans les mers de l'Indo-Chine.\n\n[81]\n\n165",
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        "content_text": "something a little more tangible than a mere report from me of a conversation to show that due notice was taken.\n\n(Signed)\n\nI have, &c.\n\nLYONS.\n\n>\n\nInclosure in No. 7.\n\nMemorandum.\n\nLE Gouvernement Français n'a cessé de reconnaître, de même que celui de Sa Majesté Britannique, la valeur des considérations qui engagent les Grandes Puissances à suivre dans leurs rapports avec la Chine et le Japon une politique de solidarité. Loin de rechercher sur ce terrain des avantages exclusifs, il n'a rien négligé pour assurer entre ses représentants et ceux des autres nations l'unité d'action qui est à ses yeux indispensable à l'affermissement et au développement des relations des étrangers avec les nations de l'extrême Orient. S'il est entré isolément en négociations avec le Royaume d'Annam, c'est que des circonstances particulières l'ont obligé à pourvoir aux exigences d'une situation qui pour lui est propre : Maîtresse d'une partie de la Cochin-Chine, la France ne pouvait en effet rester indifférente à la prolongation des troubles de l'Annam, dangereux à la fois sécurité de ses possessions voisines et pour le pouvoir d'un Souverain son allié, ni laisser s'accroître encore l'audace des nombreux pirates qui entravent dans ces mers les opérations commerciales. Afin de parer à ces dangers, il était nécessaire de venir en aide du Gouvernement Annamite, dont l'autorité et les moyens d'action sont insuffisants pour s'acquitter d'une tâche entourée des plus grandes difficultés. Telles sont les considérations qui se sont imposées aux négociateurs de l'Acte du 15 Mars dernier, destiné à remplacer celui qui liait déjà les deux pays. En échange des secours que la France s'est engagée à fournir à l'Annam, elle était fondée à demander certaines concessions qui, consacrées dans le Traité politique, ont reçu leur développement dans la Convention Commerciale sur laquelle s'est arrêtée l'attention du Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique.\n\nPour apprécier en toute impartialité un acte de cette nature, il est indispensable d'en considérer l'ensemble et de ne pas perdre de vue l'état de choses antérieur. A côté des clauses qui soulèvent des objections de la part du Cabinet de Londres, il en est d'autres qui assurent aux pays étrangers des avantages nouveaux et considérables.\n\npar Lord Lytton\n\nLes stipulations mêmes sur lesquelles portent le mémorandum remis au Ministre des Affaires Etrangères de France ne paraissent pas justifier les critiques dont perce- elles sont l'objet.\n\nLe traitement de faveur dont jouiront, en ce qui touche les droits de Douane à voir dans les ports de l'Annam, les marchandises provenant ou à destination de Saigon, aura sans doute pour effet de développer le mouvement des affaires sur cette place; mais il s'en faut que le commerce y soit exclusivement entre des mains Françaises, et d'autres pavillons étrangers profiteront, en même temps que le nôtre, de la réduction de moitié du droit modéré de 5 pour cent stipulé par l'Article IV de la Convention.\n\nL'obligation où seront les négociants et les capitaines de toute nationalité de s'adresser à l'Agent Français dans les ports ouverts pour la remise des papiers de bord ou pour chargement et le déchargement des marchandises, n'impose aux étrangers aucune entrave dont ils aient à se plaindre; ce n'est pas une formalité qui, en s'ajoutant aux présomptions en usage retarde leurs opérations, et l'intervention de l'Agent Français serait plutôt un gage de régularité dans l'expédition des affaires de la part de l'Administration Indigène.\n\nLe Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique s'est ému de la stipulation qui investit l'Agent Français du droit de statuer, de concert avec un Magistrat Annamite, sur les contestations entre les négociants étrangers et la douane, et de celle qui attribue aux deux Gouvernements la faculté de prononcer la saisie des bâtiments employés à introduire dans le Royaume d'Annam des armes en quantité assez grande pour constituer un danger public. Il est difficile de considérer comme préjudiciable aux intérêts du commerce étranger la participation de l'Agent Français aux décisions qui comporteraient des débats sur Par ses lumières et son expérience, il se trouvera l'application des règlements douaniers.\n\nen mesure de rectifier, s'il y a lieu, les appréciations mal fondées des fonctionnaires indigènes, et son impartialité sera à la fois garantie par le devoir qui lui en fait une loi et par sa situation désintéressée. La clause qui exige l'accord des deux Gouvernements pour le prononcé des saisies encourues par des bâtiments ayant enfreint les prescriptions relatives au commerce des armes est également destinée à prévenir toute décision qui ne serait pas lui-même pour équitable. A ne consulter que ses propres convenances le Gouvernement Français aurait épargné à ses agents un surcroît d'attributions délicates, et il aurait évité\n\nune responsabilité dont il ne se dissimule pas le poids. S'il n'a pas cru devoir la décliner, c'est dans la pensée de prévenir par l'intervention de ses Représentants les conflits auxquels pourraient donner naissance dans les premiers temps, surtout de la part des autorités Annamites, l'obligation d'entretenir des rapports nouveaux pour elles avec les étrangers. En stipulant au profit du commerce de toutes les Puissances l'ouverture de certains ports de l'Annam, le Gouvernement Français ne devait pas compter en effet sur une modification immédiate des idées d'un peuple qui se refusait jusqu'ici à toute relation avec le dehors et dont les répugnances n'ont cédé que devant la perspective de compensations importantes.\n\nCes compensations résultent des secours de différente nature que le Royaume d'Annam recevra de la France, et pour que notre assistance ne demeure pas stérile, pour qu'elle ramène dans le pays l'ordre et la prospérité, nous avions à prévenir, par des mesures de prévoyance, la possibilité de toute complication de nature à entraver nos efforts.\n\nLa France abandonne à l'Annam une somme assez élevée qui lui est due et reste garante vis-à-vis de l'Espagne du paiement de la part d'indemnité qu'elle est fondée à réclamer en vertu du Traité du 5 Juin, 1862. A ce titre encore nous étions fondés à réclamer un droit de contrôle suffisant pour que cette garantie ne devînt pas une charge de plus à ajouter à celles que nous assumons.\n\nLe Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique, lorsqu'il a voulu mettre un terme à l'anarchie qui régnait dans des Etats de la presqu'île de Malacca, voisins de ses établissements, a jugé lui-même nécessaire de réserver à ses Représentants une influence décisive sur la direction des affaires. Le Traité conclu le 14 Janvier, 1874, entre M. le Gouverneur des Straits Settlements et le Chef de Perak paraît, à cet égard, plus étendu que ne le fait ressortir l'exposé sommaire inséré au Memorandum annexé à la lettre de Lord Lytton du 15 Novembre, 1874. En dehors de l'Article X, qui investit les résidents Anglais d'un droit de contrôle sur le revenu et l'administration du pays, les Articles VI et VII portent, en effet, que les avis de ces hautes fonctionnaires devront être suivis dans toutes les affaires autres que celles se rapportant à la religion et aux coutumes. D'ailleurs, en faisant à ces arrangements une allusion suggérée par l'analogie des exigences auxquelles la France et l'Angleterre se trouvaient respectivement avoir à satisfaire, nous n'avions d'autre pensée que d'indiquer par ce rapprochement les nécessités qui s'imposent à toute Puissance Européenne placée dans des circonstances semblables.\n\nLes luttes sanglantes qui désolent le Toukin, les excès de toute sorte auxquelles se portent des pirates, aussi nombreux que redoutables, sur le littoral du Royaume d'Aunam, étaient faits pour appeler particulièrement l'attention du Gouvernement Français. L'influence qu'il devait à ses anciennes relations avec la Cour de Hue, la confiance qu'il lui a inspirée en lui offrant des témoignages certains de bon vouloir et d'amitié, lui ont permis de surmonter la répugnance d'une nation qui paraissait résolue à interdire à l'élément étranger l'accès de son territoire. Il a mis à profit les dispositions favorables qu'il rencontrait pour consacrer par des stipulations, qui n'ont rien d'exclusif, un régime nouveau constituant un incontestable progrès. C'est à l'initiative de la France que ces concessions sont dues, et quels que soient les avantages particuliers qu'elles lui assurent pour prix de ses sacrifices, elles profiteront au commerce de tous les pays dont le pavillon est représenté dans les mers de l'Indo-Chine.\n\n[81]",
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        "content_text": "74\n\nSont considérés comme étant sur lest les navires dont la cargaison est inférieure au vingtième de leur jauge en encombrement, et à 5 fr. par tonneau en valeur,\n\nLes navires entrant sur lest et partant sur lest ne payent aucun droit de phare et d'ancrage.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLes marchandises expédiées de Saigon pour un des ports ouverts du Royaume d'Annam ou à destination de la Province du Yunam en transit par le Nhi-ha, et celles qui sont expédiées de l'un de ces ports ou de la Province du Yunam pour Saigon, ne seront soumises qu'à la moitié des droits frappant les marchandises de toute autre provenance ou ayant une autre destination.\n\nPour éviter toute fraude et constater qu'ils viennent bien de Saigon, ces bâtiments y feront timbrer par y feront viser leurs papiers par le Capitaine du Port de commerce et les le Consul d'Annam.\n\nLa Douane pourra exiger des bâtiments, à leur départ pour Saïgon, caution pour la moitié des droits auxquels ils ne sont pas soumis en vertu du paragraphe 1 du présent article; et si la caution ne paraît pas valable, la Douane pourra exiger le versement en dépôt de cette moitié de droits, qui sera restituée après justification.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nLe commerce par terre entre la Province de Bienhoa et celle de Binh-Thuan restera provisoirement dans les conditions où il est en ce moment, c'est-à-dire, qu'il ne pourra être établi de nouveaux droits ni apporté aucune modification aux droits existants.\n\nDans l'année qui suivra l'échange des ratifications du présent Traité, une Convention Supplémentaire réglera les conditions auxquelles sera soumis ce commerce par terre.\n\nEn tous les cas, l'exportation des chevaux de l'Empire d'Annam à destination de la Province de Bienhoa ne pourra être assujettie à des droits plus forts que ceux qui sont payés actuellement.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nPour assurer la perception des droits, et afin d'éviter les conflits qui pourraient naître entre les étrangers et les autorités Annamites, le Gouvernement Français mettra à la disposition du Gouvernement Annamite les fonctionnaires nécessaires pour diriger le service des Douanes sous la surveillance et l'autorité du Ministre chargé de cette partie du service public. I aidera également le Gouvernement Annamite à organiser sur les côtes un service de surveillance efficace pour protéger le commerce.\n\nAucun Européen non Français ne pourra être employé dans les Douanes des ports ouverts sans l'agrément du Consul de France ou du Résident Français près la Cour de Hué, avant le payement intégral de l'indemnité Espagnole.\n\nCe payement terminé, si le Gouvernement Annamite juge que ses fonctionnaires employés dans les Douanes peuvent se passer du concours des fonctionnaires Français, les deux Gouvernements s'entendront au sujet des modifications que cette détermination rendra nécessaires.\n\nARTICLE VII,\n\nLes Douanes des ports ouverts au commerce étranger devant être dirigées par un fonctionnaire Annamite résidant à Ninh-Haï, un fonctionnaire Français mis à la disposition du Gouvernement Annamite et portant le titre de chef du service Européen, résidera dans le même port, afin de se concerter avec lui sur toutes les mesures de détail ayant pour but la bonne organisation du service.\n\nTous les Européens employés dans les Douanes relèveront directement du chef du service Européen. Il aura le droit de correspondre pour les affaires de Douanes et de commerce avec le Consul Français et avec le Résident Français à Hué,\n\nLe chef du service Européen et le chef du service Annamite s'entendront pour les En cas de dissentiment, chacun d'eux pourra rapports à adresser au Ministre des Finances. s'adresser directement à ce haut fonctionnaire.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nLes rangs du personnel mis au service de Sa Majesté ses rapports officiels avec les autorités du pays, ainsi que ses émoluments, seront réglés d'un commun accord entre les deux Gouvernements.\n\n75\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nLa comptabilité des Douanes sera tenue en double dans les bureaux du service Euro-péen et dans les établissements financiers désignés par le Gouvernement Annamite pour encaisser le montant des droits.\n\nLes ordres de recette des droits devront porter le visa du fonctionnaire Français et celui du fonctionnaire Annamite. Les mêmes formalités seront observées lorsque l'argent devra être extrait des caisses de la Douane pour être versé dans celles de l'Etat.\n\nLes pièces de comptabilité et les registres seront comparés tous les mois.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nSeront prélevés sur le produit des droits de phare et d'ancrage, et, en cas d'insuffisance, sur le produit des droits de Douane, sans que jamais le prélèvement puisse dépasser la moitié du revenu brut de ce dernier et dans l'ordre suivant :\n\n1. La solde du personnel Européen employé au service des Douanes des ports ouverts de l'Annam; celle des employés Annamites ou autres du même service.\n\n2. La construction et l'entretien des Bureaux de la Douane.\n\n3. La construction et l'entretien des phares, bateaux-feu, balises.\n\n4. Les travaux de curage et les sondages.\n\nEnfin toutes les dépenses reconnues nécessaires pour faciliter et activer le développe-ment du mouvement commercial.\n\nARTICLE XI.\n\nLe tarif de droits établi par la présente Convention sera applicable pendant dix ans, à dater de l'échange des ratifications; pendant cette période, il ne pourra être modifié que du commun accord des deux hautes Parties Contractantes, et un an au moins après que la proposition en aura été faite par l'une d'elles.\n\nARTICLE XIL\n\nToutes les contestations entre les étrangers et le personnel des Douanes au sujet de l'application des règlements douaniers seront jugées par le Consul et un Magistrat Annamite.\n\nARTICLE XIII.\n\nLorsqu'un bâtiment Français ou étranger arrivera dans les eaux de l'un des ports ouverts au commerce étranger, il aura la faculté d'engager tel pilote qui lui conviendra pour se faire conduire immédiatement dans le port; et de même, quand après avoir acquitté toutes les charges légales, il sera prêt à mettre à la voile, on ne pourra pas lui refuser des pilotes pour le sortir du port sans retard ni délai,\n\nTout individu qui voudra exercer la profession de pilote pour les bâtiments étrangers pourra, sur la présentation de trois certificats de capitaines de navires, être commissionné par le Consul de France et le Capitaine du Port.\n\nLa rétribution payée aux pilotes sera réglée selon l'équité, pour chaque port en parti-culier, par le Consul ou Agent Consulaire et le Capitaine du Port, en raison de la distance et des difficultés de la navigation.\n\nDès\n\nARTICLE XIV.\n\nque le pilote aura introduit un navire de commerce étranger dans le port, le Chef de la Douane déléguera un ou deux préposés pour surveiller le navire et empêcher qu'il ne se pratique aucune fraude. Ces préposés pourront, selon leurs convenances, rester dans leurs propres bateaux ou se tenir à bord du bâtiment.\n\nLes frais de leur solde, de leur nourriture et de leur entretien seront à la charge de la Douane, et ils ne pourront exiger aucune indemnité ou rétribution quelconque des capi-taines ou des consignataires. Toute contravention à cette disposition entraînera une punition proportionnelle au montant de l'exaction, laquelle sera en outre intégralement restituée.\n\nARTICLE XV.\n\nDans les vingt-quatre heures qui suivront l'arrivée d'un navire de commerce étranger dans l'un des ports ouverts au commerce étranger, le capitaine, s'il n'est dûment empêché, et à son défaut le subrecargue ou le consignataire, devra se rendre au Consulat de France et remettra entre les mains du Consul les papiers de bord, les connaissements et le mani-\n\n359\n\nI",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE III.\n\nLes trois provinces complètes de Bien-Hoa, de Gia-Dinh et de Dinh-Tuong (Mitto), ainsi que l'Ile de Pulo-Condor, sont cédées entièrement par ce Traité en toute souveraineté à Sa Majesté l'Empereur des Français.\n\nEn outre, les commerçants Français pourront librement commercer et circuler sur des bâtiments, quels qu'ils soient, dans le grand fleuve du Cambodge et dans tous les bras de ce fleuve; il en sera de même pour les bâtiments de guerre Français envoyés en surveillance dans ce même fleuve ou dans ses affluents.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLa paix étant faite, si une nation étrangère voulait, soit en usant de provocation, soit par un Traité, se faire céder une partie du territoire Annamite, le Roi d'Annam préviendra par un envoyé l'Empereur des Français, afin de lui soumettre le cas qui se présente, en laissant à l'Empereur pleine liberté de venir en aide ou non au Royaume d'Annam; mais si, dans le dit Traité avec la nation étrangère, il est question de cession de territoire, cette cession ne pourra être sanctionnée qu'avec le consentement de l'Empereur des Français.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nLes sujets de l'Empire de France et du Royaume d'Espagne pourront librement commercer dans les trois ports de Tourane, de Balat, et de Quang-An.\n\nLes sujets Annamites pourront également librement commercer dans les ports de France et d'Espagne, en se conformant toutefois à la règle des droits établis.\n\nSi un pays étranger fait du commerce avec le Royaume d'Annam, les sujets de ce pays étranger ne pourront pas jouir d'une protection plus grande que ceux de France ou d'Espagne, et si ce dit pays étranger obtient un avantage dans le Royaume d'Annam, ce ne pourra jamais être un avantage plus considérable que ceux accordés à la France ou à l'Espagne.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nLa paix étant faite, s'il y a à traiter quelque affaire importante, les trois Souverains pourront envoyer des représentants pour traiter ces affaires dans une des trois capitales.\n\nSi, sans affaire importante, l'un des trois Souverains désirait envoyer des félicitations aux autres, il pourra également envoyer un représentant. Le bâtiment de l'Envoyé Français ou Espagnol mouillera dans le port de Tourane, et l'Envoyé ira de là à Hué par terre, où il sera reçu par le Roi d'Annam.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nLa paix étant faite, l'inimitié disparaît entièrement; c'est pourquoi l'Empereur des Français accorde une amnistie générale aux sujets, soit militaires, soit civils, du Royaume d'Annam, compromis dans la guerre, et leurs propriétés séquestrées leur seront rendues.\n\nLe Roi d'Annam accorde également une amnistie générale à ceux de ses sujets qui se sont soumis à l'autorité Française, et son amnistie s'étend sur eux et sur leurs familles.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nLe Roi d'Annam devra payer à titre d'indemnité, dans un laps de dix ans la somme de 4,000,000 dollars. 400,000 dollars seront, en conséquence, remis chaque année au Représentant de l'Empereur des Français à Saigon. Cette somme est destinée à indemniser la France et l'Espagne de leurs dépenses de guerre. Les 100,000 ligatures déjà payées seront déduites de cette somme. Le Royaume d'Annam n'ayant pas de dollars, le dollar sera représenté par une valeur de soixante et douze centièmes de taël.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nSi quelque brigand, pirate ou fauteur de troubles, Annamite, commet quelque brigandage ou désordre sur le territoire Français, ou si quelque sujet Européen, coupable de quelque délit, s'enfuit sur le territoire Annamite, aussitôt que l'autorité Française aura donné connaissance du fait à l'autorité Annamite, celle-ci devra faire ses efforts pour s'emparer du coupable, afin de le livrer à l'autorité Française.\n\n3\n\nIl en sera de même en ce qui concerne les brigands, pirates ou fauteurs de troubles Annamites qui, après s'être rendus coupables de délits, s'enfuiraient sur le territoire Français.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nLes habitants des trois provinces de Vinh-Long, d'An-Gian et de Ha-Tien pourront librement commercer dans les trois provinces Françaises, en se soumettant aux droits en vigueur; mais les convois de troupes, d'armes, de munitions ou de vivres entre les trois susdites provinces devront se faire exclusivement par mer.\n\npar\n\n Cependant l'Empereur des Français permet à ces convois d'entrer dans le Cambodge par la passe de Mitto dite Cua-Tieû, à la condition toutefois que les autorités Annamites en préviendront à l'avance le Représentant de l'Empereur, qui leur fera délivrer un laissez-passer. Si cette formalité était négligée, et qu'un convoi pareil entrât sans un permis, le dit convoi, et ce qui le compose, sera de bonne prise, et les objets saisis seront détruits.\n\nARTICLE XI.\n\nLa citadelle de Vinh-Long sera gardée jusqu'à nouvel ordre par les troupes Françaises, sans empêcher pourtant en aucune façon l'action des mandarins Annamites. Cette citadelle sera rendue au Roi d'Annam aussitôt qu'il aura mis fin à la rébellion qui existe aujourd'hui par ses ordres dans les provinces de Gia-Dinh et de Dinh-Tuong, et lorsque les chefs de ces rébellions seront partis et le pays tranquille et soumis comme il convient à un pays en paix.\n\nARTICLE XII.\n\nCe Traité étant conclu entre les trois nations, et les Ministres Plénipotentiaires des dites trois nations l'ayant signé et revêtu de leurs sceaux, ils en rendront compte, chacun à son Souverain; et, à partir d'aujourd'hui, jour de la signature, dans l'intervalle d'un an, les trois Souverains ayant examiné et ratifié le dit Traité, l'échange des ratifications aura lieu dans la capitale du Royaume d'Annam,\n\nEn foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs susnommés ont signé le présent Traité et y ont apposé leurs cachets.\n\nA. Saigon, le 5 Juin, 1862.\n\nTu-Duc, 15me année, 5me mois, 9me jour.\n\n(L.S.) 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        "content_text": "Enclosure in Governor Sir Alpennedy's despatch\n\nNo 73 of 8th April 187?\n\nKiungchow, Hainan, has been formally opened to British Trade on and after the 1st April 1876.\n\nI beg to annex a copy of the Consular Notification with its enclosures (for local publication in the Hongkong Government Gazette).\n\nI have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,\n\nU.B.\n\nNo. 69.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,\n\n24\n\n6463\n\nThe following Notification from Sir BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Canton, is published for general information.\n\nBy Command,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th April, 1876.\n\nCONSULAR NOTIFICATION.\n\nJ. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.\n\nThe undersigned hereby notifies that, in accordance with the Eleventh Article of the Treaty of Tientsin, the Port of Kiungchow, in the Island of Hainan, is opened to British Trade on and after the date hereof.\n\nAnnexed is a copy of Notification from Her Majesty's Minister in China, by which, the Island of Hainan is included within the Consular District of Canton, and the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Vice-Consul therein defined; and also a copy of the Custom House Regulations under which Foreign Trade will, for the present, be conducted.\n\n(Signed,) B. ROBERTSON,\n\nKiungchow in Hainan, 1st April, 1876.\n\nTrue Copy,\n\nAnnex No. 1.\n\n(Copy.)\n\nCOLIN M. FORD, Consul.\n\nBy virtue of the Authority vested in me as Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, I have included the Island of Hainan, situated on the coast of China, in the dominions of the Emperor of China, within the Consular District of Canton, whereof Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, Knight, C.B., is Her Majesty's Consul, and whereas it is expedient to appoint a person to act temporarily as and for the said Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., within the said Island of Hainan, now a portion of the Consular District of Canton, I do therefore approve Mr. ROBERT JAMES FORREST to act as Vice-Consul within the said Island, and I authorize him within the same to hold and form a Court and to exercise all the power and authority which a person so acting temporarily may exercise under the 25th Section of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865.\n\nTHOMAS FRANCIS WADE.\n\nAnnex No. 2. (Copy)\n\n(Signed,)\n\nPROVISIONAL CUSTOM HOUSE AND HARBOUR REGULATION FOR KIUNGCHOW.\n\nI. Masters must deposit their Ship's Papers and Manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs, or with the Consul of some other Nation) within 48 hours after entering the Port.\n\nII. The Import Manifest must contain a true Account of the nature of the Cargo on board, and must be handed to the Customs before any application to break bulk can be attended to.\n\nShip's Papers.\nImport Manifest.\n\nIII. The Import Manifest having been received, and the Ship's Papers duly lodged with the Consul Applications to land or the Customs, Permits to land goods will be granted on the receipt of applications specifying the number of packages, with their marks, weight, quantity and such like particulars.\n\nIV. Before shipment of goods, Permits to ship must in like manner be obtained.\n\nApplications to ship Cargo.\n\nV. Cargo for which a Permit has been issued, but which cannot be received on board, must be brought to the Custom House jetty for examination before being relanded.\n\nExclusion of Cargo.\n\nVI. When a vessel has received on board the whole of her outward cargo, the Customs must be furnished with an Export Manifest.\n\nExport Manifest.",
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        "content_text": "The Bill, signed by sirety shareholders representing four hundred shares, half the total capital of the Company.\n\nA detailed Report of the discussion on the Bill in Council taken from the columns of the Daily \"Press\", a leading article from the \"China Mail\", and a return giving details respecting the status of each Marine Insurance Office and Landmark in China.\n\nI have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Extennedy Inverner.\n\n7630 76. 137 Governor & Commander in Chief.\n\nNo. 4 of 1876.\n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorise \"The China Traders' Insurance Company, Limited,\" to sub-divide its shares.\n\n[22nd April, 1876.]\n\nTitle,\n\nWHEREAS \"The China Traders' Insurance Company, Limited\" is a Public Company duly Incorporated and Limited by shares under the provisions of \"The Companies Ordinance, 1865,\" and whereas the Memorandum of Association of the said Company provides that the Capital of the Company is one million of dollars divided into two hundred shares of five thousand dollars each, and whereas the whole of the said shares have been issued, and the sum of one thousand dollars has been paid up on each share, and a further call of five hundred dollars upon each share has been made, and whereas the said Company has found that shares of five thousand dollars each are too large to be readily marketable, and the Company is therefore desirous of sub-dividing the existing shares into shares of smaller amount, and whereas the said Company in order to effectuate its desire has applied to have the necessary powers therefor conferred upon it by means of this Ordinance: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\nI. In the interpretation of this Ordinance, the expression \"The Company\" shall mean \"The China Traders' Insurance Company, Limited.\"\n\nII. It shall be lawful for the Company, by special resolution, to modify the conditions contained in its Memorandum of Association so as by sub-division of its shares or any of them to divide its shares of Capital or any part thereof into shares of any amount not less than fifteen hundred dollars each; provided that in the sub-division of the existing shares, the proportion between the amount which is paid, and the amount which is unpaid on each share of reduced amount shall be the same as it was in the case of the existing share or shares, from which the share of reduced amount is derived.\n\nIII. The Statement of the number and amount of the shares into which the Capital of the Company is divided contained in every copy of the Memorandum of Association issued after the passing of any such special resolution, shall be in accordance with such resolution, and if the Company make default in complying with the provisions of this section, it shall incur a penalty not exceeding five dollars for each copy in respect of which such default is made, and every Director, Manager and Secretary of the Company who knowingly or wilfully authorises or permits such default shall incur the like penalty. All such penalties may be recovered before a Magistrate in a summary way.\n\nIV. This Ordinance shall come into force on such day as shall be hereafter fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 2nd day of April, 1876.\n\nClerk of Councils.\n\nMemorandum",
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        "content_text": "# ARTICLE II.\n\nThe crimes for which the extradition is to be granted are the following:\n\n(1.) Murder (including infanticide) and attempt to murder.\n\n(2.) Manslaughter.\n\n(3.) Counterfeiting or altering money, uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered money.\n\n(4.) Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered; comprehending the crimes designated in the Penal Codes of either State as counterfeiting or falsification of paper money, bank-notes, or other securities, forgery, or other falsification of other public or private documents, likewise the uttering or bringing into circulation, or wilfully using such counterfeited, forged, or falsified papers.\n\n(5.) Embezzlement or larceny.\n\n(6.) Obtaining money or goods by false pretences.\n\n(7.) Crimes against bankruptcy law.\n\n(8.) Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, or member or public officer of any Company made criminal by any law for the time being in force.\n\n(9.) Rape.\n\n(10.) Abduction of minors.\n\n(11.) Child stealing or kidnapping.\n\n(12.) False imprisonment.\n\n(13.) Burglary, or housebreaking, with criminal intent.\n\n(14.) Arson.\n\n(15.) Robbery with violence.\n\n(16.) Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort.\n\n(17.) Perjury or subornation of perjury.\n\n(18.) Malicious injury to property, if the offence be indictable.\n\nThe extradition is also to take place for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, as an accessory before or after the fact.\n\n# ARTIKEL II.\n\nDie strafbaren Handlungen, wegen deren die Auslieferung zu gewähren ist, sind folgende:\n\n(1.) Mord, mit Inbegriff des Kindsmordes, und Mordsversuch.\n\n(2.) Todtschlag.\n\n(3.) Nachmachen oder Verfälschen von Metallgeld, Verausgabung oder Inumlaufsetzen nachgemachten oder verfälschten Metallgeldes.\n\n(4.) Fälschung, nachmachen oder Verändern, sowie die Verausgabung dessen, was nachgemacht, gefälscht oder verändert ist, inbegriffen die Verbrechen, welche in den Strafgesetzen des einen oder andern Staates als Nachmachen oder Verfälschen von Papiergeld, Banknoten oder andern Wertschriften enthalten sind; ferner die Fälschung oder Verfälschung anderer öffentlicher oder Privat-Urkunden, sowie die Verausgabung, das In-Verkehr-Bringen, oder der wissentliche Gebrauch solcher nachgemachter, gefälschter oder verfälschter Papiere.\n\n(5.) Diebstahl und Unterschlagung.\n\n(6.) Betrug, resp. Erlangung von Geld oder andern Sachen durch falsche Vorspiegelungen.\n\n(7.) Betrüglicher Bankrott, resp. Verbrechen gegen das Gesetz betreffend Bankrott.\n\n(8.) Untreue Seitens eines Verwalters, Beauftragten, Banquiers, Agenten, Prokuristen, Vormundes oder Kurators, Vorstandes, Mitgliedes oder Beamten irgend einer Gesellschaft, soweit dieselbe nach den bestehenden Gesetzen mit Strafe bedroht ist.\n\n(9.) Nothzucht.\n\n(10.) Entführung von Minderjährigen.\n\n(11.) Menschenraub.\n\n(12.) Rechtswidriges Gehaltenwerden.\n\n(13.) Einbrechen oder Einsteigen in ein Wohnhaus in verbrecherischer Absicht.\n\n(14.) Vorsätzliche Brandstiftung.\n\n(15.) Raub unter Anwendung von Gewalt.\n\n(16.) Drohungen mittels Brief oder auf andere Weise, mit der Absicht, zu erpressen.\n\n(17.) Meineid und die Verleitung zum Meineid.\n\n(18.) Böswillige Eigenthumsbeschädigung, insofern sie kriminalrechtliche Verfolgung begründet.\n\nDie Auslieferung findet auch statt wegen Theilnahme an einer der vorbezeichneten strafbaren Handlungen, mag die Theilnahme vor oder nach der Verübung stattfinden.\n\n# ARTICLE III.\n\nNo Swiss shall be delivered up by Switzerland to the Government of the United Kingdom; and no subject of the United Kingdom shall be delivered up by the Government thereof to Switzerland.\n\n# ARTIKEL III.\n\nKein Schweizer wird von Seiten der Schweiz an die Regierung des Vereinigten Königreiches und von Seiten dieser kein englischer Unterthan an die Schweiz ausgeliefert werden.\n\n# ARTICLE IV.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if the person claimed on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom, or the person claimed on the part of the Swiss Government, has already been tried and discharged or punished, or is still under trial, in one of the Swiss Cantons or in the United Kingdom respectively, for the crime for which his extradition is demanded.\n\nIf the person claimed on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom, or if the person claimed on the part of the Swiss Government, should be under examination, or have been condemned for any other crime, in one of the Swiss Cantons or in the United Kingdom respectively, his extradition may be deferred until he shall have been set at liberty in due course of law.\n\nIn case such individual should be proceeded against or detained in the country in which he has taken refuge, on account of obligations contracted towards private individuals, his extradition shall, nevertheless, take place; the injured party retaining his right to prosecute his claims before the competent authority.\n\n# ARTIKEL IV.\n\nDie Auslieferung soll nicht stattfinden, wenn die von der Schweizerischen Regierung verfolgte Person im Vereinigten Königreich, oder die Seitens der Regierung des Vereinigten Königreiches verfolgte Person in einem Kanton der Schweiz wegen derselben strafbaren Handlung, wegen deren die Auslieferung nachgesucht wird, in Untersuchung gewesen und ausser Verfolgung gesetzt worden, oder sich noch in Untersuchung befindet, oder bereits bestraft worden ist.\n\nWenn die von der Schweizerischen Regierung verfolgte Person im Vereinigten Königreich, oder wenn die Seitens der Regierung des Vereinigten Königreiches verfolgte Person in einem Kanton der Schweiz wegen einer andern strafbaren Handlung in Untersuchung liegt oder bestraft worden ist, so kann die Auslieferung verschoben werden, bis diese Person in gehörigen Rechtsgang in Freiheit gesetzt worden ist.\n\nWird ein solches Individuum wegen Verpflichtungen, die dasselbe mit Privatpersonen abgeschlossen hat, in jenem Lande, in welchem es Zuflucht genommen hat, gerichtlich verfolgt oder mit Personalarrest belegt, so soll dessen Auslieferung dennoch stattfinden, dabei dem beschädigten Partei das Recht vorbehalten bleiben, ihre Ansprüche vor der kompetenten Behörde geltend zu machen.\n\n# ARTICLE V.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if, subsequently to the commission of the crime, or the institution of the penal prosecution, or the conviction thereon, exemption from prosecution or punishment has been acquired by lapse of time, according to the laws of the State applied to.\n\n# ARTIKEL V.\n\nDie Auslieferung soll nicht stattfinden, wenn seit der begangenen strafbaren Handlung, oder der Einleitung der strafgerichtlichen Verfolgung, oder der erfolgten Verurtheilung nach den Gesetzen des ersuchten Staates Verjährung der strafgerichtlichen Verfolgung oder der erkannten Strafe eingetreten ist.\n\n# ARTICLE VI.\n\nIf the individual claimed by one of the two Contracting Parties in pursuance of the present Treaty should be also claimed by one or several other Powers, on account of other crimes committed upon their respective territories, his surrender shall be granted to that State whose demand is earliest in date; unless any other arrangement should be made between the Governments, which have claimed him, either on \n\n# ARTIKEL VI.\n\nWird ein Individuum von einer der beiden Vertragsparteien auf Grund des gegenwärtigen Vertrages zur Auslieferung reklamirt, zugleich aber auch dessen Auslieferung von einer oder mehrern andern Mächten wegen andern auf deren Gebieten begangenen Verbrechen verlangt, so ist dasjenige Gesuch im Vorgange zu bewilligen, welches das älteste im Datum ist, es sei denn, dass zwischen den Regierungen,",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE III.\n\nIn no case and on no grounds whatever shall the High Contracting Parties be held to concede the extradition of their own subjects.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if the person claimed on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom, or the person claimed on the part of the Government of Austria-Hungary, has already been tried and discharged or punished, or is still under trial, in the Austro-Hungarian dominions, or in the United Kingdom respectively, for the crime for which his extradition is demanded,\n\nIf the person claimed on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom, or if the person claimed on the part of the Government of Austria-Hungary, should be under examination for any other crime in the Austro-Hungarian dominions, or in the United Kingdom respectively, his extradition shall be deferred until the conclusion of the trial, and the full execution of any punishment awarded to him.\n\nShould an individual whose extradition is demanded be at litigation, or be detained in the country on account of private obligations, his surrender shall nevertheless be made, the injured party retaining the right to prosecute his claims before the competent authority.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if, with respect to the crime for which it is demanded, and according to the laws of the country applied to, criminal prosecution and punishment has lapsed.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nA fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if he prove that the requisition for his surrender has, in fact, been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nIf an individual whose extradition is demanded by either of the High Contracting Parties, in accordance with the terms of this Treaty, be also claimed by one or several other Powers on account of other crimes committed on their territory, he shall be surrendered to the Government in whose territory his gravest crime was committed; and if his crimes are all of the same gravity, or a doubt exists as to which is the gravest, to the Government which first made application for his surrender.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nA surrendered person shall in no case be kept in arrest or subjected to examination in the State to which he has been surrendered on account of another previous crime, or any other grounds than those of his surrender, unless such person has, after his surrender, had an opportunity of returning to the country whence he was surrendered, and has not made use of this opportunity, or unless he, after having returned there, reappears in the country to which he has already been surrendered.\n\nThis stipulation does not refer to crimes committed after surrender.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nRequisitions for surrender shall be made by the Diplomatic Agents of the High Contracting Parties.\n\nTo the requisition for the surrender of an accused person there must be attached a warrant issued by the competent authorities of the State which demands extradition, and such proofs as would, according to the laws of the place where the accused was found, justify his arrest if the crime had been committed there.\n\nIf the requisition refers to a person already convicted, the sentence passed by the competent Tribunal of State demanding his surrender must be produced.\n\nARTIKEL III.\n\nIn keinem Falle und aus keinem Grunde sollen die hohen vertragschliessenden Theile gehalten sein, die Auslieferung der eigenen Unterthanen zuzugestehen.\n\nARTIKEL IV.\n\nDie Auslieferung soll nicht stattfinden wenn die Person, deren Auslieferung aus Oesterreich-Ungarn verlangt wird, in einem der Länder der Oesterreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie, oder die Person, deren Auslieferung aus Grossbritannien verlangt wird, im vereinigten Königreiche, wegen derselben strafbaren Handlung, wegen deren die Auslieferung beantragt wird, in Untersuchung gewesen und\n\nausser Verfolgung gesetzt worden, oder sich noch in Untersuchung befindet, oder bereits bestraft worden ist.\n\nWenn die Person deren Auslieferung begehrt wird, in dem Staatsgebiete, wo sie sich befindet, wegen einer anderen strafbaren Handlung in Untersuchung oder Strafe ist, so soll ihre Auslieferung bis zur Beendigung dieser Untersuchung und vollendeter Vollstreckung der etwa gegen sie erkannten Strafe aufgeschoben werden.\n\nSollte ein Individuum dessen Auslieferung begehrt wird, wegen privatrechtlicher Verpflichtungen in Prozess stehen oder zurückgehalten werden, so soll dessen Auslieferung nichtsdestoweniger stattfinden; die verletzte Person behält jedoch das Recht ihre Ansprüche vor der zuständigen Behörde zu verfolgen.\n\nARTIKEL V.\n\nDie Auslieferung soll nicht stattfinden, wenn in Betreff des Verbrechens, wegen dessen die Auslieferung begehrt wird, nach den Gesetzen des um die Auslieferung angegangenen Staates, die Strafverfolgung oder die Strafvollstreckung durch Verjährung erloschen ist.\n\nARTIKEL VI.\n\nEin flüchtiger Verbrecher soll nicht ausgeliefert werden, wenn die strafbare Handlung, wegen deren seine Auslieferung begehrt wird, einen politischen Character an sich trägt, oder wenn er darthut, dass der Antrag auf seine Auslieferung in Wirklichkeit mit der Absicht gestellt worden ist, ihn wegen eines Verbrechens oder Vergehens politischer Natur zu verfolgen oder zu bestrafen.\n\nARTIKEL VII.\n\nWenn ein Individuum dessen Auslieferung in Gemässheit dieses Vertrages von einer der beiden Vertragsmächte begehrt wird, noch von einer oder mehreren anderen Mächten wegen anderer Verbrechen, die in deren Gebiete begangen wurden, reklamirt wird, so ist dasselbe der Regierung, in deren Gebiete die schwerere Gesetzesübertretung begangen wurde, und wenn die von ihm verübten strafbaren Handlungen gleich schwer wären, oder wenn es zweifelhaft bleibe, welche die schwerere sei, derjenigen Regierung auszuliefern, welche zuerst das Ersuchen um die Auslieferung gestellt hat.\n\nARTIKEL VIII.\n\nDie ausgelieferte Person darf in dem Staate an welchen die Auslieferung erfolgt ist, keinenfalls wegen einer anderen früher begangenen strafbaren Handlung, oder auf Grund anderer Thatsachen als derjenigen, wegen deren die Auslieferung erfolgt ist, in Haft gehalten oder zur Untersuchung gezogen werden, es wäre denn, dass sie nach der Auslieferung Gelegenheit gehabt hätte, in das Land zurückzukehren, aus welchem sie ausgeliefert wurde, und diese Gelegenheit nicht benützt hätte, oder dass sie, nachdem sie dahin zurückgekehrt war, freiwillig in dem Land wieder erschienen wäre, an das sie schon einmal ausgeliefert wurde.\n\nAuf strafbare Handlungen, welche nach erfolgter Auslieferung verübt sind, findet diese Bestimmung keine Anwendung.\n\nARTIKEL IX.\n\nDie Anträge auf Auslieferung sollen durch die diplomatischen Agenten der hohen vertragenden Theile gestellt werden.\n\nMit dem Antrage auf Auslieferung eines Beschuldigten müssen ein Haftbefehl, welcher von der zuständigen Behörde des die Auslieferung begehrenden Staates erlassen ist, und solche Beweise beigebracht werden, welche nach den Gesetzen des Ortes, wo der Beschuldigte aufgefunden wird, dessen Verhaftung rechtfertigen würden, wenn die strafbare Handlung dort begangen wäre,\n\nBetrifft der Antrag eine bereits verurtheilte Person, so muss das Strafurtheil beigebracht werden, welches von dem zuständigen Gericht des die Auslieferung begehrenden Staates gegen den Verurtheilten erlassen ist.\n\nIII. CZIKK.\n\nA magas szerződőfelek soha és semmi szín alatt sem köteleztetnek, saját alattvalóik kiadásának engedélyezésére.\n\nIV. CZIKK.\n\nNincs helye a kiadatásnak, ha azon személy, a kinek Ausztriából vagy Magyarországból való kiadatása kívántatik, az osztrák-magyar monarchia valamelyik országában, vagy pedig azon személy, a kinek kiadatása Nagybritanniából kívántatik, az egyesült királyságban, ugyanazon büntetendő cselekmény miatt, mely miatt kiadatása kívántatik, vizsgálat alatt állott, és azon eljárás meg lett szüntetve, vagy az illető egyén még vizsgálat alatt áll, vagy már megbüntetve lett.\n\nHa a személy, a kinek kiadatása kívántatik, azon államterületen, a melyen tartózkodik, valamely más büntetendő cselekmény miatt vizsgálat vagy büntetés alatt áll, ezen esetben kiadatása azon időre halasztandó, midőn ellene a vizsgálat befejeztetett, vagy midőn büntetését kiállotta.\n\nHa az egyén, a kinek kiadatása kéretik, magánjogi kötelezettségek miatt perben állana, vagy visszatartatnék, kiadatása ennek ellenére is eszközlendő, fennmaradván a sértett félnek abbeli joga, hogy követelését az illetékes hatóság előtt érvényesítse.\n\nV. CZIKK.\n\nA kiadatás nem eszközlendő, ha azon büntetendő cselekményre nézve, mely miatt a kiadatás kívántatik, az erre megkeresett állam törvényei szerint a bűnvádi eljárás elévülés folytán nem indítható meg, vagy a büntetés ugyanezen okból nem hajtható végre.\n\nVI. CZIKK.\n\nA menekült büntettes nem adandó ki, ha a büntetendő cselekmény, mely miatt kiadatása kívántatik, politikai jelleggel bírna, vagy ha igazolná azt, hogy kiadatása valósággal politikai természetű bűntett vagy vétség miatti üldöztetése vagy megbüntetése czéljából kívántatik.\n\nVII. CZIKK.\n\nHa azon egyén, kinek kiadatása a szerződőfelek egyike által a jelen szerződés értelmében kívántatik, egy vagy több más állam által is, az ezek területén elkövetett más bűntettek miatt szintén kiadatni kívántatik, ez esetben az azon kormánynak adandó ki, a melynek területén a súlyosabb törvényszegést követte el, ha pedig az általa elkövetett büntetendő cselekmények súlyossága között nem lenne különbség vagy végre, ha kétes lenne, hogy melyik a súlyosabb büntetendő cselekmény, azon kormánynak adandó ki, mely legelőbb intézte a kiadás iránti megkeresést.\n\nVIII. CZIKK.\n\nA kiadott személy azon államban, kiadatását melynek kiadatott, a megelőző időben elkövetett más büntetendő cselekmény miatt, vagy más tények alapján, mint azok, a melyek miatt kiadatott, semmi szín alatt sem tartható fogságban, vagy vonható vizsgálat alá, kivévén, ha kiadatása után alkalma volt azon országba visszatérni, a melyből kiadatott, és ezen alkalmat nem használta fel, vagy ha visszatért ugyan, de önként ismét azon országba ment, a melynek egyszer már kiadva lett.\n\nA kiadatás után elkövetett büntetendő cselekményekre ezen határozat nem alkalmazható.\n\nIX. CZIKK.\n\nA kiadás iránti megkeresések a magas szerződőfelek diplomatiai ügynökei által terjesztendők elő.\n\nA kiadatás iránti megkereséssel előterjesztendők a kiadást szorgalmazó állam illetékes hatósága által kibocsátott elfogatási parancs, és oly bizonyítékok, melyek, ha a bűntendő cselekmény ott követtetett volna el, a hol a vádlott feltaláltatik, ezen helynek törvényei szerint vádlottnak elfogatását igazolnák.\n\nHa a kiadás iránti megkeresés már elítélt személyre vonatkozik: előterjesztendő a kiadatást szorgalmazó állam illetékes bírósága által az elítélt ellen hozott büntető ítélet.",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nnous reconnaître et se retireraient nous les remplacerons par des hommes prudents et sachant prendre les intérêts du peuple.\n\nNous n'avons aucunement l'intention de vous emparer Tongking et de chasser les Mandarins; nous choisirons seulement des hommes du pays pour mettre à la tête du peuple puis nous recommanderons au Roi et aux Mandarins de traiter le peuple comme un père traite ses enfants, nous recompenserons dignement tous ceux qui nous auront rendu quelque service. Tous les Mandarins que nous aurions nommés seront maintenus en place et ne seront inquiétés en nulle façon.\n\nQue tous les Sous-Préfets et Baillés veillent à ce que rien ne trouble la tranquillité publique. Quant aux villages qui seraient incendiés, ou auraient subi quelque dommage, qu'ils attendent l'arrivée des nouveaux Mandarins qui rendront les chefs de canton responsables de ces désastres.\n\nQue les lettrés restent tranquilles chacun dans son village, et qu'ils ne s'avisent de se révolter. Que dans les marchés on continue à commercer comme auparavant et qu'il n'y ait de trouble nulle part.\n\npas\n\nAprès la publication de cet édit, si quelque bande ose encore inquiéter et piller le peuple, nous en tirerons un châtiment exemplaire.\n\nTelle est notre volonté.\n\nLe deuxième jour du deuxième mois de l'année “Lui dan.”\n\nInclosure 6.\n\nLieutenant Garnier's fourth Proclamation, issued after the Capture of Nam-dinlo, on the 10th December, 1873.\n\nLE Grand Mandarin Français, Envoyé Plénipotentiaire, Garnier, fait savoir à tous ce qui suit :\n\nIl y a déjà longtemps que la France et l'Annam sont unis par un Traité de Paix, et que les relations commerciales existent entre les deux royaumes. Le mois dernier je fus envoyé par l'Amiral ici au Tongking pour me concerter avec les Mandarins, et ouvrir un débouché au commerce de ce pays, c'était d'ailleurs l'intention du Roi lui-même. Notre unique but en nous rendant à Hanoi était donc de nous entendre avec les Mandarins, et de prendre soin des intérêts du peuple. Mais le grand Mandarin Nguyen Tri-phuong et les autres Mandarins de la province firent traîner les choses en longueur et nous tendirent toutes sortes d'embûches et des pièges pour amener notre ruine. Poussés à bout nous fûmes obligés de nous emparer de la citadelle. Après que la tranquillité eut été rétablie, j'avais l'intention de me rendre ici à Nam-dinlo pour voir les Mandarins de la province, et m'entendre avec eux au sujet de la liberté du commerce et de l'extermination des pirates et bandits de toute sorte; alors les populations auraient pu jouir de la paix. Mais lorsque nous sommes passés devant les forts de Phu-sa, de Thuy, et de Thanh Thuong, les soldats de ces forts ont, je ne sais pour quel motif, tenté de nous arrêter, ce qui nous a forcé à nous battre. Le désastre qui a suivi retombe donc tout entier sur les Mandarins de Nam-dinlo, qui ont été cause que nous nous sommes emparés de la citadelle. Nous vous l'expliquons pour vous tranquilliser.\n\nNous ordonnons à tous les notables Annamites et commerçants Chinois qui sont dans la ville, se rendre à la citadelle aujourd'hui à midi pour recevoir nos ordres; nous leur assurons qu'ils n'ont rien à craindre. Nous donnons trois jours à tous les Sous-Préfets (\"Quan phu\") et baillés (\"Quan huyen\") de la province pour faire leur soumission ou pour donner leur démission par la livraison de leur sceau; si non, nous les considérons comme ennemis, et les traiterons comme tels. Les Chefs et sous-Chefs de Canton (\"Cartong, photang\") et les Maires (\"Ly truong\") continueront à administrer en paix jusqu'à ce que nous leur ayons distribué de nouveaux cachets (sceaux), mais si quelqu'un d'entre eux se permet de vexer le peuple comme autrefois, nous le jugerons en conseil de guerre.\n\nQue chacun reste tranquille chez soi, s'il y a des rassemblements, si des malfaiteurs troublent la paix publique, soit sur terre soit sur eau, nous les ferons saisir et fusiller sur le champ.\n\nNous donnons trois jours aux bandes armées pour venir livrer leurs armes; ceux qui ne l'auront pas fait passeront en conseil de guerre. Que chacun attache la plus grande importance à nos ordres et observe nos prescriptions, car nous punirons les coupables d'une manière exemplaire, et personne ne pourra se plaindre de n'avoir pas été averti. Telle est notre Proclamation.\n\n21\n\nInclosure 7.\n\nConvention between France and Annam, signed February 6, 1874.\n\nLE Grand Mandarin du noble Royaume d'Annam, Assesseur au Ministère des Cultes, Nguyen Vun-tuong, Second Ambassadeur Plénipotentiaire délégué spécialement pour terminer les affaires du Tongking au nom de l'Annam, d'une part;\n\nEt le Grand Mandarin du noble Royaume de France Philastre, Inspecteur des Affaires Indigènes en Cochin-Chine Français, envoyé par le Gouverneur, avec pleins pouvoirs pour arranger les affaires au Tongking au nom de son Gouvernement, d'autre part;\n\nAprès s'être communiqué leurs pouvoirs et en avoir constaté la valeur, ont arrêté les Articles suivants :-\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nIl n'existe plus de sujet de discussion entre les deux Royaumes, qui se sont réconciliés, c'est pourquoi les grands Mandarins surnommés s'engagent à observer ce qui suit.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nLes soldats Français évacueront la citadelle de Hanoi, la remettront au pouvoir des Mandarins Annamites et se retireront à Cua-cam, dans le fort de Haiphong. Les Mandarins Annamites prépareront donc de suite un local pour que la garnison Française puisse s'y établir provisoirement, jusqu'à ce que l'on ait signé le Traité définitif. Les Français s'établissent à Haiphong afin de protéger le Royaume Annamite contre ceux qui voudraient pénétrer dans l'intérieur du pays contraire aux lois du Royaume, et pour forcer les navires du certain Dupuis à demeurer au port jusqu'à la conclusion du Traité au cas qu'il y ait une stipulation autorisant les Européens à venir faire le commerce au Tongking.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nLe jour où les soldats Français évacueront la citadelle celle-ci sera livrée avec tous les effets et munitions qui s'y trouveront à cette époque; en outre tout l'argent que l'on s'est procuré dans les Provinces de Haidzong, Nam dinlo, Ninlo binlo, et Hanoi sera rendu aux Mandarins Annamites, qui en donneront reçu.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLa garnison Française évacuera la citadelle et la remettra aux autorités Annamites, dès que le local de Haiphong sera prêt. Lorsque les Mandarins auront donné avis officiellement que tout est prêt on ne pourra différer l'évacuation au delà de six jours.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nLe 29 de la 11° Lune (17th January), le noble Souverain du Royaume d'Annam a publié un édit accordant grâce à tous ceux qui ont pris le parti de la France, c'est pourquoi les Mandarins ne devront pas poursuivre, mais les protéger contre ceux qui voudraient les nuire. Quant aux Mandarins nommés par les Français ils seront maintenus en place s'ils sont reconnus capables, si non ils seront renvoyés chez eux, car s'ils remplissent mal leur charge ce serait au détriment du Royaume; car les officiers Français ont plusieurs fois répété dans leurs proclamations que s'ils administraient les provinces c'étaient seulement en l'absence des Mandarins légitimes, et dans l'intérêt du Gouvernement Annamite. Quand nous aurons fait savoir partout que les deux Royaumes ont conclu la paix et qu'il faut cesser toutes hostilités, si quelqu'un ne se soumet pas, et commet des injustices, par exemple en incendiant des villages, le Gouvernement Annamite devra réprimer et punir les coupables; de plus, ceux qui auront souffert des dommages pourront porter plainte, et s'ils ont des preuves, les Mandarins devront leur faire rendre justice.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nEn attendant que les Ambassadeurs de la noble Cour d'Annam et l'Amiral Gouverneur de la Cochin-Chine se soient entendus ensemble pour la conclusion du Traité, le Gouvernement Annamite ne laissera dans la citadelle de Hanoi qu'une garnison suffisante pour la garde et le service militaire. Il ne devra pas entasser des\n\n[608]\n\nG\n\n236",
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        "content_text": "ARTIKEL IV.\n\nHet port van papieren en bescheiden [papiers d'affaires], stalen of monsters van koopwaren, nieuwsbladen, gebonden boekwerken, vlugschriften, muziekstukken, visite-kaarten, catalogussen, prospectussen, circulaires en andere gedrukte, gegraveerde, gelithografeerde en geautografeerde stukken, alsook van photographien, mits niet op glas bedraagt: bij verzending van Nederlandsch-Indië naar Hongkong of andere plaatsen in China en Japan waar Britsche postkantoren gevestigd zijn 5 cents Nederlandsch-Indisch courant voor elke 50 grammen of gedeelte van 50 grammen; bij verzending van Hongkong naar Nederlandsch-Indië 2 cents Hongkong courant voor elke 50 grammen of gedeelte van 50 grammen.\n\nMonsters of stalen van koopwaren mogen niet zwaarder zijn dan 250 grammen; de andere hierboven vermelde voorwerpen zullen het gewicht van 1 kilogram niet mogen overtreffen.\n\nHet postkantoor is niet verplicht enig der bovengenoemde voorwerpen te verzenden of te bezorgen, wanneer de zekerheid niet bestaat dat daardoor de wetten of verordeningen van het land, waarvoor het voorwerp bestemd is, niet worden overtreden.\n\nARTIKEL V.\n\nAlle correspondentie kan aangeteekend worden. De kosten van aanteekening bedragen 10 cents Nederlandsch Indisch courant in Nederlandsch-Indië en 12 cents Hongkong courant te Hongkong en de Britsche post-agentschappen in China en Japan.\n\nVoor uitbetaling van het port en van het aanteekeninggeld is verplichtend.\n\nARTIKEL VI.\n\nOngefrankeerde of onvoldoende gefrankeerde nieuwsbladen, boeken, vlugschriften, muziek-stukken, visite-kaarten, catalogussen, prospectussen, en circulaires worden niet verzonden.\n\nVoor andere stukken, niet of niet voldoende gefrankeerd zijnde, wordt het volle port van ongefrankeerde brieven gevorderd na aftrek van de waarde der postzegels welke daarop gehecht zijn.\n\nARTIKEL VII.\n\nDe wederkeerige verzending en kosteloze bezorging van alle gefrankeerde correspondentie geeft tot geenerlei betaling of verrekening aanleiding. Elke post-administratie behoudt de porten en rechten welke zij int.\n\nARTIKEL VIII.\n\nDe post-administratie van Nederlandsch-Indië draagt alle kosten van vervoer tussen Nederlandsch-Indië en Singapore door middel van de Nederlandsch-Indische stoomvaart Maatschappij, en de postadministratie van Hongkong draagt alle kosten van het vervoer aan gene zijde van Singapore door middel van de Britsche pakketboten die tussen Singapore en Hongkong varen.\n\nIndien hieromtrent niets anders is bepaald, treft elke postadministratie hare eigene schikkingen voor de verzending van hare correspondentie door andere middelen, en draagt zij de kosten dier schikkingen.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe postage on commercial documents [papiers d'affaires], patterns or samples of merchandise, newspapers, bound books, pamphlets, pieces of music, visiting-cards, catalogues, prospectuses, circulars and other printed, engraved, lithographic and autographic documents, as well as photographs when not on glass, shall be: if sent from Netherlands-India to Hongkong or any of the places in China and Japan where British Post Offices are established 5 cents Netherlands-India currency for each 50 grammes or fraction of 50 grammes; if sent from Hongkong to Netherlands-India 2 cents Hongkong currency for each 50 grammes or fraction of 50 grammes.\n\nThe weight of patterns or samples of merchandise shall not exceed 250 grammes and that of the other objects above mentioned not 1 kilogram.\n\nThe Post Office shall not be bound to convey or to deliver any of the above-mentioned articles, with regard to which it is not satisfied that there is no infringement of the laws or regulations of the country to which the articles are addressed.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nAll correspondence may be registered. The registration fee is 10 cents Netherlands-India currency in Netherlands-India and 12 cents Hongkong currency at Hongkong and the British postal agencies in China and Japan.\n\nPrepayment of postage and registration fee is compulsory.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nUnpaid or insufficiently prepaid newspapers, books, pamphlets, pieces of music, visiting cards, catalogues, prospectuses and circulars will not be despatched.\n\nOther objects unpaid or insufficiently prepaid shall be charged with the full postage of letters, after deduction of the value of any postage affixed thereto.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nThe reciprocal transmission and free delivery of all paid correspondence shall not give rise to any charge or account. Each office shall retain the postage which it collects.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe postal department of Netherlands-India shall bear all charges of the transit between Netherlands-India and Singapore by means of the Netherlands-Indian Steam Navigation Company, and the postal department of Hongkong shall bear all charges of the transit on the other side of Singapore by means of British packets plying between Singapore and Hongkong.\n\nIf no special agreement is made, each postal department shall make its own arrangements for the despatch of its correspondence by other means and shall bear the expense of such arrangements.\n\nARTIKEL IX.\n\nDe twee postadministratiën stellen, bij onderling overleg, en in overeenstemming met de alsdan geldende schikkingen, de voorwaarden vast omtrent de uitwisseling, in open of in gesloten zakken, van de voor andere vreemde landen bestemde of daarvan afkomstige correspondentie, waarvoor hare wederkeerige tussenkomst dienstig is.\n\nARTIKEL X.\n\nDe ambtelijke briefwisseling tussen de twee postadministratiën geschiedt port-vrij.\n\nARTIKEL XI.\n\nDe twee postadministratiën treffen in gemeen overleg de nodige schikkingen voor de uitvoering dezer overeenkomst.\n\nARTIKEL XII.\n\nDeze overeenkomst treedt in werking op den 1sten Januari, 1877.\n\nTer verklaring waarvan Hunne Excellentiën de Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlandsch-Indië en de Gouverneur van Hongkong de tegenwoordige overeenkomst hebben onderteekend, en zegel op hebben gezet.\n\nGedaan te Batavia den ... dag van ... in het jaar één duizend acht honderd zes en zeventig.\n\n(Sd.) VAN Lansberge.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nThe two postal departments shall fix by mutual agreement, and in conformity with the arrangements in force at the time, the conditions upon which they shall respectively exchange in open or closed mails the correspondence from or destined to other foreign countries and for which their reciprocal intervention is available.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nOfficial correspondence between the two postal departments shall be free of postage.\n\nARTICLE XI.\n\nThe two postal departments shall by mutual consent establish regulations for carrying this agreement into effect.\n\nARTICLE XII.\n\nThis convention shall come into effect on the 1st January, 1877.\n\nIn witness whereof, their Excellencies the Governor General of Netherlands-India and the Governor of Hongkong have signed the present convention and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.\n\nDone at Hongkong the Twenty-ninth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.\n\n(Sd.) A. E. KENNEDY, Governor.\n\n(,,) J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "## SECTION IV.-- Remuneration.\n\nArt. 1.--The Sanitary Authority or Authorities, as the case may be, shall pay to any Officer appointed under this Order such salary or remuneration as may be approved by the Local Government Board; and where such Officer is appointed for two or more Districts, the salary shall be apportioned amongst the Districts in such manner as the said Board shall approve.\n\nProvided that the Sanitary Authority or Authorities, with the approval of the Local Government Board, may pay to any such Officer a reasonable compensation on account of extraordinary services, or other unforeseen circumstances connected with his duties or the necessities of the District or Districts for which he is appointed.\n\nArt. 2.--The salary or remuneration of every such Officer shall be payable up to the day on which he ceases to hold the office, and no longer, subject to any deduction which the Sanitary Authority or Authorities may be entitled to make in respect of Sect. II. Art. 3.; and in case\n\n### Preceding Text for Context\n\n(1.) He shall perform the duties specially imposed upon an Inspector of Nuisances by the Sanitary Acts, so far as the same are in force in the District, or by the Orders of the Local Government Board.\n\n(2.) He shall attend all meetings of the Sanitary Authority when so required.\n\n(3.) He shall, by inspection of the District, both systematically at certain periods, and at intervals as occasion may require, keep himself informed in respect of the nuisances existing therein that require abatement under the Sanitary Acts.\n\n(4.) On receiving notice of the existence of any nuisance within the District, or of the breach of any byelaws or regulations made by the Sanitary Authority for the suppression of nuisances, he shall, as early as practicable, visit the spot, and inquire into such alleged nuisance or breach of byelaws or regulations.\n\n(5.) He shall report to the Sanitary Authority any noxious or offensive businesses, trades, or manufactories established within the District, and the breach or non-observance of any byelaws or regulations made in respect of the same.\n\n(6.) He shall report to the Sanitary Authority any damage done to any works of water supply, or other works belonging to them, and also any case of wilful or negligent waste of water supplied by them, or any fouling by gas, filth, or otherwise, of water used for domestic purposes.\n\n(7.) He shall, from time to time, and forthwith upon complaint, visit and inspect the shops and places kept or used for the sale of butchers' meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables, corn, bread, or flour, or as a slaughter-house, and examine any animal, carcase, meat, poultry, game, flesh, fish, fruit, vegetables, corn, bread, or flour which may be therein; and in case any such article appear to him to be intended for the food of man, and to be unfit for such food, he shall cause the same to be seized, and take such other proceedings as may be necessary in order to have the same dealt with by a Justice: Provided, that in any case of doubt arising under this clause, he shall report the matter to the Medical Officer of Health, with the view of obtaining his advice thereon.\n\n(8.) He shall, when and as directed by the Sanitary Authority, procure and submit samples of food or drink, and drugs suspected to be adulterated, to be analyzed by the analyst appointed under the Adulteration of Food Act, 1872, and upon receiving a certificate stating that the articles of food or drink, or drugs, are adulterated, cause a complaint to be made, and take the other proceedings prescribed by that Act.\n\n(9.) He shall give immediate notice to the Medical Officer of Health of the occurrence within his District of any contagious, infectious, or epidemic disease of a dangerous character; and whenever it appears to him that the intervention of such Officer is necessary in consequence of the existence of any nuisance injurious to health, or of any overcrowding in a house, he shall forthwith inform the Medical Officer thereof.\n\n(10.) He shall, subject in all respects to the directions of the Sanitary Authority, attend to the instructions of the Medical Officer of Health with respect to any measures which can be lawfully taken by him under the Sanitary Acts for preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or epidemic disease of a dangerous character.\n\n(11.) He shall enter from day to day, in a book to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, particulars of his inspections and of the action taken by him in the execution of his duties. He shall also keep a book or books, to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, so arranged as to form, as far as possible, a continuous record of the sanitary condition of each of the premises in respect of which any action has been taken under the Sanitary Acts, and shall keep any other systematic records that the Sanitary Authority may require.\n\n(12.) He shall, at all reasonable times when applied to by the Medical Officer of Health, produce to him his books, or any of them, and render to him such information as he may be able to furnish with respect to any matter to which the duties of Inspector of Nuisances relate.\n\n(13.) He shall, if directed by the Sanitary Authority to do so, superintend and see to the due execution of all works which may be undertaken under their direction for the suppression or removal of nuisances within the District.\n\n(14.) In matters not specifically provided for in this Order, he shall observe and execute all the lawful orders and directions of the Sanitary Authority, and the orders which the Local Government Board may hereafter issue, applicable to his office.\n\n(15.) Where more than one Inspector of Nuisances shall be appointed by a Sanitary Authority, such Authority, with the approval of the Local Government Board, may either assign to each of the Inspectors a portion of the District, or may distribute the duties of Inspector of Nuisances amongst such Inspectors.\n\nPage 329",
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        "content_text": "APP. No. 2.\n\nAbstract of Proceedings.\n\n228\n\nEn cas de fausse déclaration ou de réticence calculée ils sont passibles des peines édictées par les lois sanitaires. Il serait à désirer qu'une entente internationale s'établit à ce sujet.\n\n2. La désinfection soit des effets à usage, soit des navires, sera opérée par les procédés que les autorités compétentes de chaque pays jugeront les mieux appropriés aux circonstances.\n\nLa Conférence adopte: 21 oui, 1 abstention.\n\nLa Conférence exprime le vœu qu'une loi pénale applicable aux contraventions sanitaires soit édictée dans l'Empire Ottoman.\n\nRésultat du vote: 15 oui, 4 non, 3 abstentions.\n\nIII.\n\nQUARANTAINES FLUVIALES.\n\nToutes les raisons produites, pour démontrer que les quarantaines par terre sont impracticables et inutiles pour empêcher la propagation du choléra, sont également valables pour les quarantaines dans le cours des fleuves.\n\nToutefois les mesures recommandées dans le système de l'inspection médicale adopté par la Conférence peuvent y être appliquées aux navires ayant le choléra à bord.\n\nQuant aux ports de l'embouchure, ils rentrent dans la catégorie des ports maritimes, et par conséquent les mêmes mesures y sont applicables.\n\nRésultat du vote: 19 oui, 3 abstentions.\n\nTROISIÈME PARTIE.\n\nPROJET DE CRÉATION D'UNE COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE PERMANENTE DES ÉPIDÉMIES.\n\nI.\n(But. - Utilité.)\n\nIl sera institué à Vienne une Commission Sanitaire Internationale Permanente, ayant pour objet l'étude des maladies épidémiques.\n\nII. (Attributions.)\n\nLes attributions de cette Commission seront purement scientifiques; elle pourra être consultée dans les questions scientifiques.\n\nLa Commission aura pour tâche principale l'étude du choléra, au point de vue de l'étiologie et de la prophylaxie.\n\nNéanmoins elle pourra comprendre dans ses études les autres maladies épidémiques.\n\nÀ cet effet, elle tracera un programme comprenant les recherches devant être entreprises d'une manière uniforme par tous les États contractants, sur l'étiologie et la prophylaxie du choléra et des autres maladies épidémiques.\n\nElle fera connaître le résultat de ses travaux.\n\nEnsuite elle pourra proposer la convocation de conférences sanitaires internationales, et elle sera chargée d'élaborer le programme de ces conférences.\n\n229\n\nIII.\n(Composition - Fonctionnement.)\n\nLa commission sera composée de médecins délégués par les Gouvernements participants. Il y aura au siège de la Commission un bureau à résidence fixée, chargé de centraliser les travaux et de donner suite aux délibérations de la Commission générale. La nomination et la composition de ce bureau sont laissées aux soins de la Commission générale.\n\nLes Gouvernements des États participants donneront à leurs autorités sanitaires et à leurs conseils d'hygiène publique les instructions nécessaires pour fournir à la Commission internationale tous les renseignements relatifs aux questions qui rentrent dans le cercle de ses études.\n\nDans les pays où des conseils sanitaires internationaux sont établis, ceux-ci fourniront tous les renseignements qu'ils possèdent, et prescriront les recherches nécessaires.\n\nIV.\n(Voies et Moyens.)\n\nLes frais nécessités pour le fonctionnement de la Commission internationale seront répartis entre les divers États intéressés, et seront réglés par voie diplomatique.\n\nV.\n(Postes et Missions.)\n\nDans les pays où il n'y a pas de service sanitaire organisé, les études seront faites, avec l'assentiment du Gouvernement local, par les missions temporaires ou par des médecins en résidence fixe.\n\nCes missions et ces postes sanitaires fixes, institués par voie internationale, seront créés d'après les indications de la Commission internationale, recevront d'elle leurs instructions, et lui rendront compte de leurs travaux.\n\n(Article Additionnel.)\n\nIl serait à désirer qu'un conseil de santé international, analogue à ceux qui fonctionnent avec tant d'avantage à Constantinople et à Alexandrie, fût institué en Perse.\n\nUn tel conseil contribuerait beaucoup, par l'autorité de ses avis, donnés en connaissance de cause, à améliorer les conditions sanitaires de ce pays, et serait en même temps un puissant moyen de protection contre l'invasion des épidémies en Europe.\n\nANNEXE À L'ARTICLE II. DU PROJET DE CRÉATION D'UNE COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DES ÉPIDÉMIES.\n\nComme premières recherches, la Commission pourrait s'occuper des questions suivantes :\n\nI. L'étude régulière et suivie de la quantité de pluie et de la quantité d'eau d'évaporation pendant l'année dans les stations suivantes :\n\n| Station         |\n|-----------------|\n| Bender Bouschir |\n| Ispahan         |\n| Téhéran         |\n| Tauris          |\n| Suez            |\n| Alexandrie      |\n| Astrakan        |\n| Bakou           |\n| Tiflis          |\n\n*Voir quelques exemples à l'Annexe.\n\n*Voir la proposition de Monsieur de Pettenkofer.\n\nPage 342",
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        "content_text": "## Article III\n\nThe General Post Office of Queensland shall be credited 8 cents or 4 pence the 1/2 on ... or 4 cents or 2 pence per ... on books, packets, and packets of samples despatched to Queensland and the other Australian Colonies, Tasmania, and New Zealand via Queensland. The postage and fine charged on insufficiently paid letters and packets shall be retained by the Office delivering them.\n\n## Article IV\n\nThe fee for registering any letter shall be retained by the Registering Office. Every insufficiently paid letter or packet shall be plainly marked with the words \"insufficiently paid\" and every letter or packet, whether fully paid or not, shall bear the Date Stamp of the Office at which it was posted.\n\n## Article V\n\nDead letters which cannot be delivered, from whatever cause, shall be mutually returned without charge monthly, or as frequently as the Regulations of the respective offices will permit.\n\n## Article VI\n\nThe two Post Departments may, by mutual consent, make such detailed regulations as shall be found necessary.",
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        "content_text": "## \nand the Domestic slaves are questions in law : & I do not deny that any angustions is made in freeing them in such a way. The parties are (from no) to the \"nocentual breach\" apparently nothing is done with the children only. Sir John despotently stated that they are in a state of infancy with regard to the fathering.\n\n20)\n\n\"Sir John Fowler Falk, loosely about English Having Acts being enforced : if he has looked into any at all, he probably refers to the Act of 1524 (5 Geo. IV, c. 183) which prohibits the sale, purchase, and offering of persons dealt with as slaves. Most of the Slavery Acts relate to the Enforcement of Treaties with foreign Countries for the suppression of the African slave trade. The question of what is a slave is left to the Common law definition to determine.\n\nOf course, with regard to the facts, they were clear; with the Turks having many slaves; with whom the Maltese deal anything as they go through Malta or from Africa - they always say they are going willing as servants to the masters who are with them; but in distinguishing between the conditions of domestic servitude and of adopted children, the treatment is crucial.\n\nThe treatment is not such as to constitute slavery; the fact that money has or has not been paid will not be sufficient to make the distinction between slavery and a condition of servitude.\n\n3\n\nI am exerting our an Article in the China Mail (vide, I have, at (3)) makes it impossible to accept Sir John Smale's plans: but as something must be written in reply, on this grave subject.\n\n198\n\n7\n\nThe S. of S. might ask whether Dr. Smith's Statement, as admitted by the Chief Justice, is an accurate illustration of the facts connected with the adoption and domestic servitude in Chinese families; if so, whether the treatment of an adopted son, or of a girl in domestic servitude is equivalent to a state of slavery, & if not, why? Whether the transfer of a boy or girl into a new family, which is an offence by adoption or servitude, will or will not amount to slavery, supposing the transfer was effected by the payment of money?\n\nAlso ask the C. J. to specify the Acts of Parliament which he refers to; and whether as a Common Law offence or by Statute.\n\nAlso ask the C. J. to specify the Acts of Parliament to which he particularly alludes: explaining that it may be reassuring to consult the Governor, and that the J. 57. wishes to be sure that he is in proper correspondence with the Governor and Chief Justice - adding, as regards the latter (if it is considered advisable), that the S. of S. is at liberty to call upon him for the fullest information, seeing that his declaration was not made as a judicial decision upon a question at issue before him, but was merely an ex parte statement, and did not proceed - when facts were ascertained in judicature, not upon the argument of counsel, and the S. of S. is therefore not precluded from inviting the assistance of Sir John Smale, which he might have felt difficulty in doing had the declaration been made ex authoritate.",
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        "content_text": "155 \n\n## STANDARD VI \n\n1. Reading. To read with fluency and expression any ordinary piece of prose or poetry chosen by the examiner.\n2. Writing. A short theme, or letter, or easy paraphrase. Writing, spelling, and grammar will be taken into account.\n\n3. Arithmetic.--Compound Interest, Square and Cube Root, Profit and Loss, and Progression, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.\n\n4. Grammar--Analysis and parsing, orally or in writing, of an ordinary stanza of poetry chosen by the examiner.\n\n5. Geography--Ability to draw from memory a map of any of the Continents, the map to include the principal rivers, mountains, and cities in the Continent prescribed.\n\n6. 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Chinese Writing.--From dictation, ten common characters.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in four of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD III\n\nIn addition to Standard III for schools in Class IV,\n\n5. Chinese Reading.--Two pages of the Second Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n6. Chinese Writing.--From dictation, twenty characters in the same book.\n\n7. Chinese Speaking.--Turning very short sentences into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in six of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD IV\n\nIn addition to Standard IV for schools in Class IV,\n\n6. Chinese Reading.--A short passage in the Third Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n7. Chinese Writing.--From dictation, forty characters in the same book.\n\n8. Chinese Speaking--Turning short sentences into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in seven of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, twelve dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD V\n\nIn addition to Standard V for schools in Class IV,\n\n6. Chinese Reading.--A short passage in the Fourth Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n7. Chinese Writing.--From memory, a short passage in the same book.\n\n8. Chinese Speaking.--Turning a short passage in the same book into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in seven of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, fourteen dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD VI\n\nIn addition to Standard VI for schools in Class IV,\n\n7. Chinese Reading.--An ordinary passage from a Chinese newspaper, with explanation.\n\n8. Chinese Writing.--A short letter.\n\n9. Chinese Speaking.--Fluent and correct colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars and a half.\n\n## 21\n\nIn all cases where copy writing is taken, not less than one month's work must be shown to the examiner.\n\n## 22\n\nScholars who are presented under Standards IV, V, and VI for schools in Classes III, IV, and V, may also be examined in one or more of the following subjects, namely:--Algebra, Geometry, Physical Geography, and the Natural Sciences, provided they have previously passed in all the subjects contained in the Standards under which they are presented, and provided the subjects are taught in such a way as to graduate the instruction to the different Standards. For example:-\n\n| Standard | Euclid |\n|---------|--------|\n| IV      | Book I. Propositions 1 to 20 inclusive. |\n| V       | Book I. |\n| VI      | Books I and II. |\n\nValue of a pass, in each of such cases, in Standard IV, one dollar, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; in Standard V, one dollar and a half, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; and in Standard VI, two dollars, in addition to the proper value of the Standard.\n\n## 23\n\nManagers of schools wishing to have scholars examined in one or more of these special subjects will, for the present, receive a graduated scheme for the subjects of their choice on application to the Inspector.\n\n## 24\n\nNo grant will be made for any subject not specified in this code.\n\n## 25\n\nA capitation grant of one dollar will be given for each scholar in average attendance.\n\n## 26\n\nNo scholar will be examined in a lower Standard than that under which he has been previously presented, nor in the same Standard unless he has failed to pass in two or more subjects.\n\n## 27\n\nScholars learning a language which is not their mother tongue, will have their intelligence tested by requiring them to explain in their own language the meaning of the passages read.\n\n## 28\n\nIn Girls' Schools, one of the four hours for instruction may be assigned to plain needlework, which will have the following values:  \n- Fair, one dollar.  \n- Good, one dollar and a half.  \n- Very good, two dollars.\n\n## 29\n\nThe following regulations for Building Grants, are to be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of State before coming into effect.\n\n1. Aid is not granted to build new public schools unless the Government is satisfied---\n   (a) That there is a sufficient population requiring a school in the vicinity.\n   (b) That the school is likely to be maintained in efficiency.\n\n2. The grants made by the Government for building, enlarging, improving, or fitting up public schools, are not to exceed one half of the actual cost.\n\n3. The site, plans, estimates, specifications, title, and trust deed, must be previously approved by His Excellency the Governor.\n\n4. The extension of the area of existing school-rooms to receive more scholars, and the addition of teachers' dwellings to existing school-rooms, are treated *pro tanto* as new cases under Article 2.\n\n5. The trust deed must declare the premises to be granted in trust for educational purposes and for no other purpose whatever. It must provide for the legal ownership of the premises, and for the inspection and management of the School in accordance with the principles of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme.\n\n6. The grant is paid on presentation of a certificate (with balance sheet annexed), by the Building and Managing Committees of the school, setting forth that the building and conveyance are completed and that the money in hand, will, when added to the grant, meet all claims and finally close the account.",
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        "content_text": "## Church Accommodation and Furniture Supply Rules\n\nand where no Church exists already, the Government will contribute towards Church accommodation upon the following terms:--\n\n### NUMBER OF SITTINGS REQUIRED and MAXIMUM GOVERNMENT GRANT\n\n| NUMBER OF SITTINGS REQUIRED | MAXIMUM GOVERNMENT GRANT, Rs. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 25 | 2,000 |\n| 50 | 3,500 |\n| 100 | 5,000 |\n| 150 | 6,000 |\n| 200 | 7,000 |\n| 250 | 8,000 |\n| 300 | 9,000 |\n| 350 | 10,500 |\n| 400 | 12,000 |\n| For any excess over 400 | 30 per seat in excess |\n\n### Supply of Church Furniture\n\n20.-The supply of Church furniture will be regulated by the following rules. All expenditure connected with the articles to be supplied by the Public Works Department will be provided for under the rules laid down in Chapter `...`, Section `...` of Code.\n\n#### I. Protestant Churches\n\n1. —Each Government Protestant Church, Civil or Military (Cathedrals excepted), will be supplied by the Public Works Department with the following articles, the cost of which will be allowed in addition to the grant for the building:\n\nNote.--For Protestants, accommodation will be provided for the Church of England service only.\n\nIn ascertaining the number of seats to be provided, women, children, and pensioned soldiers and their families may also be taken into account, two children being counted as one adult. In cases of stations where abnormal rates prevail, special application may be made to the Government of India for an increase to the grant given by the State.\n\nBut no grant for more than 200 sittings will be made except at seats of Local Governments and administrations, at Hill Sanitaria, or at Railway Depôts. In the two latter cases, the number of European-born British subjects in Government or Railway service must exceed (without their families) 120, to warrant the grant for a Church of greater accommodation than 200 sittings. When the number of sittings required is intermediate between the number given in the table, the grant for the seats in excess of the nearest number below the number required will be at the rate of the next lowest number in the table. And in no case will the Government grant be allowed until these contributions, together with the grant, amount to the estimated cost of the Church.\n\n### Church Accommodation to be Provided Only for British-born European Subjects\n\n11. The number of sittings required for any particular Civil Station, other than a Railway Depôt or Station, will be finally determined by the Government, solely with regard to the number of the British-born European subjects in the service of Government. No grant for Churches in Civil Stations will be made until private subscriptions have been obtained, and then the Government grant will not exceed double the amount of private subscriptions actually realized; the maximum figure in column 2 of the Table above being in any case the extreme limit of the grant towards the scale of accommodation which stands opposite in column 1.\n\n### Combination of Civil with Military Church\n\n12. It is desirable, whenever such a course will not be attended by inconvenience, to combine the Civil with the Military Church of a Station, the grant allowed for the Church accommodation of the British troops given in para. 9 being supplemented by a grant according to the scale shown in para. 10, and to the probable number of seats that will be required for the Civil British-born European residents in the service of Government or of a Railway Company.\n\n### General\n\n#### Authorized Scale Not to be Exceeded\n\n13. The scales of sizes, and of expense, for all Churches above laid down, are in no case to be exceeded without a reference to the Government of India, even though the proposed expenditure from Public Funds may be within the powers of sanction vested in the Local Government or Administration.\n\n#### House for Chowkeedar to be Provided\n\n14-A house for the Chowkeedar or resident bearer may be provided. In cases, however, where the Church is distant from the bazaar, and where special grounds are shown, accommodation may be provided for other duly authorized servants, but such further accommodation will be limited to shelter for day use only. These houses should, when practicable, be adjoining to, and not within the Church compounds, but when within them, they should be erected in keeping with the other Church buildings.\n\n### Churches for Non-official Residents Require Sanction of Government\n\n15.-Church accommodation for non-official residents, either British-born Europeans or others, or for official residents other than British-born, should not be sanctioned by the Local Governments or Administrations without reference to the Government of India.\n\n### Private Contributions\n\n16-When private contributions are made towards building a Church in aid of a Government grant, the procedure to be adopted is as follows:---\n\n#### Basis of Design and Estimate\n\n17.-The amount of private contributions being known, a definite design and estimate will be prepared by the Executive Engineer, and submitted for sanction in the usual way, the limit by which the Executive Engineer will be guided in his designs being the aggregate of the Government grant according to the scales given in paras. 8, 9, and 11, and the amount of private contributions actually realized.\n\n#### Private Contributions to be Deposited\n\n18. Before the work is commenced, the amount of the private contributions must be paid into a Government Treasury, and carried to credit of Deposits in the accounts of the Public Works Department, as laid down in Chapter XX, Section V, para. 16. The expenditure incurred from the Government grant, and the contributions, will be adjusted in the manner directed in Chapter XX, Section ii, para. 51, and on the principle laid down in para. 53 of the same Section.\n\nNote. In the case of a grant from the Church building fund for the Diocese of Calcutta, a certificate instead of a cash payment in advance may be accepted showing the amount of the contribution to be allowed. The conditions on which this certificate may be accepted are that in every case definite arrangements must be made with the Local Government or Administration concerned respecting the precise dates on which the contributions will be paid, and that, until the payment is made, the Government shall have a primary lien on the funds of the Society. In case of any failure in paying up the stipulated payment on due date, the privilege herein allowed is to cease.\n\n#### Mode of Treating these Contributions\n\n19.-In dealing with cases of this nature, unless it be otherwise specifically ordered, the private contribution is to be looked upon as an addition to the Government grant, instead of the money allowed from Public Funds being considered as a grant in aid of private contributions, and the responsibility of Public Works Officers with respect to the preparation of estimates, and the construction of such buildings with reference to excess of expenditure over the estimate, will be as strictly enforced as in a case where only public funds are expended.\n\n### Maximum Cost of Furniture\n\n| Item | Maximum Cost, Rs. (Officers) | Maximum Cost, Rs. (Soldiers) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Appliances to seat the congregation, and to allow them to kneel in decent comfort: per seat | 5 | 4 |\n| Thermantidotes when necessary, each |  |  |\n| Lighting apparatus, per 100 seats | 200 | 100 |\n| Candlesticks for Pulpits, per set | 40 |  |\n| for Lectern... stool | 2 | 1 |\n| a.--Lectern | 80 | 50 |\n| b.--Communion table, each | 77 | 45 |\n| rails per running foot. | 4 |  |\n| c.-Pulpit, each | 200 | 60 |\n| d.-Reading desk and stool | 60 | 30 |\n| e.-Font and cover... | 45 | 12 |\n| f.-Vestry almirahı | 39 | 10 |\n| table | 12 | 2 |\n| Two Vestry chairs, per pair |  |  |\n| g.-One Altar chair.... |  |  |\n| h.--Punkahs, complète, per running foot........ | 2 |  |\n| i.--One Bell of reasonable size to summon the congregation to Church, at a cost not exceeding Rs. 300 for a first-class Church (viz., those containing more than 400 sittings,) and Rs. 200 for a second-class Church (viz., those containing less than 100 sittings). |  |  |\n| j.--Chicks or bamboo blinds for At market doors and windows where absolutely necessary. |  |  |\n\nThe Reading desk should be simply a desk (however appropriately shaped), and not an enclosure, expensive from its size, and occupying needless space.\n\n#### II. Articles Supplied by the Civil Department\n\n- Suitable set of Communion Plate | Rs. 150\n- Safe for custody of Communion Plate, which is also to be used for records | 150\n- Altar cover of red embroidered cloth | 150\n- Bibles and Prayer-book for the Clergyman | 50\n- Fair linen cloth and napkins for Communion Service.... | 35\n\n#### III. Roman Catholic Churches\n\nEach Roman Catholic Church built by Government, Civil or Military, for the use of the European Soldiers, will be supplied by the Public Works Department with the following articles, the cost of which will be allowed in addition to the grant for the building:—\n\n| Item | Maximum Cost, Rs. (Officers) | Maximum Cost, Rs. (Soldiers) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| a.-One Bookstand |  |  |\n| b.-One Almira for Altar vestments, &c., at least 4 feet long by 2 feet 5 inches broad... |  | 45 |\n| c.-Three Altar chairs for Officiant and Assistants |  | 36 |\n| Officers, per seat | 5 |  |\n| Soldiers, per seat.. | 4 | 1 |\n| g.-Altar Table, |  | 27 |\n| h-Communion Rail, |  | 60 |\n| i.-Pulpit, each |  | 200 |\n| j.--Punkahs where required, complete, per running foot |  | 2 |\n| k.--Apparatus for lighting, per 100 seats......................... |  | 100 |\n| l.--One Bell as in E. |  |  |\n| m.-One Table and three chairs for the Vestry... |  |  |\n| n.-One Font and Cover .. |  |  |\n| o.-Seats and kneeling accommodation for the congregation: |  |  |\n\nA second Altar Table may be supplied to Churches intended to accommodate more than 500 persons.\n\n#### IV. Articles Supplied by the Military Department to Roman Catholic Churches\n\nOn the Executive Engineer's certificates of the necessity of original supply or renewal, as the case may be:-\n\n1. Altar Canons (one set of three) | Rs. 150\n2. One Chalice | 100\n3. One Tabernacle, inside covered with silk.. | 100\n4. One Pyx with Silver Cup, inside gilt | ୫\n5. Six Altar Candlesticks and Crucifix. | 180\n6. Two Cruets and one Plate.... | 10\n7. One Altar Lamp | 30\n8. One Missal | 26\n9. Altar Vestments of silk (five sets of the five colours).. | 300\n10. One Monstrance | 180\n11. Two Copes, one white and one black, of silk... | 120\n12. Humeral for Benediction | 30\n13. Altar linen, comprising Albs, Altar covers, Communion cloth, &c........ | 80\n\nThe Executive Engineer will be guided in granting the certificates above alluded to by the following principles: ...\n\n### Classes of Churches and Certificate Requirements\n\n#### Class I—Churches Built by Government\n\nThe certificate should state that the Church was built by Government for the use of European Troops or British-born European subjects in the service of Government or of the local Railway Company, and is still maintained for the same purpose.\n\n#### Class II.—Churches Which Have Received Building Grants from Government\n\nThe certificate should state that the Church received a building grant of Rs. `...`, equal to the part of the total cost of the building, and that the grant was made on account of European Troops or British-born European subjects in the service of Government or of the local Railway Company, and that the building is still used by them.\n\nFor this class of Churches, a proportion of the standard cost of the articles will be sanctioned equal to the proportion of the grant-in-aid to the total cost of the building itself.\n\n#### Class III—Churches Rented by Government\n\nThe certificate should state that the Chapel is wholly rented by Government for the use of European Troops or British-born European subjects in the service of Government or of the local Railway Company.\n\nIn this class, the articles necessary for service will be given by the Military Department, but returned into Store if the building ceases to be rented for the performance of Divine Service to a Military congregation.\n\nIn none of the classes described above should any article of furniture be allowed with retrospective effect, and the required certificates should afford information as to when the article was originally supplied, and by whom, and the reason for recommending its renewal. When, however, the Government pay for the use of certain varying numbers of seats in a Church, the hire of the seats should include everything necessary for the performance of the Service.",
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        "content_text": "# STAMP OFFICE RETURNS\n\n## Table I\n\nRETURN shewing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of each kind of ADHESIVE STAMP sold during the Month of June, 1880.\n\n| DESCRIPTION | Number of Stamps sold | Value |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 2 Cent Adhesive Stamps | 16,157 | 323.14 |\n| 3 Cent Adhesive Stamps | 23 | 0.69 |\n| ... | ... | ... |\n| 1 Dollar Adhesive Stamps | 375 | 375.00 |\n\n## Table III\n\nCOMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1888, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873, the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874, and for TELEGRAPH FORMS and FEES of the Supreme Court, for the half year from 1st January to 30th June, 1879, and 1st January to 30th June, 1880, respectively.\n\n| DESCRIPTION | Revenue in 1879 | Revenue in 1880 | Increase | Decrease |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Agreements and Broker's Notes | 820.00 | 681.20 |  | 138.80 |\n| Bank Notes | 10,413.78 | 12,087.03 | 1,673.25 |  |\n| Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes | 12,907.60 | 11,798.50 |  | 1,109.10 |\n| Bank Cheques | 430.78 | 410.94 |  | 19.84 |\n| Bills of Lading | 6,997.10 | 7,082.10 | 85.00 |  |\n| Charter Party, &c. | 3,014.07 | ... |  | ... |\n| Bonds, Bottomary and Respondentia, and Average Statement | 41.80 | 36.00 |  | 5.80 |\n| Powers of Attorney | 2,352.00 | ... |  | ... |\n| Transfer of Shares in any Public Company | 1,833.50 | 518.50 |  | 1,315.00 |\n| Notes of Protest | 4.25 | 24.50 | 20.25 |  |\n| Any Notarial Act not otherwise charged | 287.00 | 83.00 |  | 204.00 |\n| Receipts for Money exceeding $10 (Impressed Stamps) | 106.62 | 139.74 | 33.12 |  |\n| Receipts for Money exceeding $10 (Adhesive Stamps) | 3,419.82 | 3,087.50 |  | 332.32 |\n| Probates and Letters of Administration | 559.75 | 1,180.75 | 621.00 |  |\n| Conveyances or Assignments | 1,872.00 | 4,618.75 | 2,746.75 |  |\n| Deed or other Instrument of Gift | 25.00 | 125.00 | 100.00 |  |\n| Mortgage | 564.50 | 710.00 | 145.50 |  |\n| Reassignment of any Mortgaged Property | 44.25 | 38.50 |  | 5.75 |\n| Letter or other Instrument of Hypothecation | 510.50 | 331.00 |  | 179.50 |\n| Duplicate of any Deed chargeable with Duty | 183.00 | 139.75 |  | 43.25 |\n| Lease or Agreement for a Term of Years | ... | ... |  | ... |\n| Lease or Agreement for a Lease without Fine or Premium | 322.75 | 389.50 | 66.75 |  |\n| Lease or Agreement for a Lease with Fine or Premium | 1,446.35 | ... |  | ... |\n| Instrument under Seal not otherwise specially charged | 211.50 | 105.00 |  | 106.50 |\n| Policies of Marine Insurance | 1,890.00 | 1,975.70 | 85.70 |  |\n| Articles of Clerkship | 382.00 | ... |  | ... |\n| Warrant of Attorney | 224.50 | ... |  | ... |\n| Copartnership Deed | 180.00 | 135.00 |  | 45.00 |\n| Cognovit and Arbitration Award | 8.00 | 7.00 |  | 1.00 |\n| Adjudication Fee | 1.00 | 1.00 |  |  |\n| TELEGRAPH FORMS | 62.50 | 30.75 |  | 31.75 |\n\n## Table II\n\nRETURN shewing the REVENUE under the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868, the Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873, the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874, and for TELEGRAPH FORMS and FEES of the Supreme Court, during the above named period.\n\n...\n\n## Table IV\n\nDuty received under The Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873, on:\n| DESCRIPTION | Revenue |\n| --- | --- |\n| Service of Summons, Subpoena, Citation, or Order | 13.00 |\n\nDuty received under The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874, on:\n| DESCRIPTION | Revenue |\n| --- | --- |\n| Application for Certificate | 22.00 |\n| Certificate granted | 72.00 |\n\n**TOTALS**\n\n|  | 1879 | 1880 | Increase | Decrease |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Total Revenue | 58,854.21 | 61,988.71 | 9,574.06 | 5,989.56 |\n| TELEGRAPH FORMS | ... | ... | ... | ... |\n| ADHESIVE STAMPS sold exclusive of the 3 cent Stamps under Article 11A | 9,160.51 | 12,288.00 | 3,128.39 |  |\n\n**TOTAL INCREASE FOR THE HALF YEAR, 1880**\n\n$3,584.50\n\nStamp Office, Hongkong, 1st July, 1880.\n\n**ALFRED LISTER**\nCollector of Stamp Revenue",
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        "content_text": "4\n\npackets shall not be permitted to come, to enter into the same, to anchor, and to remain there and refit; subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.\n\nThe same Article was inserted in the Treaties with the following countries:--with Peru-Bolivia, the 5th June, 1837. Bolivia, the 29th September, 1840. Uruguay, the 26th August, 1842. Costa Rica, the 27th November, 1849. Peru, the 10th April, 1850. Chile, the 4th October, 1854. Nicaragua, the 11th February, 1860; and with Salvador, the 24th October, 1862.\n\nThe Treaty between Great Britain and Portugal, for regulating the packet-service between England and Brazil, of the 14th September, 1808, contained the following clause:—\n\n\"V. The packets are to be considered as merchant-vessels, except with respect to commerce, which for the present is not to be allowed to them. They are, consequently, to be subject to the visits of the officers and guards of the Customs at Rio de Janeiro; but they are not to be obliged to make entry at the Custom-house, nor follow the other forms practised by merchant-vessels.\"\n\nThe Convention with Portugal, for the arrangement of the packet-service between Great Britain, Portugal, and Brazil, of the 19th February, 1810, also contained a similar clause, which ran thus:-\n\n\"V. The packets are to be considered and treated as merchant-vessels. They are, consequently, to be subject to the visits of the officers and guards of the Customs at Rio de Janeiro, or at any other port of the Dominions of Portugal between which and the British Dominions packets may be established. But they are not to be obliged to make entry at the Custom-house, nor follow the other forms practised by merchant-vessels.\"\n\nBut on the conclusion of the Treaty of Commerce, with Costa Rica, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Salvador.\n\nHertslet's Treaties, vol. v, p. 583.\n\nIbid., vol. vi, p. 90.\n\nIbid., vol. vi, p. 926.\n\nIbid., vol. vii, p. 133.\n\nIbid., vol. ix., p. 621.\n\nIbid., vol. xi, p. 451.\n\nIbid., vol. ix, p. 948.\n\nIbid., vol. xi, p. 885. Ibid., vol. vii, p. 901.\n\nTreaty with Portugal (Brazil).\n\nTreaty with Portugal (Brazil).\n\nIbid., vol. v, p. 406.\n\nTreaty with Brazil &c., with Brasil on the 17th August, 1827, a clause [Ibid., vol. iv, p. 38.\n\nTreaty with Brazil.\n\nHertslet's Treaties, vol. xii, p. 242.\n\n5\n\nwas inserted stating that the packets should be treated as King's ships. It ran thus :-\n\n\"XVI. Packets shall continue to be employed, for the purpose of facilitating the public service of the two Courts, and the commercial intercourse of their respective subjects. They shall be considered as King's ships, it being understood that they are to be commanded by officers of the Royal Navy. This Article shall continue in force until a special Convention shall be concluded between the Powers for regulating specially the packet-service.\"\n\nNo further arrangement upon the subject, however, was entered into between the two countries until the 14th October, 1850, when the following stipulations were agreed upon:-\n\n\"1. The steam-packets employed in the conveyance of the mails between Great Britain and Brasil are to enjoy the following exemptions and privileges for the space of ten years, counted from the arrival of the first packet in the first port of Brazil.\n\na\n\nThey shall be exempted from the duties of anchorage, and from any other duty which may be hereafter established; but in this exemption the duties actually established in favour of the houses of charity (Misericordia Hospital) are not comprehended.\n\n2. They shall be exempted from giving entry at the Custom-houses in the ports of Brazil at which they may touch in order to deliver the mails and land or receive passengers, provided they carry no cargo to those ports, it being the duty of the 'Guarda Mor' (visiting officer), when he makes his visit, to permit the disembarkation of the passengers' baggage, and to declare the vessel cleared.\n\n3. In the ports to which they carry cargo they shall be admitted to discharge immediately according to their manifest, and to take on board the fresh cargo which they may have to receive, without being subject to take their turn ('exala'), having the preference over all other ships in this respect, and in everything else which is not opposed to the fiscal laws of Brazil.\n\n4. When they have discharged they shall be visited, with the remainder of their stores (sobrecel-\n\n175",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nprivileges hitherto enjoyed by the vessels of the Austrian Lloyd's Company were to be preserved. Those privileges were described to be as follows :-\n\n\"Le Cabinet Impérial, en adhérant à la réunion des Iles Ioniennes au Royaume Hellénique, a cru devoir veiller, avec soin, à ce que ce changement, apporté à l'existence politique de l'Etat Septinsulaire, n'altérât en rien les avantages assurés aux sujets Autrichiens par les Traités et les Conventions conclus et actuellement en vigueur aux fles Ioniennes, sous le régime du protectorat Anglais.\n\n'Dans cette vue, le Cabinet Impérial a essentiellement tenu à sauvegarder le maintien des privilèges légalement concédés à la Compagnie du Lloyd Autrichien. Ils se réfèrent principalement aux facilités accordées à la navigation du Lloyd, et consistent notamment dans la libera practica, et dans l'exemption des droits de port, dont cette Compagnie jouit dans les Iles Ioniennes, en vertu de la Convention Postale conclue le 1 Décembre, 1853.\n\n\"Le Traité de Commerce entre l'Autriche et la Grèce est loin de concéder les mêmes avantages à la navigation Autrichienne. Il s'en suit, que si, en fréquentant désormais les ports Ioniens, les bâtiments du Lloyd étaient soumis aux règlements en vigueur en Grèce, ils éprouveraient un dommage réel. De plus, le cabotage étant réservé en Grèce à la navigation indigène, on pourrait, du moment où les ports Ioniens deviendraient Grecs, contester aux navires du Lloyd le droit de faire, comme à présent, leurs voyages réguliers entre les ports Ioniens et les ports Grecs.\n\nLe paragraphe 3 de l'Article IV du Traité du 14 Novembre dernier a eu pour but d'obvier à cet inconvénient.\n\n\"Le Cabinet Impérial est en droit de réclamer l'application pleine et entière du paragraphe précité en faveur des bâteaux de la Compagnie du Lloyd; il consent cependant, à titre de concession, à ce que les dispositions de ce paragraphe ne restent en vigueur que jusqu'à la conclusion de nouvelles Conventions formelles ou d'arrangements destinés à régler entre les parties intéressées les questions de commerce, de navigation, ainsi que celles du service régulier des communications postales.\"\n\nQueen's Advocate; May 6, 1859.\n\nProposal to run Austrian Lloyd's steamers under British flag during Sardinian war.\n\n21\n\nBut this arrangement had reference solely to Greece and the Ionian Islands.\n\nIt might also be mentioned that during the war between Austria, France, and Sardinia in 1859, the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's Company, which were employed between Trieste, Corfu, and Alexandria, ceased to run, and it was suggested that they might be chartered by Her Majesty's Government to carry mails from and to India and the Ionian Islands, under the British flag, between those ports; but the Queen's Advocate, to whom the question was referred, reported that in his opinion Austrian vessels, under whatever flag, or by whomsoever chartered, might be lawfully captured by French or Sardinian naval officers, and taken into port for adjudication, and the idea was, therefore, discouraged.\n\nForeign Office,\n\n8th January, 1879.\n\nE. HERTSLET.\n\n[Appendix.\n\n(79)\n\nH\n\n183",
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        "content_text": "1 \n\nnent.\" In Paley on Summary Convictions, p. 172, the author, in describing the general qualities of a conviction, makes remarks to the same effect. Of course, greater nicety is required in the cases of summary convictions, and where the commitment is in execution, than where prisoners are remanded or committed to prison for further disposal only. But I am of opinion that in cases of rendition, the accused are entitled to the protection of every formality the law throws around them, and that it is the duty of a court before whom they claim their discharge to see that there has been no shortcoming in this respect. After very careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that there was no jurisdiction to justify the commitment of these thirteen men, and that the necessary formalities have not been complied with. There is no complaint, no information, no communication forwarded or made to the Magistrate. The learned Attorney-General refers us to Chitty's Criminal Law, page 11, 113, where it is stated that even if the warrant of commitment is informal, the Court will look at the depositions to see if there was sufficient ground laid to detain the party; and if a various offence is shown, they will not discharge or bail the prisoners. I certainly consider the commitment informal; but if I look at the depositions, I find still greater irregularities. No doubt, there is prima facie proof of murder, but I also find two charges rolled into one, their order being inverted. No information; no statement that the accused were called upon to plead. Above all, it does not appear that they were asked what they had to say in their defence, although they might have been able to show beyond a doubt either mistaken identity or an alibi, or some defence within the province of the Magistrate to hear. No opportunity was afforded them to do so. If the letter of the Chinese officials is to be relied upon to give jurisdiction, there is no proof that they are the persons mentioned in it. The return to the writ of habeas corpus shows that they were committed under names differing from those in the writ, and it is not sufficient that the Magistrate satisfied himself of their identity; proof is required.\n\nI will only add a few words as to the reasonableness of the detention. Nothing can be more opposed to the laws of Great Britain, so jealous of personal liberty, than a lengthened imprisonment pending a penal destination. It is considered oppressive, and under a writ of habeas corpus, a discharge from prison may be obtained unless the accused is brought to trial within a certain time. This does not exactly apply in cases of rendition in this Colony or elsewhere, but the spirit is shown in the French and American Convention Acts, where the accused was protected from a long detention; and in the Extradition Act of 1870, it is provided that in the case of fugitive criminals in British possessions, a judge of any court exercising the like powers as the Court of Queen's Bench exercises in England may exercise the power of discharging a criminal when not conveyed within two months out of such British possession. By a recent Ordinance providing for the mutual surrender of criminal fugitives in Macao and Hongkong, the limit of detention is one month. It is to be regretted that the Extradition Act of 1870 is not extended to this Colony, or that our Ordinance 2 of 1850 is not repealed and re-enacted in clear and precise terms.\n\nI am, however, of opinion that the Court is bound by the provisions of the Ordinance, which makes it lawful for a Magistrate to commit such person (i.e., one who there is probable cause for believing, being a subject of China, has committed a crime or offence against her laws) for safe custody to prison, and to direct the gaoler to detain him until he shall receive some order from the Governor of Hongkong, relative to his further detention, discharge, or transmission. The law, therefore, places the discharge of persons so committed in the discretion of the Governor, who is alone responsible that their detention does not exceed reasonable limits, and I think that the Court has no power to interfere on this ground. I am, however, of opinion that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction; that the proceedings were bad ab initio, and therefore that, however much it may be regretted that persons who have, on the face of the depositions, been guilty of the murder of three of their fellow creatures should escape from the punishment which by the law of our own country is awarded to their crime, the prisoners must be discharged. We, therefore, order them to be discharged.\n\nMr. Justice Russell said—I am likewise of opinion that the prisoners must be discharged on the ground that the return to the writ is insufficient and not according to law, and that the whole proceedings were coram non judice. The jurisdiction given to the magistrate in this case is special, as in all extradition cases, and must appear clearly on the face of the warrant of committal. We cannot, I think, look behind the commitment to sustain it as in other cases (of offences against the laws of our own country—ex-parte Bosset 9 Jurist & G),\n\nBut even if that were possible, nothing is to be obtained here from the conviction or order, for the depositions returned to the writ of certiorari show that the prisoners were illegally before the magistrate in the first instance, being arrested not by a Justice of the Peace but by a Police Constable without any authority from a Justice of the Peace and simply on the information of a Chinese who told him that there were thirteen men in a certain house who had committed murder on the mainland some time before.\n\nReferring shortly to the law warranting the arrest and rendition of refugee Criminals to China, the first provision that we have is contained in the Treaty of the Bogue 1843—art. IX, which is as follows:—\"If lawless natives of China, having committed crimes or offences against their own Government, shall flee to Hongkong or to the English ships of war, for refuge, they shall, if discovered by the English officers, be handed over at once to the Chinese officers for trial and punishment; if it should be ascertained or suspected by the officers of the Government of China whither such criminals and offenders have fled, a communication shall be made to the proper English officer in order that the said criminals and offenders may be rigidly searched for and on proof or admission of their guilt, delivered up,\" (then as to surrender of British Criminal fugitives.). It will be seen that the terms were very wide and that apparently no legal procedure was necessary—and there is no law or Ordinance that I can find for the carrying out that stipulation until Ord. 2 of 1850, which is an Ord. entitled: \"An Ordinance to provide for the more effective carrying out of the Treaties between Great Britain and China in so far as relates to Chinese Subjects within the Colony of Hongkong.”\n\nThe treaty of the Bogue was abrogated in 1858, and the Treaty of Tientsin of that year contained a provision in its 21st Article of a much more guarded description—\"If Criminals, Subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong or on board the British ships there, they shall upon due requisition by the Chinese Authorities be searched for, and on proof of their guilt be delivered up.” Up to the year 1871, the extradition of all Chinese criminals was carried out under the provisions of Ordinance 2 of 1850 and the 21st section of the Treaty, but in that year, the application of the Ordinance to the Treaty was much discussed in the Kwok A-sing case, and it was decided by the Chief Justice that the Ordinance had ceased to have any effect. Ordinance 2 of 1871 was then passed, re-enacting Ordinance 2 of 1850 and declaring it to apply to the Treaty of Tientsin. The position, therefore, is that the provisions of Ord. 2 of 1850 are those which govern the legal tribunals of the Colony in questions of Chinese extradition—assuming for the moment that such provisions are co-ordinate to those of the Treaty.\n\nThe first Section of the Ordinance shows three ways in which the magistrate may be placed in the position of having to investigate and commit. (1) If moved, as I read the section, by a complaint; by an information or a communication from a Chinese officer to ask for an order of arrest, or as the Chief Justice prefers to read it, by the \"Complaint\" or \"information\" of any one—or a Chinese officer. (2) If during the investigation of some charge against A, he finds that B, a Chinese subject, is in the Colony, a fugitive criminal, he will issue his warrant for arrest. 3rd—If, whilst investigating a charge against A already in custody, it transpires that A is a Chinese fugitive criminal, then he may investigate the crime that he is charged with in China. Again, under section IV, an order of arrest may be issued by the Governor corresponding to a Secretary of State's warrant under the Act of 1870—which may put the magistrate in motion.\n\nNow, by the terms of the ordinance, if at the end of his investigation, which must be conducted as if it were an indictable offence, the magistrate should find that \"there is reasonable and probable cause for believing &c.\" he is required to commit to prison pending the orders of the Governor; and he is also required to forward to the Governor all the proceedings in the case—Sec. III. It has been pointed out by the learned Chief Justice that the prisoners were not before the Magistrate in any of the four ways warranted by the ordinance, and the papers returned under the writ of certiorari do not show that the proceedings were forwarded.\n\n534",
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        "content_text": "136\n\n5322\n\nNo. 140.\n\nSir T. Wade to Earl Granville.-(Received March 7.)\n\n259 26 MAR 31\n\nPeking, January 6, 1881.\n\n(No. 3. Confidential.) My Lord,\n\nTHE short Commercial Treaty negotiated by the United States' Commission Extraordinary, as I have stated in the foregoing despatch, was a quid pro quo against the modification of the Burlingame Treaty in the matter of immigration.\n\nArticle II, as I read the Chinese text, provides that China and the United States shall respectively prohibit the importation of opium by the nations of either Power into the ports of the other, or the carriage of it coastwise from one port to another. Neither shall the nationals of either Power charter vessels under their own flag, nor vessels under any other flag, nor allow vessels of their own to be chartered by other nationalities, for the purpose of carrying opium. This prohibition is to be irrevocable, nor are favoured-nation clauses to affect it.\n\nBy Article III American vessels, whether freighted with American or other foreign merchandise, when entering or leaving Chinese ports in the coast trade or on long sea voyages, are to pay tonnage dues at the same rate as Chinese vessels, or the vessels of any other flag, and no higher dues. This provision is reciprocally to affect Chinese vessels trading by long sea between America and China, or other countries, no matter what their route or cargo.\n\nThis concession will advantage Chinese steamers which could not otherwise enter San Francisco or any United States' port except under conditions comparatively onerous, and involving a special permission. This, at least, is what I have understood from the Americans.\n\nArticle IV has to me a certain importance, as it virtually endorses what I have considered a valuable provision of the Chefoo Agreement, namely, that in mixed cases proceedings must be had in the Court, and decision given according to the law, of the defendant's nationality. I am informed privately that there is a slight difference between the English and Chinese text of this Article, which may hereafter occasion discussion.\n\nIn Chinese it runs thus: If there be a dispute between a Chinese and an American, it should be tried and decided by officials of both nations. The Chinese Government agrees with the United States' Government that, in such cases, it belongs to the officer of the defendant's nationality to try the case and decide it. The officer of the complainant's nationality is free to appear as Assessor at the trial, and the officer whose business it is to try the case will treat the other with the forms due to an Assessor. If the officer of the complainant's nationality wishes to have additional witnesses called, or witnesses recalled for examination, and the officer in charge of the proceedings opines that such a course is not equitable, the issue can be discussed between the two, point by point, and representation can be made to the higher authorities on both sides. The officer hearing the case will be guided by the law of his own nationality.\n\nThere must be, I should imagine, something in the English text to limit the application of this rule to mixed cases occurring in China. I take it for granted that Chinese in America will not be tried in a Chinese Court.\n\nI have a few words to add regarding opium which I shall reserve for the following despatch.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nTHOMAS FRANCIS WADE.",
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        "content_text": "157\n\nThere are, in effect, two Treaties, the one relating exclusively to Chinese immigration, the matter which it had been supposed (as I believe, correctly) that the Commission was originally appointed to deal with; the other a Treaty containing certain provisions affecting trade and the administration of justice, which are ostensibly concessions to the Chinese: a set-off, as my telegram of to-day will apprise your Lordship, against the concession made by the Chinese Government in the Immigration Treaty.\n\nBoth instruments are laudably brief, neither exceeding four Articles in length. The immigration question had been regarded as finally settled by what is known as the Burlingame Treaty, signed at Washington on the 28th July, 1868. The emigration of Chinese had been declared lawful by Article V of Lord Elgin's Convention, signed at Peking on the 24th October, 1860, but the operation of the provision had been no little hindered by the Chinese authorities, partly because, in theory, the abandonment of his home by a Chinese is held to be immoral by the Government and people, and partly because the coolie traffic, to use the simplest term, had been attended with the gravest abuses. By Article V of the Burlingame Treaty the Governments of China and the United States declare the right of Chinese and Americans to change their home and allegiance, but protest against any but voluntary emigration. By Article VI the two Powers concede, each to the nationals of the other, the same privileges in respect of travel or residence in each other's territory as may be enjoyed by nationals of the most-favoured nation, but withhold the right of naturalization on either side.\n\nAs is well known, the influx of Chinese into California, from the stand-point of the white races interested in labour, has spoiled the labour-market, and legislation has appeared necessary, eminently in the State of California, to check the flow of immigration.\n\nMr. Swift, the senior of the Commissioners Extraordinary, spoke to me very calmly and sensibly on the subject. It was of no use, he said, calling it an Irish question. It happened, no doubt, that in California the Irish were those who were most seriously affected by the competition of the Chinese as servants or handicraftsmen; but the opposition would have been the same had the labour class been other than Irish. The State was obliged to do something, for a system of terrorism had been established. Servants not Chinese would not remain with families who employed Chinese, and those who did employ them might any morning find a notice on the house-door that in their house Chinese were employed. The Chinese themselves, as every one knew, were often brutally maltreated.\n\nI have not yet seen the English text of the Treaty, but from the Chinese make out what has been achieved to be as follows:-\n\nBy Article I the two Powers agree that if the immigration of Chinese into the United States, or their residence therein, be at any time found disadvantageous to the United States, or a hindrance to the peace and order of any locality, the United States shall be free to limit the number of Chinese [entitled to emigrate] or the term of years [that they may reside], but not to prohibit immigration. This limitation is to affect a labour class only, and these are in no way to be maltreated or oppressed.\n\nArticle II excludes from the labour class missionaries, students, traders, and travellers, also (I think is meant) any Chinese accompanying or serving the above, as well as Chinese of the labour class already resident in America. These are all unrestricted in their movements, and entitled to the benefit of the most-favoured-nation clauses.\n\nIn Article III the American Government undertakes the protection from injury of all Chinese of whatsoever class now in the States.\n\nIf the regulations made as above in the United States appear to the Chinese Government to bear hard on the Chinese immigrant, the Chinese Government is enabled by Article IV to invite reconsideration of them both in Washington and in Peking.\n\nBefore the stipulations of this Treaty could be known with any exactness, indeed as soon as the appointment of the Special Commission was reported, the opinion of foreigners here, some Americans included, appeared highly unanimous upon one point. It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the modification of the Burlingame Treaty in one point was generally deplored. The complaint of every Power has been for years that progress in China is retarded by the exclusivism of her Government and lettered men, and the modification of a Treaty in an exclusivist sense, it was thought, would supply the Chinese with a convenient answer to the common remonstrance against her tendency to close the country to the barbarian.\n\nThe Tsung-li Yamên appears to have seen two difficulties in the way of granting what was asked. In the first place, although, as I have said, emigration is theoretically condemned by the educated Chinese, the permission to emigrate had been sanctioned by\n\n(654)\n\n2 S\n\n141",
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        "content_text": "# STANDARD VI.\n\n1. Reading-To read with fluency and expression any ordinary piece of prose or poetry chosen by the examiner.\n2. Writing. A short theme, or letter, or easy paraphrase. Writing, spelling, and grammar will be taken into account.\n\n3. Arithmetic.--Compound Interest, Square and Cube Root, Profit and Loss, and Progression, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.\n\n4. Grammar-Analysis and parsing, orally or in writing, of an ordinary stanza of poetry chosen by the examiner.\n\n5. Geography-Ability to draw from memory a map of any of the Continents, the map to include the principal rivers, mountains, and cities in the Continent prescribed.\n\n6. History. The first hundred pages of the History used in the school.\n\nCopy writing will not be taken in this Standard.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars.\n\nNote.--In Girls' schools, Arithmetic in Standard V will not extend beyond Vulgar Fractions, and in Standard VI not beyond Decimal Fractions.\n\n## For Schools in Class V\n\n(Schools in which a European education is given in any European language, with Chinese in addition.)\n\n### STANDARD I.\n\nThe same as Standard I for schools in Class IV.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.\n\n### STANDARD II.\n\nIn addition to Standard II for schools in Class IV,\n\n4. Chinese Reading.-A page of the First Book used in the school, with explanation of single words in the principal language taught in the school.\n\n5. Chinese Writing.-From dictation, ten common characters.\n\n### STANDARD VI.\n\nIn addition to Standard VI for schools in Class IV,\n\n7. Chinese Reading.-An ordinary passage from a Chinese newspaper, with explanation.\n\n8. Chinese Writing.-A short letter.\n\n9. Chinese Speaking.-Fluent and correct colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars and a half.\n\n21. In all cases where copy writing is taken, not less than one month's work must be shown to the examiner.\n\n22. Scholars who are presented under Standards IV, V, and VI for schools in Classes III, IV, and V, may also be examined in one or more of the following subjects, namely:-Algebra, Geometry, Physical Geography, and the Natural Sciences, provided they have previously passed in all the subjects contained in the Standards under which they are presented, and provided the subjects are taught in such a way as to graduate the instruction to the different Standards. For example:-\n\n## EUCLID.\n\n| Standard | Requirement |\n|---------|-------------|\n| IV      | Book I. Propositions 1 to 20 inclusive. |\n| V       | Book I. |\n| VI      | Books I and II. |\n\nValue of a pass, in each of such cases, in Standard IV, one dollar, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; in Standard V, one dollar and a half, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; and in Standard VI, two dollars, in addition to the proper value of the Standard.\n\n23. Managers of schools wishing to have scholars examined in one or more of these special subjects will, for the present, receive a graduated scheme for the subjects of their choice on application to the Inspector.\n\n### STANDARD III.\n\nIn addition to Standard III for schools in Class IV,\n\n5. Chinese Reading.-Two pages of the Second Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n6. Chinese Writing.-From dictation, twenty characters in the same book.\n\n7. Chinese Speaking.--Turning very short sentences into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in six of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, ten dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD IV.\n\nIn addition to Standard IV for schools in Class IV,\n\n6. Chinese Reading.-A short passage in the Third Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n7. Chinese Writing-From dictation, forty characters in the same book.\n\n8. Chinese Speaking.-Turning short sentences into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in seven of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, twelve dollars and a half.\n\n### STANDARD V.\n\nIn addition to Standard V for schools in Class IV,\n\n6. Chinese Reading-A short passage in the Fourth Book used in the school, with explanation.\n\n7. Chinese Writing.-From memory, a short passage in the same book.\n\n8. Chinese Speaking.-Turning a short passage in the same book into colloquial Chinese.\n\nChinese copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in seven of the other subjects.\n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, fourteen dollars and a half.\n\n24. No grant will be made for any subject not specified in this code.\n\n25. A capitation grant of one dollar will be given for each scholar in average attendance.\n\n26. No scholar will be examined in a lower Standard than that under which he has been previously presented, nor in the same Standard unless he has failed to pass in two or more subjects.\n\n27. Scholars learning a language which is not their mother tongue, will have their intelligence tested by requiring them to explain in their own language the meaning of the passages read.\n\n29. In Girls' Schools, one of the four hours for instruction may be assigned to plain needlework, which will have the following values:--- \n| Level | Value       |\n|-------|-------------|\n| Fair  | one dollar  |\n| Good  | one dollar and a half |\n| Very good | two dollars |\n\n29. The following regulations for Building Grants, are to be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of State before coming into effect.\n\n1. Aid is not granted to build new public schools unless the Government is satisfied. \n   (a.) That there is a sufficient population requiring a school in the vicinity.\n   (b.) That the school is likely to be maintained in efficiency.\n\n2. The grants made by the Government for building, enlarging, improving, or fitting up public schools, are not to exceed one half of the actual cost.\n\n3. The site, plans, estimates, specifications, title, and trust deed, must be previously approved by His Excellency the Governor.\n\n4. The extension of the area of existing school-rooms to receive more scholars, and the addition of teachers' dwellings to existing school-rooms, are treated `pro tanto` as new cases under Article 2.\n\n5. The trust deed must declare the premises to be granted in trust for educational purposes and for no other purpose whatever. It must provide for the legal ownership of the premises, and for the inspection and management of the School in accordance with the principles of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme.\n\n6. The grant is paid on presentation of a certificate (with balance sheet annexed), by the Building and Managing Committees of the school, setting forth that the building and conveyance are completed and that the money in hand, will, when added to the grant, meet all claims and finally close the account.\n\nPage 19\nPage 40",
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        "content_text": "## \n112 \n\nIn the aggregate amount to the half-transit duty. Where they do, the purchaser or the importer covers them naturally by a transit duty certificate; that is, if he has faith that the certificate will be respected, which at some centres not very far from Shanghae it has not been. Refusal to recognize these certificates constitutes a distinct breach of Treaty; but of this I do not propose here to say more. What has to be borne in mind is this, that whether the li-kin charges levied in the settlement, or in the country portwards of barriers immediately beyond it, be onerous or light, there is more than a strong presumption that, under Treaty, they ought not to be levied at all; that the Tariff duty should clear all imports, opium excepted, until they reach the barrier, to pass which, free of other taxation, they must be covered by the half-duty certificate: My complaint has been that no distinction is admitted at Shanghae between opium and other imports.\n\nWith no port area defined there has arisen (I am still speaking simply of Shanghae) another complication. To insure the levy of the li-kin the collectorate of course has had to maintain an executive, and in more instances than one this executive, when attempting the arrest of Chinese alleged to be evading the li-kin, has come into collision with the foreign police of the resident community. The collisions I refer to were more notably in the case of opium, for which, once more, I do not claim the benefit of a port area; but the action of the li-kin collectorate, as I have said above, has extended equally to all other imports bought in the settlement; all the commodities, in short, for which I do claim the benefit of a port area.\n\nThe right to any port area whatever being practically ignored, I have come face to face with the necessity of defining the area to which I conceive we are entitled. With the full conviction that we are entitled to some area, I found, as I have indicated, an exceeding difficulty in the way of making any definition that I could declare to be exact. It is possible that this difficulty might have been surmounted had I been able to count upon the cordial assistance of the Chinese Government, Central and Provincial. I purposely distinguish the one from the other. But I certainly could not count in a question of the kind on the cordial assistance of either. The needs of both, needs that we recognize as lawful besides other needs, and the convictions of both, are against any measure that will withdraw any commodity from the net of li-kin taxation. However, let us suppose the Central Government, with which the Tsung-li Yamen, the Chinese Foreign Office, is undoubtedly identical, let us suppose the Central Government so convinced or intimidated as to declare itself willing to go the length of conceding, as a port area, either the country within a fixed distance, at a radius of so many miles; the area, that is, proposed in 1869 by Sir Rutherford Alcock; or the country lying portward of the barriers proved to have existed before 1843; the area claimed by myself. The latter, as I have intimated, would be at some ports far less than at others; less, for instance, at Foochow than at Shanghae, while at Tien-tsin it is probably far greater than at the latter port. In most cases, however, it might be a tract of considerable dimensions. Suppose, I say, that the Central Government had circulated instructions to the Provincial Governments to exempt foreign imports from li-kin taxation within an area so agreed to, would such instructions have been given effect to in the provinces? The papers annexed (Appendices 2 and 3) will go far to prove that they would not. The Memorials to the Throne and the Imperial Decrees there referred to do not, it will be seen, address themselves exclusively to foreign trade. I am not sure that they have all appeared in the \"Peking Gazette.\" They were certainly not specially intended for the foreigner's edification. They embody in various forms a complaint, which in my experience is not new, to wit, that neither as regards opium or any other commodity on which li-kin or other abnormal taxation may be laid, is the Central Government kept duly informed; that much of the revenue collected is not remitted; that instructions to send up Returns to Peking are utterly disregarded by the Provincial Governments, who have their own reasons for winking at the dishonesty of the sub-collectors of li-kin in their respective jurisdictions.\n\nI have no expectation, until the Empire is governed with far greater vigour than at present, that this state of things will improve. Its administration in most of its departments, and certainly not least in its finance, will for long continue to a certain extent matter of compromise between the Central Government and the Provincial.\n\nI have heard it argued in China that the ability of the Central Government to control provincial exactions is proved by the fact that in the Convention of Sir Rutherford Alcock it engaged to control them; entirely to exempt our imports in the Treaty port provinces from li-kin or any other form of taxation, if we would pay down the composition half-duty with the full Tariff duty. I repeat that I think it much to be regretted that we did not test the value of this stipulation. If it was given effect to, we were gainers.\n\nIf it was violated, we were the stronger for remonstrance, or, failing justice, for reprisal. But that it would have been observed I thought in 1869, and still think, doubtful. The li-kin or other abnormal impost, be it remembered, is not laid upon our import trade alone. Our imports form but a small portion of the trade abnormally taxed. The tax is laid, in different degrees, upon almost every article in circulation. It is, for the present, indispensable to China. When it ceases to be so, we may rely upon it that li-kin collectorates will not be kept up for the taxation of foreign trade alone. It would not pay to keep them up. But so long as they are kept up for the taxation of the general trade of the country it is to the last degree improbable that foreign trade will escape li-kin, except within such limits as can be efficiently watched by a foreign Consul or like agent. Beyond his ken the li-kin collectorates will too probably levy li-kin upon our imports, the only evidence to the fact being that of the Chinese merchant who has to pay it, and who it is vain to expect will appear, in support of our reclamations, as a witness against his own authorities.\n\nWe have felt this embarrassment even when imports are travelling inland protected by transit-duty certificates and along the greater lines of traffic. We must be à fortiori prepared for it in places less prominently in evidence. Lastly, when our fight as against li-kin has been well fought, our flank may always be turned by a change in the form or style of exaction. Districts, guilds, corporations may be called upon to pay a charge upon their operations which would tell, not exclusively, nor perhaps directly, but still would tell upon our import trade, though they might be unassailable under the provisions of the Treaties.\n\nWhile this Report has been in process of preparation, news has been received of the imposition of a tax upon native vessels on the Yang-tzu River, to be levied only when no duty can be levied on their freight. The revival of some of the inland barriers which existed before the outbreak of the Tai Ping insurrection (1853) is also said to be in contemplation.\n\nWell then, to come at last to what I have recommended; believing conscientiously that a weight is laid upon our import trade from which by Treaty it should be exempt; unable to declare to my own satisfaction the precise limits of the area within which our import trade can claim exemption from the weight complained of; doubting exceedingly that, if an area of the dimension which I believe we might legally claim were conceded, our imports would be exempted from taxation over any larger portion of it than we could conveniently watch, I have agreed (Section 3, Article I), if the Government of China consented to relieve the weight upon our trade by conceding certain measures that would conduce to its expansion, to move Her Majesty's Government not to press our claim to exemption from li-kin except within a limited area, the surveillance of which is perfectly within our reach.\n\nI did not arrive at this decision without long and careful deliberation. Mr. Hart, who was present when the arrangement was last discussed, advocated strongly the prescription of such an area as was proposed in 1869, a circle of which the circumference should be a given number of miles from the custom-house as a centre. The Grand Secretary Li was opposed to this; but I confess that I did not warmly support the proposition. I should feel no security against squabbles about the levy of li-kin within or without a boundary-line several miles in extent that was not so defined by hills, streams, or other features of the ground, as to put the limits of the area within them beyond dispute. While I write, it is telegraphed from Hong Kong that the Chinese Government is prepared to deal more liberally with the port area question than my stipulations provide. I shall rejoice, of course, in any measure by which British interests are advantaged, even if it leaves my late efforts in the shade; but I adhere to my conviction that, so long as li-kin taxation is a recognized necessity of the Empire, it will be wiser to accept an expansion of our trade than to continue to press for a right of exemption that we shall have great difficulty in defining, and of which, could we make sure of a definition of it, we can never assure ourselves for certain of the exercise.\n\nBeyond this, the exchange of concessions which form the matter of Articles I and VI of this, the commercial section of the Agreement, there is scarcely anything in it that, but for the circumstances that brought about negotiation of that instrument, might not have been arranged with less solemnity. For the delimitation of the foreign settlement area proposed in Article II is but a pendant to the provisions of Article I. On opium, as I believe I can show, Article II but secures to the Chinese Government what it is entitled to. In Article IV, it but confirms to us rights of which, though more than once disputed, the existence under Treaty has been long maintained by us. In Article V we concede a term for the expiry of drawback which is but fair to both parties. By Article VII a \n\n[1703]\n\n2 G \n\nto. \n\n280",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n128 \n\nEven effected captures within them. This, I hold, must be withstood without compromise. The jurisdiction of the Colony must not be invaded. It is complained that their cruizers lie in the port of the Colony to watch the junk trade. I do not see that this is a sufficient ground for the exclusion of the cruizers in question. It is argued that these cruizers are cruizers not of the Chinese Government, but of the Provincial Government, or even of the Superintendent of Customs, and that their establishment of officers, &c., is not duly commissioned. The form of written authority under which these cruizers act may not be that with which we provide officers and vessels similarly employed, but I consider them to be employed **bona fide** for the execution of a duty which the Chinese Government has as good a right to require of them as, on shore, to require a like duty of the foreign establishment that assists it in the collection of its revenue on foreign trade. In any case, an intimation to the Chinese Government that, in order to secure for the cruizers the consideration, formal or substantial, that is conceded to similar vessels elsewhere, it will be necessary that their status be regularised, would, I cannot doubt, immediately insure the introduction of such changes as would leave us no ground for objection under this head.\n\nThe real matter of complaint is that the junk trade is \"worried\" by both cruizers and custom-houses. The latter being exclusively Chinese, the dues or duties demanded of the junks are certain to be in excess of what is just; at least, of my measure of what is just.\n\nBy the Treaties between England and China, I think China entitled to argue that, if British imports are to have the benefit of the Tariff, they must be brought to one of the ports open by Treaty, and, if carried thence to other parts of China, must pay the half-duty composition for transit dues, or, if unaccompanied by the certificate attesting payment of this half-duty, must face whatever charges may be demanded upon them.\n\nI have been asked, \"How if a Chinese, having purchased manufactures in England, were to carry them direct to some point of the coast to which British shipping have not by Treaty right of access?\" I say that in such a case the Chinese Government would be free, in my opinion, as the Treaty now stands, to make what law it pleased. It might suit it to enable its own subjects (by Treaty it could not enable the subjects of any other Power) to pay less duties than a British subject has to pay at the open ports, or more duties, or the same. The latter would be the more probable course, because it would prefer, I suspect, to keep the foreign import trade on the sea-board under the foreign Inspectorate. And it could not be held culpable or unfair if it placed our imports, brought as above by a Chinese from England, on the same footing as if they had come in a British bottom to a Treaty port. But if this were not unfair when they came from England, neither could it be so regarded, I think, if they came from a British Colony—Hong Kong, Singapore, or any other.\n\nThe arrangement I desire is this: that the Chinese Government should consent to extinguish the three custom-houses that now keep watch round Hong Kong, and to substitute for these a branch of the Canton Inspectorate, to be located at some spot conveniently near the Colony; to agree that at this branch office there should be levied the Tariff duty on imports proceeding in Chinese bottoms to a Treaty port, and the Tariff duty and half Tariff duty on imports proceeding to any point on the coast or up rivers not open by Treaty.\n\nOn opium, which article cannot by Treaty be franked and certificated like other imports, the same office should be authorized, when levying the import duty, to levy the likin that would be levied were it sold at Canton. Every junk arriving at Hong Kong or leaving the harbour should be obliged to call at the office of the branch Inspectorate to receive a clearance, and the Colony should engage so to assist in giving effect to this part of the arrangement, that disputes about limits of jurisdiction might be avoided.\n\nIf it be urged that, when the duties have been collected by the branch Inspectorate, the imports are not secured against an **ad libitum** levy of fees, &c., in addition, when they reach their destination, I reply that I cannot, indeed, guarantee that the Chinese will not do whatever seems good to them where the foreigner has no agent to watch them. But we must remember that, before the junk trade of Hong Kong was subjected to the surveillance now so obnoxious to the Colony, we did not hear of excessive levies of duty along the coast, and the contingency that excessive duties will be levied is certainly not increased by a measure that will largely add to the receipts of the provincial Treasury.\n\nWhatever it may be eventually determined to substitute for the system which the Colony finds so harassing, it is not to be expected that the junk trade of the Colony \n\n123 \n\ncan quite regain the position it held before that system was introduced. The imports, produce carried to the Colony will undoubtedly have to pay some duty. formerly run duty-free by the junks to the coast, will have to pay duty; notably opium, Part of the opium, an article of which the local monopoly is of no small importance. affected by the monopoly is of course consumed in Hong Kong, but part, certainly the largest part, is carried away by junks. In either case, I take it for granted that our imports, whether opium or other commodity, will undoubtedly fare better in the hands of the foreign Customs Inspectorate than if left to the mercy of the native régime. The native custom-houses, if they have a Tariff, are under no such supervision as will protect native junks against the exactions in excess of the Tariff. It is our interest to keep their hands off the trade, and especially off the trade in opium, collection of the duties on which was the first suggesting cause of their establishment.\n\nI commenced this long excursus in explanation of Articles II and III. I must still add a few words which could not have been brought in opportunely elsewhere. Although my agreement contains no stipulations on the subject, I beg to recommend that if a decision be ultimately arrived at to require a larger area of exemption from li-kin than that proposed by me, such exemption be claimed by us only for commodities that are beyond dispute constituents of foreign, as distinguished from native, trade.\n\nWe are bound to seek every advantage for our manufactures, but we import some things that China produces, sugar, grain, and other raw material, which we shall suffer little by leaving to be treated as the Chinese treat their own produce of similar denominations.\n\nI come now to Article IV of this section, the object of which was, on the one part, to secure a plain admission of the extent of our right to use the transit-duty certificate, whether to cover imports or produce destined for exportation; while, on the other part, it records an engagement to protect the Chinese Government against evasion of the revenue due to it upon produce in **transitu** not so destined, such evasion having been matter of complaint.\n\nHu Poi, the province our imports traverse to reach Ssú Ch'uan, has been in the habit of using a transit-duty certificate containing on the face of it certain restrictions. By the terms of this Article, the Chinese Government agrees that the certificate shall be framed under one rule at all ports, and that, so far as imports are concerned, the nationality of the person possessing and carrying them is immaterial.\n\nWe have long maintained that our imports, Tariff paid and covered by a transit-duty certificate, are free of all charge in transit, no matter who the holder. But the Tsung-li Yamên, although, as I have mentioned before, its Circular to the Provincial Governments of 1868 admitted the Treaty right, did not communicate that Circular to the Legations, and withdrew from the admission made in it as soon as the Convention of 1869 was rejected. It is something, indeed much, to have obtained a formal recognition of this right.\n\nI had similarly upheld our title to carry imports from a Treaty port to any point of the coast, if certificated, in a Chinese bottom; but the claim had always been contested. So, too, our title similarly to carry produce to a port. This is now formally conceded. Any available point of the coast is made as accessible for the above purposes as any point inland; the Chinese Government having, of course, reserved to it the right to make arrangements for the prevention of abuses.\n\nThese are such abuses as might be looked for equally at any inland centre. The abuse against which it is further agreed that rules shall be made to protect the revenue, where produce is carried under a transit-duty certificate, can only be controlled at the open ports.\n\nFor the transport of produce purchased inland, if it be **bona fide** intended for shipment to a foreign country, a British subject can, of course, claim a transit-duty certificate, and the half Tariff duty payment attested by this will clear the produce so certificated of all charges between the inland market and its stated port of destination. These charges, in some instances, amount to more than the half duty. Even where this is not the case, it is possible that a Chinese, carrying produce on his own account, will be called on to pay irregular fees that will swell the amount of these charges; his goods, however little the transit-duty clauses are respected in some regions, and in some they are beyond doubt ignored, the certificate has been found, in some instances, of sufficient power to shield the goods certificated from overcharge or detention. The result has been that foreigners have been invited, for a consideration, to lend their names to the Chinese carrier of produce, and he has been enabled, under the certificate taken out for him, to bring down produce, whether intended for exportation or not, free of all charges but the half duty paid by the foreigner.\n\n285",
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        "content_text": "# ARTICLE III\n\n67 \n976 \n\nIf a British vessel carries on a clandestine trade at a port not open to foreign commerce, such vessel, with her cargo, shall be seized and confiscated. \n\nIf a British vessel be wrecked on the coast of Chosen, the local authorities, on being informed of the occurrence, shall immediately render assistance to the crew, provide for their present necessities, and take measures necessary for the salvage of the ship and the preservation of her cargo. They shall also bring the matter to the knowledge of the nearest Consular Representative of the British Government, in order that steps may be taken to send the crew home, and to save the ship and her cargo. The necessary expenses shall be defrayed either by the ship's master or by the British Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nAll British subjects in Chosen peaceably attending to their own affairs shall receive and enjoy for themselves and everything appertaining to them the protection of the local authorities of the Government of Chosen, who shall defend them from all insult and injury of any sort. \n\nIf their dwellings or property be threatened or attacked by mobs, incendiaries, or other violent or lawless persons, the local officers on requisition of the Consul shall immediately dispatch a military force to disperse the rioters, apprehend the guilty individuals, and punish them with the utmost rigour of the law. \n\nSubjects of Chosen guilty of any criminal act towards British subjects shall be punished by the authorities of Chosen according to the laws of Chosen; and British subjects, either on shore or in any merchant-vessel, who may insult, trouble, or wound the persons, or injure the property of the people of Chosen, shall be arrested and punished only by the Consul or other public British functionary thereto authorized according to the laws of the British Government. \n\nWhen controversies arise in the Kingdom of Chosen between subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and subjects of His Majesty the King of Chosen, which need to be examined and decided by the public officers of the two nations, it is agreed between the two Governments of England and Chosen that such cases shall be tried by the proper official of the nationality of the defendant, according to the laws of that nation.\n\nThe properly authorized official of the plaintiff's nationality shall be fully permitted to attend the trial, and shall be treated with the courtesy due to his position. He shall be granted all proper facilities for watching the proceedings in the interests of justice. If he so desires, he shall have the right to present and to examine and cross-examine witnesses. If he is dissatisfied with the proceedings, he shall be permitted to protest against them in detail. \n\nIt is, however, mutually agreed and understood between the High Contracting Powers, that whenever the King of Chosen shall have so far modified and reformed the statutes and judicial procedure of his kingdom, that, in the judgment of the British Government, they conform to the laws and course of justice in England, the right of exterritorial jurisdiction over British subjects in Chosen shall be abandoned, and thereafter British subjects, when within the limits of the Kingdom of Chosen, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the native authorities.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nMerchants and merchant-vessels of Chosen visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its colonies and possessions, for the purpose of traffic, shall pay duties and tonnage dues, and all fees, according to the Customs Regulations of the British Government, but no higher or other rates of duties and tonnage dues shall be exacted of them than are levied upon British subjects, or upon citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation. \n\nBritish merchants and merchant-vessels visiting Chosen for the purposes of traffic shall pay duties upon all merchandize imported and exported. \n\nThe authority to levy duties is of right vested in the Government of Chosen. The Tariff of duties upon exports and imports, together with the Customs Regulations for the prevention of smuggling and other irregularities, will be fixed by the authorities of Chosen and communicated to the proper officials of the British Government, to be by the latter notified to their subjects and duly observed. \n\nIt is, however, agreed in the first instance as a general measure that the Tariff upon such imports as are articles of daily use shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent.; that the Tariff upon such imports as are luxuries, as, for instance, foreign wines, foreign tobacco, clocks and watches, shall not exceed an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.;",
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        "content_text": "## Memorandum respecting the Importation of Foreign Spirits into Siam\n\nHertslet's Treaties, vol. x, p. 559,\nIbid., p. 560.\n\n**ARTICLE IV** of our Treaty with Siam of the 18th April, 1855, says, \"British subjects are permitted to trade freely in all the seaports of Siam;\" but the same Article declared that they would only be allowed to reside permanently at Bangkok, or within the limits assigned by that Treaty.\n\nBy **Article VIII** it was further agreed that British shipping and trade should thenceforth only be subject to the payment of import and export duties on the goods landed or shipped; but it was added \"on all articles of import the duties should be 3 per cent., payable at the option of the importer, either in kind or money, calculated upon the market value of the goods.\"\n\nTo this Treaty a Tariff was attached, and it was declared, by the VIIIth Article of the Treaty, that the rates of duty laid down in the Tariff were those that were then paid upon goods or produce shipped in Siamese or Chinese vessels or junks; but it was agreed that British shipping should enjoy all the privileges which were then exercised by, or which might thereafter be granted to, Siamese or Chinese vessels or junks.\n\nBy **Article X** it was further agreed that the British Government and its subjects should be allowed free and equal participation in any privileges that might have been, or that might thereafter be, granted by the Siamese Government to the Government or subjects of any other nation.\n\nNo allusion whatever was made in this Treaty to the importation of spirits, and they were, therefore, liable, on importation, to a 3 per cent. duty, according to the stipulations of **Article VIII**.\n\n \n\n8 \n\nfarms are in force, and we do not conceive that our allies would oppose our keeping up the system by selling out farms of each district to the highest bidder. The trade is put on a commercial footing at the same time that the retail price is kept up, and the renter is able either to buy spirits from natives, or make them himself, as he finds most profitable.\n\n37. Indeed, to make this absolutely fair, His Majesty's Government would entirely remit duty on foreign spirits sold to the farmers or sellers licensed by Government. \n\nBut this would have to be arranged upon terms to be specially agreed upon. Bangkok, April 1882. \n\nBy His Majesty the King's command.\n\n \n\n392 \nPrinted for the use of the Foreign Office. November 21, 1882. \n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n`(4679.)`\nC. O. \n20 883 \n**RESP**\n**RES 2 DEC 22**",
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        "content_text": "393 \n\n2 \n\nOn the 17th December, 1860, a Treaty was concluded between the Netherlands and Siam, Article XVII of which declared that \"the duties to be levied on merchandise imported by Netherlands vessels into the Kingdom of Siam should not exceed 3 per cent. on their value,\" payable in money or kind at the choice of the importer; and that \"after the payment of the said import duty of 3 per cent. the merchandise might be sold by wholesale or retail, free of any other tax or charge whatsoever.\" State Papers, vol. lviii, p. 262.\n\nA Tariff was annexed to this Treaty, in which no reference was made to spirits. Ibid., p. 268.\n\nBy Article XVIII, however, of the Treaty the Siamese Government reserved to itself the right, at any time thereafter, to impose a single tax or duty upon any article which was, or which might become, a production of Siam, and which was not specified in the Tariff annexed to the Treaty, or was then subject, either directly or indirectly, to a governmental charge of any kind; but the Siamese Government agreed that the said tax or duty, if levied, should be just and reasonable.\n\nOn the 15th August, 1856, a Treaty was concluded between France and Siam, which was followed, on the 7th August, 1867, by a Convention having special reference to the importation of wines and spirits into Siam. By this Convention it was agreed as follows: State Papers, vol. xlvii, p. 993; Ibid., vol. lvii, p. 772.\n\n\"Art. I. Les sujets Français pourront, moyennant l'acquittement d'un droit d'entrée de 3 pour cent de la valeur, importer dans le Royaume de Siam, de quelque pays et sous quelque pavillon que ce soit, des vins et autres boissons fermentées, ainsi que toute espèce de boissons distillées. Ces produits pourront être librement vendus et transportés dans l'intérieur du pays, et leur vente ne sera pas soumise à d'autres charges que celles qui se trouvent indiquées ci-après.\n\n\"Art II. Tout individu qui voudra vendre en détail des boissons fermentées ou distillées de provenance étrangère devra se munir d'un permis spécial. Ce permis sera délivré par l'autorité Siamoise, qui ne pourra jamais le refuser.\n\n\"Art. III. Toutes les fois qu'un permis sera délivré pour la vente en détail de boissons distillées d'une valeur inférieure à 1 fr. 65 c. (un demi-tical) le litre, il n'en pourra être fait usage que pour un seul établissement ou un seul bateau, et que dans les limites d'un district déterminé.\n\n\"Art. IV. La délivrance des permis aura lieu sans frais, mais une taxe annuelle pourra être exigée de tout détaillant qui vendra des boissons distillées d'une valeur inférieure à 1 fr. 65 c. (un demi-tical) le litre, alors même qu'il vendrait simultanément des spiritueux de qualité supérieure. Cette taxe ne devra, en aucun cas, dépasser 45 ticaux.\n\n\"Art. V. Les infractions aux dispositions qui précèdent seront punies d'une amende qui ne pourra excéder 200 ticaux. Si le contrevenant est sujet ou protégé Français, la condamnation à l'amende devra être prononcée par le Consul de France.\n\n\"Art. VI. Les sujets Français devant jouir, aux termes du Traité du 15 Août, 1856, du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée, il est bien entendu qu'ils ne seront tenus de se conformer aux dispositions de la présente Convention qu'autant que les sujets des autres nations y seraient également soumis et les observeraient en toute circonstance.\n\n\"Art. VII. La présente Convention aura une durée fixe de cinq années, à dater de l'échange des ratifications, et elle demeurera ensuite obligatoire d'année en année jusqu'à ce que l'un des deux Gouvernements ait annoncé à l'autre, un an à l'avance, son intention d'en faire cesser les effets. Les deux Gouvernements se réservent d'ailleurs d'y introduire d'un commun accord, à l'expiration du terme assigné à sa durée fixe, les modifications qui seraient jugées nécessaires.” \n\nIn May 1868 the Siamese Government called the attention of Mr. H. Alabaster to this Convention, and asked him to frame Rules and Regulations directing all British subjects at Bangkok to conform to the provisions of the French Treaty, but in the absence of any Treaty between Great Britain and Siam containing stipulations similar to the Treaty between France and Siam, Mr. Alabaster declined to accede to the request of the Siamese Government, but referred home for instructions, when he was authorized to conclude a Convention with the Siamese Government in the identical terms of that concluded on the 7th August, 1867, between the Governments of France and Siam.\n\nTo Mr. Alabaster; September 10, 1868, \n\n3 \n\nIn December 1877, in consequence of a com-",
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        "content_text": "STANDARD VI. \n\nIn addition to Standard VI for schools in Class IV, \n\n7. Chinese Beading.- An ordinary passage from a Chinese newspaper, with explanation. 8. Chinese Writing.-A short letter. \n\n9. Chinese Speaking.-Fluent and correct colloquial Chinese. \n\nChinese copy writing will not be taken in this Standard. \n\nValue of a pass in this Standard, sixteen dollars and a half. \n\n21. In all cases where copy writing is taken, not less than one month's work must be shown to the examiner. \n\nIV and 22. Scholars who are presented under Standards IV, V and VI for schools in Classes IV, V, may also be examined in one or more of the following subjects, namely: Algebra, Geometry, Physical Geography, and the Natural Sciences, provided they have previously passed in all the subjects contained in the Standards under which they are presented, and provided the subjects are taught in such a way as to graduate the instruction to the different Standards. For example:-- \n\nEUCLID. \n\nStandard IV. Book I. Propositions 1 to 20 inclusive. \n\nStandard V. Book 1. \n\nStandard VI. Books I and II. \n\nValue of a pass, in each of such cases, in Standard IV, one dollar in addition to the proper value of the Standard; in Standard V, one dollar and a half, in addition to the proper value of the Standard; and in Standard VI, two dollars, in addition to the proper value of the Standard. \n\n23. Managers of schools wishing to have scholars examined in one or more of these special subjects will, for the present, receive a graduated scheme for the subjects of their choice on application to The Inspector. \n\nNo grant of home in class will be made for any subject not specified in this code, with the exception of the ... \n\n25. A capitation grant of one dollar will be given for each scholar in average attendance. \n\n26. No scholar will be examined in a lower Standard than that under which he has been previously presented, nor in the same Standard unless he has failed to pass in two or more subjects. \n\n27. Scholars learning a language which is not their mother tongue, will have their intelligence tested by requiring them to explain in their own language the meaning of the passages read. \n\n28. In Girls' Schools, one of the four hours for instruction in the subjects of the several Standards may be assigned to plain needlework, which will have the following values:---- \n\nFair, one dollar. Good, one dollar and a half. Very good, two dollars. \n\n29. Building Grants. \n\n1. Aid is not granted to build new public schools unless the Government is satisfied- \n\n(a.) That there is a sufficient population requiring a school in the vicinity. \n\n(b.) That the school is likely to be maintained in efficiency. \n\n2. The grants made by the Government for building, enlarging, improving, or fitting up public schools, are not to exceed one half of the actual cost. \n\n3. The site, plans, estimates, specifications, title, and trust deed, must be previously approved by His Excellency the Governor. \n\n4. The extension of the area of existing school-rooms to receive more scholars, and the addition of teachers' dwellings to existing school-rooms, are treated pro tanto as new case under Article 2. \n\n5. The trust deed must declare the premises to be granted in trust for educational purposes and for no other purpose whatever. It must provide for the legal ownership of the premises, and for the inspection and management of the school in accordance with the principles of the Grant-in-aid Scheme. \n\n6. The grant is paid on presentation of a certificate (with balance sheet annexed), by the Building and Managing Committees of the school, setting forth that the building and conveyance are completed and that the money in hand, will, when added to the grant, meet all claims and finally close the account. \n\n六考與第四級書館六考同\n\n七讀唐書 以華字新報一片內選一段不易者授使讀及講解\n\n八爲唐字 寫一短札\n\n九講唐話 試使講華人俗語務以流利清\n\n此班内不計習唐字簿\n\n凡考得者計每名賞銀十六半\n\n第二十一條 凡計習字簿必要將足一個月所習之字呈閱\n\n第二十二條 凡有第三級第四級第五級書館學童在四考五考六考之列者亦可被考格外之科卽代數學幾何學格物各理等科但欲被考此等科者必須先在本班考過各科乃可\n\n致上言格外之科仍須按班分定如欲考幾何學者則四考之童應用玉結書首卷之一章至二十章而考五考之童應用玉結書首卷各章而考六考之童應用玉結書首卷大卷各章而考凡學童考得此款之一者計賞銀數如左\n\n四考除本班計賞外加賞銀一圓\n\n五考除本班計賞外加賞銀一圓半\n\n六考除本班計賞外加賞銀二圓\n\n第二十三條 凡各館總理人等有學童欲考格外之科或一科或多款可請監督學院照其所選各款循序漸進之階開列\n\n第二十四條 除此規條内開列各款外不得給領助賞銀\n\n第二十五條 每館周年均計每日學童若干照人數計每名可領一圓\n\n第二十六條 凡學童經應考某班如再考時不得在該班下應考凡學童除考不過兩科或多款者外不得在原班再次應考\n\n第二十七條 凡學童學異國語言非彼母親所說之本話者可准用其土談講解所讀之書一章一節試其識否\n\n第二十八條 凡各女館可將此規條所定教習内開各款之四點鐘時候從中用一點鐘教習平常針黹工夫致所計賞項則上取者賞銀二圓次取者賞銀一圓半中取者賞銀一個\n\n第二十九條 助建義學費用規條列後\n\n一國家不准給助創建義學必要先有確據該地民人衆應增設義館及該館大約辦理安善可以望有功效\n\n二國家給助費用不拘新建抑或增廣與及買置內用什物等項不得浮於確實費用之一半\n\n三凡欲建義學其地方之圖度支之譜及章程地契代理憑書等必要先蒙督憲允准乃可\n\n四若人欲將書館增築多收學童或將書館增築掌教住所應從第二款所定一如新建之事照式辦理\n\n五代理憑書必要訂明該處地方請代理人只爲辦理義學事務斷不得干涉別事又要訂明何人遵例爲屋主及准該館遵依上開各規條辦理應考\n\n六給領助費銀両之先該館總理人或辦理建造人應要禀知國家附粘一單列明數目表明該館所有買地印契等情經已成就及要表明現存數倘若以國家恩給助費銀數便足清結所欠各項使該數目要當無訛\n\nPage 45\n\n \nPage 45\n\nPage 45",
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        "content_text": "246\n\nthat he could not take\n\nthe Governor under article.\n\nIV of the Royal Instructions.\n\nage\n\nthe 9 of April\n\n1877. Your suggestion\n\nin paragraph 5 (e) of your Despatch will\n\nthus be carried out.\n\n12. I approve of your proposals for an\n\nunusual Session of the Legislative Council, and for weekly meetings of the Executive Council.\n\n13. As regards Stewart's\n\nposition\n\nin the Legislative\n\nCouncil, to which\n\nyou allude\n\nin the 7\n\nparagraph of your\n\nDespatch, I was aware\n\nthat\n\nhis seat as\n\nan unofficial\n\nMember under the\n\nexisting Royal Instruction\n\nand before the receipt\n\nof your Despatch, amended Instructions had been\n\nprepared with\n\na\nview to their being laid before Her Majesty at the first Meeting of the Privy Council, but the\n\nconsideration of your\n\nDespatch has unavoid-\n\nably postponed\n\naction.\n\n14. It will probably be convenient before the New Additional Instructions\n\nAre",
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        "content_text": "77\n\n4\n\nLes taxes des tarifs applicables aux correspondances échangées entre les Etats contractants pourront, à toute époque, être modifiées d'un commun accord.\n\nLe franc est l'unité monétaire qui sert à la composition des tarifs internationaux.\n\nArt. 11.\n\nLes télégrammes relatifs au service des télégraphes internationaux des Etats contractants sont transmis en franchise sur tout le réseau des dits Etats.\n\nArt. 12.\n\nLes Hautes Parties contractantes se doivent réciproquement compte des taxes perçues par chacune d'elles.\n\nArt. 13.\n\nLes dispositions de la présente Convention sont complétées par un règlement, dont les prescriptions peuvent être, à toute époque, modifiées d'un commun accord par les Administrations des Etats contractants.\n\nArt. 14.\n\nUn organe central, placé sous la haute autorité de l'Administration supérieure de l'un des Gouvernements contractants désigné, à cet effet, par le règlement, est chargé de réunir, de coordonner et de publier les renseignements de toute nature relatifs à la télégraphie internationale, d'instruire les demandes de modification aux tarifs et au règlement de service, de faire promulguer les changements adoptés, et, en général, de procéder à toutes les études et d'exécuter tous les travaux dont il serait saisi dans l'intérêt de la télégraphie internationale.\n\nLes frais auxquels donne lieu cette institution sont supportés par toutes les Administrations des Etats contractants.\n\nArt. 15.\n\nLe tarif et le règlement prévus par les articles 10 et 13 sont annexés à la présente Convention. Ils ont la même valeur et entrent en vigueur en même temps qu'elle.\n\nIls seront soumis à des révisions où tous les Etats qui y ont pris part pourront se faire représenter.\n\nA cet effet, des Conférences administratives auront lieu périodiquement, chaque Conférence fixant elle-même le lieu et l'époque de la réunion suivante.\n\nArt. 16.\n\nCes Conférences sont composées des délégués représentant les Administrations des Etats contractants.\n\nDans les délibérations, chaque Administration a droit à une voix, sous réserve, s'il s'agit d'Administrations différentes d'un même Gouvernement, que la demande en ait été faite par voie diplomatique au Gouvernement du pays où doit se réunir la Conférence, avant la date fixée pour son ouverture, et que chacune d'entre elles ait une représentation spéciale et distincte.\n\nLes révisions résultant des délibérations des Conférences ne sont exécutoires qu'après avoir reçu l'approbation de tous les Gouvernements des Etats contractants.\n\nArt. 17.\n\nLes Hautes Parties contractantes se réservent respectivement le droit de prendre séparément, entre elles, des arrangements particuliers de toute nature sur les points du service qui n'intéressent pas la généralité des Etats.\n\nArt. 18.\n\nLes Etats qui n'ont point pris part à la présente Convention seront admis à y adhérer sur leur demande. Cette adhésion sera notifiée par la voie diplomatique à celui des Etats contractants au sein duquel la dernière conférence aura été tenue, et par cet Etat à tous les autres.\n\nElle emportera, de plein droit, accession à toutes les clauses et admission à tous les avantages stipulés par la présente Convention.\n\nArt. 19.\n\nLes relations télégraphiques avec des Etats non adhérents ou avec les exploitations privées sont réglées, dans l'intérêt général du développement progressif des communications, par le règlement prévu à l'article 13 de la présente Convention.\n\nArt. 20.\n\nLa présente Convention sera mise à exécution à partir du 1 Janvier 1876, nouveau style, et demeurera en vigueur pendant un temps indéterminé et jusqu'à l'expiration d'une année à partir du jour où la dénonciation en sera faite.\n\nLa dénonciation ne produit son effet qu'à l'égard de l'Etat qui l'a faite. Pour les autres Parties contractantes, la Convention reste en vigueur.\n\nArt. 21 et dernier.\n\nLa présente Convention sera ratifiée et les ratifications en seront échangées à St-Pétersbourg dans le plus bref délai possible.\n\nFait à St-Pétersbourg, le 10/22 Juillet 1875.\n\n米\n\nANNEXES A LA CONVENTION.\n\nREVISION DE LONDRES.\n\nI. RÈGLEMENT\n\nDE\n\nSERVICE INTERNATIONAL.\n\nArticle 13 de la Convention.\n\nLes dispositions de la présente Convention sont complétées par un règlement, dont les prescriptions peuvent être, à toute époque, modifiées d'un commun accord par les Administrations des Etats contractants.\n\n1. Réseau international.\n\nArticle 4 de la Convention.\n\nChaque Gouvernement s'engage à affecter au service télégraphique international des fils spéciaux, en nombre suffisant pour assurer une rapide transmission des télégrammes.\n\nCes fils seront établis et desservis dans les meilleures conditions que la pratique du service aura fait connaître.\n\nJ.\n\n1. Les villes entre lesquelles l'échange des correspondances est continu ou très-actif sont, autant que possible, reliées par des fils directs, d'un diamètre d'au moins cinq millimètres et dont le service, dégagé du travail des bureaux intermédiaires, n'est affecté, dans la règle, qu'aux relations entre les deux villes désignées comme leurs points extrêmes.\n\n2. Ces fils peuvent être détournés de cette affectation spéciale en cas de dérangement des lignes; mais ils doivent y être ramenés dès que le dérangement a cessé.\n\n3. Les Administrations télégraphiques indiquent, sur chaque fil, un ou plusieurs bureaux intermédiaires obligés de prendre les correspondances en passage, si la transmission directe entre les deux bureaux extrêmes est impossible.\n\nII.\n\n1. Les Administrations concourent, dans les limites de leur action respective, à la sauvegarde des fils internationaux et des câbles sous-marins; elles combinent, pour chacun d'eux, les dispositions qui permettent d'en tirer le meilleur parti.\n\n2. Les chefs de service des circonscriptions voisines des frontières s'entendent directement pour assurer, en ce qui les concerne, l'exécution de ces mesures.\n\nIII.\n\nLes appareils Morse et Hughes restent concurremment adoptés pour le service des fils internationaux, jusqu'à une nouvelle entente sur l'introduction d'autres appareils.\n\nIV.\n\n1. Entre les villes importantes des Etats contractants, le service est, autant que possible, permanent, le jour et la nuit, sans aucune interruption.",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE IV.\n\nAny British subject who desires to retail spirituous liquors in Siam must take out a special licence for that purpose. This licence shall be given free of charge by the Siamese authorities, who shall in no case refuse to issue it to any British applicant on the recommendation of Her Majesty's Consul.\n\nThe licence may be granted upon conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments. It shall not be cancelled without the assent of Her Majesty's Consul.",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE II.\n\nThe Siamese Government engage to take all necessary measures to prohibit and prevent the sale of spirits manufactured in Siam which may be deleterious to the public health.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nAny British subject who desires to retail spirituous liquors, beer, or wines in Siam must take out a special licence for that purpose from the Siamese Government, which shall not be refused without just and reasonable cause.\n\nThis licence may be granted upon conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nBritish subjects shall at all times enjoy the same rights and privileges in regard to the importation and sale of spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors in Siam as the subjects of the most favoured nation; and spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors coming from any part of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions shall enjoy the same privileges in all respects as similar articles coming from any other country the most favoured in this respect.\n\nIt is therefore clearly understood that British subjects are not bound to conform to the provisions of the present Convention to any greater extent than the subjects of other nations are so bound.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nSubject to the provisions of Article V, the present Agreement shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by mutual consent between the two Governments, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months' notice given by either party to determine the same.\n\nThe existing Treaty engagements between Great Britain and Siam shall continue in full force until the present Agreement comes into operation, and after that date, except in so far as they are modified hereby.\n\nShould the present Agreement be terminated, the Treaty engagements between Great Britain and Siam shall revive, and remain as they existed previously to the signature hereof.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nIn this Agreement, the words \"British subject\" shall include any naturalized or protected subject of Her Britannic Majesty; and the words \"Her Majesty's Consul\" shall include any Consular officer of Her Britannic Majesty in Siam.\n\nIn witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone at London the sixth day of April, 1888, corresponding to the fourteenth day of the fourth of the waning moon of the month Phagunamas, of the year Horse, Fourth Decade, 1244, of the Siamese Astronomical Era.\n\n(L.S.) GRANVILLE.\n\n(L.S.) PRISDANG.\n\nC 182",
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        "content_text": "IVO. 0. ROME.\n\nto believe,\n\nreason to\n\nto French\n\ninfluence having been used to\n\nprevent our\n\nAs\n\nlazing\n\nthe bathe.\n\nwe\n\nhave\n\nnot been\n\nwith\n\nable\n\nto\n\narrange\n\nfor the\n\nFrench Government\n\nthe\n\nspecial wire through\n\nbochin China to be worked\n\nby\n\nthe Company's employés,\n\nprepared, if necessary,\n\nto modify the\n\nArticles\n\nof\n\nthe\n\nConvention\n\nwe\n\nare\n\nto\n\nexclude\n\nthe\n\nwire\n\nthrough\n\nSiam\n\nbomitoolia.\n\nreference\n\nall\n\nseparate\n\nNo\n\n[1848.] CONFIDENTIAL.\n\nRECEIVED\n\nPEGR JQ AUG 23.\n\n[Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 4, 5, and 6.] —\n\n(TELEGRAMS.)\n\nSECOND SECTION.\n\n355\n\n(Telegraphic.)\n\nEarl Granville to Mr. Newman,\n\nForeign Office, August 4, 1883.\n\nMY despatches Nos. 47 and 54. British Telegraph Company put to serious loss by delay of Siamese Government in signing Convention, the material of the line having been sent to Singapore on the faith of their promise.\n\nUrge Siamese Government to sign Convention, modified as follows:---\n\nArticle I. The Siamese Government grant to the Company permission to construct, and the Company undertake to construct, as hereinafter mentioned, and to work a line of telegraph between the Island of Penang and the city of Bangkok.\n\nArt. II. The line shall consist of, (1) a submarine cable between Penang and Quedah; (2) an overland line with two wires from Quedah to Singora; and (3) a submarine cable from Singora to Lernpoorai, near the mouth of the Bangkok River, from which point the line shall be connected with the city of Bangkok by means of the existing overland line of telegraph belonging to the Siamese Government.\n\nArt. III. The Siamese Government will take over from the Company at cost price the land line to be constructed as aforesaid between Quedah and Singora immediately upon its completion, but will grant to the Company the exclusive use of one of the two wires thereon for international purposes only as soon as the cables in connection therewith are laid.\n\nArt. IV. The Siamese Government will at the same time grant to the Company the exclusive use of a wire on the existing Lempoorai-Bangkok line belonging to the Siamese Government, to be worked by the Company.\n\nArt. V. The Siamese Government agree to maintain the land lines mentioned in Articles III and IV in good working order, but the Company shall have the right to effect such repairs as may be necessary to keep up communication on the wires set apart for their exclusive use, the Government furnishing the materials for such repairs.\n\nArt. VI. The Company shall be permitted to erect and maintain all such buildings as may be necessary for stations or other telegraphic purposes at or near the landing-places of the cables, and the Siamese Government will provide for the Company suitable office accommodation in or near to the Government telegraph office at Bangkok.\n\nArt. VII. The Company's repairing steamers shall be permitted at all times to enter and leave Siamese ports without the formalities of Siamese entry and port clearance, and without payment of port or light dues.\n\nArt. VIII. The Siamese Government hereby grant to the Company the exclusive right to connect submarine telegraph cables with the coast of Siam for forty years.\n\nEYT\n\n[1234]",
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        "content_text": "Assistés de:\n\n186\n\n482\n\nSon Excellence Huinh Huu Thuong, Sung bien noi cae (Membre du Conseil Privé).\n\nIl a été convenu ce qui suit :\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nL'Annam reconnaît et accepte le Protectorat de la France, avec les conséquences de ce mode de rapports au point de vue du droit diplomatique Européen, c'est-à-dire, que la France présidera aux relations de toutes les Puissances étrangères, y compris la Chine, avec le Gouvernement Annamite, qui ne pourra communiquer diplomatiquement avec les dites Puissances que par l'intermédiaire de la France seulement.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nLa Province de Binh-Thuan est annexée aux possessions Françaises de la Basse Cochinchine.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nUne force militaire Française occupera d'une façon permanente la chaîne de montagnes \"Deo-ngang\" qui aboutit au Cap Vung-Kina, ainsi que les forts de Tuan-an et ceux de l'entrée de la Rivière de Hué, qui seront reconstruits au gré des autorités Françaises. Ces forts s'appellent en langue Annamite: Ha-duon, Tran-hai Thai-Duong, Trân Pang, Hap-chan Lochan, et Luy moi.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLe Gouvernement Annamite rappellera immédiatement les troupes envoyées au Tonkin, dont les garnisons seront remises sur le pied de paix.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nLe Gouvernement Annamite donnera l'ordre aux Mandarins du Tonkin d'aller reprendre leurs postes, nommera de nouveaux fonctionnaires aux postes vacants et confirmera éventuellement, après entente commune, les nominations faites par les autorités Françaises.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nLes fonctionnaires provinciaux, depuis la frontière nord du Binh-Thuan jusqu'à celle du Tonkin - et par cette dernière nous entendons la chaîne \"Deo Ngang,\" qui servira de limite - administreront comme par le passé sans aucun contrôle de la France, sauf en ce qui concerne le service des Douanes, celui des Travaux Publics, et en général tout ce qui exige une direction unique de la compétence de techniciens Européens.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nDans les limites ci-dessus indiquées le Gouvernement Annamite déclarera ouverts au commerce de toutes les nations - outre le port de Quin-bon - ceux de Tourane et de Xuan-day. On discutera ultérieurement s'il n'est pas avantageux aux deux États d'en ouvrir d'autres, et on fixera également les limites des concessions Françaises dans les ports ouverts. La France y entretiendra des Agents sous les ordres du Résident de France à Hué.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nLa France pourra élever un phare soit au Cap Varela, soit au Cap Padaran ou à Poulo Cécir de Mer, suivant les conclusions d'un rapport qui sera fait par des officiers et ingénieurs Français.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nLe Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi d'Annam s'engage à réparer à frais communs, et après entente entre les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes, la grande route de Hanoi à Saigon, et à l'entretenir en bon état de façon à y permettre le passage des voitures. La France fournira des ingénieurs pour faire exécuter les travaux d'art, tels que ponts et tunnels,",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 2\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, MAY 21st, 1884.\n\nALL doubt as to the terms of the preliminary convention between France and China signed on the 12th instant by Captain FOURNIER and LI HUNG-CHANG is set at rest by the text of that document reproduced in another column from our Shanghai morning contemporary. The version given is, we fancy, a translation from the Chinese text, and perhaps hardly conveys the exact meaning of some of the clauses. It is, however, sufficiently explicit to show that the telegram received here and in London announcing, among other conditions, that the provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and Yunnan were to be opened to trade is not strictly accurate.\n\nThe fact is, as set forth in Article III., China promises that on her frontier which touches northern Annam [meaning Tonquin] she will allow French and Annamite and likewise Chinese goods to come and go and be disposed of freely.\" Now this is a somewhat different thing to throwing open the three southern provinces of China to trade generally. It is true that the northern frontier of Tonquin touches all three provinces, but it only covers a very small corner of Kwangtung, and it is doubtful whether other foreign goods are to be included in the \"exceedingly liberal\" tariff under which the French and Annamite goods are to be admitted.\n\nIt is at the same time most likely that other goods would be admitted if introduced through Tonquin, and should this prove to be the case England, Germany, and America would not be quite shut out of participation in the benefits of the treaty. The concession has, however, no doubt been obtained by France with the object of attracting the foreign trade of Western China into Tonquin. It remains to be seen to what extent her anticipations will be fulfilled, and whether England will be satisfied to see France secure this trade to herself without an effort to obtain a share of it through Burmah.\n\nAt present King Thibaw's dominions interpose as a solid wedge between British Burmah and Yunnan, but that capricious tyrant has nearly run the length of his tether, and must shortly be disestablished. Under British rule it would not be long before a railway connected Bhamo, close to the Yunnan frontier, with Rangoon. The progress of British Burmah has been almost unprecedented, and the railways constructed there have proved highly remunerative. Every inducement exists to abolish the impediment to the extension of commerce caused by the perversity of a vicious prince, who is a scourge to his wretched subjects and the sole trader in his kingdom.\n\nWhenever the British Government decide to annex the King of Ava's territory, they can, we imagine, claim from China the same privilege of trade across the border as has just been granted to France.\n\nThe Viceroy of Chihli is to be congratulated upon saving his country any further expenditure of money and in making the best terms possible with France. No indemnity will have to be paid out of the scantily supplied treasury at Peking. That is a great thing in Chinese estimation. It is also a matter for satisfaction to foreigners engaged in trade in China, since there can be no doubt that any indemnity would have formed, in one way or another, a new tax on trade or the trading classes of the people, and thus been certain to act prejudicially on the import trade.\n\nWhile, however, as we have said, there is solid reason for satisfaction that the claim for an indemnity has been abandoned by France, it cannot be denied that China has conceded all that she at the outset contended for. On the plea of her ancient suzerainty over Annam she claimed the right to intervene in the affairs of that country, to settle the questions in dispute with France, and insisted upon that power withdrawing her forces from Tonquin.\n\nTo this end she armed and equipped troops and despatched them across the border to aid the Black Flags and Annamites in resisting the French expedition; she spent large sums in fortifications on her coasts and up her rivers to repel any attack France might make in retaliation, and she imported immense quantities of arms and ammunition. Meantime, through her Ambassador at Paris, she blustered and threatened, and asserted that she would never surrender her claims over the King of Annam.\n\nThen came reverses; one stronghold after another in Tonquin fell into the hands of the French, and the mandarins at Peking began to lose heart. As the danger of an actual attack upon some portion of the vulnerable coast-line of China loomed nearer and nearer, the bellicose spirit of the Chinese Government grew fainter and fainter, until after a whimsical shuffle of the cards—designed to impose upon the nation, and make them believe some persons had grossly mismanaged affairs—the EMPRESS-REGENT instructed the Viceroy of Chihli to make terms with the enemy, of course having \"due regard for the prestige of China.\" LI HUNG-CHANG did his best, but the prestige of his country had necessarily to go to the wall, unless the poor pretence of guarding it which appears in Art. IV. of the Convention will give any solace to the mandarinate.\n\nThey have swallowed such a bolus on this occasion that we think there ought to be no difficulty on the part of the British Minister at Peking to persuade them, when conducting the negotiations for the ratification and completion of the Chefoo Convention, to make equally beneficial commercial concessions to Great Britain. Among these we would place in the foremost rank the opening of the Pearl river and its branches to foreign trade.\n\nPage 13\n\n155\n\n245",
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        "content_text": "l'avenir, les traités directs intervenus entre la France et la Chine seront exécutés. \n\n**Article III.**\n\nEn reconnaissance de l'attitude conciliante du Gouvernement du Celeste Empire, et pour rendre hommage à la sagesse patriotique de son Excellence Li Hung Tchang, négociateur de cette convention, la France renonce à demander une indemnité à la Chine. \n\nEn retour, la Chine s'engage à admettre sur toute l'étendue de ses frontières méridionales limitrophes du Tonkin, le libre trafic de marchandise entre la France et la Chine, d'une part, et la Chine de l'autre, réglé par un traité de commerce et de tarifs à intervenir, dans l'esprit le plus conciliant de la part des négociateurs chinois, et dans des conditions aussi avantageuses que possible pour le commerce français.\n\n## Article IV.\n\nLe gouvernement français s'engage à n'employer aucune expression de nature à porter atteinte au prestige du Celeste Empire, dans la rédaction du traité définitif qu'il va contracter avec l'Annam, et qui abrogera les traités antérieurs relatifs au Tonkin.",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure 2.\n\n**The Daily Press.**\n\nHong Kong, May 27th, 1884.\n\nAs we imagined would prove to be the case, the French version of the Convention of Tientsin, signed on the 11th inst., varies considerably from the translation given from the Chinese text. There are more or less unimportant differences in each article, but the versions of Article IV show the widest discrepancy, as will be seen from the comparison hereunder:\n\n| FROM CHINESE TEXT | FROM FRENCH TEXT |\n| --- | --- |\n| France agrees that in future, in making or altering any treaty with Annam, she will in no case insert expressions derogatory to the prestige or dignity of China, and she will annul all her existing treaties with Annam which injuriously affect Tonquin. | The French Government undertakes not to employ any expression which might impugn the prestige of the Celestial Empire in drawing up the definitive treaty which it is about to contract with Annam, which will abrogate the previous treaties relative to Tonquin. |\n\nAs the French text is to be considered the correct one, it thus appears that France has undertaken to make a new treaty with Annam which is to abrogate all existing treaties relative to Tonquin, and as a concession to Chinese self-love, she will refrain from using any expressions derogatory to the ancient suzerain of Annam, which means, probably, that no reference at all to China will be made in the new Annamite Treaty. There is not the slightest reference to China in the two treaties concluded in 1874 by France with Annam; but the Chinese Government are aware of the fact that in the treaty with Annam concluded at Hué on the 25th August last the French required a distinct renunciation of all allegiance to China by the King of that country, and this was secured in the following terms:\n\nARTICLE - Annam recognises and accepts the protectorate of France with the consequences which, according to European international law, attend this relationship, that is to say, France shall control the relations of all powers, including China, with the Annamite Government, which may communicate with the said powers only through the intermediation of France.\n\nChina probably regarded this special mention of her name as derogatory, and the French have had consideration for her feelings on this point, but the effect of the Hué treaty will remain unimpaired in fact by the alteration, as China will be included in the term \"all foreign powers.\" The great point in Article IV of the Tientsin Convention is, in our opinion, the clause which states that France is about to draw up a definitive treaty with Annam which will abrogate part of the Treaty of the 15th March, 1874, the Treaty of the 31st August, 1874 (which is a treaty of commerce relating chiefly to Tonquin), and the unratified Hué Treaty. M. PATENOTRE is now on his way to Hué in order to negotiate this definitive treaty, and it will be interesting to note its provisions and see whether it will provide for the cession of the whole or part of Tonquin or for the establishment of a French Protectorate merely. In either case, the administration of the country will be directed by the French, and the Customs controlled by them. Possibly some other ports may be opened to foreign trade.\n\nThe French will not be likely to loosen their hold upon the country, however much they may be inclined to make it appear that they only intend to restore order and show the Annamite mandarins how to govern. In the Hué treaty the scheme provided for was the government of the country by native mandarins, under the supervision of French Residents, the system being pretty much the same as that adopted with regard to the native states in the Malayan Peninsula under English protection. The Residents were to abstain from interference with the interior administration of the provinces, but were to exercise control over the native functionaries, whose removal they might in certain events demand, to administer justice as between Europeans and natives, to control the police and to supervise the collection of the impost service, while the Customs were to be entirely confided to French administration.\n\nIt is worthy of remark that Article V of the new Convention fixes the time when the Plenipotentiaries of France and China are to meet for the purpose of elaborating a definitive treaty, which is within three months, from which it will be seen the French do not intend to allow the grass to grow under their feet before the difficulty is finally settled. The delay in coming to any agreement at all was prolonged enough, and the parties to the settlement are now as eager to see the matter brought to a termination as they were at one time willing to let it drift. Having swallowed the unpleasant draught, China is now only anxious to have the difficulty satisfactorily arranged. She has tried very hard to secure \"peace with honour,\" how far she has succeeded is sufficiently problematical. One thing, however, is certain: she has got off very cheaply from the payment of a heavy indemnity that would have crippled her resources for some years.\n\nThe concessions she has made with regard to French trade over the Tonquin frontier with the provinces of Yunnan, Kwangsi, and Kwangtung will cost her nothing, and at the same time they are likely to lead to an important development of commerce which will not fail to cause increment to the revenue. It has ever been thus with China. The concessions to foreign countries which have, from time to time, been unwillingly wrung from her, have all conduced greatly to her ultimate advantage. A great deal of pity has been very needlessly wasted upon China by the humanitarian party in England. China is very weak, and never has she shown her impotence more than during this dispute re Tonquin; but her Government have a valuable fund upon which they can draw in making agreements with Western States in the shape of commercial concessions, and the jealousies of the Powers will serve to prevent any single one among them from demanding any concession that is either unreasonable or beyond the ability of China to grant.\n\nPage 304",
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        "content_text": "# Arrangement entre le Royaume de Siam et la République Française relativement à l'Importation et à la Vente des Boissons en Siam\n\nSigné à Paris, le 23 Mai, 1883.\n\nSA Majesté le Roi de Siam et le Président de la République Française ayant reconnu l'utilité d'une réglementation du commerce des boissons dans le Royaume de Siam, ont nommé, à cet effet, pour leurs Plénipotentiaires respectifs, savoir :\n\nSa Majesté le Roi de Siam, M. le Prince Prisdang, son Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Paris, &c.; et le Président de la République Française, M. Challemel-Lacour, Sénateur, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères;\n\nLesquels, après s'être communiqué leurs pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, ont arrêté les Articles suivants :\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLes ressortissants Français pourront importer dans le Royaume de Siam, de quelque pays et sous quelque pavillon que ce soit, des boissons fermentées, ainsi que toute espèce de boissons distillées dont le titre alcoolique ne sera pas supérieur à 50 degrés mesurés à l'alcoomètre de Gay-Lussac, moyennant l'acquittement d'un droit d'entrée qui ne pourra être plus élevé que les droits intérieurs qui grèvent les boissons fermentées ou distillées d'origine Siamoise.\n\nIls pourront également importer des spiritueux d'un titre supérieur à 50 degrés, mais ces boissons, tant qu'il ne sera pas fabriqué à Siam de spiritueux du même titre, pourront être soumises à un droit additionnel établi proportionnellement d'après la base adoptée pour les spiritueux d'un titre inférieur.\n\nEn ce qui concerne les vins, le droit d'entrée ne pourra, dans tous les cas, excéder 5 pour cent de la valeur.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nLe Tarif des droits d'accises établis sur les spiritueux fabriqués à Siam devra être communiqué par le Gouvernement Siamois au Consul et Commissaire de France à Bangkok, et dans le cas où ces droits viendraient à être rehaussés, les nouveaux droits ne seraient applicables aux spiritueux importés par des ressortissants Français qu'à l'expiration d'un délai de six mois à dater du jour où ils auraient été notifiés par le Gouvernement Siamois au Consul de France à Bangkok.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nL'essai des boissons importées dans le Royaume de Siam sera fait par des experts désignés, l'un par l'autorité Siamoise, l'autre par le négociant importateur, et, à son défaut, par le Consul de France.\n\nEn cas de désaccord, les experts désigneront un tiers arbitre.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nTout individu qui voudra vendre au détail des boissons fermentées ou distillées devra se munir d'un permis spécial (licence). Ce permis ne pourra être délivré que par l'autorité Siamoise, qui ne pourra le refuser sans un motif juste et raisonnable.\n\nLes détaillants Siamois ou étrangers qui vendront des boissons d'origine étrangère importées par des ressortissants Français, ne pourront être soumis à des taxes autres ou plus élevées que ceux qui vendront des boissons de fabrication Siamoise.\n\nLes autres conditions auxquelles pourra être subordonnée la délivrance du permis ou licence seront fixées ultérieurement d'un commun accord entre les deux Gouvernements.\n\nIl est, d'ailleurs, bien entendu que les porteurs de permis ou licence devront, pour la vente des boissons, se conformer aux lois et règlements du Royaume de Siam.\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois s'engage, de son côté, à n'entraver, en aucune manière, la vente en détail des boissons fermentées ou distillées d'origine étrangère qui ne seraient pas reconnues contraires à la santé publique.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nL'analyse des boissons prétendues nuisibles sera faite dans les conditions indiquées par l'Article III.\n\nLorsque les boissons soumises à une analyse dans les dites conditions auront été déclarées nuisibles à la santé publique, le Gouvernement Siamois en donnera avis aux importateurs, consignataires, ou détenteurs de ces produits, qui devront les réexporter dans un délai de trois mois après cette notification.\n\nDans le cas où la réexportation de ces boissons ne serait pas effectuée dans le délai prescrit, le Gouvernement Siamois pourra les faire saisir et détruire, sous réserve du remboursement des droits qui auront été acquittés à l'entrée de ces produits dans le Royaume de Siam.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nLes ressortissants Français devant jouir, aux termes du Traité du 15 Août, 1856, du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée, il est bien entendu qu'ils ne seront tenus de se conformer aux dispositions du présent arrangement qu'autant que les sujets des autres nations y seraient également soumis et les observeraient en toute circonstance.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLe présent arrangement entrera en vigueur à une date qui sera ultérieurement fixée, d'un commun accord, entre les deux Gouvernements, et il restera obligatoire jusqu'à l'expiration d'un délai de six mois à partir du jour où il aura été dénoncé.\n\nSi le présent arrangement vient à prendre fin, les engagements résultant des Traités existant entre Siam et la France rentreront en vigueur et subsisteront tels qu'ils étaient avant la signature du dit arrangement en ce qui concerne l'importation et la vente des boissons à Siam.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nLe présent arrangement sera ratifié, et les ratifications en seront échangées à Paris aussitôt que possible.\n\nFait, en double original, à Paris, le 23 Mai, 1883.\n\n(L.S.) (Signé) PRISDANG,\n(L.S.) (Signé) S. CHALLEMEL-LACOUR.",
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        "content_text": "# Articles Additionnels au Traité du 17 Décembre, 1860, entre les Royaumes de Siam et des Pays-Bas, relatifs à l'Importation et à la vente des Boissons Spiritueuses en Siam\n\nSigné à La Haye, le 10 Novembre, 1883.\n\nSA Majesté le Roi de Siam et Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, désirant régler d'un commun accord et d'une manière satisfaisante l'importation et la vente des boissons spiritueuses dans le Royaume de Siam, ont résolu d'apporter à cet égard des modifications au Traité d'Amitié, de Commerce, et de Navigation conclu entre les deux pays le 17 Décembre, mil huit cent soixante.\n\nLes Soussignés, Prince Prisdang, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire de Sa Majesté le Roi de Siam, et le Yonkheer Pierre Joseph Auguste Marie van der Does de Willebois, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères de Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, dûment autorisés à cet effet, sont convenus des Articles suivants :-\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLes esprits de toute espèce qui ne dépassent pas en force alcoolique les esprits dont le Gouvernement Siamois permet la fabrication à Siam pourront être importés et vendus par les sujets Néerlandais moyennant le payement du même droit que celui auquel seront soumis à l'intérieur, selon les lois Siamoises, les esprits fabriqués à Siam.\n\nQuant aux esprits qui dépasseraient en force alcoolique les esprits fabriqués à Siam, il est permis de les importer et de les vendre en payant un droit équivalent et proportionnel à la force alcoolique qui excédera le titrage établi par le Gouvernement Siamois. Il est permis aux sujets Néerlandais d'importer et de vendre la bière et les vins en payant le même droit que le droit d'accise imposé par les lois Siamoises sur les articles semblables fabriqués à Siam, mais ce droit imposé sur la bière et sur les vins importés ne dépassera jamais 10 pour cent ad valorem. Les droits sur les esprits importés, les vins, et la bière, remplaceront le droit d'importation de 3 pour cent établi par les Traités en vigueur et ne seront pas considérés comme additionnels à ce droit.\n\nLes esprits, la bière, et les vins ne pourront être soumis à aucun autre droit, taxe, ou impôt. L'échelle des droits d'accise imposée sur les esprits, les bières, et les vins fabriqués à Siam sera communiquée par le Gouvernement Siamois au Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, et aucun changement de ces droits ne pourra être appliqué aux sujets Néerlandais jusqu'à l'expiration de six mois après la susdite communication du Gouvernement Siamois.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nL'analyse ou vérification des boissons importées dans le Royaume de Siam par les sujets Néerlandais sera faite par des experts désignés l'un par l'autorité Siamoise, l'autre par le négociant importateur et à son défaut par le Représentant Consulaire des Pays-Bas,\n\nEn cas de désaccord les Parties désigneront un tiers arbitre.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois aura la faculté d'arrêter l'importation à Siam par les sujets Néerlandais des esprits qui, examen fait, seront jugés nuisibles à la santé publique. Il donnera avis de cette décision aux importateurs, consignataires, ou détenteurs des dits esprits pour qu'ils en fassent l'exportation dans le délai de trois mois à partir de cet avis. Dans le cas où l'exportation ne sera pas opérée il lui sera permis, après avoir dûment obtenu l'approbation du Représentant Consulaire des Pays-Bas, laquelle ne sera pas refusée dans pareil cas, de saisir et de détruire les dits esprits en remboursant toutefois les droits qui auraient été perçus en tous les cas. L'analyse ou vérification des esprits réputés nuisibles à la santé, et importés par les sujets Néerlandais, sera faite selon l'Article II.\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois s'engage à prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires afin de prohiber et d'empêcher la vente des esprits fabriqués à Siam qui peuvent être nuisibles à la santé publique.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nTout sujet Néerlandais qui voudra vendre en détail à Siam les boissons spiritueuses, la bière, et les vins, devra se munir d'un permis spécial (licence) délivré par le Gouvernement Siamois, et qui ne pourra être refusé que pour un motif juste et raisonnable.\n\nCe permis pourra être subordonné à des conditions qui seront établies d'accord entre les deux Gouvernements et pourront être de même modifiées.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLes sujets Néerlandais jouiront toujours des mêmes droits et privilèges par rapport à l'importation et à la vente des esprits, de la bière, des vins et boissons spiritueuses et par rapport au permis (licence) que ceux dont jouiront les sujets Siamois ou les sujets de la nation la plus favorisée, et ils auront la faculté du choix entre ces deux traitements; de même les esprits, la bière, les vins et les boissons spiritueuses importés des Pays-Bas jouiront sous tous les rapports des mêmes privilèges dont jouiront les articles similaires importés de tout autre pays auquel sera accordé le traitement le plus favorisé à cet égard.\n\nIl est bien entendu que les sujets Néerlandais ne seront tenus à se conformer aux dispositions de la présente Convention qu'autant que les citoyens ou sujets des autres nations y seront également soumis et les observeront en toute circonstance.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nSous le bénéfice des stipulations de l'Article V, la présente Convention sera mise en exécution à la date à fixer par les deux Gouvernements et restera en vigueur jusqu'à l'expiration du délai de six mois après que l'une des deux Parties Contractantes aura notifiée à l'autre l'intention de faire cesser ses effets.\n\nLe Traité du 17 Décembre, mil huit cent soixante, entre les Royaumes de Siam et des Pays-Bas restera entièrement en vigueur jusqu'au jour où la présente Convention commencera à être exécutoire, et après cette date par rapport aux dispositions qui ne seront pas modifiées par la présente Convention.\n\nSi cette Convention vient à être annulée les dispositions antérieures du susdit Traité seront mises de nouveaux en vigueur et resteront exécutoires comme auparavant.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLes dispositions de la présente Convention sont applicables aux Colonies du Royaume des Pays-Bas et à ses possessions hors de l'Europe aussi bien qu'au Royaume lui-même, aux sujets Néerlandais, et à tout sujet naturalisé ou protégé par le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas.\n\nIl est entendu que les Consuls-Généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, Agents Consulaires, Chanceliers, ou tous autres Agents Consulaires sont compris sous la désignation de Représentant Consulaire faite dans cette Convention,\n\nEn foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé les présents Articles Additionnels en double, et y ont apposé leurs sceaux.\n\nFait à La Haye, le dixième jour du mois de Novembre de l'an de grâce mil huit cent quatre-vingt-trois.\n\n(L.S.) PRISDANG.\n\n(L.S.) P. J. D. D. WILLEBOIS.",
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        "content_text": "# Arrangement entre les Gouvernements de Siam et de Portugal relativement à l'Importation et à la Vente des Boissons en Siam\n\nSigné à Lisbonne, le 14 Mai, 1883.\n\nSA Majesté le Roi de Siam et Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal, désirant régler d'un commun accord et d'une manière satisfaisante l'importation et la vente des boissons spiritueuses dans le Royaume de Siam, ont résolu d'apporter à cet égard des modifications au Traité d'Amitié, de Commerce, et de Navigation conclus entre les deux pays le 10 Février, mil huit cent cinquante-neuf.\n\nLes Soussignés dûment autorisés à cet effet sont convenus des Articles suivants :-\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLes esprits de toute espèce qui ne dépassent pas en force alcoolique les esprits desquels le Gouvernement Siamois permet la fabrication à Siam pourront être importés et vendus par les sujets Portugais moyennant le payement du même droit que celui auquel seront soumis à l'intérieur, selon les lois Siamoises, les esprits fabriqués à Siam. Quant aux esprits qui dépasseraient en force alcoolique les esprits fabriqués à Siam, il est permis de les importer et de les vendre en payant un droit équivalent et proportionnel à la force alcoolique qui excédera le titrage établi par le Gouvernement Siamois. Il est permis aux sujets Portugais d'importer et de vendre la bière et les vins en payant le même droit que le droit d'accise imposé par les lois Siamoises sur les Articles semblables fabriqués à Siam, mais ce droit imposé sur la bière et sur les vins importés ne dépassera jamais 10 pour cent ad valorem. Les droits sur les esprits importés, les vins, et la bière, remplaceront le droit d'importation de 3 pour cent établi par les Traités en vigueur et ne seront pas considérés comme additionnels à ce droit. Les esprits, la bière, et les vins ne pourront être soumis à aucun autre droit, taxe, ou impôt. L'échelle des droits d'accise imposée sur les esprits, les bières, et les vins fabriqués à Siam sera communiquée par le Gouvernement Siamois au Représentant Consulaire de Sa Majesté Très Fidèle à Bangkok, et aucun changement de ces droits ne pourra être appliqué aux sujets Portugais jusqu'à l'expiration de six mois après la susdite communication du Gouvernement Siamois.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nL'analyse ou vérification des esprits importés dans le Royaume de Siam par les sujets Portugais sera faite par des employés Européens nommés par les autorités Siamoises et par un nombre égal d'experts nommés par le Représentant Consulaire de Sa Majesté Très Fidèle. En cas de désaccord les parties désigneront un tiers arbitre.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois aura la faculté d'arrêter l'importation à Siam par les sujets Portugais des esprits qui, examen fait, seront démontrés comme nuisibles à la santé publique. Il pourra donner avis aux importateurs, consignataires, ou détenteurs de ces esprits pour qu'ils en fassent l'exportation dans le délai de trois mois à partir de cet avis. Dans le cas où cette exportation ne sera pas faite il lui sera permis de saisir et de détruire les dits esprits en remboursant toutefois les droits qui auraient été perçus en tous les cas. L'analyse ou vérification des esprits considérés nuisibles à la santé, importés par les sujets Portugais, sera faite selon l'Article II. Le Gouvernement Siamois s'engage à prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires afin de prohiber et d'empêcher la vente des esprits fabriqués à Siam qui peuvent être nuisibles à la santé publique.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nTout sujet Portugais qui voudra vendre en détail à Siam les boissons spiritueuses, la bière et les vins, devra se munir d'un permis spécial (licence) délivré par le Gouvernement Siamois, et qui ne pourra être refusé que pour un motif juste et raisonnable. Ce permis sera accordé d'après des conditions qui seront établies d'accord entre les deux Gouvernements et pourront être de même modifiées.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLes sujets Portugais jouiront toujours des mêmes droits et privilèges par rapport à l'importation et à la vente des esprits, de la bière, des vins et boissons spiritueuses et par rapport au permis (licence) que ceux dont jouiront les sujets Siamois ou ceux de la nation la plus favorisée, et ils auront la faculté du choix entre ces deux traitements; et les esprits, la bière, et les vins et les boissons spiritueuses importés du Portugal ou de ses possessions jouiront sous tous les rapports des mêmes privilèges dont jouiront les articles similaires importés de tout autre pays auquel sera accordé le traitement le plus favorisé à cet égard. Il est bien entendu que les sujets Portugais ne seront pas tenus à se conformer aux dispositions de cette Convention qu'autant que les citoyens ou sujets des autres nations y seraient également soumis et les observeraient en toute circonstance.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nCette Convention, d'accord avec les dispositions de l'Article V, sera mise en exécution à la date fixée par les deux Gouvernements et restera en vigueur jusqu'à l'expiration du délai de six mois après que l'une des deux Parties Contractantes aura notifié à l'autre l'intention de faire cesser ses effets. Le Traité du 10 Février, mil huit cent cinquante-neuf, entre Siam et le Portugal, restera entièrement en vigueur jusqu'au jour où cette Convention commencera à être exécutoire, et après cette date par rapport aux dispositions qui ne seront pas modifiées par la présente Convention. Si cette Convention vient à être annulée les dispositions antérieures du susdit Traité seront mises de nouveau en vigueur et resteront en exécution comme auparavant.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLes dispositions de cette Convention applicables aux sujets Portugais ont également application à tout sujet naturalisé ou protégé de Sa Majesté Très Fidèle. Il est entendu aussi que les Consuls-Généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, Agents-Consulaires, Chanceliers, ou tout autre Agent Consulaire sont compris sous la désignation de Représentant Consulaire faite dans cette Convention.\n\nEn foi de quoi les Soussignés ont signé la même en duplicata et y ont apposé leurs sceaux.\n\nFait à Lisbonne le huitième jour de la lune grandissante du mois Visakamas de l'an Bouc, Cinquième Décade, mil deux cent et quarante-cinq, de l'Ere Astronomique Siamoise correspondant au 14 Mai, mil huit cent quatre-vingt-trois, de l'Ere Chrétienne.\n\n(L.S.) (L.S.)\n\n**PRISDANG**\n\n**ANTOINE DE SERPA PIMENTEL**",
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        "content_text": "# Articles Additionnels au Traité du 29 Août, 1868, entre le Royaume de Siam et la Belgique, relatives à l'Importation et à la Vente des Boissons Spiritueuses en Siam\n\nSigné à Bruxelles, le 4 Août, 1883.\n\nSA Majesté le Roi de Siam et Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, désirant régler d'un commun accord et d'une manière satisfaisante l'importation et la vente des boissons spiritueuses dans le Royaume de Siam, ont résolu d'apporter à cet égard des modifications au Traité d'Amitié, de Commerce, et de Navigation conclu entre les deux pays le 29 Août, mil huit cent soixante-huit.\n\nLes Soussignés dûment autorisés à cet effet sont convenus des Articles suivants :--\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLes esprits de toute espèce qui ne dépassent pas en force alcoolique les esprits dont le Gouvernement Siamois permet la fabrication à Siam pourront être importés et vendus par les sujets Belges moyennant le payement du même droit que celui auquel seront soumis à l'intérieur, selon les lois Siamoises, les esprits fabriqués à Siam.\n\nQuant aux esprits qui dépasseraient en force alcoolique les esprits fabriqués à Siam, il est permis de les importer et de les vendre en payant un droit équivalent et proportionnel à la force alcoolique qui excédera le titrage établi par le Gouvernement Siamois. Il est permis aux sujets Belges d'importer et de vendre la bière et les vins en payant le même droit que le droit d'accise imposé par les lois Siamoises sur les articles semblables fabriqués à Siam, mais ce droit imposé sur la bière et sur les vins importés ne dépassera jamais 10 pour cent ad valorem. Les droits sur les esprits importés, les vins, et la bière, remplaceront le droit d'importation de 3 pour cent établi par les Traités en vigueur et ne seront pas considérés comme additionnels à ce droit.\n\nLes esprits, la bière, et les vins ne pourront être soumis à aucun autre droit, taxe, ou impôt. L'échelle des droits d'accise imposée sur les esprits, les bières, et les vins fabriqués à Siam sera communiquée par le Gouvernement Siamois au Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, et aucun changement de ces droits ne pourra être appliqué aux sujets Belges jusqu'à l'expiration de six mois après la susdite communication du Gouvernement Siamois.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nL'analyse ou vérification des esprits importés dans le Royaume de Siam par les sujets Belges sera faite par des employés Européens nommés par les autorités Siamoises et par un nombre égal d'experts nommés par le Représentant Consulaire de Belgique, ou, à son défaut, par un Agent Consulaire d'une Puissance amie des Hautes Parties Contractantes.\n\nEn cas de désaccord les Parties désigneront un tiers arbitre.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois aura la faculté d'arrêter l'importation à Siam par les sujets Belges des esprits qui, examen fait, seront jugés nuisibles à la santé publique. Il donnera avis de cette décision aux importateurs, consignataires, ou détenteurs des dits esprits pour qu'ils en fassent l'exportation dans le délai de trois mois à partir de cet avis. Dans le cas où l'exportation ne sera pas opérée il lui sera permis de saisir et de détruire les dits esprits en remboursant toutefois les droits qui auraient été perçus en tous les cas. L'analyse ou vérification des esprits réputés nuisibles à la santé, et importés par les sujets Belges, sera faite selon l'Article II.\n\nLe Gouvernement Siamois s'engage à prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires afin de prohiber et d'empêcher la vente des esprits fabriqués à Siam qui peuvent être nuisibles à la santé publique.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nTout sujet Belge qui voudra vendre en détail à Siam les boissons spiritueuses, la bière et les vins, devra se munir d'un permis spécial (licence) délivré par le Gouvernement Siamois, et qui ne pourra être refusé que pour un motif juste et raisonnable. Ce permis sera accordé d'après des conditions qui seront établies d'accord entre les deux Gouvernements et pourront être de même modifiées.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLes sujets Belges jouiront toujours des mêmes droits et privilèges par rapport à l'importation et à la vente des esprits, de la bière, des vins et boissons spiritueuses et par rapport au permis (licence) que ceux dont jouiront les sujets Siamois ou les sujets de la nation la plus favorisée, et ils auront la faculté du choix entre ces deux traitements; de même les esprits, la bière, les vins, et les boissons spiritueuses importés de Belgique jouiront sous tous les rapports des mêmes privilèges dont jouiront les articles similaires importés de tout autre pays auquel sera accordé le traitement le plus favorisé à cet égard.\n\nIl est bien entendu que les sujets Belges ne seront tenus à se conformer aux dispositions de la présente Convention qu'autant que les citoyens ou sujets des autres nations y seront également soumis et les observeront en toute circonstance.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nSous le bénéfice des stipulations de l'Article V, la présente Convention sera mise en exécution à la date à fixer par les deux Gouvernements et restera en vigueur jusqu'à l'expiration du délai de six mois après que l'une des deux Parties Contractantes aura notifié à l'autre l'intention de faire cesser ses effets.\n\nLe Traité du 29 Août, mil huit cent soixante-huit, entre le Royaume de Siam et la Belgique restera entièrement en vigueur jusqu'au jour où la présente Convention commencera à être exécutoire, et après cette date par rapport aux dispositions qui ne seront pas modifiées par la présente Convention.\n\nSi cette Convention vient à être annulée les dispositions antérieures du susdit Traité seront mises de nouveau en vigueur et resteront exécutoires comme auparavant.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLes dispositions de la présente Convention applicables aux sujets Belges le sont également à tout sujet naturalisé ou protégé par le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges.\n\nIl est entendu aussi que les Consuls Généraux, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, Agents Consulaires, Chanceliers, ou tous autres Agents Consulaires sont compris sous la désignation de Représentant Consulaire faite dans cette Convention.\n\nEn foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé les présentes Articles Additionnels en double, et y ont apposé leurs sceaux.\n\nFait à Bruxelles le premier jour de la lune grandissante du mois Sawanamas de l'an Bouc, Cinquième Décade, mil deux cent et quarante-cinq, de l'Ère Astronomique Siamoise correspondant au 4 Août, mil huit cent quatre-vingt-trois, de l'Ère Chrétienne.\n\n(L.S.) (L.S.)\n\nPRISDANG.\n\nII. FRÈRE-ORBAN.",
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        "content_text": "# Agreement between the Governments of Siam and Denmark for regulating the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors\n\nSigned at Copenhagen, July 25, 1883.\n\nTHE Government of His Majesty the King of Siam and the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark, being desirous of making satisfactory arrangements for the regulation of the traffic in spirituous liquors in Siam, the Undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have agreed as follows :--\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nSpirits of all kinds not exceeding in alcoholic strength those permitted to be manufactured by the Siamese Government in Siam may be imported and sold by Danish subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon spirits manufactured in Siam; and spirits exceeding in alcoholic strength spirits manufactured in Siam as aforesaid may be imported and sold upon payment of such duty and of a proportionate additional duty for the excess of alcoholic strength above the Siamese Government standard.\n\nBeer and wines may be imported and sold by Danish subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon similar articles manufactured in Siam, but the duty on imported beer and wines shall in no case exceed 10 cent. per ad valorem.\n\nThe said duty on imported spirits, beer, and wines shall be in substitution of, and not in addition to, the import duty of 3 per cent. leviable under the existing Treaties; and no further duty, tax, or imposition whatever shall be imposed on imported spirits, beer, and wines.\n\nThe scale of excise duty to be levied upon spirits, beer, and wines manufactured in Siam shall be communicated by the Siamese Government to His Majesty the King of Denmark's Consul at Bangkok, and no change in the excise duties shall affect Danish subjects until after the expiration of six months from the date at which such notice shall have been communicated by the Siamese Government to His Danish Majesty's Representative at Bangkok.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nThe testing of spirits imported into the Kingdom of Siam by Danish subjects shall be carried out by European officials nominated by the Siamese authorities, and by an equal number of experts nominated by His Danish Majesty's Consul; in case of difference the parties shall nominate a third person, who shall act as umpire.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nThe Siamese Government may stop the importation by Danish subjects into Siam of any spirits which, on examination, shall be proved to be deleterious to the public health; and they may give notice to the importers, consignees, or holders thereof to export the same within three months from the date of such notice, and if this is not done the Siamese Government may seize the said spirits and may destroy them, provided always that in all such cases the Siamese Government shall be bound to refund any duty which may have been already paid thereon.\n\nThe testing of spirits imported by Danish subjects, and which may be alleged to be deleterious, shall be carried out in the manner provided by Article II.\n\nThe Siamese Government engage to take all necessary measures to prohibit and prevent the sale of spirits manufactured in Siam which may be deleterious to the public health.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nAny Danish subject who desires to retail spirituous liquors, beer, or wines in Siam, must take out a special licence for that purpose from the Siamese Government, which shall not be refused without just and reasonable cause.\n\nThis licence may be granted upon conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nDanish subjects shall at all times enjoy the same rights and privileges in regard to the importation and sale of spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors in Siam, as the subjects of the most favoured nation; and spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors coming from any part of His Danish Majesty's dominions shall enjoy the same privileges in all respects as similar articles coming from any other country the most favoured in this respect.\n\nIt is therefore clearly understood that Danish subjects are not bound to conform to the provisions of the present Convention to any greater extent than the subjects of other nations are so bound.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nSubject to the provisions of Article V, the present Agreement shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by mutual consent between the two Governments, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months' notice given by either party to determine the same.\n\nThe existing Treaty engagements between Denmark and Siam shall continue in full force until the present Agreement comes into operation—and after that date, except in so far as they are modified hereby.\n\nShould the present Agreement be terminated, the Treaty engagements between Denmark and Siam shall revive, and remain as they existed previously to the signature hereof.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nIn this Agreement the words \"Danish subject\" shall include any naturalized or protected subject of His Danish Majesty, and the words \"His Majesty's Consul\" shall include any Consular officer of His Danish Majesty in Siam.\n\nIn witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone at Copenhagen, the twenty-fifth day of July, 1883, corresponding to the sixth day of the waning moon of the month Asadhamas, of the year of Goat, Fifth Decade, 1245, of the Siamese Astronomical Era.\n\n**PRISDANG**\n\n(L.S.)\n\n**O. 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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE IV.\n\n**Agreement between the Governments of Siam and Sweden and Norway for regulating the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors.**\n\nSigned at Stockholm, July 16, 1883.\n\nTHE Government of His Majesty the King of Siam and the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, being desirous of making satisfactory arrangements for the regulation of the traffic in spirituous liquors in Siam, the Undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have agreed as follows :-\n\n## ARTICLE I.\n\nSpirits of all kinds not exceeding in alcoholic strength those permitted to be manufactured by the Siamese Government in Siam may be imported and sold by Swedish or Norwegian subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon spirits manufactured in Siam; and spirits exceeding in alcoholic strength spirits manufactured in Siam as aforesaid may be imported and sold upon payment of such duty and of a proportionate additional duty for the excess of alcoholic strength above the Siamese Government standard.\n\nBeer and wines may be imported and sold by Swedish or Norwegian subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon similar articles manufactured in Siam, but the duty on imported beer and wines shall in no case exceed 10 per cent. ad valorem.\n\nThe said duty on imported spirits, beer, and wines shall be in substitution of, and not in addition to, the import duty of 3 per cent. leviable under the existing Treaties; and no further duty, tax, or imposition whatever shall be imposed on imported spirits, beer, and wines.\n\nThe scale of excise duty to be levied upon spirits, beer, and wines manufactured in Siam shall be communicated by the Siamese Government to His Majesty's Consul at Bangkok, and no change in the excise duties shall affect Swedish or Norwegian subjects until after the expiration of six months from the date at which such notice shall have been communicated by the Siamese Government to His Majesty's Representative at Bangkok.\n\n## ARTICLE II.\n\nThe testing of spirits imported into the Kingdom of Siam by Swedish or Norwegian subjects shall be carried out by European officials nominated by the Siamese authorities, and by an equal number of experts nominated by His Majesty's Consul; in case of difference the parties shall nominate a third person, who shall act as umpire.\n\n## ARTICLE III.\n\nThe Siamese Government may stop the importation by Swedish or Norwegian subjects into Siam of any spirits which, on examination, shall be proved to be deleterious to the public health; and they may give notice to the importers, consignees, or holders thereof to export the same within three months from the date of such notice, and if this is not done the Siamese Government may seize the said spirits and may destroy them, provided always that in all such cases the Siamese Government shall be bound to refund any duty which may have been already paid thereon.\n\nThe testing of spirits imported by Swedish or Norwegian subjects, and which may be alleged to be deleterious, shall be carried out in the manner provided by Article II.\n\nThe Siamese Government engage to take all necessary measures to prohibit and prevent the sale of spirits manufactured in Siam which may be deleterious to the public health.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nAny Swedish or Norwegian subject who desires to retail spirituous liquors, beer, or wines in Siam, must take out a special licence for that purpose from the Siamese Government, which shall not be refused without just and reasonable cause.\n\nThis licence may be granted upon conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nSwedish and Norwegian subjects shall at all times enjoy the same rights and privileges in regard to the importation and sale of spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors in Siam, as the subjects of the most favoured nation; and spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors coming from any part of Sweden or Norway shall enjoy the same privileges in all respects as similar articles coming from any other country the most favoured in this respect.\n\nIt is therefore clearly understood that Swedish or Norwegian subjects are not bound to conform to the provisions of the present Agreement to any greater extent than the subjects of other nations are so bound.\n\n## ARTICLE VI.\n\nSubject to the provisions of Article V, the present Agreement shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by mutual consent between the two Governments, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months' notice given by either party to determine the same.\n\nThe existing Treaty engagements between Siam and Sweden and Norway shall continue in full force until the present Agreement comes into operation—and after that date, except in so far as they are modified hereby.\n\nShould the present Agreement be terminated, the Treaty engagements between Siam and Sweden and Norway shall revive, and remain as they existed previously to the signature hereof.\n\n## ARTICLE VII.\n\nIn this Agreement the words \"Swedish and (or) Norwegian subject\" shall include any naturalized or protected subject of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and the words \"His Majesty's Consul\" shall include any Consular officer of Sweden and Norway in Siam.\n\nIn witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone at Stockholm, the sixteenth day of July, 1883, corresponding to the twelfth day of waxing moon of the month Asadhamas, of the year of Goat, Fifth Decade, 1245, of the Siamese Astronomical Era.\n\n(L.S.) (L.S.)\n\nPRISDANG.\n\nHOCHSCHILD.",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE IV\nThe Siamese Government engage to take all necessary measures to prohibit and prevent the sale of spirits manufactured in Siam which may be deleterious to the public health.\n\n## Agreement between the Governments of Siam and Great Britain for regulating the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors.\n\nSigned at London, April 6, 1883.\n\n**THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND**, being desirous of making satisfactory arrangements for the regulation of the traffic in spirituous liquors in Siam, the Undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have agreed as follows :-\n\n## ARTICLE I\nSpirits of all kinds not exceeding in alcoholic strength those permitted to be manufactured by the Siamese Government in Siam may be imported and sold by British subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon spirits manufactured in Siam; and spirits exceeding in alcoholic strength spirits manufactured in Siam as aforesaid may be imported and sold upon payment of such duty and of a proportionate additional duty for the excess of alcoholic strength above the Siamese Government standard.\n\nBeer and wines may be imported and sold by British subjects on payment of the same duty as that levied by the Siamese excise laws upon similar articles manufactured in Siam, but the duty on imported beer and wines shall in no case exceed 10 per cent. ad valorem.\n\nThe said duty on imported spirits, beer, and wines shall be in substitution of, and not in addition to, the import duty of 3 per cent. leviable under the existing Treaties; and no further duty, tax, or imposition whatever shall be imposed on imported spirits, beer, and wines.\n\nThe scale of excise duty to be levied upon spirits, beer, and wines manufactured in Siam shall be communicated by the Siamese Government to Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Bangkok, and no change in the excise duties shall affect British subjects until after the expiration of six months from the date at which such notice shall have been communicated by the Siamese Government to Her Majesty's Representative at Bangkok.\n\n## ARTICLE II\nThe testing of spirits imported into the Kingdom of Siam by British subjects shall be carried out by European officials nominated by the Siamese authorities, and by an equal number of experts nominated by Her Majesty's Consul. In case of difference the parties shall nominate a third person, who shall act as umpire.\n\n## ARTICLE III\nThe Siamese Government may stop the importation by British subjects into Siam of any spirits which, on examination, shall be proved to be deleterious to the public health; and they may give notice to the importers, consignees, or holders thereof to export the same within three months from the date of such notice, and if this is not done the Siamese Government may seize the said spirits and may destroy them, provided always that in all such cases the Siamese Government shall be bound to refund any duty which may have been already paid thereon.\n\nThe testing of spirits imported by British subjects, and which may be alleged to be deleterious, shall be carried out in the manner provided by Article II.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\nAny British subject who desires to retail spirituous liquors, beer, or wines in Siam must take out a special licence for that purpose from the Siamese Government, which shall not be refused without just and reasonable cause.\n\nThis licence may be granted upon conditions to be agreed upon from time to time between the two Governments.\n\n## ARTICLE V\nBritish subjects shall at all times enjoy the same rights and privileges in regard to the importation and sale of spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors in Siam as the subjects of the most favoured nation; and spirits, beer, wines, and spirituous liquors coming from any part of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions shall enjoy the same privileges in all respects as similar articles coming from any other country the most favoured in this respect.\n\nIt is therefore clearly understood that British subjects are not bound to conform to the provisions of the present Convention to any greater extent than the subjects of other nations are so bound.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\nSubject to the provisions of Article V, the present Agreement shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by mutual consent between the two Governments, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months' notice given by either party to determine the same.\n\nThe existing Treaty engagements between Great Britain and Siam shall continue in full force until the present Agreement comes into operation—and after that date, except in so far as they are modified hereby.\n\nShould the present Agreement be terminated the Treaty engagements between Great Britain and Siam shall revive, and remain as they existed previously to the signature hereof.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\nIn this Agreement the words \"British subject\" shall include any naturalized or protected subject of Her Britannic Majesty; and the words \"Her Majesty's Consul\" shall include any Consular officer of Her Britannic Majesty in Siam.\n\nIn witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same in duplicate, and have affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone at London the sixth day of April, 1883, corresponding to the fourteenth day of the waning moon of the month Phagunamas, of the year Horse, Fourth Decade, 1244, of the Siamese Astronomical Era.\n\n(L.S.) 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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE III.\n\n1. The British Consular authorities will, in all cases arising in Corea, investigate and determine all cases brought against British subjects by any British or other foreign subject or citizen without the intervention of the Corean authorities.\n\n2. If the Corean authorities or a Corean subject make any charge or complaint against a British subject in Corea, the case shall be heard and decided by the British judicial authorities.\n\n3. If the British authorities or a British subject make any charge or complaint against a Corean subject in Corea, the case shall be heard and decided by the Corean authorities.\n\n4. A British subject who commits any offence in Corea shall be tried and punished by the British judicial authorities according to the laws of Great Britain.\n\n5. A Corean subject who commits in Corea any offence against a British subject shall be tried and punished by the Corean authorities according to the laws of Corea.\n\n6. Any complaint against a British subject involving a penalty or confiscation by reason of any breach either of this Treaty or of any regulation annexed thereto, or of any regulation that may hereafter be made in virtue of its provisions, shall be brought before the British judicial authorities for decision, and any penalty imposed, and all property confiscated in such cases, shall belong to the Corean Government.\n\n7. British goods, when seized by the Corean authorities at an open port, shall be put under the seals of the Corean and the British Consular authorities, and shall be detained by the former until the British judicial authorities shall have given their decision. If this decision is in favour of the owner of the goods, they shall be immediately placed at the Consul's disposal. But the owner shall be allowed to receive them at once on depositing their value with the Corean authorities pending the decision of the British judicial authorities.\n\n8. In all cases, whether civil or criminal, tried either in Corean or British Courts in Corea, a properly authorized official of the nationality of the plaintiff or prosecutor shall be allowed to attend the hearing, and shall be treated with the courtesy due to his position. He shall be allowed, whenever he thinks it necessary, to call, examine, and cross-examine witnesses, and to protest against the proceedings or decision.\n\n9. If a Corean subject who is charged with an offence against the laws of his country takes refuge on premises occupied by a British subject, or on board a British merchant-vessel, the British Consular authorities, on receiving an application from the Corean authorities, shall take steps to have such person arrested and handed over to the latter for trial. But, without the consent of the proper British Consular authority, no Corean officer shall enter the premises of any British subject without his consent, or go on board any British ship without the consent of the officer in charge.\n\n10. On the demand of any competent British Consular authority, the Corean authorities shall arrest and deliver to the former any British subject charged with a criminal offence, and any deserter from a British ship of war or merchant-vessel.\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\n1. The ports of Chemulpo (Jenchuan), Wönsan (Gensan) and Pusan (Fusan), or, if the latter port should not be approved, then such other port as may be selected in its neighbourhood, together with the city of Hanyang and of the town of Yanghwa Chin, or such other place in that neighbourhood, as may be deemed desirable, shall, from the day on which this Treaty comes into operation, be opened to British commerce.\n\n2. At the above-named places British subjects shall have the right to rent or to purchase land or houses, and to erect dwellings, warehouses, and factories. They shall be allowed the free exercise of their religion. All arrangements for the selection, determination of the limits, and laying out of the sites of the foreign Settlements, and for the sale of land at the various ports and places in Corea open to foreign trade, shall be made by the Corean authorities in conjunction with the competent Foreign authorities.\n\n3. These sites shall be purchased from the owners and prepared for occupation by the Corean Government, and the expense thus incurred shall be a first charge on the proceeds of the sale of the land. The yearly rental agreed upon by the Corean authorities in conjunction with the foreign authorities shall be paid to the former, who shall retain a fixed amount thereof as a fair equivalent for the land tax, and the remainder, together with any balance left from the proceeds of land sales, shall belong to a municipal fund to be administered by a Council, the constitution of which shall be determined hereafter by the Corean authorities in conjunction with the competent foreign authorities.\n\n4. British subjects may rent or purchase land or houses beyond the limits of the foreign Settlements, and within a distance of 10 Corean li from the same. But all land so occupied shall be subject to such conditions as to the observance of Corean local Regulations and payment of land tax as the Corean authorities may see fit to impose.\n\n5. The Corean authorities will set apart, free of cost, at each of the places open to trade, a suitable piece of ground as a foreign cemetery, upon which no rent, land tax, or other charges shall be payable, and the management of which shall be left to the Municipal Council above mentioned.\n\n6. British subjects shall be allowed to go where they please without passports within a distance of 100 Corean li from any of the ports and places open to trade, or within such limits as may be agreed upon between the competent authorities of both countries. British subjects are also authorized to travel in Corea for pleasure or for purposes of trade, to transport and sell goods of all kinds, except books and other printed matter disapproved of by the Corean Government, and to purchase native produce in all parts of the country under passports which will be issued by their Consuls and countersigned or sealed by the Corean local authorities. These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the districts passed through. If the passport be not irregular, the bearer will be allowed to proceed, and he shall be at liberty to procure such means of transport as he may require. Any British subject travelling beyond the limits above named without a passport, or committing when in the interior any offence, shall be arrested and handed over to the nearest British Consul for punishment. Travelling without a passport beyond the said limits will render the offender liable to a fine not exceeding 100 Mexican dollars, with or without imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.\n\n7. British subjects in Corea shall be amenable to such municipal, police, and other regulations for the maintenance of peace, order, and good government as may be agreed upon by the competent authorities of the two countries.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\n1. At each of the ports or places open to foreign trade, British subjects shall be at full liberty to import from any foreign port, or from any Corean open port, to sell to or to buy from any Corean subjects or others, and to export to any foreign or Corean open port, all kinds of merchandize not prohibited by this Treaty, on paying the duties of the Tariff annexed thereto. They may freely transact their business with Corean subjects or others without the intervention of Corean officials or other persons, and they may freely engage in any industrial occupation.\n\n2. The owners or consignees of all goods imported from any foreign port upon which the duty of the aforesaid Tariff shall have been paid shall be entitled, on re-exporting the same to any foreign port at any time within thirteen Corean months from the date of importation, to receive a drawback certificate for the amount of such import duty, provided that the original packages containing such goods remain intact. These drawback certificates shall either be redeemed by the Corean Customs on demand, or they shall be received in payment of duty at any Corean open port.\n\n3. The duty paid on Corean goods, when carried from one Corean open port to another, shall be refunded at the port of shipment on production of a Customs certificate showing that the goods have arrived at the port of destination, or on satisfactory proof being produced of the loss of the goods by shipwreck.\n\n4. All goods imported into Corea by British subjects, and on which the duty of the Tariff annexed to this Treaty shall have been paid, may be conveyed to any Corean open port free of duty, and, when transported into the interior, shall not be subject to any additional tax, excise or transit duty whatsoever in any part of the country. In like manner, full freedom shall be allowed for the transport to the open ports of all Corean commodities intended for exportation, and such commodities shall not, either at the place of production, or when being conveyed from any part of Corea to any of the open ports, be subject to the payment of any tax, excise or transit duty whatsoever.\n\n5. The Corean Government may charter British merchant-vessels for the conveyance of goods or passengers to unopened ports in Corea, and Corean subjects shall have the same right, subject to the approval of their own authorities.\n\n6. Whenever the Government of Corea shall have reason to apprehend a scarcity of food within the kingdom, His Majesty the King of Corea may, by Decree, temporarily prohibit the export of grain to foreign countries from any or all of the Corean open ports, and such prohibition shall become binding on British subjects in Corea on the expiration of one month from the date on which it shall have been ... \n\nPage 101",
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        "content_text": "## Article.\n\n| No. | Per een. | Description | Duty |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 133 | 20 | Plate, gold and silver | 10 |\n| 134 |  | Plated-ware, all kinds | 7 |\n| 135 |  | Porcelain, common qualities | 10 |\n| 136 |  | superior qualities | 20 |\n| 137 |  | Precious stones, all kinds, set or unset | 5 |\n| 138 |  | Rattans, split or not | 20 |\n| 139 |  | Rhinoceros horns | 71 |\n| 140 |  | Rosin | 10 |\n| 141 |  | Saddlery and harness | 7 |\n| 142 |  | Salt |  |\n| 143 |  | Samples in reasonable quantities | Free. |\n| 144 |  | Sapan wood | 75/5 |\n| 145 |  | Scales and balances | 20 |\n| 146 |  | Scented wood, all kinds |  |\n| 147 |  | Scientific instruments, as physical, mathematical, meteorological, and surgical, and their appliances | Free. |\n| 148 |  | Seals, materials for | 10 |\n| 149 |  | Sea products, as seaweed, bêche-de-mer, &c. | 7/5 |\n| 150 |  | Seeds, all kinds |  |\n| 151 |  | Silk, raw, reeled, thrown, floss or waste | 71 |\n| 152 |  | Silk manufactures, as gauze, crape, Japanese amber lustrings, satins, satin damasks, figured satins, Japanese white silk (\"habutai\") | 10 |\n| 153 |  | Silk manufactures not otherwise provided for.. | 7 |\n| 154 |  | Silk thread and floss silk in skein | 10 |\n| 155 |  | Soap, common qualities | 5 |\n| 156 |  | superior qualities | 10 |\n| 157 |  | Soy, Chinese and Japanese | 5 |\n| 158 |  | Spectacles |  |\n| 159 |  | Spices, all kinds |  |\n| 160 |  | Spirits, in jars | 7 |\n| 161 |  | Spirits and liqueurs, in wood or bottle, all kinds | 20 |\n| 162 |  | Stationery and writing materials, all kinds, blank books, &c. |  |\n| 163 |  | Stones and slate, cut and dressed |  |\n| 164 |  | Sugar, brown and white, all qualities, molasses and syrups |  |\n| 165 |  | Sugar candy | 30 |\n| 166 |  | Sulphur | 7 |\n| 167 |  | Table stores, all kinds, and preserved provisions | 7 |\n| 168 |  | Tallow.. | 7 |\n| 169 |  | Tea | 7 |\n| 170 |  | Telescopes and binocular glasses | 10 |\n| 171 |  | Tobacco, all kinds and forms | 20 |\n| 172 |  | Tortoise shell, manufactured or not | 20 |\n| 173 |  | Tooth powder | 10 |\n| 174 |  | Travellers' baggage | Free. |\n| 175 |  | Trunks and portmanteaux.. | 10 |\n| 176 |  | Twine and thread, all kinds, excepting in silk.. | 5 |\n| 177 |  | Types, new and old | Free. |\n| 178 |  | Umbrellas, paper | 5 |\n| 179 |  | cotton | 71/37 |\n| 180 |  | silk | 10 |\n| 181 |  | Umbrella frames.. | 7 |\n| 182 |  | Varnish |  |\n| 183 |  | Vegetables, fresh, dried, and salted | 5 |\n| 184 |  | Velvet, silk | 20 |\n| 185 |  | Vermicelli | 7 |\n| 186 |  | Vermilion | 10 |\n| 187 |  | Watches, and parts thereof, in common metal, nickel, or silver | 10 |\n| 188 |  | in gold or gilt | 20 |\n| 189 |  | Wax, bees' or vegetable | 7 |\n| 190 |  | Wax cloth | 7% |\n| 191 |  | Wines in wood or bottle, all kinds | 10 |\n| 192 |  | Wood and timber, soft |  |\n| 193 |  | hard |  |\n| 194 |  | Works of Art |  |\n| 195 |  | Wool, sheep's, raw |  |\n| 196 |  | Woollen manufactures, all kinds |  |\n| 197 |  | Woollen and silk mixtures, all kinds |  |\n| 198 |  | Yarns, all kinds, in cotton, wool, hemp, &c. |  |\n|  |  | All unenumerated articles, raw or unmanufactured | 1# |\n|  |  | partly manufactured | 5 |\n|  |  | completely manufactured | 15 |\n\nForeign ships, when sold in Corea, will pay a duty of 25 cents per ton on sailing vessels and 50 cents per ton on steamers.\n\n## 106 \n### Ad valorem Rate of Duty.\n\n| Description | Duty |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | 20 |\n|  | 10 |\n|  | 7 |\n| Adulterated drugs or medicines. |  |\n\n### Prohibited Goods.\n\nArms, munitions, and implements of war, as ordnance or cannon, shot and shell, fire-arms of all kinds, cartridges, side-arms, spears or pikes, saltpetre, gunpowder, guncotton, dynamite, and other explosive substances. The Corean authorities will grant special permits for the importation of arms, fire-arms, and ammunition for purposes of sport or self defence on satisfactory proof being furnished to them of the bond fide character of the application.\n\nCounterfeit coins of all kinds.\n\nOpium, except medicinal opium.\n\n### Export Tariff.\n\n#### Class I-Duty free export goods;—\n\n* Bullion, being gold and silver refined; coins, gold and silver all kinds; plants, trees and shrubs, all kinds; samples, in reasonable quantity; travellers' baggage.\n\n#### Class II.-All other native goods or productions not enumerated in Class I will pay an ad valorem duty of 5 per cent.\n\nThe exportation of red ginseng is prohibited.\n\n### Rules.\n\n1. In the case of imported articles the ad valorem duties of this Tariff will be calculated on the actual cost of the goods at the place of production or fabrication, with the addition of freight, insurance, &c. In the case of export articles the ad valorem duties will be calculated on market values in Corea.\n\n2. Duties may be paid in Mexican dollars or Japanese silver yen.\n\n3. The above Tariff of import and export duties shall be converted, as soon as possible, and as far as may be deemed desirable, into specific rates by agreement between the competent authorities of the two countries.\n\n(L.S.) (L.S.)\n\n**HARRY S. PARKES.** Signature in Chinese of **MIN YÖNG-MOK**, Corean Plenipotentiary.\n\n### Protocol.\n\nThe above-named Plenipotentiaries hereby make and append to this Treaty the following three declarations :-\n\n1. With reference to Article III of this Treaty, it is hereby declared that the right of extra-territorial jurisdiction over British subjects in Corea granted by this Treaty shall be relinquished when, in the judgment of the British Government, the laws and legal procedure of Corea shall have been so far modified and reformed as to remove the objections which now exist to British subjects being placed under Corean jurisdiction, and Corean Judges shall have attained similar legal qualifications and a similar independent position to those of British Judges.\n\n2. With reference to Article IV of this Treaty, it is hereby declared that if the Chinese Government shall hereafter surrender the right of opening commercial establishments in the city of Hanyang, which was granted last year to Chinese subjects, the same right shall not be claimed for British subjects, provided that it be not granted by the Corean Government to the subjects of any other Power.\n\n3. It is hereby declared that the provisions of this Treaty shall apply to all British Colonies, unless any exception shall be notified by Her Majesty's Government to that of Corea within one year from the date in which the ratifications of this Treaty shall be exchanged.\n\nAnd it is hereby further stipulated that this Protocol shall be laid before the High Contracting Parties simultaneously with this Treaty, and that the ratification of this Treaty shall include the confirmation of the above three declarations, for which, therefore, no separate act of ratification will be required.\n\nIn faith of which the above-named Plenipotentiaries have this day signed this Protocol, and have thereto affixed their seals.\n\nDone at Hanyang this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the tenth month of the four hundred and ninety-second year of the Corean era, being the ninth year of the Chinese reign Kuang Hsü.\n\n(L.S.) 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        "content_text": "# \n\ndésirait que cette Convention pût recevoir, sans aucun retard, l'approbation des deux Gouvernements; le Commandant Fournier demandait, à cet effet, des pleins pouvoirs.\n\n\"La question se posait devant nous dans les termes les plus clairs et les plus catégoriques de la part de la Chine, l'évacuation immédiate du Tonkin dans toute l'étendue de ses frontières naturelles, la promesse de respecter dans le présent et dans l'avenir les Traités directement faits et à faire entre la France et la Cour d'Annam, l'engagement solennel d'ouvrir au libre trafic entre la France et l'Annam d'un côté et la Chine de l'autre toute la frontière méridionale de la Chine limitrophe du Tonkin, c'est-à-dire les trois provinces du Yünnan, du Quang-Si, et du Quang-Tong, et de régler sur cette frontière la liberté des échanges et les Tarifs de Douanes dans les conditions les plus profitables au commerce Français. Ces avantages considérables seraient-ils trop chèrement achetés de la part de la France par la renonciation à une indemnité pécuniaire, dont le principe n'était, d'ailleurs, ni contestable ni contesté ?\n\n\"Une satisfaction en argent aurait-elle, aux yeux du pays, plus de prix qu'un Traité de bon voisinage, une alliance commerciale et politique, ne laissant derrière elle ni humiliation, ni amertume, en livrant à nos productions, à l'étroit dans l'ancien monde, des débouchés inattendus ?\n\nNous ne l'avons pas pensé, et sur l'heure nous envoyions au Commandant Fournier les pleins pouvoirs du Gouvernement de la République, sous la seule condition de s'assurer, avant d'en faire usage, de la ratification préalable du Gouvernement Chinois. “Le 9 Mai, le Commandant Fournier télégraphie de Tien-tsin, à 5 h, 45 m, du soir :- \"Je remercie le Gouvernement de la confiance qu'il me témoigne. Le Vice-Roi me charge de vous transmettre ses remerciements pour l'empressement que votre Excellence a mis à approuver la Convention dans les termes mêmes où elle avait été arrêtée entre nous. Nous avons immédiatement demandé en termes pressants, par courrier extraordinaire, à la Cour de Pékin, son approbation définitive, en la priant de nous autoriser à signer dans le plus bref délai possible.' \n\n\"Le 10 Mai, 11 heures 23 du matin, M. Fournier écrit :— \"Tout sera terminé demain soir à 4 heures.\n\n\"Et, en effet, le 11 Mai, à 5 heures du soir, les deux Plénipotentiaires signaient la Convention, après s'être réciproquement communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs.\n\n\"Voici cet acte, avec son préambule, et dans toute sa teneur, tel que le télégraphe nous l'a transmis : \n\n\"**Le Gouvernement de la République Française et Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine** voulant, au moyen d'une Convention préliminaire, dont les dispositions serviront de bases à un Traité définitif, mettre un terme à la crise qui affecte gravement aujourd'hui la tranquillité publique et le mouvement général des affaires, rétablir sans retard et assurer à jamais les relations de bon voisinage et d'amitié qui doivent exister entre les deux nations, ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires respectifs, savoir — \n\n| Puissance | Plénipotentiaire |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine | S. Son Excellence Li-Hong-Tchang, grand tuteur présomptif du fils de Sa Majesté Empereur, Premier Secrétaire d'État, Vice-Roi du Tchili, noble héréditaire de première classe, du troisième rang; |\n| Le Gouvernement de la République Française | M. Ernest-François Fournier, Capitaine de Frégate, Commandant l'éclaireur d'escadre le \"Volta,\" officier de la Légion d'Honneur; |\n\n\"Lesquels, après avoir échangé leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants :— \n\n## Article 1\n\"La France s'engage à respecter et à protéger contre toute attaque d'une nation quelconque, et en toutes circonstances, les frontières sud de la Chine limitrophes du Tonkin.\n\n## Article 2\n\"La Chine, rassurée par les garanties formelles de bon voisinage qui lui sont données par la France quant à l'intégralité et à la sécurité de ses frontières sud, s'engage à retirer immédiatement sur ses frontières toutes les garnisons Chinoises du Tonkin et à respecter, dans le présent et dans l'avenir, les Traités directement faits ou à faire entre la France et la Cour d'Annam.\n\n## Article 3\n\"Reconnaissante de l'attitude conciliante de la Chine et pour rendre hommage à la sagesse patriotique de son Excellence Li dans la négociation de cette Convention, la France renonce à demander une indemnité à la Chine. En retour, la Chine s'engage à admettre sur toute l'étendue de sa frontière sud limitrophe du Tonkin, la liberté du trafic des marchandises entre la France et l'Annam d'une part et la Chine de l'autre, à régler par un Traité de Commerce et de Tarifs à faire dans l'esprit le plus conciliant de la part des négociateurs Chinois et dans des conditions aussi avantageuses que possible pour le commerce Français.\n\n## Article 4\n\"Le Gouvernement Français s'engage à n'employer aucune expression de nature à porter atteinte au prestige de la Chine dans la rédaction du Traité définitif qu'il va contracter avec l'Annam et qui abroge les Traités antérieurs relatifs au Tonkin.\n\n## Article 5\n\"Dès que la présente Convention aura été signée, les deux Gouvernements nommeront leurs Plénipotentiaires, qui se réuniront dans le délai de trois mois pour traiter définitivement sur les bases ci-dessus arrêtées.\n\n\"Conformément aux usages diplomatiques, le texte Français fait foi.\n\n\"Fait à Tien-tsin le 11 Mai, 1884, le dix-septième jour de la quatrième lune de la dixième année de Quang-Sha, en quatre expéditions: deux en langue Française et deux en langue Chinoise, sur lesquelles les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé et apposé le sceau de leurs armes. Chacun des Plénipotentiaires garde un exemplaire de chaque texte.\n\n\"Tel est le Traité de Tien-Tsin. C'est une Convention préparatoire à compléter par des négociations ultérieures, mais ferme dans toutes ses clauses exécutoires, et, nous pouvons le dire dès à présent, en voie d'exécution.\n\n\"Nous avons trouvé, en effet, chez l'homme d'État éminent qui exerce actuellement sur les destinées de la Chine une influence prépondérante et qui a porté dans cette négociation une netteté de vues et de résolution si remarquable, la volonté bien arrêtée d'exécuter promptement et loyalement ce qui avait été si vite et si bien conclu.\n\n\"Une dépêche du Commandant Fournier, datée du 18 Mai, nous fait connaître que le retrait des garnisons Chinoises du Tonkin s'opérera, en vertu d'un accord passé avec le Vice-Roi, du 6 au 26 Juin prochain, dans les termes suivants, dont le Commandant-en-chef du Corps Expéditionnaire a reçu communication.\n\n| Date | Événement |\n| --- | --- |\n| 6 Juin | Évacuation de Lang-Son, Cao-Bang, Chat-Khe, et de toutes les places du territoire du Tonkin adossées aux frontières du Quang-Tong et du Quang-Si; |\n| 26 Juin | Évacuation de Lao-Kaï et de toutes les places du territoire du Tonkin adossées à la frontière du Yunnan. |\n\n\"De notre côté, nous avons déjà désigné, conformément à l'Article final de la Convention, nos Plénipotentiaires définitifs, et nous avons envoyé à M. Patenôtre, qui doit se trouver à Hué à la fin de ce mois, les instructions nécessaires pour donner satisfaction aux préoccupations particulières qui ont inspiré l'Article IV. La rédaction définitive du Traité du Hué ne contiendra, cela va de soi, aucune expression dont puissent s'émouvoir les susceptibilités de l'Empire du Milieu.\n\n\"Nous soumettons avec confiance toute cette négociation au jugement des Chambres et du pays. La France s'est toujours fait honneur de ne pas poursuivre ses victoires à l'extrême. Notre modération, hautement appréciée par l'opinion Européenne, nous assure la meilleure solution pour le présent, la plus grande somme de sécurité pour l'avenir.\"",
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        "content_text": "166 \n\ncommerce et de Tarifs à intervenir, dans l'esprit le plus conciliant de la part des négociateurs Chinois et dans les conditions au mieux à ventila quura Lyrer ce français.\n\nArticle IV\n\nLe gouvernement français s'engage à n'employer aucune expulsion de nature à porter atteinte au prestige du Céleste Empire dans la rédaction du traité définitif qui sera élaborée en accord avec l'Annam et abrogera les tarifs intérieurs relatifs au Tonkin.\n\nArticle V.\n\nLes deux Gouvernements, aussitôt que la présente convention aura été signée, nommeront leurs plénipotentiaires qui se réuniront dans un délai de 3 mois pour élaborer un traité définitif sur les bases fixées par les articles précédents.\n\nConformément aux usages, le texte français fera foi. Fait à Tianjin le 17ème jour de lor 4ème mois de la 10ème année de Horing Shin (25 mai mil huit cent quatre-vingt-quatre) en quatre expéditions, deux en langue française, deux en langue chinoise sur lesquelles les plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé et apposé le sceau de leurs armes.\n\nChacun des plénipotentiaires a gardé un exemplaire de l'un des textes. \n\nLe plénipotentiaire pour le Céleste Empire.\n\nLe plénipotentiaire pour le Gouvernement de la République française.",
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        "title": "CO129-224 - Foreign Office - 1885",
        "content_text": "## ARTICLE II\n\nThe Government of China, having expressly agreed not to oppose such action as France may take for the repression of disturbance and the maintenance of order, now and henceforward recognizes the validity of all Treaties and Regulations, existing or forthcoming, between France and Annam. As regards the relations of China with Annam, it is expressly declared that the honour and dignity of China shall not be prejudiced, nor, on the other hand, shall the present Treaty be infringed.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nWithin a period of six months from the signature of the present Treaty, the two Powers will severally appoint Commissioners to proceed to the frontier of China and Tonquin, and jointly determine its delimitation. In places where the border line is not well defined, they will set up station marks to form a conspicuous boundary. If, with reference to the position of such marks, or with reference to such slight rectification of the present frontier of Tonquin as may be advisable in the interest of both Powers, a difference of opinion should arise (between the Commissioners), they will refer for instructions to their respective Governments.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nThe delimitation of frontier having been determined, all French subjects, or persons under French protection, or aliens residing in Tonquin, who desire to cross the frontier into China, will, before proceeding upon their journey, obtain a passport, to be issued by the Chinese frontier officials on the request of the French authorities. In the case of Chinese subjects crossing from Tonquin to China, the Chinese frontier officials may issue passes at their own discretion. On the other hand, when Chinese subjects desire to enter Tonquin overland from Chinese territory, application for the necessary passports will be made by the Chinese officials to the French authorities.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nMerchants of French nationality, or under French protection, or of Chinese nationality, shall be allowed to convey goods to and fro overland across the border of China and Tonquin. The number and situation of the places which are to be assigned as commercial depôts will be subsequently determined, after a careful consideration of the trade Returns and the lines of communication, in general accordance with the Regulations which now prevail in Chinese territory, the principle [of the arrangement] being the selection of two points on the Chinese frontier as depôts of trade, one above Pao-sheng,* and another to the north of Langson, in which French merchants will be free to reside, with the same privileges and responsibilities as obtain in the Treaty ports.\n\nThe Chinese Government will establish Customs at these places for the levy of duties, and at these places the French Government may appoint Consuls, whose powers and privileges will be identical with those which are exercised by French Consuls at the Treaty ports.\n\nThe Chinese Government will also be free to arrange with the Government of France for the appointment of Chinese Consuls in the principal cities and towns of Tonquin.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nRegulations for the conduct of overland trade between Tonquin and the Chinese Provinces of Yunnan, Kuang-si, and Kuang-tung, will, within three months of the signature of the present Treaty, be jointly discussed and concluded by Commissioners appointed by the two Powers, and will form a Supplement to the present Treaty. The duties to be levied on goods imported or exported across the frontier of Yunnan or Kuang-si will be lower than under the existing commercial Tariff; but such reduction of duties is not to apply to the case of overland trade across the border between Tonquin and Kuang-tung, nor, again, does it affect the present Treaty ports. The sale and transport of fire-arms, military weapons, munitions of war, and explosive materials will be treated in accordance with the Regulations which are in force in the territory of both countries. The import and export of opium will form the subject of a special clause of the trade Regulations; and a special clause will also determine the question of the coasting trade between China and Annam, pending which the existing Rules will remain in force.\n\nPao-sheng is the well known \"Laokai,\" the old head-quarters of the Black Flags.-E. C. B. `[1612]`\n\nB 2-1\n\nPage 360\nPage 361",
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        "content_text": "the obligation to adapt the procedure prescribed by the Imperial extradition Acts.\n\nThe operation of those Acts is limited to extradition to those countries to which they have been made applicable by Order in Council.\n\nSection IV of the Act of 1870 provides that the Order in Council shall not be made unless the arrangements with the Foreign State are (1) terminable at a year's notice, and (2) are in conformity in particular with the restrictions as to Surrender Claimed in the Act.\n\nBut as neither of these conditions are complied with in the Extradition Article of the Treaty of Vientian, the Act of 1870 could not legally be applied to it. The Extradition of Chinese fugitives under the Treaty is therefore regulated solely by the Ordinance of the Colony of Hong Kong (`192 of 1850`), and H.Mr. Gost are unable to concur in the Construction which you place upon that law.\n\nArt. 3 gives the magistrate...",
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        "content_text": "21\n\n215\n\nthe Fourth Class, and the Star of the Second Class of the Order of the Crown of Italy, and having the rank of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs:\n\nTogether with Bruwaert, Consul of the First Class, Assistant-Commissioner for Treaty Negotiations, decorated with the Order of Gustav of Sweden of the Third Class, and the Order of Leopold of Belgium of the Fifth Class:\n\nAfter having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due form, have accordingly concluded the following Articles :-\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nIt is arranged between the two Governments that whereas, in conformity with the provisions of Article V of the new Treaty, two places should now be indicated, one some point above Pan-sheng (Laokai), the other, some point to the north of Langson, at which the Chinese Government shall establish Customs for purposes of trade, and shall consent to the immediate appointment of Consuls by the French Government; and these French Consuls shall enjoy the same privileges and advantages as the Consuls of the most favoured nation.\n\nInasmuch as at the present date of signature, the Boundary Commissioners of the two Governments have not yet determined at what point north of Langson a trading centre should be opened, it shall be incumbent upon the Chinese Government to select such place in consultation with the French Representative in China within the present year. As regards the place to the north of Laokai to be opened to foreign trade, this shall also be fixed upon in consultation when the frontiers of the two countries shall have been inspected and determined.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe Chinese Government is at liberty to establish Consuls at Hanoi and Haiphong, and shall hereafter consider with the Government of France the appointment of Consuls to reside at the large cities or towns in other parts of Tonquin. The treatment accorded by France to such Consuls and the privileges and advantages enjoyed by them shall be similar in every respect to the treatment and privileges accorded by France to the Consuls of the most favoured nation. They shall transact their official business with the high officer (or officers) appointed by the French Government as \"Protector\" (or \"Protectors\").\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nBoth Governments undertake that upon the arrival of a Consul appointed by either Power to take up his official residence, assistance shall be rendered by the local authorities of either Government in the maintenance or preservation of the public offices in which he resides.\n\nWhen French merchants or citizens visit the places open to trade on the Chinese frontier, the action taken shall in all cases be that laid down in the VIIth, Xth, XIth, and XIIth Articles of the Treaty between China and France, dated the 27th day of June, 1858. When Annamese subjects visit the places open to trade on the Chinese frontier, the same treatment shall be accorded them by the Chinese Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nChinese subjects shall be permitted to purchase land, erect houses or establish places of business in any part of Annam, and shall receive full protection for their person and property. They shall on no account be treated with harshness or tyranny, nor shall any restraint be put upon them; there shall be no difference whatever between the treatment accorded to them and that enjoyed by the subjects of the most favoured western nation.\n\nThe official or private correspondence and telegrams of Chinese officials and merchants dispatched or received through the French post offices or telegraph offices shall be sent and delivered in the same manner as other correspondence, and shall not be subjected to any hindrance. The treatment of French citizens by the Chinese Government shall be equally liberal in this respect.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nIn the event of French citizens or persons under French protection, as well as the subjects or citizens of other nationalities residing in Tonquin, wishing to cross the frontier into Chinese territory, the French authorities shall satisfy themselves of the respecta-\n\n[852]\n\nG",
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        "content_text": "TONQUIN.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n317\n\nNo. 1.\n\n258\n\n[Thursday, August 6.]\n\nSECTION\n\nC. O.\n\n14047\n\nRSCR\n\nREGE 7 AUG 36,\n\nSir,\n\nMr. Calcraft to Mr. Currie-(Received August 6.)\n\nOffice of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,\n\nAugust 5, 1885.\n\nI AM directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 28th ultimo and 1st and 3rd instant, transmitting for their consideration copies of certain correspondence respecting the Treaty of Peace concluded between France and China on the 9th June last, and asking the opinion of this Board as to whether any further instructions to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking are immediately necessary in regard to the stipulations of the Treaty which affect British interests.\n\nIn reply, I am to state that the Board of Trade fully concur in the instructions given to Mr. O'Connor in the Foreign Office letter of the 23rd May last, in which it is pointed out that most-favoured nation treatment would be claimed by Her Majesty's Government under the Treaty of Tien-tsin of 1858, in respect of lower duties of goods introduced by land, and as regards any privileges or advantages given to French citizens or their commerce on the land frontier; but this Board would suggest, for the Marquis of Salisbury's consideration, that it might be advisable to direct Mr. O'Connor's attention rather more fully to the points involved in Clauses IV to VI of the Franco-Chinese Treaty, and they would therefore offer the following observations on the subject.\n\n1. Article IV as to the rights of French subjects to pass over the frontier is nominally of a restrictive character. There is to be no such right, it is said, except on passports being obtained. But the Clause is also so worded that the Chinese authorities would be obliged to give passports on the demand of the French authorities. Under this Clause, accordingly, Frenchmen would appear to have a special and exclusive right of access to China by the Tonquin frontier, whilst no such privilege is promised to British subjects. Article IX of the Treaty of Tien-tsin no doubt gives a general right to English subjects to pass into the interior of China under passports to be issued by the Consuls, and signed by the local authorities, but unless there are English Consuls at each point of the frontier at which French subjects may pass over, which is not the case, the general stipulation in the Treaty with England would be rendered illusory. The careful mention of French subjects only, or foreigners resident in Tonquin, shows a design to exclude all others.\n\n2. Article V is even more clearly in derogation of the rights previously given to British subjects. It states expressly that the commerce of importation and exportation will be permitted to French merchants or merchants who are under French protection, and to Chinese merchants over the frontier at certain stipulated points, and that French merchants may establish themselves at these points on the same conditions and with the same advantages as in the Treaty ports; farther, that France may establish Consuls at these places with privileges and powers identical to those of Agents of the same class at the Treaty ports. The English Treaty (Article VII) only gives the British Government power to establish Consuls at open ports or cities, while trade can only be carried on through the Treaty ports. The present Treaty, therefore, giving France and French subjects another means of access to China, confers on them a privilege and advantage not given to British subjects. To act consistently with its English Treaties, the Chinese Government should have reserved power to English subjects to trade at the same points.. and power to the English Government to establish Consuls.\n\n3. Article VI appears even more inconsistent with our Treaties with China. It stipulates that merchandize passing over the frontier at the points to be fixed will be subject \"to duties inferior to those which are stipulated for by the actual Tariff on foreign trade.\" This reduced Tariff is not to apply in any case to goods passing over the frontier between Tonquin and Kouang-tong, this last being a province bordering on the sea, in which there is a Treaty port; but it is to apply to the Provinces of Yunnan and Kouang-si, which are provinces more or less accessible to trade from the Treaty ports situate in the Province of Kouang-tong. Farther, this reduced Tariff \"is not to have effect in the ports\n\n[1587]\n\nB-1",
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        "document_key": "CO129-233 - Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [6-8]",
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        "content_text": "The Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, JUNE 15TH, 1887.\n\nTHE CHINESE RENDITION CASE. JUDGMENT.\n\nIn the case of Leung Afu, one of the defendants in the Rendition case, for whose discharge Mr. Dennys applied, their Lordships delivered the following judgment:-\n\nOn the application of Mr. Dennys, supported by two affidavits—one by himself and the other by Leung Afu, a prisoner in the Victoria Gaol, committed under the Extradition Ordinance,—Lung Afu was brought before the court on a writ of Habeas corpus. To his return to the writ, the Superintendent of the Gaol annexes the warrant under which he holds the prisoner. Notice of a writ of certiorari was served, and this writ was moved for and the proceedings before the magistrate were brought into court by the magistrate himself, and were referred to in the argument on the return of the writ of Habeas corpus. Mr. Francis, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the Chinese Government to support the warrant of commitment. The committing magistrate appeared in person and handed in the proceedings. The Acting Attorney-General appeared to watch the case on behalf of the Government, but took no part in the proceedings. Mr. Dennys, for the prisoner, by special leave in absence of Counsel, argued that the prisoner was detained on a warrant which was bad on the face of it, as there was no offence recited over which the magistrate had jurisdiction. He cited Regina v. King, 13 L.C., 43, and other cases, which we have examined.\n\nThe warrants in these cases omitted to state the gist of the offences for which the magistrates committed. \"In the matter of Paarle,\" 1 A. and E. N. S., bears most on this matter. It appears from the proceedings at the Police Court that the prisoner and two others were charged on the 19th February last, as subjects of China, with murder and burglary within the jurisdiction of the Emperor of China on the 9th October last. Several examinations took place, and in the course of the proceedings Mr. Dennys alleged that one of the principal witnesses for the Chinese authorities had committed perjury, and the man was charged with it, and the investigation of the case against Leung Afu and the others was postponed, pending the trial of a witness for perjury.\n\nIt appears that although the witness was committed for trial for perjury, the Attorney-General, for reasons no doubt satisfactory to the Crown, entered a nolle prosequi, and proceedings against the prisoner were thus abandoned. After this, the rendition case was resumed, and it appears from the affidavit and from the magistrate's own notes that the magistrate refused to hear any evidence on behalf of the prisoners, although Mr. Dennys on behalf of one prisoner, and Mr. Holmes on behalf of another, asked to be allowed to produce evidence.\n\nIn rendition cases of Chinese subjects in this Colony, the procedure and powers of the magistrates are to be found in Ord. 2 of 1850 and Ord. 2 of 1871. Ord. 2 of 1850 was passed to carry out the treaty of the Bogue, which provided for the rendition of Chinese subjects to the Chinese Government who had committed crimes and offences in China. Ord. 2 of 1871 was passed as a declaratory Ordinance—declaring that 2 of 1850 was to apply to the Treaty of Tientsin, the 21st Article of which provides for the rendition to China of Chinese criminals escaping here, on \"proof of guilt.\" Mr. Dennys argued that \"proof of guilt\" meant complete proof, and amplified the words in the Ordinance 2 of 1850 in favour of the accused.\n\nThe learned Counsel for the Chinese Government argued that the Court, Magistrate, and Government will only look to Ordinance 2 of 1850, as declared by 2 of 1871. Section 1 of Ordinance 2 of 1850 gives power to the magistrate to detain Chinese subjects having committed offences against the laws of China and being then in Hongkong: (1) if a complaint has been made by any officer of the Chinese Government; or (2) if it appears in the course of investigating any other matter, that a Chinese subject has committed an offence against the laws of China; or (3) if such person be already in custody, it shall be lawful to detain such person, and to investigate the alleged crime or offence in the same manner as if such person were charged with a crime or indictable offence committed within the colony.\n\nSection III says that if at the close of this investigation it shall appear to the Magistrate or Court that such person as aforesaid is a subject of China, and that there is probable cause for believing that the said person has committed such crime or offence, it shall and may be lawful for such Magistrate or Court to commit such person for safe custody to prison, and to direct the Gaoler to detain such person in prison until the said Gaoler shall receive some order from the Governor of Hongkong, relative to the further detention, discharge or transmission of such prisoner to the nearest Chinese authorities as to the Governor shall seem fit; and the Magistrate or Court shall, upon making such committal as aforesaid, transmit to the said Governor of Hongkong the minutes of such investigation, &c.\n\nNow, under the warrant of the magistrate the prisoner Leung Afu was committed to Gaol on 29th April, 1887, pending the orders of the Governor as to his further disposal, it appearing to the said magistrate, upon investigation of the case, that there was cause to believe that the prisoner was a subject of China, and had committed crimes and offences, viz., burglary and murder, within the Empire of China. It is not stated in the warrant when the murder and burglary were committed, nor is there any reference to the Act or Ordinance giving the Magistrate jurisdiction.\n\nIn the case of Young Achau and 12 others, brought before this Court in November, 1881, the late Mr. Justice Snowden in ordering the discharge of the prisoners, although the warrant stated on the face of it that it was under Ordinance 2 of 1850, S. III., said: \"I am unable to discover when the form now in use was adopted in this Colony. I find that the form of conviction appended to Ord. 10 of 1884, still in force, requires the following particulars—setting out the information and if the conviction is made for an offence against any Statute or Ordinance to state it.\"\n\nHe then goes on to quote from the warrant of committal: \"Whereas it hath appeared to me a magistrate for the said Colony,—is a subject of China—and that there is probable cause, &c.,” and asks if this form is sufficient and cites Baron Parke's Judgment, Ex. Chamber, in Howard and Gossett, 10 Q.B., at p. 411-452. Paley on Conviction, 182, says: \"In the case of special authorities given by Statutes to Justices or others acting out of the ordinary course of Common Law, the instruments by which they act, whether warrants to arrest, commitment orders, convictions or inquisitions ought, according to the course of decision, to show their authority on the face of them by direct averment or necessary intendment.\"\n\nMr. Justice Snowdon goes on to say: \"Of course greater nicety is required in the case of summary conviction, and where the commitment is in execution than where prisoners are remanded or committed to prison for further disposal only.\" He further states that he is of opinion that in \"cases of rendition the accused are entitled to the protection of every formality the law throws around them, and that it is the duty of this court before whom they claim their discharge to see that there has been no shortcoming in this respect.\"\n\nIn Paley on Convictions, pages 201 and 202, it is stated that the conviction must likewise specify the time and place of committing the fact complained of.\" The precise day need not be named if the fact be alleged to have happened between such and such a day—see also 2 Hawkins C. 25, sec. 82.\n\nIt is quite true, as Mr. Francis pointed out, that Jervis Acts have not been made the law of the Colony, and that so far as indictable offences are concerned the procedure would be in strict law according to 7 Geo. 4 C. 64. Jervis' Acts became law in England in 1849, and introduced certain changes which are pointed out in Stephens' History of the Criminal Law of England.\n\nBut sec. 1 of 7 George IV. C. 64, after describing two persons are to be examined in indictable offences with the view to commitment, indicates that evidence may be adduced by the accused—\"or such evidence shall be adduced on behalf of the prisoner charged, &c.\" \"Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require any such Justice or Justices to hear evidence on behalf of any person so charged as aforesaid unless it shall appear to him or them to be meet and conducive to the ends of Justice to hear the same.\"\n\nNow Ord. 2 of 1850 directs that the magistrate shall investigate rendition cases as he would indictable offences. In 1849 Lord Denman, C.J., said that where a person charged with felony has witnesses in attendance at the time of the examination before the magistrate they should then be examined if the prisoner wished it. See Oke's Magisterial Guide.\n\nPage 13",
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        "content_text": "one of the numerous bands of pirates who infest the neighbourhood, and several lives were unfortunately lost.\n\nThis accident delayed the work of the Commission, and at one time matters assumed a somewhat serious aspect, as the French had occupied militarily the territory in the neighbourhood of Cape Paklung, and it was known that the Chinese Government had ordered up reinforcements, the territory held by the French being regarded as having always belonged to China. I inclose a sketch of the locality, with explanatory notes, showing the respective claims to the several boundary-lines immediately after the occupation of the Paklung territory by the French.\n\nThis occupation has no doubt materially aided M. Constans in the definitive arrangements for the revision of the Cogordan Convention, as the Chinese Government made no secret of the great importance they attached to the retention by China of the disputed territory. They were evidently willing to make some further sacrifices to attain this object, although not disposed to grant all the concessions said to have been demanded by M. Constans.\n\nHe is believed to have required---\n\n1. That there should be a further reduction of the import and export duties over the frontier, which, as your Lordship is aware, were diminished respectively by one-fifth and one-third of similar duties at the Treaty Ports in accordance with the provisions of Articles VI and VII of the Convention of the 25th April. It is reported that a reduction to one-half of the Maritime Tariff rates was asked for in the case of both imports and exports.\n\n2. That native opium should be permitted to come into Tonquin through the Provinces of Yunnan, Kwang-si, and Kwang-tung, Article XIV of the Convention having prohibited its importation.\n\n3. That salt should be allowed to be exported into China from Tonquin, salt being a monopoly of the Chinese Government.\n\n4. That China would not insist on the right to appoint Consuls in the principal towns of Tonquin, granted by the Vth Article of the Treaty of the 9th June, 1885.\n\n5. That Chinese goods purchased in China by French or French-protected subjects, and reimported into China from Tonquin by one of the Treaty ports, should be charged coasting trade duty only instead of being treated as goods coming from a foreign country and therefore subject to the payment of full import duty according to the Maritime Tariff, as provided for by the three last paragraphs of Article IX of the Convention of the 25th April. The coasting trade duty is 2 1/2 per cent, ad valorem.\n\nWhether the above list contains a perfectly accurate statement of the demands put forward by M. Constans I am unable to say, but I have no reason to think it is otherwise than accurate, although from the secrecy with which the negotiations have been conducted, it has not been easy to ascertain how matters were progressing.\n\nI have, however, now been placed confidentially in possession of a copy of the document in which are recorded the results of M. Constans' negotiations, and I telegraphed its contents to your Lordship to-day. The document itself I have now the honour of inclosing. It takes the form of an Additional Convention, was signed on the 26th ultimo, and has been ratified by the Emperor of China. There are ten Articles :-\n\n## Article I \nprovides that the previous Convention of the 25th April shall be faithfully executed in all its details save where they may have been modified by the late Convention.\n\n## Article II \nspecifies the places in China which, in virtue of the Ist Article of the Convention of the 25th April, are to be opened to French trade. They are three in number: Lungchow, in the Province of Kwang-si; Mongtsze and Manhao, in Yünnan. I understand that the selection of these inland marts gave rise to much controversy. The Chinese Government had offered M. Constans two places only just across the frontier, but the French Plenipotentiary rejected them as valueless. In choosing and obtaining the towns of Lungchow and Mongtsze, M. Constans has gained a considerable advantage. The former is connected with Langson and Caobang by two rivers (Song-ki and Caobang) which are supposed to join the Canton River; but I have not been able to verify this fact from any of the Maps I have had an opportunity of consulting. Mongtsze, on the other hand, is reported to be situated in a mining district. The French will have the privilege of appointing Consuls at the three above-mentioned towns, and the Chinese custom-houses there are to be administered by officers belonging to the foreign Customs Inspectorate.\n\n## Article III \nrefers to the further reduction conceded to France in the frontier import and export duties.\n\nBy the VIth and VIIth Articles of the Convention of the 25th April, goods passing into China from Tonquin were to pay the Treaty port rates, less a fifth, while goods coming from China into Tonquin were to be charged a third less. In the first instance, the reduction is now to be three-tenths, and in the second, four-tenths of the Maritime Tariff duties.\n\n## Article IV \nauthorizes the imposition of an export duty on Chinese products which have paid an import duty on their entry into Tonquin, and have passed through Tonquin to an Annamite port for conveyance to a country other than China.\n\nThe export duty to be paid will be that fixed by the Franco-Annamite Customs Tariff.\n\nBy the XIth Article of the Convention of the 25th April, such goods were to be exempt from any export duty.\n\n## Article V \npermits the import into Tonquin through the three Chinese frontier towns opened to French commerce of native opium on payment to the Chinese Government of an export duty of 40 taels per picul, *i.e.*, 20 taels in the shape of customs duty, and 20 taels by way of li-kin. Should, however, this opium be reimported into China, whether by sea or land, it would be treated as foreign opium, and pay the 110 taels per picul (duty and li-kin) leviable under the Additional Article of the Chefoo Agreement.\n\n## Article VI \npermits French and Annamite vessels, with the exception of vessels of war, or those carrying troops and munitions, to go between Langson and Caobang by the Rivers Song-ki and Caobang, which connect Lung-chow with Langson and Caobang.\n\nA tonnage due is to be charged for each trip, at the rate of one-twentieth of a tael per ton, but the goods carried are not to be subjected to duty.\n\nThese two rivers are those to which I have already alluded as being supposed to join the Canton River.\n\nOn a small Map of Tonquin prepared by the Intelligence Branch of the War Department in July 1883, these two rivers are marked, as well as the towns of Langson and Caobang, and two out of the three Chinese towns opened to French commerce. Lung-chow, however, does not appear, at least under that name.\n\nThe accompanying extract from the \"Revue Internationale\" of the 9th October last, headed \"La Délimitation du Tonkin,\" refers to Lung-chow and the river Song-ki, and to the possibility of reaching the sea from Lung-chow by the Canton River.\n\n## Article VII \ncontains a most-favoured-nation clause of a decidedly more comprehensive kind than is to be found in the concluding paragraph of the VIIth Article of the Convention of the 25th April.\n\nFrance is to have the full right of enjoying, without further negotiations, all privileges, immunities, and commercial advantages which may hereafter be granted by Treaties having for their object the settlement of political and commercial relations between China and countries situated to the south and south-west of the Chinese Empire.\n\nIt is unnecessary, of course, to say that this Article has reference to Burmah and other British possessions.\n\n## Article VIII \nrecords the fact of the French and Chinese Plenipotentiaries having signed and sealed the French and Chinese texts of the Convention.\n\n## Article IX \nputs in force the stipulations of the Additional Convention from the date on which the ratifications thereof and of the Convention of the 26th April shall have been exchanged, precisely as if those stipulations had been inserted in the earlier Convention.\n\n## Article X \nstates that the Additional Convention shall be ratified at once by the Emperor of China, and that as soon as it shall have been ratified by the President of the French Republic, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Peking.\n\n## Annex \nto the Convention explains that by a note dated the 23rd June last the Chinese Government engages not to claim the right granted by the Vth Article of the Treaty of the 9th June, 1885, of appointing Consuls in the principal towns of Tonquin, until she and France are of opinion that circumstances will admit of the appointments. It is, however, further provided in a note that whenever Chinese Consuls shall be appointed at Hanoi and Haiphong (Article II of the Convention of the 26th April, 1886) France shall have the right to appoint Consuls at the capitals of the Provinces of Yünnan and Kwang-si.\n\nThe terms of this Additional Convention are unquestionably more favourable than those in the preceding Convention of the 25th April, to which they relate; but I am not disposed to think that until the French Protectorate of Tonquin and Annam shall have \n## Page 434",
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        "content_text": "# Convention Between China and France\n\nRang, Président du Tsung-li Yamên, assisté de son Excellence Soun Yu-ouen, Premier Vice-Président du Ministère des Travaux Publics;\n\nLesquels, après s'être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, qu'ils ont reconnu en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants :--\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLe Traité signé à Tien-tsin le 25 Avril, 1886, sera, immédiatement après l'échange des ratifications, fidèlement mis à exécution dans toutes ses clauses, sauf, bien entendu, celles que la présente Convention a pour but de modifier.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nEn exécution de l'Article Ier du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, il est convenu entre les Hautes Parties Contractantes que la ville de Long-tchéou au Kouang-si et celle de Mong-tsen au Yunnan sont ouvertes au commerce Franco-Annamite. Il est entendu, en outre, que Man-hao, qui se trouve sur la route fluviale de Lao-kai à Mong-tsen, est ouvert au commerce comme Long-tchéou et Mong-tsen, et que le Gouvernement Français aura le droit d'y entretenir un Agent relevant du Consul de cette dernière ville.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nEn vue de développer le plus rapidement possible le commerce entre la Chine et le Tonkin, les droits d'importation et d'exportation stipulés dans les Articles VI et VII du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, sont provisoirement modifiés ainsi qu'il suit :-\n\n| Category | Modification |\n| --- | --- |\n| Les marchandises étrangères importées en Chine par les villes ouvertes | auront à acquitter le droit du Tarif Général de la Douane Maritime diminué des trois dixièmes. |\n| Les marchandises Chinoises exportées au Tonkin | paieront le droit d'exportation du dit Tarif Général diminué des quatre dixièmes. |\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nLes produits d'origine Chinoise qui auront acquitté les droits d'importation conformément au paragraphe 1 de l'Article XI du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, et seront transportés à travers le Tonkin vers un port Annamite seront soumis, à la sortie de ce port, s'ils sont à destination d'un autre pays que la Chine, au droit d'exportation fixé par le Tarif des Douanes Franco-Annamites.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLe Gouvernement Chinois autorise l'exportation de l'opium indigène au Tonkin par la frontière de terre, moyennant un droit d'exportation de 20 taels par picul, ou 100 livres Chinoises. Les Français et protégés Français ne pourront acheter l'opium qu'à Long-tchéou, Mong-tsen, et Man-hao. Les droits de li-kin et de barrière que les commerçants indigènes auront à payer sur ce produit ne dépasseront pas 20 taels par picul.\n\nLes commerçants Chinois qui auront apporté l'opium de l'intérieur remettront à l'acheteur en même temps que la marchandise, les reçus constatant que le li-kin a été intégralement acquitté, et l'acheteur présentera ces reçus à la Douane, qui les annulera au moment où il effectuera le paiement du droit d'exportation.\n\nIl est entendu que cet opium, dans le cas où il rentrerait en Chine, soit par la frontière de terre, soit par un des ports ouverts, ne pourra être assimilé aux produits d'origine Chinoise réimportés.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nLes bateaux Français et Annamites, à l'exception des bâtiments de guerre et des navires employés au transport de troupes, d'armes, ou de munition de guerre, pourront circuler de Lang-son à Cao-bang et réciproquement, en passant par les rivières (Song-ki-kong et la rivière de Cao-bang) qui relient Lang-son à Long-tchéou et Long-tchéou à Cao-bang.\n\nIl sera prélevé sur ces bateaux, pour chaque parcours, un droit de tonnage de cinq centièmes de taels par tonneau, mais les marchandises composant le chargement n'auront à acquitter aucun droit.\n\nLes marchandises à destination de Chine pourront être transportées par les rivières dont il est question dans le paragraphe 1 du présent Article aussi bien que par les routes de terre et notamment par la route mandarinale qui conduit de Lang-son à Long-tchéou; mais, jusqu'au jour où le Gouvernement Chinois aura établi un poste de douane à la frontière, les marchandises qui passeront par ces routes de terre ne pourront être vendues qu'après avoir acquitté les droits à Long-tchéou.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nIl est entendu que la France jouira de plein droit, et sans qu'il soit besoin de négociations préalables, de tous les privilèges et immunités, de quelque nature qu'ils soient, et de tous les avantages commerciaux qui pourraient être accordés dans la suite à la nation la plus favorisée par des Traités et Conventions ayant pour objet le réglement des rapports politiques ou commerciaux entre la Chine et les pays situés au sud et au sud-ouest de l'Empire Chinois.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nAyant arrêté d'un commun accord les dispositions ci-dessus, les Plénipotentiaires ont apposé leurs signatures et leurs sceaux sur deux exemplaires du texte Français de la présente Convention ainsi que sur la traduction Chinoise qui accompagne chacun de ces exemplaires.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nLes stipulations de la présente Convention Additionnelle seront mises en vigueur, comme si elles étaient insérées dans le texte même du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, à partir du jour de l'échange des ratifications des dits Traité et Convention.\n\n## ARTICLE X\n\nLa présente Convention sera ratifiée dès à présent par Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine et dès qu'elle aura été ratifiée par le Président de la République Française l'échange des ratifications aura lieu à Pékin.\n\nFait à Pékin, le 26 Juin, 1887.\n\n## Annexe\n\n(Signé)\n\nCONSTANS. Prince KING. SOUN.\n\nDans une lettre officielle en date du 23 Juin, 1887, le Gouvernement Chinois s'engage à ajourner la nomination de Consuls dans les principales villes du Tonkin jusqu'au jour où la France et la Chine estimeront que les circonstances permettent de les établir.\n\nIl est entendu, en outre, que lorsque le Gouvernement Chinois établira des Consuls à Hanoi et à Haiphong, le Gouvernement Français pourra en nommer dans les capitales des Provinces du Yünnan et du Kouang-si,\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n\nExtract from the \"Revue Internationale\" of October 9, 1886.\n\n### LA DÉLIMITATION DE LA FRONTIÈRE DU TONKIN\n\nLe village de Binki borde la rive droite du Song-ki-kung qui a environ 60 mètres à cet endroit; un bac permet de traverser la rivière; la rive gauche est couronnée de forts barrant la route de Long-tchéou. En avant de ces forts de petites maisons carrées en briques peintes en blanc servent d'avancées au camp Chinois; enfin, en amont de Binki un barrage complète la défense du Song-ki-kung.\n\nPar cette rivière on met à peine un jour pour descendre à Long-tchéou. Aussi trouve-t-on à Binki des sampans et des radeaux formant des maisons flottantes comme on en voit sur la rivière de Canton.\n\nDe la frontière du Tonkin à Long-tchéou et de là par la rivière de Canton et la mer on a donc une voie navigable à sa disposition, ce qui est fort important à retenir.\n\nPage 628\nPage 437",
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        "content_text": "## Convention entre la Chine et la France\n\nRang, Président du Tsung-li Yamên, assisté de son Excellence Soun Yu-ouen, Premier Vice-Président du Ministère des Travaux Publics;\n\nLesquels, après s'être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, qu'ils ont reconnu en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants :--\n\n### ARTICLE I\n\nLe Traité signé à Tien-tsin le 25 Avril, 1886, sera, immédiatement après l'échange des ratifications, fidèlement mis à exécution dans toutes ses clauses, sauf, bien entendu, celles que la présente Convention a pour but de modifier.\n\n### ARTICLE II\n\nEn exécution de l'Article 1er du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, il est convenu entre les Hautes Parties Contractantes que la ville de Long-tchéou au Kouang-si et celle de Mong-tsen au Yunnan sont ouvertes au commerce Franco-Annamite. Il est entendu, en outre, que Man-hao, qui se trouve sur la route fluviale de Lao-kai à Mong-tsen, est ouvert au commerce comme Long-tchéou et Mong-tsen, et que le Gouvernement Français aura le droit d'y entretenir un Agent relevant du Consul de cette dernière ville.\n\n### ARTICLE III\n\nEn vue de développer le plus rapidement possible le commerce entre la Chine et le Tonkin, les droits d'importation et d'exportation stipulés dans les Articles VI et VII du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, sont provisoirement modifiés ainsi qu'il suit :\n\n| Type de marchandise | Droit applicable |\n| --- | --- |\n| Marchandises étrangères importées en Chine par les villes ouvertes | Droit du Tarif Général de la Douane Maritime diminué des trois dixièmes |\n| Marchandises Chinoises exportées au Tonkin | Droit d'exportation du dit Tarif Général diminué des quatre dixièmes |\n\n### ARTICLE IV\n\nLes produits d'origine Chinoise qui auront acquitté les droits d'importation conformément au paragraphe 1 de l'Article XI du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, et seront transportés à travers le Tonkin vers un port Annamite seront soumis, à la sortie de ce port, s'ils sont à destination d'un autre pays que la Chine, au droit d'exportation fixé par le Tarif des Douanes Franco-Annamites.\n\n### ARTICLE V\n\nLe Gouvernement Chinois autorise l'exportation de l'opium indigène au Tonkin par la frontière de terre, moyennant un droit d'exportation de 20 taels par picul, ou 100 livres Chinoises. Les Français et protégés Français ne pourront acheter l'opium qu'à Long-tchéou, Mong-tsen, et Man-hao. Les droits de li-kin et de barrière que les commerçants indigènes auront à payer sur ce produit ne dépasseront pas 20 taels par picul.\n\nLes commerçants Chinois qui auront apporté l'opium de l'intérieur remettront à l'acheteur en même temps que la marchandise, les reçus constatant que le li-kin a été intégralement acquitté, et l'acheteur présentera ces reçus à la Douane, qui les annulera au moment où il effectuera le paiement du droit d'exportation.\n\nIl est entendu que cet opium, dans le cas où il rentrerait en Chine, soit par la frontière de terre, soit par un des ports ouverts, ne pourra être assimilé aux produits d'origine Chinoise réimportés.\n\n### ARTICLE VI\n\nLes bateaux Français et Annamites, à l'exception des bâtiments de guerre et des navires employés au transport de troupes, d'armes, ou de munition de guerre, pourront circuler de Lang-son à Cao-bang et réciproquement, en passant par les rivières (Song-ki-kong et la rivière de Cao-bang) qui relient Lang-son à Long-tchéou et Long-tchéou à Cao-bang.\n\nIl sera prélevé sur ces bateaux, pour chaque parcours, un droit de tonnage de cinq centièmes de taels par tonneau, mais les marchandises composant le chargement n'auront à acquitter aucun droit.\n\nLes marchandises à destination de Chine pourront être transportées par les rivières dont il est question dans le paragraphe 1 du présent Article aussi bien que par les routes de terre et notamment par la route mandarinale qui conduit de Lang-son à...",
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        "content_text": "## Article II \nThis merely fulfils a stipulation in the Treaty of 26 April, 1886 whereby China agreed to open two ports, on the Chinese frontier, to trade, with the further concession that a third port has been granted. Thus Long tcheon in Kwangsi and Mong-tsze in Yunnan are the two ports in compliance with the original Agreement, while Man hao, which lies between those two ports, has been added to the number.\n\n## Article III \nIn the Treaty of 1886 Concessions were made to France of certain rebates from the general Tariffs of the Maritime Customs, these have been further increased under the Convention and the following reductions are provisionally permitted.\n\n| Category | Under Treaty | Under Convention | Further advantage to France |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Imports | a rebate of 3/10th | 1/5th | 10% |\n| Exports | a rebate of 14/10th | 1/3.0 | 60,000 |\n\n66% goods are exempt.\n\n## Article IV \nUnder the Treaty of 1886 the products of China, on exportation from Annamese Ports, were free from all import at the French Custom to whatever destination they might be sent. Now, by the Convention, only such goods destined for Ports in China.\n\n## Article V \nCommits the export of Chinese grown Opium to Tonquin, through the land Frontier only, on payment of duty at the rate of taels 20 per 100th Chinese. A locality limit is placed on the purchase of Native Opium by French Merchants and their Agents, such dealings are confined to the three Treaty Frontier Ports named in Article II.\n\n## Article VI \nRegulates the traffic on the Long Ki-Kong and Kao-Bang Rivers; Merchant vessels are required to pay to the Chinese Imperial Customs five Candareens per ton on their Tonnage for each journey. Permission is also given for the land carriage of goods.",
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        "content_text": "## 7. Education in the Colony\n\nLanguage and teaching neither English nor Chinese. The fourth class consisted of 8 Anglo-Chinese Schools (with 1,160 scholars) giving a European education in both the English and Chinese languages. The fifth class consisted of 6 Schools (with 688 scholars) giving a European education exclusively in the English language.\n\n7. Ever since Schools were established in this Colony, a disproportionate amount of attention has been given to the education of boys as compared with girls. In the early times of the Colony there was good reason for that, for the Chinese community consisted during the first two decades of the Colony's existence almost exclusively of men. It is only since the last 20 or 25 years that the Chinese began on a gradually increasing scale to settle down here together with their families, and it is very probable that the census of 1881 will show that the Chinese population of the Colony will in the near future attain to an approximately normal proportion of males and females. I showed in my Report for last year that, thanks to the successful working of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, there has been, ever since the year 1873, a steady increase from year to year, both in the number of Schools established in the Colony for the special purpose of promoting female education, and in the proportion of girls to boys under instruction in the various Schools of the Colony. Among 5,974 children attending Schools under the supervision and examination of the Government, there were 4,195 boys and 1,779 girls in the year 1887.\n\nThis constitutes a slight increase as compared with the statistics of the preceding year. But the gradual progress made in this direction becomes more striking if we compare the proportion of girls to boys during the last twenty years. In 1867, among 700 children then attending Schools under Government, the girls counted only 6.86 per cent. In 1877, in the case of 3,144 children attending such Schools, the percentage of girls had risen to 19.84 per cent, and in the year 1887 we had, among 5,974 children in School, girls to the number of 29.77 per cent. It is evident that female education in this Colony, although in a backward condition and requiring to be fostered in every legitimate way, has in it the elements of healthy progress.\n\n## 8. Schools and Education Statistics\n\n8. Apart from the 94 Schools under Government supervision and examination, with their 5,974 scholars, there were, in the year 1887, about 110 Private Schools (including Night Schools) at work in the Colony, attended by about 2,300 children, so that the total number of scholars under instruction in Schools of all classes amounted to 8,272 scholars, distributed over 204 Schools. As the population of the Colony, apart from the Army and Navy, amounted, in the year 1887, to about 181,000 souls, it appears therefore that about 4.54 per cent of the whole resident population were under instruction in Schools, public or private, within the Colony. In European countries, where education is compulsory, the number of children actually attending School forms generally about 10 per cent. (more or less) of the population. Under the exceptional circumstances of this Colony and in the absence of compelling attendance at School, it would be unreasonable to expect an equally high percentage here. European families still continue to send their children to Europe for reasons of health or to complete their education, and Chinese families, although they have now to some extent taken to bringing up their children in the Colony, send them away to their ancestral homes on the neighbouring mainland at the slightest provocation, such as the outbreak of epidemic disease or the spread of vague rumours concerning expected disturbances. We have no accurate data to ascertain the number of children of local school-age (6-16 years) residing in the Colony in the year 1887. When the last census was taken (in 1881), the number of children of local school-age approximated 9.26 per cent of the population. Applying this proportion to the population of the year 1887, it would appear that the number of children of local school-age amounted in 1887 to 16,843. Deducting therefrom the number of children actually in School (8,274), it appears that the number of uneducated children in the Colony, in 1887, amounted to 8,569. In other words, a little under one half of the children of local school-age actually came under instruction in Hongkong during the year 1887. There is nothing abnormal in this discrepancy. Educational statistics of quite recent date show that in England and Wales somewhat over one half, and in Ireland less than one half, of those children (5-18 years of age) who ought to attend School, actually come under instruction.\n\nThere are in this Colony hardly any industries which employ great numbers of children. One Sugar-Refinery employs a small gang of children in packing cube sugar in tins, and public road-making gives here and there parents an opportunity to employ their children in breaking small stones (to be mixed with cement), but there is very little interference at present with school attendance arising from these sources. The employment of children by their parents in carrying loads of soil or bricks to or from building sites has very much decreased during the last 10 years. The principal causes that interfere with school attendance in the Colony are domestic employment within the family, bond-servitude in the case of purchased servant girls, and fishing in the case of a few villages.\n\nThe Government Schools (outside the Central School) and the Chinese Grant-in-Aid Schools offer, in every part of the Colony both in town and villages, an ordinary Chinese education absolutely free of charge. In the Aided Village Schools (also giving an ordinary Chinese education in the vernacular) a small charge is made by the village communities amounting, on an average, to 30 cash and 3 catties of rice (total value about 12 cents) a month for each child in actual attendance. There are moreover 5 Government Schools in different parts of the Colony which give an elementary English education (up to Standard IV) absolutely free of charge. It is only in the middle-class Schools of the Colony which give an English education (with or without Chinese in addition) and in Private Schools that fees are charged such as are beyond the means of the poor. Thanks to the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, the lowest classes of the Chinese population have the most liberal provision made for them by Government to furnish their children with an ordinary Chinese education. The mass of the Chinese lower classes do not yet sufficiently appreciate an English education, because their necessities demand Chinese rather than English knowledge. But the well-to-do classes of the Chinese community are now from year to year becoming more alive to the advantages of an English education (based on 3 or 4 years previous study of the Chinese classics) and the existing educational machinery is quite capable of any modification that may be required in order to keep pace with the gradually increasing demand for a higher and broader standard of school teaching.\n\nOne great characteristic of our educational system is that, being the outcome of a slow but natural process of evolution, it is not only in vital sympathy with all the constituent elements of our heterogeneous community, equitably representing the various factors of differentiation, but it represents also a mighty force of unification. In social life and even in commercial life we have in this Colony sundry unbridged chasms, widely separating the different strata of the community, and this exclusivism seeks also to secure separate Schools for separate classes of society, but the main current of the educational movement in the Colony runs so strongly in the direction of unity that the Schools of the Colony are either forced to abandon their exclusivism or to eke out a scanty existence by constant appeals to the charity of a small section of the community. The Government Central School, the largest and most flourishing educational institution in the Colony, was originally established for Chinese only but was soon compelled by the sheer force of circumstances to admit all other nationalities, and here we see now all the strata of Colonial society brought together in a harmonious co-operation which has (to a certain extent) a unifying effect on society itself. St. Joseph's College, originally established exclusively for Portuguese boys, soon found itself compelled to admit also Chinese boys, who were at first taught in entire separation from the Portuguese, but this partition wall had also to be lowered after some years, and now we see in the upper classes of St. Joseph's College Portuguese and Chinese harmoniously intermixed. Even the Hongkong Public School, established on a strictly exclusivist principle, being intended for European Protestants only, found itself compelled to open its doors also to Portuguese, Jews and Mahomedans. The writer of the article on Hongkong, in the book published under the title \"Her Majesty's Colonies,\" concludes a fair sketch of the educational system of Hongkong (reprinted in a recent work entitled \"The Schools of Greater Britain\"), by saying that this system is very well adapted to the views of the Chinese inhabitants, as a great element in popularising British rule and inducing respectable Chinese to settle in the Colony. What our educational system has thus done for the Chinese, it is also doing for all the other nationalities represented in the Colony, by striving to remove all unnatural distinctions of race and creed and to bridge over every chasm and gulf that divides one class of society from the other, in order to unite all in mutual subservience to the interests of the common weal.\n\n## 9. School Accommodation\n\n9. In one respect most of our educational agencies are labouring under a serious disadvantage. The question of accommodation seriously affects the results of school teaching in every country, and more particularly so in a tropical climate. Yet in this very matter of house accommodation most of the Schools in the Colony are in a very backward condition. Among our 204 Schools there are hardly ten or twelve which are located in suitable premises. The vast majority of our Schools are at present accommodated in ordinary semi-Chinese or Chinese dwelling houses, ill-suited for the purpose of class rooms and are in most cases deficient as regards light and ventilation and especially in respect of lavatories. Even the Government Schools, with the exception of four, are all more or less badly housed, being located in narrow tenements of Chinese construction which were originally built for Chinese domestic purposes and for which the Government pays a heavy monthly rent. The Grant-in-Aid Schools are, with a few exceptions, in the same plight. The Aided Schools in the Villages are mostly accommodated in window-less cottages, generally of a worse type than the dwellings of the villagers themselves, many of these Schools receiving light and ventilation exclusively from the open door-way. There is therefore great need for improvement in the matter of school accommodation. But at present there is little prospect of an early change for the better. House rent has risen enormously in the main parts of the town. All new houses, that have been built of late, are of smaller dimensions than the old houses of the town. Houses containing rooms suitable for the purposes of a School have of late become very rare in the Colony. The Government and private Managers of Schools are thus being forced to face the problem of providing school accommodation of a suitable and sanitary type. The Grant-in-Aid Scheme offers indeed Building Grants under certain conditions and one very fine College (St. Joseph's) has been built with such aid, but Managers of Grant-in-Aid Schools appear to consider the restrictions with which Building Grants are hedged in too irksome still, although these restrictions have lately been modified to meet some objections. The Government has also lately made several grants of building sites for Village Schools, but in the thickly populated parts of the town there is a lamentable dearth of available sites suitable for Schools. The sanitary supervision of Public Schools which, under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, devolved hitherto upon the Inspector of Schools, has at my request been entrusted, since 1887, to the care of the Sanitary Board, a measure of some importance as, in the case of an outbreak of epidemic disease, Schools serve as powerful centres for the propagation of the infection.\n\n## 10. Examination Results and Statistics\n\n10. 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        "content_text": "## Petition to Her Majesty\n\ndeliberately deprived of their rights and remedies under a Convention which, as has already been pointed out, does not apply to this part of the world or to cargo-carrying steamers, and which Convention has never been sanctioned by your Majesty's Parliament in England and could not, as appears from the decision in the case of the Parliament Belge, be enforced in any part of the United Kingdom, although especially applicable there.\n\n18. Your Petitioners further most humbly point out to Your Majesty that in the self-governed colonies of Australia the Postal Convention of 1856 is not and would not be recognized and enforced, that in Calcutta it appears to be unknown, that Your Majesty's loyal subjects in Singapore, Penang, Rangoon, Colombo, Madras, and Karachi feel equally aggrieved with your Petitioners at the unusual privileges conferred on French and German mail steamers, and concur with your Petitioners in their prayer; as appears from the letters from the Chambers of Commerce of these ports, which your Petitioners humbly crave leave to annex.\n\n19. Your Petitioners humbly submit that this exemption from legal liabilities and restraints, this freedom from port regulations, not only confers upon the cargo-carrying steamers of the Messageries Maritimes and Norddeutscher Lloyd Companies prestige and standing in the eyes of the Chinese, but so facilitates their business as to militate seriously against the interests of your Petitioners as shipowners and carriers of cargo; and your Petitioners are informed and believe that no similar privileges and advantages, save and except exemption from seizure, are, in French ports, conferred on the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, or on any other line of mail-carrying steamers subsidized by Your Majesty's Government. There is therefore no complete reciprocity.\n\n20. In conclusion, your Petitioners most humbly represent that the rights, privileges, and immunities conferred upon the French Mail steamers and German Mail steamers by the local ordinances are entirely unwarranted by the Postal Convention of 1856, which they purport to carry into effect; that they may at any time seriously interfere with the administration of public justice in this Colony, and that they do, in fact, deprive Your Majesty's loyal and faithful subjects of their right to resort to Your Majesty's Courts in certain cases; that facilities are thus given to foreign traders which Your Majesty's subjects ought not to be called upon to give in these days of strong competition and bounty-fed trade; and that the reasonable demands of the French and German Governments for certain privileges may be fully provided for without conferring rights so extensive in their nature as those now granted.\n\nAnd Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray,\n\nThat Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to disallow Ordinances No. 18 and No. 19 of 1888, passed by the Legislative Council of Hongkong on the 28th day of August 1888, copies of which are hereunto annexed,\n\nOn behalf of the Committee,\n\n**S. Rubis**\nChairman\n\n## APPENDIX I\n\n### EXTRACTS FROM THE FRENCH POSTAL CONVENTION\n\nDated September 24, 1856,\n\n#### ARTICLE I\n\nThere shall be a regular exchange of letters, newspapers, and printed papers of all kinds, between the Post Office of Great Britain and the Post Office of France, by means of two lines of steam-packets which shall continue to be maintained or subsidized, the one by the British Government, and the other by the French Government, on the line between Dover and Calais.\n\nThe British Post Office and the French Post Office shall regulate, by mutual consent, and in accordance with the well-understood interest of the two countries, the days and hours of departure and arrival of the above-mentioned packets.\n\n#### ARTICLE II\n\nIndependently of the correspondence which shall be exchanged between the Post Offices of the two countries by the route pointed out in the preceding Article, those Offices may mutually forward from one to the other letters, newspapers, and printed papers of all kinds, by the several routes hereinafter enumerated:—\n\n1. By the packets, which the British Government and the French Government may respectively think it right to maintain, to freight, or to subsidize, for the conveyance of correspondence.\n2. By merchant ships plying between the British and the French Ports.\n\n#### ARTICLE III\n\nThe commanders of merchant ships before sailing from the ports of France or Algeria for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the one part, and the commanders of British or French merchant ships before sailing from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for France or Algeria, on the other part, shall be bound to take charge of the mails which the Post Offices at the ports of departure may have to deliver to them.\n\nNo merchant steamer leaving one of the ports of France or Algeria for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall receive its clearance unless the commander present to the authorities empowered to issue that document a certificate from the director or chief officer of the posts, proving the delivery of the mails addressed to the place of the ship's destination, or that there were no mails to deliver to them.\n\n#### ARTICLE IV\n\nThe payments on account of the sea-conveyance of letters contained in the mails exchanged between the British and French Post Offices by means of merchant ships, shall be made to the commanders or owners of those vessels by the Post Offices of the ports of destination, at the rate of ten centimes, or one penny per letter.\n\nThe British Post Office and the French Post Office shall divide equally the payments made to the commanders or owners of the merchant ships in accordance with the stipulations of this Article.\n\n#### ARTICLE V\n\nWhen the packets employed by the British Post Office or by the French Post Office in execution of Articles I and II of the present Convention are national vessels, the property of Government, or vessels chartered or subsidized by Government, they shall be considered and treated as vessels of war, in the ports of the two countries at which they regularly or accidentally touch, and be there entitled to the same honours and privileges.\n\nThese packets shall be exempted in the said ports, as well upon their entrance as upon their departure, from all tonnage, navigation, and port dues, excepting, however, the vessels freighted or subsidized by Government, which must pay such dues in those ports where they are levied on behalf of corporations, private companies, or individuals.\n\nThey shall not on any account be diverted from their especial duty, or be liable to seizure, detention, embargo, or arrêt de Prince.\n\n#### ARTICLE VI\n\nThe packets of the two Offices shall be at liberty to take on board or land at the ports of the two countries at which they touch, whether regularly or accidentally, specie and gold and silver bullion, as well as passengers, of whatever nation they may be, with their wearing apparel or luggage, on condition that the captains of those packets shall submit to the sanitary, police, and customs' regulations of those ports concerning the arrival and departure of travellers.\n\nNevertheless, the passengers admitted on board those packets who do not think fit to land during the stay at one of the said ports, shall not, under any pretext, be removed from on board, be liable to any search, or be subjected to the formality of a visa of their passports.",
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        "content_text": "Crown without authority of Parliament to clothe these subsidized vessels with the immunities of Foreign Ships-of-war so as to deprive British subjects of their right to proceed against them for the enforcement of their legal rights. That decision has naturally added to the difficulty of the situation, and a voluminous correspondence has taken place between the British and French Governments arising out of the conflicts which have occurred at Hongkong, Singapore and Ceylon between the judicial authorities and the Messageries Maritimes. Indeed Her Majesty's Government would have been compelled to determine the Postal Convention with France by notice under Art. 37 were it not that the more recent instructions which appear to have been given to the Commanders of the French Postal steamers have prevented a renewal of the complaints of the Colonial Governments.\n\nIn view of the decision of the Courts in this Country in the case of the Parlement Belge it is clear that Her Majesty's Government are unable to secure to Postal vessels that complete immunity from the process of the local Courts which is the privilege of Ships-of-war, but if the Imperial Government are prepared to cause instructions to be issued to the Imperial Consular Officers and to the Commanders of the North German Lloyd's steamers and to the Agents of the Company in all British ports of call to give all necessary facilities to the local authorities in relation to Customs Regulations and to judicial process and not to claim to exercise the privilege in question to the detriment of public justice or of public rights, it is unlikely that any practical difficulties will arise.\n\nHer Majesty's Government are therefore prepared on that understanding to signify to the Governors of the Colonies at which the steamers of the North German Lloyds are intended to touch that the line is subsidized by the Imperial Government for Postal purposes and that it is the wish of Her Majesty's Government that the privileges mentioned in Art. V of the Postal Convention with France September 24th, 1856, should be extended to its vessels as long as the French Convention shall remain in force.\n\nIt is right however to add that both the French and Belgian Conventions may be determined at any time owing to the difficulties which I have pointed out and to the fact that as the British Mail steamers on the lines to India, China and Australia only touch at British ports they practically derive no benefit from the Article in question, while the other provisions of the Conventions have for the most part been abrogated by the Postal Union Treaty of Bern of October 8th, 1874, and by the Convention of Paris (the Universal Postal Union) of June 1st, 1878.\n\n(Signed)  \nROSEBERY.\n\nHis Excellency COUNT HATZFELDT,  \n&c., &c., &c.\n\n[31st August, 1889.]\n\n## APPENDIX IV.\n\n### French Mail Steamers.\n\n**No. 18 of 1888.**\n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled **The French Mail Steamers Ordinance Continuation Ordinance, 1888**.\n\nG. WILLIAM DES VOEUX,\n\nIt enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:\n\n1. Ordinance 6 of 1880, entitled An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong, shall continue in force until the 1st day of November, 1889, inclusive.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 28th day of August, 1888.  \nARATHOON SETH,  \nClerk of Councils.\n\nAssented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 31st day of August, 1888.  \nColonial Secretary.\n\n### German Mail Steamers.\n\n**No. 19 OF 1888.**\n\nThe Chairman Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary.\n\nSir,\n\nHongkong General Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong, 24th August, 1888.\n\nThe Chamber of Commerce of Hongkong has always protested against the rights and privileges conferred by annual Ordinance on the French Mail Steamers and latterly those German Mail Steamers. These Ordinances are, as appears from the published Agenda, to be introduced into the Legislative Council again tomorrow to be re-enacted.\n\nFrederick Stewart, C.M.G.,  \nColonial Secretary.\n\n**The German Mail Steamers Ordinance Continuation Ordinance, 1888.**\n\nG. WILLIAM DES VOEUX,\n\nIt enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:\n\n1. Ordinance 23 of 1888, entitled An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of German Mail Steamers within the Ports of the Colony of Hongkong, shall continue in force until the 1st day of November, 1889, inclusive.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 31st day of August, 1888.  \nARATHOON SETH,  \nClerk of Councils.\n\nAssented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 31st day of August, 1888.  \nFREDERICK STEWART,  \nColonial Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "# N. 131-11 DE JUNHO DE 1888\n\nSousa, facultativo de 2.o classe do quadro de saude da província de S. Thomé e Principe, habilitado pela escola médica cirúrgica de Nova Goa; hei por bem transferi-lo para idêntico logar do quadro de saude da província de Cabo Verde.\n\nO ministro e secretário d'estado dos negócios da marinha e ultramar assim o tenha entendido e faça executar. Paço, em 5 de junho de 1888.\n\n**REI**\n\nO ministro e secretário d'estado dos negócios da marinha e ultramar...\n\nDe Mormugão, no estado da Índia, o capitão de fragata Henrique de João Carlos Adrião.\n\nHei por bem nomear para o lugar de capitão do porto...\n\nO ministro e secretário d'estado dos negócios da marinha e ultramar assim o tenha entendido e faça executar. Paço, aos 2 de junho de 1888. — **REI** — Henrique de Macedo.\n\n## MINISTERIO DOS NEGOCIOS ESTRANGEIROS\n### Direcção política\n\nThe Government of His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves and that of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, having decided to regulate the friendly relations existing for more than three centuries between the two countries, have agreed for this purpose to a preliminary protocol. To this effect the undersigned, Henrique de Barros Gomes, of His Majesty's Council, His Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Knight Grand Cross of the orders of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Legion of Honour, of Pius IX, of the Saints Maurice and Lazarus, of Charles the III, and Leopold of Belgium, etc.; and James Duncan Campbell, commissioner and non-resident secretary of the Inspectorate General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, of second class Chinese civil rank, with Double Dragon decoration 2nd division 2nd class, Commander of the Legion of Honour and Companion of the most distinguished order of St Michael and St George, duly empowered by their respective Governments have concluded the following Protocol.\n\n### Protocolo\n\n| Artigo | Português | English |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Um tratado de comércio e de amizade com a cláusula da nação mais favorecida será concluído e assinado em Pekin. | A Treaty of friendship and commerce with most favoured nation clause will be concluded and signed at Pekin. |\n| 2 | A China confirma a perpétua ocupação e governo de Macau e suas dependências por Portugal como qualquer outra possessão portuguesa. | China confirms perpetual occupation and government of Macau and its dependencies by Portugal, as any other Portuguese possession. |\n| 3 | Portugal obriga-se a nunca alienar Macau e suas dependências sem acordo com a China. | Portugal engages never to alienate Macau and dependencies without agreement with China. |\n| 4 | Portugal obriga-se a cooperar com a China na cobrança do rendimento de ópio em Macau, do mesmo modo que a Inglaterra em Hong-Kong. | Portugal engages to cooperate in opium revenue work at Macau in same way as England at Hong Kong. |\n\nFeito em Lisboa, em 26 de março de 1887.\n\nHenrique de Barros Gomes. James Duncan Campbell.\n\nEstá conforme. — Secretaria d'estado dos negócios estrangeiros, em 28 de março de 1887. — A. de Ornellas.\n\nEste protocolo já havia sido publicado no `Diario do governo` n. 76, de 30 de março de 1887.\n\n## DOM LUIZ, por graça de Deus, Rei de Portugal e dos Algarves...\n\nFaço saber aos que a presente carta de confirmação e ratificação virem que, em 1 de dezembro de 1887, se concluiu e assinou entre mim e Sua Magestade Imperial o Imperador da China, pelos respectivos plenipotenciários, munidos dos competentes plenos poderes, um tratado de amizade e comércio para regular as relações entre os dois estados, e uma convenção apensa ao referido tratado, relativa à cooperação na cobrança do rendimento do ópio, ambos estes actos ajustados nos termos, que constam dos próprios originais que seguem:\n\n### Tratado de amizade e comércio entre Portugal e a China\n\n| Artigo | Português | English |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| I | Continuará a existir constante paz e amizade entre Sua Magestade Fidelíssima El-Rei de Portugal e dos Algarves e Sua Magestade Imperial o Imperador da China, e os seus respectivos súbditos gozarão igualmente nos domínios das duas altas partes contratantes de uma plena e inteira protecção para suas pessoas e propriedades. | There shall continue to exist constant peace and amity between His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and Algarves and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, whose respective subjects shall equally enjoy, in the dominions of the High Contracting Parties, the most complete and decided protection for their persons and property. |\n| II | A China confirma, na sua íntegra, o artigo 2.o do protocolo de Lisboa que trata da perpétua ocupação e governo de Macau por Portugal. Fica estipulado que comissários dos dois governos procederão à respectiva delimitação, que será fixada por uma convenção especial... | China confirms, in its entirety, the second article of the Protocol of Lisbon relating to the perpetual occupation and government of Macau by Portugal. It is stipulated that commissioners appointed by both governments shall proceed to the delimitation of the boundaries... |\n| III | Portugal confirma, na sua íntegra, o artigo 3.o do protocolo de Lisboa sobre o compromisso de nunca alienar Macau sem prévio acordo com a China. | Portugal confirms, in its entirety, the third article of the Protocol of Lisbon relating to the engagement never to alienate Macau without previous agreement with China. |\n| IV | Portugal concorda em cooperar com a China na cobrança dos direitos sobre o ópio exportado de Macau para os portos chineses... | Portugal agrees to cooperate with China in the collection of duties on opium exported from Macau into Chinese ports... |\n| V | Sua Magestade Fidelíssima El-Rei de Portugal e dos Algarves poderá acreditar um embaixador, ministro ou outro qualquer agente diplomático junto de Sua Magestade Imperial o Imperador da China... | His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and Algarves may appoint an Ambassador, Minister or other Diplomatic Agent to the court of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China... |\n| VI | Os agentes diplomáticos de Portugal e da China gozarão, reciprocamente, no lugar... | The diplomatic agents of Portugal and China shall reciprocally enjoy in the place... |",
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        "content_text": "# An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the law relating to the Extradition of Chinese Criminals.\n\n## Preamble\n\nWHEREAS by article XXI of the treaty of Tientsin it is agreed and provided that if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for and, on proof of their guilt, be delivered up; and whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the surrender of criminals, subjects of China, who take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:\n\n## I. Short title\n\nThis Ordinance may be cited as \"The Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 1875\".\n\n## II. The Ordinance to apply to future arrangements as well as to existing treaties\n\nThe provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the surrender of criminals under any future arrangement that may be made by Her Majesty with the Emperor of China with respect to the surrender of fugitive criminals, as well as to their surrender under any treaty that is in force at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance.\n\n## III. Restrictions on surrender of criminals\n\nThe following restrictions shall be observed with respect to the surrender of fugitive criminals:--\n\n1. A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if he prove to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, or of the Supreme Court if brought before it on habeas corpus, or of the Governor, that the requisition for his surrender has in fact been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character, or for an offence which is not an extradition crime.\n\n2. A fugitive criminal who has been accused of some offence within English jurisdiction not being the offence for which his surrender is asked, or is undergoing sentence under any conviction in the Colony, shall not be surrendered until after he has been discharged, whether by acquittal, or on expiration of his sentence, or otherwise.\n\n## IV. Liability of criminals to be surrendered\n\nEvery fugitive criminal, who is in Hongkong, shall be liable to be apprehended and surrendered in manner provided by this Ordinance, whether the crime in respect of which the surrender is sought was committed before or after the passing of this Ordinance, and whether there is or is not any concurrent jurisdiction in any Court in the Colony over that crime.\n\n## V. Requisition to Governor may be followed by order to Magistrate for warrant of apprehension\n\nWhenever a requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal, who is in, or suspected of being in Hongkong, is made to the Governor by some officer of the Chinese Government, the Governor may, by order under his hand and seal, signify to a Magistrate that such requisition has been made, and require him to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal.\n\n## VI. Duties of a Magistrate upon receipt of such order\n\nA Magistrate, on receipt of the said order, may issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal, or, if the criminal be already in custody, may issue his order to all necessary persons to bring the criminal before him to be dealt with according to this Ordinance.\n\n## VII. Magistrate may also issue warrant as in ordinary case\n\nA Magistrate may also issue his warrant for the apprehension of a fugitive criminal on such information or complaint as would, in his opinion, justify the issue of a warrant if the crime had been committed in the Colony. A fugitive criminal apprehended on a warrant so issued shall be discharged by the Magistrate, unless the Magistrate within such time as, with reference to the circumstances of the case, he shall think fit, receives an order signifying that a requisition has been made for the fugitive criminal.\n\n## VIII. Hearing of the case and evidence of crime\n\nWhen a fugitive criminal is brought before a Magistrate, he shall hear the case in the same manner, and have the same jurisdiction and powers, as near as may be, as if the prisoner were brought before him charged with an indictable offence committed in the Colony. The Magistrate shall receive any evidence which may be tendered to show that the crime of which the prisoner is accused, is an offence of a political character, or is not an extradition crime.",
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        "content_text": "# An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the law relating to the Extradition of Chinese Criminals.\n\n**Preamble**\n\nWHEREAS by article XXI of the treaty of Tientsin it is agreed and provided that if criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for and, on proof of their guilt, be delivered up; and whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the surrender of criminals, subjects of China, who take refuge in Hongkong, or on board the British ships there: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\n## I. Short title.\n\nThis Ordinance may be cited as \"The Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 18\"\n\n## II. The Ordinance to apply to future arrangements as well as to existing treaties.\n\nThe provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the surrender of criminals under any future arrangement that may be made by Her Majesty with the Emperor of China with respect to the surrender of fugitive criminals, as well as to their surrender under any treaty that is in force at the date of the commencement of this Ordinance.\n\n## III. Restrictions on surrender of fugitive criminals.\n\nThe following restrictions shall be observed with respect to the surrender of fugitive criminals:---\n\n1. A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if he prove to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, or of the Supreme Court if brought before it on habeas corpus, or of the Governor, that the requisition for his surrender has in fact been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character, or for an offence which is not an extradition crime.\n\n2. A fugitive criminal who has been accused of some offence within English jurisdiction not being the offence for which his surrender is asked, or is undergoing sentence under any conviction in the Colony, shall not be surrendered until after he has been discharged, whether by acquittal, or on expiration of his sentence, or otherwise.\n\n## IV. Liability of fugitive criminals to be surrendered.\n\nEvery fugitive criminal, who is in Hongkong, shall be liable to be apprehended and surrendered in manner provided by this Ordinance, whether the crime in respect of which the surrender is sought was committed before or after the passing of this Ordinance, and whether there is or is not any concurrent jurisdiction in any Court in the Colony over that crime.\n\n## V. Requisition to Governor to be followed by order to Magistrate for warrant of apprehension.\n\nWhenever a requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal, who is in, or suspected of being in Hongkong, is made to the Governor by some officer of the Chinese Government, the Governor may, by order under his hand and seal, signify to a Magistrate that such requisition has been made, and require him to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal.\n\n## VI. Duties of a Magistrate on receipt of such order.\n\nA Magistrate, on receipt of the said order, may issue his warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive criminal, or, if the criminal be already in custody, may issue his order to all necessary persons to bring the criminal before him to be dealt with according to this Ordinance.\n\n## VII. Magistrate may also issue warrant in ordinary cases.\n\nA Magistrate may also issue his warrant for the apprehension of a fugitive criminal on such information or complaint as would, in his opinion, justify the issue of a warrant if the crime had been committed in the Colony.\n\nA fugitive criminal apprehended on a warrant so issued shall be discharged by the Magistrate, unless the Magistrate within such time as, with reference to the circumstances of the case, he shall think reasonable, receives from the Governor an order signifying that a requisition has been made for the surrender of such fugitive criminal.\n\n## VIII. Hearing of the case and evidence.\n\nWhen a fugitive criminal is brought before a Magistrate, he shall hear the case in the same manner, and have the same jurisdiction and powers, as near as may be, as if the prisoner were brought before him charged with an indictable offence committed in the Colony.\n\nThe Magistrate shall receive any evidence which may be tendered to show that the crime of which the prisoner is accused, is an offence of a political character, or is not an extradition crime.",
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        "content_text": "کھئے \n\nIn eachment on the lines. \n\nindicated in this rehost woul. not. \n\nI believe be. E \n\nhardship by \n\ned upon the Chinese. From \n\nAL \n\nmy \n\nsay \n\nown experience I am able to \n\nthat \n\nmany \n\nof the native vendors \n\nexercise considerabl; care in the \n\nseeling of poisons. I should not be \n\nsurprised it the \n\nwelcome por \n\nich were fo \n\nmas ist \n\ntheir own protection the \n\nconditions of sale set forth above. \n\nI have re. \n\nSof. M. E. Cow. \n\nApothecary Analyst. \n\nThe Monial Surgeon \n\n4 \n\nNOTES ON CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA. \n\nname is sometimes awarded to dissimilar plants. In the Pên taido, where this plant is both figured and described, and in the Chih wu, where only a description is given, it occurs under the name Wan t'o lo fa. The name Nao yang hua is also found in both these works, but, as a synonym of \n\nYang chih chu, a plant which from the excellent figure in the latter, is unquestionably a species of Azalen or Rhododendron. The observations of Tata- rinov prove that in the North of China a species of Datura is known by the first name:8 and the investigations of Lou- reiro, J. Russel Reeves, E. H. Parker and ourselves, establish, so far as the Kwang- tung province la concerned, the identity of the second name with the plant under notice. \n\nIn the Pên là'ao, the following occur as synonyms of Wan t'o lo hua, viz., \n\nal \n\nC. Fung ke yi, M. Fêng chrish érk c. Shan k1e tsz, M. Shan \n\nch'ich tzů. \n\nHISTORY, USE &c. --The celebrated Jesuit missionary Loureiro was the first European to mention Datura as an article of Chinese Materia Medica. In his Flora Cochin- chinensis, (p. 136)-a work defined by Dr. Bretschneider as 'a valuable monument of conscientious labour and considerable re- search—it is mentioned as a soporific, inebriant, and antispasmodic. The smoke of the bruised root is described as affording \n\n1. Pên ta'ao, Ch. XVII., Fig. No. 366; Chih wa, Pt. 1, Ch. XIV., p. 56 and Pt. 2, Ch. XXIV., p. 19 (figure). In the N. of China, there is stili some confusion surrounding the flowers known as Nao yang hua and Yang chih chu. In Ta- tarinov's catalogue the former are mentioned as derived from a species of Hyoscyamus (No. 309) and the latter are doubtfully referred to H. niger (No. 223). Porter Smith states that the n- dromeda, Hyoscyamus and Azalea are more correctly called by these nates.' (Cont. to Mat. Med., p. 84). Soubeiran and Dabry de Thiersant state that their specimens were solely those of an Azalea. (Mat. Méd., p. 191). 2. Cut, med, sin., Nos. 177 and 476. \n\n3. The Chil wu description of Wan to lo without doubt resembles that of a Datura, \n\n4. Flor. Cochin., p. 185. \n\n5. Canton Plants, p. 107. \n\n3 \n\ntemporary relief in asthma, aud a to- pical application of the braised fresh leaves is said to be efficacious, in the treatment of hæmorrhoids and offensive ulcers,1 In the \n\nHsi yuan lu or Instructions to Curouers, it is referred to in the following terms:-'When taken internally, it pro- duces insensibility, and death frequently resulta therefrom.' In the Kwangtung pro- vince, it is used to produce stupefaction for the purpose of theft or kidnapping, and wa have seen many such cases brought before the courts. \n\nA plant called by the Chinese Nas yang hua had long been known to Police Magis- trates in Hongkong, as furnishing material in use by robbers to drug their victims; but, although frequently brought to notice in the Law Courts, we have failed to find any reference to warrant our assuming that prior to 1882 it had been identified by the authorities with the well-known Datura alba.2 \n\nIt is singular that in only one of the ex- tensive series of reports of Medical Officers to the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, do we find any reference to the wao of Datura by the Chinese. This occurs in Dr. Dudgeon's report on the health of Pekin for the half-year ending March 31st, 1875,8 where it is stated to be recommended in all wind diseases (convulsions): when eaten, unconscious laughter is set up, and the person acts as if intoxicated. It may be used as an anaesthetic, and in infusion as \n\n1. We give Loureiro's account of the uses of Datura because of the high value of the ob- servations he makes on the medicinal virtues of the plants mentioned in his Flora. He remarks Ilabitat inculta per vias et hortos in Cochin- China, in China et in Africa, ubi a me sæpo examinata; but does not say to which country the uses subsequently detailed are applicable. The description tallies, however, with the ac- counts of more recent investigators. (See Bret- schneider, Ear. Eur. Res., for an opinion on the value of Loureiro's work in particular and that of the Jesuits in general). \n\n2. I remeraber a case prior to 1876, where there flowers were believed to have been used for dragging; but no record can be found in proof of this.-C. X. \n\n3. Med. rep. I.M.C., IX., p. 37. \n\n134 \n\n8.-Datura alba,1 Nees. \n\n閙羊花 \n\nTHORN APPLE, \n\nN. 0. Solauaces. \n\n- Man to lo fa. \n\nM.-Wan t'o lo hua. \n\n( C.-Nau yeung fa. \n\nM.—Nao yang huo. \n\nPên tsao Cb. xvii., Fig. 365; Chih wu, \n\nPt. I., Uh. xiv., p. 89, no figure; Hsi \n\nyüan lu. Vol III, p. 46. \n\nA study of this important drug affords an illustration of a fact which ought never to be overlooked by the student of Chinese Materia Medios, viz., that in different parts of the Empire of China, the same plant has often several names, and that the same \n\n1. D. fastuosa, Lion., in Sir J. D. Hooker's Flor. Br. Ind., IV., 242; D. alba, Nees, and D. metel, Roxb. are regarded as mere varieties,",
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        "content_text": "It mediates should we suggest the deniability of the I that follow having \n\nI suggest (writing similarly to the same rate for the Straits) that before making any further change in the future the two authorities communicate with one another, and agree upon a rate? \n\nCno \n\nA copy of this letter `J.W. 7/4/10` to For. Akoring? \n\nMr Johnson \n\nIt \n\nSee article II of the detailed Regulations attached to the Convention. The Hongkong equivalent for 25 centimes of a franc seems to have been raised to 5 cents of a dollar and now to 10 cents. The proportionate equivalents for 10 centimes and 5 centimes may be assumed to be 4 cents and 2 cents respectively. I would not interfere but leave these matters to the Colonial government and their experts therein `No. 4/10/94` \n\nM. Brannsta \n\nThe simply send copy of this letter to For. for inf. & guidance in reps to `14533/7`. \n\nat one \n`80.5710` \n`sug.5710` \n`gd. No. 316478`. \n\nGov \n`14533` \nHail \n`14:046/93)` \n\nSir, \n\n**GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON.** \n\n2nd October, 1894. \n\n`C.O.` \n`17344` `REC'D 3 OCT 94` \n\nWith reference to your letter of the 28th of August last, in which you transmit a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong notifying the raising of the postage per oz. on letters from the Colony for the United Kingdom from 5 to 10 cents, as representing more nearly than the former rate the normal Postal Union rate of 25 centimes or 2d., I am directed by the Postmaster General to state, for the information of the Marquis of Ripon, that the necessary steps have been taken for making arrangements as required by the Postal Union Convention with the Swiss Post Office for modifying accordingly the Hong Kong equivalent for 25 centimes given in the Table in Article IV of the Detailed Regulations of the Union. \n\nNo mention is made in the Governor's despatch of the other equivalents, those for 10 and 5 centimes respectively, now given in the Table of Article IV as 2 cents and 1 cent of a dollar. The change proposed will involve a corresponding alteration of these to 4 and 2 cents respectively, and, \nUnder Secretary of State, \n**COLONIAL OFFICE.**",
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        "content_text": "## \n2 \n\nof which are in favour of Japanese dried fish and Chinese raw cotton for export to Japan.\n\nBy Article XIV all articles imported by Japanese subjects, or from Japan, or manufactured in China by Japanese subjects, are exempted from transit dues when passing from one foreign settlement to another.\n\nArticles XV and XVI provide for the commutation of transit dues on imports, or articles manufactured in China by Japanese subjects, and on exports.\n\nArticles XVIII and XIX provide for information being furnished as to the number and position of barrier stations, and the rates they are authorized to levy, and impose on the Chinese Government the responsibility of refunding any excess that may be exacted.\n\nArticle XXI stipulates for the establishment of bonded warehouses at the open ports.\n\nArticle XXIX, dealing with complaints of a civil nature brought by either Japanese or Chinese subjects, is an improvement upon Article XVII of the British Treaty with China. It is no doubt based upon Article V of the Austro-Hungarian Treaty with Japan.\n\nBy Article XXXIII the surrender of Japanese offenders is provided for, as well as that of Chinese offenders. This is an enlargement of Article XXI of the British Treaty.\n\nArticle XXXIV provides for most-favoured-nation treatment in respect of the administration of justice.\n\nArticle XXXV similarly is intended to secure national as well as most-favoured-nation treatment in respect of entrance, clearance, &c., of ships, postal facilities, and a variety of other matters connected with trade, while Article XXXVI is a general most-favoured-nation clause.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) \n**ERNEST SATOW**\n\n## Inclosure 1. in No. 2.\n\n**Draft Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and China**\n\nHIS Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, having resolved, in pursuance of the provisions of Article VI of the Treaty signed at Shimonoseki on the 17th day of the 4th month of the 28th year of Meiji, corresponding to the 23rd day of the 3rd month of the 21st year of Kwang Hsü, to conclude a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, have for that purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan,\n\nAnd His Majesty the Emperor of China,\n\nWho, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-\n\n### ARTICLE 1.\n\nThere shall be perpetual peace and friendship between His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor of China, and between their respective subjects.\n\n### ARTICLE II.\n\nIt is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that His Majesty the Emperor of Japan may, if he see fit, accredit a Diplomatic Agent to the Court of Peking, and His Majesty the Emperor of China may, if he see fit, nominate a Diplomatic Agent to the Court of Tokio.\n\n3\n\nThe Diplomatic Agent accredited by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan to the Court of Peking shall have the right permanently to reside, with his family, suite, and establishment, at the capital of China.\n\n### ARTICLE III.\n\nThe Diplomatic Agents of Japan and China shall respectively enjoy all the prerogatives, privileges, and immunities accorded by international law to such Agents, and they shall also in all respects be entitled to the treatment extended to similar Agents of the most-favoured nation.\n\nTheir persons, families, suites, establishments, residences, and correspondence shall be held inviolable. They shall be at liberty to select and appoint their own officers, couriers, interpreters, servants, and attendants without any kind of molestation.\n\n### ARTICLE IV.\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan may appoint Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents to reside at such of the ports, cities, and towns of China which are now or may hereafter be opened to foreign residence and trade, as the interests of the Empire of Japan may require.\n\nThese officers shall be treated with due respect by the Chinese authorities, and they shall enjoy all the attributes, authority, jurisdiction, privileges, and immunities which are or may hereafter be extended to similar officers of the nation most favoured in these respects.\n\n### ARTICLE V.\n\nAll official communications addressed by the Diplomatic Agent or Consular officers of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan to the Chinese authorities shall be written in the Japanese language, and, in like manner, all official communications addressed by the Chinese authorities to such Diplomatic Agent or Consular officers shall be written in the Chinese language.\n\n### ARTICLE VI.\n\nJapanese subjects may, with their families, employés, and servants, frequent, reside, and carry on trade, industries, and manufactures, or pursue any other avocations not prohibited by Treaty in all the ports, cities, and towns of China which are now or may hereafter be opened to foreign residence and trade. They are at liberty to proceed to or from any of the open ports with their merchandize and effects, either by land with their own or hired vehicles or conveyances, or by water with their own or chartered vessels, and within the localities at those places which have already been or may hereafter be set apart for the use and occupation of foreigners. They shall have the right to purchase, hire, or rent houses and land, and to sell and dispose of the same, and to build or open churches, cemeteries, and hospitals, enjoying in these and all other respects connected with the system of foreign settlements the same privileges and immunities as the subjects or citizens of the most-favoured nation.\n\n### ARTICLE VII.\n\nJapanese vessels shall have the right to touch, for the purpose of landing and shipping passengers and merchandize, at all the ports, cities, and towns of China which are now or which may hereafter be made ports of call.\n\n### ARTICLE VIII.\n\nJapanese subjects have the right to travel, for their pleasure or for purposes of trade, to all parts of the interior of China, under passports issued by Japanese Consuls and countersigned by the local authorities. These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the localities passed through. If the passports be not... \n\nPage 421",
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        "content_text": "# No. 3 \n## REPORTS OF THE HEAD MASTER OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE AND OF THE EXAMINERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY FOR 1895.\n\nLaid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.\n\n### QUEEN'S COLLEGE, HONGKONG, 28th January, 1896.\n\nSIR,\n\nI have the honour to forward the Annual Report on Queen's College for the year 1895.\n\n1. The total number on the Roll for the year was 1,024. As the attendance in January was 577, the admissions reached the high figure 447; of these, 350 were new boys, there therefore remain 97 names of boys who returned from the 1894 Roll. In the last four months, no fewer than 89 new boys were admitted, nearly double the usual number, for the same period. After allowance has been made for the four days during which, with His Excellency the Governor's approval, the college was closed for the Oxford Local Examinations, the number of school days, 233, is normal.\n\n2. In the past year, over 100 boys, on leaving this college, obtained situations; 3 in the local Civil Service, 43 in local Mercantile and Professional offices, 38 in the Chinese Service, and 33 at the Coast Ports and abroad generally.\n\n3. $12,667 fees were collected in the course of the year. This is not only the largest amount thus paid into the Treasury as yet, but is so in spite of the facts, that the monthly averages in the first half of the year were nearly 100 attendances less than in 1894, and that a loss of $162 was incurred by the departure in October of 35 boys for Tientsin. Expenditure is apparently larger than last year, but this is due to the appearance in 1895 accounts of Arrears of Exchange Compensation, chargeable against 1894.\n\n4. Three years ago (`Gazette 1893`, p. 165, par. 3) I pointed out that the normal conditions of the Central School were not ideal and that the continuance of these in a building with twice the attendances increases the difficulty fourfold; for it is evident that the consequences, attendant upon the annual change of one third of the total number of boys, grow more serious in a ratio which rapidly increases out of proportion to the mere access of numbers. If ordinary principles of promotion were under these circumstances adhered to, the natural result would be an annual reduction of the attendance in the Upper School, and a corresponding expansion of the Lower sections of the College including the Preparatory School. The fees in the Upper School being highest, there would be entailed a serious reduction in the revenue. Further, the number of boys leaving annually would be doubtless augmented, as the present method of rapid promotion is welcome to them, at their age, as curtailing the length of their school career. As a typical instance, I may cite the component parts of Class IV. C. where, in November last, 7 boys had in 1894 been in Class V, 11 in Class VI, 11 in Class VII and 1 in Class VIII; several of them having been promoted through intermediate classes in the previous half of 1895. No ideal education can thrive under such circumstances. What is to be noted is, that the system combines and harmonises the demand for fees, and the eagerness of boys to complete their education with the utmost speed. Any estimate of the value of the education given at this college, that ignores the above conditions, and makes no allowance for the fact that, in four or five years, the majority of our boys pass through eight standards, must arrive at erroneous conclusions.\n\n5. A cry is heard from Wales, that it is impossible for boys, attending day-schools, who hear and speak nothing but Welsh out of school-hours, to attain to anything like ease and accuracy in speaking and writing the English language. As I do not think that sufficient allowance is generally made for the difficulties attendant upon the study of English by boys of Mongolian race, I was glad to find in \"Things Japanese,\" in the article on Education by Professor MASON, the expression of the same argument I have often employed, which is to the following effect.",
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        "content_text": "10\n\nChina on paying a further amount as Transit duties which shall not exceed per cent. on the Tariff value of such goods.\"\n\nper\n\nThis was supplemented by a \"Declaration Respecting Transit Duties,\" (signed at Hongkong on the 26th of June, 1848), to the effect that \"whereas the rate of Transit duty to be levied was not fixed by the Treaty,\" the Plenipotentiaries now agreed that\n\n\"The further amount of duty to be so levied on British merchandise as Transit duty shall not exceed the present rates which are upon a moderate scale, and the ratifications of the said Treaty are exchanged subject to the express declaration and stipulation herein contained.\"\n\nBy the Treaty of Tientsin (1858), ten more ports were opened; the Regulations of Trade were materially amended and enlarged, and the rate of Transit dues was fixed at 21/2 per cent. ad valorem, in the following terms:-\n\n\"Whereas it was agreed in Art. X of the Treaty of Nanking that British imports having paid the tariff duties should be conveyed into the interior free of all further charges except a Transit duty, the amount whereof was not to exceed a certain percentage on tariff values; and whereas no accurate information having been furnished of the amount of such duty, British merchants have constantly complained that charges are suddenly and arbitrarily imposed by the provincial authorities as Transit duties upon produce on the way to the foreign market, and on imports on their way into the interior, to the detriment of trade, it is agreed that within four months from the signing of this treaty, at all ports open to British trade, and within a similar period at all ports that may hereafter be opened, the authority appointed to superintend the collection of duties shall be obliged, upon application of the Consul, to declare the amount of duties leviable on produce between the place of production and the port of shipment, and upon imports between the Consular port in question and the inland markets named by the Consul; and that a notification thereof shall be published in English and Chinese for general information.\n\n\"But it shall be at the option of any British subject desiring to convey produce purchased inland to a port, or to convey imports from a port to an inland market, to clear his goods of all Transit dues by payment of a single charge. The amount of this charge shall be leviable on exports at the first barrier they may have to pass, or on imports at the port at which they are landed; and on payment thereof a certificate shall be issued which shall exempt the goods from all further charge whatsoever,\n\n\"It is further agreed that the amount of this charge shall be calculated as nearly as possible at the rate of 21/2 per cent. ad valorem, and that it shall be fixed, for each article, at the Conference to be held at Shanghai for the revision of the tariff.\"\n\nAn Agreement signed at Shanghai on the 8th November, 1858, in pursuance of this understanding--besides fixing the scale of duties, calculated at five per cent. on the then market prices of exports and imports--approved certain Rules, No. VII of which runs as follows:-\n\n\"It is agreed that Art. 28 of the Treaty of Tientsin shall be interpreted to declare the amount of Transit dues legally leviable upon merchandise imported or exported by British subjects, to be one half of the tariff duties [except in the case of certain duty-free goods which were to pay 21/2 per cent. ad valorem].\" Merchandise shall be cleared of its Transit dues under the following conditions:-\n\n11\n\n\"In the case of imports Notice being given at the port of entry from which the imports are to be forwarded inland, of the nature and quantity of the goods, the ship from which they have been landed and the place inland to which they are bound, with all other necessary particulars, the Collector of Customs will, on due inspection made and on receipt of the Transit duty due, issue a Transit Duty Certificate. This must be produced at every barrier station and viséd. No further duty will be leviable upon imports so certificated, no matter how distant the place of their destination.\n\n\"In the case of exports :-Produce purchased by a British subject will be inspected and taken account of at the first barrier it passes on its way to the port of shipment. A memorandum showing the amount of the produce and the port at which it is to be shipped will be deposited there by the person in charge of the produce; he will then receive a certificate which must be exhibited and viséd at every barrier on his way to the port of shipment. On the arrival of the produce at the barrier nearest the port, notice must be given to the Customs at the port and, the Transit due thereon being paid, it will be passed.\n\n\"Any attempt to pass goods inwards or outwards, otherwise than in compliance with the rule here laid down, will render them liable to confiscation.\n\n\"Unauthorised sale, in transitu, of goods that have been entered as above for a port will render them liable to confiscation. Any attempt to pass goods in excess of the quantity specified in the certificate will render all the goods of the same denomination named in the certificate, liable to confiscation. Permission to export produce which cannot be proved to have paid its Transit dues will be refused by the Customs until the Transit dues shall have been paid. The above being the arrangement agreed to regarding the Transit dues, which will then be levied once and for all, the notification required under Art. 28 of the treaty of Tientsin, for the information of British and Chinese subjects, is hereby dispensed with.\"\n\nArt. III of a \"Supplementary Convention\" negotiated at Peking by Sir Rutherford Alcock in 1869,-but of which ratification was refused--provided that\n\nArticles of the following classes and denominations, viz., cottons, linens, woollens and cotton mixtures, &c., imported by British merchants shall pay both import duty and transit due simultaneously at the time of importation. On the other part, China agrees that the above-mentioned commodities imported by British merchants, and having paid import duty and transit due simultaneously at the time of importation, shall be exempt from all other taxes and charges whatsoever in treaty port provinces.”\n\nThe intention was still more clearly expressed in the Rules by which it was intended that the new arrangement should be worked. The commodities in question need not, it was emphasised, \"be accompanied by any Transit Certificate, and might be sold freely and at pleasure along the road, without being in any place called on to pay further dues and duties or inland charges,\" The right of Examination, only, was reserved, in order to prevent fraud. \"When destined for a non-treaty port province, however, Transit Passes were to be procured, as at present, which would protect goods to a given destination, after which they were to become liable to whatever inland charges, dues, or duties the locality they are found in collects.\"\n\nArt. IV provided that native produce purchased in the interior by British merchants\n\n144",
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        "content_text": "*\n\n12\n\n2\n\n*\n\nshould pay all inland dues and charges on its way to the Treaty port but should be entitled to the return of any amount that might have been paid over and above the Treaty Transit due (2½ per cent.), provided it were exported to a foreign port within twelve months.\n\nArt. V excluded Chinese produce shipped from Hongkong to a Treaty port from the benefit of the Transit due privileges; China, \"on the other part, agreeing to issue to native produce shipped by British merchants from Treaty ports to Hongkong, the ordinary duty proofs, and to collect on such produce, on arrival at a second Treaty port, the ordinary coast trade (2½ per cent.) duty.\"\n\nRatification of this Convention was refused by the British Government, at the instance of the merchants concerned, who had no confidence that the provisions of Clause III would be observed. The arrangement, therefore, did not become operative.\n\nComplaint that the stipulations of Art. 28 of the Treaty of Tientsin regarding transit privileges were ignored by the Provincial Authorities, continued to be rife. Mr. Canny notably collected a mass of evidence of their violation by the local authorities of Kiangsu. The matter was made, by Mr. Medhurst, an incidental feature of his negotiations with the Viceroy of Nanking regarding the anti-missionary riot at Yangchow; and in November, 1868, Tseng Kwo-fan issued, in his capacity as Superintendent of Trade for the southern ports, a Note laying down that Chinese as well as foreigners have the right to take foreign imports inland on payment of the fixed Transit due, in the following terms :-\n\n\"I, Tseng Kwo-fan, &c., acting Superintendent of Trade, received a communication from the Tsung-li yamen stating that the first Article of the Regulations which were established in the 11th year of Hienfung demand that Foreign merchandise entering the interior shall pay duty at the Customs barriers, &c.\n\n\"Notwithstanding that this article has this language, it stands in force only when the merchant is unable to produce a certificate from some one of the various Custom Houses showing that he has paid the regular duty and the half-duty (Transit due). If he is unable to produce his duty certificate, that is proof that he has not paid duty. In that case this rule should be enforced.\n\nBy carefully examining and comparing the 28th Art. of the English Treaty with the 7th Art. of the Supplementary Treaty you will find that after foreign goods enter at the sea port, and pay the regular duty and half-duty, the merchant has only to exhibit his certificate of having so paid duty to be allowed to proceed to any distance without further demand.\n\n\"As to Chinese merchants purchasing foreign goods for an interior market, the 10th Art. of the Nanking Treaty and the 28th Art. of the Tientsin Treaty clearly show that all foreign goods, after they have paid the regular duty, may, at the pleasure of Chinese merchants, be carried to the ends of the Earth (i.e., to any part of the Chinese Empire).\n\n\"Again, in regard to duty on foreign merchandise in the interior, if the goods have paid the Transit duty at the seaport, and a certificate of the fact is given, no further evidence or fraction thereof (i.e., of any other kind) shall be demanded at any other station.\n\nThus it\n\n13\n\nis evident that foreign goods entering the interior, whether in the hands of Chinese or foreign merchants, if they hold a certificate showing that the Transit duty has been paid, then no further duty or likin shall be demanded.\n\nBut it may be urged that if native merchants purchase foreign goods and hold a certificate of having paid the Transit duty, and do not pay the Likin, that will be defrauding the Government, &c. This is a regulation of the Likin stations. There is no such treaty stipulation. In the 46th Art. of the English Treaty it is stated that the Superintendents of Customs at the various ports shall have the right to devise any means they may think desirable to prevent smuggling. The intent of this article points to the regulation deemed necessary for collecting the regular duty and Transit duty once, and has no reference to establishing Likin regulations.\n\n\"In regard to Transit certificates. When the Customs half-duty shall have been paid, then the Customs will issue the Transit Pass.\n\n\"In regard to the proclamation issued by the English Minister Bruce in the second year of Tungchih, twelfth moon (January, 1864), with reference to foreign merchants purchasing foreign goods for an interior market, the gist of it consists in two points; if the foreign merchant is not inclined to pay the half-duty at the seaport, then he can pay it and the Likin at the interior stations. If he is unwilling to pay the demand in the interior, then he must pay the Transit duty in advance. In this matter he can have his choice.\n\nIt is imperative that the Treaty stipulation be observed, and under no circumstances the Likin be made to violate the existing treaties and provoke constant disputes with the Consuls.\"\n\nThe effect of these instructions seems to have been still slight, except in the precise district (Tsing-kiang-pu) to which Mr. Medhurst's remonstrance pointedly applied. The local officials generally continued their old habits, until the question was raised and strenuously fought by Mr. Markham in 1871. It is not, in fact, till 1871 that Foreigners became aware of Tseng Kwo-fan's Note being in existence. It was discovered, in that year, in a collection of Treaties and Explanatory Despatches which had been published by a Taotai of Shanghai. The question seems then to have been brought to the notice of the Tsung-li yamen by Mr. Hart, and renewed instructions to have been issued, which were fairly obeyed in Kiangsu.\n\nClause IV of the third Section of the Chefoo Convention, negotiated by Sir Thomas Wade in 1876, consecrated the understanding expressed by Tseng Kwo-fan, in the following terms ---\n\n\"The Chinese Government agrees that Transit Duty Certificates shall be framed under one rule at all ports, no difference being made in the conditions set forth therein; and that, so far as imports are concerned, the nationality of the person possessing and carrying them is immaterial.\n\n\"Native produce carried from an inland centre to a port of shipment, if bona fide intended for shipment to a foreign port, may be, by treaty, certificated by the British subject interested and exempted by payment of the half-duty from all charges demanded upon it en route.\n\n\"If produce be not the property of a British subject, or is being carried to a port not for exportation, it is not entitled to the exemption that would be secured it by the exhibition of a Transit Duty Certificate.\n\n*\n\n5\n\n145",
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        "content_text": "Frontier Line.\n\nFrontier Line.\n\nCession of Mung Lem and Kiang Hung to China.\n\nDelimitation Commission,\n\nARTICLE III\n\n[The Shweli to the Mekong.]\n\n€\n\nFrom the junction of the Namwan and Shweli the frontier shall follow the northern boundary of the State of North Hsinwi, as at present constituted, to the Salween, leaving to China the loop of the Shweli River and almost the whole of Wanting, Mong-ko, and Mong-ka.\n\nStarting from the point where the Shweli turns northward near Namwan, i.e., from its junction with the Namyang, the frontier shall ascend this latter stream to its source in the Mong-ko Hills in about latitude 24° 7′ and longitude 98° 15', thence continue along a wooded spur to the Salween at its junction with the Namoi stream. The line shall then ascend the Salween till it meets the north-west boundary of Kokang, and shall continue along the eastern frontier of Kokang till it meets the Kunlong circle, leaving the whole circle of Kunlong to Great Britain.\n\nThe frontier shall then follow the course of the river forming the boundary between Somu, which belongs to Great Britain, and Mêng Ting, which belongs to China. It shall still continue to follow the frontier between those two districts, which is locally well known, to where it leaves the aforesaid river and ascends the hills; and shall then follow the line of water-parting between the tributaries of the Salween and the Mekong Rivers, from about longitude 99° east of Greenwich (17° 30′ west of Peking), and latitude 23° 20', to a point about longitude 99° 40′ east of Greenwich (16° 50′ west of Peking), and latitude 23°, leaving to China the Tsawbwa-ships of Kêng Ma, Mengtung, and Mengko.\n\nAt the last-named point of longitude and latitude the line strikes a very lofty mountain range, called Kong-Ming-Shan, which it shall follow in a southerly direction to about longitude 99°30′ east of Greenwich (17° west of Peking), and latitude 22° 30′, leaving to China the district of Chen-pien Ting. Then, descending the western slope of the hills to the Namka River, it will follow the course of that river for about 10 minutes of latitude, leaving Munglem to China and Manglün to Great Britain.\n\nThe frontier shall then follow the boundary between Munglem and Kiang Tong, which is locally well known, diverging from the Namka River a little to the north of latitude 22°, in a direction somewhat south of east, and generally following the crest of the hills till it strikes the Namlam River in about latitude 21° 45′ and longitude 100° east of Greenwich (16° 30′ west of Peking).\n\nIt shall then follow the boundary between Kiang Tong and Kiang Hung, which is generally formed by the Namlam River, with the exception of a small strip of territory belonging to Kiang Hung, which lies to the west of that river just south of the last-named parallel of latitude. On reaching the boundary of Western Kyaing Chaing, in about latitude 21° 27′ and longitude 100° 12′ east of Greenwich (16° 18′ west of Peking), the frontier shall follow the boundary between that district and Kiang Hung until it reaches the Mekong River.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nIt is agreed that the settlement and delimitation of that portion of the frontier which lies to the north of latitude 25° 35′ north shall be reserved for a future understanding between the High Contracting Parties when the features and condition of the country are more accurately known.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nIt is agreed that China will not cede to any other nation either Mung Lem or any part of Kiang Hung on the right bank of the Mekong, or any part of Kiang Hung now in her possession on the left bank of that river, without previously coming to an arrangement with Great Britain.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nArticle VI of the original Convention shall be held to be modified as follows:- It is agreed that, in order to avoid any local contention, the alignments of the frontier described in the present Agreement shall be verified and demarcated, and, in event of their being found defective at any point, rectified by a Joint Commission appointed by the Governments of Great Britain and China, and that the said Commission shall meet, at a place hereafter to be determined by the two Governments, not later than twelve months from the date of the signature of the present Agreement, and shall terminate its labours in not more than three years from the date of its first meeting.\n\nIf a strict adherence to the line described would intersect any districts, tribal territories, towns, or villages, the Boundary Commission shall be empowered to modify the line on the basis of mutual concessions. If the members of the Commission are unable to agree on any point, the matter of disagreement shall at once be referred to their respective Governments.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nIt is agreed that any posts belonging to either country which may be stationed within the territory of the other when the Commission of Delimitation shall have brought its labours to a conclusion, shall, within eight months from the date of such conclusion, be withdrawn, and their places occupied by the troops of the other, mutual notice having in the meantime been given of the precise date at which the withdrawal and occupation will take place. From the date of such occupation the High Contracting Parties shall, each within its own territories, hold itself responsible for the maintenance of good order, and for the tranquillity of the tribes inhabiting them.\n\nThe High Contracting Parties further engage neither to construct nor to maintain within 10 English miles from the nearest point of the common frontier, measured in a straight line and horizontal projection, any fortifications or permanent camps, beyond such posts as are necessary for preserving peace and good order in the frontier districts.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nSubject to the conditions mentioned hereafter in Articles X and XI, the British Government, wishing to encourage and develop the land trade of China with Burmah as much as possible, consent, for a period of six years from the ratification of the present Convention, to allow Chinese produce and manufactures, with the exception of salt, to enter Burmah by land duty free, and to allow British manufactures and Burmese produce, with the exception of rice, to be exported to China by land free of duty.\n\nThe duties on salt and rice so imported and exported shall not be higher than those imposed on their import or export by sea.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nPending the negotiation of a more complete arrangement, and until the development of the trade shall justify the establishment of other frontier Customs' stations, goods imported from Burmah into China, or exported from China into Burmah, shall be permitted to cross the frontier by Manwyne and by Sansi.\n\nWith a view to the development of trade between China and Burmah, the Chinese Government consent that for six years from the ratification of the present Convention the duties levied on goods imported into China by these routes shall be those specified in the General Tariff of the Maritime Customs diminished by three-tenths, and that the duties on goods exported from China by the same route shall be those specified in the same Tariff diminished by four-tenths.\n\nTransit passes for imports and exports shall be granted in accordance with the rules in force at the Treaty ports.\n\nSmuggling, or the carrying of merchandise through Chinese territory by other routes than those sanctioned by the present Convention, shall, if the Chinese authorities think fit, be punished by the confiscation of the merchandise concerned.\n\nIn addition to the Manwyne and Sansi routes sanctioned by the Convention of 1894, the Governments of Great Britain and China agree that any other routes, the opening of which the Boundary Commissioners may find to be in the interests of trade, shall be sanctioned on the same terms as those mentioned above.\n\nPage 269\n\nPage 280",
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        "content_text": "C\n\n2\n\no the Molè stream, running between Kadon and Laisa; thence the Molè to its confluence with the Cheyang Klia; thence the Cheyang Kha to Alaw Pum; thence the Nampaung stream to the Taping.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\n(The Taping to the Shweli River.)\n\nFrom the junction of the Taping and the Nampaung streams the frontier shall follow the Taping to the neighbourhood of the Lwalaing ridge; thence a line running approximately along the Lwalaing ridge and the Lwalaing stream to the Nawan; thence the Namwan to its junction with the Shweli.\n\nGreat Britain engages to recognize as belonging to China the tract to the south of the Namwan River, near Namkhai, which is inclosed to the west by a branch of the Nam Mak River and the Mawsiu range of hills up to Loi Chow Peak, and thence by the range running in a north-easterly direction to the Shweli River.\n\nIn the whole of this area China shall not exercise any jurisdiction or authority whatever. The administration and control will be entirely conducted by the British Government, who will hold it on a perpetual lease from China, paying a rent for it, the amount of which shall be fixed hereafter.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\n(The Shweli to the Mekong.)\n\nFrom the junction of the Namwan and Shweli the frontier shall follow the northern boundary of the State of North Hsinwi, as at present constituted, to the Salween, leaving to China the loop of the Shweli River, and almost the whole of Wanting, Mong-ko, and Mong-ka.\n\nStarting from the point where the Shweli turns northward near Namwan, ..., from its junction with the Nanyang, the frontier shall ascend this latter stream to its source in the Mong-ko Hills, in about latitude 24° 7' and longitude 98° 15', thence continue along a wooded spur to the Salween at its junction with the Namoi stream. The line shall then ascend the Salween till it meets the north-west boundary of Kokang, and shall continue along the eastern frontier of Kokang till it meets the Kunlong circle, leaving the whole circle of Kunlong to Great Britain.\n\nThe frontier shall then follow the course of the river forming the boundary between Somu, which belongs to Great Britain, and Mêng Ting, which belongs to China. It shall still continue to follow the frontier between those two districts, which is locally well known, to where it leaves the aforesaid river and ascends the hills, and shall then follow the line of water-parting between the tributaries of the Salween and the Mekong Rivers, from about longitude 99° east of Greenwich (17° 30' west of Peking), and latitude 23° 20', to a point about longitude 99° 40' east of Greenwich (16° 50' west of Peking), and latitude 23°, leaving to China the Tsawbwaships of Kêng Ma, Mengtung, and Mengko.\n\nAt the last-named point of longitude and latitude the line strikes a very lofty mountain range, called Kong-Ming-Shan, which it shall follow in a southerly direction to about longitude 99° 30' east of Greenwich (17° west of Peking), and latitude 22° 30', leaving to China the district of Chen-pien Ting. Then, descending the western slope of the hills to the Namka River, it will follow the course of that river for about 10 minutes of latitude, leaving Munglem to China and Manglün to Great Britain.\n\nThe frontier shall then follow the boundary between Munglem and Kiang Tong, which is locally well known, diverging from the Namka River a little to the north of latitude 22°, in a direction somewhat south of east, and generally following the crest of the hills till it strikes the Namlam River in about latitude 21° 45' and longitude 100° east of Greenwich (16° 30' west of Peking).\n\nIt shall then follow the boundary between Kiang Tong and Kiang Hung, which is generally formed by the Namlam River, with the exception of a small strip of territory belonging to Kiang Hung, which lies to the west of that river, just south of the last-named parallel of latitude. On reaching the boundary of Western Kyaing Chaing, in about latitude 21° 27' and longitude 100° 12' east of Greenwich (16° 18' west of Peking), the frontier shall follow the boundary between that district and Kiang Hung until it reaches the Mekong River.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\n[No addition to original Convention.]\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nIt is agreed that China will not cede to any other nation either Mung Lem or any part of Kiang Hung on the right bank of the Mekong, or any part of Kiang Hung now in her possession on the left bank of that river, without previously coming to an arrangement with Great Britain.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nArticle VI of the original Convention shall be held to be modified as follows:-\n\nIt is agreed that, in order to avoid any local contention, the alignments of the frontier described in the present Agreement shall be verified and demarcated, and, in the event of their being found defective at any point, rectified by a Joint Commission appointed by the Governments of Great Britain and China, and that the said Commission shall meet, at a place hereafter to be determined by the two Governments, not later than twelve months from the date of\n\nPage 272",
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        "content_text": "8\n\nThe best way to overcome this difficulty would probably be to provide that subjects of third States should not be surrendered without the consent of their Government. Provision to that effect already exists in the Treaties between some European States.\n\n5. British subjects should not be surrendered by Great Britain to Japan. A proposal was made last month for a conference with Mr. Gubbins. Perhaps the best plan would be to arrange for one now between him, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Davidson, and myself, on the result of which we could consult Home, Colonial, and India Offices.\n\nH. G. B.\n\nNo. 3.\n\nMemorandum by Sir H. Bergne.\n\nON speaking to Mr. Fraser and Mr. Gubbins, I found there was not much to confer about until a draft had been prepared. They were both of opinion that the best course would be to regulate the matter by Treaty; and I have consequently prepared the annexed draft for consideration and criticism.\n\nThe only special points to which I desire to call attention are the following:- Article II. A full list of crimes is given, according to our latest Treaties with civilized Powers. Is there any objection to this in the case of Japan?\n\nArticle III. The stipulation as to non-surrender of nationals has been made absolute. We could not surrender British subjects to be tried and punished in Japan by Japanese Courts.\n\nArticle IV. It is proposed to overcome the difficulty of dealing with subjects of third States by the provision that they cannot be surrendered without the consent of such third State. Such a provision is not unknown in Extradition Treaties now in existence between some foreign States.\n\nA stipulation is inserted that Japan shall not surrender a British subject to a third State without consent of Great Britain.\n\nThis is to meet cases where Japan might make Treaties similar to that recently concluded by her with the United States, but which might be with States, e.g., China, to which we should not suffer a British subject to be surrendered.\n\nWe cannot make the engagement reciprocal on account of the terms of some of our existing Treaties.\n\nThe usual stipulation as to priority of claim by two or more Powers has been omitted as inapplicable. This Treaty relates almost entirely to the surrender of Japanese to Japan, and of British subjects to Great Britain, so that the case would not be likely to arise in a contentious form.\n\nArticle XII might be modified, if necessary, to meet Japanese views to a certain extent.\n\nArticle XVI. The Colonial Office might be asked if some arrangement should not be made for Colonial Governments to make extradition claims, and send the documents, direct through Her Majesty's Minister at Tôkið, and in that case, if the words \"Minister of State of Her Britannic Majesty\" at the end of Article XII includes a Colonial Minister.\n\nI should like in the first place to have the observations of Mr. Fraser, Mr. Gubbins, Mr. Jervoise, and Mr. Davidson, and we could then refer to Home Office, Colonial Office, India Office, and Law Officers, if it is decided to go on with the matter in this form.\n\nH. G. B. November 25, 18C2.\n\nMr. Fraser and Mr. Gubbins will no doubt point out the considerations which seem to make the conclusion of a regular Extradition Treaty with Japan unobjectionable.\n\nP. C.\n\n9\n\nAnnex.\n\nDraft Treaty between Great Britain and Japan for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals.\n\nHER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice and to the prevention of crime within their respective territories, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up; the said High Contracting Parties have named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, that is to say:\n\nHer Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India;\n\nAnd His Majesty the Emperor of Japan;\n\nWho, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nThe High Contracting Parties engage to deliver up to each other those persons who, being accused or convicted of a crime or offence committed in the territory of the one Party, shall be found within the territory of the other Party, under the circumstances and conditions stated in the present Treaty.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe crimes or offences for which the extradition is to be granted are the following:\n\n1. Murder, or attempt, or conspiracy to murder.\n\n2. Manslaughter.\n\n3. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.\n\n4. Maliciously wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm.\n\n5. Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering counterfeit or altered money.\n\n6. Knowingly making any instrument, tool, or engine adapted and intended for counterfeiting coin.\n\n7. Forgery, counterfeiting, or altering or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited or altered.\n\n8. Embezzlement or larceny.\n\n9. Malicious injury to property if the offence be indictable.\n\n10. Obtaining money, goods, or valuable securities by false pretences.\n\n11. Receiving money, valuable security, or other property, knowing the same to have been stolen, embezzled, or unlawfully obtained.\n\n12. Crimes against Bankruptcy Law.\n\n13. Fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or Director or member or public officer of any Company, made criminal by any law for the time being in force.\n\n14. Perjury, or subornation of perjury.\n\n15. Rape.\n\n16. Carnal knowledge, or any attempt to have carnal knowledge, of a girl under 16 years of age.\n\n17. Indecent assault.\n\n18. Administering drugs, or using instruments, with intent to procure the miscarriage of a woman.\n\n19. Abduction.\n\n20. Child stealing.\n\n21. Abandoning children, exposing or unlawfully detaining them.\n\n22. Kidnapping and false imprisonment.\n\n23. Burglary or housebreaking.\n\n24. Arson.\n\n25. Robbery with violence.\n\n26. Any malicious act done with intent to endanger the safety of any person in a railway train.\n\n27. Threats by letter or otherwise, with intent to extort.\n\n28. Piracy by law of nations.\n\n29. Sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting or conspiring to do so.\n\n30. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to destroy life, or do grievous bodily harm.\n\n31. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against the authority of the master.\n\n32. Dealing in slaves in such a manner as to constitute a criminal offence against the laws of both States.\n\nExtradition is also to be granted for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, provided such participation be punishable by the laws of both the Contracting Parties.\n\n[380]\n\nD\n\n320",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE III.\n\nNo British subject shall be surrendered by Great Britain to Japan, and no Japanese subject shall be surrendered by Japan to Great Britain.\n\nIn the case of a naturalized subject, this Article shall only apply if the naturalization was obtained previous to the commission of the crime for which the surrender is claimed.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nSubjects or citizens of any third State shall not be surrendered by either High Contracting Party to the other, under the present Treaty, without the consent of such third State.\n\nThe Japanese Government engages not to surrender any British subject to any third State without the consent of Great Britain.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if the person claimed on the part of the British Government, or the person claimed on the part of the Japanese Government, has already been tried and discharged or punished, or is still under trial within the territories of the two High Contracting Parties respectively, for the crime for which his extradition is demanded.\n\nIf the person claimed on the part of the British Government, or if the person claimed on the part of the Japanese Government, should be under examination, or is undergoing sentence under a conviction, for any other crime within the territories of the two High Contracting Parties respectively, his extradition shall be deferred until after he has been discharged, whether by acquittal, or on expiration of his sentence, or otherwise.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place if, subsequently to the commission of the crime, or the institution of the penal prosecution, or the conviction thereon, exemption from prosecution or punishment has been acquired by lapse of time, according to the laws of the State applied to.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nA fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character, or if he prove that the requisition for his surrender has in fact been made with a view to try or punish him for an offence of a political character.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nA person surrendered can in no case be kept in prison, or be brought to trial in the State to which the surrender has been made, for any other crime or on account of any other matters than those for which the extradition shall have taken place, until he has been restored or had an opportunity of returning to the State by which he has been surrendered.\n\nThis stipulation does not apply to crimes committed after the extradition.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nThe requisition for extradition shall be made through the Diplomatic Agents of the High Contracting Parties respectively.\n\nThe requisition for the extradition of an accused person must be accompanied by a warrant of arrest issued by the competent authority of the State requiring the extradition, and by such evidence as, according to the laws of the place where the accused is found, would justify his arrest if the crime had been committed there.\n\nIf the requisition relates to a person already convicted, it must be accompanied by the sentence of condemnation passed against the convicted person by the competent Court of the State that makes the requisition for extradition.\n\nA sentence passed in contumaciam is not to be deemed a conviction, but a person so sentenced may be dealt with as an accused person.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nIf the requisition for extradition be in accordance with the foregoing stipulations, the competent authorities of the State applied to shall proceed to the arrest of the fugitive.\n\nARTICLE XI.\n\nIf the fugitive has been arrested in the British dominions he shall forthwith be brought before a competent Magistrate, who is to examine him and to conduct the preliminary investigation of the case, just as if the apprehension had taken place for a crime committed in the British dominions.\n\nThe extradition shall not take place unless the evidence be found sufficient either to justify the committal of the prisoner for trial, in case the crime had been committed in the British dominions, or to prove that the prisoner is the identical person convicted by the Courts of Japan, and that the crime of which he has been convicted is one in respect of which extradition could, at the time of such conviction, have been granted by Great Britain. The fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered until the expiration of fifteen days from the date of his being committed to prison to await his surrender.\n\nIn the examinations which they have to make in accordance with the foregoing stipulations, the authorities of the British dominions shall admit as valid evidence the sworn depositions or the affirmations of witnesses taken in Japan, or copies thereof, and likewise the warrants and sentences issued therein, and certificates of, or judicial documents stating the fact of, a conviction, provided the same are authenticated as follows:-\n\n1. A warrant must purport to be signed by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Japan.\n\n2. Depositions or affirmations, or the copies thereof, must purport to be certified under the hand of a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Japan, to be the original depositions or affirmations, or to be the true copies thereof, as the case may require.\n\n3. A certificate of or judicial document stating the fact of a conviction must purport to be certified by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of Japan.\n\n4. In every case such warrant, deposition, affirmation, copy, certificate, or judicial document must be authenticated either by the oath of some witnesses, or by being sealed with the official seal of the Minister of Justice, or some other Minister of Japan; but any other mode of authentication, for the time being permitted by the law in that part of the British dominions where the examination is taken may be substituted for the foregoing.\n\nARTICLE XII.\n\nIf the fugitive has been arrested in Japan his surrender shall be granted if, upon examination by a competent authority, it appears that the documents furnished by the British Government contain sufficient prima facie evidence to justify the extradition.\n\nThe authorities of Japan shall admit as valid evidence records drawn up by the British authorities of the depositions of witnesses, or copies thereof, and records of conviction or other judicial documents, or copies thereof, provided that the said documents be signed or authenticated by an authority whose competence shall be certified by the seal of a Minister of State of Her Britannic Majesty.\n\nARTICLE XIII.\n\nIf sufficient evidence for the extradition be not produced within six months from the date of the apprehension of the fugitive, or within such further time as the State applied to, or the proper Tribunal thereof shall direct, the fugitive shall be set at liberty.\n\nARTICLE XIV.\n\nAll articles seized which were in the possession of the person to be surrendered at the time of his apprehension shall, if the competent authority of the State applied to for the extradition has ordered the delivery thereof, be given up when the extradition takes place, and the said delivery shall extend, not merely to the stolen articles, but to everything that may serve as a proof of the crime.\n\nARTICLE XV.\n\nAll expenses connected with extradition shall be borne by the demanding State.\n\nARTICLE XVI.\n\nThe stipulations of the present Treaty shall be applicable to the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, so far as the laws for the time being in force in such Colonies and foreign possessions respectively will allow.\n\nThe requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal who has taken refuge in any of such Colonies or foreign possessions may be made to the Governor or chief authority of such Colony or possession by any person authorized to act in such Colony or possession as a Consular officer of Japan, or if there is no such Consular officer in the Colony, by the Diplomatic Representative of Japan in London.\n\nSuch requisitions may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, and so far as the law of such Colony or foreign possession will allow, to the provisions of this Treaty, by the said Governor or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender, or to refer the matter to his Government.\n\nHer Britannic Majesty shall, however, be at liberty to make special arrangements in the British Colonies and foreign possessions for the surrender of criminals from Japan who may take refuge within such Colonies and foreign possessions, on the basis, as nearly as may be, and so far as the law of such Colony or foreign possession will allow, of the provisions of the present Treaty.\n\nRequisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal emanating from any Colony or foreign possession of Her Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down in the preceding Articles of the present Treaty.\n\nPage 321",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE XVII,\n\nThe present Treaty shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be terminated by either of the High Contracting Parties at any time on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention to do so.\n\nThe Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged as soon as possible.\n\nIn witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.\n\nNo. 4.\n\nMemorandum by Mr. Fraser.\n\nIN the first place, as to \"the considerations which seem to make the conclusion of a regular Extradition Treaty with Japan unobjectionable.\"\n\nI had the honour to explain in an official despatch from Tôkiô in 1889 the difficulties I had met with in attempting to obey Her Majesty's Order in Council and carry out the provisions of the \"Fugitive Offenders' Act,\" under the authority of the British Treaties with Japan, in the case of Campos, a fugitive from Hong Kong, in consequence of the adoption by the Japanese Government of an American reading of those Treaties, whereby they were construed to limit the Japanese cession of jurisdiction over British subjects in Japan in favour of the British Consular authority, to cases of offences committed within Japanese territory only. The jurisdiction thus claimed by the Japanese is of very slight extent. It serves only to cover the case of a fugitive from another country, and to exclude the actual faculty of extradition from the Consular attributes; whilst to the Consul himself the duty of pursuing, arresting, and delivering fugitives to justice, is extremely onerous and difficult—one, in fact, that it is materially impossible for him to undertake without a complete understanding with the native authorities—nor is there now any reason to object to sanctioning the exercise of so much jurisdiction as this over British subjects, on the part of Japan, on the score of barbarity. As all this is on record already, I need not, perhaps, rehearse it any further, nor allude either to the unfortunate necessity for the arrest of Campos by a British constable in the house of a native Japanese without the proprietor's leave, or to the case of Zoilo Nieves, the Spanish fugitive, whose detention in the British Consular gaol at Yokohama, by request of the Spanish Consul, caused that establishment to be watched by Japanese detectives and blockaded for months together.\n\nAt the time when this Campos case occurred, a negotiation was going on between Great Britain and Japan for a revision of Treaties, involving an ultimate abandonment of Consular jurisdiction in Japan, and therefore I was instructed to complete the task of concluding the new Treaty first, and then only to think about an Extradition Treaty as its corollary; but the Japanese Ministry immediately broke up, and Treaty revision was suspended. I made the best arrangement I could for the moment in regard to the arrest and surrender of fugitives without danger of collision; and some time afterwards a monstrous demand made on the part of Russia to Japan for the surrender of a British vessel, the \"Arctic,\" and her crew, on a charge of scaling in Russian waters without licence, enabled me to propose to the Japanese Government the conclusion of a more definite compact upon this rather dangerous question. Her Majesty's Government sanctioned an exchange of notes for the purpose, but that of Japan desired a reciprocal arrangement which should include the surrender of Japanese fugitives from the British possessions to Japan. They desired, in fact, an arrangement almost too complicated for conclusion in the proposed form; and, finally, after another change of administration, have announced their preference for a regular Convention upon the model of that which they contracted with the United States of America in 1884.\n\nSecondly, as to the Treaty itself, I do not think the Japanese are entitled to insist upon the use of their own forms in a reciprocal Agreement, though no doubt they will be disposed to do so. Nor do I see anything to object to in the list of crimes laid down in the proposed draft, as regards the special case of Japan. Neither can I at this moment suggest any addition to it.\n\nArticle III. The stipulation as to non-surrender of nationals is usual and proper. Yet one should, perhaps, guard against any idea that the Japanese Government can possibly demand the surrender of a British subject to be tried and punished by Japanese Courts so long as Consular jurisdiction in regard to offences committed in Japan—the only kind of offence for which such a surrender could be demanded—still exists. Excess of caution is a perfectly right thing, but it is best that we should have an entirely clear view of our own strength as well as of our points of weakness. I do not, of course, say this by way of objection to the stipulation, very much to the contrary, nor even to insist upon any opinion of my own, but merely in order to recommend the establishment of a very clear preliminary understanding upon all similar points.\n\nArticle IV. I quite agree that this provision is absolutely essential at present. Nor does it seem worth while to anticipate an objection to it on the side of the Japanese, as part of a reciprocal Convention, if its necessity and authority are carefully explained to them. Although they are more than sufficiently reckless of quarrels, they will yet hardly care to risk the embarrassment that must result, for instance, from a demand for the surrender of a German, or Frenchman, or Russian to the Hong Kong Government, so long as the States to which the accused might owe allegiance claimed exclusive jurisdiction over him.\n\nThat danger has existed in regard to America, it is true, for some years past, but the immediate vicinity of the British Colony would produce an indefinitely more acute pressure.\n\nThe stipulation that Japan shall not surrender a British subject to a third State without the consent of Great Britain is, I am afraid, hopeless; and the fact that it cannot be made reciprocal encourages me to recommend its being altogether abandoned. My own inquiries upon this point, made in connection with the project of an exchange of notes for the mutual delivery to justice of subjects of either party only, led to the conclusion that, although the Japanese Government would certainly defer to any objection that might be stated on the part of Great Britain to the surrender of a particular British subject to a third State, they could not be induced to give any formal assurance to that effect, and this for two reasons, lest they should compromise a right to jurisdiction which, however slight, they still valued, considering it to be inherent and not ceded, and lest they should contract an engagement contrary to their existing obligations.\n\nPerhaps a little further consideration may show this stipulation to be less needful than it has appeared at first sight to be. And here, what has been already said in regard to Japan may be repeated more strongly still in regard to the suggestion of a possible Extradition Treaty between Japan and China, to the danger of British fugitives taking refuge in Japan after having offended against the Chinese Empire. There is no possibility of a demand on the part of China for the surrender of a British subject for an offence committed within the Chinese jurisdiction, since no British subject can be made answerable to China herself for an offence committed within that jurisdiction, nor any likelihood at all that the Japanese Government would at any time comply with such a demand if it should be made. In case of an offence committed in the interior of China by a foreigner who absconded, the Chinese authorities would demand his punishment either of the nearest Consul or of the Minister in Peking, and if the demand were unsuccessful the occurrence would be put down to the national account. The same thing may be said in regard to Corea. I do not think any Treaty providing Consular jurisdiction at all has ever been so imperfectly worded as to leave room for any doubt as to authority in respect of offences committed in the country admitting Consular Magistrates. If they were so we should have heard of it before this.\n\nThe other countries to be thought of in this connection are Russia, chiefly, and Spain in a secondary degree on account of the Philippine Islands; but their cases have been already, no doubt, fully considered by Her Majesty's Government.\n\nIn conclusion, it should be remembered that the Japanese demands for surrender are likely to be addressed much more often to the neighbouring British Colonies and to India than to Great Britain herself, and the Japanese are likely to feel more anxiety in regard to the Colonies than in regard to the more distant mother country.\n\nHUGH FRASER.\n\nExmouth, November 28, 1892.\n\n(Signed)\n\n[380]\n\nE\n\n322",
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        "content_text": "# Memorandum by Mr. Gubbins\n\nTHAT the extradition of fugitive criminals should be regulated in a definite manner with as little delay as possible is a question which, in my opinion, admits of no doubt. Mr. Fraser's present Memorandum, and his despatches on this subject written from Japan, as cases of rendition came up for settlement, explain the position clearly, and the need for such action as will place matters on a more solid footing. It is true that the temporary understanding arrived at in the Campos case—which, with some modifications, was adhered to in the subsequent case of Woodin—may serve as a precedent for future cases,\n\nBut an understanding of this kind cannot be very satisfactory. The situation must, so long as no definite agreement is arrived at between Japan and ourselves, remain one of great difficulty. It exposes our relations with Japan to grave risks, for we might at any moment, through the indiscretion or over-zeal of a British or Japanese official, be confronted with a serious complication; and it may also fairly be held to weaken the position of our Minister in Tôkio, who is obliged to ask as a favour what he would, were the matter definitely regulated, be entitled to demand as a right.\n\nWhen speaking to Sir H. Bergne on the 18th ultimo I was under the impression that the proposal to negotiate a regular Extradition Treaty originated with the Foreign Office in London. I have since learnt from the papers which Sir H. Bergne placed in my hands on the 1st December that it is the Japanese Government which desires to substitute an Extradition Treaty for the rendition arrangement accepted in principle by the late Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Under these circumstances I think it right to qualify, in a measure, the opinion I gave to Sir H. Bergne at our first interview, by submitting the following considerations, to which due weight should, I think, be given before Japan's request is granted.\n\nNo exception can be taken to the view—so far as it applies to general cases—that, if the subject of extradition is to be regulated at all, this can be done better by a Treaty than by any mere arrangement. But in the case of Japan it is well not to overlook the circumstances of our negotiations with her in the past and the nature of the Government with which we are dealing. The history of all our negotiations with Japan of late years, whether on Treaty revision or extradition, is a record of concessions made by us, and though in many respects these concessions were inevitable, and were the natural outcome of the changing and progressive conditions of the country—as an instance of which I need only point to the recent assumption of jurisdiction by Japan over Portuguese subjects—and other foreign Powers have fared no better than ourselves, it cannot be denied that the policy pursued by Japanese statesmen is one of encroachment. Each party seeks to make capital for itself, and thereby strengthen its position in the country, by advancing fresh pretensions in any negotiations which may happen to be pending, and the advent of a new Ministry to power invariably means the putting forward of new demands.\n\nThe position of the Japanese Government, moreover, at the present time is not very favourable to the successful conclusion of any important negotiations. They are weakened by divided counsels, and are embarrassed by the hostility of a Parliament, with which neither they nor their predecessors have ever been in harmony, and which they are often quite unable to control.\n\nThe negotiation of a regular Extradition Treaty would mean a fresh advance on our side to meet Japan, and though I am inclined to think that on the whole such a Treaty, with proper safeguards, would be better than an arrangement, it must be remembered that this Treaty, as now drafted, will still fall short of what is found in many similar Conventions elsewhere, and of the stipulations of the Extradition Treaty between the United States and Japan, and that there is a possible danger that Japan may again be tempted to coquet with us, and endeavour to extort from us, by methods with which we are now familiar, the little that is still withheld. For this danger we must be prepared, and for the further eventuality that the Japanese Ministry may on the very eve of concluding negotiations, when all difficulties have apparently been surmounted, be at the mercy of a political faction which will paralyze its action; and it occurs to me, therefore, that it might be possible to ascertain confidentially through Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tôkio whether, if we met Japan so far as to accede to her proposal to conclude a regular Extradition Treaty, there are good grounds for believing that she\n\nThat is not the case so far as English Treaties are concerned. The draft is on the latest models of our arrangements with civilized Powers, and contains practically all we can grant to any State.—H. G. B.\n\nwould accept, without the unreasonable delay and the bad faith which have characterized her previous negotiations, a Treaty on the lines drafted by Sir H. Bergne.\n\nArticle II. I do not think there is reason to anticipate any difficulty in regard to the list of crimes. The present Revised Penal Code in Japan, which is founded on the Code Napoléon, probably embraces all the crimes specified, but I cannot speak with absolute certainty on this point.\n\nArticle III, para. 1.\n\nI do not think that the Japanese Government will be likely to object to the stipulation as to non-surrender of nationals. In the Extradition Treaty between her and the United States a discretionary right is reserved in these cases, and in the present temper of the people the extradition of a Japanese subject to any foreign State would cause great excitement in the country,\n\nPara. 2. Having regard to the vague condition of the question of naturalization in Japan it might, perhaps, be best to omit this paragraph.*\n\nArticle IV. para. 1. I agree with Mr. Fraser that this provision is essential. There is a great difference between the immunity which, under the Rendition Arrangement, the subjects of a third Power would enjoy—and to which objection is taken in the 6th paragraph of the Japanese Memorandum of the 4th October last—and the conditional extradition provided for by this Article.\n\nPara. 2. I think with Mr. Fraser that Japan would object to this stipulation, and it is not easy to see how the difficulty is to be overcome. For even if we were to obtain from her an undertaking in the form of a note, to bear the same date as the Treaty, that, so long as British Consular jurisdiction was exercised in Japan, she would not surrender a British subject to a third Power without our consent, our position would still be somewhat illogical, since the very negotiation of a regular Extradition Treaty implies, or may be taken to imply, the admission that offences committed out of Japan do not come within the province of our extra-territorial jurisdiction in that country. At the same time a British subject arriving in Japan becomes at once amenable to British jurisdiction, and the Japanese authorities would, I think, be bound to obtain our concurrence before proceeding even to arrest such individual, much more to extradite him.\n\nAs Mr. Fraser points out in his Memorandum, there is no possibility of a British subject being surrendered by Japan to the Chinese authorities for a crime committed in China, for the offence would be judiciable by our Courts in China. And the same remark applies to Corea and to all other countries where we exercise Consular jurisdiction.\n\nIt should not, however, be forgotten that our authorities in Japan may be called upon at any moment to deal with the case of the surrender of a British subject, who is a fugitive offender, to the British authorities in China, Corea, or Siam, for an offence committed in any of those countries, and that, similarly, a demand for the apprehension and extradition of a British subject who has committed an offence in Japan may be made by the British authorities in the latter country. So long as Consular jurisdiction exists anywhere there will be fugitive offenders of this class; and yet if a demand be made by a third Power, such as the United States, for instance, for the surrender of a British subject who has taken refuge in Japan, we cannot, if we negotiate either an Extradition Treaty, or an Arrangement, with Japan, base our argument, as regards extradition, upon the existence of our Consular jurisdiction.\n\nPerhaps some understanding in the direction I have indicated might be possible, and we might in that case strengthen our argument by drawing Japan's attention to the fact that, so far as the extradition of British subjects by Japan to the United States is concerned, the Extradition Treaty between her and United States must, failing our concurrence, remain a dead letter.\n\nArticle XII. The Japanese Government will probably wish to alter the wording of this Article.‡\n\nArticle XVI. As Mr. Fraser states in his Memorandum, the cases of extradition between Japan and the British Isles will be very rare. The question derives its greatest importance from the growing intercourse between Japan and our Colonies, and between Japan and States in proximity to her where we exercise Consular jurisdiction.\n\nIn conclusion, I would only point out that, as matters now stand, Japan may be expected to extradite British fugitive offenders on the application of our authorities in Japan, whereas we on our side cannot, until the subject is definitely regulated, surrender any Japanese fugitive offender to Japan; and, although it may fairly be held that the advantage under these circumstances rests with Japan, since she is not forced to harbour\n\nI see no objection to omitting this paragraph.—H. G. B.\n\nWe might perhaps retain it as a point to be surrendered if necessary in negotiation. We must have one or two things to give up, as it cannot be expected that Japan will swallow the draft whole.—H. G. B.\n\nWe should invite them to do so if they wish.—H. G. B.\n\nPage 323",
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        "content_text": "fugitive offenders of British nationality whose surrender is applied for by their own authorities in Japan, the position may be misconstrued to our prejudice by the foreign journalists who are retained by Japan to espouse her cause against foreign Powers, and more especially against Great Britain.\n\nJ. H. GUBBINS,\n\nLondon, December 5, 1892.\n\nMinutes.\n\n(Signed)\n\nThese arguments seem to strengthen the view that we should have a Treaty. 1. It seems very unfair that whilst Japan is ready in her own way to extradite our criminals, we should refuse to give up hers, under proper safeguards. We cannot now give them up without a regular arrangement containing the restrictions of the Extradition Act.\n\n2. I do not see how the desire of Japan to regulate the matter by Treaty can fairly be considered an encroachment; it is certainly an advance, but one which seems to me, subject to Mr. Fraser's opinion, to be of a conciliatory and enlightened character.\n\nH. G. B.\n\nI do not think that Mr. Gubbins' conclusions, though quite just in themselves, and perfectly natural as coming from a person of his special experience, need be held to militate against the proposed Convention.\n\nDecember 8, 1892.\n\nNo. 6.\n\nMinutes.\n\nH. FRASER,\n\nI HAVE kept these papers (which involve to my mind a very serious and important question of principle) until now in the hope that I might find an opportunity of going thoroughly into them and of writing a Memorandum which might deal with the subject in some detail.\n\nThe amount of current and pressing work, however, makes this chance become daily more remote, and as I hear that Mr. Fraser is becoming impatient, it will, I think, be best that I should now send these papers on with such few general observations as I can offer, without any further and more careful consideration.\n\nI still entertain the objection I have already expressed to the extension of Extradition Arrangements and machinery, which are only meant to be applied between this country and civilized nations, to countries in which Her Majesty possesses extra-territorial jurisdiction. The existence of such extra-territorial jurisdiction is incompatible with the full recognition of the country in which Her Majesty exercises it as a civilized nation either by Her Majesty's Government or by the Governments of other European Powers, and the continuance of a system of extra-territorial jurisdiction is really only to be justified on the same ground as that upon which it was originally assumed, viz., that the code or system of law and its methods of administration prevailing in the country is unsuited to European ideas of justice and is not such as Her Majesty can permit her subjects to be justiciable under.*\n\nAs far as Japan is concerned it may doubtless be said that she is now practically a civilized country. I agree; and it is precisely for that reason, as it seems to me, that we have already agreed, and that other Great Powers have already agreed, that so soon as Japan shall have adopted a legal system based broadly on the general principles which are common to the legal systems of civilization, we will surrender our extra-territorial jurisdiction and allow British subjects to become solely justiciable by the Japanese national Tribunals.\n\nWhen this comes to pass, then, as it seems to me, will arrive the natural moment for concluding an Extradition Treaty with Japan.\n\nThat it is likely to come to pass shortly is the more reason for not lightly creating an inconvenient precedent to which Turkey, China, and other Eastern nations can appeal if we grant to Japan, under present circumstances, that which they—although technically still on a similar footing with Japan—do not possess.\n\nSir H. Bergne says that the principle against which I am protesting has been already conceded in the case of China. It appears that informal negotiations, with the details of which I am not familiar, did take place between this Office and the Chinese Legation. My objections, if and so far as they are sound ones, apply with equal force to these negotiations and would certainly have been stated if the matter had earlier come to my notice. I think it not unlikely, moreover, that if and when the draft Treaty had come before either the Law Officers or the Lord Chancellor (which it never did) they might possibly have raised objections of a similar kind. I should certainly have thought that it would have been prudent to consult them—and thus to make sure that the ground was clear of legal obstacles—before commencing negotiations; and I think that before we proceed further with the Japan negotiations it will be wise to take the present Law Officers' opinion.\n\nI had an opportunity of discussing this question in the abstract (without reference to the particular case of Japan) with Mr. W. E. Hall a little time ago and I am confirmed in the view I had already expressed by finding that he entirely concurred in it. His opinion was of course given practically off hand, but I know no one to whose view on such a matter I should attach greater weight.\n\nI have little doubt that the Legal Advisers of the Japanese Government at the time of the Campos case (who they may have been I have no idea) attached great importance to the considerations to which I have adverted. The Japanese Government were then most persistent in their endeavours to get us to admit that the fugitive offender was handed over by them to us in extradition and not returnable by mere process of English Municipal Law under the Fugitive Offenders Act.\n\nTheir object seems to me to have been sufficiently plain, as will be seen from my Minutes on that case as soon as I saw the papers, which was at a very late stage of the affair, however.\n\nThese Minutes were naturally quite inconsistent with the idea that we had admitted any such principle as Sir H. Bergne suggests we did by our negotiations with China. I was at the time quite unaware that we had even informally discussed the matter with China; the negotiations were never mentioned in connexion with the discussion of the Campos case, and it is impossible for me to know of these things unless I am told of them.\n\nThere is one other consideration—entirely on the practical aspect of the affair—which it may be worth while just to mention.\n\nWhat advantage shall we get by concluding such an arrangement with Japan under present circumstances? So far as I can see, the only result will be that Japan will be able to demand in extradition from Her Majesty's dominions a Japanese criminal fugitive from Japan. This will be the total result, unless, and until the extra-territorial jurisdiction now exercised by the various Great Powers in Japan have been surrendered. Moreover, even in the solitary case mentioned, the extradition will be subject to all the various safeguards specified in our Extradition Act, and I presume also that in all offences which are capital by the present law of Japan, we shall have to stipulate that the criminal must not be allowed the privilege of \"Hari-Kari,\" a proceeding which according to our ideas constitutes a crime in itself, namely, the crime of Felo de Se.\n\nI don't know how often such a unilateral Convention would be utilized, but I should imagine very seldom indeed. I cannot help thinking that it is for the admission of the principle that the Japanese are primarily contending; not for any practical benefit in the actual administration of criminal justice which they think is likely to result from its concession.\n\nAs far as I am aware, the only actual precedent for an extradition Convention of the kind now suggested is to be found in Article IV of the Treaty between Great Britain [Tonga], which was signed on the 29th November, 1879, and which was subsequently made subject to the restrictions contained in our Extradition Acts by a Protocol dated the 3rd July, 1882.\n\nThe Treaty is in many respects a very peculiar one, and I doubt whether this solitary Article embedded in its midst—the genesis of which I don't know—affords very satisfactory or firm ground for further and more extended arrangements with China, Japan, Turkey, or Persia.\n\nI have confined myself entirely in these observations to adducing reasons contra to the present proposal; but I do not doubt that there are many reasons pro which Sir H. Bergne will be able to state, and which may possibly outweigh the objections.\n\nF [380]\n\n324",
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        "content_text": "Sir,\n\nNo. 3.\n\nHome Office to Foreign Office.--(Received April 24.)\n\nWhitehall, April 23, 1896.\n\nIN reply to your letter of the 20th January last, forwarding a suggestion from Her Majesty's Minister at Tokio that formal negotiations should be reopened with the Japanese Government for the conclusion of an Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Japan, I am directed by the Secretary of State to say, for the information of the Marquess of Salisbury, that the question whether it is expedient to reopen the negotiations on this matter, appears to depend chiefly upon political considerations, and must be one for the Foreign Office to decide. Sir Matthew Ridley has no objection in principle to offer to the conclusion of such a Treaty, but he assumes that in no case would it come into force until British Consular jurisdiction in Japan has ceased.\n\nHe has referred the Foreign Office letter and papers to the Chief Magistrate for his opinion, and has received a letter in reply, of which copy is inclosed for Lord Salisbury's information.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nKENELM E. DIGBY.\n\nSir,\n\nNo. 4.\n\nForeign Office to Home Office.\n\nForeign Office, May 2, 1896.\n\nI LAID before the Marquess of Salisbury your letter of the 23rd ultimo, in which you inclose a copy of a Report by the Chief Magistrate on the proposed Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Japan. You state that Secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley has no objection in principle to the conclusion of such a Treaty, but that he assumes that in no case would it come into force until British Consular jurisdiction in Japan has ceased.\n\nI am directed by his Lordship to point out that British jurisdiction in Japan will not, under any circumstances, come to an end before 1899; and that if the operation of the Treaty is to be delayed until then it would be premature at present to commence negotiations. Lord Salisbury, however, contemplated that the new Treaty would come into force in the usual manner, ten days after its publication; and Articles III and IV, to which the Chief Magistrate takes exception, were expressly framed to meet the difficulty of concluding a Treaty with Japan while Her Majesty still exercises extra-territorial jurisdiction in that country.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed) FRANCIS BERTIE.\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure in No. 3,\n\nSir J. Bridge to Home Office.\n\nPolice Court, Bow Street, April 14, 1896.\n\nWITH reference to the questions which have arisen as to the proposal for the reopening of negotiations for an Extradition Treaty with Japan, I agree that this is a matter entirely for the Foreign Office.\n\nWith regard to the legal difficulties, I beg to observe as to paragraph 1, Article IV, of the draft Treaty, that no similar provision to this can be found in any English Treaty so far as I am aware. There have been such provisions in Treaties between foreign countries, but I do not think they work well. The matter is discussed in \"Moore on Extradition\" in paragraphs 142 to 147. The effect of such a provision must be that difficult questions as to the nationality of the persons accused will constantly arise, and will occasion in all cases delay, and in many cases miscarriage of justice; and moreover every country has an inherent right to protect its own subjects from injustice in a foreign country. The words also of this 1st section, I think, are ambiguous, as the words \"without the consent of such third State\" may mean either that that State gives its assent or does not object. If the giving its consent is to be done by some document signed by a particular person this ought to be expressed.\n\nAs to the second paragraph of Article IV, I think that this is a provision which cannot, under our Extradition Acts, be inserted in any Treaty made by us, as our Extradition Law provides only for the delivery of fugitive offenders from one of the High Contracting Parties to the other. If it is necessary to make such an engagement it should be done by a Protocol signed at the same time as the Treaty. It would not, I think, be within my province to express an opinion as to the desirability of such provision being made, but I am aware of no case in which mischief has arisen through the absence of such a clause in our Treaties, and I would observe that it is admitted that the British Government could not enter into a reciprocal engagement not to surrender a Japanese subject to any third State without the consent of Japan, and it seems to be contrary to principle to ask a country to contract to do that which we cannot enter into a corresponding contract to do ourselves.\n\nWith reference to the first clause of Article III it is not desirable to make the non-surrender of nationals absolute, the more recent Treaties which we have entered into have made it optional, and a good form is to be found in Article III of the Treaty with the Argentine Republic 1894 in the following words: \"Either Government reserves the right to refuse or grant the surrender of its own subjects or citizens to the other Government.\"\n\nSir,\n\nNo. 5.\n\nHome Office to Foreign Office.-(Received October 23.)\n\nWhitehall, October 22, 1896.\n\nWITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 23rd April last respecting the proposed reopening of negotiations for an Extradition Treaty with Japan, I am directed by the Secretary of State to transmit to you, for the information of the Marquess of Salisbury, the accompanying copy of a further letter from the Chief Magistrate on the subject, and to say that Sir Matthew Ridley fully concurs in the views expressed therein.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nKENELM E. DIGBY,\n\nInclosure in No. 5,\n\nSir J. Bridge to Home Office.\n\nPolice Court, Bow Street, August 10, 1896.\n\nWITH reference to the letter from the Foreign Office which has been referred to me upon the subject of the proposed Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Japan, I am of opinion that the objection to Article III is not one which should stand in the way of a Treaty being made with Japan, as it would be better to have a Treaty containing that Article than no Treaty at all.\n\nThe failure of Justice which may be caused by such an Article is shown by the case of R. v. Muller, which is now before Mr. Lushington, and is being considered by the Home Office.\n\nAs regards Article IV, my objections to it remain as before, for the reasons given in my letter of the 14th April last, and observe that the Article would be strongly objected to by the Japanese themselves.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed) JOHN BRIDGE.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nJOHN BRIDGE.\n\n[544]\n\n329",
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        "content_text": "D.\n\nWe promise (we are bound by this notice!\n\nare recognised as having contracted the opium habit,\n\nand a license will be issued to such.\n\nArticle IV. The undermentioned occupations\n\nshall be specially permitted and licenses for the\n\nsame will be given:\n\n2. Retailing refined opium.\n\nThe manufacture and sale of opium\n\nsmoking apparatus.\n\n0. Retailing opium smoking apparatus.\n\n-1. The establishment of opium smoking\n\nplaces.\n\n5. Wholesale dealing in powdered opium,\n\nThis however, will be limited to apothecaries\n\nand druggists.\n\nArticle V. Medical practitioners, apothecaries,\n\ndruggists and chemists only are permitted to possess,\n\nbuy, sell, deliver or receive powdered opium without\n\nobtaining a license.\n\nArticle VI. Those obtaining licenses under\n\nArticles III and IV must pay the fees for such li-\n\ncenses; the amount of such fees will be fixed by\n\nofficial notification.\n\nArticle VII.",
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        "content_text": "(16° 50′ west of Peking), and latitude 23°, leaving to China the Tsawbwa ships of Kêng Ma, Mengtung, and Mengko.\n\nAt the last-named point of longitude and latitude the line strikes a very lofty mountain range, called Kong-Ming-Shan, which it shall follow in a southerly direction to about longitude 19° 30′ east of Greenwich (17° west of Peking), and latitude 22° 30′, leaving to China the district of Chen-pien Ting. Then, descending the western slope of the hills to the Namka River, it will follow the course of that river for about 10 minutes of latitude, leaving Munglem to China and Manglün to Great Britain.\n\nThe frontier shall then follow the boundary between Munglei and Kiang Tong, which is locally well known, diverging from the Namka River a little to the north of latitude 22°, in a direction somewhat south of east, and generally following the crest of the hills till it strikes the Namlam River in about latitude 21° 45′ and longitude 100° east of Greenwich (16° 30′ west of Peking).\n\nIt shall then follow the boundary between Kiang Tong and Kiang Hung, which is generally formed by the Naulani River, with the exception of a small strip of territory belonging to Kiang Hung, which lies to the west of that river, just south of the last-named parallel of latitude. On reaching the boundary of Western Kyaing Chaing, in about latitude 21° 27′ and longitude 100° 12′ east of Greenwich (16° 18′ west of Peking), the frontier shall follow the boundary between that district and Kiang Hung until it reaches the Mekong River.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\n[No addition to original Convention.]\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nIt is agreed that China will not cede to any other nation either Mung Leni or any part of Kiang Hung on the right bank of the Mekong, or any part of Kiang Hung now in her possession on the left bank of that river, without previously coming to an arrangement with Great Britain.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nArticle VI of the original Convention shall be held to be modified as follows:—\n\nIt is agreed that, in order to avoid any local contention, the alignments of the frontier described in the present Agreement shall be verified and demarcated, and, in the event of their being found defective at any point, rectified by a Joint Commission appointed by the Governments of Great Britain and China, and that the said Commission shall meet, at a place hereafter to be determined by the two Governments not later than twelve months from the date of\n\nPage 376",
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        "content_text": "DOMESTIC.\n\nHong Kong\n\nNo. 26042\n\n(Subject.) Missing Registered Letter\n\nRegret nothing further can be done in matter: a copy of our letter has been sent to Townsville.\n\nSir W. Hamilly,\n\n(Minutes.)\n\n? Put by\n\nT.C.M.\n\nPrevious Paper: 78203\n\nfor Individual.\n\nWaith, McEacham & Co.\n\n897 Dec\n\nare required to understand Article IV Section 1/83 of the Protocol (Convention of 1891) and Mrs Chamberlain regrets that he can add therefore nothing to his previous letters on this subject.\n\nPage 368\n\n3)-80\\3—29003-7-47\n\nSubsequent Paper\n\n6/12\n\natowe\n\n7/12",
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        "content_text": "## Page 24\n\nJunk behind, and the merchants very often tranship all at the large towns en route in order, if possible, to secure greater control over boats and their contents.\n\nA Company of the kind indicated would presumably only engage reliable employés, and, in addition to its own export cargo, would secure not a little of purely Chinese freight. Being an organized Association they would also be able to come to terms with the villagers at the rapids, who gain a living by hauling junks over dangerous spots and hiring out boats for purposes of transhipment when the water is low.\n\nA railway of course from Pakhoi to Nanning would thoroughly revolutionize the conditions of the carrying trade, and were the Chinese instead of assisting to build a railway from nowhere leading nowhere—to devote their spare capital to the construction of such a line, they ought to receive good interest on the outlay, which, as engineering difficulties are not likely to be great, would not be excessive.\n\nThe construction of such a line might, on the other hand, have the effect of increasing French political activity in this part of the world, as, should the attempt to tap South-East China viâ Lungchou prove a failure, it is not at all improbable that France would find a pretext for laying hands thereon, and reaching her goal viâ Pakhoi.\n\nThe Customs statistics for the quarter have not yet been made up, but, I understand, the average duty revenue has been about 11,000 taels per month, of which 2,000 taels have been transit dues on goods taken up country under some 700 inward transit passes. Considering that opium li-kin, coast trade duty, and tonnage dues do not appear in the local Returns, those figures compare very favourably with those of many older ports, and augur well for the future prosperity of Wuchow's trade.\n\nAs stated, however, full statistics must be available before one can ascertain if they are indicative of a real expansion of business.\n\nMerchants have been grumbling loudly against the excessively high rates of exchange charged by the Customs bank as compared with the market value of silver, and, as it seems to me, that their complaints are not without foundation, the matter evidently requires looking into. Although Article XXXIII of the Tien-tsin Treaty nominally indicates a fixed standard for the payment of duty, in practice there is no uniform rate, and, in view of the impossibility of fathoming the mysteries of exchange in China, a precise definition of what shall be considered the legal equivalent of a tael of Haikuan silver, would confer a great boon on the mercantile community at large, and obviate present disputes.\n\nSerious charges, too, of accepting bribes have been preferred against the Customs staff; but they have not been supported by sufficient evidence, and I am inclined to think that they originate with certain individuals, who, having been fined for making false declarations, consider themselves hardly treated, and have adopted this method of taking revenge.\n\n## Page 10\n\nI stated in my last report that I had occasion to write to the Prefect of Hsün chou with reference to the attitude of the people in that town towards some missionaries resident there. Since then I have had again to address him on the subject of an abusive and obscene placard, which he permitted to remain posted after its publication had been brought to his notice, and he has now issued a satisfactory Proclamation, and promised to exercise more care in the future.\n\nIn accordance with instructions received from Kueilin, the Tsang Wa Hsien, on the 24th August, issued a Proclamation announcing the settlement, on the 14th January last, of all outstanding claims of the French Government in respect of the missionary cases throughout this province; and, in terms of one of the clauses of the Agreement arrived at, enjoining on the people the necessity of living in peace with their Christian fellow-countrymen. It also stated that any missionary interference in purely native cases, not relating to religious matters, would not be allowed.\n\nAbout a month ago I received a despatch from the Governor, asking me to impress on all holders of passports the desirability of exhibiting them at every town at which they arrived, so that the authorities could adequately protect them, and, if necessary, warn them against visiting disturbed districts.\n\nSince his first formal call I have seen nothing of the new Prefect, but I hear he has been very ill all summer, and is thinking of resigning his post. The present Acting Magistrate is, in a month's time, to be relieved by the Ma-p'ing Hsien, who has been transferred to Wuchow.\n\nEarly in July the local officials and gentry, at their own expense, started a school for teaching English and mathematics, and there are now over 100 pupils enrolled. These had to pass a preliminary examination, and contribute 5 dollars towards the cost of purchasing books, &c. The instruction imparted is of a very rudimentary nature, and seeing the professors are two Chinese, on a salary of 17 dollars a-month each, it is not likely ever to attain a high standard.\n\nAs the form of the two or three despatches the Governor has addressed to me since my arrival has not been in accordance with the rules of Chinese etiquette in such matters, I requested the Taotai to draw the attention of his Excellency's writers to their omissions; and shortly afterwards received a reply, stating that the offending individuals had, by his Excellency's orders, all been dismissed.\n\n## Page 11\n\nAlthough three months have elapsed since I last reported on sites, I find it as difficult as ever to come to a conclusion on this point, and would almost prefer to leave the responsibility of a decision to my successor—the substantive holder of the post. The hastily-formed views regarding the mistake that has been made in locating the settlement on this side of the Fu River, to which I then gave expression, have since been confirmed by all residents and visitors to the port; and Dr. MacDonald, the Customs' doctor, who recently arrived here, is so convinced of the superiority of the west bank of the Fu River, from a sanitary point of view, that he has already bought land there, and is in treaty for more. The Commissioner of Customs is evidently swayed by a similar feeling of indecision. He has entirely abandoned his original idea of having the custom-house at the east end of Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s property, and is endeavouring to get that firm to give him in exchange a piece of high ground nearer the town.\n\nThe position will, I think, be made clearer by the accompanying rough sketch.\n\n| Location | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (I) | Original proposed site for custom-house |\n| (II) | New proposed site for custom-house |\n| (III) | Butterfield and Swire's land |\n| (IV) | Temple occupied by myself |\n| (V) | Temple occupied by Mr. Acheson |\n| (VI) | Chin-lien-an temple site |\n| (VII) | Garden land for sale |\n| (VIII) | Garden land for sale |\n| (IX) | Land bought by Dr. MacDonald for native dispensary |\n| (X) | Land on hill-top for sale |\n\nThe custom-house was to have been placed in the east corner of (I), now Mr. Acheson is trying to procure the west corner of (II), his office at present being on a bulk moored at the lowest landing-jetty.\n\nButterfield and Swire's land (III), alongside of which the steamers anchor, is the most central and suitable piece of ground so far purchased, as it will require but little filling-in, and is near to the business quarter. Should the custom-house eventually be built on (II), Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s property will have the advantage of being in close proximity thereto; but, on the other hand, their constituents will have a long way to go if they want to discuss business, and, as is well known, the native is averse to walking further than he can possibly help.\n\n(IV) and (V) give the positions of the temples occupied by myself and Mr. Acheson; and, unless land be purchased from Jardine, Matheson, and Co., and the very great expense incurred, (VI) is the only site I can find on this side of the river. It is a delapidated temple, the Chin-lien-an, standing on a slight elevation, not reached by ordinary floods, and next to the pauper cemetery. It is, roughly, about 200 feet wide by 400 feet deep; and I am told, once acquired, it would be an easy matter to have the paupers' graves removed, and part of the space occupied by them included in the Consular grounds. The price demanded is 3,600 taels. Although situated on what for this side of the river is, comparatively speaking, high ground, it is during the floods surrounded by water, and at all times by graves innumerable, more or less saturated with moisture.\n\nWuchow is classed by the Chinese as lying in the malarial regions, and, after my summer's experience here, I quite recognize that they did not adopt this classification without reason. I have had several attacks of fever, all my servants have suffered in turn, and Mr. Acheson has had similar experiences.\n\nIn fact, the whole of the level land east of the Fu River, including the town, is low-lying and unhealthy, being invariably inundated during the summer months. Every inch of high ground is covered with graves, and level ground not built upon has been converted into stagnant fish-ponds, studded—more Chinese—with offensive latrines. These ponds, as the winter advances, gradually dry up, leaving wide stretches of filthy mud, and, under those circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the place should be as morbiferous as it is.\n\nThe sole reason why it would be desirable to have the Consulate on this side would be not to inconvenience those having dealings with it. But I venture to think that by the time a Consulate has been built, the present necessity of almost daily communication with the Consul will have ceased. Steamers will then be running under river certificate and everything in working order, and, in the event of any one having business to transact at the Consulate, it would be no great hardship to make him go to the other side of the Fu River, which is only one-third of a mile away from the steamer anchorage, and not as far as the stretch across the river at Swatow.\n\nOn the west bank of the Fu River several sites are easily obtainable. (IX) is the piece of land bought by Dr. MacDonald for a native dispensary, and (X) is a piece on the hill-top, for which he is at present negotiating on the basis of 450 dollars for six mou.\n\n(VII) and (VIII) are two pieces of garden land, for which 2,800 taels and 2,500 dollars are being asked, respectively.",
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        "content_text": "# \nVaims Shan Harbour it trends south-west, with elevations varying from 1,300 to 1,500 feet, until it reaches its highest point in the splendid range of Taihio Show, which rises to a height of 3,000 feet. It then decreases in elevation in the direction of Castle Peak, which is 1,800 feet high, but has a lower spur to the north, forming the southern arm of Deep Bay, in which there are two peaks rising to an elevation of 1,200 feet.\n\nBesides these two main ranges, there are cross ranges of lesser altitude, which divide the watershed between Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, with low hills in some of the valleys.\n\nThe heights of the mountains are taken from the map, sketched by Lieutenant E. G. Young, R.E., which gives a clear idea of the mountain system of the new territory, (Map. IV.)\n\n## WATERSHEDS\n\nThe watersheds of the territory being as a rule close to the east and south coasts, the more extensive valleys and plains lie to the west and north, and drain into Deep Bay. Such are the valleys of which the town of Sham Chun is the centre, and the valleys and plains of Pat Heung and Shap Pat Heung, lying to the north-west of the range of Tai Mo Shan. A remarkable feature in the Shap Pat Heung plains is the abrupt and clearly-defined line between hill and plain. The plain extends from the shores of Deep Bay for some miles into the interior, never reaching an elevation of more than 10 or 15 feet above high water mark, but from this point the hills rise abruptly at an angle of 15 to 20 degrees.\n\n## RIVER SYSTEM\n\nThe river system, like the mountain system, is divided into two sections—a northern and a southern. The chief river of the northern section and the largest in the territory is the Sham Chun river,* which has three branches or tributaries, a northern, an eastern and a southern. The northern branch rises in the mountains on the borders of the Sin Kun and San Tin districts, flowing in a south-westerly direction, joins the main river to the west of Sham Chun; the eastern branch rises in the low hills west of Starling Inlet, and flows in a westerly direction, joining the main river to the east of Sham Chun; the southern branch has its source in Kau Lung Hang, to the north of Tai Po Kau, and flows in a north-westerly direction, falling into the main river a mile below Sham Chun. All these branches are good-sized mountain streams, and most valuable as irrigators of the cultivated land through which they flow. They are, however, of no value as highways of trade, as they are too shallow to be navigated by even small craft. The Sham Chun river, from the town of Sham Chun to its mouth, is at high tide from 60 to 80 feet wide, has a depth of 7 to 12 feet, and is navigable for junks and launches. The bar at its mouth is about 6 or 7 feet in depth, and is reported at low tide to be only 3 feet in depth.\n\nThe Sham Chun river system is separated from the Un Long and Kam Tin, or southern river system, by the Kai Kung Tau range of mountains. The Un Long river rises in the northern slope of the Tai Mo Shan range, and, flowing in a northerly direction, empties itself into Deep Bay. The Kam Tin river, which has its source at the foot of Tai Mo Shan, flows in a north-westerly direction, joining the Un Long river at the village of Sheung Shui. The Un Long river is navigable by small junks as far as Un Long, a market town three miles distant from Deep Bay to the north.\n\nThe Kam Tin river has a depth of from three to six feet at high tide all the way from its mouth in Deep Bay to the town of Kam Tin, a distance of about six miles.\n\nThe first steamer that ever went up this river was the pinnace of H.M.S. Plover, which had no difficulty in conveying the members of the Commission as far as the market town of Kam Tin, with a cutter in tow.\n\nWithin the basins of these two river systems are found the most fertile soil and the most populous villages in the area about to be leased.\n\n## WATER SUPPLY\n\nThe water supply appears to be excellent everywhere. During the month of August, when the inspection of the territory was made, there were streams of water pouring down the hill sides in every direction, and the villages' wells contained ample water, as a rule within six or eight feet of the surface. Sufficient water to raise two crops of rice a year seems always to be available throughout the district.\n\nIt is probable that the high mountain ranges attract more rain clouds from the China Sea during the south-west monsoon than is the case at Hong Kong, where the average rainfall is 90 inches. Mr. Ormsby is of opinion that in many places the construction of storage reservoirs, if required, will be a simple matter. He considers that the construction of such a reservoir on the southern or eastern slope of Tai Mo Shan for the supply of Kowloon is very desirable, in order to meet the wants of the rapidly increasing towns on that peninsula, by gravitation, and thus set free the large acreage now reserved as a catchment area, and render it possible to dispense with the present expensive pumping establishment.\n\n## IRRIGATION\n\nIrrigation of the paddy fields is effected simply by leading the water along the sides of the hills by means of channels, from which the water is allowed to run on to the terraced fields as required. In addition to the ordinary paddy fields in the valleys, works of reclamation have been carried out, by which a large quantity of land has been reclaimed from the sea. Walls of rough rubble, backed by earth, have been constructed to keep out the water. Along the top of these embankments there is a foot path, and sluices made of timber planking sliding in grooves cut into the stone side walls enable the villagers to keep out the sea and get rid of their surplus fresh water at low tide. By the improvement and extension of such works of reclamation, many large areas could be brought under cultivation.\n\n## GEOLOGY\n\nAn interesting report by Mr. Ormsby on the geology of the district will be found in `Appendix II`.\n\nI agree with him that a mining expert should be deputed to examine and report on the minerals in the territory. There is no such expert at present resident in Hong Kong, so it will be necessary to secure the services of a suitable person at home.\n\n## SOIL\n\nThe soil is formed from the decomposition of volcanic trap rock in the north-east and east, and is alluvial in the broad valleys drained by the Sham Chun and Un Long rivers. It is generally fertile, and yields annually two crops of rice. Even the hillsides are in many places brought under cultivation, and rice was found growing at a height of over 1,200 feet.\n\nBy the Chinese the soil is divided into three classes, and is taxed according to its quality. The first class is supposed to pay about 36 cents per acre; the second class about 24 cents, and the third class about 15 cents per acre. In reality, fully double these amounts are levied, though not officially accounted for.\n\nPayment in kind is also made, but this payment is commuted for a money payment at the rate of 4.8 taels, or 6.67 dollars per picul of rice (a picul is equal to 1 bushel 2 pecks 2 quarts).\n\n## PRODUCTS\n\nRice is the principal article of cultivation,* and the quality of this product is so highly esteemed that a quantity of it is exported to San Francisco for the use of the Chinese residents there. There is also a large area of land devoted to the growing of sugar cane, indigo, hemp, peanuts, potatoes of different varieties, yam, taro, beans, sesamum, pumpkins, and vegetables of all kinds.\n\nExperiments are now being made to ascertain whether the cotton plant will flourish in the newly-leased area, and there seems to be no reason, as far as soil and climate are concerned, why these experiments should not succeed. If they are successful, the cotton mill which is now being erected in Hong Kong would find this a convenient source of supply for at any rate a portion of its raw material.\n\nPage 4\nPage 5\nPage 18",
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        "content_text": "TABLE IV-VOYAGES D'ALLER EN AMERIQUE, JAPON, etc. (Suite).\n\nPRIX DE TRANSIT PAR KILOGRAMME,\n\nPAYS DE DESTINATION\n\n  \n    Brésil\n    Colombie...\n    Cuba\n    Haïti\n    37\n  \n  \n    Hawaii\n    Jamaïque\n    Mexique.\n    Porto Rico\n    Tahiti.\n  \n  \n    Lettica, Autres objets.\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Vite des Ehule Uwin... 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Da Qurenstand\n    23\n    Macac\n    \n  \n  \n    Lettres\n    Autres\n    et carte?\n    pustries.\n    ukjes.\n    3\n  \n  \n    -1\n    }\n    L\n    18-78-1-59%\n    \n    \n  \n\nPour le parcours par\n\nEnclosure 4.\n\nCHINES IMPERIAL POST.\n\nTARIFF OF\n\nNOTIFICATION No. 31.\n\n13 SEP 29\n\n  \n    (f)\n    LETTRES.\n    POSTCARDS.\n    (g)\n    NEWSPAPERS.\n  \n  \n    Mer, Hongkong, Etats Unis.\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    To\n    4. Set SINGI.Y.\n    (90)\n    PRINTED MATTER.\n    \n  \n  \n    (0)\n    ( COMMER- CIAL PAPERS.\n    ()\n    SAMPLES.\n    fej REGISTRATION.\n  \n  \n    PARCELS.\n    MONEY ORDERS.\n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nPage 30\n\n20.65-1.83%\n\n  \n    Pero\n    Per 102,\n    Single.\n    Double.\n    lip to a oz.\n    Up to 4 08.\n  \n  \n    Mer. Hongkong. Etats Unis, St.\n    Erecy additional 3.0%\n    Per 20%.\n    Per 2 oz.\n    Per 2 07\n    Simple.\n  \n  \n    Rethin Receipt.\n    Fer B\n    Per Dollar,\n    18:901234\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Thomas, Jamaique, Brésil ou (d) Canada,\n    Mer. Hongkong. Canada. Etaf Unis.\n    S. Thomas, Jazzàiquor Brésil.\n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n(A)\n\n  \n    De Ceylan.\n    Me\n    De Panstande Mariljonaia.......\n    Du Nouvelle-Galles de Soil\n    De Victoria\n  \n  \n    De f'Australie Occidentale\n    Mor. Hongkong\n    De la Tramuie..\n    De in Nouvelle Zélande...\n    |_ 1 1'Kurope\n  \n  \n    2.00\n    A.AS-\n    Hongkong.\n    13\n    (5.)\n  \n  \n    1.\n    Domestic Places\n    (a)(a)\n    $ $ 388\n    Tora—(a.)\n  \n\nI sat indisponanble que le poids pour claque numéro (grompe de pays) soit constabú séparément, et que les numéros d'ordre priés é în table\n\nI pour chaque pays onncordent •xactement were cenn du présent tableau.\n\nVALECTION GÉNÉRALE\n\nDES POSTES BAITANNIQUES EN CHINE\n\nHOSURONG, LE\n\n  \n    I.\n    Domestic Places\n    (a)(a)\n  \n  \n    (b)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1 cent.\n    I cent\n    I cent,\n  \n  \n    2 cents.\n    4 cents.\n    1 cent.\n  \n  \n    2 cents.\n    B. SANT IN BULK\n    I cent per 3 0%.\n  \n  \n    2 cents\n    2 cents.\n    Minirann charge\n  \n  \n    2 cents.\n    5 cents,\n    5 cents.\n  \n  \n    10 cents.\n    2 cents.\n    (6)\n  \n  \n    5 conts per packet.\n    II.\n    Union Countries\n  \n  \n    (b)\n    to cents.\n    (4)\n  \n  \n    4 cents.\n    (d)\n    8 cents.\n  \n  \n    (d.)\n    2 cents per 2 OZ.\n    (e)\n  \n  \n    2 cents.\n    (e)\n    2 cents.\n  \n  \n    2 cents.\n    Minimum charge\n    Minimum charge 10 cents per packet.\n  \n  \n    | (e)\n    4 cutite per packet.\n    (e)\n  \n  \n    10 ceats.\n    TO cents.\n    (a)\n  \n  \n    like behin Table.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    III.\n    Non-Union Countries...\n    \n  \n  \n    20 cents.\n    4 cents.\n    8 cents.\n  \n  \n    5 cents per 2 oz.\n    Scents.\n    (e)\n  \n  \n    5 cents.\n    Minimum charge to cents per packet.\n    5 cents\n  \n  \n    10 cents.\n    10 cents.\n    Vide Special Table.\n  \n  \n    (\n    \n    \n  \n\nTariff I applies also to Hongkong, Macao, and Kiaochow. (b) Tarift 1 applies also to Lungchow, Mengtez, and Szaman. (c) Prepayment of postage in fall is compulsory. (d) When not registered, prepayment of postage is optional. (8.) At least part postage must be prepaid. (F) Limit of weight 4 fo., of size 2 fect × 1 foût × 1 fook (9.) Limit of weight 4 b., of size 18 inches in any direction ; in rolls, 30 inches in length, 4 inches in diameter. (k) Linait of weight 12 oz., of size 12 × 5 × 4 inches; in ralls, length 12 inches, diameter 6 loches. (2.) Liabic to letter tariff if sealed against inspection. (2) Linit of weight 11 Ih, of size 2 feet × 1 foot x 1 foot. (k) Limis of one geder: 10 dollars,\n\nN.B.--Mall matter for or from abroad sent to or from northern ports during the winter season is able to full domestic postage.—Postal currency: $11,000 cush.--Uuprepaid mail matter & Hable to a clargs of doutde postage on delivery, and insuficiently prepaid, double the deficiency.--The 1.P.O. ie not responsible for delay in transmission or for losses arising from force majeure or the fault of the sender ; but in case of loss of a registered neticle through the fault or neglect of its administration, the I.P.Q. adults liability limited to ten dollars for an article sent to or from domestic places and #fty france for an article sent to or from abroad, except the following counities, which decline any responsibility: Argentine Republic, Brazil, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Natal, New South Wales, Now Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, South Australia, Tusmnuia, U. S. of Amerion, Victoria, and West Australia--The following artieles cannot be sent in mail restter: netisies of a mature likely in soil or injurs the corre- apondence: explosive, inflammable, or dangerona substances ; articles of contraband or liable to Customs Duty: gold, silver, jewellery, precious stones, utu. Dutiable articles and articles of value may, however, be sent by the Parcsi Jost under special regulations.— The domestic places are:-Peking, Newchwang, Tientsin, Tuku, Chefen, Chungking, Tchang, Shasi, Hankow, Kiukiang, Wuhu, Nanking, Chinktang, Shanghai, Woosung, Soochon. Ningpo, Uangches, Wensbow, Foochow, Pagoda Auchorage, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Wnohow, Samshui, Kiungchow, and Fakhoi.\n\nBy Order of the Inspector General,\n\nPage 612\n\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "the time it was negotiated, interpret it in relation to a law and rule of procedure enacted many years subsequent to that event. This, the Imperial Government consider as being inadmissible and contrary to precedent and established usage. It is a principle in the interpretation of international agreements, that they should be held to mean what they meant at the time when they were negotiated, and that they are in no way affected by the changes which may have subsequently taken place in the laws and conditions of the countries of the Contracting Parties. The reason of this is obvious; for, were they subordinated to these changes, Treaties would cease to have any binding effect. Interpreted, then in this manner Article XXI of the Treaty of Tien-tsin of 1858 must be held to be altogether unaffected by the changes in the law and rules of procedure with regard to extradition which have taken place since that date.\n\nIn other words, the Acts of 1870 and 1873, which discriminate between political and unpolitical offences do not apply to the extradition of fugitive criminals of Chinese nationality from Hong Kong. The only question then for the Hong Kong Magistrate to decide in the case of Chung Sui-yung was whether there were grounds for thinking he was guilty or not. And had this been done, there can scarcely be a doubt his extradition would have been granted. It was notorious that he was the head of a formidable Secret Society, and that if not the actual offender, he had been a party to the committal of the crimes of which he was accused. Not only the Viceroy of Canton, but, as will be seen in the sequel of this despatch, the Governor of Hong Kong was in possession of independent, and very detailed evidence to that effect.\n\nThe Imperial Government hope that your Lordship will take the point of Treaty obligation, as opposed to what is the present practice of the Hong Kong authorities, into your serious consideration, for it is clearly in the interest of the two countries that the extradition procedure should be simplified, and so framed as—whilst insuring ample protection to the accused—to afford him the minimum of facilities for defeating the ends of justice.\n\nIt may be that in the particular case which is the subject of this note, the evidence technically before the Court was insufficient to justify a conviction; as to that, I have no information, but even if it had been so the Hong Kong authorities could have had not the slightest doubt as to the prisoner's guilt. For the remarkable Memorandum which the Governor of the Colony presented to the Viceroy of Canton in October last, and in which the name of Chung Sui-yung is specially mentioned, clearly shows them to have been in possession of the fullest and most minute evidence of his guilt in respect of both of the offences laid to his charge in the investigation before Commander Hastings.\n\nIn paragraph 12 of the Memorandum, which doubtless your Lordship and Mr. Secretary Chamberlain have seen, it is stated that the formidable organization called the Triad Society, of which Chung Sui-yung was the Chief, plundered the rich, and by means of intimidation extorted contributions from them; that its emissaries raided the cattle, pigs and other domestic animals of the inhabitants of the villages of Woo-Sih-yuen and Lung-hwa Szu; that they had requisitioned a sum of 40,000 dollars paid; and that from the people of Ping-tien, occupying the village until the money was on the 12th October, 1898, they had forcibly taken from the house of a rich man named Chen Yung-szu, a further sum of 4,000 dollars.\n\nIf anything were wanting to demonstrate the unsuitability of the present rules of procedure, and the advisability of returning to the Treaty and those which were in force when the Treaty of Tien-tsin was negotiated, it would only be necessary to point to the case of Chung Sui-yung. The Hong Kong authorities were in possession of the most positive and conclusive evidence of his guilt, and yet such was the faulty nature of the procedure, that his extradition could not be obtained. The fact that the offences of which he was accused were considered as having been committed in furtherance of a political object, was allowed to bias the decision of the Magistrate; otherwise the alibi, supposed to have been established by the evidence of the missionaries, would have been disallowed. It was immaterial whether the burglary had been committed by Chung Sui-yung in person, or, as seems to have been the case, by him through the instrumentality of the men who executed his orders. Equally immaterial was it whether he acted from a political motive or not. In 1858, when the Treaty of Tien-tsin was negotiated, British law made no distinction between political and non-political offences, and the Treaty making none, the only question for the Magistrate to determine was whether the presumptive evidence of his guilt was sufficient to warrant a commitment. The Acts of 1870 and 1878, which for the first time introduced this distinction, being inconsistent with the Treaty, cannot be admitted as applying to the case.\n\nThere is authority for this contention, it having several times been ruled that a Treaty may not only limit but even supersede a Statute. In the case of Wilson, whose extradition was demanded by the Swiss Government in 1877, Chief Justice Cockburn and Justices Mellor and Field held that the Act was limited by the Treaty. And in the case of Reg. v. Tubbee, Chief Justice Macaulay ruled that, so far as Great Britain, Canada, and the United States were concerned, the Ashburton Treaty had superseded the Statute of 3 Wm. IV, cap. 6. Having regard then to these decisions, there is no reason in law, and there certainly is none in expediency, for the continuance of a procedure at Hong Kong, which, in matters of extradition, tends only to frustrate the intention of the Treaty.\n\nIn the interest of the two countries it ought, therefore, to be discontinued, the case of Chung Sui-yung showing that, not only for China, but for Great Britain, it constitutes a source of danger. On the plea, that, in consenting to the extension of the Colony of Hong Kong, the Imperial Government had manifested weakness, and an incapacity to resist the encroachments of foreign nations; and on the pretext of coming to its assistance, but really with the intention of subverting the dynasty, he had raised the membership of the Triad Society to a very great number, estimated by the Governor of Hong Kong at from 40,000, to 50,000 fighting men. In addition to this formidable military force, he had a fleet of 100 sea-going junks, all fully manned and thoroughly equipped for war.\n\nPerhaps this estimate of the strength of his forces may have been excessive, but after making every allowance for exaggeration, the number of men at his disposal must still have been very considerable; for 5,000 of them were known to be in receipt of daily rations and regular pay. The others, under the command of four principal lieutenants, were kept in readiness to be called out on short notice. Stationed in various towns and villages in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, they held the surrounding country in a state of terror, murdering, plundering, and maltreating all those who refused to join them, or contribute to the funds of the Society. They were well armed and well supplied with ammunition. In their stores they had cannon and many thousand stand of arms of European manufacture, 20,000 suits of uniforms and as many sets of accoutrements. All this, and much more, is circumstantially set forth in the Memorandum of the Governor of Hong Kong, so that the decision of the Magistrate that there was no evidence of the guilt of Chung Sui-yung could scarcely have been based on other than technical grounds.\n\nThe Imperial Government, therefore, hope that orders may yet be given for his arrest, and that, to prevent the recurrence of a similar miscarriage of justice as happened in his case, the present faulty procedure in extradition cases may be amended. For the Imperial Government are firmly persuaded, that so long as this shall not have been done, and so long as the Colony of Hong Kong is allowed to be made an asylum for Chinese banditti, the difficulties of maintaining order and tranquillity in the districts abutted on the leased territory will inevitably go on increasing. Chung Sui-yung calculated on this, it having been part of his plan to excite disturbances on the Kowloong frontier, in the hope of, by means of them, embroiling the Chinese authorities in a dispute with the Colony of Hong Kong; and then of turning that to account in the furtherance of his sinister designs. It was in pursuance of this plan, that he afterwards burned down the sheds erected by the Hong Kong authorities, and opposed, by force of arms, the occupation of the leased territory; and had it not been that he was worsted in his encounter with the British troops, he would have attacked the island of Hong Kong itself.\n\nIn view of the gravity of the situation which these facts evince, I trust that Her Majesty's Government will take the subject of this despatch into their most serious consideration, and that they may see their way so to amend the procedure in extradition cases, that Hong Kong will cease to be a refuge for the criminal classes in the south of China.\n\nThe precedents hereinbefore alluded to proving the legal enactments, when at variance with a Treaty, are to be held as being subordinate to Treaty obligations, would, it seems to me, make this a matter of easy accomplishment.\n\nI have, &c.\n(Signed) LO TĂNG LUH.",
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        "content_text": "374 \n\nThe quarters are not sufficient for the Postmen. It \nis possible this could be alleviated by building an extra story \nabove the present rooms. \n\n34 \n\nThe Postmen have no distinctive uniforms, and it would be a good thing if this could be supplied. \nIt was stated to me by the Postmaster and the 2nd Clerk that \nPostmen have complained of not being admitted to deliver letters in some cases as they were not known as postmen, and this \nmay possibly account for some of the cases of late delivery \nmentioned by Mr. Wright. \n\n35. Many of the large firms in Shanghai \nsend the bulk of their letters through the French and German \nPost Offices, although I understand that with parcels, registered, and important articles, they use the British Post Office. \n\n36. I visited the French and German Post \nOffices when in Shanghai and found that at the former, I could purchase 13 stamps of 25 centimes each, and at the latter, 12 of 20 pfennings each for one dollar, so that by using the French Post Office, 13 letters, and by German, 12 letters, of one ounce each can be sent to Europe for one dollar, as against 10 by \nBritish. \n\n37. This is an anomaly, and it appears \nto me that the French and German Post Offices are sailing very near the wind as regards an infringement of Article IV \nof the detailed regulations attached to the Postal Convention \nof Washington of June 1897. \n\n38.",
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        "content_text": "COPY.\n\nENCLOSURE/\n\n0\n\n679\n\n29157\n\nAbstract and Translation of an Article in the Chung Kwok Po of the 18th June, 1901.\n\nAn Invitation for Essays on the Protection of Life in Hongkong (from the Plague) and an Offer of Rewards for the same.\n\nAbstract.\n\nFully 10,000 have died from plague these last 8 years in Hongkong. Chinese and Foreign Doctors fold their hands (in helplessness). It originates probably from overcrowding and bad smells. The Government has kept on increasing the stringency of the Sanitary Laws. At first these were viewed with apprehension by the Chinese who were unaccustomed to them. The plague is more virulent this year, and, while on the one hand the Sanitary Board carries out its measures as usual, on the other hand corpses are left in the Streets. Counsels are divided. The Death Register will show 99% of the deaths to be Chinese.\n\nWe propose to give rewards for Essays offering suggestions for dealing with the plague, and to obtain in this way the benefit of the advice of intelligent persons. The essays may be in English or Chinese.\n\nI. The title to be Essay on the Protection of Life (from the Plague), and to contain not less than 1,000 characters.\n\nII. The subject of the essays is to be: the prevention of the plague; precautions to be taken against it, and the treatment of it; and will include cleanliness of persons, ventilation of houses, the changing of the plans on which houses are built, repairs and superintendence of drains, and full details as to Medical treatment, and the care of those who have been attacked with the plague. We must ask that each item be discussed separately. The question may be dealt with both as they affect Chinese and foreigners, but more weight is to be attached to the Chinese side of the question. Those who have to deal with these matters will then have the opportunity of pondering over the wishes of the community and selecting some of the plans suggested. Thus there will no longer exist mutual suspicious fears, and annoyances. Nothing whatever is to be written that will offend others nor anything relating to religion.\n\nIII. It is arranged that there shall be selected out of the essayists the first to receive $15 as a prize; the second $10, the third $5. If there are other good essays, which we cannot make up our minds to entirely reject, we shall print them in our paper and place the essayists on our free list for 6 months.\n\nIV. The 20th of the 5th Moon (5th July) is fixed as the date after which no further essays will be received.\n\nV. All who compete must write their names, professions or occupations and their addresses; so that when the successful...",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE I.\n\nWhere, on the death of any person holding real property (or property not personal), within the territories of one of the Contracting Parties, such real property would, by the laws of the land, pass to a subject or citizen of the other, were he not disqualified by the laws of the country where such real property is situated, such subject or citizen shall be allowed a term of three years in which to sell the same, this term to be reasonably prolonged if circumstances render it necessary, and to withdraw the proceeds thereof without restraint or interference, and exempt from any succession, probate, or administrative duties or charges other than those which may be imposed in like cases upon the subjects or citizens of the country from which such proceeds may be drawn.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe subjects or citizens of each of the Contracting Parties shall have full power to dispose of their personal property within the territories of the other by testament, donation, or otherwise; and their heirs, legatees, and donees, being subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Party, whether resident or non-resident, shall succeed to their said personal property, and may take possession thereof either by themselves, or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their pleasure, paying such duties only as the citizens or subjects of the country where the property lies shall be liable to pay in like cases.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nIn case of the death of any subject of Her Britannic Majesty in the United States, or of any citizen of the United States of America in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, without having, in the country of his decease, any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest Consular officer of the nation to which the deceased person belonged of the circumstance, in order that the necessary information may be immediately forwarded to persons interested.\n\nThe said Consular officer shall have the right to appear, personally or by delegate, in all proceedings on behalf of the absent heirs or creditors until they are otherwise represented.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe stipulations of the present Convention shall not be applicable to any of the Colonies or foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty unless notice to that effect shall have been given, on behalf of any such Colony or foreign possession, by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative at Washington to the United States' Secretary of State within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention.\n\nIt is understood that, under the provisions of this Article, Her Majesty can in the same manner give notice of adhesion on behalf of any British Protectorate or sphere of Influence, or on behalf of the Island of Cyprus, in virtue of the Convention of the 4th June, 1878, between Great Britain and Turkey.\n\nThe provisions of this Convention shall extend and apply to any territory or territories pertaining to or occupied and governed by the United States beyond the seas only upon notice to that effect being given by the Representative of the United States at London, by direction of the Treaty-making power of the United States.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nIn all that concerns the right of disposing of every kind of property, real or personal, subjects or citizens of each of the High Contracting Parties shall, in the dominions of the other, enjoy the rights which are or may be accorded to the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nThe present Convention shall come into effect ten days after the day upon which the ratifications are exchanged, and shall remain in force for ten years after such exchange. In case neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of the intention to terminate the present Convention, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given such notice.\n\nHer Britannic Majesty or the United States shall also have the right separately to terminate the present Convention at any time, on giving twelve months notice to that effect in regard to any British Colony, foreign possession, or dependency, as specified in Article IV, which may have acceded thereto.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nThe present Convention shall be duly ratified by Her Britannic Majesty and by the President of the United States, by and with the approval of the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London or in Washington.\n\n37.5 Fortel\n\nActing Attorney General.",
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        "content_text": "(iii) What portions of the Bill differ from the corresponding section of the repealed Ordinance, in which cases the word \"amended\" (see clauses 6 and 25) appears in the margin after the section and number of the repealed Ordinance.\n\n(iv) What portions of the Bill are new. (See clauses 18 and 22.)\n\nClasses (i) and (ii) of the above classes of clauses seem to require no comment.\n\nAs regards class (iii), clause 6 of this Bill differs from section 5 of Ordinance 16 of 1886 in the following respects, namely:\n\n(1) The power to revoke, add to, or alter rules is omitted as being now implied by virtue of the provisions of section 35 of the Interpretation Ordinance (No. 24) of 1897.\n\n(ii) The clause is split up into paragraphs (a), (b), (c), etc. for the purpose of greater clearness and convenience.\n\n(iii) In paragraphs (a) and (b) the word \"First\" is inserted before the word \"Schedule,\" that being a necessary consequential amendment.\n\nIn paragraph (c):\n\n(1) The words \"under this Ordinance\" have been inserted for the sake of greater precision; and\n\n(2) The words \"and also the manner of cancelling the same\" have been added so as to make provision for what shall be deemed cancellation. (See clauses 23 and 27.)\n\nParagraph (e) is entirely new and has been introduced to cover the over-embossing process which has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State.\n\nIn paragraph (g) the words \"carrying out of the provisions of\" have been substituted for the word \"execution\" in the repealed enactment.\n\nIn clause 25 of this Bill the words \"within the meaning of this section\" are substituted for the words \"within the meaning of this notice.\"\n\nI now proceed to consider the new provisions of the Bill. The object of sub-section 1(a) of clause 18 of the Bill is to introduce certain provisions of the English Legislature into this Colony in order to prevent rich persons who fall seriously ill from conveying away their property, a few days before their death, so as to evade probate duty. A few cases of this kind have recently occurred in this Colony.\n\nThe object of sub-section 1(b) and 1(c) of clause 18 of the Bill, which are also founded upon English legislation, is to thwart other possible devices by which probate duty might be evaded.\n\nSub-sections (2) and (3) of clause 18 of the Bill have been introduced for the express purpose of preventing attempts at evasion of probate duty under the plea that valuable consideration has been paid.\n\nClause 22 of the Bill contains provisions which are entirely new to this Colony, though similar provisions have been in force in England for some years past and have been law in the Straits Settlements ever since the passing of their Ordinance X of 1885. I think that it will be readily conceded that the introduction of such a clause in this Colony is desirable. The proviso at the end of clause 22 has been inserted in view of certain special powers which have been conferred upon the Official Administrator, the Colonial Treasurer, and the Captain Superintendent of Police, in certain cases, under the provisions of sections 14, 19, 62, 63, and 64 of The Probates Ordinance, 3 of 1897.\n\nArticle 43 in the Schedule to the Bill makes probate duty payable on a higher scale than heretofore, and assimilates the scale of probate duty which is chargeable in this Colony to that which is charged in the Straits Settlements, (see the Straits Ordinance X of 1885) except that the value of exempted estates remains fixed at $250, as it has hitherto been in Hongkong, instead of being altered to $500. Under our present law contained in Article 31 of the Schedule of Ordinance 16 of 1886 as amended by section 5 of Ordinance 13 of 1894, the probate duty charged is one per cent. where the value of the estate does not exceed $5,000, and two per cent. where such value exceeds $5,000; and I think that it will be readily conceded that such rate is a very low one, especially when it is borne in mind that in Great Britain 3 sets of duties are levied, namely, Probate Duty, Legacy or Succession Duty, and Estate Duty.\n\nIn Great Britain the Probate Duty alone between £100 and £500 (which is roughly equivalent to $1,000 to $5,000) is 2 per cent., between £500 and £1,000, 2½ per cent., and above £1,000, 3 per cent.\n\nPage 487\n\nWith a view to facilitate the comparison of the First Schedule of the Ordinance with the Schedule to Ordinance 16 of 1886, as amended by Ordinances 14 of 1880 and 13 of 1894, I am sending with this Report a copy of the Stamp Ordinance, containing marginal references showing from what previous enactments the provisions of the various Articles in the First Schedule have been taken. The references to Orders in Council relate to Rules made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of Ordinance 16 of 1886.\n\nWith regard to Bank Cheques (see Article 11 in the First Schedule) it will be noticed that the Stamp Duty on Bank Cheques as well as on Bank Notes is now made collectable on a statement furnished by the Bank. The reason for this change is that the Colonial Treasurer reported that it would be much easier in that way to keep an efficient check on the receipts of Stamp Duty on Bank Cheques, inasmuch as such Stamp Duty will continue to be denoted by an impressed stamp and not by \" adhesive stamps or over-embossed 'DOL SPENDORS.'\" The local Banks have raised no objections to this change in procedure.",
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        "content_text": "## Intermediate Examination. After one year's study.\n\n1. Wade's Despatches, Parts I to VI.\n2. Unseen translations---\n   (a) A simple Chinese petition.\n   (b) An easy article from a Chinese newspaper, with the aid of a dictionary.\n   (c) An easy Chinese despatch, with the aid of teacher and dictionary.\n   (d) An easy English despatch, with the aid of teacher and dictionary.\n3. Tsz' Wa King T'ám, Parts I and II.\n4. The Liu Ch'ai, chapters I to V.\n5. Colloquial.\n   (a) General conversation and interpretation.\n   (b) Hopkins, Part III, *viva voce*.\n   (c) Tsz' Wa King T'ám, volume I, *viva voce*.\n6. To write at dictation from the first 500 characters of a list prepared by the Board of Examiners.\n7. General interpretation and conversation.\n\n## Final Examination. After two years' study.\n\n1. Wade's Despatches, Parts VII to XVI.\n2. Unseen translations---\n   (a) A simple Chinese petition.\n   (b) An easy article from a Chinese newspaper, with the aid of a dictionary.\n   (c) An easy Chinese despatch, with the aid of teacher and dictionary.\n   (d) An easy English despatch, with the aid of teacher and dictionary.\n3. Tsz' Wa King T'ám, parts III and IV.\n4. The Liu Ch'ai, chapters I to IX and XI.\n5. Colloquial.\n   (a) General conversation and interpretation.\n   (b) Hopkins, part IV, *viva voce*.\n   (c) Tsz' Wa King T'ám, volume I, *viva voce*.\n6. A general paper on Chinese, in preparation for which the study of the following books is recommended:-\n   (a) The Middle Kingdom, by Wells.\n   (b) Chinese Literature, by Giles.\n   (c) Historical China, by Giles.\n   (d) China, Her History, Diplomacy, and Commerce, by Parker.\n   (e) Chinese Characteristics, by Smith.\n   (f) Things Chinese, by Ball.\n7. To write at dictation from the first 1,000 characters of a list prepared by the Board of Examiners.\n\n328",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA TRADE\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n### No. 1\n\n434\n\n[October 13.]\n\n## SECTION 1\n\n**C. O.**\n1 40009\n\n(No. 115.) My Lord,\n\nSir J. Mackay to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received October 13.)\n\nShanghae, September 8, 1902.\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit herein twelve copies of the English text of the new Treaty, with its annexes.\n\nSince the date of my last general Report to your Lordship on the progress of negotiations, No. 105 of the 16th August, I have had meetings with the Chinese Commissioners, or their Secretaries, on an average at least once every day.\n\nIn the course of these interviews new points were constantly raised, sometimes by one Viceroy, sometimes by another, and old points raked up which were supposed by both sides to have been already settled.\n\nAmong these the question of the currency Article came up. Viceroy Liu, being apparently nervous that merchants might claim to substitute the new coin for the Haikwan tael in payment of customs duties, no matter what its value, asked the Commissioners to send me a despatch in which the Viceroy's view that such action was not contemplated by the Treaty was clearly laid down. In compliance with their Excellencies' request, I sent them a reply confirming this view, and I took the opportunity of adding some words which made it clear that free coinage of silver is contemplated in the new currency organization—a stipulation which I was unable to get inserted when the Article was agreed owing to the absolute ignorance and consequent suspicion of the Chinese on the subject.\n\nAt their Excellencies' desire these despatches are added to the Treaty as annexes, and therefore the Chinese stand now, to some extent, committed to establish free coinage of silver.\n\nIn regard to Article IV, a despatch, translation of which is inclosed, was addressed to me in reply to the note which I sent in accordance with your Lordship's instructions on the subject of reserving the right of His Majesty's Government to take Diplomatic action. The despatch does not seem to be in any way a bar to such action being taken if necessary, and I have, therefore, let the matter rest at this point.\n\nYour Lordship will remember that it was settled at Wuchang that silk was to pass free through all native custom-houses. Shortly before the final preparations for the signature of the Treaty, I discovered that in the Chinese text the word \"cocoons\" had been substituted for \"silk,\" owing to the inadvertence of one of Sheng Kung-pao's bad Secretaries, and that, this word having been submitted to the Throne instead of the word \"silk,\" the Chinese were anxious to have the English text made to correspond. At first I refused, but after some discussion a compromise was come to under which only cocoons pass free through the native custom-houses, being liable, though, to full export duty, while silk is to pay, like other goods, 2 1/4 per cent. ad valorem at the first native custom-house, but is to get the amount returned at the place of export. Both silk and cocoons remain free from the surtax as decided at Wuchang.\n\nYour Lordship will perceive that, as a result of much tedious negotiation, I have been able to render the safeguards somewhat more stringent against violation of the provisions of the Treaty. The rights of His Majesty's Ministers, for instance, to interfere in cases of complaint is definitely recognized by China—an important point, as it is often difficult to get Chinese to take the initiative and make a complaint. I am indebted to Mr. Cockburn for this suggestion, made to me from Peking when he saw the draft of `Article VIII`.\n\nIn regard to inland navigation it will be seen that the wording of Rule I is somewhat peculiar, as the first sentence alludes to steam-ship owners, and the second to merchants. This is a suggestion of the Chinese themselves, and I have been unable to understand why they did not ask to have the word \"merchants\" changed to \"steam-ship owners\" in the second paragraph.\n\nI have myself fruitlessly endeavoured to induce the Chinese to substitute the word \"merchants\" for \"ship-owners\" in the first paragraph on account of the former word being more comprehensive.",
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        "content_text": "437 \n\n6 \n\npresentation to the Customs of the papers entitling the applicant to receive such Drawback Certificates.\n\nThese Certificates shall be valid tender to the Customs authorities in payment of any duty upon goods imported or exported (transit dues excepted), or shall, in the case of Drawbacks on foreign goods re-exported abroad within three years from the date of importation, be payable in cash without deduction by the Customs Bank at the place where the import duty was paid.\n\nBut if, in connection with any application for a Drawback Certificate, the Customs Authorities discover an attempt to defraud the revenue, the applicant shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five times the amount of the duty whereof he attempted to defraud the Customs, or to a confiscation of the goods.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nChina agrees to take the necessary steps to provide for a uniform national coinage which shall be legal tender in payment of all duties, taxes, and other obligations throughout the Empire by British as well as Chinese subjects.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nChina agrees that the duties and li-kin combined levied on goods carried by junks from Hong Kong to the Treaty ports in the Canton Province, and vice versa, shall together not be less than the duties charged by the Imperial Maritime Customs on similar goods carried by steamer.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nWhereas questions have arisen in the past concerning the right of Chinese subjects to invest money in non-Chinese enterprises and companies, and whereas it is a matter of common knowledge that large sums of Chinese capital are so invested, China hereby agrees to recognize the legality of all such investments, past, present, and future.\n\nIt being, moreover, of the utmost importance that all shareholders in a Joint-Stock Company should stand on a footing of perfect equality as far as mutual obligations are concerned, China further agrees that Chinese subjects who have or may become shareholders in any British Joint-Stock Company shall be held to have accepted, by the very act of becoming shareholders, the Charter of Incorporation or Memorandum and Articles of Association of such Company, and regulations framed thereunder as interpreted by British Courts, and that Chinese Courts shall enforce compliance therewith by such Chinese shareholders, if a suit to that effect be entered, provided always that their liability shall not be other or greater than that of British shareholders in the same Company.\n\nSimilarly the British Government agree that British subjects investing in Chinese Companies shall be under the same obligations as the Chinese shareholders in such Companies.\n\nThe foregoing shall not apply to cases which have already been before the Courts and been dismissed.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake to remove within the next two years the artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River.\n\nThe Chinese Government also agree to improve the accommodation for shipping in the harbour of Canton, and to take the necessary steps to maintain that improvement, such work to be carried out by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and the cost thereof to be defrayed by a tax on goods landed and shipped by British and Chinese alike according to a scale to be arranged between the merchants and Customs.\n\nThe Chinese Government are aware of the desirability of improving the navigability by steamer of the waterway between Ichang and Chungking, but are also fully aware that such improvement might involve heavy expense, and would affect the interests of the population of the Provinces of Szechuen, Hunan, and Hupeh. It is, therefore, mutually agreed that until improvements can be carried out steamship owners shall be allowed, subject to approval by the Imperial Maritime Customs, to erect, at their own expense, appliances for hauling through the rapids. Such appliances shall be at the disposal of all vessels, both steamers and junks, subject to regulations to be drawn up by the Imperial Maritime Customs. These appliances shall not obstruct the waterway or interfere with the free passage of junks. Signal stations and channel marks where and when necessary shall be erected by the Imperial Maritime Customs. Should any practical scheme be presented for improving the waterway and assisting navigation without injury to the local population or cost to the Chinese Government, it shall be considered by the latter in a friendly spirit.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nThe Chinese Government agree to make arrangements to give increased facilities at the open ports for bonding and for repacking merchandise in bond, and, on official representation being made by the British Authorities, to grant the privileges of a bonded warehouse to any warehouse which it is established to the satisfaction of the Customs Authorities affords the necessary security to the revenue.\n\nSuch warehouses will be subject to regulations, including a scale of fees according to commodities, distance from Custom-House, and hours of working, to be drawn up by the Customs Authorities, who will meet the convenience of merchants so far as is compatible with the protection of the revenue.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nInasmuch as the British Government afford protection to Chinese trade marks against infringement, imitation, or colourable imitation by British subjects, the Chinese Government undertake to afford protection to British trade marks against infringement, imitation, or colourable imitation by Chinese subjects.\n\nThe Chinese Government further undertake that the Superintendents of Northern and of Southern trade shall establish offices within their respective jurisdictions under control of the Imperial Maritime Customs, where foreign trade marks may be registered on payment of a reasonable fee.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\n### PREAMBLE\n\nThe Chinese Government, recognizing that the system of levying li-kin and other dues on goods at the place of production, in transit, and at destination, impedes the free circulation of commodities and injures the interests of trade, hereby undertake to discard completely those means of raising revenue with the limitation mentioned in Section 8.\n\nThe British Government, in return, consent to allow a surtax in excess of the Tariff rates for the time being in force to be imposed on foreign goods imported by British subjects and a surtax in addition to the export duty on Chinese produce destined for export abroad or coastwise.\n\nIt is clearly understood that, after li-kin barriers and other stations for taxing goods in transit have been removed, no attempt shall be made to revive them in any form or under any pretext whatsoever; that in no case shall the surtax on foreign imports exceed the equivalent of one and a-half times the import duty leviable in terms of the Final Protocol signed by China and the Powers on the 7th day of September, 1901; that payment of the import duty and surtax shall secure for foreign imports, whether in the hands of Chinese or non-Chinese subject, in original packages or otherwise, complete immunity from all other taxation, examination, or delay; that the total amount of taxation leviable on native produce for export abroad shall, under no circumstances, exceed 7 per cent. ad valorem.\n\nKeeping these fundamental principles steadily in view, the High Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following methods of procedure:\n\n### Section 1\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake that all barriers of whatsoever kind, collecting li-kin or such like dues or duties, shall be permanently abolished on all roads, railways, and waterways in the Eighteen Provinces of China and the Three Eastern Provinces. This provision does not apply to the Native Custom-Houses at present in existence on the seaboard or waterways, at Open Ports, on land routes, and on land frontiers of China.\n\n### Sec. 2\n\nThe British Government agree that foreign goods on importation, in addition to the effective 5 per cent. import duty as provided for in the Protocol of 1901, shall pay a special surtax equivalent to one and a-half times the said duty to compensate",
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        "content_text": "## 16\n\nIn the event of a Chinese Company registered under Chinese law being formed to run steamers on the inland waters of China, the fact of British subjects holding shares in such a Company shall not entitle the steamers to fly the British flag.\n\n6. Registered steamers and their tows are forbidden, just as junks have always been forbidden, to carry contraband goods. Infraction of this rule will entail the penalties provided in the Treaties for such an offence, and cancellation of the Inland Waters Navigation Os dados carried by the vessels, which will be prohibited from thereafter plying on inland waters.\n\n7. As it is desirable that the people living inland should be disturbed as little as possible by the advent of steam-vessels to which they are not accustomed, inland waters not hitherto frequented by steamers shall be opened as gradually as may be convenient to merchants and only as the owners of steamers may see prospect of remunerative trade.\n\nIn cases where it is intended to run steam-vessels on waterways on which such vessels have not hitherto run, intimation shall be made to the Commissioner of Customs at the nearest open port, who shall report the matter to the Ministers of Commerce. The latter, in conjunction with the Governor-General or the Governor of the Province, after careful consideration of all the circumstances of the case, shall at once give their approval.\n\n8. A registered steamer may ply within the waters of a port, or from one open port or ports to another open port or ports, or from one open port or ports to places inland, and thence back to such port or ports. She may, on making due report to the Customs, land or ship passengers or cargo at any recognized places of trade passed in the course of the voyage; but may not ply between inland places exclusively except with the consent of the Chinese Government.\n\n9. Any cargo and passenger boats may be towed by steamers. The helmsman and crew of any boat towed shall be Chinese. All boats, irrespective of ownership, must be registered before they can proceed inland.\n\n10. These Rules are supplementary to the Inland Steam Navigation Regulations of July and September, 1898. The latter, where untouched by the present Rules, remain in full force and effect, but the present Rules hold in the case of such of the former Regulations as the present Rules affect. The present Rules and the Regulations of July and September, 1898, to which they are supplementary, are provisional, and may be modified, as circumstances require, by mutual consent.\n\nDone at Shanghae this 5th day of September in the year of our Lord, 1902; corresponding with the Chinese date, the 4th day of the 8th moon of the 28th year of Kwang Hsi.\n\n(L.S.) JAS. L. MACKAY.\n\n(Signature of his Excellency Lü Hai-huan.) (Signature of his Excellency Sheng Hsuan-huai.)\n\n(Seal of the Chinese Plenipotentiaries.)\n\n## (Translation.) Your Excellency,\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1, Chinese Commissioners to Sir. J. Mackay.\n\nShanghae, August 19, 1902. We have the honour to address you that at the meeting on the 2nd of this moon (5th August), your Excellency said, as recorded in the Minutes, that this Treaty would stand or fall as a whole, and that the British Government would never think of rejecting Article VIII on the one hand and accepting the other Articles on the other. Again, at the meeting on the 15th of this moon (18th August), we took occasion to repeat to your Excellency the above understanding, and were informed by your Excellency that when you had instructions from your Government to sign the Treaty, it would mean that the whole Treaty was accepted. We replied that, although your Excellency might be prepared to sign the whole Treaty, the same must be ratified by your Government, and your Excellency replied that your Government would regard the Treaty as a whole, which, if accepted, would be accepted in its entirety, or, if rejected, would be also in its entirety.\n\nBegging that your Excellency will give us a reply, we have, &c.\n\n(Signed) LÜ. SHENG.\n\n## 17\n\n### Inclosure 3 in No. 1. Sir J. Mackay to Chinese Commissioners.\n\n442\n\nGentlemen,\n\nShanghae, August 19, 1902. In reply to your Excellencies' letter of the 18th instant regarding the ratification of the Treaty as a whole, I have the honour to inform you that if the Treaty is signed by me I will undertake that His Majesty's Government, when they come to ratify it, shall either ratify it as a whole or reject it entirely.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) JAS. L. MACKAY.\n\n### Inclosure 4 in No. 1. Chinese Commissioners to Sir J. Mackay.\n\nShanghae, August 25, 1902. We have the honour to communicate herewith copy of a despatch we received from his Excellency Liu, Governor-General of the Liang Chiang and Superintendent of Southern Trade, on the 20th instant.\n\n(Seal of Chinese Commissioners.)\n\n#### His Excellency Liu to Chinese Commissioners.\n\nOn the 7th instant I received a despatch from you, transmitting the following communication from Sir James Mackay, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner for Treaty Revision:-\n\n\"The various details of Article IV of the new Treaty dealing with the liability of Chinese and non-Chinese shareholders having been already settled between us, I wish now clearly to state, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, that, although they do not propose to cite the last section of the Article agreed upon, they reserve to themselves the right of at any time renewing diplomatic correspondence with regard to the Bank of China and Japan case and other cases similar thereto.”\n\nYou inclosed the English version and a copy of Article agreed upon, and requested me to look into the case and to state my objections. I would point out in reply that the main object of the Treaty, as negotiated, is to secure future advantages and to obviate the possibility of the interests of either country being prejudiced hereafter. The Article now drawn up can therefore only refer to subsequent matters, and no antecedent case which has formed subject of diplomatic correspondence can be held to come within its scope.\n\nThe case of the Bank of China and Japan and other similar cases referred to by Sir James Mackay have been before International Courts, and have nothing to do with the Commercial Treaty. Moreover, the Bank of China and Japan's suit has been adjudicated upon on the lines of the Judgment given by the United States' Courts, and cannot be reopened, because at present a Treaty happens to be in course of negotiation. I have explained the situation by telegraph to the Wai-wu Pu and his Excellency the Governor-General of the Hukuang, and herewith communicate my views to you for your consideration.\n\n### (Translation.)\n\n#### Inclosure 5 in No. 1. Chinese Commissioners to Sir J. Mackay.\n\nShanghae, August 27, 1902. On comparing the Chinese and English texts of Article IX, we find that the English version you have sent us states that \"any mining concession granted after the publication of these new Rules shall be subject to their provisions.\" This is at \n\n[2284 n-1]",
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        "content_text": "## No. 2817 \nC \n\n**DESPATCH** \n\n30 JUL 03 \n\nNo. 300 \n1903 \n\n**MO 2347** \nCopy \n\nRef. (Subject) \nParcels Post Convention with US \n\nto conclusion of convention $5 c. \naques to conclusion of \nohd equal 24 c. US \n\nir Johnson \n\n**(Minutes)** \n35 Mhong \n\nThe variation of their rate here suggested \nis very small \n+ for the sake of \ncommerce had better be accepted. \n\nI take his meaning to be that he only wishes the alteration to be made article IV 3, leaving 15 cents \nin article IV 4 & I 3 (Though their \nPo. equivalent for 5 cents American for ordinary postal packages is recent;y \nLand uḥy \nsaying that if this P.m.q. \nthis slight alteration \nis ... \n\n**MO 3062** \nsubsequent Paper \nof the rates \npropose to aid the apist \nConclude \napel \nif possible with the maximum weight of 5 Kilos restored but, if...",
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        "content_text": "# IV. Eastern Extension Company's Cable to Labuan & Singapore\n\nCopy Agreement of 28th October, 1893 between the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies and The Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limited for the Submarine Telegraph Cable connecting Hong Kong with Labuan and Singapore.\n\nAgreement made the 28th day of October, 1893, Between The Most Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, &c., Secretary of State for the Colonies of the one part, and the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limited (hereinafter called the Company) of the other part.\n\nWhereas it is expedient that the existing telegraphic communication with Hong Kong should be strengthened by the laying of a second submarine telegraph cable between Singapore and Hong Kong without touching at any point not in British Territory and connecting Labuan en route.\n\nAnd Whereas the Company are prepared to provide, lay, and work such a cable forthwith at their own cost on the conditions hereinafter expressed. It is hereby agreed as follows:-\n\n## Article 1\nThe Company will at their own cost and as promptly as possible, provide and lay a submarine telegraph cable connecting Singapore and Hong Kong, and will work and maintain the same in good condition (save in cases of force majeure) for the term of twenty-five years from the date thereof, and upon the same terms and conditions as the existing cables of the Company except so far as the same terms and conditions are varied by this Agreement in respect of the new cable.\n\n## Article 2\nDuring the term of this Agreement all messages on the service of the Imperial Government or of the Colonial Government of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, or Labuan, may be sent over any line owned or controlled by the Company at one half the rate paid by the public.\n\n## Article 3\nHer Majesty's Government will invite the Colonial Governments of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and Labuan, to provide that the Company's repairing steamers and all cables, cable apparatus, telegraphic instruments, and materials which are used solely for the purposes of the Company in laying, repairing, or working the new cable shall, during the term of this Agreement, be exempt from payment of port and light dues at Hong Kong, Singapore, and Labuan.\n\n## Article 4\nIn consideration of the engagement entered into by the Company in this Agreement, and of the strict fulfilment thereof, Her Majesty's Government undertakes to secure the Company against competition to the extent following, that is to say: -\n\nHer Majesty's Government will not during the term of this Agreement lay, nor grant nor permit to be granted any concession or authority for laying any new submarine cables connected with Hong Kong, Singapore, or Labuan (whether in competition with the cables of the Company or not) unless such new cables should in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government be found necessary in the public interest of Great Britain, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, or Labuan, or in the general interests of international telegraphic communication. Provided Always",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 5\n## Schedule of Correspondence\n42573\nRace\njosat 23 NOV 03.\n126\n\n### Part I\nComplaint by the then Acting Puisne Judge against the conduct of Mr. J. W. N. Kyshe.\n\n### Part II\nAppointment of an Extra Deputy Registrar.\n\n### Part III\nThe alleged publication of an Article in the \"Hongkong Telegraph\" by Mr. J. W. N. Kyshe.\n\n### Part IV\nComplaint by Mr. Kyshe against Mr. B. B. Sharp.\n\n### Part V\nCopies of certain correspondence from and to Mr. Kyshe.",
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        "content_text": "# INTERPRETATION OF EXTRADITION TREATIES.\n\nIn my judgment these treaties ought to receive a liberal interpretation, which means no more than that they should receive their true construction according to their language, object, and intent. I know no head of the French law for which an exact equivalent is to be found in the law of England. The English and French texts of the treaty are not translations of one another. They are different versions, but versions which, on the whole, are in substantial agreement.\n\nPer Lord RUSSELL, C.J., In re Arton, L.R. Q.B.D. 1896 (1) 509; 65 L.J.M.C. 50; 18 Cox C.C. 277; 60 J.P. 132.\n\n# ON APPEAL, NEW MATERIALS MAY BE PRESENTED TO THE KING'S BENCH DIVISION BESIDES WHAT WAS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE,\n\nPer DENMAN, J.: The Act itself requires the Magistrate to inform the prisoner that he may apply for a habeas corpus, and, if he is entitled to apply for a habeas corpus, justice must have power to go into the whole matter, and I think it follows that the Queen's Bench Division in some cases, if there be certainly fresh evidence and cogent evidence, it could not say for a moment that it would feel itself crippled by the mere fact that the Magistrate, upon much less evidence, or perhaps upon the same evidence had taken a different view of the matter.\n\nPer HAWKINS, J.: If a man has a right to move for a habeas corpus in order that the case may be reviewed, it would be an absurdity to say that he might not enter into those matters which showed that he had been guilty of no offence at all; and by no means was the matter concluded by the Magistrate's decision that he be committed for trial, because the Magistrate does not sit, when he is committing for trial, as a Magistrate sitting finally to dispose of the case, and to give judgment upon it. I think that they (the provisions of the Act) are quite sufficient certainly to satisfy me that the Magistrate's decision is by no means binding, either in point of law or in point of fact, and that, when these matters come to be considered upon the habeas corpus, if the Judges have to consider the case, they must consider the case as it is before them at the time the rule is discussed, and I think that we are not bound by, though we pay respect to, what the Magistrate's views were.\n\nIn re Castioni, L.R. Q.B.D. 1891 (1) 149; 60 L.J.M.C. 22; 64 L.T. (N.S.) 344; 17 Cox C.C. 225; 55 J.P. 328.\n\n(But see also later case of In re Arton (p. 23), L.R. Q.B.D. 1896 (I) 509; 65 L.J.M.C. 50; 18 Cox C.C. 277; 60 J.P. 132, where Lord Russell, C.J., said: \"We are not a Court of Appeal on questions of fact from him (the Magistrate). We have only to see that he had such evidence before him as gave him authority and jurisdiction to commit.\")\n\n(See also In re Arton (p. 23), L.R. Q.B.D. 1896 (1) 108; 65 L.J.M.C. 23, where Lord Russell, C.J., said \"The Court is bound to see whether or not a prima facie case has been made out before the Magistrate.\")\n\nPage 7\n\n# EX PARTE BOUVIER. France.\n\n21st November, 1872.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH: COCKBURN, C.J., MELLOR and BLACKBURN, JJ.\n\n42 L.J. Q.B. 17; 12 Cox C.C. 303; 27 L.T. (N.S.) 844. Committed for extradition, by Police Magistrate of Jersey, for \"fuum et banqueroute frauduleuse.\" The French warrant had been granted upon a judgment of an Assize Court, on which Bouvier had been condemned on three several charges of abus de confiance, forgery, and fraudulent bankruptcy. Abus de confiance was not an offence included in the Convention of 13th February, 1843.\n\nContended: No power under the Convention or under the Act of 1870 to surrender for abus de confiance. No power to surrender the criminal inasmuch as no provision or arrangement had been made as required by section 3 (2) of the Extradition Act, 1870.\n\nAffidavit of the officially appointed Counsel to the French Embassy put in as to the state of French law.\n\nHeld: That under the existing law of France such provision is made.\n\n(See also case of United States v. Lawrence, 13 Cox C.C. 361)\n\n(And see now Article IV. of the treaty with France of 14th August, 1876.)\n\n# EX PARTE ELISE COUNHAYE.\n\nBelgium.\n\n23rd May, 1873.\n\nQUEEN'S BENCH : BLACKBURN, QUAIN, and ARCHIBALD, JJ.\n\nL.R. 8 Q.B. 410; 42 L.J.Q.B. 217.\n\nAccused of complicity in her husband's bankruptcy.\n\nContended: (i.) Complicity in a fraudulent bankruptcy is not a crime within the Extradition Act.\n\nA treaty cannot extend the Act. (ii.) The facts charged were committed before the Act was passed, and section 6 does not apply to crimes committed before the Act was passed.\n\n(i.) The depositions were not taken before the Magistrate who issued the warrant as required by Article II. of the treaty.\n\n(iv.) The depositions are not receivable not having been taken in the presence of the accused.\n\n(v.) The Belgian warrant is bad, charging crime in France; and it is not for the same crime as the English commitment.\n\nPer COLERIDGE, A.G. - Accessories before the fact are not mentioned in the Schedule to the Act because at common law they are in effect the same as principals, and aiders and abettors can by statute be tried as well as punished as principals.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government]\n\n19\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nPour rendre efficace la coopération du Portugal pour la perception et le contrôle des droits sur l'opium importé à Macao et exporté de Macao pour les ports Chinois, il y aura à Macao, en un endroit choisi d'accord entre le Gouvernement de la Colonie et l'Administration des Douanes Impériales Maritimes Chinoises, une Délégation de ces Douanes.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nCette Délégation contrôlera l'entrée, et la sortie de l'opium à Macao, et percevra les droits dus à la Chine.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nCette Délégation accordera à tous les bateaux sortant de Macao les mêmes privilèges, et leur appliquera les mêmes Règlements que si cette Délégation était une Douane Maritime d'un port à Traité.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nUn Règlement établi d'accord entre les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes réglera le fonctionnement de cette Délégation des Douanes Impériales Maritimes de manière à sauvegarder les intérêts légitimes des deux pays.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nAfin d'éviter les discussions qui pourraient se produire, ce Traité sera en trois langues.\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\nThe Marquess of Lansdowne to Mr. Townley.\n\n[January 27.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n(No. 21.) Sir,\n\nForeign Office, January 27, 1903.\n\nI HAVE received Sir E. Satow's despatch No. 351 of the 19th November last, forwarding correspondence with the Chinese Government in regard to the movement of grain from one port to another in China.\n\nSir E. Satow states that, in view of the frequent violations by the Chinese authorities of the provisions of the Treaty of Tien-tsin on the subject, and to prevent their continuance, he suggested to the Chinese Government the immediate adoption of Article XIV of the new Commercial Treaty regulating the procedure to be observed in cases where it might be wished to prohibit the movement of grain.\n\nHis suggestion was, however, rejected by the Chinese Government.\n\nI concur in Sir E. Satow's opinion that this reply makes it clear that the Chinese Government is not disposed to adopt any measures which, while protecting the local supplies from depletion, would hamper the local officials in their illegal operations.\n\nIn these circumstances you should inform the Chinese Government that His Majesty's Government, taking their stand on the clearly-expressed wording of paragraph 3 of Rule 5 attached to the Treaty of Tien-tsin, do not intend in future to pass over breaches of the provisions contained in that Rule, but that they will insist on this provision being strictly fulfilled by Chinese officials in every part of the country.\n\nIt appears that it is now a by no means infrequent occurrence for His Majesty's Consuls-General and Consuls to give their consent, at the instance of the local officials, to the issue of grain prohibitions without previously consulting His Majesty's Legation. A circular should therefore be addressed to them instructing them to protest against all the temporary prohibitions at present in existence, and to refuse their consent in future to the issue of any fresh ones.\n\nI have also to draw your attention to the reason given by the Chinese Government for their rejection of Sir E. Satow's suggestion, namely, that the assent of all the Treaty Powers is requisite before any article of the new Treaty can be put into force. This contention is unwarranted by the terms either of the Treaty itself or of any engagement otherwise taken by the Contracting Parties, except as regards Article VIII and XI, dealing respectively with charges on trade and with the importation of morphia, in which articles there is an express provision for the previous adherence of the other Treaty Powers.\n\nThis view should be borne in mind in the course of any communications that may pass between you and the Chinese Government, but, pending the ratification of the Treaty, it would be inadvisable to address any protest to the Chinese Government on the subject.\n\nA copy of a Memorandum dealing with this point is inclosed for your information.*\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nLANSDOWNE.\n\n[1817 dd-1]\n\n* Memorandum, January 15, 1903.",
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        "content_text": "Government House, \n\nHongkong, 16th. April, 1904.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your telegram of the 13th. instant, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the Sugar Convention, I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed copy of a Bill which has been read a first time in the Legislative Council, together with a copy of the regulations which it is proposed to make after the Bill becomes law.\n\n2. You will observe, that it is proposed to adopt the Convention in its entirety as being more advantageous to the Sugar interests of this Colony than if the law were made so as to exclude Article IV of the Convention.\n\n3. This resolution was arrived at on the understanding here, that unless Article IV were included, all Sugar exported from Hongkong to a Convention Country would be liable to a sur-tax whether the original cane or beet imported for refining purposes came from a bounty-giving country or not.\n\n4. It has now been suggested that an additional regulation might be made providing for the refund of the special duty to be levied under proposed Regulation VII, in cases where such sugar is re-exported from the Colony either to a Convention Country...\n\nThe Right Honourable \n\nALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.M.P.,\n\nPage 7736 appears to be a stamp or reference number at the top of the document, and the text \"No.160.\", \"Hongkong\", \"KASTERN\", \"No.87\", \"COLONIAL OFFICE\" are likely stamp or header information. The original formatting is preserved as much as possible while converting to HTML.\n\nHowever, to follow the instruction to output only HTML using  for paragraphs (and \n only if absolutely necessary) without including any explanation or comments, the corrected output should be:\n\n7736\n\nNo.160.\n\nHongkong\n\nKASTERN\n\nNo.87\n\nCOLONIAL\n\nOFFICE\n\nGovernment House,\n\nHongkong, 16th April, 1904.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your telegram of the 13th instant, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the Sugar Convention, I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed copy of a Bill which has been read a first time in the Legislative Council, together with a copy of the regulations which it is proposed to make after the Bill becomes law.\n\n2. You will observe, that it is proposed to adopt the Convention in its entirety as being more advantageous to the Sugar interests of this Colony than if the law were made so as to exclude Article IV of the Convention.\n\n3. This resolution was arrived at on the understanding here, that unless Article IV were included, all Sugar exported from Hongkong to a Convention Country would be liable to a sur-tax whether the original cane or beet imported for refining purposes came from a bounty-giving country or not.\n\n4. It has now been suggested that an additional regulation might be made providing for the refund of the special duty to be levied under proposed Regulation VII, in cases where such sugar is re-exported from the Colony either to a Convention Country...\n\nThe Right Honourable\n\nALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.M.P.,",
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        "content_text": "losure 3.\n\n12508\n\n532\n\nConvention or a non-Convention Country; the Certificate of Origin in the former case, of course, showing the original Country of export.\n\n5. For instance one of the Refineries, if not both, in the Colony import raw Sugar from the Argentine Republic and they claim that a refund should be made to them of any duty imposed on such Sugar in accordance with Article IV, if the Sugar is re-exported in a refined state to Japan, which Country has not joined the Convention.\n\n6. I attach a copy of the suggestions of the Chamber of Commerce in this connection, but such a regulation appears to me to be contrary to the spirit of the Convention and I have therefore not included it in the regulations. If it can properly be made, however, it would materially assist the refining industry in this Colony.\n\n7. As it is of great importance to the Sugar Industry in this Colony to have this matter settled as soon as possible, I shall be glad to have your opinion on the point as to whether such suggested additional regulations would be in violation of the spirit of the Convention, and would therefore request you to be so good as to answer \"Yes\" or \"No\" by telegraph at your early convenience.\n\n8. of the 13th instant. With special reference to your telegram th] I may state that I have been informed that the reason why the French Government has prohibited the importation of Hongkong Sugar into Indo-China, is that this Government has not taken the proper steps for prohibiting or taxing Sugar imported from a non-Convention Country and I would ask whether, in the event of our not legislating to give effect",
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        "content_text": "533\n\neffect to Article IV of the Convention as well as Article VIII, the French Government can be compelled to discontinue the prohibition of the import of Sugar from this Colony.\n\n9. As regards Article V, special legislation does not seem called for as this Colony is a free port with no import duties whatever.\n\n10. I shall be glad to receive instructions on these points at your early convenience as owing to the uncertainty of the effect of such legislation as is contemplated by you I am unable to proceed in accordance with the terms of your telegram above referred to.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, AJ Officer Administering the Government.",
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        "content_text": "348\n\n15th. of that month.\n\n3.\n\nI do not now consider it necessary, nor does Mr. May, that we should ask for such treatment of Hongkong which could only have been satisfactorily secured by a further convention or by an interchange of diplomatic notes with China and scarcely without admitting some exercise of authority by Chinese Officials in British Territory. The present arrangements, which were summarised in my telegram of 1744 7 August 4th.), follow very closely the terms of the Convention,\n\nexcept that embarkation in ships complying with the Regulations contained in the Schedule annexed thereto is at Hongkong instead of actually at the Treaty Port of Wuchow, which is not accessible to such ships. There is a halt at Hongkong in the passage of the emigrants from the Wuchow depot to the ship.\n\nThe examination by a qualified officer nominated by the British Consular Officer or his delegate, required by Section 3 of Article IV, is conducted at Hongkong, and the questioning of emigrants which takes place before the British Consul and the Chinese Inspector at Wuchow, required by the same Section, is repeated at Hongkong by a delegate of the British Consular Officer, viz. the Transvaal Emigration Agent.\n\nJuly 1904.\n\n4.\n\nI annex for your information a copy of the provisional arrangement entered into on the 25th July last by Mr. C. W. Campbell, the British Consul-General at Canton acting on behalf of the Transvaal Mining Companies' Agent, with Wen Tsung-yao acting on behalf of the Viceroy of Canton. I yesterday had an opportunity of discussing this arrangement with Mr. Campbell who informed me that the Viceroy had approved it. I pointed out that the 9th clause which stipulated for the",
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        "content_text": "464\n\nAdministration.\n\n2. The Hongkong Post Office or the British Postal Agencies in China on its behalf will accept from the Chinese Post Offices mails, closed or à découvert, destined for Chinese or Foreign Post Offices established in or out of China, and will undertake to transmit them to destination by any means of transport at the disposal of the Hongkong Administration.\n\n3. Each Administration will support the cost of maintenance of the transport services, ordinary or special, which it may establish for the carriage of mails, but will be entitled to claim payment of the transit charges hereunder stipulated in Article V.\n\nArticle III.\n\nRemitting of Mails.\n\n1. The remitting of mails, closed or à découvert, from one Administration to the other will take place at the Office or any other authorised places for exchange and will be made from hand to hand between agents regularly appointed for this duty.\n\n2. The duplicate copy of the Way Bill, called \"Part\", brought by the remitting agent and indicating the number of packages or bags remitted, will be at once signed by the receiving agent and handed back to him as acknowledgment of receipt. Inside each package or bag a \"Feuille d'avis\" will be enclosed, containing the particulars called for in Article XX of the Règlement appended to the International Convention of Washington.\n\n3. From the moment this agent has taken delivery of the mails and issued an acknowledgment of receipt without making any observation as to the number or condition of the packages or bags, the despatching office will be discharged of further responsibility, which thereafter will lie with the receiving office.\n\nArticle IV.",
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        "content_text": "465\n\n1.\n\nArticle IV.\n\nPostage and Delivery.\n\n1. Each Administration will use its own postage stamps to frank any mail matter, whatever its destination, originating in its own Offices and will deliver to the addressees free of additional charge in all the localities where it has a Post Office any mail matter, whatever its origin, which arrives duly and sufficiently prepaid by means of postage stamps of the other Administration.\n\n2. Each Administration fixes its tariffs. It is understood that the Hongkong Administration will not apply to mail matter exchanged between its own Offices in China taxes lower than those adopted by the Chinese Administration. On the other hand, the Chinese Administration will comply, in respect of any mail matter it may exchange with the Union Countries through the British Offices, with the stipulations of Article 5 of the Convention of Washington. The two Administrations will communicate to each other their tariffs.\n\n3. Mail matter destined for places inland where no Post Office, Chinese or British is yet opened will be sent to destination through private agencies at the risk and expense of the addressees.\n\n4. Should it happen that, on Chinese Territory and in the same town, both a Chinese and a British Postal Agency exist, each Office will undertake the delivery of any mail matter arriving to its address. But the Hongkong Administration may, by payment of an adequate tax, avail itself of the services of the Chinese Offices to ensure the distribution of mail matter received at the British Postal Agencies.\n\nArticle V.\n\nTransit Charges.\n\n1. Closed mails and correspondence à découvert despatched on account",
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        "content_text": "Colonial Office\n\n27th May, 1904.\n\n483\n\n16 May;04\n\nDear Mr Parry,\n\nVery many thanks for your letter and for opening mine to Pittar in his absence. I enclose a letter I have received from him this morning but he has evidently forgotten that the Crown Colonies, though not parties to the Convention, are parties to Articles V and VIII and that French Indo-China is bound to accord to Hong Kong sugars the privileges of Article V. This question was raised at the meeting of the Commission in March and Bergne's reply is given at p.3 of the enclosed Procès Verbaux; no objection was raised at the time by the French Delegate, nor, so far as I know, have the French Government questioned the correctness of Bergne's reply since. Pittar agrees with you and Bergne as regards bounty-fed sugar refined in France after paying the regular countervailing duty and then re-exported.\n\nBut please see passage marked in the enclosure to Sir C.Phipps' despatch of 14th August, which forms one of the enclosures to the Circular despatch of 5th November last, of which I enclose a copy. This is a Belgian, not a French regulation, but it raises the point as to which I feel some slight doubt. The Crown Colonies are non-contracting states so far as Article IV is concerned, and so Hong Kong would apparently be obliged to furnish a certificate that the raw sugar used in a Hong Kong Refinery had not come from a bounty-giving...",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nSUGAR BOUNTIES.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n488\n\n[August 17.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nSir C. Phipps to the Marquess of Lansdowne.*~(Received August 17.)\n\n(No. 101. Commercial.) My Lord,\n\nBrussels, August 14, 1903. WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch No. 79, Commercial, of the 31st ultimo, I have the honour to inclose copy of a communication addressed by the Belgian Finance Minister to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, indicating the steps it is intended to adopt in regard to certificates of origin on sugar, in order to conform with the Convention of the 5th March, 1902.\n\nCount de Smet de Naeyer courteously sent me these Regulations direct, for the early information of His Majesty's Government.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nCONSTANTINE PHIPPS.\n\nCount de Smet de Naeyer to the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs.\n\nM. le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères,\n\nBruxelles, le 12 Août, 1903. POUR satisfaire au désir exprimé dans votre dépêche du 3 Août courant, j'ai l'honneur de vous communiquer ci-après le texte des dispositions qui seront prises en Belgique, à partir du 1 Septembre prochain, en ce qui concerne les certificats d'origine à produire lors de l'importation de sucres étrangers.\n\nCes dispositions, qui feront l'objet des §§ 15 à 23 de l'instruction générale relative à l'exécution de la Loi sur la fabrication et l'importation des sucres, seront conçues comme il suit :-\n\n§ 15. Les sucres originaires des pays qui accordent des primes à la production ou à l'exportation sont passibles, indépendamment du droit ordinaire et de la surtaxe, d'un droit spécial, conformément aux stipulations de l'Article IV de la Convention Internationale du 6 Mars, 1902.\n\nCe droit spécial est fixé provisoirement pour les pays indiqués ci-après comme il suit:-\n\n  \n    \n    Sucres Bruts\n    Sucrés Reffinés\n  \n  \n    Danemark Espagne\n    Les 100 kilog. Fr. c. 1 76 3 50\n    Fr. C. 27 00 27 00\n  \n  \n    Japon\n    77 Candis 2 61\n    4 37\n  \n  \n    Autres\n    Candis 21 00\n    \n  \n  \n    Pérou\n    13 00\n    Autres 13 00\n  \n  \n    République Argentine Roumanie\n    50 00\n    50 00\n  \n  \n    Russie\n    23 17 75 11\n    6 20 22 50 8 14\n  \n\n§ 16. Afin d'assurer l'exécution des dispositions qui font l'objet du paragraphe précédent, tous les sucres étrangers introduits dans le pays pour y être consommés, raffinés, ou transformés, doivent être accompagnés d'un certificat d'origine. Cette prescription doit être appliquée aux sucres bruts de betterave et de canne, aux raffinés; candis, en pains, en morceaux, et en poudre, aux vergeoises, cassonades ou bâtardes, aux sucres dits poudres blanches de fabrique, aux sucres bruts mélangés avec du sucre raffiné, au sucre interverti et au mélados.\n\n§ 17. Les sucres non accompagnés d'un certificat d'origine contenant toutes les indications prescrites (voir § 19) sont soumis à l'entrée au paiement supplémentaire du\n\n* Copy to Treasury. Colonial Office, India Office, and Board of Trade, August 20, 1903. [2110 r-1]",
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        "content_text": "and south of Moukden, but at some distance off, would not therefore be of much service to merchants unless they were granted shipping facilities to and at the goods stations.\n\nRailway Freights.--He was struck by the absolute ignorance of the Russian officials as to the rudimentary principles of railway freighting (long haul, short haul, three rates, return freights, and the like). It would be necessary to have American freight agents to teach them; otherwise the Railway could never pay. There was a state of absolute chaos in this respect, the rates seeming to depend on the will of the official.\n\nDifferential Railway Rates.--This subject is as much discussed in Manchuria as elsewhere. Some officials think it desirable to discriminate against foreigners; others maintain that the Railway cannot pay unless foreign trade is granted and encouraged. His own opinion is that the Railway cannot pay without foreign merchandise.\n\nAt the same time, the question of differential Tariff treatment at the ports is more important than the question of differential freights, which no Treaty can prevent. It exists in spite of the most stringent regulations in America. The Railway is essential to the development of trade, and if the Russian authorities chose to discriminate against foreigners on their Railway, the question of the Tariff at the ports is of minor importance.\n\nSt. Petersburgh, December 9, 1903.\n\n\"This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\"\n\nCHINA TRADE,\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n15\n\n[November 19.]\n\nSECTION 2.\n\nMr. Jamieson to the Marquess of Lansdowne.(Received November 19.)\n\n(No. 14.)\n\nShanghae, October 13, 1903.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI HAVE the honour to inclose herewith copies of two despatches I have addressed to Sir Ernest Satow, with reference to the Treaty recently negotiated between China and Japan in terms of the Peace Protocol of 1901.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. W. JAMIESON,\n\nCommercial Attaché.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Jamieson to Sir E. Satow.\n\n(No. 14.) Sir,\n\nShanghae, October 12, 1903.\n\nThe Treaties which, in terms of the Protocol of 1901, the Plenipotentiaries of the United States and Japan have been negotiating with the Special Commissioners appointed by the Chinese Government, were signed here on the 8th instant.\n\nThe North China \"Daily News\" has published as a supplement the full text of the United States' Treaty, but it is understood that the English text of the Japanese Treaty will not for the present be made public. The Chinese text appeared in one of the native papers (the \"Hsin-wen Pao\") the day before yesterday, and the following is a précis of the various Articles extracted therefrom:-\n\nArticle 1. As regards import surtaxes to compensate for the loss of revenue likely to arise out of the proposed abolition of li-kin dues, the Japanese Government will accept, and be bound by, any arrangements made by China with other Treaty Powers. They are also prepared to recognize the legality of imposing such growers', consumption, and excise taxes, or duties on salt and opium, as may receive the assent of other Powers, but in neither case must there be any differential treatment of Japanese goods.\n\nArt. II. The Chinese Government permit private Japanese enterprise to establish, at its own expense, and after the consent of the Imperial Maritime Customs has been obtained, appliances for facilitating the passage of vessels between Ich'ang and Chungking.\n\nArt. III. Steam navigation on inland waters may be carried on under special Regulations. (These Regulations are given in an Annex, and are identical with those attached to the British Treaty.)\n\nArt. IV. Chinese and Japanese Courts will reciprocate in the matter of causing the terms of any partnership Agreement between the subjects of the two countries to be faithfully carried out.\n\nArt. V. The Chinese Government agree to draw up Regulations to prevent the infringement of trade-marks or copyright.\n\nArt. VI. The Chinese Government will, as soon as possible, introduce a uniform system of national coinage. Duties, however, shall be calculated in terms of the Haikuan tael.\n\nArt. VII. The Chinese Government will take steps to reform, on a uniform basis, weights and measures throughout the Empire—the new system to be inaugurated at the Treaty ports and thence gradually extended into the interior.\n\nArt. VIII. This Article appears to be supplementary to Article III, as it simply reiterates the right to navigate the inland waters under special Regulations.\n\nArt. IX. Previous Treaty stipulations, not modified nor cancelled by the present Instrument, shall remain in full force, and most-favoured-nation treatment is secured for Japanese subjects at the hands of the Chinese Government—Imperial or provincial.\n\nArt. X. When the foreign garrisons in Chihli shall have been withdrawn, China will open Peking to international trade.\n\n[2217 t-2]",
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        "content_text": "32\n\n2\n\nThe United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being animated by an earnest desire to extend further the commercial relations between them and otherwise to promote the interests of the peoples of the two countries, in view of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article XI of the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the 7th day of September, A.D. 1901, whereby the Chinese Government agreed to negotiate the amendments deemed necessary by the foreign Governments to the Treaties of Commerce and Navigation and other subjects concerning commercial relations, with the object of facilitating them, have for that purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries:\n\nThe United States of America: Edwin H. Conger, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to China; John Goodnow, Consul-General of the United States of America at Shanghai; John F. Seaman, a citizen of the United States of America, resident at Shanghai;\n\nAnd His Majesty the Emperor of China: Lü-Hai-huan, President of the Board of Public Works; Sheng Hsuan-huai, Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, Formerly Senior Vice-President of the Board of Public Works;\n\nwho, having met and duly exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following amendments to existing Treaties of Commerce and Navigation formerly concluded between the two countries, and upon the subjects hereinafter expressed connected with commercial relations with the object of facilitating them:\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nIn accordance with international usage, and as the Diplomatic Representative of China has the right to reside in the capital of the United States, and to enjoy there the same prerogatives, privileges, and immunities as are enjoyed by the similar Representative of the most favoured nation, Diplomatic Representative of the United States shall have the right to reside at the capital of His Majesty the Emperor of China. He shall be given audience of His Majesty the Emperor whenever necessary to present his letters of credence or any communication from the President of the United States. At all such times he shall be received in a place and in a manner befitting his high position, and on all such occasions the ceremonial observed towards him shall be that observed towards the Representatives of nations on a footing of equality, with no loss of prestige on the part of either.\n\nThe Diplomatic Representatives of the United States shall enjoy all the prerogatives, privileges, and immunities accorded by international usage to such Representatives, and shall in all respects be entitled to the treatment extended to similar Representatives of the most favoured nation.\n\nThe English text of all notes or despatches from United States' officials to Chinese officials, and the Chinese text of all from Chinese officials to United States' officials shall be authoritative.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nAs China may appoint Consular officers to reside in the United States and to enjoy there the same attributes, privileges, and immunities as are enjoyed by Consular officers of other nations, the United States may appoint, as its interests may require, Consular officers to reside at the places in the Empire of China that are now or that may hereafter be opened to foreign residence and trade. They shall hold direct official intercourse and correspondence with the local officers of the Chinese Government within their Consular districts, either personally or in writing as the case may require, on terms of equality and reciprocal respect. These officers shall be treated with due respect by all Chinese authorities, and they shall enjoy all the attributes, privileges, and immunities, and exercise all the jurisdiction over their nationals which are or may hereafter be extended to similar officers of the nation the most favoured in these respects. If the officers of either Government are disrespectfully treated or aggrieved in any way by the authorities of the other, they shall have the right to make representation of the same to the superior officers of their own Government, who shall see that full inquiry and strict justice be had in the premises. And the said Consular officers of either nation shall carefully avoid all acts of offence to the officers and people of the other nation.\n\n3\n\nOn the arrival of a Consul duly accredited at any place in China opened to foreign trade it shall be the duty of the Minister of the United States to inform the Board of Foreign Affairs, which shall, in accordance with international usage, forthwith cause the proper recognition of the said Consul and grant him authority to act.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nCitizens of the United States may frequent, reside, and carry on trade, industries, and manufactures, or pursue any lawful avocation, in all the ports or localities of China which are now open or may hereafter be opened to foreign residence and trade; and, within the suitable localities at those places which have been or may be set apart for the use and occupation of foreigners, they may rent or purchase houses, places of business, and other buildings, and rent or lease in perpetuity land and build thereon. They shall generally enjoy as to their persons and property all such rights, privileges, and immunities as are or may hereafter be granted to the subjects or citizens of the nation the most favoured in these respects.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe Chinese Government, recognizing that the existing system of levying dues on goods in transit, and especially the system of taxation known as li-kin, impedes the free circulation of commodities to the general injury of trade, hereby undertakes to abandon the levy of li-kin and all other transit dues throughout the Empire and to abolish the offices, stations, and barriers maintained for their collection and not to establish other offices for levying dues on goods in transit. It is clearly understood that, after the offices, stations, and barriers for taxing goods in transit have been abolished, no attempt shall be made to re-establish them in any form or under any pretext whatsoever.\n\nThe Government of the United States, in return, consents to allow a surtax, in excess of the Tariff rates for the time being in force, to be imposed on foreign goods imported by citizens of the United States, and on Chinese produce destined for export abroad or coastwise. It is clearly understood that in no case shall the surtax on foreign imports exceed one and one-half times the import duty leviable in terms of the Final Protocol signed by China and the Powers on the 7th day of September, A.D. 1901; that the payment of the import duty and surtax shall secure for foreign imports, whether in the hands of Chinese or foreigners, in original packages or otherwise, complete immunity from all other taxation, examination or delay; that the total amount of taxation, inclusive of the Tariff export duty, leviable on native produce for export abroad shall, under no circumstances, exceed 7.5 per cent. ad valorem.\n\nNothing in this Article is intended to interfere with the inherent right of China to levy such other taxes as are not in conflict with its provisions.\n\nKeeping these fundamental principles in view, the High Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following method of procedure:\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake that all offices, stations, and barriers of whatsoever kind for collecting li-kin duties, or such like dues on goods in transit, shall be permanently abolished on all roads, railways, and waterways in the nineteen provinces of China and the three Eastern Provinces. This provision does not apply to the Native Customs offices at present in existence on the seaboard, at open ports where there are offices of the Imperial Maritime Customs, and on the land frontiers of China embracing the nineteen provinces and the three Eastern Provinces.\n\nWherever there are offices of the Imperial Maritime Customs, or wherever such may hereafter be placed, Native Customs offices may also be established, as well as at any point on the seaboard or land frontiers.\n\nThe Government of the United States agrees that foreign goods on importation, in addition to the effective 5 per cent. import duty as provided for in the Protocol of 1901, shall pay a special surtax of one and one-half times the amount of the said duty to compensate for the abolition of li-kin, of other transit dues besides li-kin, and of all other taxation on foreign goods, and in consideration of the other reforms provided for in this Article.\n\nThe Chinese Government may recast the foreign export Tariff with specific duties, as far as practicable, on a scale not exceeding 5 per cent. ad valorem; but existing export duties shall not be raised until at least six months' notice has been given. 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        "content_text": "5\n\n*\n\n33\n\nrale.\n\n4\n\nexisting export duties are above 5 per cent., they shall be reduced to not more than that An additional special surtax of one half the export duty payable for the time being, in lieu of internal taxation of all kinds, may be levied at the place of original shipment or at the time of export on goods exported either to foreign countries or coastwise.\n\nForeign goods which bear a similarity to native goods shall be furnished by the Customs officers, if required by the owner, with a protective certificate for each package, on the payment of import duty and surtax, to prevent the risk of any dispute in the interior.\n\nNative goods brought by junks to open ports, if intended for local consumption, irrespective of the nationality of the owner of the goods, shall be reported at the Native Customs offices only, to be dealt with according to the fiscal Regulations of the Chinese Government.\n\nMachine-made cotton yarn and cloth manufactured in China, whether by foreigners at the open ports or by Chinese anywhere in China, shall, as regards taxation, be on a footing of perfect equality. Such goods, upon payment of the taxes thereon, shall be granted a rebate of the import duty, and of two-thirds of the import surtax paid on the cotton used in their manufacture, if it has been imported from abroad, and of all duties paid thereon if it be Chinese-grown cotton. They shall also be free of export duty, coast-trade duty, and export surtax. The same principle and procedure shall be applied to all other products of foreign type turned out by machinery in China.\n\nA member or members of the Imperial Maritime Customs foreign staff shall be selected by the Governors-General and Governors of each of the various provinces of the Empire for their respective provinces, and appointed in consultation with the Inspector-General of Imperial Maritime Customs, for duty in connection with Native Customs affairs to have a general supervision of their working.\n\nCases where illegal action is complained of by citizens of the United States shall be promptly investigated by an officer of the Chinese Government of sufficiently high rank, In conjunction with an officer of the United States' Government, and an officer of the Imperial Maritime Customs, each of sufficient standing; and, in the event of it being found by the investigating officers that the complaint is well founded and loss has been incurred, due compensation shall be paid through the Imperial Maritime Customs. The high provincial officials shall be held responsible that the officer guilty of the illegal action shall be severely punished and removed from his post. If the complaint is shown to be frivolous or malicious, the complainant shall be held responsible for the expenses of the investigation.\n\nWhen the ratifications of this Treaty shall have been exchanged by the High Contracting Parties hereto, and the provisions of this Article shall have been accepted by the Powers having Treaties with China, then a date shall be agreed upon when the provisions of this Article shall take effect, and an Imperial Edict shall be published in due form on yellow paper and circulated throughout the Empire of China setting forth the abolition of all li-kin taxation, duties on goods in transit, offices, stations and barriers for collecting the same, and of all descriptions of internal taxation on foreign goods, and the imposition of the surtax on the import of foreign goods and on the export of native goods, and the other fiscal changes and reforms provided for in this Article, all of which shall take effect from the said date. The Edict shall state that the provincial high officials are responsible that any official disregarding the letter or the spirit of its injunction shall be severely punished and removed from his post.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe Tariff duties to be paid by citizens of the United States on goods imported into China shall be set forth in the Schedule annexed hereto, and made part of this Treaty, subject only to such amendments and changes as are authorized by Article IV of the present Convention or as may hereafter be agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties hereto. It is expressly agreed, however, that citizens of the United States shall at no time pay other or higher duties than those paid by the citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation,\n\nConversely, Chinese subjects shall not pay higher duties on their imports into the United States than those paid by the citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nThe Government of China agrees to the establishment by citizens of the United States of warehouses approved by the proper Chinese authorities as bonded warehouses at the several open ports of China, for storage, repacking, or preparation for shipment of lawful goods, subject to such necessary regulations for the protection of the revenue of China, including a reasonable scale of fees according to commodities, distance from the custom-house and hours of working as shall be made from time to time by the proper officers of the Government of China.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nThe Chinese Government, recognizing that it is advantageous for the country to develop its mineral resources, and that it is desirable to attract foreign as well as Chinese capital to embark in mining enterprises, agrees, within one year from the signing of this Treaty, to initiate and conclude the revision of the existing Mining Regulations. To this end China will, with all expedition and earnestness, go into the whole question of Mining Rules; and, selecting from the Rules of the United States and other countries Regulations which seem applicable to the condition of China, will recast its present Mining Rules in such a way as, while promoting the interests of Chinese subjects and not injuring in any way the sovereign rights of China, will offer no impediment to the attraction of foreign capital nor place foreign capitalists at a greater disadvantage than they would be under generally accepted foreign Regulations; and will permit citizens of the United States to carry on in Chinese territory mining operations and other necessary business relating thereto provided they comply with the new Regulations and conditions which will be imposed by China on its subjects and foreigners alike, relating to the opening of mines, the renting of mineral land, and the payment of royalty, and provided they apply for permits, the provisions of which in regard to necessary business relating to such operations shall be observed. The residence of citizens of the United States in connection with such mining operations shall be subject to such Regulations as shall be agreed upon by and between the United States and China.\n\nAny Mining Concession granted after the publication of such new Rules shall be subject to their provisions.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nDrawback certificates for the return of duties shall be issued by the Imperial Maritime Customs to citizens of the United States within three weeks of the presentation to the Customs of the papers entitling the applicant to receive such drawback certificates, and they shall be receivable at their face value in payment of duties of all kinds (tonnage dues excepted) at the port of issue; or shall, in the case of drawbacks on foreign goods re-exported within three years from the date of importation, be redeemable by the Imperial Maritime Customs in full in ready money at the port of issue, at the option of the holders thereof. But if, in connection with any application for a drawback certificate, the Customs authorities discover an attempt to defraud the revenue, the applicant shall be dealt with and punished in accordance with the stipulations provided in the Treaty of Tien-tsin, Article XXI, in the case of detected frauds on the revenue. In case the goods have been removed from Chinese territory, then the Consul shall inflict on the guilty party a suitable fine to be paid to the Chinese Government.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nWhereas the United States undertakes to protect the citizens of any country in the exclusive use within the United States of any lawful trade-marks, provided that such country agrees by Treaty or Convention to give like protection to citizens of the United States:-\n\nTherefore the Government of China, in order to secure such protection in the United States for its subjects, now agrees to fully protect any citizen, firm, or Corporation of the United States in the exclusive use in the Empire of China of any lawful trade-mark to the\n\n[2250 hh-1]",
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        "content_text": "the date of the exchange of ratifications and until a revision is effected as hereinafter provided.\n\nIt is further agreed that either of the High Contracting Parties may demand that the Tariff and the Articles of this Convention be revised at the end of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications thereof. If no revision is demanded before the end of the first term of ten years, then these Articles in their present form shall remain in full force for a further term of ten years reckoned from the end of the first term, and so on for successive periods of ten years.\n\nThe English and Chinese texts of the present Treaty and its three Annexes have been carefully compared; but, in the event of there being any difference of meaning between them, the sense as expressed in the English text shall be held to be the correct one.\n\nThis Treaty and its three Annexes shall be ratified by the two High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutions, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in Washington not later than twelve months from the present date.\n\nIn testimony whereof we, the Undersigned, by virtue of our respective powers, have signed this Treaty in duplicate in the English and Chinese languages, and have affixed our respective seals,\n\nDone at Shanghae, this 8th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1903, and in the twenty-ninth year of Kuang Hsü, eighth month and eighteenth day.\n\n(Signed)\n\nEDWIN H. CONGER. JOHN GOODNOW. JOHN F. SEAMAN.\n\n(Seals.)\n\n(Seals and signatures of Chinese Plenipotentiaries.)\n\nPage 9\n\nout of such port. Such branches, as well as the main Native Customs offices at each open port, shall be administered by the Imperial Maritime Customs, as provided by the Protocol of 1901.\n\n(Signed)\n\nEDWIN H. CONGER. JOHN GOODNOW. JOHN F. SEAMAN.\n\n(Seals.)\n\n(Seals and signatures of Chinese Plenipotentiaries.)\n\nAnnex 3.\n\nThe Schedule of Tariff duties on imported goods annexed to this Treaty under Article V is hereby mutually declared to be the Schedule agreed upon between the Representatives of China and the United States, and signed by John Goodnow, for the United States and their Excellencies Lü Hai-huan and Sheng Hsüan-huai for China, at Shanghae, on the 6th day of September, A.D. 1902, according to the Protocol of the 7th day of September, A.D. 1901.\n\n(Signed)\n\nEDWIN H. CONGER.\n\nJOHN GOODNOW. JOHN F. SEAMAN. (Seals.)\n\n(Seals and signatures of Chinese Plenipotentiaries.)\n\nAnnex 1.\n\nAs the citizens of the United States are already forbidden by Treaty to deal in or handle opium, no mention has been made in this Treaty of opium taxation.\n\nAs the trade in salt is a Government monopoly in China, no mention has been made in this Treaty of salt taxation.\n\nIt is, however, understood, after full discussion and consideration, that the collection of inland dues on opium and salt and the means for the protection of the revenue therefrom, and for preventing illicit traffic therein, are left to be administered by the Chinese Government in such manner as shall in nowise interfere with the provisions of Article IV of this Treaty, regarding the unobstructed transit of other goods.\n\n(Signed)\n\nEDWIN H. CONGER.\n\nJOHN GOODNOW. JOHN F. SEAMAN.\n\n(Seals.)\n\n(Seals and signatures of Chinese Plenipotentiaries.)\n\nAnnex 2.\n\nArticle IV of the Treaty of Commerce between the United States and China of this date provides for the retention of the Native Customs offices at the open ports. For the purpose of safeguarding the revenue of China at such places, it is understood that the Chinese Government shall be entitled to establish and maintain such branch Native Customs offices at each open port, within a reasonable distance of the main Native Customs offices at the port, as shall be deemed by the authorities of the Imperial Maritime Customs at that port necessary to collect the revenue from the trade into and\n\nGentlemen,\n\nDespatches.\n\nShanghae, June 23, 1903. Article IV of the Treaty of Commerce now being negotiated between the United States and China provides for the abolition of Native Customs offices inland for the collection of revenue on goods in transit. It is, however, understood that we do not by this Treaty abolish the offices for the collection of the octroi on native produce at the Chungwen and other gates at Peking, nor do we abolish the live-stock and house duties in Peking (Tso and Yeo Yib).\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n(Signed) JOHN GOODNOW,\n\nJ. F. SEAMAN, Treaty Commissioners for the United States.\n\nTo their Excellencies, Lü Hai-huan, Sheng Hsüan-huai,\n\nWu Ting-fang, Treaty Commissioners for China.\n\nGentlemen,\n\nShanghae, September 24, 1903. In our discussions we have on several occasions insisted that this Treaty should embody both the provisions contained in the revised British Commercial Treaty recognizing the right of China to collect consumption duty and excise duty, and also her right to levy production duty in order to make good the duty which would have been leviable on goods in transit by the Native Custom-houses inland, now abolished. You have not agreed to embody these provisions in your Treaty, you have constantly replied that the United States has no intention of limiting in this Treaty the sovereign rights of China excepting as specified therein.\n\nIt was our intention to write a despatch to be an Annex to the Treaty specially affirming the right of China to levy the taxes mentioned above. However, you have at our urgent request inserted in the 17th Article of this Treaty a very broadly worded clause as follows: \"Nothing in this Article is intended to interfere with the inherent right of China to levy such other taxes as are not in conflict with its provisions.\"\n\n[2250 hh-1]\n\nD\n\nPage 35",
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        "content_text": "36\n\n10\n\nWe\n\nThis more completely covers the ground than such a despatch would have done. therefore only desire now to state again that China reserves her right to levy any and all taxes, provided only that they do not conflict with the provisions of our Treaty with you.\n\nHon. J. Goodnow, Hon. J. F. Seaman, Treaty Commissioners for the United States.\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n(Cards inclosed), Treaty Commissioners for China.\n\n11\n\nWhereas Hon. T. S. Sharretts requested and obtained permission from his Government to return to the United States, and left Shanghae before the above-written Agreement was signed by and with the Special Commissioners of China,\n\nI, being empowered by the Secretary of State of the United States of America to sign the Tariff as agreed to by Hon. T. S. Sharretts, now sign the above-written Agreement for the United States of America.\n\nSeptember 6, 1902.\n\n(Signed) JOHN GOODNOW. (Signatures of the Special Commissioners of China.)\n\nGentlemen,\n\nShanghae, September 30, 1903.\n\nWe have received your despatch of the 24th instant. In framing this Treaty we have endeavoured to recognize the right of China as a Sovereign State to levy such taxes as are not in conflict with the provisions of this Treaty which is intended to extend the commercial relations between, and promote the best interests of, the people of the two countries. With this end in view, we inserted at your request in Article IV the clause \"Nothing in this Article is intended to interfere with the inherent right of China to levy such other taxes as are not in conflict with its provisions.\" We, with your Excellencies, appreciate the fact that this clause is comprehensive and conserves to the fullest extent the sovereign rights of China except as specified in this Treaty.\n\nWe are, &c. (Signed)\n\nJOHN GOODNOW, J. F. SEAMAN, Treaty Commissioners for the United States.\n\nTo their Excellencies, Lu Hai-huan, Sheng Hsüan-huai, Wu Ting-fang, Treaty Commissioners for China.\n\nWhereas it was provided by the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the 7th September, 1901 (Article VI), that the existing Tariff on goods imported into China should be increased to an effective 5 per cent., and whereas it was further provided that all duties levied on imports ad valorem should be converted, as far as feasible and with the least possible delay, into specific duties, this conversion to be effected in the following manner-The average value of merchandise at the time of landing during the three years 1897, 1898, and 1899, that is to say, the market price less the amount of import duty and incidental expenses to be taken as the basis for the valuation of such merchandise:-\n\nThe Special Commissioners of the United States of America, Mr. T. S. Sharretts; and of China, Their Excellencies Lu Hai-Huan and Sheng Hsuan-Huai, have agreed and determined, on the basis aforesaid, upon the Tariff hereto appended together with certain Rules for the application thereof; and do hereby agree that the said Tariff and Rules shall be binding on the Governments and subjects of their respective countries.\n\nThe Tariff and Rules aforesaid shall be binding on and after the 31st October, 1902, the first day of the tenth Chinese moon.\n\nShould it be ascertained hereafter that any Articles have been omitted from this Tariff which it is found can be conveniently provided for on a specific basis in terms of the Final Protocol of 1901, it is understood that the necessary additions shall be made at rates to be mutually agreed upon by Representatives of the various Powers by whom this Tariff has been signed.\n\nIt is understood that, in the event of there being any difference of meaning between the English and Chinese texts of the Tariff and Rules, the sense as expressed in the English text shall be held to be the correct sense.\n\nThe present Agreement has been drawn up in two identical copies and signed by the Special Commissioners of the countries aforesaid. One copy shall be given to the Special Commissioner of the United States of America, and one copy shall be given to the Special Commissioners of China.\n\nSigned:\n\nSchedule of Chinese Import Duties, signed September 6, 1902, by the United States and Chinese Commissioners, with Rules attached.*\n\n* Not printed.",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE IV.\n\nIn case Chinese subjects conjointly with Japanese subjects organize a partnership or Company for a legitimate purpose, they shall equitably share the profits and losses with all the members according to the terms of the Agreement or Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Regulations framed thereunder, and they shall be liable to the fulfilment of the obligations imposed by the said Agreement or Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Regulations framed thereunder as accepted by them, and as interpreted by Japanese Courts. Should they fail to fulfil the obligations so imposed, and legal action be taken against them in consequence, Chinese Courts shall at once enforce fulfilment of such obligations.\n\nIt is understood that in case Japanese subjects conjointly with Chinese subjects organize a partnership or Company, they shall also equitably share the profits and losses with all the members according to the terms of the Agreement or Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Regulations framed thereunder. Should such Japanese subjects fail to fulfil any of the obligations imposed by the said Agreement or Memorandum and Articles of Association, or by the Regulations framed thereunder, Japanese Courts shall, in like manner, at once enforce fulfilment of such obligations by them.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe Chinese Government agree to make and faithfully enforce such Regulations as are necessary for preventing Chinese subjects from infringing registered trade-marks held by Japanese subjects.\n\nThe Chinese Government likewise agree to make such Regulations as are necessary for affording protection to registered copyrights held by Japanese subjects in the books, pamphlets, maps, and charts written in the Chinese language, and specially prepared for the use of Chinese people.\n\nIt is further agreed that the Chinese Government shall establish registration offices where foreign trade-marks and copyrights, upon application for the protection of the Chinese Government, shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations to be hereafter framed by the Chinese Government for the purpose of protecting trade-marks and copyrights.\n\nIt is understood that Chinese trade-marks and copyrights, properly registered according to the provisions of the laws and Regulations of Japan, will receive similar protection against infringement in Japan.\n\nThis Article shall not be held to protect against due process of law any Japanese or Chinese subject who may be the author, proprietor, or seller of any publication calculated to injure the well-being of China.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nChina agrees to establish itself, as soon as possible, a system of uniform national coinage, and provide for a uniform national currency which shall be freely used as legal tender in payment of all duties, taxes, and other obligations by Japanese subjects as well as by Chinese subjects in the Chinese Empire. It is understood, however, that all customs duties shall continue to be calculated and paid on the basis of the Haikwan tael.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nAs the weights and measures used by the mercantile and other classes for general and commercial purposes in the different provinces of China vary and do not accord with the standards fixed by the Imperial Government Boards, thus resulting in detriment to the trade of Chinese and foreigners, the Governors-General and Governors of all the provinces, after careful inquiry into existing conditions, shall consult together and fix upon uniform standards which, after a Memorial to the Throne for sanction, shall be adopted and used in all transactions by officials and people throughout all the Empire. These standards shall be first used in the places opened to foreign trade and gradually extended to inland places. Any differences resulting from divergence between the new weights and measures and those now in vogue shall be equitably settled, whether by way of increase or decrease, according to the amount of such difference.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe Regulations for steam navigation inland of the fifth moon of the twenty-fourth year of Kuang-Hsü, and the Supplementary Rules of the seventh moon of the same year having been found in some respects inconvenient in working, the Chinese Government hereby agree to amend them and to annex such new Rules to this Treaty.\n\nThese Rules shall remain in force until altered by mutual consent.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nThe provisions of all Treaties and engagements now subsisting between Japan and China, in so far as they are not modified or repealed by this Act, are hereby confirmed; and it is hereby expressly stipulated in addition that the Japanese Government, officers, subjects, commerce, navigation, shipping, industries, and property of all kinds shall be allowed free and full participation in all privileges, immunities, and advantages which have been, or may hereafter be granted by His Majesty the Emperor of China, or by the Chinese Government, or by the Provincial or Local Administrations of China to the Government, officers, subjects, commerce, navigation, shipping, industries, or property of any other nation.\n\nThe Japanese Government will do its utmost to secure to Chinese officers and subjects resident in Japan the most favourable treatment compatible with the laws and Regulations of the Empire.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nThe High Contracting Parties hereto agree that, in case of, and after the, complete withdrawal of the foreign troops stationed in the Province of Chilli and of the Legation guards, a place of international residence and trade in Peking will be forthwith opened by China itself. The detailed regulations relating thereto shall be settled in due time after consultation.\n\nThe Chinese Government agree to open to foreign trade, within six months from the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, Changsha-fu, in the Province of Hunan, on the same footing as the ports already opened to foreign trade. Foreigners residing in this open port are to observe the municipal and police Regulations on the same footing as Chinese residents, and they are not to be entitled to establish a municipality and police of their own within the limits of this Treaty port, except with the consent of the Chinese authorities.\n\nThe Chinese Government agree that, upon the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, Mukden and Tatungkow, both in the Province of Shengking, will be opened by China itself as places of international residence and trade. The selection of suitable localities to be set apart for international use and occupation, and the regulations for these places set apart for foreign residence and trade, shall be agreed upon by the Governments of Japan and China after consultation together.\n\nARTICLE XI.\n\nThe Government of China having expressed a strong desire to reform its judicial system, and to bring it into accord with that of Japan and Western nations, Japan agrees to give every assistance to such reform, and will also be prepared to relinquish its extra-territorial rights when satisfied that the state of the Chinese laws, the arrangements for their administration and other considerations warrant it in so doing.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHI NA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n61\n\n[December 7.]\n\nSECTION 2.\n\nSir E. Satow to the Marquess of Lansdowne,-(Received December 7.)\n\n(No. 354.)\n\nPeking, October 17, 1903.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWITH reference to your Lordship's despatch No. 247 of the 20th August last, I have the honour to report that I have already been in communication with His Majesty's Consuls-General at Tien-tsin and Shanghae on the subject of the issue of Regulations to give effect to Article VII of the Commercial Treaty.\n\nAt the former port the authorities are said to afford facilities for the registration of trade marks, but no definite Regulations have been framed either there or at Shanghae. I have instructed Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Mausfield to impress upon the Superintendents of Northern and Southern Trade respectively the necessity of doing so at an early date, in order that British subjects may regularly avail themselves of the provisions of the Article referred to.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nNo. 2.\n\nSir,\n\nForeign Office to China Association.\n\nForeign Office, December 7, 1908.\n\nI AM directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo, in which you observe that certain provisions included in the Treaty of the 5th September, 1902, between China and this country are omitted from the Commercial Treaty between the United States and China, signed at Shanghae on the 8th October last.\n\nIn reply, I am to say that His Majesty's Government intend to insist upon the fulfilment of the arrangement embodied in Annex B, with regard to the allocation of the surtax to the Provincial Governments, as well as upon the execution of the provisions contained in Section 9 of Article VIII, respecting the excise on products of foreign type turned out by machinery in China.\n\nThe text of the American Treaty as signed has not yet reached this Office, but, so far as Lord Lansdowne is aware, the Treaty contains no provision with regard to these points.\n\nBy Article IV of the American Treaty, the United States' Government have, however, agreed to enter into the engagements undertaken by Great Britain in Article VIII of the Treaty of the 5th September, and the fact that they have not stipulated for all the conditions attached to those engagements by Great Britain need not necessarily be taken as indicating that they attribute no importance to the two points referred to by the Association.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nF. A. CAMPBELL.\n\n[2250 g---2]",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n66\n\n[February 10.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nMr. Choate to the Marquess of Lansdowne, -(Received February 10.)\n\nAmerican Embassy, London, February 9, 1904.\n\nI HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that I duly transmitted to my Government the Memorandum, dated the 7th December, 1903, which was handed to me by your Lordship on or about that date, setting forth the points in the British Commercial Treaty with China in respect to which no provision is made in the American Treaty, and that your Lordship's Memorandum has been duly considered.\n\nIn the opinion of my Government, the points submitted in the Memorandum refer to matters of domestic concern to China which could not conveniently find place in our Treaty (China's right to legislate on matters of taxes of excise and consumption is unquestioned); Government did not think it advisable to recognize or sanction such taxes by reference to them in our Treaty, and have informed the Chinese Government repeatedly that they held such taxes to be of very doubtful expediency, and discourage their imposition.\n\nAs regards machine-made goods manufactured by foreigners or Chinese, either at the open ports or elsewhere in China, and the rebates insured to such goods on exportation, it is the belief of my Government that the export trade of China requires to be greatly stimulated, and that, without such improvement in its export trade, the import trade must necessarily suffer.\n\nThe Arrangement embodied in Annex (B) of the British Treaty, for the allocation of the surtax to the various provincial Governments to compensate them for the loss of li-kin, raises no objection on our part; but here again my Government have regarded this as a purely domestic matter.\n\nIt is understood by my Government that this Annex was put in the British Treaty so as to insure the support of the various high provincial authorities to the partial suppression of the system of li-kin taxation provided for in Article VIII of the British Treaty.\n\nArticle IV of the American Treaty provides for a total abolition of this system, and it was found necessary to secure the support of the various Viceroys by the inclusion of an Annex similar to that of the British Treaty.\n\nSince His Majesty's Government, much to the satisfaction of my Government, seem not disinclined to enter into an exchange of views on the provisions of our respective Commercial Treaties with China, I am instructed to avail myself of the earliest opportunity to inform your Lordship of the opinion of my Government that the commercial Articles of the British Treaty of the 5th September, 1902, and of the Japanese and American Treaties of the 8th October, 1903, not only do not conflict in any of their provisions, but very happily complement each other, and that it is the sincere hope of the President that His Majesty's Government will use their best efforts, as will the Government of the United States, to secure the acceptance by the other Powers having Treaty relations with China of the surtax provided for in Article VIII of the British Treaty and Article IV of the American Treaty on foreign imports, so that the Chinese Government may promptly undertake the various administrative reforms necessary to the abolition of the present system of li-kin taxation.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) JOSEPH H. CHOATE.\n\n[1854 k-1]",
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        "content_text": "any territory on the west side of the watershed until twenty-one months after it had first been proposed to them as a boundary, and seventeen months after they had been distinctly warned of the danger of sending troops across it, thus by their silence leaving the Indian Government to infer that they accepted the proposal made in July 1898. The excuse that the 'maikha Valley is remote from Yunnan-fu, with which place Peking was in telegraphic communication, is without validity, as Mien-kawng-ai is only a week's journey from Teng-yüeh, and the latter also was connected with Yunnan-fu by telegraph.\n\nWith regard to the Hpare affair, our justification is complete, for the Sub-Prefect of Teng,yüeh had a full month's notice of the intended dispatch of the exploring party, and there cannot be much doubt that it was by instructions from him that the armed bodies of Chinese crossed the watershed and marched against the exploring party.\n\nI have the honour to inclose a Memorandum of the discussion which, in accordance with previous arrangement, I held on the 1st instant with his Excellency Na-t'ung on the question, in the course of which adduced reasons for which it was desirable that the Chinese Government should give an undertaking not to send troops across the watershed. I intimated also that if they declined, it would be my duty to make them an official declaration in the terms of my instructions.\n\nNa-t'ung replied that this was a question that could not be decided at Peking, and must be referred to the Governor-General of Yünnan. I said that I could not accept a reference to Yünnan, which would result in the same sort of delays of which His Majesty's Government had already had so much experience, and that I must either arrange the matter with the Foreign Board amicably or fall back upon my instructions, which were precise. I said that if the Chinese Government would give the desired undertaking in writing, I would move the Indian Government to consent to a Joint Commission for the purpose of inquiring into the alleged claim of China to Tzu-chu and Hpare, it being understood that an official from Peking would have to be deputed to act together with a Representative of the Yunnan Government. But I could not give an undertaking that British troops would not be sent into the N'maikha Valley, though I had good grounds for personally believing that the Indian Government had no such intention, It was agreed that he should acquaint Prince Ching with the conversation that had taken place, and that we should meet again in a few days.\n\nI had the honour to acquaint your Lordship briefly by telegraph on the 2nd instant with the step that I had taken and what I understood to be the Chinese view of the question.\n\nA copy of this despatch is being forwarded to the Government of India.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) \n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum respecting the Burmah-Yünnan Boundary.\n\nSIR ERNEST SATOW, accompanied by Messrs. Cockburn and Wilkinson, called on his Excellency Na-t'ung at the Wai-wu Pu.\n\nMr. Ku was also present at the interview.\n\nSir Ernest said that his Excellency would recollect that at their last interview he had also referred to the Burmah-Yunnan Boundary question, and had asked his Excellency to look up the previous correspondence and the maps on the subject. He had brought a map with him which would make the position clear.\n\n(Sir Ernest here produced the map of \"Burmah and Adjacent Countries, 1901,\" with the watershed boundary marked in pencil.)\n\nThe history of the negotiations was as follows :-\n\nTwo Conventions, one in 1894 and one in 1897, had been made with special reference to the boundary question, and since then they had been trying to mark out the boundary. One portion had been delimited with the exception of a section south of Mengting. It was not, however, about this section that he wished to talk, but about the northern portion of the boundary, the demarcation of which was left in the Treaty for subsequent negotiation. Article IV of the Burmah Convention, 1894, read as follows:-\n\n\"It is agreed that the settlement and delimitation of that portion of the frontier which lies to the north of latitude 25° 35' north shall be reserved for a future understanding between the High Contracting Parties when the features and conditions of the country are more accurately known.\"\n\n(Sir Ernest then explained to his Excellency the position on the map, pointing out that the N'aikha is the main source of the Irrawaddy, and its valley a natural continuation of the province of Burmah.)\n\nNa-tung remarked that all the Chinese maps relating to the boundary question had been destroyed during the Boxer troubles.\n\nSir Ernest, continuing, said that it was implied in Article IV of the Boundary Convention that neither party was to take advantage of the other to strengthen its position, but in January 1898 a Chinese official with 200 troops had entered the territory north of the Myitkina district. Sir Claude asked, therefore, that orders should be sent to Yunnan to cease all attempts to exercise Chinese authority in the districts on the west of the range of mountains forming the watershed between the Salween and the N'maikha. This proposal was made over five years ago. Beyond acknowledging the note, the Yamên made no reply.\n\nIn November Sir Claude again addressed the Tsung-li Yamên, inquiring if orders had been sent to Yunnan, and pointing out the suitability, from every point of view, of the boundary suggested by him. He added that if Chinese troops crossed it they would come into collision with ours. As a mere acknowledgment of receipt was returned to this note, it was naturally assumed that China had no objection to the proposed frontier. In 1899 there was no correspondence on the subject.\n\nIn January 1900 notice was given to the Teng-yüeh Prefect by the Deputy Commissioner of Myitkina that an exploring party was to be sent from Burmah to visit the eastern portion of the N'maikha Valley, and asking that the people on the east side of the watershed might be told not to be alarmed,\n\nOn arrival, however, at Pailai (Hpare) the party found a detachment, several hundred strong, of Chinese troops intrenched who had been specially sent across the border to oppose them. A fight ensued, in which there were several casualties on both sides; the Chinese troops were driven back and their stockades burnt. Four days previously two members of the Boundary Commission who were engaged in demarcating the frontier further south had been killed, and a British Consular officer, Mr. Litton, seriously wounded.\n\nSir Claude at once protested against the action of the Chinese Government in sending troops to oppose the exploring party, although informed of its peaceable nature, and asked not to send troops across the boundary. Then, on the 25th March, 1900, some twenty months after Sir Claude's proposal that the watershed should be the provisional boundary, the Yamên replied, putting forward the pretension that China exercised control up to the bank of the Nimaikha River, and refusing to accept the frontier suggested by Sir Claude.\n\nNa-tung explained that Yünnan was a long way off, and no doubt the interval was spent in making inquiries.\n\nSir Ernest continued that, owing to the Boxer troubles and the pressure of other negotiations, it was only in September 1902 that he was able to return to the subject. He then wrote to the Wai-wu Pu again asking for the observance of the watershed as the boundary. As usual, the Yamen replied stating that they were calling for a report from Yunnan. Last March Mr. Townley also wrote to the Board pressing for an answer, for which His Majesty's Government was still waiting.\n\nNa-tung said that, with regard to the Pailai and Meng Tum incidents, as both sides had suffered, no more need be said about them. The important thing was to settle the question as the Treaty laid down, otherwise there would be further trouble. What had Sir Ernest to propose?\n\nSir Ernest replied that the geographical and natural boundary was as stated in his note, the range forming the watershed between the M'maikha stream and the Taping, Shweli, and Salween Rivers.\n\nNa-tung stated that the Yunnan Viceroy had reported that this range was 100 li within the present frontier. The country between the range and the N'maikha River was inhabited by native tribes whose Chiefs received their patents from China. It was impossible, therefore, for China to accept the range as the boundary, He would suggest, in view of the present friendly relations between the two countries, that both Governments depute thoroughly competent officers to delimit the frontier.\n\nSir Ernest feared that His Majesty's Government would not agree to this. Their other experience in this respect had been very unsatisfactory. Owing to the procrastination of the Chinese authorities, who refused to be bound by the wording of the\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "The Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\n4\n\nMatter sentimental objections have more justification than fiscal forebodings. I doubt if Yunnan opium, conveyed viâ Burmah to Canton, would be much more serious rival to the Patna and Malwa drug than is now the same opium conveyed thither viâ Kuangsi. But I think that the suggestion to relax the rule should come from the other side; and, for obvious reasons, this suggestion should be cast in general terms, and should be, so to speak, for value received. To put it plainly, I would have the Yunnan Government (moved thereto by the Commissioner of Customs at Tengyüeh) propose to the Burmah Government that, in exchange for permission to import salt into Yunnan (or into Yungchang Prefecture) the Burmah Government should agree to allow all Yünnan products (except copper cash) to pass through Burmah to Kuangtung on payment of a transit charge of, let us say, one-eighth of the export duty.\n\nI fear, however, that on trial it would be found that the objections of the Yunnan Government to such a proposal are not less deeply rooted than any on the British side of the frontier.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nW. H. WILKINSON,\n\nSOUTH-WEST CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n159\n\n[May 9.]\n\nSECTION 4.\n\nSir E. Satow to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received May 9.) (No. 86.)\n\nPeking, March 14, 1904.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nIN continuation of my despatch No. 43 of the 3rd February, I have the honour to transmit a translation of the note which I have received from Prince Ching in reply to mine of the 30th January, with reference to the proposed boundary between Burmah and China north of latitude 25° 35'.\n\nCopies of this reply are also being sent to the Indian Government and to the Lieutenant-Governor of Burmah under flying seal for His Majesty's Consul-General at Yunnan-fu.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW,\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ching to Sir E. Satow.\n\nMarch 11, 1904.\n\nON the 30th January the Board had the honour to receive your note to the effect that by Article IV of the Burmah Convention of 1894, which remained unchanged by the Convention of 1897, the portion of the Burmah-Yünnan frontier which lies to the north of latitude 25° 35′ north was reserved for a future understanding, when the features and conditions of the country were more accurately known; that on the 28th July, 1898, Sir Claude MacDonald addressed a note to the Tsung-li Yamen inviting them to issue orders that no attempt was to be made to exercise Chinese authority on the west of the range forming the watershed between the NMaikha and Salween Rivers; that the Yamen had replied that the note had been sent to Yüunan; that no objection was expressed at the time or during the whole of the following year; that since 1900 the region in question had been more carefully examined by British officers, the result being to show the watershed of all streams that drain into the N Maikha, or Little River, from the east is the most satisfactory and most easily recognizable natural boundary; that this boundary, which has been treated as a provisional boundary hitherto, your Excellency is instructed by His Majesty's Government to inform the Chinese Government that they intend henceforth to regard as the actual boundary between China and Burmah unless and until a settlement is reached, and that if this frontier be not respected, and armed forces be sent across it from the Yunnan side, there will be risk of their coming into collision with British troops.\n\nYour Excellency added that you were instructing His Majesty's Consul-General in Yunnan to make a similar communication to the Viceroy of Yunnan, and that, in view of the fact that the authorities of that province had for a year and a half no objection to make to a frontier almost identical with that now indicated, they ought to find no great difficulty in acquiescing in the present arrangement.\n\nThe Board communicated this to the Viceroy of Yunnan by telegraph, asking him to make inquiry and send a Report, and his reply has now been received.\n\nHe states that, as regards Sir C. MacDonald's note of 1898, with regard to Chinese officials taking troops into territory north of the N'Maikha River, repeated investigations made in obedience to instructions failed to show any river of the name of N'Maikha. When subsequently, in 1900, the British troops crossed the frontier and \"burnt and slew\" the border camps at Tzuchu and Hpare, the Sub-Prefect of Tengyueh, Yang Chun, taking the maps and records of the native Chiefs, went to meet the two British Prefects of Bhamo and Mijitkina and Mr. Taw, and produced evidence that in the locality in question the foot of the mountains was the parting of the waters of the Small River and the Ching River, and that there was no flowing into the Lu Chiang, as was known to the British.\n\nThe fact that no objection was expressed in 1898 must not be taken as tacit consent.\n\n[1980 -4]",
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        "content_text": "Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\n452\n\nOfficers & crew\n\nJ\n\nthe Russian destrozer \"Burni.\"\n\nForeign Office, September 1, 1904.\n\nNo. 1.\n\nConvention pour l'Entrée et la Réception de l'Armée Française en Suisse.--Signée à Verrières, le 1 Février, 1871.\n\nENTRE M. le Général Herzog, Général en Chef de l'Armée de la Confédération Suisse, et M. le Général de Division Clinchant, Général en Chef de la Première Armée Française, il a été fait les Conventions suivantes :\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nL'Armée Française, demandant à passer sur le territoire Suisse, déposera ses armes, équipements et munitions en y pénétrant.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nCes armes, équipements, et munitions seront restitués à la France après la paix, et après le réglement définitif des dépenses occasionnées à la Suisse par le séjour des troupes Françaises.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nIl en sera de même pour le matériel d'artillerie et ses munitions.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nLes chevaux, armes, et effets des officiers seront laissés à leur disposition.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nDes dispositions ultérieures seront prises à l'égard des chevaux de troupe.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nLes voitures de vivres et de bagages, après avoir déposé leur contenu, retourneront immédiatement en France avec leurs conducteurs et leurs chevaux.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nLes voitures du Trésor et des Postes seront remises avec tout leur contenu à la Confédération Helvétique, qui en tiendra compte lors du réglement des dépenses.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nL'exécution de ces dispositions aura lieu en présence d'officiers Françaises et Suisses désignés à cet effet.\n\n[1187]\n\nSept.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[August 15.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n:\n\n:\n\nSir E. Satow to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received August 15.)\n\n(No. 229.)\n\nPeking, June 27, 1904.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 219 of the 16th instant, transmitting translation of a note from the Chinese Government in which they make new proposals for the Hwangpoo River Conservancy, I have the honour to report that after consultation with my German and United States' colleagues as to the answer which it was advisable to return, I addressed the inclosed reply to Prince Ching on the 22nd instant.\n\nIt may perhaps seem that I have in some measure anticipated the instructions of His Majesty's Government in this note, but I venture to point out that a mere acknowledgment of receipt, coupled with an undertaking to transmit the Chinese proposals to His Majesty's Government, would probably be interpreted as a virtual acceptance, and it was necessary, therefore, to frame my answer in such a way as to reserve full liberty for any future decision.\n\nI beg also to inclose copy of the reply returned by my United States' colleague to the Chinese note. My German colleague, to whom I communicated a copy of my note before it was sent in, informed me that he would write to Prince Ch'ing in the same sense.\n\nThe Japanese Minister has also informed me that he agrees with the views expressed in my note, and that he will return a similar reply to the Chinese proposals.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) ERNEST SATOW.\n\nP.S.-Since writing the above I have been informed by the United States' Minister that his Government are willing to accept the Chinese proposal, provided that guarantees for the immediate commencement and satisfactory completion of the works are given. (See my telegram No. 144 of the 30th June.) This was communicated to the Chinese Government on the 27th June.\n\nE. S.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ch'ing,\n\nPeking, June 22, 1904.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Highness' note of the 9th June, containing a scheme for the improvement of the Huangpu River which the Chinese Government desire to substitute for the arrangement contained in Annex 17 of the Peace Protocol of 1901.\n\nDuring the past three years the Chinese Government have been repeatedly urged by the Diplomatic Body and by various foreign Representatives to appoint a Chinese member of the Conservancy Board under Article IV (h) of Annex 17, and on the 23rd March, 1903, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires again addressed your Highness on the subject. But his note has remained unanswered. Your Highness will also remember that at our interview of the 3rd February last, I again pressed this question on your notice, but without effect.\n\nIt must be obvious to your Highness that the acceptance of any new scheme by the Powers must be unanimous. In their present form it appears to me unlikely that the proposals of the Chinese Government will meet with approval. In the first place, the Chinese Government ask His Majesty's Government to consent to the appropriation of a portion of the Customs revenue for this purpose. Now these funds are already pledged for the payment of the foreign loans and for the indemnity due to the Powers, so that there is nothing over.\n\n[2103 p]\n\n467",
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        "content_text": "NOTED FOR REISTER\n\n31105 Foreign Office, 489 Mr. Lucas\n\nWe must not leave H.K. to the tender mercies of Russia and the F.O. in this matter. I would therefore send copy to Treas. saying that in these circumstances Mr. L. proposes to instruct the Gov. to present monthly vouched accounts for settlement by T.L. at once.\n\nTo Niblett\n\nYou should note papers for Mr. Starding, Mr. Collins, and Shank you.\n\nC.P.L. 9/9 I have noted, then\n\nBath 9/9 imitate.\n\nSir,\n\nSeptember 6, 1904.\n\nI am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with enclosures, marked Treas 30588/1904 of the 2nd instant, relating to the internment of the officers and men of the Russian destroyer \"Burni\".\n\nWith regard to the method of repayment by the Russian Government of the expenses which may be incurred by the Government of Hong Kong, I am to request that you will call the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Article 58 of Section IV of the International Convention signed at the Hague on July 29, 1899, dealing with the internment of belligerents which states that \"at the conclusion of peace, the expenses caused by the internment shall be made good\".\n\nIt is true that the Convention referred to refers only to warfare on land, but it seems probable that by analogy a similar procedure would be held to be applicable to the case.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State, Treas\n\nI have not replied. ? Telegraph to Hongkong See 82348 proposed à..). 7769\n\nColonial Office.\n\nCH 9/9\n\n \nAlC",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nIf, as is stated in your note, the time has arrived when the duty actually levied on the drug has ceased to have the effect of \"placing restrictions on its consumption,\" it appears to me that the proper remedy is to be found in placing the native drug on an equal basis of taxation with the imported article.\n\nIf, with the objects of increasing the revenue and of restricting the consumption of opium, the Chinese Government proposed to undertake the effective control of the opium trade by means of a State monopoly, extending to the native-grown product and placing the latter in respect of enhanced taxation on equality with the foreign article, His Majesty's Government would be prepared to meet the Chinese Government in a fair and equitable spirit,\n\nBefore, however, any such proposal could be brought into operation, the opium provisions of the Chefoo Convention or of the Treaty of Tien-tsin would have to be modified, and the consent of His Majesty's Government to such an arrangement would be conditional on a guarantee of impartial administration and on the insertion of such provisions as would protect Indian opium, in respect of any tax, due, or duty, direct or indirect, from differential treatment in comparison with the product of China or of other countries.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(Signed) LANSDOWNE,\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n35217\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[September 20.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n551\n\nTT OCT 04\n\nSir E. Satow to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received September 26.)\n\n(No. 291.)\n\nPeking, August 11, 1904.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith a copy of an Intelligence Report which I have received from His Majesty's Consul at Kongmoon, which contains some interesting information as to that newly-opened port.\n\nWith regard to Mr. Werner's statement that the direct Hong Kong-Wuchow steamers are obliged to make a deviation of 28 miles to Kongmoon in order to fulfil Customs requirements, I have the honour to inform your Lordship that this and other grievances put forward by British ship-owners as to their treatment by the Customs authorities at Kongmoon have already formed the subject of correspondence between this Legation and His Majesty's Consulate-General at Canton.\n\nMr. Campbell informed me on the 24th June that he had spoken privately on the subject to the Commissioner of Customs at Canton, who pointed out that the present rules were only provisional, and mentioned (for Mr. Campbell's private information) that the three Commissioners of Samshui, Kongmoon, and Canton were shortly to meet to discuss necessary alterations.\n\nMr. Campbell gathered that there is a reasonable expectation that the West River steamers will be given the option of depositing papers at Samshui (or Kumchuk) or Kongmoon, as may suit their convenience.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nKONGMOON INTELLIGENCE REPORT, JUNE QUARTER, 1904.\n\nCONTENTS.\n\nI. Political and General—\n\n1. General Remarks on Kongmoon\n\n2. The Kongmoon District a district by itself\n\n3. Kongmoon City and Treaty Port\n\n4. Custom-house\n\n5. Land purchase\n\n6. Foreign firms\n\n7. Postal arrangements\n\n8. Absence of telegraph line\n\n9. Regulations respecting steamers\n\n10. Number of foreign steamers\n\n11. Native shipping\n\nII. Commercial—\n\n1. Passenger trade\n\n2. Imports\n\n3. Li-kin\n\n4. Exports\n\n5. Palm-leaf fans\n\n6. Other exports\n\n7. Kongmoon and Samshui\n\nIII. Naval and Military\n\nIV. Foreign officials\n\nWork of British Consulate\n\n7. Chinese officials\n\nPage.\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n6\n\n8\n\n10\n\n11\n\n18\n\n18\n\n17\n\n19\n\n20\n\n24\n\n27\n\n31\n\n31\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n26\n\n29",
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        "content_text": ")\n\n(\n\nSalow 246\n\nC.O\n\n[tr] | 40931 |\n\nInclosure in No. 246,–\n\nTreaty between Portugal and China signed at Peking, October 15, 1902.\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nLe Traité d'Amitié et de Commerce signé entre le Portugal et la Chine le 1 Décembre, 1887, continue à être en vigueur avec les modifications et altérations provenantes du présent Traité.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nLe Portugal accepte l'élévation des Tarifs d'Importation stipulé par l'Article 6 du Protocole de Pékin du 7 Septembre, 1901, et, à partir de la ratification du présent Traité, et tant que le Traité d'Amitié et de Commerce entre le Portugal et la Chine actuellement en vigueur n'aura pas été revisé, le Portugal jouira du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée, et en aucun cas il ne sera exigé des sujets Portugais de droits plus ou moins élevés que ceux qui seront exigés des sujets de n'importe quelle autre nation.\n\nCet Article annulle l'Article XII du Traité de 1887.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nPour rendre efficace la coopération du Portugal pour la perception et le contrôle des droits sur l'opium importé à Macao et exporté de Macao pour les ports Chinois, il y aura à Macao, en un endroit choisi d'accord entre le Gouvernement de la Colonie et l'Administration des Douanes Impériales Maritimes Chinoises, une Délégation de ces Douanes,\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nCette Délégation contrôlera l'entrée, et la sortie de l'opium à Macao, et percevra les droits dus à la Chine.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nCette Délégation accordera à tous les bateaux sortant de Macao les mêmes privilèges, et leur appliquera les mêmes Règlements que si cette Délégation était une Douane Maritime d'un port à Traité.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nUn Règlement établi d'accord entre les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes réglera le fonctionnement de cette Délégation des Douanes Impériales Maritimes de manière à sauvegarder les intérêts légitimes des deux pays.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nAfin d'éviter les discussions qui pourraient se produire, ce Traité sera en deux langues.\n\n719",
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        "content_text": "103 \n\n14 \n\n1.4 \n\nBild nordsabṛS SUQ, QAL \n\npassengers of the different classes. \n\nArticle 10th. In case of one of the steamers on the run being lost, M. Trevoux agrees to replace it within a year. During that delay, he might be authorised by the Governor-General to effect temporarily to the line a steamer not answering exactly all the required conditions. The temporary steamer must always run under the French flag. \n\nArticle 11th. The steamers of the Canton-Hongkong line shall be lit with electric light and must be fitted at least with three first-class cabins of two berths, and four second-class cabins of two berths, for European passengers. \n\nThese accommodations shall be supplied with the necessary requisites for passengers' use. \n\nEach passenger shall be entitled to take with him, carriage free, luggage to the weight of \n200 kilos for the first class; \n150 for the second class; \n50 kilos for the deck passengers. \n\n## CHAPTER IV. \n### Postal Service. \n\nArticle 12th. A special room, in a safe place, under lock and key shall be reserved for the mail bags. \n\nArticle 13th. The Captain of the ship is responsible for mail matters just as well as a postal agent. In that capacity, he is entitled to no remuneration. \n\nArticle 14th. In case when, by accident, the trip already commenced cannot be achieved, the Captain shall attend to the transport of the mail by the quickest way. The cost of transport shall lay with the contractor. \n\nArticle 15th. The contractor is forbidden to carry mail matters other than those handed over by the French Postal Agencies in Kwangtung, the Consul for France at Hongkong, and the Hongkong British Office. However, the contractor has the right to carry covers on service, including bills of lading, shipping orders, and all service and correspondence covers between his different offices. Anyhow, if there is any suspected fraud, the Government Commissioner or his substitute shall be entitled to ask for the opening of the parcels, the contents of which he shall have examined in the presence of the Captain. \n\nAny",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure 2\n\n269\n14743\n\n**Agreement as drafted**\n\n### ARTICLE I\n#### Exchange of Mails\n\nParagraph 1:\nThere shall be between the Postal Administration of Hongkong (which includes the British Postal Agencies operating in China) &c.\n\nParagraph 2:\nThe exchange of mails between the two Administrations will take place through the British Postal Agencies in China and the Chinese Post Offices established in the same localities as these British Postal Agencies, or where no British Postal Agencies may at present be established between Hongkong and such Chinese Post Offices direct. &c., &c.\n\n### ARTICLE IV\n#### Postage and Delivery\n\n(Without \"N.B.\" after paragraph 2.)\n\n**Agreement as concluded**\n\n### ARTICLE I\n#### Exchange of Mails\n\nParagraph 1:\nThere shall be between the Postal Administration of Hongkong (which includes the British Postal Agencies operating in the Treaty Port Settlements of China) &c.\n\nParagraph 2:\nThe exchange of mails between the two Administrations will take place through the British Postal Agencies in China and the Chinese Post Offices established in the same localities as these British Postal Agencies, or where no British Postal Agency exists, between the British and Chinese Post Offices at Shanghai for mails to and from River and Coast Ports north of Shanghai, but, for mails to and from Southern Ports, direct between Hongkong and the Chinese Post Offices at these ports, which will be specially designated. &c., &c.\n\n### ARTICLE IV\n#### Postage and Delivery\n\n(Insertion of \"N.B.\" after paragraph 2.)",
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        "content_text": "## \n517 \n\nThe nominal advantage derived from the surtax calculated \nin accordance with Article IV of the Brussels Convention.\n\n2. General Bragg also informs me \nthat Congress does not meet again till December next, that \nis not till after the date when the penalization of sugar \nfrom the Philippine Islands is to be further considered by \nthe Permanent Commission, and that it is unlikely that \nwhen it does meet it will amend the Protective Tariff.\n\n3. In these circumstances it would \nseem that the penalization of Philippine Raw Sugar can only \nbe avoided by representation of the fact that as the \nIslands do not import such sugar the theoretical surtax \ndoes not result in any practical bounty.\n\nI have the honour to be, \nSir, \nYour most obedient \nHumble servant, \nM. Nathan \nGovernor, \n&C...",
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        "content_text": "# \n## \n547\n\nThe total reported Import Trade of the Port for 1904 amounted to 26,588 vessels of 11,205,516 tons, carrying 7,889,978 tons of cargo, of which 4,758,052 tons were discharged at Hongkong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of Junks or Steam Launches employed in Local Trade.\n\nSimilarly, the Export Trade from the Port was represented by 26,639 vessels of 11,199,850 tons, carrying 3,436,726 tons of cargo, and shipping 670,811 tons of bunker coal.\n\nSeventy-six thousand three hundred and four (76,304) Emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year; of these, 52,496 were carried by British Ships and 23,808 by Foreign Ships; 149,195 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 121,735 were brought in British Ships and 27,460 by Foreign Ships.\n\nThe total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $300,933.95, being an increase of $15,645.53 on the previous year.\n\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1. Light Dues, | $72,330.16 |\n| 2. Licences and Internal Revenue, | $62,418.00 |\n| 3. Fees of Court and Office, | $166,185.79 |\n| Total, | $300,933.95 |\n\n## (b.) INDUSTRIES\n\nFor the first ten months of 1904 the Cotton Spinning industry suffered severely from the abnormally high price of Raw Cotton, and during the whole of that period short-time was resorted to. From November onwards a good demand was experienced for Yarn and full-time again adopted, but it was not until the middle of December that, as a result of large crops of Cotton in the chief producing countries, the cost of the raw material declined to a figure that permitted of spinning being carried on at a profit. At the end of 1904 the outlook for the industry was encouraging, and, provided the price of Cotton keeps at a reasonable level, the result of the working for 1905 is expected to be highly satisfactory.\n\nThe Sugar industry in the Colony during 1904 resulted in large profits to the two local refineries. Owing to the scarcity of supplies in consequence of the large deficiency in the European Beet Crop, prices gradually advanced throughout the year, without checking demand; the quantity of refined Sugar consumed in China largely exceeding that of any previous year, while there was also a good demand from other markets.\n\n41 Steam-launches and other vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 7,290 were built during the year.\n\nThe other large industries in the Colony connected with repairing and docking ships and the manufacture of cement and rope, are in a prosperous condition.\n\n## (c.) FISHERIES\n\nA considerable proportion of the boat-population of Hongkong supports itself by deep-sea fishing, in which pursuit a large number of junks are engaged. The villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shaukiwan, and many others in the New Territory are largely dependent upon this industry for their prosperity. Fresh-water fish is imported from Canton and the West River.\n\nRules for the regulation, control, and licensing of Oyster Fisheries in the New Territories were made during the year.\n\n## (d.) FORESTRY, BOTANICAL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE\n\n111,198 trees were planted in Hongkong during the year including 195,645 pine and 1,978 camphor trees. It was proposed at the commencement of the year to introduce a scheme for felling and re-planting pine forests on the block system with a twenty-five years rotation. But as the scheme was looked upon with ill-favour by the public and as the opinion was expressed in well-informed quarters that a longer period of rotation was preferable, it was decided to suspend felling operations while the advice of the Indian Government was obtained. A scheme of issuing Forestry Licences in the New Territories was initiated in the hope of inducing the Chinese to adopt more economical methods in dealing with the considerable plantations of pine trees formed before the cession of the Territories, and with the object of tempting them to take up fresh areas of waste lands for further planting. The small area available for rice cultivation and the unfertility of the soil combine to prevent agriculture from becoming a prominent industry in the Colony. The low-lying land in the New Territories is probably utilized to nearly the fullest extent possible, and it is therefore from the profitable cultivation of the steep hill slopes that any increase in the productiveness of the Territories may be derived. In this connection the cultivation of pine apple, and experiments that are being made with sisal hemp are of much interest.\n\n## (e.) LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND\n\nThe amount received from sales of Crown land was over $486,000, being some $24,000 less than the receipts for the previous year.\n\nBuilding land in the urban portion of the Colony and in the Peak District is limited in extent and steadily increasing in value. The natural consequence is that house-rents, especially on the higher levels, have advanced to an extent probably unknown in other British Colonies.\n\n## III-LEGISLATION\n\nSixteen Ordinances were passed during 1904, of which six were measures for the amendment of existing Ordinances. The most important measure was the Sugar Convention Ordinance (No. 14 of 1904) giving effect to Article VII of the Brussels Sugar Convention, 1902. By the Hill District Reservation Ordinance (No. 4) a residential area is preserved at the Peak.\n\nThe Opium Monopoly was further protected by an Ordinance (No. 10) controlling the importation and sale of compounds of opium. By the Pilots Ordinance (No. 3) provision was made for the examination and licensing of Pilots, who must be British subjects.\n\n## IV-EDUCATION\n\nThe number of Government and Grant Schools including Queen's College, is 81, of which 23 are Upper Grade Schools in which at least part of the staff is European, and 58 are Lower Grade Schools, under purely native management. Broadly speaking the Upper Grade Schools teach in English, and the Lower Grade Schools teach in the Vernacular.\n\nThe total number of Scholars in average attendance at Government and Grant Schools was 4,970. Of these, 1,665 were in Government and 3,305 in Grant Schools; 2,906 Scholars received instruction in English, and 2,064 in the Vernacular. The proportion of boys to girls was 3,236 to 1,734, or a little less than two to one.\n\nA small Anglo-Chinese School was opened at Un Long in the New Territory early in 1904; and arrangements were made to open a new School for children of British parentage at Caroline Hill, East Point. The Kowloon School for children of similar parentage, opened in 1902, has had an average attendance of 54.8 as against 46.4 in 1903.\n\nThe new Code for Grant Schools has been in force during the year, and has worked very satisfactorily.\n\nIt was decided to introduce the study of Hygiene into all Government and Grant Schools and a suitable text book was prepared.\n\nThe Revenue derived from School Fees was $36,251.50. The Expenditure was $151,589, being 2.32% of the total expenditure of the Colony.",
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        "content_text": "## LXXIV \n300 \n\nFrom Governor Hong Kong \nTo H.B.M. Consul General Hankow \n\ndrop * 6.25 pm 7/9/05. \n\nNo telegram was received after mine to you suggesting a collateral agreement. I am now prepared to accept your proposed modification of Article IV, and when you inform me that loan agreement is signed I will arrange for remittance of £400,000 to Hankow and £700,000 to New York, on the 6th of October.\n\nI have repeated this to H.B.M. Minister Peking \n\n## LXXV \nNathan \nTelegram Governor Hong Kong \nTo H.B.M. Minister Peking \n\ndisp 6.35 pm.. 7/9/05. \n\nI have sent the following telegram to H.B.M. Consul General at Hankow:- \nTelegram No LXXIV (repeated) \n\nNathiau \n\n## LXXVI \nFrom Governor Hong Kong \nTo Secretary of State \n\ndrop 7.10 p.m. 7/9/05. \n\nIn continuation of my telegram of today's date the present proposal of H.B.M. Consul General at Hankow is for remittances to be made on the 6th of October of £400,000 to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, in repayment of the temporary loan, and of £700,000 to the Chinese Minister at New York. This involves some alterations in the agreement. \n\nWhen I telegraph \"agreement liquid\" please cause effect to be given to the foregoing arrangement. \n\nNathan",
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        "content_text": "**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n# CHINA TRADE.\n\nNo. 1.\n\nC.O. 254  \n[December 19.]  \n610  \nRECO  \nSBOTTON 2.. (Red 9 JAN 05:  \n05  \n3  \n?  \nNo. 17.) Lord,\n\n## Mr. Jamieson to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received December 19.)\n\nShanghue, November 14, 1904.\n\nI HAVE the honour to report that the revised Treaty of Commerce, in terms of Final Protocol of 1901, between Portugal and China was signed here on the 14th instant.\n\nThis instrument consists of twenty Articles, and together with it are published the terms of the Canton-Macao Railway Contract. I have the honour to submit a hasty précis thereof (translated from the Chinese text), to catch the outgoing mail.\n\nArticle I provides that, in so far as it has not been modified by the present document, the Treaty of 1897 and its opium annex hold good.\n\nArticle II stipulates for the most-favoured-nation treatment in the matter of any increase of the Tariff import or export duties.\n\nBy Article III Portugal undertakes to supervise the storage in bond of all opium imported into Macao. Special regulations to be drawn up hereafter.\n\nArticle IV contemplates a code of joint international rules for preventing smuggling around Macao.\n\nArticle V extends the privileges of the Inland Water Navigation Rules, with certain modifications, to vessels trading to and from Macao.\n\n| Article | Description |\n|---------|-------------|\n| VI      | Grants to Portuguese subjects and goods, in all respects, most-favoured-nation treatment |\n| VII     | A special clause ensures that wine, the produce of Portugal, over 14° of alcohol, accompanied by a Consular certificate of origin, shall only be subject to the rate of duty laid down in the Tariff annexed to the Treaty |\n\nArticle VIII provides for the drawing-up of regulations to control the nationalization, by Portuguese subjects, of Chinese resident in Macao.\n\nIn Article IX Portugal consents to the increase of the import duty by a surtax, equal to a duty and a-half, in return for the abolition of li-kin, when all other Treaty Powers shall have signified their assent to this proposal.\n\nArticle X deals with the cash payment of drawbacks.\n\nIn Article XI the institution of an uniform system of currency by Portugal is promised.\n\nArticle XII agrees to prohibit the importation of morphia.\n\nIn Article XIII China undertakes to place her Mining Regulations on a satisfactory footing.\n\nArticle XIV is similar to the Article in the Japanese Treaty dealing with partnership agreements between Chinese and foreigners.\n\n| Article | Description |\n|---------|-------------|\n| XV      | Mutual protection of trade-marks |\n| XVI     | Revision of China's Civil and Criminal Codes |\n| XVII    | Portugal will assist at any conference between China and other Treaty Powers on the subject of the missionary question |\n\nAccording to Article XVIII, this Treaty is to remain in force for ten years, with the option of renewal for another ten years, unless, prior to expiry, either Government gives six months' notice of a desire for revision.\n\nArticle XIX. The Treaty is drawn up in Portuguese, Chinese, and English. In the event of discrepancies between the two former versions, the English text is to be followed.\n\nArticle XX. Ratifications are to be exchanged as soon as possible.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. W. JAMIESON,  \nCommercial Attaché.  \n[2288 -2]",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE III\n\nThe Government of His Most Faithful Majesty agrees to continue as heretofore to co-operate with the Government of His Imperial Chinese Majesty in the collection of the duty and l-kin on opium exported from Macao to China, and also to co-operate in the repression of smuggling in accordance with the Treaty and special Opium Convention of the 1st December, 1887.\n\nIn order to render this co-operation effective, it is clearly stipulated that all opium imported into Macao shall, on arrival, be registered at the special Government Bureau provided for this purpose, and the Portuguese Government will take the necessary steps in order to have all this opium stored under its exclusive control in a depôt from which it will be removed as required by the demands of trade.\n\nThe quantity of opium required for consumption in Macao and its dependencies will be fixed annually by the Government of Macao in agreement with the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs, referred to in Article II of the above-mentioned Convention, and under no pretext will removal from the Portuguese Government depôt be permitted of any quantity of opium for local consumption in excess of that fixed by the said Agreement; necessary measures will be taken to prevent opium removed from the depôt for re-export to any port other than a port in China being sent fraudulently to Chinese territory.\n\nThe removal from the depôt of opium for export will not be permitted, except on production of proof that such opium has already paid all dues and duties leviable thereon by China.\n\nThe Rules for the carrying out of this Article shall be arranged by Delegates from the Government of Macao and the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nSuch steps as are necessary for the repression of smuggling in the territory and waters of Macao shall be taken by the local Portuguese Government in concert with the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs, and similar steps in the Chinese territory and waters near Macao shall be taken by the Imperial Maritime Customs in concert with the Portuguese Government of Macao.\n\nThis co-operation is intended to render such steps effective on all points in respect of which co-operation is needed and to avoid at the same time any injury to the sovereign rights of either of the High Contracting Parties.\n\nSpecial Delegates from the local Government of Macao and the Imperial Maritime Customs shall proceed to fix the respective zones of operations, and shall devise practical means for the repression of smuggling.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nWith a view to the development of trade between Macao and neighbouring ports in the Kwangtung Province, the High Contracting Parties have agreed as follows:-\n\n1. Portuguese steamers desirous of proceeding for purposes of trade from Macao to any of the ports of call and passenger stages on the West River, enumerated in the special Article of the English Burmah Convention of 1897 and Article X of the British Treaty of Commerce of 1902 shall be permitted to do so, provided they comply with The Special Regulations to be framed for this purpose by the two High Contracting Parties.\n\n2. Steamers specially registered for trade under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Rules shall be permitted to ply between Macao and places in the department of Kwangchow-fu other than those mentioned in section 1, provided they report to the Kungpei-kuan Customs for examination of cargo and payment of duties in accordance with Special Regulations to be framed for this purpose by the two High Contracting Parties.\n\nSuch vessels may engage in all lawful trade, including the towage of junks and conveyance of passengers and cargo, subject to the Regulations for the time being in force.\n\nThe privileges hereby granted are granted on the express understanding that Special Regulations shall be framed defining in detail the conditions under which such traffic may be carried on.\n\nUntil then the said Regulations have been agreed upon and published, this Article shall not become operative; and subsequently only on compliance with the said Regulations.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nPortugal having the right of most-favoured-nation treatment, it is clearly stipulated that any advantages China may think fit to grant to any nation in the importation of agricultural products, specially wines and oil, or in the importation of industrial products, specially woollen and cotton goods and preserved food-stuffs, shall be extended to similar goods of Portuguese origin on exactly the same conditions.\n\nIt is also clearly understood that Portuguese wines of all kinds proved by means of certificate of origin, issued by Portuguese Consuls, to have been imported from Portugal, direct or otherwise, shall, when their alcoholic strength exceeds 14°, pay the duty leviable according to the annexed Tariff on wines exceeding 14° of alcoholic strength. Wines passed through the Chinese Customs under designation \"Port Wine,\" shall not be entitled to the benefit of this Article unless accompanied by a certificate of origin as above.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nPortuguese subjects may frequent, reside at, and carry on trade, industries, and manufactures, and pursue any other lawful avocation in all the ports and localities in China which have already been or may hereafter be opened to foreign residence and trade; and wherever in any such ports or localities a special area has been or may hereafter be set apart for the use and occupation of foreigners, Portuguese subjects may therein lease land, erect buildings, and in all respects enjoy the same privileges and immunities as are granted to subjects of the most favoured nation.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nWhereas China, with the object of reforming its fiscal system, proposes to levy a surtax, in addition to the Tariff duties, on all goods passing through the custom-houses, whether maritime or inland and frontier, in order to make good the loss incurred by the complete abolition of li-kin, the Portuguese Government agrees that foreign goods imported into China by Portuguese subjects shall on entry pay an import surtax equivalent to one and a-half times the duty fixed by the import Tariff as now revised, and that Chinese produce exported abroad by Portuguese subjects shall pay export duties, inclusive of the Tariff export duty, not exceeding seven and a-half per cent., ad valorem, provided always that such import surtax, and export duties have been accepted by all the Powers having Treaties with China. With regard to the produce tax, consumption tax, and excise, as well as the duties on native opium and salt, leviable by China, Portugal further agrees to accept the same arrangements as shall be agreed upon between all the Treaty Powers and China. It is, however, understood that the commerce, rights, and privileges of Portugal shall not, in consequence of this undertaking, be placed in any way at a disadvantage as compared with the commerce, rights and privileges of any other Power.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nDrawback certificates for the return of duties shall be issued by the Imperial Maritime Customs to Portuguese subjects within twenty-one days from the date of presentation to the Customs of the papers entitling the applicant to receive such drawback certificates.\n\nThese certificates will be accepted at their face value by the Customs authorities at the port of issue in payment of duties of all kinds, tonnage dues excepted; or shall, in the case of drawbacks for duty paid on foreign goods re-exported abroad within three years from the date of importation, be redeemable in full in ready money by the Imperial Maritime Customs at the port of issue, at the option of the holders thereof.\n\nBut if, in connection with any application for a drawback certificate, the Customs authorities discover an attempt on the part of a Portuguese subject to defraud the revenue, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five times the amount of the duty.",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE III\n\nThe Government of His Most Faithful Majesty agrees to co-operate with the Chinese Government in the collection of the duty and li-kin on opium exported from Macao to China, and also to co-operate in the repression of smuggling in accordance with the Treaty and special Opium Convention of the 1st December, 1887.\n\nIn order to render this co-operation effective, it is clearly stipulated that all opium imported into Macao shall, on arrival, be registered at the special Portuguese Bureau provided for this purpose, and the Portuguese Government will take the necessary steps in order to have all this opium stored under its exclusive control in a depot, from which it will be removed as required by the demands of trade.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nThe Portuguese Government shall enact as soon as possible a law fixing the penalties for infringement of the Regulations arranged between the two High Contracting Parties.\n\nThe quantity of opium required for consumption in Macao will be fixed annually by the Government of the Colony in agreement with the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs, referred to in Article II of the above-mentioned Convention, and under no pretext will removal from the Portuguese Government depot be permitted of any quantity of opium for local consumption in excess of that fixed by the said Agreement.\n\nNecessary measures will be taken to prevent opium removed from the depot for re-export to any port other than a port in China being sent fraudulently to Chinese territory.\n\nThe rules for the carrying out of this Article shall be drawn up by mutual agreement between the two High Contracting Parties.\n\nThe Portuguese Government will enact a law as soon as possible fixing the penalties for infringement of the rules approved by the two High Contracting Parties.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\n...\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nPortugal having the right of most-favoured-nation treatment, it is clearly stipulated that any advantages China may think fit to grant to the products of any other nation shall be extended to similar goods of Portuguese origin on exactly the same conditions.\n\nIt is also clearly understood that Portuguese wines of all kinds, accompanied by a certificate of origin, \"vised\" by Portuguese Consuls, proving them to be Portuguese and to have been imported from Portugal, direct or otherwise, shall, when their alcoholic strength exceeds 14°, pay the duty leviable according to the annexed Tariff on wines exceeding 14° of alcoholic strength. Wines passed through the Chinese Customs under the designation \"port wine\" shall not be entitled to the benefit of this Article unless accompanied by a certificate of origin as above.\n\nReciprocally, Chinese subjects shall enjoy in the importation and exportation of their products in Portugal all the privileges and immunities conceded to the subjects of the most favoured nation.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nPortuguese subjects may frequent, reside at, and carry on trade, industries, and manufactures, and pursue any other lawful avocation, in all the ports and localities in China which have already been or may hereafter be opened to residence and trade of foreigners and wherever in any such ports or localities a special area has been or may hereafter be set apart for the use and occupation of foreigners, Portuguese subjects may therein lease land, erect buildings, and in all respects enjoy the same privileges and immunities as are granted to subjects of the most favoured nation.\n\nSuch steps as are necessary for the repression of smuggling of opium in the territory and waters of Macao shall be taken by the Government of the Colony in concert with the Commissioner of the Custom-house of Kung-Pei-Kuan, and similar steps in the Chinese territory and waters near Macao shall be taken by the Commissioner of the Custom-house of Kung-Pei-Kuan in concert with the Government of Macao. This co-operation is intended to render such steps effective on all points in respect of which co-operation is needed, and to avoid at the same time any injury to the sovereign rights of either of the High Contracting Parties.\n\nSpecial Delegates from the local Government of Macao and the Imperial Maritime Customs shall proceed to fix the respective zones of operations, and shall devise practical means for the repression of smuggling of opium.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nWith a view to the development of trade between Macao and neighbouring ports in the Kwangtung Province, the two High Contracting Parties have agreed as follows:\n\n1. Portuguese vessels desirous of carrying cargo or passengers from Macao to any of the ports of call and passenger stages on the West River, enumerated in the special Article of the English Burmah Convention of 1897 and Article X of the British Treaty of Commerce of 1902 shall be permitted to do so, provided they comply with the special Regulations to be framed for this purpose by the two High Contracting Parties.\n\n2. Vessels specially registered for trade under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Rules shall be permitted to ply between Macao and places in the department of Kwangchow-fu other than those mentioned in section 1, provided they report to the Kung-Pei-Kuan Customs for examination of cargo and payment of duties in accordance with Special Regulations to be framed for this purpose by the two High Contracting Parties.\n\n3. Such vessels may engage in all lawful trade, including the towage of junks and conveyance of passengers and cargo, subject to the Regulations for the time being in force.\n\n4. The privileges granted by this Article shall come into force after the approval of special Regulations defining in detail the conditions under which such traffic may be carried on. This Article shall only become operative when the said Regulations have been agreed upon and published, and only in compliance with the terms of these Regulations shall such traffic be carried on.\n\nThe Chinese Government having expressed a desire that the provisions of the Portuguese Civil Code Law granting Portuguese nationality to the children of foreigners born in Portuguese territory should be modified so far as concerns Chinese born in the territory of Macao, the Portuguese Government agrees to take this subject into special consideration, and to enact as soon as possible, if they should deem it necessary, a Law regulating the conditions under which Chinese born in Portuguese territory are to be recognized as being of Portuguese nationality.\n\nThese conditions shall be so laid down as to prevent the Chinese who may be recognized as being of Portuguese nationality from:\n\n1. Unduly assuming privileges reserved for Chinese subjects, such as the right of residing for commercial purposes in the interior or in the ports not open to foreign trade.\n\n2. Or, while residing in open ports, making contracts with Chinese subjects, as if they were themselves likewise Chinese subjects, and subsequently repudiating their responsibilities by alleging their Portuguese nationality, and availing themselves of the fact that the Portuguese laws may be opposed to the liabilities stipulated in the contracts made.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nWhereas China, with the object of reforming its fiscal system, proposes to levy a surtax, in addition to the Tariff duties, on all goods passing through the custom-houses, whether maritime, inland, or frontier, in order to make good the loss incurred by the complete abolition of li-kin, the Government of His Most Faithful Majesty agree that foreign goods imported into China by Portuguese subjects shall, on entry, pay an import surtax equivalent to one and a-half times the duty fixed by the import Tariff as now in force, and that Chinese produce exported abroad by Portuguese subjects shall pay export duties, inclusive of the Tariff export duty, not exceeding 7.5 per cent, ad valorem; provided always that such import surtax and export duties have been accepted by the Powers having Treaties with China.",
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        "content_text": "## IV.-Notice explicative\n\n**Modèle de la Marque. Sceau.**\n\n1. La présente marque est constituée par dessin [vignette, objet, dénomination].\n\n2. Indications générales relatives à la marque.\n\n3. Designation de la classe et de la catégorie de marchandises à laquelle la marque s'applique.\n\n4. Mode d'emploi de la marque.\n\n(Nom et prénoms.)\n\n## V.-Certificat délivré par le Bureau d'Enregistrement du Ministère du Commerce.\n\nVu la requête présentée par le commerçant de la province de ... pour demander l'enregistrement aux fins d'usage exclusif d'une marque commerciale, notre Bureau, après avoir constaté que les déclarations, portées à la notice explicative, sont en complète conformité avec les prescriptions du Règlement d'Essai sur l'Enregistrement des Marques de Fabrique, a dûment accordé l'enregistrement avec le droit d'usage exclusif pour vingt années.\n\nEn foi de quoi le présent acte est délivré pour certifier que le droit d'usage exclusif comptera à dater du jour de l'émission du présent acte du [an, mois, jour], pour expirer le [an, mois, jour].\n\n[Indication de la nature des marchandises auxquelles s'applique la marque.]\n\nLe présent est délivré à ... Série Numéro ... Kuang Hen [année, lune, jour], pour être gardé par lui.\n\nDélivré par (Signature.) (Signature.)\n\n## VI.–Certificat délivré par le Bureau d'Enregistrement des Marques de Fabrique au Ministère du Commerce de l'Empire Chinois.\n\nVu la requête présentée par le commerçant ... de nationalité ... demandant l'enregistrement d'une marque de fabrique à son usage exclusif'; vu les déclarations portées à la notice explicative (à ajouter, s'il y a eu enregistrement à l'étranger, et desquelles il résulte que l'enregistrement a déjà eu lieu en ..., à la date du ..., correspondant à ... du calendrier Chinois), notre Bureau, après avoir constaté qu'il a été complétement satisfait aux prescriptions du Règlement sur l'Enregistrement des Marques Commerciales, a dûment accordé l'enregistrement, avec droit d'usage exclusif, pour une période de ... années.\n\nEn foi de quoi le présent acte est délivré pour certifier que le droit d'usage exclusif comptera à dater de [an, mois, jour], pour expirer le [an, mois, jour].\n\n[Indication de la nature des marchandises auxquelles la marque s'applique.]\n\nLe présent est délivré à ... Série Numéro ... Kuang Hsü [année, lune, jour], pour être gardé par lui.\n\nDélivré par (Signature.) (Signature.)\n\n(English Version.)\n\n1. Any person or firm, Chinese or foreign, wishing to have the exclusive use of a trade-mark, must have it registered in conformity with the following Rules.\n\nProvided that persons or firms who have had lawful use of marks in China prior to the 1st day of the 1st month of the 29th year of Kuang Hsu (January 29, 1903) may either apply to have them registered under these Regulations or may deposit specimens of such marks, with the particulars of the goods on which they were used and the name of the proprietor. The Registration Office will keep a special list of the marks thus deposited, in the order in which they were presented.\n\nThe essential characteristic of a trade-mark is that it must consist of a device, a word, or of letters or characters, or of a brand or stamp, clearly distinctive and easily recognizable, or of the form of the article, of a fancy name, or of any other distinctive sign or combination of the above signs.\n\nIt is, however, understood that names of firms, including Hong names and names of Companies, not being trade-marks, shall be protected without registration, whether they form part of a trade-mark or not, and the same applies to words indicating the origin of goods and names of particular places when such words are combined with the name of a firm.\n\n2. The Board of Commerce being charged with all questions relating to the protection of industrial or commercial property, it will be the function of that Board to control the application of the present Regulations.\n\nThe Board of Commerce will establish at Shanghae an office which will be charged with carrying out the registration of trade-marks.\n\n3. Applicants may either present their applications direct to the Registration Office or forward them through the Imperial Maritime Customs Offices in the Treaty ports, whence they will be transmitted without delay to the Registration Office.\n\n4. Every application for registration must be accompanied by an explanatory note with a facsimile of the trade-mark in triplicate, and a list of the goods for which it is to be used, according to the classification list attached to these Regulations. The applicant must also furnish a block for printing his trade-mark, which will then be published in the \"Trade-marks Gazette.\"\n\n5. If the application is found to be in order and no objections are raised against it, it will be published in the \"Trade-marks Gazette.\" If no opposition, based on the ground that the registration of such mark would be contrary to the provisions of these Regulations, be made by another party within nine months from the date of publication, registration shall be proceeded with.\n\nIn the same way, applications for the deposit of marks in the special list shall be published in the \"Gazette.\"\n\n6. If several applications for registration be made in respect of similar marks for the same class of goods, and which have not yet been used, the first applicant shall be entitled to registration. If the mark has already been used, the applicant who can prove the earliest lawful use shall be entitled to registration. If application be made on the same day in respect of similar marks for the same class of goods, by several parties, none of whom can prove use, all such applications will be refused, unless the parties agree that one of them shall be accorded registration.\n\nWhen application is made for the registration of a mark identical with or resembling a mark already refused, the consent of the earlier applicant or applicants is necessary before registration will be granted.\n\n7. If, within four months from the date of registration of a trade-mark in a foreign country, application be made for its registration in China, the date of registration abroad will be recognized if the application be accompanied by documentary evidence of the registration abroad.\n\n8. Registration as trade-marks cannot be effected in respect of open marks, that is to say, marks which all or certain classes of traders are in the habit of using on goods of the same kind, and which by those engaged in trade are not considered as proprietary marks. Thus, foreign words cannot be registered as trade-marks for cotton-yarns, sewing cottons, or cotton piece-goods.\n\nRegistration will be refused in respect of the following marks:--\n\n| Category | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | Those likely to injure public order or offending against morality, or calculated to deceive. |\n| (b) | Those embodying seals or designs specially used by the State (e.g., the Imperial seals, official seals, &c.) or consisting of representations of the national flag, the war flag, or of Chinese decorations awarded for merit. |\n| (c) | Marks resembling trade-marks already registered for the same goods or description of goods, or marks resembling trade-marks contained in the special list of Article 1. |\n| (d) | Marks which are not in accord with the definition laid down in Article 1. |\n\n9. The period during which Chinese or foreign merchants shall have exclusive rights in a trade-mark is limited to twenty years from the date of registration.",
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        "content_text": "242 \n\n2 \n\nThis telegram supplied the material for a Parliamentary question addressed by Sir Gilbert Parker to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the 19th April. Earl Percy replied: **\"No information of the acts alleged in the question has reached us. Such acts would be violations, not of the Treaty of 1902, but of Treaties concluded with China at an earlier date. His Majesty's Minister at Peking has been informed, in reply to his inquiries as to the steps which had been taken to carry out the provisions of Article II of the Treaty of 1902, that the Office of Financial Administration has presented a Memorial to the Throne proposing the establishment of a general Mint at Tien-tsin for the coinage of silver and copper and the introduction of a uniform national coinage. As soon as definite arrangements have been made they will be communicated to Sir E. Satow. With regard to the Mining Regulations, the Chinese Government state that Regulations have been drawn up, but that it is necessary to consult the provincial authorities before the final arrangements could be settled.\"** \n\nOn the 20th April a Reuter telegram was sent out from London, and in due time published in Shanghai, which ran as follows: **\"Lord Percy said that no information had reached the Government as to China having ignored the terms of the Mackay Treaty.\"** \n\nThree days later a letter signed \"E. S. Little\" was published in the \"North China Daily News,\" of which I beg to inclose a copy. I beg to call your Lordship's attention to the opening sentences of this letter, inferring on the authority of the Reuter telegram that the British Government is absolutely ignorant of the existing state of affairs in China. If His Majesty's Minister to China and the Consuls have reported home the number of cases of Chinese evasion of Treaty obligations the Government will be unable to state with truth that no information has reached the Government as to China having ignored the terms of the Mackay Treaty. If British officials in China have not informed the Government, it is high time the British mercantile community should step in and supply the necessary information to our badly-informed Government.\n\nThe remainder of Mr. Little's letter to the paper is in great part an anticipation of the statements contained in the letter of the Shanghai merchants to your Lordship. \n\nIn pursuance of the desire expressed by your Lordship that I should furnish my observations on the questions raised by the signatories of the telegram, I have the honour, with regard to the general statement that China ignores the Commercial Treaty, to point out that of the fourteen Articles which it contains the following have been fulfilled since the exchange of ratifications took place on the 28th July, 1903, or are in process of fulfilment.\n\nI. Drawback Certificates. \nIn regard to this Article a difference of opinion occurred between the Taotai and His Majesty's Consul-General, but representations were made to the Chinese Government by His Majesty's Legation which resulted in its removal, and no further complaint has been received. \n\nV. Removal of artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River. Reports on this subject were forwarded in despatches Nos. 135 of the 21st April, 144 of the 24th April, 168 of the 12th May, and 389 of the 15th November, 1904, besides others sent direct to your Lordship's Office from His Majesty's Consulate-General at Canton. \n\nVI. Bonded warehouses. \nSee my despatch No. 12 of the 13th January, 1904, and inclosure. \n\nVII. Trade-marks. \nIt cannot be fairly alleged that China has neglected this question, or neglected to make proposals for the enactment of a trade-mark law, as the voluminous correspondence between your Lordship's Office and His Majesty's Legation sufficiently proves. \n\n3 \n\nX. Inland Navigation Rules and opening of Kongmoon. \nReports were furnished in despatches Nos. 18 of the 18th January, 45 of the 2nd February, 128 of the 12th April, 130 of the 13th April, and 416 of the 7th December, 1904. The ports of call and passenger stations mentioned in this Article were all opened by the 1st March, 1904. The question of licensing launches to run to Nanning and Pose is still a subject of discussion with the Canton Viceroy. \n\nXIV. Interport transport of rice. \nAfter some correspondence with the Chinese authorities, the export of rice was allowed from Chinkiang under certain limitations, which, though contrary to Treaty, were accepted by British merchants. I inclose an extract from Mr. Tratman's Intelligence Report for the March quarter 1905, bearing on this question. On the 23rd September, 1903, the Governor of Hunan was informed by His Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Hankow that a limited permission to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire to export rice from Changsha would be accepted as a temporary measure only, and that we should insist on our Treaty rights. \n\nIn regard to Articles III, duties and li-kin levied on goods carried from Hong Kong to the Treaty ports in the Canton Delta, and IV, obligations of Chinese shareholders in foreign Companies, no questions have arisen. \n\nArticles XI, XII, and XIII contain undertakings on the part of His Majesty's Government of which occasion for fulfilment has not yet presented itself. \n\nThe execution of Article VIII, abolition of li-kin and substitution of a surtax on imports, depends on the adhesion of all the other Treaty Powers.\n\nArticles II, the establishment of a uniform national coinage, and Article IX, the revision of the existing Mining Regulations within twelve months from the 5th September, 1902, have not been carried into effect. \n\nProceeding to comment on the points raised in the Shanghai letter, it may be observed that to reform the currency system of China so as to bring it into conformity with that prevailing in most civilized countries is a task of considerable magnitude, and the negotiators of the Treaty wisely fixed no limit of time within which it must be accomplished. The existing system has been described in great detail in two articles which appeared in the \"Times' Financial and Commercial Supplement\" for the 13th and 20th March of this year, and the obstacles to reform are very well stated by the writer. Not long after the Mackay Treaty was signed the United States, at the request of Mexico and China, appointed a commission of experts to confer with leading European financial authorities, official and non-official, with regard to the best method of harmonizing the currency systems of these two silver-using countries with those of the countries which possess a gold standard. In 1903 they reported, and early in 1904 Professor Jenks, the most prominent member of the American Commission, paid a visit to China, in the course of which he discussed with the leading authorities, both provincial and metropolitan, an elaborate series of proposals for the regulation of Chinese finance and the adoption of the gold standard. Reports of his proceedings appeared in the local press, and at one time there seemed no small reason to hope that he would succeed in his endeavours. The Chinese Government, however, eventually decided against the acceptance of Professor Jenks' plans, and resolved to begin with the reform of the copper currency.\n\nA sketch of the proposed course of procedure, as given by the Chinese Minister for Finance, was contained in my despatch No. 150 of the 2nd May to your Lordship. In that despatch I mentioned the apprehensions entertained by foreign business men with regard to the apparently unrestricted coinage of the new 10-cash copper piece. The Chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce has since addressed to the Diplomatic Body a letter, giving information with regard to the provincial copper mints, and pointing out the danger of depreciation of the new coin. To this letter a reply has been sent asking for further and more precise details. A copy of this correspondence is inclosed, and it is probable that a representation on this subject will be addressed to the Chinese Government by the Diplomatic Body. It is also reported that the Board of Revenue is alive to the necessity of controlling the issues by the provincial mints, and I have the honour to inclose translation of a Memorial on this subject, which, though not going as far as could be desired in the direction of supervision and control, is still a considerable step in advance. \n\nIn the meantime it may be noted that the \"North China Daily News\" of the 6th July states that a careful analysis has been made of 10-cash pieces from various",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE IV.---- Mines\n\nThe Chinese Government, being desirous of encouraging mining and, with this object in view, wishing to attract foreign capital, shall within a year from the signing of this Treaty issue new Mining Rules founded on the laws relating to mining of Germany and other countries. These Regulations shall be framed so that, while promoting the interests of Chinese subjects and not injuring in any way the sovereign rights of China, they shall offer no impediment to the attraction of foreign capital or place foreign capitalists at a greater disadvantage than they would be under generally accepted foreign Regulations. The Chinese Government shall permit German subjects and protected persons to mine anywhere within the Chinese dominions and to carry out all necessary works in connection therewith.\n\nThe output of minerals shall not be made a basis for taxation, and beyond a tax on the mining rights and one on the area of the mine no other levy shall be imposed under any other name.\n\n## ARTICLE V.—Drawback Certificates\n\nDrawback certificates shall be issued to German subjects applying for them, if it shall appear that they are entitled to receive them, within twenty-one days of application. These certificates shall be valid tender, to the amount of their face value, in payment of all customs dues (tonnage dues excepted) or shall, in the case of drawbacks on foreign goods re-exported abroad within three years from the date of importation, be payable in cash, without deduction, by the customs bank at the place where the import duty was paid. But if the applicant for a drawback certificate be detected by the Customs in an attempt to defraud the revenue, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five times the amount of the duty, or to have his goods confiscated.\n\n## ARTICLE VI-Protection of Trade-marks\n\nChinese trade-marks, having received a certificate from a German Consul in China to the effect that such trade-marks have been recognized in China as the property of the person making the application, shall receive in Germany exactly the same protection against infringement as German trade-marks. No such certificate need, however, be procured in the case of the names of Chinese individuals or firms.\n\nGerman trade-marks, having received a certificate from a German Consul in China to the effect that such trade-marks have been registered in Germany, shall in China receive the protection of the Chinese Government. No such certificate need, however, be obtained in the case of the names of German individuals or firms, or their Chinese business names, and in case of fraudulent personation thereof the Chinese Government shall afford its protection.\n\nWhen German goods are shipped to an open port in China and there receive the trade-mark of another firm for goods of the same class, such goods shall equally be entitled to protection.\n\nAll the above Regulations apply also to German protected persons.\n\nChina shall forthwith establish a Government Office for trade-marks and shall issue Regulations for their protection. China and Germany shall proceed to discuss methods for the mutual protection of trade-marks, and until these have been agreed upon the present Regulations shall be in force.\n\n## ARTICLE VII--Chinese engaging in Foreign Enterprises\n\n(Same as British Treaty, Article IV.)\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nIn the event of any other Power demanding on behalf of its subjects or shipping the opening of any port or other place, German subjects and protected persons and German shipping shall participate equally and in perpetuity in the privileges derived from the opening of the port.\n\n## ARTICLE IX.-Improvement of Waterways\n\n(Same as British Treaty, Article V, 2nd section, \"The Chinese Government are aware,\" &c., to end.)\n\n## ARTICLE X-Inland Navigation\n\nWhereas in 1898 the inland waters of China were opened to all such steam vessels, native or foreign, as might be specially registered at the open ports, and whereas the Regulations of the 28th July, 1898, and the Supplementary Rules of September 1898 have for various reasons been found unworkable, the question of the navigation of inland waters shall again be discussed.\n\n## ARTICLE XI-Coinage\n\n(Same as British Treaty, Article III.)\n\n## ARTICLE XII.---Export of Rice\n\n(Same as British Treaty, Article XIV, with the addition that \"the twenty-one days are to be counted from the date of the publication in Peking of the notification forbidding the export of rice.\")\n\n## ARTICLE XIII.--Revision of Treaty\n\nProvisions of former Treaties between China and Germany, so far as they are not modified by the present Treaty, shall remain in full force. With a view to removing any kind of misconception it is now specially affirmed that the favoured-nation clause with reference to German subjects and protected persons in the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Germany and China of the 2nd September, 1861, is in no way altered and is to receive the widest application.\n\nTen years from the date of signing this Treaty either party shall have the right to demand its revision. The procedure shall be as follows: A year before the time for revising the Treaty the two Contracting Parties shall communicate their views to each other, and when after a thorough investigation both Parties are agreed as to the advisability of the proposed alteration, the revision shall take place. As soon as the revised Treaty comes into force the present one shall be void.\n\nIf, after the expiration of the first period of ten years, neither of the Contracting Parties demands its revision, this Treaty shall be effective for a further period of ten years, and so for every subsequent period of ten years.\n\nThis Treaty shall be written in German and Chinese, and in case of any discrepancy between the texts the German shall hold.\n\nPage 376",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nThis telegram supplied the material for a Parliamentary question addressed by Sir Gilbert Parker to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the 19th April. Earl Percy replied: **\"No information of the acts alleged in the question has reached us. Such acts would be violations, not of the Treaty of 1902, but of Treaties concluded with China at an earlier date. His Majesty's Minister at Peking has been informed, in reply to his inquiries as to the steps which had been taken to carry out the provisions of Article II of the Treaty of 1902, that the Office of Financial Administration has presented a Memorial to the Throne proposing the establishment of a general Mint at Tien-tsin for the coinage of silver and copper and the introduction of a uniform national coinage. As soon as definite arrangements have been made they will be communicated to Sir E. Satow. With regard to the Mining Regulations, the Chinese Government state that Regulations have been drawn up, but that it is necessary to consult the provincial authorities before the final arrangements could be settled.\"**\n\nOn the 20th April a Reuter telegram was sent out from London, and in due time published in Shanghae, which ran as follows: **\"Lord Percy said that no information had reached the Government as to China having ignored the terms of the Mackay Treaty.\"**\n\nThree days later a letter signed \"E. S. Little\" was published in the \"North China Daily News,\" of which I beg to inclose a copy. I beg to call your Lordship's attention to the opening sentences of this letter, inferring on the authority of the Reuter telegram that \"the British Government is absolutely ignorant of the existing state of affairs in China. If His Majesty's Minister to China and the Consuls have reported home the number of cases of Chinese evasion of Treaty obligations the Government will be unable to state with truth that no information has reached the Government as to China having ignored the terms of the Mackay Treaty. If British officials in China have not informed the Government, it is high time the British mercantile community should step in and supply the necessary information to our badly-informed Government.\"\n\nThe remainder of Mr. Little's letter to the paper is in great part an anticipation of the statements contained in the letter of the Shanghae merchants to your Lordship.\n\nIn pursuance of the desire expressed by your Lordship that I should furnish my observations on the questions raised by the signatories of the telegram, I have the honour, with regard to the general statement that China ignores the Commercial Treaty, to point out that of the fourteen Articles which it contains the following have been fulfilled since the exchange of ratifications took place on the 28th July, 1908, or are in process of fulfilment.\n\n1. Drawback Certificates\n\nIn regard to this Article a difference of opinion occurred between the Taotai and His Majesty's Consul-General, but representations were made to the Chinese Government by His Majesty's Legation which resulted in its removal, and no further complaint has been received.\n\nV. Removal of artificial obstructions to navigation in the Canton River\n\n| Despatch No. | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| 135 | 21st April, 1904 |\n| 144 | 24th April, 1904 |\n| 168 | 12th May, 1904 |\n| 389 | 15th November, 1904 |\n\nReports on this subject were forwarded in the above despatches, besides others sent direct to your Lordship's Office from His Majesty's Consulate-General at Canton.\n\nVI. Bonded warehouses\n\nSee my despatch No. 12 of the 13th January, 1904, and inclosure.\n\nVII. Trade-marks\n\nIt cannot be fairly alleged that China has neglected this question, or neglected to make proposals for the enactment of a trade-mark law, as the voluminous correspondence between your Lordship's Office and His Majesty's Legation sufficiently proves.\n\nX. Inland Navigation Rules and opening of Kongmoon\n\n| Despatch No. | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| 18 | 18th January, 1904 |\n| 45 | 2nd February, 1904 |\n| 128 | 12th April, 1904 |\n| 130 | 13th April, 1904 |\n| 416 | 7th December, 1904 |\n\nReports were furnished in the above despatches. The ports of call and passenger stations mentioned in this Article were all opened by the 1st March, 1904. The question of licensing launches to run to Nanning and Posé is still a subject of discussion with the Canton Viceroy.\n\nXIV. Interport transport of rice\n\nAfter some correspondence with the Chinese authorities, the export of rice was allowed from Chinking under certain limitations, which, though contrary to Treaty, were accepted by British merchants. I inclose an extract from Mr. Tratman's Intelligence Report for the March quarter 1905, bearing on this question. On the 23rd September, 1903, the Governor of Hunan was informed by His Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Hankow that a limited permission to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire to export rice from Changsha would be accepted as a temporary measure only, and that we should insist on our Treaty rights.\n\nIn regard to Articles III, duties and likin levied on goods carried from Hong Kong to the Treaty ports in the Canton Delta, and IV, obligations of Chinese shareholders in foreign Companies, no questions have arisen.\n\nArticles XI, XII, and XIII contain undertakings on the part of His Majesty's Government of which occasion for fulfilment has not yet presented itself.\n\nThe exception of Article VIII, abolition of likin and substitution of a surtax on imports, depends on the adhesion of all the other Treaty Powers.\n\nArticles II, the establishment of a uniform national coinage, and Article IX, the revision of the existing Mining Regulations within twelve months from the 5th September, 1902, have not been carried into effect.\n\n## 3\n\nProceeding to comment on the points raised in the Shanghae letter, it may be observed that to reform the currency system of China so as to bring it into conformity with that prevailing in most civilized countries is a task of considerable magnitude, and the negotiators of the Treaty wisely fixed no limit of time within which it must be accomplished. The existing system has been described in great detail in two articles which appeared in the \"Times' Financial and Commercial Supplement\" for the 13th and 20th March of this year, and the obstacles to reform are very well stated by the writer. Not long after the Mackay Treaty was signed the United States, at the request of Mexico and China, appointed a commission of experts to confer with leading European financial authorities, official and non-official, with regard to the best method of harmonizing the currency systems of these two silver-using countries with those of the countries which possess a gold standard. In 1908 they reported, and early in 1904 Professor Jenks, the most prominent member of the American Commission, paid a visit to China, in the course of which he discussed with the leading authorities, both provincial and metropolitan, an elaborate series of proposals for the regulation of Chinese finance and the adoption of the gold standard. Reports of his proceedings appeared in the local press, and at one time there seemed no small reason to hope that he would succeed in his endeavours. The Chinese Government, however, eventually decided against the acceptance of Professor Jenks' plans, and resolved to begin with the reform of the copper currency.\n\nA sketch of the proposed course of procedure, as given by the Chinese Minister for Finance, was contained in my despatch No. 150 of the 2nd May to your Lordship. In that despatch I mentioned the apprehensions entertained by foreign business men with regard to the apparently unrestricted coinage of the new 10-cash copper piece. The Chairman of the Shanghae General Chamber of Commerce has since addressed to the Diplomatic Body a letter, giving information with regard to the provincial copper mints, and pointing out the danger of depreciation of the new coin. To this letter a reply has been sent asking for further and more precise details. 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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n# SOUTH-WEST CHINA\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\nNo. 1.\n\n432 [September 26.]\n\nSECTION 4. O.\n\n37741\n\n**RES**\n\nMemorandum for French Embassy respecting Burmah-Yunnan Boundary \ndated September 26, 1905.\n\nTWO Conventions, one in 1894 and one in 1897, have been concluded between the British and Chinese Governments for the settlement of the boundary question.\n\nSince then negotiations have taken place between the two Governments on the subject, and the frontier has been delimited in accordance with the provisions of these conventions, with the exception of (a) the Namting-Nalawt section; (b) the section north of Manung Pun, or the N'Maikha section.\n\n(a) In accordance with the terms of our Agreement with China of 1897, a Joint Commission was appointed, which proceeded to trace this section. During the proceedings of this Delimitation Commission the Chinese Commissioners produced a bogus map, by which they insisted upon being guided.\n\nAfter much discussion Sir G. Scott, the British Commissioner, intimated that, if the Chinese Commissioners refused to be guided by the Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1897, he must complete the demarcation alone. This was done, and a description and map, showing the exact course of the line, was communicated to the Chinese Commissioners.\n\nSubsequently His Majesty's Minister at Peking explained the matter fully to the Chinese Government, who, however, replied that, as the British and Chinese Commissioners had each marked out a different line of frontier, officers should be appointed to effect a joint demarcation, with a view to a satisfactory agreement. In reply, Sir E. Satow informed the Chinese Government that His Majesty's Government would continue to regard as the provisional boundary the line laid down by Sir G. Scott in 1900, and he intimated, at the same time, that Chinese officials and troops would not be allowed to transgress it.\n\n(b) The N'Maikha, or northern, section, on the other hand, the demarcation of which was left, in the Treaty of 1894, for subsequent negotiation, has not yet been properly delimited.\n\nArticle IV of the 1894 Convention states: \"It is agreed that the settlement and delimitation of that portion of the frontier which lies to the north of latitude 25° 35′ north shall be reserved for a future understanding between the High Contracting Parties when the features and conditions of the country are more exactly known.\"\n\nOwing to the persistent refusal of the Chinese Government to take our proposals to their consideration, Sir E. Satow informed them in January last that we intended to regard as the actual boundary, unless and until a settlement is reached, the boundary which has hitherto been treated as a provisional boundary, and that, if this frontier is not respected, and armed forces are sent across it from the Yunnan side, there will be risk of their coming into collision with British troops.\n\nThe Chinese Government then proposed that this section of the frontier should be settled by joint delimitation as provided in Article IV of the 1897 Convention. To this we replied that, in the meantime, an exploration had been carried out by British officials, which confirmed the view that Chinese officials had never exercised authority west of the watershed,* which has served as the provisional boundary, and that delimitation was impossible until there was agreement as to the general line the frontier was to follow. In order, however, to secure a friendly settlement, we were willing to send officers to accompany Representatives of the Chinese Government from the Chinese side of the watershed, and point out to them the true state of affairs in that region.\n\nThis proposal was accepted by the Chinese Government appointing the Acting Totaì of Tengyueh to make the joint survey in concert with Mr. Litton, the British Commissioner.\n\nThe latter's Report has been received, and we are about to make further proposals to the Chinese Government which are founded on Mr. Litton's recommendations.\n\nSeptember 26, 1905.\n\n* i.e. the watershed between the Irrawaddy and Salween basins.\n\nW. T.\n\n`[2167 cc)` \n`-1]`",
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        "content_text": "## Memorandum\n\nThe Chinese Government has been informed that the latter will only be recognized if they are made effective and absolute.\n\nIn regard to Article III, duties on li-kin levied on goods carried from Hong Kong to the Treaty ports in the Canton Delta, and to Article IV, obligations of Chinese shareholders in foreign Companies, it is reported that no questions have arisen.\n\nArticles XI, XII, and XIII, contain undertakings on the part of His Majesty's Government, and no occasion for their fulfilment has yet presented itself.\n\nThe execution of Article VIII, abolition of li-kin and substitution of a surtax on imports depends, as above explained, on the adhesion of all the other Treaty Powers. Article II, the establishment of a uniform national coinage, and Article IX, the revision of the existing Mining Regulations within twelve months from the 5th September, 1902, have not been carried into effect in circumstances which have been dealt with in the earlier part of this Memorandum.\n\nIt is stated in the last paragraph of the letter from the Shanghae merchants of the 6th June last, that the Chinese Government and the officials throughout the Empire are now more obstructive in their treatment of British subjects and trade than formerly, and that there is no evidence of any endeavour to carry out either the spirit or the letter of the Treaty.\n\nLord Lansdowne is informed that His Majesty's Minister at Peking does not share this view.\n\nDifferences of opinion from time to time in regard to the interpretation of the Treaties have arisen in the past between His Majesty's Consular officers and the local authorities, and between His Majesty's Legation and the Central Government, but Sir Ernest Satow does not consider that such differences have recently become more numerous than usual.\n\n**Foreign Office, October 6, 1905**\n\n## Other Documents\n\n| File Reference | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| `FHSL(78)—28903-5960-13-$` |  |\n| `50764-SA` |  |\n\nNo ° . 3938 G No 39389.\n\n**(Subject.)**\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\nSee also `39286`.\n\nThe Russian fort has now been given up.\n\nI do not see that it is our business to inform them that they have been swindled by their Officers.\n\nAch: `39286`\n\n**PUCO R 4 MO 05**\n\nAn ammunition seized on the \"day bhain Seuss copies of letters to Recoman Amer TWO. as to restitution of the food Quaman form.",
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        "content_text": "# \nOn business in this Colony, and have effectively rendered the assistance required. Others have refused either to take notice of applications made through Solicitors of Hongkong, insisting upon it that the applications must come from the Colonial Government, or to render assistance when the application has been made on behalf of a native of China unless that native has become a naturalized British subject. These Consuls have expressed it as their opinion that Article 23 of the Treaty was not intended for the benefit of Chinese merchants or residents in the Colony, but for the benefit of British subjects only.\n\nOn each occasion on which the Consul has refused to pay attention to the applications I have made, I have strongly urged that there is nothing whatever in the wording of the Article in the Treaty to show that it was intended only to apply to cases where British subjects have suffered at the hands of dishonest Chinese, but that it must be taken to have been intended for the benefit of all merchants and others resident in the Colony with whom subjects of China have come to the Colony to trade, and who being especially invited by the British Government to settle and carry on business in Hongkong (see Elliot's Proclamation) look to that Government to protect their interests in the businesses established by them in the Colony. Some of the Consuls in China, amongst them my brother, now Consul General in Yunnan, have fully concurred with me in my views as to their duties under the Treaty, but for a long time past those who have held the appointment of British Consul General in Canton have entertained a different opinion, with the result that in a very large number of instances, I believe, it has not been thought worth while to take any steps under Article 23 of the Treaty. Doubtless this fact became well known to the Chinese of Canton, and has probably been the cause of far more cases of dishonest Chinamen coming to the Colony, and defrauding the Chinese business men of the place, than there would have been had it been understood that the British Government, through its Consuls, would interfere to prevent such frauds or cause the punishment of the offenders. The prosperity of the Colony has undoubtedly depended to a very large extent on the Chinese population and business men of the place, who moreover contribute largely to its revenue, and it certainly seems to me that it is the duty of the British Government, and was considered to be such at the time of the framing of Article 23 of the Tientsin Treaty, to render as much assistance to the Chinese merchants of the Colony in the recovering of the debts lawfully incurred to them in Hongkong as it would to British subjects.\n\nNo. 2.\n\nYours very truly,\n**C. D. WILKINSON**\n\n## MINUTE BY THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, 27th July, 1905.\n\nYour Excellency,-When Lord **CHARLES BERESFORD** came out here to examine the condition of British Commercial interests in China he was in the habit of putting to each British Merchant the question: \"What is your grievance? What do you want me to do for you?\" The answers that he got from the best informed men were \"We want nothing beyond what the Treaty of Tientsin gives us. What we do want is to see our rights under the Treaty enforced.”\n\n2. The Treaty of Tientsin is, in my view, a rather conspicuously lucid document, as Treaties go, and I cannot see that much fault can be found with the wording of Article 23 of it.\n\n3. The meaning of the Article is perfectly clear and is clearly understood by both His Majesty's representatives and Chinese Officials.\n\n4. What is wanting is the desire or the power (in some instances both one and the other) on the part of the Chinese Officials to carry out their obligations under the Treaty. I can see no possible advantage in seeking an amendment of the Treaty. Even if the Article particularly referred to were re-drafted with the closest legal phraseology, the difficulty of getting the Chinese Authorities to do their part under it would still remain.\n\n5. To pass now to a criticism of the Memoranda enclosed in the Chief Justice's letter:-\n \n| Memorandum        | Point                                                                 |\n|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| The Registrar's  | Criticism follows                                                     |\n| The Deputy Registrar's | Recommendations discussed                                  |\n| The Official Receiver's | Interview details requested                                        |\n\n6. I have never known an instance in which a Consul refused to take action under Article 23 because the plaintiff was not a British subject.\n\n7. I fail to see what better chance there would be to get a formal judgment executed by the Chinese Officials than there is in getting them to take action on representations made by His Majesty's representative.\n\n8. I cannot see where the expense or cumbersomeness of the present system comes in.\n\n9. This Office and the Consul-General charge nothing for the correspondence they carry on on behalf of creditors. If the matter were entirely in the hands of Lawyers the expenses would probably be far heavier.\n\n10. In No. 1 of his recommendations I see a practical means of cutting at the root of the evil.\n\n11. Against No. 2 I again object that as everything depends on the willingness and power of the Chinese Authorities to help, no amelioration can be effected till the Government of China is placed on a more satisfactory footing. It must be remembered that Chinese Magistrates are not only venal but powerless to enforce their own orders in the face of hostile opposition of the population should the latter sympathise with the debtor—and the debtor has of course generally the sympathy of his fellow-citizens. But in any case does not Article IV of the Mackay Treaty `1902` provide protection enough if the Chinese Authorities would do their duty?\n\n12. I should like to have Mr. Scott's version of the interview Mr. Wakeman refers to.\n\n13. If Foreign Consuls get more satisfaction than British Consuls in these cases of debt, it must be owing to the backing the former get in all their actions by their Governments. But there is no evidence that they do get more satisfaction. I entirely agree in the last paragraph of Mr. Wakeman's minute. He has correctly indicated the crux of the matter.\n\n14. The position taken up by the present Consul-General is, as far as my experience goes, as follows, and I consider it legitimate and justifiable.\n\n15. (1.) If the creditor is a British subject not of Chinese race, the Consul-General will take up his case without requiring the creditor to go before the Chinese Courts (where of course he would not obtain a hearing) but advises him to apply for his assistance through the Hongkong Government because this strengthens his hands *vis-à-vis* the Viceroy.\n\n16. (2.) In all other cases the Consul-General requires-\n(a) that the creditor be introduced and recommended to his good offices by the Hongkong Government;\n(b) to satisfy himself that it is a *bona fide* case of absconding;\n(c) if the debtor has absconded from Hongkong to defraud his creditor, the Consul-General will interfere;\n(d) but if the debtor resides in Canton, his address is known, and it is really a question of debt between the parties, the Consul-General requires the creditor to claim satisfaction in the Chinese Courts;\n(e) if the Hongkong Government subsequently reports failure of justice in the case, the Consul will then take it up personally.\n\n17. (3.) In no circumstances will the Consul-General receive communications from Solicitors direct on behalf of Chinese creditors. In this he is only following the example of a Hongkong Governor who made it a rule that all representations from the Chinese Community should be made through the Registrar-General.\n\n277",
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        "content_text": "# \n12. I regret to differ entirely from the Hon. Colonial Secretary that no fault can be found with the wording of Article 23. Far from being lucid, it is vague, and couched in language such as no lawyer would dream of using; and it must be remembered that it is essentially a lawyer's article. It is lamentably incomplete; and of this the best test is that it fails in its operation, even within the limited area to which it was intended to confine it.\n\n13. The Hon. Colonial Secretary thinks that the meaning of the Article is perfectly clear. To me it appears more like a rough draft of an Article put in the Treaty on the spur of the moment. As I have already stated, it sets out broadly what was to be done in the matter of recovery of debts by Chinese trading in Hongkong; but it is couched in the vaguest of terms, which might thenceafter be put into more detailed and precise form. It was obviously important at the time to avoid details as much as possible. It is shewing no disrespect to those who concluded the Treaty to say that they did not, nor could not, know what was wanted. They could not foresee what an extent the commercial relations between Hongkong and China would grow: they could not foresee the growth of the commercial law in other parts of the dominions, which must inevitably become applicable to those relations. There are a dozen cases which ought to have been provided for specifically if the Article had been intended to be complete, which could hardly have been anticipated at the time, but which are now of common occurrence.\n\n14. The Colonial Secretary further says that the meaning of the Article is clearly understood by His Majesty's representatives. I venture to differ entirely. If my information is accurate, and I see no reason to doubt it, it appears that the Consuls take different views as to its scope, even on such an elementary point as whether it applies to foreigners. I will go further: I do not think it likely that any two people, charged with the administration of the Article, are likely to take the same view as to its meaning on any single point of detail arising under it. Specific and explanatory instructions for the Consuls would have been a step in the right direction: but, so far as I am aware, no such instructions have ever been issued: though it would appear that with regard to one class of cases, a set of rules or principles have been derived from the precedents which have accumulated.\n\n15. The point chiefly insisted on by the Hon. Colonial Secretary is the unwillingness of the Chinese officials to carry out their obligations under the Treaty. As to this I would observe--\n(a) that the Chinese officials are certainly not likely to supplement any deficiency in the text, or any unwillingness to act on the part of our own officials;\n(b) that the Consuls of other nations seem to act more effectively in the matter than our own;\n(c) that if no steps are to be taken because of the supineness of the Chinese officials, no reform can ever be introduced. I think it is merely an assumption to say that if their obligations were made clearer they would still show the same supineness. I think good may come of it; at least it is worth trying. On this point I must refer also to the remarks presently to be made on Article IV of the McKay Treaty;\n(d) I do not propose that the Article should be re-drafted with the closest legal phraseology; I propose only that the new Article should be made so clear, chiefly as to the cases which are intended to come within it, that all persons concerned, litigants as well as British officials, could understand it, and the Chinese officials could not evade it.\n\n16. I come now to the Hon. Colonial Secretary's criticism on the memos. annexed to my letter. I must remark in the first place however that I forwarded them in order to make some basis for my suggestion to rest on. They are obviously incomplete, and were intended to serve rather as illustrations of the nature of the complaints which are rife in the profession. Nor did I intend in any way to indicate that I thought the remedies proposed in them were necessarily those which should be adopted. Their value seems to me to be that they are statements made by officials of experience, who have themselves found impediments in the way of performing their duties.\n\n## The Registrar's Memorandum\n\n17. The Hon. Colonial Secretary says that he has never known an instance in which a Consul refused to take action under Article 23 because the plaintiff was not a British subject. It is at this point that it is of the utmost importance to keep in mind the two aspects of the question, that is to say, as it affects ordinary creditors and judgment creditors. The only cases which throw any light on the question are both in `Minute Paper 2486/04`. In the first case the applicant was a foreigner, who was a judgment creditor, and it was considered to be a legitimate case for the Consul to take up. In the second case the report on the applicant was that his connection with the Colony was \"very slight\"; but on its afterwards transpiring that though of Chinese race he was born in British Columbia, and registered as a British subject in Canton, the application was entertained. The first report would seem to show that if he had not been a British subject the application would have been refused. From these recorded cases (in the Minute Papers) it is difficult to see to which class of applicants the Colonial Secretary applies and the Article itself is so lamentably vague that it throws no light on the subject.\n\n18. The question may be looked at however by the light of general principles. Although British Courts are open to subjects and foreigners alike, our diplomatic agents in foreign countries are not charged with looking after the interests of foreigners, even though those interests depend on rights acquired on British soil. It is impossible therefore to contend that the Consul General can act under the article for foreigners, even though resident in Hongkong, in respect of ordinary debts. They must seek the assistance of their own Consuls. But in the case of judgments recovered by foreigners the position is not quite the same; and I can well understand that, in the absence of specific instructions, the Consuls should take different views. On the one hand it might be contended that the absconding debtors to whom the Article relates are those the recovery of whose debts the English Courts have \"arranged for\": and that therefore there is an implied instruction in the Article applicable to the case. On the other hand it may, and, I venture to think, with more reason contended, that the same argument which is applicable to ordinary debts due to foreigners is also applicable to foreigners who are judgment creditors: that is to say, that the British Consul's duties are limited to enforcing the rights of British subjects. Indeed the Chinese Government might well object to interference on behalf of foreigners, the application of Treaties being limited, in the absence of express stipulation, to the nationals of the Contracting Parties and to make an exception in favour of foreigners who are judgment creditors would require an express stipulation. Whether it should be made is another matter.\n\n## The Deputy Registrar's Memorandum\n\n19. The memorandum deals specially with the question under discussion as it relates to Chinese contributories to companies registered in Hongkong, and it requires to be specially treated.\n\n29. The procedure for the recovery of calls from contributories is as follows:-\n| Step | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | The Official Liquidator settles the list of contributories and gives notice to them by post: |\n| 2 | a day is fixed on which any of them may appear and contest their liability to be put upon the list, |\n| 3 | after which a \"balance order\" is (or is not, as the case may be) made against each of them calling upon them to pay up the balance of calls due. |\n\nIt has been decided by the Court of Appeal in England that this procedure does not \"create jurisdiction\"; and that as regards contributories abroad the \"balance order\" is not to be itself regarded as a judgment, but can only be enforced by regular action in the Supreme Court.",
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        "content_text": "## \n21. Now, applying Article 23 to this set of circumstances, we get the following result:--\n\nFirst, looking at the unpaid call as an ordinary debt irrespective of any legal procedure taken to enforce it: it seems to me to fall outside the provisions of the Article, for the debt is not a trade debt, and it is not, in many cases, incurred by a Chinaman who has repaired to Hongkong. Nor, secondly, can the Consul General's aid be invoked in respect of the \"balance order\"; for it is not, as shown above, a judgment: and \"the recovery of such debts\" has not been \"arranged for by the English Courts\". Therefore any attempt to recover calls from Chinese contributories must be preceded by judgment. Yet even here there is another difficulty. For, assuming that the Article includes judgments, it can only include them when they relate to trade debts incurred by natives of China who may have repaired to Hongkong: which brings me back to the original difficulty of the question. The problem to which I am endeavouring to get a solution here appears in its acutest form, for it has passed from the case of the individual to that of the community at large. For on companies much of the well-being of the Colony depends; and if the machinery for recovering calls from Chinese contributories is defective, it must re-act in the most prejudicial manner on all who are interested in the great public Companies started in the Colony, or who profit by their existence.\n\n22. I am not in favour of any change in the Companies Law specially directed against Chinese, and therefore do not recommend the suggestion contained in the first recommendation made by the Deputy Registrar—that Chinese should only be allowed to register Companies where the shares are fully paid up—which would, I think, be very arbitrary and contrary to the spirit of the Companies Law.\n\n23. In connection with this subject the Colonial Secretary refers to Article 4 of the McKay Treaty, which deals with Joint Stock Companies. It requires special attention. In the first place, it recognizes, what I have above insisted on, the immense importance of the Anglo-Chinese Company question; and unless the Article itself deals satisfactorily with the matter, it does itself furnish a powerful argument in favour of the question now under discussion being put on a more satisfactory basis.\n\nThe Article then lays down the following principles:--\n\n| Principle | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | China recognizes the legality of all investments of Chinese subjects in non-Chinese companies, past, present, and future. |\n| (b) | China further appreciates the utmost importance of recognizing the perfect equality as far as mutual obligations are concerned, of all shareholders in such Companies, irrespective of nationality. |\n\nIn order to arrive at this result, China agrees that Chinese shareholders in British Companies \"shall be held to have accepted, by the very act of becoming shareholders, the Charter of Incorporation or Memorandum and Articles of Association\", and also the regulations made thereunder as interpreted by the British Courts.\n\n24. The exact meaning of this provision requires explanation. In paragraph 20 above, I referred to the fact that in the case of a foreigner, a contributory to the Company being abroad, the \"balance order\" is not equivalent to a judgment, but action must be brought in the usual way. The procedure must be begun by service of a Writ out of the jurisdiction under `Order XI` (rule 42 of the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure). The question has been discussed in England whether the case of the contributory falls within the scope of `Order XI`, for if it does not, the action cannot be begun. The Court of Appeal has decided that it does: but for greater assurance, this question is definitely settled in Article 4 of the McKay Treaty. The result is that when in Hongkong we have to deal with Chinese contributories, the initial difficulty is disposed of, and judgment may be given by default if necessary. But then we are face to face with the old difficulty again, and recourse must be had to the Consul-General and to the old-fashioned procedure of Article 23 of the Treaty of Tientsin in order to obtain execution on the judgment: and to this, the Consul General may answer, as pointed out above, that there is here no trade debt, and no Chinaman repairing to Hongkong to trade.\n\n## \n25. It is much to be regretted that advantage was not taken of the negotiation in connection with the McKay Treaty to deal in Article IV exhaustively with the whole of the question of recovery of calls by the Hongkong Courts. Curiously enough, it does, however, provide a remedy, which is by recourse to the Chinese Courts. The \"Chinese Courts shall enforce compliance therewith [i.e., with the articles and regulations] by such Chinese shareholders if a suit to that effect be entered.\"\n\nThis, however, cannot be construed to oust the jurisdiction of the British Courts. But in the face of this provision in the McKay Treaty, what becomes of the Colonial Secretary's criticism that Chinese Magistrates are not only venal, but powerless to enforce their own orders in the face of hostile opposition of the population should the latter sympathize with the debtor; and the debtor has, of course, generally the sympathy of his fellow citizens? Coming newly to an office which has to deal judicially with Anglo-Chinese commercial relations, I should be tempted to say that the old idea expressed in the above sentence, with which we were all familiar in bye-gone days, had been deliberately swept away, and a new order of greater confidence in Chinese judicial methods had been inaugurated. I cannot otherwise understand the recognition in a Commercial Treaty concluded in 1902 of litigation conducted by a British Official (the Official Liquidator) in the Chinese Courts.\n\n26. This Article of the McKay Treaty, if it means anything, furnishes a powerful argument in favour of the change of procedure in ordinary actions which I am advocating.\n\n## The Official Receiver's Memorandum.\n\n27. This memorandum deals with the question as it affects Hongkong Bankruptcies.\n\nMr. Wakeman, in his official capacity, must necessarily have a large experience of the question, and he has given an account of an interview he has had with Mr. Scott, the present Consul General. The Colonial Secretary does not, I gather, challenge the accuracy of Mr. Wakeman's statement, but wishes to have Mr. Scott's version of the matter.\n\n28. With this suggestion, I cordially agree; no steps could possibly be taken without hearing what the Consul General has to say. I must point out, however, that Mr. Wakeman's minute is of great importance, as it brings out in a startling way these salient defects of the present system:--\n\n| Defect | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | That the Official Receiver representing the mass of the creditors of a bankrupt cannot get the benefit of Article 23 of the Tientsin Treaty. |\n| (b) | That the interpretation put upon the Article by the Consul General is that it applies only to British subjects, and then only to individual creditors; that is to say, that each creditor must apply personally to the Consul General to get the benefit of the Article. |\n| (c) | That the Consul-General considers himself empowered to administer a sort of independent bankruptcy in Canton, distributing the Chinese assets among such British creditors as have, illegally, as I think, put the Consul General in motion. |\n| (d) | Lastly, there is the statement that the German firms find greater facilities from the Chinese officials for attaching debtors' property in China than can be obtained by British subjects. |\n\n29. Mr. Wakeman gives this information under reservation: and I think that his statement alone is sufficient to justify a searching enquiry into the whole question. It cannot be disposed of by merely indicating that foreigners' creditors are backed in all their actions by their Government, and that apparently British \n## \nPage 15 \n## \nPage 14",
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        "content_text": "Page 363\n\nCANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY,\n\nMinutes of Meeting (the 8th) held at the Wai Wu Pu on Wednesday\n\nthe 10th October at 3.45 p.m.\n\nPresent:- S. S. T'ang Shao-yi,\n\nKung Taotai and Mr. Hu, representing the Viceroy of\n\nCanton.\n\nMr. Gaw, Secretary to the Wai Wu Pu, and\n\nMr. J. O. P. Bland, representing the British and Chinese Corporation, Limited.\n\nDiscussion of the draft agreement was renewed.\n\nKung Taotai, referring to the Articles arranged at last\n\nMeeting, suggested certain further verbal amendments of the text, which\n\nwere accordingly discussed and agreed to in several instances.\n\nMr. Bland requested, in view of possible delay in the\n\nnegotiations between the Canton Viceroy and Hongkong Government, the in-\n\nclusion of a clause in Article IV providing for an extension of the eighteen months time limit in the event of commencement of construction\n\nwork being delayed as the result of causes beyond the power of the\n\nCorporation to prevent, which clause was accordingly inserted.\n\nArticle VII. S. S. T'ang Shao-yi desired it to be\n\nclearly stated that the land purchased for railway purposes within the survey limits, should be paid for out of the proceeds of the Loan. Mr. Bland suggested that a maximum sum for such purposes be named, but His\n\nExcellency considered that under the particular conditions of this\n\nagreement this is unnecessary since it is to the undivided interest of\n\nthe Chinese Government that the line shall be built as economically as\n\npossible. He stated that in the event of the Loan funds proving insuf-\n\nficient to complete the railway, the Chinese Government would provide\n\nthe balance required.\n\nArticle VIII. No discussion.\n\nPage 364",
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        "content_text": "350\n\n2\n\nnot go further than latitude 26° 30′, and if any reference had been inserted it would probably have provoked an immediate observation from the side of the Chinese negotiators that under the circumstances it would be impossible for them to agree to the watershed boundary beyond that point up to the confines of Thibet. In the Chinese text, however, the lacuna is not so apparent.\n\nI added that, if they would consider my draft and the proposal in regard to indemnification of the native Chiefs, of whom the principal person entitled is the Fayi of Teng-keng, I should be happy to have another interview with their Excellencies whenever it suited their convenience.\n\nCh' Chung Tang gave me a Memorandum proposing a boundary which, as far as I can gather (some of the places mentioned in it do not appear in the jointly authenticated map), approximates to the red line on the map attached as Inclosure 1 to Mr. Litton's Report, which was inclosed in Lord Lansdowne's despatch No. 219 of the 30th September, 1905. After the interview, he sent me another Memorandum containing remarks on Mr. Litton's statements and geographical observations, some of which are absurd. For instance, he asserts that the Salween flows into the Irrawaddy, and generally appears to have no conception of a water-parting or river basin in a wide sense. I shall, of course, reply to these Memoranda in due course, but I think it is scarcely necessary to trouble you with their contents.\n\nI add copy of a telegram of the 9th December from Mr. Litton to Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, giving further information as to the country further north than latitude 26° 30'. From this it appears likely that the Salween-Irrawaddy watershed continues up to a point estimated at latitude 28° 30', where it becomes merged in a snow range lying east and west. In the Lieutenant-Governor's letter of the 19th June, 1905, to the Government of India, a statement is made that the China Inland Mission's Map shows a wedge of Thibetan territory stretching between Burmah and Yunnan down to below latitude 27°. I can hardly suppose that the map in question, which is simply a reproduction of that of Dr. Bretschneider with a changed orthography, can be regarded as an authority with regard to the geography of a region that has never been explored. However that may be, the difficulty is avoided in the draft by omitting all reference to latitude, and speaking of \"the confines of Thibet\" as the ultimate limit of the boundary.\n\nI observe that in paragraph 3 of Mr. Brodrick's letter to the Foreign Office of the 20th September, 1905, it is stated that the Government of Burmah do not desire, should difficulties be raised by China, to press for the watershed boundary beyond latitude 26° 30'. It is, in all probability, unlikely that the Chinese Government will make any difficulties about the boundary beyond that point if they accept the proposals of His Majesty's Government up to it, which to their mind will have the appearance of depriving them of jurisdiction over a considerable tract of territory to which they have hitherto laid claim. Should, however, the objection be made which the Government of Burmah appear to anticipate, I venture to think it would be better for His Majesty's Representative at Peking to say that he must refer the point to His Majesty's Government, as to my mind it is not desirable to leave anything open for a renewal of the boundary discussion later on when the administrative authority of the Burmah Government shall have reached latitude 26° 30′ on their side of the watershed, but to give the notice foreshadowed in the latter part of paragraph 4 of the same letter. As the point can be referred by telegram no great delay will be involved, and it seems to me desirable to leave nothing open for future dispute, if that can be avoided.\n\nI am communicating copies of this despatch to the Governments of India and Burmah.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ch'ing.\n\nPeking, January 20, 1906. ON the 30th January, 1904, I had the honour to address your Highness a note on the subject of the portion of the frontier lying to the north of latitude 25° 35' north, which by Article IV of the Burmah Convention of 1894 was reserved for a future understanding, when the features and conditions of the country were more accurately known. In this note I summarized previous correspondence, and mentioned certain\n\n3\n\noccurrences to illustrate the danger of collision where there is no frontier recognized by both sides, which danger the British Government, animated by friendly feelings towards China, were desirous to avoid. I also stated that the region in question having been more carefully examined since 1900 than was previously possible, it was found that northward, from latitude 25° 35′ north, the watershed of all streams draining into the N Maikha from the east was the most satisfactory and easily recognizable natural boundary; and that I was instructed to inform the Chinese Government that His Majesty's Government intended henceforth to regard this as the actual boundary between China and Burmah, unless and until a settlement was reached, and that if this frontier was not respected by China, and armed forces were sent across it from the Yunnan side, there would be a risk of collision with British troops.\n\nIn a reply dated the 10th March, 1904, your Highness stated that it was necessary to ascertain accurately the features of the country east and west of the watershed, and whether the latter coincided with the original boundary of Chinese territory; and you pointed out that it would be in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Convention if both Powers sent officers to make a joint delimitation,\n\nOn the 27th October, 1905, I answered your Highness to the effect that a delimitation was impossible unless there was a preliminary agreement as to the general line which the boundary was to follow, but that in order to secure a friendly settlement of the question His Majesty's Government were willing to send officers who would accompany Representatives of the Chinese Government to point out the true position of affairs; and on the 16th November your Highness informed me that it was proposed to appoint the Acting Tuotai of Tengyueh, Shih Nung-shao, to make a survey in co-operation with the officers appointed by the British Government, In my reply of the 24th January, 1905, I notified the appointment of Mr. Litton, His Majesty's Consul at Tengyueh, to co-operate with Taotai Shih; and in a letter of the 30th January, 1905, I made it clear that these two officers were not to delimit the frontier, but were to furnish Reports for the information of their respective Governments. Your Highness informed me on the 3rd March, 1905, that instructions in this sense had been sent to the Viceroy of Yunnan.\n\nIn March 1905 Consul Litton and Taotai Shih proceeded together to the frontier, and made an inspection of a portion of it to the north of latitude 25° 35′ north, during the months of March, April, and May. Afterwards Mr. Litton submitted a detailed Report, which has been considered by His Majesty's Government, and I am informed that the Report of Taotai Shih has also been communicated to the Chinese Government by the Viceroy of Yünnan.\n\nI have the honour, accordingly, to request that the Wai-wu Pu will appoint a day for a meeting, in order to arrive at an amicable settlement of this matter.\n\nI avail, &c. (Signed)\n\n(Translation.)\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ching to Sir E. Satow,\n\nERNEST SATOW,\n\nPeking, February 1, 1906.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Excellency's note respecting the Burmah frontier north of latitude 25° 35' north.\n\n[Note of the 20th January quoted at length.]\n\nThe Board had already addressed a despatch to the Governor-General of the Yun-Kuei Provinces calling upon him to investigate this question carefully, and we have just received a telegram from his Excellency stating that Mr. Consul Litton was dead, and requesting us to ask your Excellency to send another officer to Yunnan to go into the question and deal with it.\n\nThe Governor-General having thus asked that another officer may be sent to Yunnan to deal with the question, it becomes my duty to request your Excellency to communicate in this sense with His Majesty's Government, that another officer may be appointed to deal with the question.",
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        "content_text": "C.C.\n\nry of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ching.\n\nPeking, February 3, 1906.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness' note of the 1st February with reference to the Burmah-Yunnan frontier north of latitude 25° 35' north, informing me of a telegram received from the Viceroy of Yunnan, in accordance with which I am requested to move His Majesty's Government to appoint another officer to take the place of Mr. Litton, lately deceased.\n\nIf your Highness will examine my note of the 20th January you will observe that I mentioned that both Consul Litton and Taotai Shih were not to delimit the frontier, but were to furnish Reports for the information of their respective Governments.\n\nI also said that Mr. Litton had submitted a detailed Report, which has been considered by His Majesty's Government, and that means that before his death he furnished His Majesty's Government with all the information required. It is therefore unnecessary to appoint another officer to deal with the question, as suggested by the Viceroy of Yunnan.\n\nI have again the honour to request that the Wai-wu Pu will appoint a day for a meeting, in order to arrive at an amicable settlement of the question.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nDraft Article.\n\nWHEREAS, by the terms of Article IV of the Convention between Great Britain and China of the 1st March, 1894, it was agreed that the settlement and delimitation of that portion of the Burmah-China frontier which lies to the north of latitude 25° 35′ north should be reserved for a future understanding between the High Contracting Parties when the features and condition of the country were more accurately known, it is now agreed between the Governments of Great Britain and China that the boundary of the two Empires in the territory lying to the north of latitude 25° 35' north shall follow the watershed between the Irrawaddy and Salween basins up to the confines of Thibet.\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nConsul Litton to Consul-General Wilkinson.\n\nTengyueh, December 9, 1905.\n\n(Telegraphic.)\n\nI REACHED point on the Salween eight marches further than the highest point reached last spring. Also explored two new passes on the Salween-Mekong divide, and also one on the Salween-Irrawaddy divide. We were able to trace the course of the Salween up to latitude 27° 20′ north, up to which point the Salween is confined in a series of ridges and the country is very difficult. [At] 26° 20′ there is some Chinese authority, but this country is much disturbed by the bad conduct of the Tu Ssu. Further north there is no trace of Chinese authority up to 27° 35', where Yetche territory begins. Independent tract is inhabited by Lissu, under conditions of utter savagery. Examination shows that the Salween-Irrawaddy divide continues to be a conspicuous range, 12,000 feet to 13,000 feet, up to about latitude 28° 30′ north, where it is merged in a vast snow range trending east and west, which I saw at a distance. No trouble with tribes, but great hardships. Please communicate substance of my telegram to British Minister.\n\nSOUTH-WEST CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[15301]\n\n(No. 8.)\n\nSir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\n351\n\nMay 5.\n\nSECTION 2.\n\nThe one\n\nConsul-General Wilkinson to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received May 5.)\n\nYunnan-fu, March 10, 1906.\n\nI HAVE the honour to inclose copy of a despatch to His Majesty's Minister reporting certain recent official appointments in this Province of Yunnan. that most concerns British interests is the retention at his acting post of Intendant of the Southern Circuit (the Pu-erh and Ssumao Taotai-ship) of Shih Hung-shan, the official who was (as Acting Taotai at Tengyueh) engaged last spring with Messrs. Litton and Loveson in examining the conditions of the undelimited border districts east of Myitkyina. Shih Taotai's retention at Pu-erh will enable him to complete his report on the other stretch of undelimited frontier, the hundred miles or so along \"Scott's line,\" between the Namting and Na Lawt.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) W. H. WILKINSON.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Wilkinson to Sir E. Satow.\n\n(No. 10.) Sir,\n\nYunnan-fu, March 10, 1906.\n\nWITH reference to the possible substitution of Li Shou-t'ien for Wei Ching-tung in the post of Intendant of the Lin-an-k'ai-kuang Circuit (Taotai at Mengtzu), as mentioned in my immediately preceding despatch, the following appointments have been actually gazetted:-\n\nHsing-lu, substantive Intendant of the Eastern Circuit (I-tung Tao), is to act as Superintendent of the Salt Gabelle (Yen-fa Tao). Chang Hsing-chi, titular Intendant of the Southern Circuit (I-nan Tao), who has never proceeded from Yunnan-fu to take up his post, becomes officiating Intendant of the Eastern Circuit. This enables Shih Hung-shao to retain his acting post at Pu-erh, and to complete at his leisure his inquiry and report on the conditions of the undelimited frontier south of Kunlong Ferry (\"Scott's line\"). Shih Taotai's substantive post is still that of Prefect of Yungchang. His late gerant there, Lang Cheng-hsien, an able and popular man, is to be replaced by Hsieh Yu-chun. I may add that, as far as I can learn, Shih Taotai has not yet sent in his report on the Wa frontier, of which a copy has more than once been promised to me.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) W. H. WILKINSON.\n\nP.S.-Chang Taotai is a Shantung man, a Hanlin, and, as I have earlier reported, has been serving as Intendant of the Right River (Yu-chiang Tao) in Kuangsi. Hsieh Yü-chun comes from Kueichow, and has served as Home Magistrate (K'un-ming Hsien) at Yunnan-fu, and as Sub-Prefect at Ssŭmao.\n\n[1993 e--2]\n\nW. H. W.",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nOn this decision being communicated to His Majesty's Consul by the Commissioner of Customs, the former pointed out to the Tartar General that the application of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. was one which, by Article 7 of the Inland Waters Additional Rules in the British Commercial Treaty, should have been granted, and asked his Excellency to reconsider his decision. To this the Tartar General replied on the 27th December that he had referred the question to the High Commissioner for Southern Trade for consideration. Finally, in the hope of settling the question locally, His Majesty's Consul called on his Excellency on the 8th instant, and informed him with regard to the argument that Shach'eng was not a place within the scope of the Inland Navigation Rules, there were numerous cases of steamers plying under these Rules to places along the coast, and that, if an actual precedent was desired, one was afforded by the case of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's steamer \"Hoangho.\"\n\nHis Excellency contended that the present case bore no analogy to that of the steam-ship \"Hoangho,\" and, after much deliberation, at length disclosed the true reason for refusing Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s application. The principal export of Shach'eng was tea, which was carried overland to Santu. If steamers were allowed to call at Shach'eng they would carry off all the tea, and the occupation of the carriers would be gone.\n\nYour Highness will observe that the first reason for refusing Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s application was that the \"Columbia\" was not a small vessel. There is, however, nothing in the Regulations limiting their scope to vessels of any particular size, provided they are not of sea-going type. The \"Columbia,\" according to the report of His Majesty's Consul, is a ship of 273 tons tonnage, which was built expressly as a river-going steamer, and she is therefore not of a sea-going type.\n\n**\n\nAs regards the question of Shach'eng being on the coast, and therefore not a place on the inland waters, the Tartar General appears to have disregarded the definition of the words \"nei ti\" given in Rule 1, where it is expressly stated that these words have the same meaning as in Article IV of the Chefoo Convention, namely, that they \"apply as much to places on the sea-coasts and river-shores as to places in the interior not open to foreign trade.\" This argument therefore also breaks down, and there remains the true reason of the Tartar General's refusal—the apprehension lest steamer traffic at Shach'eng should disturb the livelihood of the tea-carriers.\n\nHis Excellency must be aware that this cannot be taken as a valid reason for exempting this place from the application of the Inland Navigation Rules. Whenever a new venture is undertaken, such as the opening of railways or mines, some vested interest is sure to suffer, but these enterprises are not for that reason abandoned. On the contrary, they are pursued, and new wants and new modes of livelihood are thereby created. In this way the traffic of steamers to Shach'eng will doubtless throw open to the tea-carriers new ways of earning a living.\n\nIn the meantime, the Treaty rights of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. are being curtailed by the action of the Tartar General, and I therefore have the honour to request that his Excellency may be called upon by telegraph to authorize the issue of a certificate to their vessel, the \"Columbia,\" without further delay, in order that a claim for compensation may be avoided.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ch'ing to Sir E. Satow.\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nKuang Hsü, 31st year, 4th moon, 18th day (May 21, 1905).\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nOn the 25th April I had the honour to receive your Excellency's note with reference to the application of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co. to enable their steam-ship \"Columbia\" to ply between Foochow, Shach'eng, and Chapu, under Inland Waters Navigation Rules, and requesting the Board to call upon the Foochow Tartar General by telegraph to cause a certificate to be issued to them without delay.\n\nSome correspondence by telegraph has now passed between this Board and the Tartar General on this subject, and the latter adheres to his statement that, after careful and repeated investigation, he considers that steamer traffic to those places would certainly be inexpedient.\n\n3\n\nIn reference to the apprehension expressed by the Tartar General lest steamer traffic to those places should disturb the livelihood of the tea-carriers, your Excellency remarks that this cannot be taken as a valid reason for exempting those places from the application of the Inland Navigation Rules; that whenever a new venture is undertaken, such as the opening of railways or mines, some vested interest is sure to suffer, but these enterprises are not for that reason abandoned. Your Excellency's argument is very just.\n\nBut, by the 7th clause of the Additional Rules for Inland Waters Steam Navigation annexed to the Mackay Treaty, it is stipulated:\n\n'As it is desirable that people living inland should be disturbed as little as possible by the advent of steam-vessels, to which they are not accustomed, inland waters not hitherto frequented by steamers shall be opened as gradually as may be convenient to merchants, and only as the owners of steamers may see prospects of remunerative trade.'\n\nThe Tartar General declares, in respect of Shach'eng, &c., that, besides tea, there is no other native produce of any kind to be exported, while the traffic in imports through those places is very limited; that inhabitants of those places are solely dependent on carrying tea to Santuao for their means of subsistence, of which they would be deprived, were this traffic diverted to steamers; and finally, that his reasons for opposing the steamer traffic were that steamers would have no prospect of a remunerative trade, and because he feared that the inhabitants would be involved in difficulties.\n\nBy the 7th clause of the Inland Waters Navigation Rules, the power to authorize the application is vested in the Ministers of Commerce, in conjunction with the Governor-General and Governor of the province, after careful consideration of the circumstances of the case.\n\nShould the Governor-General and Governor consider that the circumstances are prejudicial to the granting of the application, this Board cannot compel them to give their consent.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ch'ing.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nPeking, June 15, 1905. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness' note of the 21st May on the subject of the refusal of the Tartar General at Foochow to sanction the application made in July of last year on behalf of the British steamer \"Columbia\" to ply between Foochow, Shach'eng, and Chapu under the Inland Waters Navigation Rules. Your Highness quotes the 7th clause of the Additional Rules for Inland Waters Steam Navigation in support of the Tartar General's action, and, in addition, urges that the power to approve the application in question being vested by that clause in the Governor-General or Governor of the province, the Wai-wu Pu are unable to compel such approval if those high officers consider that under the circumstances the granting of the application would have a prejudicial effect.\n\nI should remind your Highness that, as I stated in my note of the 25th April, the reasons originally put forward by the Tartar General for refusing the application were that the \"Columbia\" was not a small steamer; that Shach'eng and Chapu, being coast harbours, were not to be considered as inland waters; and that steamer traffic to Shach'eng would disturb the livelihood of the local tea-carriers.\n\nThe first two objections were easily disposed of by reference to regulation and precedent of which the Tartar General appeared to be unaware, and in my note of the 25th April I mentioned some obvious reasons why the third objection—disturbance of the tea-carriers' livelihood—should not be listened to. Your Highness is good enough to say that my reasoning is fair, but you appear to consider that the test of clause 7 furnishes the Tartar General with a reasonable excuse. I cannot admit that it does. The sentence that inland waters shall be opened \"only as the owners of steamers may see prospect of remunerative trade\" clearly means the owners shall be the judges of the prospect and not the Tartar General. Shacheng and Chapu are not towns in the far interior; they are sea-coast places accustomed to ocean traffic, and the inhabitants would be no more involved in \"difficulties\" than those of other sea-coast places to which steamers are plying under the Inland Navigation Rules. Under clause 8 the \"Columbia\" has a clear right to ply from a Treaty port to places such as Shach'eng and Chapu, and I desire to point out that it is only when steamers are\n\n440",
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        "content_text": "70 oguly Co.\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nSOUTH-WEST CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[20640]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n487\n\n[June 18.]\n\nSECTION 1. C. O.\n\n24601\n\nREC REC 7 JUL 06.\n\nSir E. Satow to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 18.)\n\n(No. 202.) Sir,\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 113 of the 13th March and telegram No. 75 Peking, May 1, 1906, of the 10th April, I have the honour to inclose copy of a note which I addressed to-day to Prince Ching, in accordance with the instructions conveyed in your telegram No. 86 of the 28th April, on the subject of the Burmah frontier north of latitude 25° 35′.\n\nAs reported in my telegram No. 75 of the 10th April, I again discussed the subject at the Wai-wu Pu on the 9th April with the Grand Secretaries Na-t'ung and Ch'i Hung-chi and his Excellency Lien-fang. I made some geographical explanations of an elementary character to Ch'ü Chung-tang, who was under the impression that the \"Salween flowed south into the Irrawaddy,\" and substituted another draft Article for that submitted in my interview of the 9th March in order to define the boundary more clearly. In the earlier draft I adopted the wording contained in Lord Lansdowne's despatch No. 219 of the 30th September, 1905-\"The watershed between the Irrawaddy and the Salween basins up to the confines of Thibet\"--but as the Shweli belongs to the Irrawaddy system and the starting point at Manung Pum is some distance from the Salween divide, I thought a more extended statement necessary to prevent misunderstanding.\n\nTheir Excellencies said that after consultation with the Viceroy of Yunnan they had come to the conclusion that my proposals were not acceptable. They involved a concession of a large portion of territory which was under Chinese jurisdiction, and this was not a thing which the Viceroy or themselves could lightly agree to.\n\nI argued that the watershed was the natural boundary, and that the claims of the Chinese Government over any territory west of it were of a doubtful character. There were some customary presents or dues which the native Chiefs (“tu-yi\") of Ming-Kuang and Teng-Keng occasionally received, and for these the Indian Government would make suitable monetary compensation.\n\nTheir Excellencies still objected, and made it evident that they had no intention of treating our proposals in a reasonable and practical way. In reply to a categorical question, Chü Chung-tang finally declared that they could not be accepted. I therefore brought the discussion to a close by saying that I should address them a note on the subject.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ch'ing.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nWITH reference to the correspondence which took place between us at the May 1, 1906. beginning of this year, in which I proposed that the Board of Foreign Affairs should appoint a day for the discussion of the reports furnished by the late Mr. Litton, His Majesty's Acting Consul at Tengyueh, and Taotai Shih on their joint examination of the watershed to the north of Manang Pum, your Highness is aware that, with the object of arriving at an amicable settlement in regard to the frontier between the British and Chinese possessions northwards from that point on the 9th March, and again on the 9th April, I discussed this matter with their Excellencies Na Chung-tang, Ch'a Chung-tang, and Lien-fang. On the latter occasion I submitted to them the draft of a proposed Article in the following form :----\n\nWhereas by the terms of Article IV of the Convention between Great Britain and China of the 1st March, 1894, it was agreed that the settlement and delimitation\n\n[2048 - ·1]\n\n--,- -༥་ --",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nTaotai and with the Governor, when he takes up his post as Consul-General at Mukden, with the view of arriving at some satisfactory arrangement. I inclose copy of my despatch to Mr. Fulford.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul-General at Tien-tsin reports that recently he had occasion to send title deeds for a piece of land acquired by a British subject from a Chinese, and situated well outside any foreign concession, to the Taotai for his verification and sealing, and that the deeds were returned to the Consulate duly sealed and without any objectionable indorsement,\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nLANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.\n\nThe Wai-wu Pu therefore request his Excellency the Viceroy to call upon the Taotais and Prefects concerned to give effect to this, and it is in accordance with this that his Excellency communicates with me upon the matter. I therefore have the honour to inform you that in all future cases where foreigners rent land in the neighbourhood of the Settlement, and apply for Taotai's title-deeds, it is to be clearly stated in such deeds that if the land at any future time is required for railways, roads, or other public purposes, the Chinese Government have the right to purchase it at the market price for adjacent land. I have the honour to request that you will take note of this and inform the Consular Body, so that they may duly acquaint land-renters concerned.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Seal of Taotai.)\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nTaotai Jui to M. Siffert.\n\n[Received April 28, 1906.]\n\nI HAVE the honour to inform you that on the 18th April I received from his Excellency Chou, Viceroy at Nanking, communication of the contents of a despatch received by him from the Wai-wu Pu. They inform his Excellency that his Excellency Tang, Director of the Shanghae-Nanking Railway, has transmitted to them a Report by Taotai Shen and others of the Railway Bureau, which is to the following effect:\n\n\"The Shanghae-Nanking Railway runs through Soochow, Sungkiang, Changchou, Chinkiang, and through nineteen departments and districts; the route covered is a long one, and every precaution must be taken to guard against malpractice in land matters. Mr. Brenan, formerly British Consul-General at Shanghae, in a letter respecting this question, laid down two modes of procedure—\n\n\"(1.) In case of dispute respecting compensation for surrender of land required for the railway, where the land was registered in the name of a foreigner, it should be settled by consultation between the local authorities and the Consul concerned, the basis taken being the market rate for land on either side of the line.\n\n\"(2.) In the case of land rented by foreigners from Chinese, where transfer has not been, but is about to be, effected, the Chinese authorities shall, when the deed of lease comes to be sealed and taxed, make a note to the effect that if in future it is required for road works, the method of dealing with it will be the same as that laid down in (i.e., on the basis of the market price of neighbouring land. Mr. Brenan also stated that leases which had not been registered and sealed would not receive recognition from the Head Company, and that the foreigner would not be recognized as proprietor.\n\n\"These arrangements were notified to the Wai-wu Pu by his Excellency Shêng, and were officially notified to the provincial authorities. The registration or non-registration referred to is simply the possession or non-possession of a Taotai's title-deed. The practice has been in all cases in which foreigners have been concerned for an Arbitrator to be appointed to settle the matter, and there has never been any dissatisfaction expressed.\n\n\"Article IV of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between China and Japan states that foreigners may, at the Settlements at present existing, and those which may be decided upon in the future at the various Treaty ports and marts, buy houses and rent land for the building of hospitals, churches, &c.,' which is a clear proof that the Treaty forbids foreigners to rent land outside the Settlements. That land at the ports, outside the Settlements, is rented to foreigners is a special concession outside Treaty provisions. The law of nations requires that immovable property owned by foreigners in any country is subject to the laws of that country. The term 'immovable property' refers to land and houses, and the principle here referred to has been most clearly acknowledged by His Britannic Majesty's Judge, namely, that all disputes respecting land in China are subject to the law of China, and that foreign law cannot be made to apply to it in the decision of disputes respecting such land. We propose, therefore, that in future all Taotai's title-deeds for land outside Settlements have clearly marked upon them that the land which they cover is to be available for purchase at the market rate for neighbouring land, if required for railway or road construction, or for any other public purpose, by the Chinese Government. This, then, is not only within the sovereign rights of China, but also in accordance with the law of nations.\"\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nM. Siffert to Taotai Jui,\n\nMay 29, 1906, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter, which reached me on the 28th April, having for object the acquisition of land wanted for public purposes by the Chinese Government.\n\nI have duly communicated a copy of your despatch to my colleagues, who have decided that the following answer should be forwarded to you:\n\nIn a former despatch the Consular Body has already pointed out that the acquisition of land which may be wanted for the works of the Conservancy of the Whangpu River is regulated by the Agreement signed the 27th September, 1905, between China and the Treaty Powers.\n\nThe Consuls agree to the following conditions in your letter, re acquisition of land necessary for the building of railways:\n\n1. Should the land be already registered as foreigners' property, and wanted for railway purposes, if any difficulty arises in debating the price, the local authorities, conjointly with the Consul concerned, will settle the case in accordance with the rate for adjoining land.\n\n2. Should Chinese rent to foreigners land not yet transferred, and the transfer be applied for, the authorities will point out clearly in the rent title-deed that if afterwards the land is wanted for railway purposes, the rules as above mentioned will be observed.\n\nBut the Consular Body cannot agree with the last paragraph of your letter, in which you state that if in future a foreigner rents land adjoining the Settlement and applies for a title-deed, that document should mention that, in case the land is wanted for public purposes, the Chinese Government will be allowed to obtain the land at a rate equivalent to the price of adjoining land.\n\nThe Consular Body suggest that the granting of a title-deed for land which might be required for any public purpose should be subjected to the same clauses being put in the document as those for title-deeds for land which might be required for railways, conditions set down above and contained in the first part of your letter,\n\n(No. 129.)\n\nSir,\n\n(Signed) D. SIFFERT, Senior Consul,\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Sir P. Warren to Mr. Carnegie.\n\nShanghae, August 2, 1906. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch No. 62 of the 17th ultimo, on the subject of land outside Settlement limits which may be wanted for railway purposes.\n\nThe letter of the Senior Consul to the Taotai, dated the 29th May, is intended to convey the views of the Consular Body, the point of which was as follows—viz., that land which shall hereafter be rented by foreigners shall, as regards surrender for the\n\n31",
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        "content_text": "Inclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ching to Mr. Carnegie.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nPeking, 32nd year, 5th month, 12th day (July 3, 1906).\n\nSir,\n\nWITH reference to the joint note of the 5th March from the then doyen, Baron von Mumin, and other Ministers, transmitting a revised draft of the Supplementary Rules for the Mixed Court at Shanghae, I have the honour to inform you that the Board communicated a copy both of the joint note and its inclosure to the High Commissioner for Southern Ports for his consideration, and that on the 25th June we received his Excellency's reply.\n\nHis Excellency states that on all points where he could give way he had given favourable consideration to the draft, but in Articles 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9 he had either added to the wording or altered it somewhat in order to avoid future difficulties. These modifications his Excellency considered essential for the satisfactory maintenance of peaceful administration.\n\nThis Board have given their further consideration to his Excellency's modifications, and find them to be drawn up with a view to insuring the peaceful administration of the Settlement. These amendments are in our view entirely satisfactory, and we consider that the matter should be settled on these lines, and that the Rules should be first given a trial for two years. If in this period of time difficulties present themselves, alterations could still be made as occasion demands after due discussion. I therefore have the honour to inclose a revised draft, and to request you to be good enough to instruct His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghae to comply with the provisions therein detailed.\n\nAwaiting the honour of a reply, I avail, &c.\n\nInclosure 6 in No. 1.\n\nRevised Draft of Supplementary Rules.\n\n1.--(a.) NO alteration.\n\n(b.) The Mixed Court shall have power to deal with all criminal cases in the Foreign Settlement of Shanghae punishable by cangue or beating with bamboo, or by imprisonment (sentences of imprisonment being subject to the limitations noted below), and shall keep a separate docket thereof as above provided.\n\nNOTE--Beating with bamboo is to be commuted into a fine by the Imperial Decree of the 21st day of the 3rd month of the 31st year of Kuang Hsü.\n\ni. The Court shall have power to try and sentence to terms of imprisonment all lawless characters or highway robbers for acts of disorder, together with all persons guilty of robbery or theft, provided that the crime is not one punishable by death.\n\nii. When the decision of the Court involves the punishment of imprisonment, provided that such penalty does not exceed sixty days, the Magistrate shall be empowered to pronounce such sentence on his own authority. Should the penalty involved exceed sixty days and not exceed three years' imprisonment, he shall report the case to the Shanghae Taotai, and await the sanction of the latter authority. Should the penalty involved not exceed ten years' imprisonment, he shall report the case to the Governor and Provincial Judge, and await the sanction of those authorities before the case can be settled, provided always that ten years shall be the maximum term of imprisonment.\n\niii. Cases of robbery involving the death penalty shall be tried and dealt with by the Shanghae District Magistrate. The Mixed Court Magistrate cannot deal with them.\n\niv. Besides dealing with cases of lawlessness, highway robbery, robbery with violence and theft, all cases of Chinese litigation involving a penalty of and below the degree of beating shall be tried and decided by the Mixed Court Magistrate; provided that all cases involving a penalty of banishment in the \"tu\" degree and upwards shall be tried by the Shanghae District Magistrate, and be referred by him to the higher judicial authorities. The Mixed Court Magistrate cannot deal with such cases.\n\n7\n\nThese provisions shall apply until a Penal Reformatory has been instituted. When a Penal Reformatory has been established, offenders sentenced to imprisonment shall, in accordance with the term of such sentence, whether it be a period of days or years, be transferred to such Penal Reformatory, and be there employed in labour as provided by the Regulations of the Board of Punishments.\n\n(c) No alteration.\n\n2. No alteration.\n\n3. The post of Magistrate of the Mixed Court shall carry with it all the rights, powers, and privileges of a Sub-Prefect. He shall be eligible from among the Prefects, Sub-Prefects, Assistant Sub-Prefects, or Independent Departmental Magistrates of the Province of Kiangsu, or from officials or expectant officials of the same rank from other provinces, if none can be found qualified for the position in the Province of Kiangsu. In all cases, the appointment and removal of the Magistrate of the Mixed Court shall be made by the Governor-General at Nanking, and shall be made on the recommendation of the Shanghae Taotai, who shall address a request to the Governor-General to approve the nomination and to depute the official named.\n\nAssistant Magistrates of the Mixed Court shall be selected from among the expectant Sub-Prefects, Assistant Sub-Prefects, Department and District Magistrates of the Province of Kiangsu or of other Provinces, and shall be appointed and removed likewise by the Governor-General at Nanking.\n\nThe date of the Magistrate's taking over and handing over charge shall be reported to the Board of Civil Office.\n\nWhereas the Commissioners for the Revision of Laws have submitted proposals to the Throne involving the introduction of trial with official Assessors (or by jury?) and the use of counsel, which recommendations have been referred to the provinces for consideration, the Mixed Court in the Settlement shall comply with all such provisions when they have been finally determined. It being now proposed to convert the post of the Mixed Court Magistrate into a substantive Sub-Prefectship, investigation shall be made, when this step has been determined upon, among the Sub-Prefects holding easy posts, with a view to finding one to fill the post at the Mixed Court, and the Throne will thereupon be memorialized. All the powers of such official shall still be exercised in conformity with these rules.\n\nAfter the words, \"shall sit as Assessor,\" add, the expression “cases in which no foreign interest is involved,” is explained below.\n\nOtherwise no alteration down to \"Chefoo Convention.\" There add:-\n\nWhere all the parties in a case are Chinese, and the charge which has to be tried affects the Regulations of the Settlement, a foreign official shall sit as Assessor; but the Magistrate, in deciding the case, shall do so in conformity with Chinese law and such Settlement Regulations as China has agreed to, basing his decision always upon a given Article of Chinese law, and adducing the penalty to be inflicted from the Statute or Ordinance applicable to the case.\n\nWhere both parties in a case, together with the witnesses, are all Chinese, and the question in issue only affects Chinese and does not affect the Settlement Regulations, such case shall be tried and decided by the Chinese official himself, in accordance with the existing Rule, and the Consular official shall not interfere therewith.\n\n(b.) No alteration.\n\n5. The lock-up of the Mixed Court under the original Rules was known as the \"Fan Hsieh Ch'u\" (Rice and Salt House). It is now intended to organize it as a gaol, and to divide it into various classes. In accordance also with the best foreign conditions, the Court will itself engage experienced and qualified medical practitioners, one Chinese and one foreign, to co-operate in giving effect to sanitary and hygienic measures. The necessary funds will be provided by the Shanghao Taotai.\n\n6. As in original, with addition after the words \"within twenty-four hours after his arrest,\" of the words, respecting this time-limit of twenty-four hours see the following note:\n\nAt the end of Article 6 add:-\n\nNOTE--The limitation of twenty-four hours means that this is the longest permissible delay, and does not mean that this period must elapse (before bringing the party to Court). Whenever an arrest is effected, the person arrested must not be first taken to the police station, but must be taken direct to the Court to await trial. If it is too late, and the case cannot be then heard, he shall either be admitted to bail by the Court or be kept in confinement at the Court, or be handed over to the police to hold in custody, as the Court decide.\n\nPage 99",
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        "content_text": "# SOUTH-WEST CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n### [October 22]\n\n172 \n[35560]\n\n**(No. 369.) Sir,**\n### No. 1\n**Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey,~(Received October 22.)**\nPeking, September 5, 1906.\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 245 of the 26th May last, I have the honour to transmit herewith translation of a note from Prince Ching in which certain proposals in regard to the Burmah-Yünnan frontier north of latitude 25° 35′ north are made, based on a Report which has been received by the Foreign Board from the Viceroy of Yunnan with whom they have been in consultation.\n\nIn conclusion, his Highness begs me to ask His Majesty's Government to refer to Article IV of the Burmah Convention and agree to carry out an impartial negotiation of this matter with the view of arriving at an early settlement of this question.\n\nA copy of this despatch has been sent to India and Burmah.\n\nI have, &c.  \n(Signed)  \n**LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE**\n\n### (Translation.) Sir,\n#### Inclosure in No. 1\n**Prince Ching to Mr. Carnegie**  \nPeking, August 30, 1906.\n\nWITH reference to Sir E. Satow's note of the 1st May, on the question of the Burmah-China frontier north of latitude 25° 35′ north, in which was cited the draft of an Article already proposed to this Board, to the effect that: \"It is now agreed between the Governments of Great Britain and China that the boundaries of the two Empires in the territory lying north of latitude 25° 35′ north shall follow the watershed between the Irawadi and Shueli Rivers until the head-waters of the Shueli are passed, and from thence it shall follow along the watershed between the Irawadi and Salwen basins up to the confines of Thibet\"; and alluding further to the offer previously made on behalf of the Government of India to compensate the native Chiefs, and thus settle this long-pending question.\n\nI had the honour to reply on the 9th May that with regard to this section of frontier, the British Government were merely taking the basins of certain rivers as the limit to which the frontier should extend, and that in pursuance of this idea they were adopting the water-parting between the Shueli-Salwen Rivers and the Irawadi as the frontier line.\n\nI pointed out that the line of frontier thus proposed was still highly unsatisfactory, and that since the Government of His Britannic Majesty were fully aware of the position of the native Chiefs of Teng-Keng and Ming-Kwang, and that those places were under the jurisdiction of Chinese tribal authorities, it was not desirable to settle such a matter by compensation, but that the proper limits of jurisdiction must be distinguished in order to determine the frontier.\n\nI added further that my Board were engaged in telegraphic communication with the Viceroy at Yunnan-fu upon this subject, when the British Government had confronted us with the statement that the Government of Burmah would be instructed to occupy and administer the territory in question. I informed you that, in the view of this Board, such action would be unjustifiable, and I requested you to be good enough to ask the British Government to conform to the terms of the IVth Article of the Burmah Convention respecting this section of frontier north of 25° 35′ north latitude, and make a further careful examination of the features and conditions of the country, both countries then proceeding to negotiate an early and impartial settlement of this question.\n\nI now have the honour to inform you that an answer has been received from the Viceroy at Yunnan-fu, which my Board have carefully considered, and which shows that this section of frontier, starting at Chien Kao Shan (Manangpum), should run north across the Chih Fei River (Chihwi Kha) to the west of the foot of the Kao Liang Kung hills (not to be confused with the Kao Li Kung range), then following...",
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        "content_text": "the Chin Chiao Tang River (Khetruaw Kha) it should extend to the crest of the Palata Hills, where it would stop.\n\nThe draft Article, proposed by Sir E. Satow, contemplated that the frontier should continue to the confines of Thibet; but it must be remembered that between the Sub-Prefecture of T'engyuel and Thibet intervene the two Prefectures of Tali and Lichiang. The country examined by Mr. Consul Litton, and shown on the map stamped by him and Shih Taotai, only extends alongside of Tengyueh territory; of this we have no doubt. Consequently, the section of frontier north of 25° 35′ north latitude should not extend further than the border of Tengyueh.\n\nMany objections are presented by the British Government's idea of merely taking the basins of certain rivers as the frontier. For example: the Salwen, whose northern course passes through the two Prefectures of Lá Chiang and Tali to Yung-ch'ang-fu; of which latter Prefecture the part conterminous with the Sub-Prefecture of T'eugyuch is the district of Pao Shan. Or again, the Irawadi, made up as it is north of Bhamo, in Burmah, of three streams--the Maikha in the middle, the Kengtiwan on the west, and the N'Maikha on the east-the latter of which flows on the border of T'engyueh; or again, the Lung Chiang, whose source is in Ming Kwang, in T'engyueh territory, while to the north of Ming Kwang are to be found the tribal Settlements of Tzuchu, Hpare, and Tien Tan.\n\nTo trust, therefore, merely to the flow of the rivers would be eminently unsatisfactory.\n\nAs regards the tribal Settlement of Teng Keng, this is under the jurisdiction of the Pao Shan district. On the west of Teng Keng is the adjoining tribal Settlement of Tzuchu, which is under the jurisdiction of Tengyueh, whilst the north-west part of Ming Kwang also adjoins Tzuchu, and further to the west comes the Hpare Settlement.\n\nSir E. Satow's note proposes that the native Chiefs of Teng Keng and Ming Kwang be paid compensation in lieu of the presents which they have been in the habit of receiving from villages on the western side of the proposed boundary, so that this long-pending question may be settled. But as regards Teng Keng and Ming Kwang there is no long-pending question. The long-pending question only arises in respect to the country on the west of the boundary of these two territories, where Tzuchu and Hpare lie, these being indisputably controlled by Chinese tribal authorities. This being the case, the boundary line must be defined clearly if this matter is to be equitably settled.\n\nAccording to the Viceroy's Report, the upper waters of the Irawadi, under the name of the N'Maikha, flow along the borders of Tengyueh territory. This just fulfils the conditions so constantly attributed by Sir E. Satow to the water-parting east of the N'Maikha, which he described as the natural and best frontier line, and on that account as the one which should be chosen.\n\nI therefore have the honour to request you to ask His Britannic Majesty's Government, on my behalf, to refer to the provision made in Article IV of the Burmah Convention stipulating for a further careful examination of the features and conditions of the country north of 25° 35' north latitude, and to agree to carry out an impartial negotiation of this matter, as requested in my former note, and on the basis of the Viceroy's Report, so that an early settlement of this question may be reached.\n\nOffice or Individual.\n\nForeign\n\n1906\n\ndor\n\nLast previous Paper.\n\nFo\n\n41844\n\n(B & I, 978) - J192—221»\n\nNext subsequent Paper.\n\n70 43505\n\nHONG KONG\n\nNoa 42969\n\n(Subject.)\n\nAffairs of China\n\nFruits of further\n\nPur Fing\n\nJus tothin\n\nJojo Are\n\nSec. hav.\n\n5.00\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nI have kept back\n\n173\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\nC O\n\n42969\n\nPy 22 NOV\n\nher care\n\nwi hai whi\n\nC\n\ncopy to G.\n\ncirculated with toile papers.\n\nsex abo Oct. 2. 3. Q).\n\nfo\n\nShate the\n\nlà Hang King?\n\nan inclined 15-\n\nX\n\n? Land prints\n\nwith aut\n\n23\n\nKink not.\n\nH.K. Souel LE,\n\nThawe remord\n\nthere two\n\npients form\n\n\"The papers\n\n74111\n\n2411.\n\nALC\n\nIt Lucy what do you day on to the (it contain your\n\nWHW.)?\n\nI think I would have it out of also the last print (Was price letter on same subject)\n\nCPL 24 at once",
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        "content_text": "40352\n\n331\n\n(DEC 1 1906)\n\nCANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY.\n\nMINUTES OF MEETING (the 6th) HELD AT THE WAI-WU-PU\n\nON WEDNESDAY THE 10th OCTOBER AT 3.45 p.m.\n\nPresent: -\n\nH. B. T'ang Shao-yi.\n\nKung Taotai and Mr. Hu, representing the\n\nViceroy of Canton.\n\nFr. En, Secretary to the Wai-Wu-Pu, and\n\nMr. J.O.P. Bland, representing the British and\n\nChinese Corporation, Limited.\n\nDiscussion of the draft agreement was renewed.\n\nKUNG TAOTAI, referring to the Articles arranged at\n\nlast meeting, suggested certain further verbal amendments\n\nof the text, which were accordingly discussed and agreed\n\nto in several instances.\n\nMr. BLAND requested, in view of possible delay in the negotiations between the Canton Viceroy and Hongkong\n\nGovernment, the inclusion of a clause in Article IV providing for an extension of the eight months time limit in\n\nthe event of commencement of construction work being delayed as the result of causes beyond the power of the Corporation to prevent, which clause was accordingly inserted.\n\nArticle VII, H.E. T'ang Shao-yi desired it to be\n\nclearly stated that the land purchased for railway purposes within the survey limits, should be paid for out of\n\nthe proceeds of the Loan. Mr. BLAND suggested that a maximum sum for such purposes be named, but H.E. considered\n\nthat under the particular conditions of this agreement this is unnecessary since it is to the undivided interest of",
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        "content_text": "# \n\nSLET \n\ntestimony was read aloud to him, and by him pronounced to be correct. He was then excused from further attendance before the Board.\n\nThere was no further declarations to be introduced by the Board, the defendant, or the complainant, and the two letters were therefore excused from further attendance before the Board.\n\nThe Board after full and mature deliberation upon the declarations above recorded, finds the following facts to be established.\n\nThat Master A. S. Gove in command of the U.S.N.A. \"Alexander\" did in all respects observe the rules of the road and did all that was possible to avoid the collision.\n\nThe junk failed to continue on her original course and speed as required by article 26 Section IV of the International Rules of the Road, although there was ample room in the harbour for her to have done so.\n\nWhen the collision became imminent the helmsman of the junk deserted his post, whereas if the helm of the junk had been put hard a starboard the stern of the junk might have swung clear and collision been avoided.\n\nAll assistance was offered by the \"Alexander\" but the crew of the junk failed in all respects to avail themselves of it, and made no effort to save their vessel. Had they done so the junk and cargo could have been saved, either by slinging to the \"Alexander\" or by beaching.\n\nIt was impossible for the board to obtain an itemized list of the cargo or the exact value of the junk, the $20,000 sued for being an approximate figure.\n\nThe board recommends that the services of a counsel be secured. Certified copies of the marine protest, the marine extended protest containing extracts from the log of the \"Alexander\", the writ of summons of the Supreme Court of Hongkong and Extension of writ of summons are appended.\n\nA. E. Watson, Lieutenant, U.S.Navy, \nSenior Member.\n\nT. L. Ozburn, Ensign, U.S. Navy, Member.\n\nM. R. Metcalf, Ensign, U.S.Navy, Member and \nRecorder.",
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        "content_text": "105\n\nwhile the license will have to be surrendered for cancellation. Returns of all such proceedings will then be made quarterly to the higher authorities.\n\nBut if in spite of the liberal period of years allowed under this system there should be individuals who fail to become total abstainers within the allotted time, they must be regarded as wilful victims to self-abuse, and nothing remains but to expose them to punishment for not abstaining.\n\nIn the future, therefore, if any holder of a class B license exceeds the time limit without giving up the habit and surrendering his license for cancellation, he shall, if an official, resign his office; if a graduate or licentiate, he shall be deprived of his rank and diploma; and if he be of the ordinary people, his name will be recorded by the local authority as an opium sot. A special list of such names will be kept, and a return thereof be made to the higher authorities. Besides this, such names, with the person's age, will be affixed in a public place for general observation, and also be exhibited in the town or village where such person lives, that all may know his condition. Such persons will, further, not be allowed to take part in any annual or periodical meetings which may be convened for any purpose by the local notables, or in any respectable concern of life, so that it may be clearly shown that they are outcasts of society.\n\n## Article IV. To prohibit opium-houses, in order to purify the abodes of pollution.\n\nBefore the time limit is reached upon which the prohibition becomes absolute, it would naturally be hard to suddenly prohibit the existence of shops for the sale of opium. But there is a class of opium dens, which offer a continual temptation to youths and the unemployed to frequent. These places are in every respect noxious, and should be prohibited by the local authorities, one after the other, a term of six months being fixed for the complete cessation of this calling and the substitution of another trade. If the time limit is exceeded they should be compulsorily closed.\n\nEating-houses and restaurants must also not be allowed to furnish opium for the use of guests, nor must guests be permitted to bring smoking appliances with them, under penalty of a heavy fine. Shops for the sale of pipe-stems or bowls, opium lamps or other smoking appliances must also be given one year's time by the local authorities within which to close business.\n\n1888\n\nshown \n\nb.",
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        "content_text": "# Reports on Opium Regulations in Various Provinces\n\n## I. General Observations\n\nReports from various parts of the province indicate that the implementation of the Opium Regulations is at different stages, but it is not known yet how far the orders are being complied with. This, His Majesty's Consul reported, is the first attempt he had heard of to put the Opium Regulations into effect. Missionaries in various districts report that nothing so far has been done in their districts.\n\nThe Prefect is said to be trying to raise funds from the gentry for the purpose of providing a hospital to cure opium smokers; no official funds are available, as any surplus from taxes, &c., has long ago been appropriated to other uses.\n\n## II. Kiukiang\n\nThe Taotai had informed His Majesty's Consul previous to the 29th January that no steps had up to then been taken to put into force the new Regulations. Only one prominent official at Kiukiang is addicted to the habitual use of the drug. The newly-appointed Governor is said to be also given to using the drug, so that possibly the Regulations will not be enforced very stringently in Kiangsi.\n\n## III. Mukden\n\nThe districts in Manchuria in which most native opium is grown are round Hulan, north of Harbin, in the Hei Lung Chiang Province, and round Ashiho, 20 miles east of Harbin in the Kirin Province. So far as preliminary measures and Proclamations go, everything is being done in Mukden and its environs that could be expected.\n\nOn the 19th December, the Mukden Treasury ordered a list of opium-smoking officials of Mukden to be made. The Opium Prevention Regulations were posted in many places in the town early in December. On the 10th January, the police had orders to stop all smoking of opium in restaurants, inns, and brothels. On the 25th January, a police proclamation was issued to the effect that all opium-smoking saloons or dens must be closed before the 26th May, 1907; that their licences expired at the end of the Chinese year (the 12th February, 1907) and would not be renewed. The fees for the remaining months would be waived.\n\nWith regard to licences for smokers, the police are visiting all houses and taking the names of smokers with particulars, and the opium dens have to take the names of smokers frequenting those places. This seems preparatory to the issue of licences, but no special office has yet been established for carrying out the Regulation provisions. All matters are left in the hands of the police up to the present.\n\nOn the 30th January, a Proclamation was issued that all Mongol officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Mukden must cease smoking opium at once under pain of dismissal. Societies have been formed to encourage the cessation of the opium habit, and the city abounds in advertisements of anti-opium medicines.\n\n## IV. Nanking\n\nHis Majesty's Consul reports that no special steps have yet been taken to put into force the Opium Regulations, although Proclamations have been posted in some places embodying the Regulations and fixing the first of the Chinese New Year (the 13th February) as the beginning of the six months' limit within which opium-houses are to be closed.\n\nThe opinion is generally expressed among officials that the Government is this time serious in its intention to put down opium smoking; but doubts are not wanting as to the possibility of replacing the revenue that will thus be lost. The official Gazette of the 4th January contained an article advocating the extension of anti-opium Societies.\n\nThe Viceroy has issued a Proclamation forbidding the retail sale of morphia and morphia-needles—the former having been used in anti-opium medicines.\n\n## V. Shanghai\n\nThe Taotai has issued a Proclamation ordering all opium shops to be closed in six months. A petition asking for an extension of time was rejected. He also issued a Proclamation ordering the discontinuance of the use of morphia in anti-opium medicines.\n\nA commencement has been made by the Chinese authorities of listing opium shops in Shanghai. The west gate section was worked until about 100 shops had been registered, but the work has ceased, and no progress has been made for some weeks. The reason cannot be ascertained.\n\nIn December, there was a meeting of influential Chinese in Shanghai, at which a Resolution was passed expressing approval of the action of the Government and of the attitude of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nA meeting of gentry is reported as having been held at Chang Chou, when it was proposed to petition the higher authorities to put into effect at once the proposals of the anti-opium memorial.\n\nThe Viceroy of Nanking and the Governor of Soochow have issued a joint Proclamation insisting on the need for the eradication of the vice, urging the adoption of the official anti-opium prescription and the establishment of an anti-opium Society, and urging all officials to bestir themselves and attain the end desired by the Court.\n\n## VI. Soochow\n\nThe Governor has issued Proclamations announcing the Imperial sanction to the proposals of the anti-opium memorialists, and fixing a day for the limit of time for closing opium dens.\n\nRegulations have been issued jointly in the names of the Provincial Treasurer, Judge, Commissioner of Education, and General Commanding the Forces based on those set forth in the original Memorial. All respectable people in Soochow are said to desire the stamping out of the use of opium, and the majority maintain its possibility. Among the high officials, only the Treasurer uses opium; the Anti-opium League keeps a list of those whom it aids in breaking the habit.\n\n## VII. Tengyueh\n\nThe habit of smoking opium has been adopted by some 90 per cent. of the population of the province of Yunnan, and it is thought that any genuine attempt to limit production of opium will entail hardship and discontent, which may lead to a serious state of affairs.\n\nMr. Clementi, of the Hong Kong Civil Service, who is in the course of an overland journey from Kuangsi to Burmah, has reported that the officials he met did not take the new Regulations seriously. No instructions have as yet reached the local officials at Tengyueh on the matter.\n\n## VIII. Kwangsi\n\nA report has reached His Majesty's Legation that there has been a small riot in this province over an attempt to stop opium cultivation.\n\n## IX. Tien-tsin\n\nIn Tien-tsin city, all opium shops and divans have been closed, but no registration of opium smokers has been begun. His Majesty's Consul-General learns from Shuntefu, in the south-west of Chihli, that the opium dens there are to be closed in July of this year; various Proclamations as to anti-opium measures have been posted on the city gates.\n\nFrom Chichou, in the south of Chihli, a missionary writes: \"I have recently traversed a large section of this part of the province, and made careful inquiry. The result is that I am convinced the Edict has impressed the people favourably, but it is equally clear that no sustained and honest effort is being made by the local officials to carry out the Regulations issued by the Government, except in a few isolated cases. Of the five counties in this Prefecture, three of the Magistrates are opium smokers. One of these can never be got to appear in Court until late in the evening, and receives no guest until late in the afternoon. This is due to his being a slave to the habit. The Regulations have been issued by him to the constables, but I have not found one throughout the whole district who has posted the Regulations in a public place. As one of the gentry remarked to me, the Magistrate is not going to smack his own face by seeing that the Regulations are being carried out. Most, if not all, of the constables are also opium smokers, and several of them have such a sense of propriety that they have... \n\nPage 101",
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        "content_text": "# \n118 \n\nUnder Article IV provision was made for a survey of the route, upon signature of the preliminary agreement, by engineers engaged by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., and under arrangements to be made by the Director General of Railways, who would notify the local authorities in order that the engineers should be duly protected.\n\n## \nArticle V reads as follows: \"This Preliminary Agreement is signed by the Director General of the Imperial Chinese Railway Administration who will, in case there should arise local difficulties, consult with the Viceroy of Canton to make the necessary arrangements; the said Viceroy will, in conjunction with the Director General, memorialize the Throne before the Final Agreement is signed\".\n\nIn the course of last year (1905) the British Minister adverted to this Preliminary Agreement, and asked that negotiations should be taken up for the Final Agreement. The Corporation also presented a draft proposed draft of a Final Agreement.\n\nThe Viceroy Ts'ên held, however, that local conditions had changed, and desired to change the modus operandi to that adopted in the case of the Northern Railway Loan. The Corporation argued that the existing understanding must be adhered to, and, as neither side would give way, it was not until half a year had elapsed in fruitless discussions that an Edict was issued in the 6th month of this year (June-July, 1906) commanding that negotiations with the Corporation should be taken up by the Wai-wu Pu.\n\nWhen these negotiations began, the Corporation's representative, Mr. Bland, maintained that the Preliminary Agreement having been approved by the Government, the present negotiations...",
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        "content_text": "# TRADE-MARK REGULATIONS\n\n## Regulation I.-Conditions to which Trade-marks must conform\n\nArticle 5. \"Whenever more than one application is made for trade-marks closely resembling each other and covering a similar class of goods on identical dates and at the same hour, none of such applications can be entertained until the several claimants shall have been given an opportunity to state their case, and their rights have been determined by law.\"\n\nThis is apparently what is meant by Article 53 (iv), but the question then arises, is the constitution of the Court of Judicial Decisions such as foreigners can rely upon for the safeguarding of their rights?\n\n## Regulation III.-Public Notification of Trade-marks\n\nArticle 9. \"Trade-marks passed by the inspecting officer as fulfilling the prescribed requirements shall be published forthwith in the 'Trade-marks Gazette' for general information.\"\n\nThis appears to conflict with Regulation V, Article 22, which provides that a block of every trade-mark shall be furnished when a trade-mark is sanctioned, and follows. That is to say, while Article 9, Regulation III, calls for publication in advance of registration, Article 22, Regulation V, demands it after; moreover, the necessary block is not demanded until the mark has already appeared in the \"Gazette.\" It may be pointed out that, according to English rules, no blocks are required for marks registered in the Cotton Classes 23, 24, 25 (Sebastian, folio 46, paragraph 20).\n\nArticle 10. \"If within six months of the date of publication in the 'Trade-marks Gazette' any inaccuracy be discovered in the 'Gazette,' a protest of such inaccuracy must be forwarded in duplicate to the Trade-marks Bureau.\"\n\nArticle 13. \"The duplicate copy of a protest of inaccuracy shall be forwarded to the original applicant by the Trade-marks Bureau.\" It is not clear here what is meant; presumably the applicant would be the only person who could discover inaccuracies, but as the applicant is notified of any inaccuracies which may be found, he is evidently not referred to as the person to make a protest.\n\n## Regulation VI.--Trade-mark Rights\n\nArticle 27. \"The rights of trade-mark indicate exclusive use of such mark by one person.\" For \"person\" it is suggested that \"person, firm, or corporate body\" be substituted.\n\n## Regulation VII.-Transfer of Trade-mark Rights\n\nArticles 29-32. Whereas, in the English Trade-marks Rules, 1890, Rules 36-40 (Sebastian, folio 409), all that is required is to have the change of ownership recorded on the register, after satisfying the Controller as to title, the Chinese draft Regulations require the assignment to be also recorded on the certificate. This entails an enormous amount of unnecessary work, which is reflected in the scale of fees, referred to later. In view of the frequent changes of firm names in China, it is a matter of no little importance that transfers of trade-mark rights should be simplified and cheapened as much as possible.\n\n## Regulation VIII.-Time Limit of Validity of Trade-marks\n\nArticle 34. Two months previous to the expiry of the time limit the Trade-marks Bureau shall publish the name and address of the proprietor in the \"Trade-marks Gazette.\" As it is in many cases necessary to exchange letters between agents and proprietors at home regarding renewal, to obtain fresh copies of marks a period of two months before expiry is insufficient, and it is suggested that \"six months\" be substituted for \"two months.\"\n\nArticle 35. \"Persons desiring to renew a trade-mark must address an application for renewal of their trade-mark rights to the Trade-marks Bureau one month before the expiry of the time limit.\" With regard to this, it may be pointed out that Regulation XI, Article 64 (1) states that cancellation of rights ensues if application for renewal be not made two months before the expiry of the time limit.\n\n## Regulation IX.--Confirmation of the Rights of Applicants\n\nArticle 53. The Sub-Committee would like to know whether the Rules for Judicial Decisions apply to cases brought by foreigners against Chinese. If so, what is the constitution of the Court? Presumably it is the Mixed Court.\n\n## Regulation XI.-Cancellation of Trade-mark Rights\n\nArticle 64 (3) is to the effect that cancellation ensues when, previous to the expiry of the prescribed number of years, a business is closed. This expression \"when a business is closed\" is vague, and requires amplification in order to make the meaning clear, and it is open to question whether the insertion of this clause serves any useful purpose. No indication is given as to the exact time at which the proprietor loses his rights, nor is any provision made for notice being given for the benefit of those to whom proprietary rights may accrue upon the \"closing of a business.\" There appears to be no equivalent of this in the English Trade-marks Rules, 1890.\n\nArticle 65. \"Upon failure to comply with any of the conditions detailed in the preceding Article, all trade-marks certificates must be given back.\" Presumably what is meant is that cancellation of rights entails surrender of certificate previously granted, but so long as the cancellation is recorded in the register the certificate is rendered valueless, whether surrendered or not, and this Article seems to be superfluous.\n\n## Detailed Rules for the Enforcement of the Trade-marks Regulations\n\n### Rule 1.-Application Forms\n\nArticle 2 states that these shall be stocked in the various branch offices, so that they may be resold to applicants. The Sub-Committee is of opinion that all forms required in connection with registration of trade-marks should be supplied free of charge, as is customary in Government offices when fees are charged.\n\n### Rule III.-Branch Offices\n\nArticle 2. \"Application forms, stamps, and the 'Trade-marks Gazette' shall be kept on sale at all branch offices.\" In conformity with the opinion expressed in the previous paragraph, the words \"application forms\" should be eliminated from this Article.\n\n### Rule IV.-The Trade-marks Gazette\n\nArticle 12. The provision made here for the publication of trade-marks the registration of which has been sanctioned should be read in conjunction with Regulation III, Article 9, already referred to, and which calls for publication before registration has been sanctioned unless the purport of the Article has been mis-understood.\n\n[2448 ƒ-5] \n\nPage 4\nPage 5\nPage 27\nPage 35\nPage 132",
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        "content_text": "# Detailed Rules (as in original)\n\n## Rule I.-Application forms\n\n### Article 1\n(1.) As in original.\n\n(2.) The Trade-marks Bureau will print the various application forms, of which a supply will be kept in each branch office for the convenience of applicants, who will thus be able to purchase them locally.\n\n(3.) When the Trade-marks Bureau receives an application, it will be given a number, which will be communicated to the applicant. All subsequent communications respecting such application should quote this number for the convenience of the Bureau.\n\n## Rule II\nSame as original Rule, except that the numeration of the Articles is altered; 3 becomes 4, &c.\n\n## Rule III\nSame as original; numeration altered.\n\n## Rule IV\n### Article 13\nThe Trade-marks Bureau will publish in a \"Trade-marks Gazette\" all particulars respecting the registration or cancellation of trade-marks for public information. This \"Gazette\" will contain the following particulars: The applicant's name and address; whether the application be for registration or for deposit in the special list; the class of goods to be covered by the trade-mark; a printed representation of the mark; and other particulars, as the occasion may demand, such as the issue of certificates for registration or deposit in the special list, or transfer of rights.\n\n### Article 14\nThe \"Gazette,\" besides being issued in the Chinese language, will at the same time employ a current Western language, for the convenience of both Chinese and foreigners.\n\n### Article 15\nThe frequency of issue will depend upon the volume of business connected with trade-marks.\n\n## Rule V\n### Article 16 to end Rule VIII, including classification list\nNo alteration. Forms. As in original.\n\n## Regulations for Court of Judicial Decisions\nNo change, except in numeration.\n\n## Special Rules\n### Article (1)\nAdd, after \"old trade-marks,\" the words, \"and will be recorded in a special list.\"\n\n### Article (2) to end\nNo change.\n\n## Foreign Trade-marks\nNo change.\n\n## Regulations respecting the Trade-marks Bureau\nNo change.\n\nCorrespondence then followed with your Highness on the subject of this draft in July 1905; after which the subject was not taken up until the winter of last year, when your Highness communicated to me another draft prepared by the Board of Commerce.\n\nAs I had the honour to inform your Highness in my note of the 3rd April of this year, that draft was found to differ so entirely from the proposed text prepared by a Committee of Ministers in April 1905, which my Government still looked upon as the basis of discussion, that I felt bound to adhere generally to the lines laid down in the earlier draft above mentioned, and trusted that the negotiations would be confined to the consideration of that document.\n\nThe latest draft of the Board of Commerce is still based upon their former text, and my chief objections to it are that the advantages which British merchants could derive from an enactment in this form are entirely outweighed by the expenses which they would be obliged to incur in registering their numerous trade-marks or depositing them in the \"special list.\" No specific provision is made to prevent the registration of \"open marks,\" or for the protection of Hong names; while the location of the Registration Bureau in Peking, where foreign firms have no representatives, would inevitably give rise to endless difficulties and delays. Beyond this, there are other points, arising from the obscurity of the language in which the Regulations are drawn up, which render it impossible for me to discuss them in detail.\n\nFurthermore, under instructions from my Government, I am precluded from so doing, as they have refused to accept as a basis of negotiation the draft of November last, of which the present document is a revision.\n\nI can therefore merely suggest to your Highness that I should communicate to my Government the translation of the documents which you have transmitted to me, and await the instructions of His Majesty's Secretary of State as to future action in this matter.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n### Sir J. Jordan to Prince Ch'ing\nPeking, May 28, 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness' note of the 2nd May, inclosing a revised draft of Trade-marks Regulations drawn up by the Board of Commerce, and to state, after careful consideration of these amendments, that the whole form of the Regulations in question appears to me unnecessarily complicated, and prejudicial to the interests of foreign trade in China.\n\nThe original intention of introducing legislation on the question of trade-marks was, as I understand it, to facilitate the protection of foreign trade-marks against imitation or unauthorized use by Chinese subjects. With this object in view, it was stipulated in the Anglo-Chinese Commercial Treaty of 1902 that the Superintendents of northern and southern trade should establish offices within their respective jurisdictions under the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs, where foreign trade-marks might be registered on payment of a reasonable fee.\n\nThe first draft Regulations drawn up by the Board of Commerce in 1904 proved on examination entirely unacceptable to the representatives of several Powers, and they proceeded, therefore, in the following year to prepare a draft embodying the views of their respective Governments at that time.\n\n## Inclosure 4 in No. 1\n### French Minister to Prince Ch'ing\nLégation de la République Française en Chine, Pékin, le 27 Mai, 1907.\n\nJ'AI l'honneur d'accuser réception à votre Altesse de sa communication du 2 Mai dernier, relative au projet de Règlement sur les marques commerciales établi par le Ministère du Commerce.\n\nAprès avoir étudié attentivement ce projet, j'ai dû reconnaître, malgré mon désir de tenir compte des vues du Ministère du Commerce, qu'il différait encore sur des points essentiels du projet que mon Gouvernement m'avait autorisé à prendre pour base de négociations avec le Gouvernement Impérial, notamment en ce qui concerne les frais d'enregistrement, la protection des marques libres et des \"hong names,\" les garanties aux anciennes marques.\n\nDans ces conditions, je suis obligé d'en référer à Paris et d'envoyer le projet que votre Altesse a bien voulu me transmettre au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et d'attendre ses instructions.\n\n## (Translation)\n\n## Inclosure 5 in No. 1\n### German Minister to Prince Ching\nPeking, May ... 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Imperial Highness' note of the 2nd instant, inclosing a revised draft of Trade-mark Regulations drawn up by the Board of Agriculture, Trade, and Industry.\n\nIn my note of the 11th ultimo, I had the honour to inform your Imperial Highness that the latest draft Regulations inclosed in your note of the 5th December last were so entirely different from those drawn up in April 1905 by the Representatives of the Powers interested, that I could not see my way to take them into ...",
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        "content_text": "## Exploitation Company, alongside the line at Hok'ou station. After crossing the Namti bridge, the rails bifurcate, one pair running straight ahead to the west of the shed to form a customs siding. The other pair on the east side of the shed, between it and the station proper, becomes the main line, presently curving northward to enter the tunnel and pass up the Namti Valley. Behind the station buildings, now complete, are the temporary store-houses of a French provision dealer, and these premises, I understand, will also shortly be available for customs purposes. In short, the present intention of the Chinese Customs Service is to conduct operations at Hok'ou, in Yunnan territory, and by no means at Phomoi, 6 miles or more on the French side of the frontier.\n\nThe Customs staff have, as it happens, already taken possession of their new examination shed; for, on the 24th March last, their offices were accidentally burnt down and the opportunity was welcomed to move into the shed. Precisely how far the provisional Regulations are just now in force I cannot say, but so far only construction trains are running into Yünnan, and not waggons suited for ceremonious plombage. Nor have I heard whether the Agreements have been confirmed by the respective Administrations of their Signatories. It is to be presumed that they at all events have not been disapproved, since Mr. Brewitt-Taylor himself has been courteous enough to supply me with copies, for, I should add, the confidential information of your Government.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)  \nW. H. WILKINSON.\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n### Regulations respecting the Laokai-Yunnan-fu Railway\n\n**Règlement Douanier de la Station Frontière de Hokéou en attendant la Solution de la Question pendante de l'Installation d'une Gare Douanière commune aux Chemins de Fer Français et Chinois à Phomoi**\n\n#### I-Dispositions générales\n\n**ARTICLE 1.** Toutes les marchandises dont l'importation ou l'exportation sera faite par le chemin de fer seront soumises aux Règlements généraux du Service des Douanes Impériales Chinoises actuellement en vigueur, ainsi qu'aux modifications qui pourraient leur être apportées ultérieurement, en ce qui n'est pas contraire au Règlement Franco-Chinois du Chemin de Fer signé à Pékin le 29 Octobre, 1903.\n\n**Art. 2.** Les opérations douanières en gare de Hokéou auront lieu dans les limites de cette gare et de ses dépendances; ces limites sont fixées, du côté de l'Indo-Chine, à la barrière établie sur le pont du Nam-ti.\n\n#### II-Importations\n\n**(a.) Marchandises vérifiées à Hokéou**\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 3.** | Dans le délai de trente-six heures après l'arrivée des wagons à la gare de Hokéou, le chef de gare devra remettre à la Douane un manifeste signé de lui ou les déclarations émanant des expéditeurs, signalant en Français les marques, numéros, poids, et contenu de chaque colis renfermé dans les wagons. |\n| **Art. 4.** | Le chef de gare ne laissera procéder à l'enlèvement des colis hors de la gare qu'après en avoir reçu l'autorisation du Service des Douanes, lequel devra se prononcer dans un délai de vingt-quatre heures. |\n| **Art. 5.** | Si les droits frappant certaines marchandises n'ont pas été acquittés, dans le délai de sept jours après l'arrivée des marchandises à l'Administration des Douanes, (elles seront livrées) à l'Administration, qui en opérera la confiscation, ou (le chef de gare) acquittera lui-même, pour le compte des destinataires, les droits réclamés par le Service des Douanes. |\n\n**(b.) Marchandises à vérifier au delà de Hokéou**\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 6.** | En principe, le Service des Douanes devrait vérifier à Hokéou toutes les marchandises importées par le chemin de fer. Cependant, si le chef de gare en fait la demande, en l'accompagnant d'un manifeste pour chacune des gares auxquelles des marchandises sont destinées, le Service des Douanes en différera la vérification qui devrait avoir lieu à la frontière, plombera les wagons et autorisera leur départ. |\n\n#### III-Exportations\n\n**(a.) Marchandises chargées à Hokéou**\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 7.** | Le chef de gare de Hokéou permettra le chargement, dans les wagons, des seules marchandises pour lesquelles l'Administration des Douanes aura donné cette autorisation, constatée par la délivrance d'un permis de chargement. |\n| **Art. 8.** | Dans un délai de vingt-quatre heures, le Service des Douanes, après avoir reçu et vérifié le manifeste de la gare et les permis de chargement, délivrera, pour chaque expédition de marchandises, une quittance douanière, sans laquelle aucun colis ne pourra être expédié. |\n| **Art. 9.** | Aucune quittance douanière n'est nécessaire pour la sortie des wagons vides. Toutefois, leur nombre et leur tonnage moyen sera trimestriellement communiqué au Service des Douanes. |\n\n**(b.) Marchandises transitant par Hokéou**\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 10.** | En principe, le Service des Douanes devrait vérifier toutes les marchandises exportées par le chemin de fer; cependant, si le chef de gare en fait la demande, la Douane vérifiera le plombage des wagons arrivés sous plomb à Hokéou et autorisera leur départ. |\n\n#### IV-Vérification des Bagages\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 11.** | Les bagages et les colis à la main des voyageurs seront vérifiés à Hokéou, si le Service des Douanes l'exige. La Compagnie du Chemin de Fer devra assurer le transport des bagages depuis les fourgons jusqu'à la halle de vérification. |\n\n#### V.-Clauses diverses\n\n| Article | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Art. 12.** | Les conducteurs des trains recevront gratuitement les documents douaniers qui doivent accompagner la marchandise pour son parcours en chemin de fer et que leur remettra le personnel des Douanes en service dans les gares. |\n| **Art. 13.** | Sur le vu d'une demande signée par le Commissaire des Douanes de Mongtseu, la Compagnie autorisera le transport gratuit, à raison d'une personne par train, en deuxième, troisième, ou quatrième classe suivant le grade, des Agents des Douanes voyageant pour le service en ce qui intéresse le chemin de fer, notamment pour le convoyage des wagons plombés par le Service des Douanes et circulant sous sa surveillance et sa responsabilité. |\n| **Art. 14.** | Le voyage gratuit en première classe sera accordé au Commissaire des Douanes de Mongtsen, ou à son délégué, au cours de leurs tournées d'inspection des bureaux secondaires. |\n\nLe présent Règlement a été arrêté d'un commun accord par les Soussignés, sous réserve de l'approbation de leurs Administrations respectives.\n\nFait en double à Mongtseu, le 30 Mars, 1906.\n\nCompagnie Française des Chemins de Fer de l'Indo-Chine et du Yunnan,  \nLe Directeur-Général,  \n(Signé)  \nGETTEN.\n\nC. H. BREWITT-TAYLOR,  \nActing Commissioner of Customs.",
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        "content_text": "## Règlement Douanier de la Gare de Mongtseu (Pisetchai)\n\n### I.--Dispositions générales\n\nArticle 1. Toutes les marchandises dont l'importation ou l'exportation sera faite par chemin de fer seront soumises aux Règlements généraux du Service des Douanes Impériales Chinoises actuellement en vigueur, ainsi qu'aux modifications qui pourraient leur être apportées ultérieurement en ce qui n'est pas contraire au Règlement Franco-Chinois du Chemin de Fer, signé à Pékin le 29 Octobre, 1903.\n\nArt. 2. Les opérations douanières en gare de Mongtseu auront lieu dans les limites de cette gare et de ses dépendances.\n\n### II-Importations\n\nArt. 3. Toutes marchandises provenant de l'étranger arrivant à Mongtseu viá Hokéou, soit pour Mongtseu, soit pour les gares au delà, et qui n'auraient pas été vérifiées à Hokéou, doivent être contenues dans les wagons plombés par les soins de la Douane. Une fois ces wagons conduits sur les voies réservées au Service des Douanes, le chef de gare en signalera l'arrivée à l'Agent des Douanes, qui vérifiera leurs numéros et l'état de leurs plombs, contradictoirement avec le chef de gare ou son délégué. Toute irrégularité sera immédiatement constatée.\n\nArt. 4. Les manifestes accompagnant les wagons chargés et plombés qui arrivent de l'étranger via Hokéou sont remis aux Agents des Douanes immédiatement après l'arrivée du train.\n\nArt. 5. L'Agent des Douanes est seul autorisé à enlever les plombs.\n\nArt. 6. Le chef de gare ne laissera passer à l'enlèvement des colis provenant de l'étranger hors de la gare ou partir les wagons chargés de marchandises provenant de l'étranger, qu'après avoir reçu l'autorisation du Service des Douanes, lequel devra se prononcer dans un délai de vingt-quatre heures.\n\n### III.-Exportations\n\nArt. 7. En ce qui concerne les marchandises destinées à l'exportation, à enregistrer pour les gares de l'Indo-Chine, le chef de gare de Mongtseu (Pisetchai) permettra le chargement dans les wagons, ou, dans le cas de marchandises provenant d'autres destinations, la continuation de la route, des seules marchandises pour lesquelles le Service des Douanes aura donné l'autorisation nécessaire, constatée par délivrance d'un permis.\n\nArt. 8. Dans un délai de vingt-quatre heures, le Service des Douanes, après avoir reçu et vérifié le manifeste de la gare et les permis, délivrera pour chaque expédition de marchandises destinées à l'exportation, à enregistrer pour les gares de l'Indo-Chine, une quittance douanière sans laquelle aucun colis ne pourra être expédié. Les wagons destinés à franchir la frontière seront, sur la demande du chef de gare, plombés par les soins du Service des Douanes.\n\nArt. 9. Aucune quittance n'est nécessaire pour la sortie des wagons vides.\n\n### IV.--Divers\n\nArt. 10. Si les droits frappant certaines marchandises n'ont pas été acquittés dans le délai de sept jours après l'arrivée des marchandises à Mongtseu, le chef de gare pourra remettre ces marchandises à l'Administration des Douanes, qui en opérera la confiscation, ou acquittera lui-même, pour le compte des destinateurs, les droits réclamés par le Service des Douanes.\n\nArt. 11. Les Services des Douanes Chinoises et Indo-Chinoises s'étant mis d'accord sur la reconnaissance mutuelle du plombage, le Service Chinois à Mongtseu établira une copie du manifeste des marchandises chargées dans les wagons destinés à franchir la frontière. Cette copie sera revêtue du timbre du Bureau de Douane de Mongtseu; elle sera de nouveau timbrée par le Bureau de Douane de Hokéou après vérification du plombage.\n\nArt. 12. Les Articles 12, 13, et 14 du Règlement Douanier de Hokéou se rapportent également à Mongtseu et à toutes autres gares douanières de la ligne.\n\n### V.-Bagages\n\nArt. 13. Les bagages et les colis à la main seront tous visités au bureau de douane de Hokéou et ne seront, par conséquent, plus soumis à aucune visite à Mongtseu ou dans toutes autres gares douanières de la ligne.\n\nLe présent Règlement a été arrêté d'un commun accord par les Soussignés, sous réserve de l'approbation de leurs Administrations respectives.\n\nFait en cinq, à Mongtseu, le 24 Janvier, 1907.\n\n(Signé)\n\nGETTEN.\n\nC. H. BREWITT-TAYLOR,  \nActing Commissioner of Customs.\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n\n### Special Rules (Provisional) for the Railway Customs Station at Hokow pending Settlement of the Question of the Establishment of a joint Customs Station at Phomoi\n\n#### 1.-General\n\n1. All railway-borne cargo, imports and exports, is subject to the General Customs Rules actually in force, except in so far as such Rules are modified herein or by the \"Règlement Franco-Chinois du Chemin de Fer\" of October 1903.\n\n2. The limits of the customs station and of the railway station coincide, the outer limit being the barrier on the bridge over the Nam-ti.\n\n#### II-Imports\n\n##### (a.) Cargo examined at Hokow\n\n3. Within thirty-six hours after the arrival of waggons the station-master shall present to the Customs a manifest in French signed by himself or the freighters' declarations of the goods in the waggons, showing marks, numbers, weight, and contents of each package.\n\n4. Goods may not be removed from the station without Customs permits, which should be issued within twenty-four hours.\n\n5. Goods upon which customs dues have not been paid within seven days after arrival shall be handed to the Customs to be dealt with, or the station-master will pay the sums due on behalf of the consignee.\n\n##### (b.) Through Goods\n\n6. All imports by rail should be examined at Hokow, but at the request of the station-master, accompanied by a manifest for each station for which there is cargo, the Customs will defer the actual examination of such goods, seal the waggons and allow them to proceed.\n\n#### III.-Exports\n\n##### (a.) Goods Loaded at Hokow\n\n7. Goods without Customs permits may not be loaded.\n\n8. The Customs will issue a clearance within twenty-four hours after receipt and verification of the manifest accompanied by the permits to load.\n\n9. No clearance is needed for empty waggons, but a quarterly statement of their number and tonnage shall be sent to the custom-house.\n\n[2656 i-3]",
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        "content_text": "## \n\naccording to a telegram which the local agent of the Corporation has to-day received from Hongkong, to have made a favourable impression on the Corporation who have expressed the hope that the new Viceroy of Canton will make no change in the appointment.\n\nIt is intended that work on the line which has been delayed during nearly five months, out of the section within which under Article IV of the Loan Agreement it is to commence, shall begin next week.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nWith the highest respect,\n\nYour most obedient,\nhumble Servant\n\n**(Sd.) J. N. Jordan**",
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        "content_text": "# 38147 [October 5 \n## CHINA RAILWAYS\n### CONFIDENTIAL\n\nNo. 1.\n\n**REG 29 OCT 07**\n**SECTION 2.**\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.(Received October 5.)\n\n**(No. 389.)** Sir,\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 191 of the 24th April last, I have now the honour to report that Mr. Wu Ting-fang having declined to accept the appointment conferred upon him by Imperial Decree, on the ground of ill-health, the commencement of work on the Canton-Kowloon Railway has been postponed pending the choice of a suitable successor.\n\nPeking, August 17, 1907.\n\nA successor has now been found in the person of Mr. Wei-Han, a second rank official, and Taotai Designate on the Kuangsi establishment, and the Imperial assent to the appointment has been signified in response to a Memorial by the Board of Communications which was published in the \"Gazette\" of the 7th instant.\n\nMr. Wei-Han, whose appointment as Managing Director is gazetted, is described in the Memorial as having a reputation for ability and special knowledge of subjects connected with public works. He appears, according to a telegram which the local agent of the Corporation has to-day received from Hong Kong, to have made a favourable impression on the Corporation who have expressed the hope that the new Viceroy of Canton will make no change in the appointment.\n\nIt is intended that work on the line which has been delayed during nearly five months, out of the eight within which under Article IV of the Loan Agreement it is to commence, shall begin next week.\n\nI have, &c. \n(Signed) **J. N. JORDAN**",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure in Mr. Bryce's No. 127 of October Copy of a Note from the Department of State.\n\n## DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, October 21, 1907.\n\n**Excellency,**\n\nWith further reference to your note No.200 of August 24 last, I have the honor to say that the Navy Department has carefully considered the papers submitted in the matter of the claim of C. Yung, a native of Hongkong and a British subject, for compensation for the loss of a junk, TUNG ON TAI, which was sunk in collision with the United States Naval Collier ALEXANDER, in March 1906.\n\nIt appears that the occurrence referred to was, at the time, in pursuance of naval regulations, investigated by a board consisting of officers of the Navy. Representatives of the owner of the TUNG ON TAI were present and cross-examined witnesses; but did not themselves offer any statement or otherwise develop their side of the case.\n\nThe findings of the Naval Board were:\n\n| Findings |\n| --- |\n| \"That Master A.E. Gove, in command of the U.S.N.A. ALEXANDER, did in all respects observe the rules of the road and did do all that was possible to avoid the collision. |\n| \"The junk failed to continue on her original course and speed as required by Article 21, Section IV of the International Rules of the Road, although there was ample room in the harbor for her to have done so. |\n| \"When the collision became imminent the helmsman of the junk deserted his post, whereas if the helm of the junk had been put hard-a-starboard the stern of the junk might have swung clear and collision been avoided. |\n\nHis Excellency  \nThe Right Honorable James Bryce, D.C.L.,  \nAmbassador of Great Britain,",
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        "content_text": "Inclosure 3 in No. 1,\n\nDraft Convention respecting Mutual Protection of Trade-marks in Corea,\n\nTHE Government of Japan and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the purpose of concluding a Convention for the due protection of trade-marks in Corea, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan,\n\nHis Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,\n\nWho after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:-\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nThe Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland accept as binding upon their subjects in Corea Regulations respecting trade-marks adopted and put into force in Corea, and they engage that Courts of Japan in Corea shall have full and exclusive jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over British subjects in the matters relating to the infringement or misuse of any trade-mark entitled to protection in virtue of such Regulations.\n\nARTICLE II,\n\nBritish subjects shall enjoy in all parts of Corea the same protection as Japanese and Corean subjects in regard to trade-marks, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by the Regulations referred to in the preceding Article.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nCorean subjects shall enjoy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the same protection as native subjects in regard to trade-marks, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by the laws of the United Kingdom.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible. It shall come into operation at the expiration of ten days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which either party may give notice of its intention to terminate the same.\n\nIn witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tokio, in the Japanese and the English languages, this\n\ncorresponding to the\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum by Mr. Crowe respecting the proposed Convention between Great Britain and Japan as regards Mutual Protection of Trade-marks in China.\n\nIT would appear that under Japanese law no protection is afforded to any save registered marks, except perhaps by Article 2, section 5, of the Trade-marks Law, which says that a mark which is the same as, or resembles, a trade-mark used by other persons before the operation of this law (i.e., 1st July, 1899) may not be registered,\n\nBut even this has in some cases been interpreted as meaning marks registered in the Patent Bureau before 1899.*\n\nIt is therefore clear that the Japanese law being what it is, the Japanese Government could not bind itself to protect in China any marks save those registered in Japan.\n\nOn the other hand, as \"The China and Corea Amendment Order in Council, 1907,\" relates not only to the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Acts, but also to \"The Merchandize Marks Act, 1887,\" and as Japan being a member of the Industrial Property Union, an Order in Council has been issued applying provisions of section 103 of \"The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1883,\" to her, all trade-marks legally protected in Japan have the benefit of the protection afforded by the Merchandize Marks Act. For the purpose of this Act, the expression \"trade-mark\" means a trade-mark registered in the register of trade-marks kept under \"The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1883,\" and includes any trade-mark which, either with or without registration, is protected by law in any foreign State to which the provisions of the 103rd section of \"The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1883,\" are under Order in Council for the time being applicable.\n\nThis being so, it might be held that \"registered in the appropriate office\" did not mean more than \"registered in the register of trade-marks kept under The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1883,\" and therefore marks registered in Japan would be entitled to protection against infringement by British subjects in China, whether those marks have been previously registered in the United Kingdom or not, but the converse would obviously not hold good, i.e., British marks would not be entitled to protection unless registered in Japan.\n\nPremising, therefore, that the above possibility should prove correct, one can see the necessity for the second paragraph of Article 1.\n\n*\n\nIt is said that the number of unregistered \"chops\" in use in China is almost as great as that of registered marks. The proviso contained in paragraph 2 of Article 1 would safeguard the rights of proprietors of such open \"chops\" who may either have neglected, or been unable, to obtain registration in the United Kingdom,§ and have not done so in Japan against Japanese who might have registered in Japan, and who, as explained above, might claim protection under the Merchandize Marks Act. But it would have to be understood that the second paragraph of Article 1 is to be interpreted as referring solely to those persons who can conclusively establish the right of user in China for three or more years, prior to the operation of this Convention, for marks which have not been registered in Japan by British owners and vice versa.\n\nthe\n\nIf it should be held that the Merchandize Marks Act does not apply, and that for purposes of this Convention registration means actual registration in the United Kingdom, then before a Japanese could stop a British owner of an open \"chop\" from using it, he would have to register it both in Japan and the United Kingdom, and as the latter would presumably be impossible, nothing would be gained by this second paragraph of Article 1, seeing that even without it British owners of open marks could not be stopped from using them.\n\nOn the other hand, the clause becomes positively objectionable if it is to be interpreted in such a way that by it Japanese who have during the three years prior to the operation of the Convention been \"actually using (or, in other words, fraudulently imitating British) trade-marks in China,\" should obtain legal sanction for their pernicious practices.\n\nThe omission of any provisions which would apply to a case like that of Sir Elkanan Armitage's \"Crocodile\" mark seems a pity.\n\nOf course, by the second paragraph of Article 1, he would still be allowed to continue the use of his mark, but that is hardly the point. The Japanese who has fraudulently registered the mark in Japan acquires an equal right to the use of it in China, as Sir E. Armitage is unable to take steps in Japan, owing to the lapse of the three years stipulated in Article 10 of the Japanese Trade-marks Law. Under these circumstances, the only way to circumvent such pirates would be the inclusion of a paragraph worded in some such way:----\n\n\"It is, moreover, understood that in cases where subjects of each of the High Con-\n\n* N.B.-Mr. Hisamoto, in his communication to the Yokohama Foreign Board of Trade, seems to interpret this in a different way.\n\n† Vide Board of Trade despatch to Foreign Office, March 23, 1905 (p. 79 of \"China Trade\" print, January-June 1905).\n\nFile p. 35 of \"China Trade\" print, January-June 1904.\n\n$ P. 52 of \"China Trade\" print, June 1905.\n\n461",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nthus making the proviso similar in principle to that in our draft Convention, but this proviso is still objected to by the United States' Department.\n\nIn the margin of the Japanese Foreign Office draft relating to Corea, there is a note saying that they are also anxious to add a similar proviso with regard to Corea.\n\nThe American Department of State has in its drafts an Article under which \"bong\" or trade names are to be considered as trade-marks. This is marked as \"under consideration by the Foreign Office.\" The necessity for some such provision was noted in my despatch No. 241.\n\nAnother point of difference is that with regard to the date on which the Conventions are to come into force. The Japanese drafts say ten days after exchange of ratifications; the American drafts, from the date of exchange.\n\nThe matter of ten days is not, perhaps, of so much importance, but if the period were extended to three or six months it might perhaps be accepted by the Japanese as some sort of compensation for the omission of the proviso to Article I, if that be objected to, because by extending the period for a few months the Japanese trade-mark pirates, whose interests the Japanese Government are presumably intent on protecting, would be given sufficient time in which to clear off their stocks.\n\nThe other main differences between the United States' and Japanese drafts relate chiefly to copyright, with which we at present are not actually concerned. With regard to the fact that the American Government have conceded jurisdiction in Corea as regards trade-marks, I have in the course of conversation with Count Hayashi pointed out that as the Japanese are the principal offenders in pirating trade-marks in China, Japan should be the first to enter into Convention for mutual protection, and require no quid pro quo for so doing. Count Hayashi personally admitted the correctness of my view, but said his colleagues in the Cabinet were not of his way of thinking.\n\nA copy of this despatch and its inclosures has been forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at Peking, and a copy of the parts dealing with Corea to His Majesty's Consul-General at Seoul.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nCLAUDE MACDONALD.\n\nJapanese Draft of Convention respecting Trade-marks, &c., in China.\n\nArticle 1.\n\nSame in principle as Department draft, with the important exception of the proviso, which is objected to by the United States.\n\nOffice.\n\nHIS Majesty the Emperor of Japan and the President of the United States of America, being desirous to secure in China reciprocal protection for the inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of their subjects and citizens, have resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say →→\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan,\n\nThe President of the United States of America,\n\n; and\n\nwho, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:\n\nARTICLE I\n\nworks of literature and art, as well as photographs duly Inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of\n\npatented or registered after this Convention takes effect” by the subjects or citizens of one High Contracting Party in the appropriate office of the other Contracting Party, Struck out by Foreign shall enjoy, in all parts of China, the same protection against infringement or misuse by the subjects or\n\n3\n\ncitizens of such other Contracting Party, as in the country of patent or registration, provided that such protection shall not extend to any invention or design publicly known or used in China, prior to such patent or registration, nor to any trade-mark actually used by another person, or any work of literature or art as well photographs, already reproduced in China prior to such registration.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nIn case of infringement or misuse in China, by a subject or citizen of one High Contracting Party, of any invention, design, trade-mark, or copyright entitled to protection as provided in the preceding Article, the aggrieved party shall have, in the competent Courts of such Contracting Party, the same rights and remedies as the subjects or citizens of such Contracting Party, without being compelled to submit to any other or more onerous conditions than such subjects or citizens.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nThe mutual protection assured in the two preceding Articles, in matters relating to copyrights, does not carry with it the right to reserve the right of translation.\n\nThe provisions of this Convention concerning the mutual protection of copyright shall apply only to the works published for the first time after this Convention takes effect.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible. It shall come into operation at the expiration of ten days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which either party may give notice of its intention to terminate the same.\n\nIn witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tokio, &c., &c.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nForeign Office willing to insert the words :-\n\n\"for at least three years prior to the operation of the present Convention.\"\n\nArticle II. Same in principle as Department draft.\n\nArticle III. Objectionable to the United States.\n\n† Not in Department draft.\n\ndeemed superfluous, since existing Agreements on which this visions for termination. Convention depends have pro-\n\nUnited States' Draft of Convention respecting Trade-marks, &c., in China,\n\nTHE President of the United States of America, and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, being actuated by a common desire to perfect the mutual protection of American, Japanese, and Corean copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs against infringement by American citizens, Japanese subjects, or Corean subjects in the Far East, and having decided to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries :-\n\nThe President of the United States, Thomas J. O'Brien, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan; and\n\n:\n\n473",
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        "content_text": "5\n\nArticle I.\n\nSame in principle as Foreign Office draft, except very important proviso noted below.\n\nForeign Office draft adds proviso withholding protection from patents, &c., in use before registration, and from trade marks in use for three years.\n\nSee also provisions of Article III of Foreign Office draft (China) relating to copyright protection.\n\nArticle II. Under consideration Foreign Office.\n\nArticle III.\n\nSame in principle as Foreign Office draft,\n\nArticle IV Agreed upon in principle by Foreign Office.\n\nArticle V.\n\nForeign Office draft has \"ten days from date,\" and adds provision for termination by either party on six months' notice.\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the Count Hayashi, &c., His Imperial Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs;\n\nwho, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following:-\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nCopyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs registered by citizens or subjects of one Contracting Party in an appropriate office of the other Contracting Party, shall enjoy in China the same protection against infringement by citizens or subjects of the latter party as in the country of registration.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe \"hong or trade names of the citizens or subjects of the High Contracting Parties shall be considered to be trade-marks for the purposes of this Convention.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nIn cases of infringement in China by the citizens or subjects of one Contracting Party of any copyright, trade-mark, patent, or design entitled to protection in virtue of this Treaty, the aggrieved parties shall have, in the competent extraterritorial Courts in China and in the competent Courts of such Contracting Party, the same rights and remedies as citizens or subjects of such Contracting Party.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nIt is, furthermore, mutually agreed between the High Contracting Parties that the provisions of the present Treaty shall be enforced correspondingly, and, so far as applicable in other countries, where the United States and Japan may exercise extra-territorial jurisdiction.\n\nAll rights growing out of the present Convention will be respected in the insular or other possessions or leased territories of the High Contracting Parties, and all legal remedies arising from the infringement of such rights will be duly enforced by the competent Courts.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible. The Treaty shall be in force from the date of the exchange of ratifications.\n\nIn faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tokio, &c.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nJapanese Draft of Convention respecting Trade-marks, &c., in Corea.\n\nTHE Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America, for the purpose of concluding a Convention for the due protection of international inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights in Corea, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say --\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan,\n\nThe President of the United States of America,\n\n; and\n\nwho, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:-\n\nARTICLE I\n\nThe United States of America accept as binding upon their citizens in Corea Regulations respecting inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights to be adopted and put into force in Corea, and they engage that Courts of Japan in Corea shall have full and exclusive jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over the citizens of the United States of America in the matters relating to the infringement or misuse of any invention, design, trade-mark, or literary work entitled to protection in virtue of such Regulations.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nCitizens of the United States of America shall enjoy in all parts of Corea the same protection as Japanese and Corean subjects in regard to inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by the Regulations referred to in the preceding Article.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nCorean subjects shall enjoy in the United States of America the same protection as native citizens in regard to inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights, upon fulfilment of the formalities prescribed by the laws of the United States of America.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nIt is, however, understood that the reciprocal protection assured by the two preceding Articles in the matters of copyright does not carry with it or include the right to reserve the right of translation.\n\nThe provisions of this Convention concerning the mutual protection of copyrights shall apply only to the works published for the first time after this Convention takes effect.\n\n[2818 2-1]\n\n* Better omitted?\n\nArticles I, II, and III, Identical in principle with Department draft.\n\n† Better inserted?\n\nArticle IV.\n\nObjected to by United States. Foreign Office desire to add proviso relating to non-protection of patents, &c., similar to that in China draft, Article 1.\n\n0\n\n474",
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        "content_text": "6\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tôkiô as soon as possible. It shall come into operation at the expiration of ten days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which either Party may give notice of its intention to terminate the same.\n\nIn witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tôkiô, &c., &c.\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nUnited States' Draft of Convention respecting Trade-marks, &c., in Corea.\n\nArticles I, II, and III.\n\nSame in principle as Foreign Office draft.\n\nTHE President of the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, acting also in the name and upon the authority of His Majesty the Emperor of Corea, being actuated by a common desire to perfect the mutual protection of American, Japanese, and Corean copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs against infringement by American citizens, Japanese subjects, or Corean subjects in the Far East, and having decided to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries\n\nThe President of the United States, Thomas J. O'Brien, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan; and\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the Count Hayashi, &c., &c., His Imperial Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs;\n\nwho, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following:-\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nCopyright, trade-mark, patent, and design Regulations similar to those of Japan are to be adopted and enforced in Corea, and these Regulations are to be binding equally upon American citizens and Japanese subjects in Corea and upon Corean subjects.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe Government of the United States engages that in cases of the infringement by American citizens of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, or designs as protected in Corea in pursuance of this Treaty, such citizens shall, in these respects, be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Japanese Residency-General and Residencies in Corea, the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the United States being waived in these particulars.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\n7\n\nCorean subjects shall enjoy in the United States the protection of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs in accordance with the laws of the United States.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe registration in Japan of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs prior to the signing of this Treaty, or prior to the promulgation of the Regulations for Corea hereinbefore mentioned and the opening of offices for registration in Corea, shall have the same effect in Corea as if originally made in respect to that country and its subjects, as well as Japanese subjects in Corea; and correspondingly, registration in the United States of such rights of Japanese or Corean subjects shall have the same effect in Corea as if originally made in respect to that country and American citizens in Corea.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nArticle IV.\n\nUnder consideration of Foreign Office; must investigate bearing on existing Corean laws.\n\nForeign Office also makes same reservation as to prior use, noted in China Treaty, Article I.\n\nThis section now; not yet submitted to Foreign Office.\n\nArticle V\n\nUnder consideration by\n\nThe \"hong\" or trade names of citizens or subjects of the High Contracting Parties shall be considered to be trade-marks for the purposes of this Convention.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nThe Imperial Japanese Government engages on behalf of Corea that this Treaty shall have in China the same effect upon Corean as upon Japanese subjects.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nIt is furthermore mutually agreed between the High Contracting Parties that the provisions of the present Treaty shall be enforced correspondingly and so far as applicable in other countries where the United States and Japan may exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction.\n\nAll rights growing out of the present Convention will be respected in the insular or other possessions or leased territories of the High Contracting Parties, and all legal remedies arising from the infringement of such rights will be duly enforced by the competent Courts.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokió as soon as possible. The Treaty shall be in force from the date of the exchange of ratifications.\n\nIn faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty and have hereto affixed our seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tokio, in the English and Japanese languages, this day of the year one thousand nine hundred and corresponding to the day of the month of Meiji.\n\nArticle VI.\n\nAccepted in principle by Foreign Office.\n\nArticle VII. Accepted in principle.\n\nArticle VIII.\n\nForeign Office draft has same provisions as noted in China draft, Article V.\n\n475",
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        "content_text": "Inclosure 6 in No. 1,\n\n10\n\n# MEMORANDUM showing the Principal Differences between-\n\n1. The Japanese Foreign Office Draft Convention, relating to Mutual Protection of British and Japanese Trade-Marks in China; and\n\n2. The Japanese Foreign Office Draft Convention, relating to Mutual Protection of American and Japanese Copyrights, Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks in China; and\n\n3. The United States' Department of State Draft Treaty, relating to the same subject.\n\n## Japanese Foreign Office Draft of Anglo-Japanese Convention.\n\nPreamble relates to reciprocal protection for trade-marks of the subjects of the High Contracting Parties in China.\n\nArticle 1.-Trade-marks, duly registered in appropriate office of other High Contracting Party, to enjoy protection against infringement by subjects of such other Contracting Party,\n\nBut marks which have been actually in use in China for at least three years prior to operation of this Convention not to be prohibited.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle II-Same in wording as Article II of Japanese draft and Article III of United States' draft as regards trade-marks.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(A.)-CHINA.\n\n## Japanese Foreign Office Draft of United States of America-Japanese Convention.\n\nPreamble relates to reciprocal protection for inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of subjects and citizens of the High Contracting Parties in China.\n\nArticle I-Trade-marks duly registered in appropriate office of other High Contracting Parties to enjoy protection against infringement by subjects or citizens of such other Contracting Party, provided that such protection shall not extend to any trade-mark actually used by another person for at least three years prior to the operation of the present Convention.\n\nN.B. Use in China does not occur with regard to trade-marks, but may be inferred from the sense of the rest of the Article which refers to inventions, designs, and copyrights.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle II--Same wording, with addition as to inventions, designs, and copyrights.\n\nArticle III-Relates to copyrights and rights of translation.\n\n## United States' Department Draft of United States of America-Japanese Treaty.\n\nPreamble relates to reciprocal protection for patents, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights of American citizens, Japanese subjects, and Corean subjects in the Far East.\n\nArticle I.-Trade-marks registered in appropriate office of other High Contracting Parties to enjoy same protection against infringement as in country of registration. (Same applies also to patents, designs, and copyrights.)\n\n(No proviso.)\n\nArticle II.-Hong Kong or trade names to be considered trade-marks for purposes of this Convention.\n\nArticle III-Same in principle as Japanese Article II, but refers to \"extraterritorial\" Courts in China and the competent Courts of such Contracting Party.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle III-Ratifications to be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible. Convention to come into operation ten days after exchange of ratifications, and to remain in force until six months after either Party may have given notice of intention to terminate.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle IV-Applies provisions of this Treaty to other countries where United States of America and Japan exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction.\n\nArticle IV.--Same as Anglo-Japanese Article III.\n\nArticle V.--The Treaty shall be in force from the date of exchange of ratifications. (No provision for termination.)\n\nInclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nMEMORANDUM showing the Principal Differences between-\n\n477\n\n11\n\n## Preamble.\n\n1. The Japanese Foreign Office Draft Convention, relating to Protection of British Trade-Marks in Corea and Corean Trade-Marks in Great Britain; and\n\n2. The Japanese Foreign Office Draft Convention, relating to Mutual Protection of American, Japanese, and Corean Copyrights, Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks in Corea; and\n\n3. The United States' Department of State Draft Treaty, relating to the same subject.\n\n## Japanese Foreign Office Draft of Anglo-Japanese Convention.\n\nGovernment of Great Britain and Government of Japan conclude Convention for the protection of trade-marks in Corea.\n\n(B.)-COREA.\n\n## Japanese Foreign Office Draft of United States of America-Japanese Convention.\n\nPreamble same as Anglo-Japanese preamble with addition of inventions, designs, and copyrights.\n\n## United States' Department Draft of United States of America-Japanese Treaty.\n\nPreamble is the same as preamble in Department draft with regard to China, with addition of \"acting also in the name and upon the authority of His Majesty the Emperor of Corea,\" the President of the United States and the Emperor of Japan conclude a Treaty for mutual protection of American, Japanese, and Corean inventions, designs, trade-marks, and copyrights in the Far East.\n\nPage 480\n\nPage 481",
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        "content_text": "12\n\nJapanese Foreign Office Draft of Anglo-Japanese Convention.\n\nArticles I, II, and III correspond to Articles I, II, and III of the Foreign Office United States of America-Japanese draft, excluding mention of inventions, designs, and copyrights.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle III.—Ratifications same as in China draft, i.e., Convention to come into operation ten days after exchange of ratifications and to remain in force until six months after notice of intention to terminate.\n\nJapanese Foreign Office Draft of United States of America-Japanese Convention.\n\nArticles I, II, and III—Same as Anglo-Japanese draft.\n\nArticle IV.—Deals solely with copyright and rights of translation.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle V.—Same as Anglo-Japanese Article III.\n\nUnited States' Department Draft of United States of America-Japanese Treaty.\n\nArticles I, II, and III—Same in principle, but it is stipulated that Regulations enforced are to be similar to those of Japan.\n\n(Does not appear.)\n\nArticle IV—Stipulates that registration in Japan of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs, prior to this Treaty, shall have same effect in Corea as if duly made there.\n\nArticle V.—\"Hong\" or trade names to be considered trade-marks.\n\nArticle VI.—Japanese Government engage that this Treaty shall have same effect upon Corean as upon Japanese subjects.\n\nArticle VII—Applies provisions of Treaty to other Countries where Japan and United States exercise extra-territorial jurisdiction. (Same as Article IV of China draft.)\n\nArticle VIII.—Treaty to come into force from date of operation. No provision for termination. (Same as China draft.)\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA TRADE,\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[2711]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[January 25.]\n\nSECTION 5.\n\n(No. 577.)\n\nSir,\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received January 25, 1908.)\n\nPeking, December 11, 1907.\n\nWITH reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the alleged fraudulent use by Japanese of British trade-marks in China, I have the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a despatch which I have addressed to His Majesty's Ambassador at Tôkiô, in which I have furnished his Excellency with a list (and specimens) of British trade-marks appropriated and used by Japanese in this country.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir C. MacDonald.\n\nPeking, December 9, 1907.\n\nWITH reference to your telegram of the 31st October, requesting to be furnished with a list of British trade-marks which have been appropriated and used by Japanese in China, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that I at once called upon His Majesty's Consuls-General at Shanghae, Tien-tsin, and Hankow, and His Majesty's Consul at Newchwang to obtain from the Chambers of Commerce or other sources the proofs which were desired.\n\nThe replies which have reached me (copies of which I have the honour to inclose) appear to indicate that the complaints of the foreign mercantile community and press, which have been accepted in good faith by this Legation, are more easily made than proved.\n\nOwing to the international character of the various Chambers of Commerce, His Majesty's Consular Representatives have for the most part refrained from invoking their assistance. In the case of Shanghae, where the Chairman of the Chamber is a leading British merchant, the answer to inquiries is that they have so far received no complaints from any British firms of their trade-marks being imitated. It is suggested, however, that information might be obtained in the interior to substantiate the prevalent view that Japanese business methods are unscrupulous.\n\nI have requested His Majesty's Consul-General to apply to the China Association at Shanghae, and to remind that body that the charge in question has been made by them to the Foreign Office.\n\nThe result of their investigations has not yet reached me.\n\nFrom Hankow, Tien-tsin, and Newchwang evidence is forthcoming that in minor articles of trade a considerable amount of counterfeiting is practised by Japanese, and I would call your Excellency's special attention to the imitation of Messrs. Price and Co.'s candle wrappers, of the British-American Tobacco Company's cigarette packages, and of the labels on bottles purporting to be articles of British manufacture.\n\nThe specimens which have been collected are being sent to your Excellency in a packing-case, while the list which forms Inclosure 5 to this despatch will serve to show His Majesty's Secretary of State, to whom a copy is being sent, the extent of the evidence which has been forthcoming, as far as concerns the imitation of British goods.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n[2813 bb—5]",
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        "content_text": "101\n\nChinese Account.\n\nThe Chinese version of the story is as follows:—\n\nNo sooner was the attention of the Japanese military forces withdrawn from the all-absorbing interests of the war, than they turned to consider in what way they could enrich themselves at the expense of the Chinese. With this end in view, they started operations from their head-quarters in the Chinese native city, and enlisted the services of an unscrupulous Chinaman named Wang, who had done service to the troops of Japan during the war, and who once held some small official rank till he was denounced and deprived of the same. The work of this Chinaman was to assist the military in extracting from the natives of Antung their title-deeds. The first area assailed was the area now known as the Japanese Settlement, which measures some 2,800 mow,* the larger proportion of which was \"min ti\" (people's land).\n\nIt was the business of Wang to ascertain the names of landholders in this district, and to bring the persons before the military, and they were there and then ordered to hand over their title-deeds, and informed that payment would be made at the rate of 14 yen per mow, or 7 cents per \"tsupu\" (36 square feet). Some received payment at this rate, some at a reduced rate of 7 yen per mow, and some no payment at all. Those who demurred at handing over their title deeds were imprisoned and only released on a pledge of producing them. This system soon resulted in the annexation of the total area of 2,800 mow which is known as the Japanese Settlement. Mr. Wang is now residing in the Japanese Settlement, and reaps a revenue of 3,000 dollars per diem from gambling-houses, opium dens, and houses of ill-fame.\n\nThe Chinese officials assert that no agreement whatever was made with the then Magistrate, Mr. Kao, sanctioning the Japanese action, and state that they do not recognize the Japanese Settlement, and that the terms of Article IX of the Agreement between Japan and China relative to the fixing of a Settlement yet remain to be complied with.\n\nOver and above the area of the Japanese Settlement, so called, there is an area of some 9,000 mow, extending on the west side from the Yalu, its southern boundary, in the vicinity of the creek known as No. 6 Road Creek (or Valley)† up to the hills to the north and among them and round again to the Settlement, which bounds it on the east, which has been appropriated by the military authorities in a similar manner.\n\nThe whole of this area is now known as railway land, and called the property of the South Manchurian Railway Company.\n\nFurther, in addition to the above, there is a considerable tract of country stretching down-river from the vicinity of the creek known as No. 6 Road Creek down to a place known as San Tao Lang Tou and below, which was also acquired by a Syndicate of Japanese merchants, aided by the military, who went about extracting title-deeds from the natives and compensating them in a very meagre way, or not at all. For this large tract of country the sum of 18,000 taels was disbursed by the Japanese Syndicate. Near San Tao Lang Tou part of it has been devoted to brick-kilns. The Taotai states that he has recently repurchased a large part of this area for the sum of 50,000 taels. From this the profits made by the Japanese merchants are shown to be very large.\n\nLastly, in the Chinese account mention must be made of the land acquired for military purposes. In accordance with Article IV of the Treaty between China and Japan, the Japanese undertake to hand back all land taken for military purposes. All land of this kind should have been handed back within eighteen months. As a matter of fact, a large piece of military land on the river frontage upon the so-called proposed Foreign Settlement was only handed back actually in September last.\n\nThere is now in this neighbourhood no land retained for military purposes, with the exception of some isolated buildings used for the quartering of the few remaining troops or railway guards.\n\nApart from the various areas referred to under the above three headings of (1) settlement land, (2) railway land, and (3) military land, there is also to be mentioned the fact that a wide tract of uncertain breadth is marked out on each side of the railway on its way to Mukden as land owned by the South Manchurian Railway Company, but as the claim to this land is only nominal, and the owners within the zone have not been expropriated, there is at present no great ground for grievance, except that the Chinese owners complain that the uncertainty of their tenure interferes with their obtaining the full profit out of their land.\n\nAs regards the statements of Mr. Wang Lien Tung, which are in the document already referred to, annexed to this report, these speak sufficiently for themselves, and need no comment at present.\n\nTo summarize the Chinese case, the following are the chief grounds of complaint:\n\n1. That the Japanese hold 11,800 mow of Chinese land, from which the Chinese owners were expropriated without their own free consent and by force majeure.\n\n2. Being expropriated in this manner, the owners received only payment at the rate of 14 yen as the maximum per mow.\n\nThis price is totally inadequate.\n\nThe Taotai says that the land was certainly worth not less than an average price of 30 dollars per mow, which is about double the actual price paid.\n\nA silk merchant, who was recently at Antung disposing of his cocoons, and who was, it may be supposed, impartial as not being implicated in the matter, informed me that the price of land of first, second, and third grade for crops was, on an average, about 20 taels per mow in the country at a distance from Antung, and the land which the Japanese appropriated was close to Antung and plain land, flooded, it is true, every few years, but the richer for this during the intervening years.\n\nThe prices quoted as the actual value of the land in the statement of Wang Lien Tung run, it will be observed, into considerably higher figures, viz., 60, 80, and 100 taels per mow, in which account is no doubt taken of enhanced value due to the opening of the Treaty port and the increase of the value of land which has since occurred.\n\n3. The land from which the Chinese were so expropriated was land which cannot fairly be valued at its value as crop land, as, in view of the opening of the Treaty port, the value of land is steadily increasing, and there were many far-sighted Chinese who had acquired land as a speculation with a view to reaping high returns in the future. These have not only lost their prospects of future profit, but have also been compensated at a rate which would not even cover the value of the land regarded merely as crop land.\n\nSuch are the main features of the indictment brought by the Chinese against the Japanese in the matter of their land tenure at Antung.\n\nJapanese Statements.\n\nThe Japanese side of the case may be briefly stated as follows:—\n\nMr. Miho, who is at present Japanese Acting Vice-Consul, told me that he understood that the land of the Japanese Settlement was acquired by the military authorities as the result of an agreement with the previous Magistrate of Antung, named Kao.\n\nHe informed me that, with the exception of the Settlement area of 2,800 mow and the area of railway land of 9,000 mow, there was no land now held by the Japanese at Antung.\n\nThe Settlement was for the use of Japanese merchants trading at Antung, and the land set apart for the railway was such as might be required for future uses, in view of the probable importance of Antung as the terminus of the line from Mukden, its proximity to the terminus of the line from Seoul, and its connection with the waterway of the Yalu.\n\nAs regards the price paid for the land, he was unable to give me any information.\n\nIt must be confessed that the Japanese statement of the case does not much elucidate matters, and rather gives the impression that they are anxious not to commit themselves on the question, but due allowance must be made for the natural secretiveness of the Japanese character.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n10573\n\n156\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[5360]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[February 10.]\n\n08\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nMessrs. Pauling and Co. to Foreign Office.-(Received February 15.)\n\n26, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, February 14, 1908.\n\nSir,\n\nWE have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 12th February, and note with great regret the decision that His Majesty's Government have come to with regard to the extension of the Chinese Imperial Railway from Hsinmintun to Fakumen.\n\nThe construction of this 50 mile extension could only increase the existing volume of traffic and trade that passes by road to Hsinmintun, the present railway terminus, and thence confessedly an increased traffic, and not a lessened one, must pass also to Mukden and to the Japanese South Manchurian system to its benefit.\n\nThe construction of this extension cannot be therefore possibly deemed as prejudicial to the South Manchurian system, nor consequently constitute a breach of the Protocol referred to in your letter under reply. We therefore deeply regret that, notwithstanding these facts, His Majesty's Government refuse to assist us in the matter.\n\nWe venture respectfully to say that, were it a case of a British Concession being injured by competition, His Majesty's Government would decide the question, and rightly so decide it, on the actual railway facts applicable to the case; and as we have so far not heard of a single reason advanced by the Japanese Government why the extension now proposed could prejudicially affect their South Manchurian Railway traffic, we trusted naturally that, in the absence of all such reasons, His Majesty's Government would assist us in the dispute that has occurred between China and Japan.\n\nIt has caused us the greatest surprise to learn that His Majesty's Government consider the Japanese decision on the question is alone to be taken into account by it. Surely, although China may be the less important of the two Powers involved in this dispute, that should not, in our humble opinion, preclude it from being heard in the matter, nor prevent His Majesty's Government giving due consideration to any representations which China may make to His Majesty's Government.\n\nThat the Japanese Plenipotentiary, in the informal Agreement signed, we believe, some months after the conclusion of the actual Treaty, really had this particular extension of 50 miles in mind appears to us very surprising, because such an admittedly able statesman as Yuan-Shi-Kai is the Plenipotentiary concerned, both in the Treaty and in the subsequent informal Agreement, and is now the advocate of the construction of this extension on behalf of his Government, and therefore presumably may be quite as correct in his interpretation of the Protocol as the Japanese Plenipotentiary alleges that he is.\n\nWe must repeat once more most respectfully that we consider the Japanese action in this matter to be entirely at variance with the Protocol referred to in your letter, and with Article IV of the Portsmouth Treaty of Peace, and with paragraph B of the Preamble of the Japanese Treaty of 1905.\n\nWe have communicated with Lord ffrench in the sense indicated in your letter, and we beg to acknowledge, with an assurance of our sincere thanks, the promises His Majesty's Government has been good enough to give us, reiterating its desire to continue its assistance to Lord ffrench whenever possible.\n\nIn conclusion, we must beg most respectfully to say, from information cabled to us by Lord ffrench, that when it becomes known that His Majesty's Government have decided against taking up this case, in which British commercial interests of great importance are involved, that decision will be found to so prejudicially affect English enterprises in China as to invite a considerable measure of public and adverse comment there.\n\nWe beg, &c. Pauling and Co. (Limited),\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. M. SCOTT, Secretary.\n\n[2856 p-1]",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n589\n\nC. O. T8960\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA,\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[May 11.]\n\nRM 26 MAY 08\n\nSECTION 2.\n\n[16108]\n\n(No. 94.) Sir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 11.)\n\nTokió, April 15, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit a somewhat striking leading article from the \"Japan Times\" of the 10th April, entitled \"Policy of Exclusion in Manchuria.\" The \"Japan Times,\" it should be said, is a Japanese paper, though published in English, and is the organ of the Japanese Foreign Office.\n\nThe article in question deals with the attitude adopted by the American Consul in Harbin, as reported in recent telegrams, in which he refuses to acknowledge the Russian right of exclusive jurisdiction in Harbin. Why this question has suddenly come to the front is not quite clear.\n\nThe American Consul appears to have raised the same question as long ago as October 1906, on the occasion of his first arrival in Harbin. I quote from Captain Salmond's Report, which was forwarded to me in your despatch No. 197 of the 17th September last:--\n\n\"Was he\" (the American Consul) \"going to open the Consulate inside the Russian Settlement or outside?\n\nThe Consul replied that he would open the Consulate inside their Settlement, as they were pleased to call it, but he added that he recognized no Settlement.\n\n\"He reported his action to Peking, and was informed that the American Legation had received assurance from the Chinese Government that the Russians had no right whatever to the Settlement they were claiming.\"\n\nThe American Embassy here, who receive copies of all Mr. Fischer's despatches, state that when the question was recently raised, Mr. Fischer was at first alone in his protest, the Japanese Consul siding with the Russian contention. Eventually the German Consul appears to have stood by his American colleague.\n\nThe attitude of the Japanese Consul is perfectly intelligible, as what happens to-day in Harbin may happen to-morrow in Mukden and other towns lying in the Japanese sphere, but the line followed in the inclosed article in supporting the attitude of the American Consul is not so easy to follow as coming from a Japanese.\n\nThe article first quotes clause 2, Article III, of the Portsmouth Treaty to the effect that Japan and Russia engage to restore entirely and completely to the exclusive administration of China all portions of Manchuria,\" and then Article IV, in which the two Powers engage \"not to obstruct any general measures common to all countries which China may take for the development of the commerce and industry of Manchuria,\" the very Article which Messrs. Pauling adduced as their strongest argument for the right to build the Hsin-min-tun-Fakumen extension.\n\nI understand that the subject has not been alluded to between the American Embassy and the Japanese Government, but if the Japanese Government should decide to uphold the American contention in support of China's sovereign rights it might at the present moment be a very politic move, when there are so many outstanding questions between China and Japan, and especially in view of the boycott in South China which, though at present not serious, might easily become so.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) CLAUDE M. MACDONALD.\n\n[2960 1-2]",
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        "content_text": "Inclosure in No. 1.\n\nExtract from the \"Japan Times\" of April 10, 1908.\n\nPOLICY OF EXCLUSION IN MANCHURIA\n\nAS far back as a year ago we put ourselves on record as opposed to a policy of exclusion in Manchuria, the occasion for our comments having been furnished by the Russian administrative organization for Harbin then announced. Russia's contention at the time, as it is now, was that, in virtue of a special stipulation in the Chinese Eastern Railway Agreement, she possessed the right of exclusive jurisdiction over Harbin. We pointed out that, since clause 2, Article III of the Portsmouth Treaty, imposes it on both Japan and Russia \"to restore entirely and completely to the exclusive administration of China all portions of Manchuria,\" and also in view of Article IV of the same Treaty, in which the two Powers engage \"not to obstruct any general measures common to all countries which China may take for the development of the commerce and industry of Manchuria,\" the measure Russia intended to put in force with regard to Harbin was at variance with the Treaty of Peace. Since then the validity of the Russian claim remained untested until the recent objection raised thereanent by the United States' Consul at Harbin. Seeing that the question has become a subject of international negotiation, we see no reason why we should alter the attitude we originally took on the matter, Not only do we see no need for any change of view in this respect, but we consider it urgent that the point at issue be decided fairly and justly with all promptitude, and the only fair and just decision should be the one in consonance with the letter and spirit of the Articles referred to, that is, to restore \"entirely and completely to the exclusive administration of China all portions of Manchuria,\" except those provided for by the Portsmouth Treaty. It is intolerable to have different questions crop up one after another about Manchuria, which directly or indirectly will need involve this country, and the speedier they are settled with justice to whom it is due the more conducive it will be to the permanent peace of the Far East.\n\nIn taking the attitude we have assumed above, we are not unaware that any settlement which goes against Russia in this connection will also affect disadvantageously the interests of Japan from a certain point of view. But we differ wholly from those who think that all the advantages we have come to enjoy in Manchuria more accidentally than otherwise should be indiscriminately adhered to by book or by crook. It should appeal to the noblest of Bushido tenets to undo for China, as far as is consistent with the Treaties of Portsmouth and Peking, whatever measures we may have judged unjust when imposed by Russia. We are reconciled with Russia now and cherish it as our sincere hope that our friendship will grow more cordial with the years that go. But this should not be at the expense of the policy and principles whereby we have won the confidence of the civilized world. We have told China and also the world over and over again that Japan in Manchuria will not be a second Russia. In all reasonable circumstances we should stand by China, therefore, when she fights for her legitimate rights and interests, and most of all when insidious attempts are made to encroach on her sovereignty.\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nCHINA RAILWAYS.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n530\n\n18960\n\nIPE MAY 08:\n\n[May 2.]\n\nRece\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n[14952]\n\n(No. 128.) Sir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey-(Received May 2.)\n\nPeking, March 17, 1908.\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 209 of the 1st May, 1907, I have the honour to inclose copy of a letter which Mr. Bland has to-day addressed to the Board of Communications, recapitulating the arrangements which have been made in respect of certain outstanding matters connected with the Shanghae-Nanking Railway.\n\nAs regards the proposed change in the system of control, it will be seen that the British and Chinese Corporation have suggested a procedure which, in their view, should meet the wishes of the Chinese Government and promote a satisfactory working of the railway.\n\nMr. Bland informs me that, from an interview which he had with the Board to-day, he has reason to believe that they are prepared to accept the terms of his letter.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\nInclosure in No. 1.\n\nMr. Bland to Board of Communications.\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nPeking, March 17, 1908.\n\nON the 11th September, 1907, I had the honour of attending a meeting at your Board to discuss the affairs of the Shanghae-Nanking Railway, and since that date I have had several conversations with your Excellency on the same subject, with the result that the various questions outstanding have all been arranged. I have therefore now to recapitulate the conclusions arrived at in these negotiations, for your Excellency's information and record.\n\nYour Excellency is aware that in 1906, when his Excellency Tong Shao Yi was Director-General of the Shanghae-Nanking Railway, he expressed a strong wish that the Corporation might consent to modification of the railway's system of administration and control. After the matter had received careful attention of my Board of Directors I was authorized to state that the Corporation, anxious to meet with the views of the Chinese Government, was prepared to co-operate in the experimental introduction of a modified system, under conditions which should involve no breach of the Loan Agreement nor anything prejudicial to the interests of the holders of bonds and profit certificates. These conditions were set forth in the letter which I had the honour to address to his Excellency Tong on the 31st December, 1906. To this letter your Board, after certain further negotiations, replied on the 17th May last, and by a further supplementary note on the 23rd idem.\n\nIn my letter of the 31st December, 1906, I referred to certain matters outstanding, viz., purchase of land for double track, provision of capital to complete the line, and payment of the Corporation's commission on materials. These questions have now been arranged as follows:-\n\nPurchase of Land.\n\nThe Board of Communications undertakes that whenever the construction of the double track becomes necessary for traffic the additional land required will be acquired by the Chinese Government.\n\nProvision of Capital.\n\nIt is understood and agreed that the balance of capital required to construct and equip the railway (estimated at 140,000l.) will be provided by the Imperial Chinese Government.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government,\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\n(\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[16109]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n626\n\n[May 11.]\n\n1 JUN 08\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 11.)\n\n(No. 95. Confidential.) Sir,\n\nTokió, April 15, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 278 of the 21st December, 1907, and my telegram No. 30 of yesterday's date, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the draft Convention relating to the mutual protection of Japanese, American, and Corean trade-marks, in its latest form, which has been communicated to me confidentially by my American colleague.\n\nI understand that the Americans are very anxious to sign the Convention as soon as possible in order that it may reach Washington before Congress adjourns, and that the Ambassador is now only awaiting final instructions from his Government before proceeding to sign the Convention. These instructions relate to the omission throughout the Convention of the words \"copyright,” “patent,\" and \"design.\"\n\nThe American Ambassador expects that with the omission of these words and the following alterations, the draft which is inclosed herewith will be accepted.\n\nThe alterations are as follows:--\n\n(a.) Addition to Article IV.-\" And, correspondingly, registration in the United States of such rights of Japanese or Corean subjects shall have the same effect in Corea as if originally made in respect to that country and American citizens in Corea.\" (b.) Article V.\" Hong' or trade names may be altered to hong marks.'\" (c.) Article X.-The Treaty shall come into force six months after the date of the exchange of ratifications.\n\n(a.) The addition to Article IV seems a very natural one, as without it marks registered in Japan would be on a different footing to marks registered in the United States. This addition was provisionally inserted in the United States' Department draft which formed Inclosure 4 to my despatch No. 278.\n\n(b.) The alteration in Article V will probably be made at the request of the Japanese authorities, who consider that the present wording is not clear.\n\n(c.) The Japanese authorities are anxious that the Convention should not come into force until one year after exchange of ratifications, in consideration of their with-drawing their proviso to Article I of their draft with regard to the three-year limit. The Americans will not grant this, but are prepared to meet them half-way and make it six months.\n\nIt will be noticed that with the exception of the amalgamation of the two separate Conventions relating to China and Corea respectively into one joint Convention and the probable omission of patents, designs, and copyright, the position remains much the same as it did in December last, that is to say, the Americans have waived extraterritorial jurisdiction in Corea with regard to trade-mark cases; they are prepared to treat \"hong marks\" as trade-marks, which means that they must be registered before they are entitled to protection; while in the one solitary instance where they have obtained a concession from the Japanese they have diminished the value of the concession by proposing to allow the Japanese pirates a period of six months in which to clear off their stocks.\n\nAt the same time, although gaining little by the Convention in return for what they have not concede, they hope to derive some further benefits by means of a Protocol. I have not yet seen the draft of the Protocol, but I understand that it will contain some provisions with regard to the authorization of Japanese extraterritorial Courts to deal with matters arising out of the Convention, as well as an assurance to the effect that Japan will do all in her power by administrative measures to prevent and correct fraudulent registrations of trade-marks.\n\nThe Protocol will also probably contain a clause stipulating for most-favoured-nation treatment.\n\n[2967 1-1]\n\nB",
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        "content_text": "The idea of this Protocol was first mooted at an interview between Mr. R. S. Miller, of the United States' Embassy, and Mr. Adachi, of the Foreign Office, copy of the Minutes of which I have the honour to inclose. This inclosure also sets forth the principal reasons given by the Foreign Office in explanation of their request that the Convention should be limited to trade-marks alone.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) CLAUDE M. MACDONALD.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nDraft of Convention between the United States and Japan.\n\nTHE President of the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, acting also in the name and upon the authority of His Majesty of Corea, being actuated by a common desire to perfect the mutual protection of American, Japanese, and Corean copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs against infringement by American citizens, Japanese subjects, or Corean subjects in the Far East, and having decided to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries-\n\nThe President of the United States, Thomas J. O'Brien, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan; and\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the Count Hayashi, &c., His Imperial Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs;\n\nWho, having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nCopyright, trade-mark, patent, and design Regulations, similar to those of Japan, are to be adopted and enforced in Corea, and those Regulations are to be binding equally upon American citizens and Japanese subjects in Corea and upon Corean subjects.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe Government of the United States engages that in cases of the infringement by American citizens of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, or designs as protected in Corea in pursuance of this Treaty, such citizens shall in those respects be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Japanese Residency-General and Residencies in Corea, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States being waived in these particulars.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nCorean subjects shall enjoy in the United States the protection of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs in accordance with the laws of the United States.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThe registration in Japan of copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs prior to the signing of this Treaty, or prior to the promulgation of the Regulations for Corea hereinbefore mentioned, and the opening of the offices for registration in Corea, shall have the same effect in Corea as if originally made in respect to that country and its subjects, as well as to American citizens and Japanese subjects in Corea.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nThe \"hong\" or trade names of the citizens or subjects of the High Contracting Parties shall be considered to be trade-marks for the purposes of this Treaty.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nCopyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs registered by citizens or subjects of one Contracting Party in an appropriate office of the other Contracting Party shall enjoy in China the same protection against infringement by citizens or subjects of the latter party as in the country of registration.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nIn cases of infringement in China by the citizens or subjects of one Contracting Party of any copyright, trade-mark, patent, or design entitled to protection in virtue of this Treaty, the aggrieved parties shall have, in the competent extraterritorial Courts in China and in the competent Courts of such Contracting Party, the same rights and remedies as citizens or subjects of such Contracting Party.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe Imperial Japanese Government engages on behalf of Corea that this Treaty shall have in China the same effect upon Corean as upon Japanese subjects.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nIt is furthermore mutually agreed between the High Contracting Parties that the provisions of the present Treaty shall be enforced correspondingly and so far as applicable in other countries where the United States and Japan may exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction.\n\nAll rights growing out of the present Treaty will be respected in the insular or other possessions or leased territories of the High Contracting Parties, and all legal remedies arising from the infringement of such rights will be duly enforced by the competent Courts.\n\nARTICLE X.\n\nThe present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokió as soon as possible. The Treaty shall be in force from the date of the exchange of ratifications.\n\nIn faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this Treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals.\n\nDone in duplicate at Tôkiò, in the English and Japanese languages, this day of the month of the year 1908, corresponding to the 41st year of Meiji.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum respecting Interview between Mr. Miller and Mr. Adachi.\n\nAT an interview yesterday with Mr. Adachi he handed me a Minute of my conversation with Mr. Nakamatsu held on the 10th March, as revised by Mr. Nakamatsu. A copy of the revised Minute is attached hereto, the principal point of difference being in regard to the proposal to separate trade-marks from patents, designs, and copyrights, for the purposes of the Convention.\n\nMr. Adachi stated that there were strong reasons why they preferred to treat trade-marks separately from the other subjects mentioned. One was that the negotiations with other Powers related only to trade-marks. The second, and more important, was that in view of the fact that the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture and Commerce were disposed to yield as to the three-year proviso in Article I, they expected to meet considerable obstruction and delay in the Cabinet Council, which had already disapproved of their conceding even the three-year period; and in view of this circumstance, while they had hopes of putting through the Convention relating to trade-marks without the proviso referred to, he feared very much that it would take a long time to persuade the Council to accept the American drafts as a whole. The Cabinet Council regarded each subject of the Convention, namely, trade-marks, patents, designs, and copyrights, as a separate Concession.\n\nPage 2\n\nPage 3\n\nPage 627\n\n[2967 -1]\n\nB 2\n\n \nPage 2\n\nPage 3\n\n627",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nHsinmintun-Takumen Railway to the dean of the Diplomatic Body at Peking, owing to the objection made by the Japanese Vice-Consul.\n\nSir,\n\nam, &c.\n\n(Signed) TH. E. HEENAN,\n\nConsul-General and dean of the Consular Corps.\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nNewchwang General Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Heenan.\n\nNewchwang, March 16, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to bring to your notice, for submission to the honourable Consular Body, the following Resolution unanimously adopted by a meeting of this Chamber held on the 13th instant-\n\nResolution:\n\n\"The Newchwang General Chamber of Commerce, being convinced that the extension of the Imperial Railways of North China from Hsinmintun to Fakumen and beyond is vitally important to the development and prosperity of Manchurian trade, strongly protests against the steps now being taken by the Government of Japan to enforce the abandonment of this extension, Japan having specifically undertaken in the Treaty of Portsmouth not to obstruct any general measures common to all countries which China may take for the development of commerce and industry in Manchuria.'\"\n\nIn submitting this Resolution, I beg to state the grounds upon which the views expressed therein have been arrived at, viz:-\n\n1. The line of the proposed Hsinmintun-Fakumen Railway, at its nearest point of convergence, namely at Fakumen itself, a flourishing township of some 40,000 inhabitants, is 35 miles distant from the existing system of the South Manchurian Railway, and separated therefrom by the River Liao, an important waterway, itself constituting a natural traffic boundary between the existing, and proposed, railway systems.\n\n2. The trade of Fakumen, and of its hinterland, has always found its natural outlet to, and through, the larger town of Hsinmintun, a trade centre of growing importance, by way of the Koupangtzu-Hsinmintun line of the Imperial Railways of North China, to the seaboard at Newchwang, Chinwangtao, &c. It has never gone eastward towards the townships and districts operated by the South Manchurian Railway, and therefore there are no grounds for Japan's contention that the proposed line, which will cater only for the trade of these regions, must be competitive with, and detrimental to, the interests of the Japanese line.\n\n3. The proposed line has for its primary and sole objective the development of that vast region of fertile country, holding boundless commercial potentialities, stretching west and north-west of the Liao River, the reclamation and colonization of which has now for several years, and already with marked success, been fostered in every way by the paternal Government, and in this most beneficial scheme of development the proposed railway is an absolutely essential and vital factor, as these regions being poor in natural facilities such as navigable waterways, by no other means, excepting only the construction of branch lines westward from the South Manchuria Railway system, can this development be assisted and promoted. Such branch lines, if constructed, could not be as efficient and economical agents of this development as the direct line proposed, and would necessarily do incalculable injury to the prospects and trade of the port of Newchwang, which is the natural outlet and distributing base for the country in question, by diverting from it to Dalny its legitimate trade.\n\n4. Assuming that Japan, as is alleged, obtained from China in a subsidiary Treaty the undertaking, \"not to construct, prior to the recovery by them (China) of the said (South Manchuria) Railway any line in the neighbourhood of, and parallel to, that railway, or any branch line which might be detrimental to the interests of the South Manchuria Railway, &c.\"\n\nThe Committee of this Chamber submits-\n\n(a.) That the country to be operated by the proposed line cannot be considered to be \"in the neighbourhood\" of the South Manchuria Railway;\n\n3\n\n(b.) That, as already demonstrated, it neither will nor can be competitive with, or in any way detrimental to, the interests of the South Manchuria Railway;\n\n(c.) That in no country in the world, of similar population and topography, could, or would, the vested trade interests or sphere of an existing railway system be held to include so extensive an area as to preclude the construction of other lines, even though competitive (if in the commercial sense that were possible), outside of a 35-mile limit;\n\n(d.) That Japan, having in Article IV of the Portsmouth Treaty pledged herself- \"Not to obstruct any general measures, common to all countries, which China may take for the development of commerce and industry in Manchuria, &c.\" Her action, in exacting and receiving from China an undertaking such as is alleged, which is diametrically opposed in principle and practice to the pledge she had herself given to the world Powers, must be considered to have been ultra vires, and, therefore, the said undertaking by China to be null and void and of no effect.\n\n5. If, however, we assume further the validity of the said undertaking by China, it still remains to be urged that such undertaking manifestly could not have application or reference to this territory westerly from the River Liao, which, at the time of the recent Russo-Japanese War, was by China specifically proclaimed, and by the late belligerent Powers officially recognized to be neutral territory outside the area of hostilities, and therefore outside also of the political sphere of Treaty, negotiation, or engagement, wherein China's sovereign rights remained unquestioned and unimpaired. Obviously her intention in such undertaking could only have reference to action within the area which furnished the cause of the late war, and became the territory which formed the subject of Treaty, and therefore such undertaking cannot constitute any bar or obstacle to the construction of the proposed Hsinmintun-Fakumen Railway.\n\nOn all these grounds, therefore, in the opinion of the Committee of this Chamber, the attitude of Japan in relation to the proposed railway is as indefensible as it is directly opposed to the principle of \"equal opportunity for all\" and even a menace to the integrity of China, and, therefore, in the commercial interests of this port in particular, and of Manchuria generally, I have the honour to petition your honourable body to transmit to the dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Peking a copy of this despatch to the end that such steps may be [taken as are] deemed best for the preservation and promotion of those interests.\n\nIn conclusion, I have the honour to inform you that the Committee of this Chamber regard the question at issue of such vital and far-reaching public importance that it intends by every means available to give publicity to the views herein expressed, and to that end proposes communicating the substance of these representations to the various Chambers of Commerce and kindred Associations and to the leading press of China, Europe, and America.\n\n(Signed) WM. 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        "content_text": "AST\n\nC.O.\n\nment 121\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nCHINA TRADE,\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[19644]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[June 9.]\n\nIS JUL 08\n\nSECTION 3.\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 9.)\n\n(No. 115. Confidential.) Sir,\n\nTokió, May 13, 1908.\n\nWITH reference to my telegrams No. 39 of the 13th May, and No. 30 of the 14th April, I now have the honour to report that my American colleague has informed me confidentially that, owing to pressure brought to bear on the Japanese Ambassador at Washington—and perhaps also to the return to Tôkiô of Mr. Denison, the foreign adviser to the Japanese Government—the Cabinet have finally agreed to include patents, designs and copyright in the Convention.\n\nI have the honour to inclose copies of the draft Conventions, which were communicated to me confidentially by the American Ambassador some days ago. As the decision to include patents, &c., was made since then, the wording will in consequence have to be altered so as to cover these throughout the Convention; these new drafts should therefore be read together with the one which was forwarded by me in my despatch No. 95 of the 15th ultimo.\n\nIt will be observed that once more the Conventions with regard to China and Corea have been divided into two separate Agreements, but it is provided that they are to come into force simultaneously.\n\nThe words inserted in red ink have formed the subject of discussion since Mr. O'Brien gave me this copy, and have in the main been agreed to, but the proviso with regard to patents submitted by the Japanese is not likely to be accepted without further discussion. The Japanese contention is that they cannot extend protection to inventions or designs publicly known or used in China at the time of the operation of the Convention. The Americans will therefore probably ask that Article 1 shall be made to refer to trade-marks and copyright only, while a new Article would provide that in respect of patents and designs the United States and Japan will accord in China the same treatment to subjects or citizens of the other Contracting Power as they accord to their own nationals.\n\nWith regard to hong marks, it will be observed that the American Government have changed their ground considerably. The discussion on this point does not appear to have reached a final stage, but I am given to understand that the Japanese Government maintain that Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property overrides Article 8, and that protection for commercial or trade names can only be obtained if registration has been effected in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of the Commercial Code, which deals with trade names. They say that, as regards China, protection could only be afforded to trade names within the Consular district in China in which they were registered. This appears very unsatisfactory; but, as far as I can ascertain, the Americans prefer, instead of settling the question definitely, to ask merely for the protection accorded by the Paris Convention, leaving it to be decided subsequently whether Article 2 or 8 is to apply.\n\nAs this point is one which will no doubt lead to considerable discussion with the Japanese Foreign Office, I would like to obtain, if possible, a statement of the views of His Majesty's Government with regard to the application of Article 2 or Article 8 to the case in point, and as to the exact amount of protection afforded in the United Kingdom to trade names and hong marks. I am informed that the Japanese Foreign Office argue that, as protection is not given in the United States to trade names and hong marks without necessity of registration, the Americans cannot demand that Japan should give this protection.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) CLAUDE M. MacDONALD.\n\n[1815 2-3]\n\n*Printed within brackets.",
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        "content_text": "PRIVACY *C:13, node to fortify end\n\nare\n\n$\n\ndus: Squint 10 930 al\n\n3. T. Den aus win to custove a 70 e6200\n\nSIDIKA NY3M SOUF\n\nwe even rband vun to wo mIolum galbeoeng\n\n10.\n\nA noong mol/seteng\n\nBWA ASA LEUTEN MYÖS Brid to tregorg lain?\n\ned (Lars\n\npilu\n\nI fo* Janaislaba ent\n\nvtxoq bavet \"Laga\n\nbezdnoo done to\n\nLASTOT LOJa erit A us10\n\nCAIMQUOD Suted wo\n\n...b\n\n.MOTOW (28T1B/1\n\n42 WIRE BUSI a quibuboni bendede „tosneld maid\n\n212\n\nwhich are reasonably calculated to lead persons to believe that the goods are the manufacture or merchandise of some person other than the person whose merchandise or manufacture they really are.\n\nArticle IV.\n\nThe present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Tokio as soon as possible. It shall come into operation at the expiration of ten days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications and shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which either party may give notice of the intention to terminate the same.\n\nIN WITNESS whereof the abovementioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and affixed thereto their seals.\n\nDone in duplicate in the English and Japanese languages, this.. corresponding to the..",
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        "content_text": "TIPO \n\n8031 \n\nDWINGS \n\n...ORI,NJA 1sdoƒ50 \n\nEl soul to PTS.ol dotaqaeb Tov to JqisɔeT NỮ \n\nLOJA SN TO пojjaxime ent not Iseogong B rib1997 \n\n-19voð end to astvinpas ebam I 300жgnoн sen astez¶ to \n\nahi bas \n\n1stdo-mi-Tebɣsimo) Isvæи et зnoxanoн to tom \n\nwotawa bas пotme) te zevijstneasïqefi tsivanoƆ a'y‡aste \n\na seolons of Tuonod sad ever I doidw to dotsgash ent mi \n\nto Joetdua erit no noijanriotmi dowa nnitasuper,YQ09 \n\n.alesɗo of elde ed tag im vert as Inalai sifT \n\nViger mi em berfeirut ncgnoн to Torrevod siff \n\nOF VING DIES Our to Notaqeeb Jerosa aid to vɖoo s njiw \n\nfood aasi drob aad vqoɔ a dotriw to,95110 Teimolo ent \n\nwoy of batsoinummoj \n\nJANG DAJAta notdmal d‡rowbeH Tie LeximbÀ 90IV \n\nconta dostdue aid no abroJet aid mi betseqçe grintom \n\nfqerasiet aasieniw 6 &A .SOBI to eonebnoqasTTOO SAJ \n\nTotoxero of eldsvlev ed blow balai ant noitaja \n\n-noo ton asw ji tud ‚anconqyt saillergia to saoqing sdf \n\nbotsbia \n\n.1si nebi \n\n(Tor \n\n430 \n\nconsidered of any practical value in the event of war.\n\nThe reply of His Majesty's Acting Consul General at \n\nCanton, of which I have the honour to enclose a copy, \n\naffords a complete answer to the question whether the \n\nisland is claimed by China. In reply to a private let-\n\nter addressed by Mr. Fox to the Viceroy's Secretary, the \n\nlatter answered semi-officially that \"there is no doubt \n\nas to its status as a Chinese island\". \n\nMr. Fox also has drawn attention to correspondence \n\nwhich passed between the Consulate and the Viceroy as \n\nfar back as 1869, when the Chinese authorities were \n\nasked by us to take steps to prevent the pillage of \n\nwrecks on the island; the request being based on \n\nArticle 20 of the Treaty of Tientsin, thereby virtually \n\nrecognising the shoal as a Chinese possession. In his \n\nreply to this request, the Viceroy of Canton went so \n\nfar as to specify the authority on the mainland under \n\nwhose jurisdiction the island lay. \n\nrespondence are enclosed herewith.\n\nCopies of this cor-\n\nThere can be no doubt therefore that China would \n\nhave ample grounds for claiming the shoal if she desired \n\nto do so. \n\n4.4, JINE,VSIÐ DIBHD: \n\n.08 \n\nI have &c., \n\n(Signed) \n\nJ. N. Jordan.",
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        "content_text": "1\n\n0.0\n\n452\n\n.VOT99IV of Ivanoo e'¿aspell eif\n\n800\n\nMOTMAD\n\n.0881,JSI enul\n\nedu egbelwomios of quomod edt af bengizzeonu ONT\n\n-ut də ed to dotaqaeb a'yonelIeoxd Troy to Jqisser\n\ns grinoitate to moitasup ent of eonsreter djtw,traja\n\n-Jпeverg to eacqing en rot «sona\n\nqeja s、zaeyjaib ni aleaaev no vositq to atos gat\n\nanted Jon 8s exet of aerifosb yonellenxã quOY Hɔinw\n\n*\n\nSJETT SN ts bisug\n\non viqer ni bas 98 08 уteert vna mi not bebivoïq\n\naïneqqe noitsotaumoo Isamot aid Jedt tuo Jalog of aged\n\nberoupalm,atrevs Ile de 1o,bootarebavaim nsed even of\n\nof ebem el eonsueter vyiqst 'yonelleɔxi toy ni as\n\n-919 W \"Isona arer ent te atsodnug masta grinoitaja\"\n\nt\n\n-Jadw noijmem on ebem rojsqaeb aid at bergfarebnu edt as\n\n*LBW OW‡ 10 ano\" Jant vino gnitasuper,ateodnug to reve\n\nSK JAW .elaore star¶ ent to benoiteta sɗ \"adout\n\nbne,exout beats to a8aio Visпibro edf 28w of berreter\n\nof alsasov mesta antauso to revetedw Jdquodt on bad ed\n\nas betqabe-III oa ers vedt doidw Tol Joqa s of Jmea ed\n\ndoidw of eveword eno al 19ttem erT noitasup mi jent\n\nIlso Jam en oms,noijstebiamoo Iutenso usvig aan en\n\nINOY\n\nYour Excellency's attention to the fact of the Prata Shoals being perhaps the most dangerous spot on the whole coast of China, the natural perils of which are aggravated by the lawless conduct of those Chinese who lie in wait there for shipwrecked vessels and who plunder any craft that may be stranded there of everything it contains.\n\nIt is obviously right that measures should be taken toward insuring a fulfilment of the 20th Article of the Treaty of Tientsin; and the undersigned perceives that Your Excellency has issued orders in this sense to the authorities of the Lungmen military division and of the district of Ho-pu.\n\nIf these instructions can indeed be carried actively into effect, there would undoubtedly be no reason to fear for the future safety of shipwrecked vessels, neither would the masters or owners of vessels have reason to urge claims for compensation against the Chinese Government on the score of neglect of duty on the part of its functionaries;\n\nbut it must be borne in mind that the Prata Shoals lie at a distance of many hundred of miles from the coast of Kuangtung where the officials named",
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        "content_text": "## \n357\n\n(to the subjects of each Contracting Party without their being compelled to submit to any other and more onerous conditions than the subjects of the other Contracting Party. On the whole the Board consider that the form of Art. I of the British Counter Draft should be retained if possible.\n\nThe Board would also suggest that the second paragraph of Article 3 of the British Counter Draft which was as follows:- \n\"The Provisions of this Convention shall be deemed to extend to the application to goods of any figures, words, or marks or arrangements, or combination thereof, whether including a trade mark or not, which are reasonably calculated to lead persons to believe that the goods are the manufacture or merchandise of some person other than the person whose merchandise or manufacture they really are\" \nshould be inserted at the end of the proposed Article I.\n\n## Article II\nrefers to copyright, a subject upon which the Board suggest that His Majesty's Government are not at present prepared to negotiate.\n\n## Article III\nis dealt with in the observations made above concerning Article I.\n\n## Article IV\nThis Article covers the first",
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        "content_text": "I spent some time in Japan. This appears to some to be covered by the Act of 1941, the original Act. All that the British government they want on to insist on with it though is to legislate for the Enforcement & Courts.\n\n2 copy the Convention in their come to stay sufficient that the necessary legislation be in two days.\n\n... her ability in contemplation a hack has marks are to assimilate law practice (o that of the United Kingdom)\n\nDo much BAT. 20 Dops ! hor. Cut to Acc 15- J. Me 18/10\n\nI think it should be made perfectly clear that article II of refers to British protectorates in Chinese waters, Wei Hai Wei & that article should be amended accordingly. So For aufertved. Wor to BTO write to concerpen to Fo Offronson Atome MB 18/10\n\nI have been told by Robinson till me that he wanted me to look at this & he Kept it accordingly. I think that will do the needful. The Convention it stands amendment which you suggest in article is not required. The point is article II of the old draft (now Article IV) is covered under article III.\n\nWe have rights as British Colonies in China. The inhabitants will have the same rights as Japanese Coupli subjects off Britain. In conjunction with this made in Article, I Colarials marks mean that British who register their ships at the appropriate Japanese office, will have rights in Japanese courts in China.",
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        "content_text": "## Proofread Text\n\nThe same subjects.\n\nSchemes conceived to give rights i.c. privilege, to the Japanese in the Colonies, which may be of great value, without giving anything at all for it.\n\nThey do not guarantee or protect Japanese interests except in Hong Kong & Weihaiwei, which fall under Article IV. The words \"Japanese Consular Courts in China or in H. Kong & Weihaiwei\" are used to secure protection for Consular Courts in the territories.\n\nIf confined to China, our Colonies would realize that they are getting nothing for something. I think that Japan may ask for reciprocal protection for her Colonies when she realizes this.\n\nObject: Something for which I think Japan may ask when she realizes that she is not getting anything. Then she may proceed to ask for protection for her Colonies in Japan's affairs, and then we may not be able to help them.\n\nI think, however, this is a bad bargain. The proposed Article is not needed.\n\nPage 3 of the letter (1380), W.I., 20024-26, 8000, 11/08, A, & E, W, (8327), **1081-7. 6000. 4/09**.\n\nThat they have no liability imposed on the Dominions, as I understand, is something. I am much obliged to Stubbs. I was apprehensive that we might be pressed to give reciprocal privileges in other than Chinese Colonies besides those in Chinese waters. We may leave the Japanese to raise the question and proceed with our objection.\n\nThe Dominions are originally concerned. Should the Dominions `IR(1882)4/11` be... \n\n| File Ref | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1380 | 11/08 |\n| 1081-7 | 4/09 |\n| `IR(1882)4/11` |  | \n`W.I., 20024-26, 8000`, `A, & E, W, (8327)`",
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        "content_text": "appears to the Board to be an improvement upon those Articles. Moreover, it includes the useful provision that protection is to be accorded to the subjects of each Contracting Party without their \"being compelled to submit to \"any other and more onerous conditions than the subjects of the other Contracting Party. On the whole, the Board consider that the form of Article 1 of the British Counter Draft should be retained if possible.\n\nThe Board would also suggest that the second paragraph of Article 3 of the British Counter-Draft, which was as follows -\n\"The Provisions of this Convention in respect of Designs and Trade Marks shall be deemed to extend to the application to goods of any figures, words or marks, or arrangements, or combination thereof, whether including a trade mark or not, which are reasonably calculated to lead persons to believe that the goods are the manufacture or merchandise of some person other than the person whose merchandise or manufacture they really are\" \nshould be inserted at the end of the proposed Article I.\n\nArticle II refers to copyright, a subject upon which the Board suggest that His Majesty's Government are not at present prepared to negotiate.\n\nArticle III is dealt with in the observations made above concerning Article I.\n\nArticle IV. This article covers the first paragraph of Article 3 of the British Counter-Draft and may therefore be accepted. The Board would, however, be glad if further information could be procured as to the amount of protection which the Japanese Law affords to Hong Kong Marks,\n\n# \n393 \nVa",
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        "content_text": "## Article II\nTo the subjects of the other Contracting Party the same treatment in China in the matter of the protection of their commercial names as they enjoy in the country of such Contracting Party under the Convention for the protection of Industrial Property signed at Paris on the 20th March 1883.\n\n\"Hong\" marks shall be considered to be commercial names for the purpose of this Convention.\n\n## Article III\nSubjects of Corea and subjects of His Britannic Majesty belonging to British Colonies, Possessions and Protectorates shall have in China the same treatment under the present Convention as subjects of Japan and of the United Kingdom respectively.\n\n## Article IV\nAll rights growing out of the present Convention shall be recognized in the insular and other possessions and leased territories of the High Contracting Parties in China or Chinese waters, and all legal remedies provided for the protection of such rights shall be duly enforced by the Competent Courts.\n\n## Article V\nThe present Convention shall be ratified and the ratification thereof shall be exchanged at ... as soon as possible. It shall come into force ... days after such ratification.\n\n## \nIn witness whereof &c., &c. \n\nii \nPage 403 \nC \n6+ 5. \n6 \n29",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA RAILWAYS\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n### [31458]\n#### C.O 9354\n##### [August 17]\n\n## SECTION 2\n### 2 SEP 09\n#### No. 1\n\nQuestion asked in the House of Commons, August 17, 1909.\n\nEarl Winterton,- To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; (i) whether he has received complaints as to the manner in which the tenders for the Tientsin-Pukow Railway are being manipulated; (ii) whether, in the case of tenders opened on the 17th June for the twenty-one engines required by the Chekiang Railway, the Railway Company handed all the tenders over to one of the tenderers to open and adjudicate upon; (iii) whether he is aware that on the northern section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, which is under German domination, none but German tenders are considered, whereas on the southern section, which is supposedly under British domination, tenders are thrown open to the world; (iv) whether, as a protest against the discrimination exercised and the apathy displayed by the British Legation at Peking, the acting General of the British and Chinese Corporation, through whom all the existing railway loans have been raised, resigned during the week of 18th June; and (v) whether, under existing circumstances, he will say what action he proposes to take in the interests of British manufacturers in China.\n\n## Answer\n\nThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the third part, we have no reason to believe that article 18 of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway Agreement has not been fairly carried out. That article is to the effect that German-Asiatic Bank and the Chinese Central Railways shall act as agents of the railway administration during construction for the purchase of all materials, &c., from abroad; and that at equal rates and qualities goods of German and British manufacture shall be given preference over other goods of foreign origin for the northern and southern sections respectively. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative, but the Railway Bureau ultimately decided to reject all the tenders and to purchase nothing. The irregularity in procedure referred to has already been the subject of representation. As to the last two parts of the question, the resignation of the agent-general of the British and Chinese Corporation is a matter which concerns the corporation alone. We have received no complaints from them, nor have we any reason to suppose that they consider that His Majesty's Minister at Peking has in any way neglected their interests in the Far East. I do not know of any case where Sir John Jordan has failed to display a zealous watchfulness over British interests, and any charge of this kind against the British Legation is entirely unfounded and unjust. I know no more strenuous and loyal public servant than Sir John Jordan, and I take full responsibility for his action. In any case which arises I am prepared to give full support to well-founded British claims, if it is required.\n\n`[2389 r-2]`\n\n365",
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        "content_text": "## marks any protection.\n\nB. The principle which the China Association and 169 Chamber of Commerce contend for is that the rights of British/Japanese merchants to marks in China should be decided according to priority of user in China, and it is submitted that this is the correct principle to aim at.\n\n6. I submit the following criticisms on the Board of Trade's correspondence.\n\nThe Counter-draft Convention attached to the Secretary of State's despatch of 6th October 1909 at the end is criticised as follows:\n\n### APPENDIX A\n\nThe proviso is useless, as if the designs or combinations are registered they are protected by the main Article; if not registered the main article cannot be applied to them.\n\n**ARTICLE III** is not necessary, as Articles 1 & 2 refer to the subjects of the High Contracting Party, a phrase which includes the subjects of H.M. belonging to Colonies etc. referred to in Article 4.\n\n**ARTICLE IV** is unintelligible. What rights can grow out of the Convention which require recognition in Hongkong & other British possessions? The Convention refers to protection in China only: the Law of Hongkong already protects in Hongkong Japanese marks registered in Hongkong, & to a certain extent Japanese marks registered either in England or Japan if applied to goods originating in those countries respectively. I do not see how the law of Hongkong can protect Japanese marks in China. I therefore cannot understand what amendment of the law the Secretary of State has in view.\n\nAs desired by the China Association and Chamber of Commerce, I think it would be better to omit Articles II & IV altogether; & I think that, if the matter be again referred to those bodies, they will oppose the extension to Hongkong of the Convention as drafted.\n\nThe arguments in the letter of the China Association of the 6th August, 1909 against the first draft convention appear to...",
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        "content_text": "174\n\nThe following remarks on the Draft Convention bear out in detail the conclusions stated above.\n\n## ARTICLE I\nThe first paragraph is to the minds of members of this Association wrong in principle and should be amended as indicated in Par 3 of this letter if British and Hongkong merchants are to find it of any value.\n\nApart from the wrong principle involved, cases are bound to occur of British marks used exclusively in China being forestalled, quite possibly in good faith, on the Japanese register by marks used for Japan by Japanese. These British marks can have no protection under the Convention even as it stands.\n\nThe second paragraph, if amended to include the words \"whether registered or not\", and also stated separately as a second article, would afford a measure of protection and thus might prove useful. The wording might preferably be altered to \"The provisions...Trade Marks shall cover\" etc.\n\n## ARTICLE II\nis acceptable.\n\n## ARTICLE III\nif merely to elucidate the word \"Subject\", cannot be objected to, but in another sense is dealt with in Par 5 of this letter.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\nis unintelligible on the grounds advanced by the Crown Solicitor.\n\nSome doubt is felt as to whether the Convention as it stands necessitates Japanese subjects registering in England or if it will be allowable for them to register in Hongkong, Canada, or other British Colonies. In either case, the state of affairs will be adverse to Hongkong merchants. It will be open for Japanese to register in London marks they know emanate from...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7]",
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        "content_text": "# OP Y.\n\n## Enclosure 1.\n\nSir,\n\n**20717**\n\n**RECO**\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 4th May, 1910.\n\n**22 C**\n\nI have the honour to inform Your Excellency that my attention has been drawn to Articles III and IV of the Additional Convention of Commerce between France and China, signed at Peking on the 26th June, 1887, (`Hertslet` p. 312) which provide:-\n\n(a) that foreign goods imported to Yunnan and Kuangsi from Tonkin shall only pay 70% of the import duties collected by the Customs at the Coast Ports of China;\n\n(b) that produce exported from China to Tonkin shall only pay 50% of the export duties in force at the Treaty Ports;\n\n(c) that Chinese produce which has paid import duties under Article XI of the Treaty of 1886 and is transported through Tonkin to a port of shipment in Cochin-China, shall, if exported thence to any other place than China, pay export duties according to the Franco-Annamite tariff.\n\n2.\n\nIt has been suggested to me that Russia, Japan and Germany may perhaps under the \"most favoured nation clause\" have claimed similar privileges in the North of China and I shall be glad if Your Excellency will be good enough to inform me whether this is the case, and if so whether the similar privileges can be claimed for this Colony.\n\nI have etc.,\n\n(sd.) F. H. May, Officer Administering the Government.\n\nHis Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, PEKING.",
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        "content_text": "110\n\nChinese nationality should be addressed to the local authorities and submitted by them to their superiors who will apply to the Ministry of the Interior for the necessary authority.\n\nIf the applicants are resident abroad, the application should be sent through the Consul or directly to the Diplomatic Representative who will transmit it to the Ministry of the Interior.\n\nSuch renunciation shall be held to date from the time when the sanction of the Ministry of the Interior is issued.\n\nAny person who has not applied and obtained sanction to such renunciation shall, irrespective of the circumstances of the case, remain a Chinese subject. Those persons who, as laid down in Article 13, lose their nationality fall under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph 3.\n\nChapter IV.\n\nRecovery of Chinese Nationality.\n\nArticle 19.\n\nA woman who has lost her Chinese nationality by marriage to a foreigner may apply to resume the same in case of divorce from or the death of her husband.\n\nArticle 20.\n\nThe wife of a Chinese who has renounced Chinese nationality can apply to resume the same in case of divorce from or the death of her husband. In such cases, the children under age can, on obtaining their majority, apply in the same manner.\n\nArticle 21. Any person who, having received authority to renounce Chinese nationality, shall have thereafter resided in China for three years continuously, can apply to resume Chinese nationality, but this Article does not apply to foreigners who have renounced Chinese nationality after having been naturalized.\n\nArticle 22. Any person applying to resume Chinese nationality must...\n\nPage 111",
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        "content_text": "(Précis Translation.)\n\n26\n\n# PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES\n\nRules published in the \"Official Gazette\" of July 24, 1908.\n\n## Chapter I.-General Scheme\n\nArticle 1. A provincial assembly shall be established in each province at the seat of the Viceroy or governor.\n\nAccording to the Imperial decree of the 19th October, 1907, the main purpose of the provincial assemblies is to collect public opinion on the affairs of the provinces with a view to measures of reform and order.\n\n## Chapter II-Members\n\nArt. 2. The assemblies of the different provinces shall consist of the following numbers of elected members:\n\n  \n    Manchuria\n    Fêngtien\n    50\n  \n  \n    \n    Kirin\n    30\n  \n  \n    \n    Hellungchiaug\n    30\n  \n  \n    Peking Prefecture and Chilli Province\n    \n    140\n  \n  \n    Shantung\n    \n    100\n  \n  \n    Shansi\n    \n    86\n  \n  \n    Kiangsu (Nanking)\n    \n    55\n  \n  \n    Kiangsu (Soochow)\n    \n    66\n  \n  \n    Anhui\n    \n    83\n  \n  \n    Kiangsi\n    \n    97\n  \n  \n    Chekiang\n    \n    114\n  \n  \n    Fukien\n    \n    72\n  \n  \n    Hupei\n    \n    80\n  \n  \n    Hunan\n    \n    82\n  \n  \n    Shensi\n    \n    63\n  \n  \n    Kansu\n    \n    43\n  \n  \n    Szechuan\n    \n    105\n  \n  \n    Kwangtung\n    \n    91\n  \n  \n    Kuangsi\n    \n    57\n  \n  \n    Yunnan\n    \n    68\n  \n  \n    Kueichou\n    \n    39\n  \n  \n    New Dominion (Turkestan)\n    \n    30\n  \n  \n    Honan\n    \n    96\n  \n\nPending reorganisation and the effective removal of the differences between Chinese and Manchus, the Manchu Banners of Peking have a temporary representation of ten members in the Chihli assembly over and above the 140 assigned in the list. The Manchu garrisons in the provinces are also represented in the assemblies concerned by one to three members, the number in each case being fixed by agreement between the Viceroy and the Tartar-general.\n\nArt. 3. Males of 25 years or over of the following categories are qualified to elect members in their own province:\n\n(1.) Persons who have completed three years' service in educational or other public works in the province,\n\n(2.) Graduates with certificates from Chinese or foreign colleges of a certain standing.\n\n(3.) Graduates of the old school of a certain rank.\n\n(4.) Civil officials of the seventh rank or higher, and military officials of the fifth rank or higher.\n\n(5.) Owners of movable or immovable property of the value of 5,000 dollars or over.\n\nArt. 4. Males of 25 or over are qualified to elect members in provinces other than their native province, provided that they have completed ten years' residence in the province of domicil, and possess movable or immovable property of the value of 10,000 dollars.\n\nArt. 5. Males of the province, or those domiciled for ten years or more in the province, if 30 years of age, are qualified to serve as members.\n\n(Note. The rule does not say so, but the intention evidently is that the persons mentioned in articles 3 and 4 are eligible for election as members provided that they are over 30.)\n\nArt. 6. The following persons are disqualified from voting as electors and from being elected as members:\n\n(1.) Persons of refractory, self-seeking, or overbearing character.\n\n(2.) Persons who have suffered imprisonment or higher punishments.\n\n(3.) Persons of irregular occupation.\n\n(4.) Persons who have not cleared themselves of charges of malversation.\n\n(5.) Opium smokers.\n\n(6.) Persons of unsound mind.\n\n27\n\n(7.) Persons of unclean origin (actors, lictors, children of prostitutes, &c.).\n\n(8.) Illiterate persons.\n\nArt. 7. The following persons cannot exercise the right to elect or be elected:\n\n(1.) Officials, and secretaries of officials, of the provinces.\n\n(2.) Soldiers serving in the regular army or reserves.\n\n(3.) Officers and men serving in the police.\n\n(4.) Clericals of all denominations.\n\n(5.) Students.\n\nArt. 8. Teachers in elementary schools cannot be elected to serve as members.\n\nArt. 9. The election of members to be conducted in accordance with the separate regulations on the subject.\n\n## Chapter III-President, Vice-Presidents, and Standing Committee\n\nArt. 10. In each assembly there shall be a president and two vice-presidents and a standing committee of a certain number of members, all of whom shall be elected by the members. The number of a standing committee shall be 20 per cent. of the number of members of the assembly.\n\nPresident and vice-presidents to be ballotted for individually; the standing committee by ticket. A majority elects.\n\nDetails are to be arranged by each assembly.\n\nArt. 11. The president directs the business of the assembly. The vice-presidents assist in the direction. In the absence of the president a vice-president acts as president. In the absence of president and vice-presidents a president is elected pro tempore by the members.\n\nArt. 12. Matters falling within clauses 9 to 12 of article 21 which may be dealt with by the standing committee while the assembly is not sitting shall be reported to the full House at the next session.\n\nThe standing committee shall meet in the House of Assembly for business whenever required by the Viceroy or governor.\n\nArt. 13. President, vice-presidents, and standing committee shall attend regularly at the House, in session or out of session for the transaction of business.\n\nArt. 14. Apart from the powers assigned to their offices the president and vice-presidents possess no privileges other than those of ordinary members.\n\n## Chapter IV-Terms of Office and Vacancies\n\nArt. 15. The president, vice-presidents and members are appointed for a term of three years. The term of members of the standing committee is one year. The term begins with the opening of the first session after election.\n\nArt. 16. A vacancy in the post of president shall be filled by a vice-president; in the post of vice-president by an election from the members. When the assembly is not in session this election will be made by the standing committee.\n\nA vacancy in the standing committee shall be filled by the first name on a special supernumerary list.\n\nA vacancy in the House shall be filled by the first name on a supernumerary list of elected persons.\n\nArt. 17. Presidents, vice-presidents, and members elected to fill vacancies shall serve only for the unexpired term of their predecessors.\n\n## Chapter V-Re-election and Resignation\n\nArt. 18. On the expiry of his term a member may offer himself for re-election, and if re-elected, may continue to serve, but only for one more term.\n\nArt. 19. Members cannot resign except for the following reasons:\n\n1. Bona fide illness and physical incapacity,\n\n2. Bona fide official duties or business which prevents regular attendance in the province.\n\n3. Special permission of the House in other cases.\n\nArt. 20. A member who has served a term may decline to serve if re-elected.\n\n156",
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        "content_text": "C\n\n(10,100). Wt. 5683-41, 5000, 5/09, A. & E.W.\n\nMINUTES.\n\n543 0\n\n39\n\n20 AUG 10\n\nOn the 9th June 1885 a Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce was concluded at Tientsin between France and China, in which it was stipulated:- that Passports should be issued to French and other residents in Tonkin to enable them to cross the frontier into China, and to Chinese to enable them to cross the frontier into Tonkin (Article IV); that Frontier Trade should be permitted to French citizens, at certain points to be afterwards determined, where French Merchants should have liberty to establish themselves on the same conditions as at the open ports; that the conditions of the Frontier Trade should be laid down in a Special Regulation to be annexed to the Treaty and that the duties payable on merchandise crossing the frontier should be inferior to those levied under the actual Tariff applicable to foreign Commerce, but that these duties should not apply to trade across the frontier from Tonkin to Kwang-Tong, nor to the ports already opened by Treaty (Article VI).\n\nThe Colonial Office having been asked for their views on the subject of this Treaty, replied that they saw nothing in it which appeared to conflict with Treaty engagements of China towards Great Britain. (July 18th 1885).\n\nMr. O'Conor, Her Majesty's Minister at Peking touched upon this subject during the negotiations of the Treaty, when the Chinese Government informed him that the reduction of duty was confined",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\n544\n\nconfined to the Frontier Trade between Tonkin and the Provinces of Yünnan and Kwang-si; that the Tariff would be a land Trade Tariff, higher than the Russian Tariff, but lower than the Maritime Tariff; and that it would not injuriously affect other Powers, adding that other foreign imports would be allowed to enter China across the same frontier on a similar rate of duty. Mr. O'Conor replied that if British maritime imports were placed generally at a disadvantage, we should naturally expect redress. He deemed it undesirable to press the matter further, or to give the impression that he was throwing impediments in the way of the negotiations (May 22nd 1885).\n\nOn the 23rd May 1885 Lord Granville addressed a despatch to Mr. O'Conor, drawing his attention to the Most Favoured Nation Article of the British Treaty of Tientsin of 1858. His Lordship stated that, although existing Treaties had reference only to Trade by sea with certain specified ports, and gave this country no rights of trade across the land frontiers of China, our Treaty, nevertheless guaranteed equal participation in all privileges &c. which might be granted to any other nation. Therefore, the above-mentioned Treaty between France and China admitted French goods into China by land at a lower duty than was paid by the same British goods when introduced by sea, or would confer on French citizens or commerce greater privileges than were enjoyed by British subjects Her Majesty's Government would claim Most Favoured Nation Treatment under the Treaty of 1858.\n\nThe Board of Trade on the 5th August 1885 commented on the Franco-Chinese Treaty, pointing out that the privilege granted to French citizens of crossing the frontier could not be extended to British subjects unless British Consuls could be appointed with a view to the issue of the necessary passports and remarking that the intention of the Treaty was to establish inequality, and that its provisions were inconsistent with the British Treaties with China. They suggested that Mr. O'Conor's attention should be drawn to Articles IV and VI (above quoted) and at the same time they concurred in the instructions given to him on the 23rd May already alluded to.\n\nThe Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce expressed the opinion that the right to appoint Consuls in Yünnan and Kwangsi granted by the Treaty could be claimed by Powers having Most Favoured Nation clauses in their Treaties with China, but that the differential duties would hardly become applicable under those clauses unless the Chinese opened up the water communication of Kwantung into Western China, when directly conveyed merchandise should become subject to no greater duty than was borne by goods crossing the frontier by land. (Colonial Office, August 21st 1885).\n\nThe subjects (10,1001. Wt. 5683-41. 5000. 5/09. A. & F. W.",
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        "content_text": "C\n\nMINUTES.\n\n546\n\nT\n\ngoods from China to Tonkin less than at Treaty Ports. (Article III).\n\nAn export duty was authorised on Chinese goods which had paid an import duty on entering Tonkin, and had passed through Tonkin for conveyance to a third Country. (Article IV).\n\nThe most favoured nation clause was extended so as to govern future political and commercial relations between China and the countries situated to the South and South West of the Chinese Empire. (Article VII).\n\nWhile the negotiation of this Additional Convention was in progress Sir J. Walsham intimated that, in the event of advantages being given thereby to France over other countries, he should take steps to protect British interests and Treaty privileges, to which the Chinese Government replied that the existing Treaties referred solely to the ports, and could not be made available in connexion with overland intercourse. (Confidential 5789.p.9.)\n\nAfter communication with the India Office Lord Salisbury instructed Sir J. Walsham to protest against this limitation of the scope of the Most Favoured Nation Articles of our Treaties with China. (June 28th 1888).\n\nLord Salisbury further observed that it would be useless to press for a reduction of the Tariff at the ports corresponding with that granted to the French Frontier Trade, and that it would be better policy to take advantage of it in order to obtain concessions in regard to Burmah. Sir J. Walsham was accordingly instructed to inform the Chinese Government that the question of Treaty rights at the ports would not be further pressed if they would give a written statement that they accepted the explicit reservation of the right of this country to Most Favoured Nation Treatment elsewhere than in Burmah as a basis for the abstention of Her Majesty's Government from raising the question of their rights in the present instance, and further agreeing that in the Commercial arrangements respecting Burmah they would give to this country similar advantages and an identical Most Favoured Nation Clause which should apply to the French Convention.\n\nThey should also, His Lordship added, agree that such facilities would be granted for the Navigation of the Canton River and other waterways of Southern China as would place British Trade on fairly equal terms with the trade opened to France across the frontier of Tonkin (To Sir J. Walsham June 28th 1888).\n\nSir J. Walsham does not appear to have reported whether he obtained this assurance from the Chinese Government.\n\nIn the meantime, however, a convention was signed between this Country and China on July 24th\n\n(10,100). Wt. 5683-41. 5000. 5/09. A.& E.W.",
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        "content_text": "547\n\nMINUTES.\n\n24th 1886 relating to Burmah and Thibet in which it was stipulated (Article III) that the conditions of the Frontier Trade between Burmah and China were to be settled by a Frontier Trade Convention both countries agreeing to protect and encourage Trade between China and Burmah.\n\nIt was not until March 1st 1894 that a Convention was concluded between Great Britain and China to give effect to this stipulation.\n\nArticle VIII of this Convention laid down that: \"subject to the conditions mentioned hereafter in Articles X and XI (relating to prohibited goods, munitions of war, opium, spirituous liquors, &c) the British Government wishing to encourage and develop the land trade of China with Burmah as much as possible, consent for a period of six years from the ratification of the present Convention, to allow Chinese produce and manufactures with the exception of salt, to enter Burmah by land duty free, and to allow British manufactures and Burmese produce with the exception of rice to be exported to China by land free of duty\".\n\nArticle IX of this Convention laid down that \"Goods imported from Burmah into China or exported from China into Burmah shall be permitted to cross the frontier by Manwyne and by Sansi\" and that \"the Chinese Government consent that for six years from the ratification of the present Convention, the duties levied on goods imported into China by these routes shall be those specified in the general Tariff of the Maritime Customs diminished by 3/10 and that the duties on goods exported from China by the same routes shall be those specified in the same Tariff diminished by 4/10\".\n\nThis Article was modified by the Agreement between Great Britain and China of February 4th 1897 as follows:-\n\n\"In addition to the Manwyne and Sansi routes sanctioned by the Convention of 1894 the Governments of Great Britain and China agree that any other routes, the opening of which the Boundary Commissioners may find to be in the interests of trade, shall be sanctioned on the same terms as those mentioned above\".\n\nThis instrument also lays down that \"failing agreement as to the terms of revision, the present arrangements (which were for six years from the ratification of the 1894 Convention) shall remain in force\".\n\nA special arrangement exists between Russia and China for the encouragement of trade across the Chinese frontier (Treaty of November 14th 1860) Article IV of which says:-\n\n\"Sur toute la ligne-frontière établie par l'article I du présent Traité, un commerce d'échange libre, et franc de droits, est autorisé entre les sujets des deux pays.\n\n\"Les Chefs locaux des frontières doivent accorder une protection particulière à ce commerce\n\n(10,100). WL 5083-41, 5000, 5/09. A. & E.W.",
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        "content_text": "It suggests to me that definite recognition of the MPC is desirable as (in my new) within the words \"shall continue\" imply that the Commission has been there right and will remain as right. I think the words \"shall be\" and substituted for \"that continue to be\": this simply means that the Commission who of the Agreement in the shoved to function in Hong Kong territory is the British.\n\nI think it does away with the suggestion of formal recognition contained in the present phrase.\n\nXVI\n\nArt III is new: - purely formal. It can be understood that this Agreement, rejections & which ultimately connected with the Railway agreement, and not be signed until the Railway negotiations complete. In fact, it will be desirable that the two agreements be signed simultaneously.\n\n3.0. asked me before to consult BDT. I suppose I should send a copy to 7.0. ark for their views on both.\n\nI, as proposer above, drew attention to Dut. Greg's views on the \"Convention vs. Agreement\" question. YJNY said that subject to the amendments, if any, the B. IT; the S. J.S. proposes to approve the draft, subject also to amendments. Art II. Add that for E. Erymill recolvet, the agreement is not to be signed until the railway negotiations are satisfactorily completed.\n\nJR311, (I regret the delay. (Is it possible to pursue (work)?) the length of this minute, which was unavoidable), for Wollens to whom...\n\nAs to article IV, it seems the reference to the I.M.C. in Article XIII practically necessitates formal recognition. On `16994/co`, I have given what I believe to be good reasons for such recognition. Sis 7. Legard, who was then against it, seems to have come round. Article IV and I think article IV & my Views...",
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        "content_text": "# ARTICLE III and surrounding text\n\n\n286 \n\nbaffled 90 \n\nI daba \n\n... \n\nU \n\n.`. I JUNJU \n\ni \n\nrained trwb yo ve hxfP (4) \n\nLow. \n\nbriz yd e-nowD DIEN 302 Co \n\nI Data ANG ** \n70/2014/1 \n\nDiet Touch via darti (2) \n\nan od mo \n\nenbitor \n\nbe Lupend \n\nwda ti ter (2) \n\nmos we reqsed to dremyaq bobavo Man \n\notsuimerov noteikti sattinen I. treqnul end of toxi \n\n## Article or Section\n\n#400P [[ade to gribas meve dart (1) \n\n«qlimarth A Kindrall oris main ones friswdup brun Ktawici \n\nstas brave cels to samojego to memoi immot erit enotni \n\nduralau 90 wigion élmu gaiquid loasov grøvd (e) \n\nProq, qbiscump eft oraloob [Iade yncIoù end to ared w arid \n\n♦vudcotte.. wedan std of roltenitaer bre niato \n\nhmal ed of si o deqjIsu no \"wrigina \n\nmun domaw beenscli a mi bejinogen ed \n\ntower & fored to dout you (0) \n\nID: 11 boqqib, im nd 20 \n\nTedregst leueu ert suorid.tw viofou Ad to arotza edo cink endey \n\nmkonsell off yd bentetek od [foria & \n\n蟹 \n\nseinwoong God forwal ne l od te metrah odð 11*mu prioriLA \n\node/woonq od polgate emotavo vistiek laineqmi dsorben orts u# \n\nvafiletwoob bestupes \n\nfront twarchodis ad vær enteqdieŭ no muniquo,Iad ok(o) \n\n1 dow \n\n24 qubrar dosko \n\nThe Salt, Sulphur or Saltpetre is declared for export to China, \nshall be granted only on production of the usual import Certificate properly authenticated by the Commissioner of Imperial Maritime Customs,\n\n(a) Every Licensee of a Licensed Warehouse for Salt, Sulphur, or Saltpetre shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports and local sales. The Books shall at all times be open to inspection by Government.\n\n(e) Every manufacturer of Salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of June 19th, 1898, shall deposit the Salt manufactured by him in a Licensed Warehouse, and the Licensee thereof shall keep a register in a prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by Government.\n\n(r) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep Salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special license.\n\n(g) Salt in excess of a prescribed quantity shall not be removed from a licensed Warehouse or Shop, or from place to place in the Colony except under Permit from the proper authority.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nNo person shall have Dynamite or other explosives in his possession except as provided by law, and no person shall store Dynamite except by licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nSo long as this Agreement shall remain in force the Hong Kong Government will permit the Imperial Maritime Customs to maintain a sub-office at Shamshiupo or elsewhere as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government for Customs purposes.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nSteam Launches duly registered by the Imperial Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations",
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        "content_text": "## Memorandum by the Acting Attorney-General\n\n337 Crimes in China.\n\n### Case I\nwhere a Chinaman commits a crime in China and escapes to the Colony where he is caught. Result. Extradition under Ordinance No. 7 of 1889 if the case falls within the list in the first schedule and if he does not get off on habeas corpus or under section 4 or from want of proof. Otherwise he goes scot free.\n\n### Case II\nwhere a Chinaman born in the New Territories commits a crime in China and escapes to the Colony where he is caught. I believe the Chinese claim that such natives are subjects of China and so within article XXI of the Treaty of Tientsin and Ordinance No. 7 of 1889; but I do not think we would admit the claim and so the result would be that the offender would go scot free.\n\n### Case III\nwhere a Chinaman born in Hongkong commits a crime in China and escapes to the Colony where he is caught, as he is a British subject he will apparently be treated as in case II, but I have not heard of such a case.\n\n### Case IV\nwhere an Englishman commits a crime in China and escapes to the Colony where he is caught. Result: He is sent for trial to the British Consular Court in the place from whence he has fled. (See Piggott on Extradition p. 195).\n\n### Case V\nwhere a German commits a crime in China and escapes to the Colony where he is caught. Result: He must be released. (See Piggott on Extradition p. 195).",
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        "content_text": "## vi. (a) Chinese resident in Hong Kong at date of Cession (1841).\n\n(b) Children of vi (a)\n## vii. I. born in Kowloon........1860\nII. Children of Naturalised Chinese born in Hong Kong.\n(a) born in King's Dominions.\n(b) elsewhere.\n\nII. children of vi (b)\n(a) born in King's Dominions.\n(b) elsewhere.\n\n## viii.(a) Persons resident in New Territories at date of Cession 1898.\n(b) Their children born in New Territories.\n(c) Their children born in Hong Kong or elsewhere in King's Dominions.\n(d) Their children born in China.\n\nMarried women. Single Women and children. The views expressed as to these different classes may be summarised as follows.\n\n## I. Chinese naturalised in Hong Kong.\nAlabaster. Memo `A.37662`. page 6 (Fifthly) says these have a dual nationality till they have taken the steps necessary to divest themselves of Chinese Nationality under Chinese Law. Then they are British Subjects only. Governor seems to agree. Robinson raises question what would be the nationality of a naturalised Chinaman who had divested himself of Chinese nationality and left Hong Kong. Stubbs thinks he would be Chinese under Article 24 (3) of the new law. ? We cannot claim these as British subjects. Agree with Governor.\n\n## II. Children of Naturalised Chinese born in King's Dominions.\nGovernor says these may be regarded as British Subjects. If. (a) They have not resided in China (interior) for any considerable time. (b) born after naturalization. (c) They don't claim both nationalities. Alabaster page 6 (Sixthly). Says these are Chinese subjects unless the father has divested himself of nationality by Chinese law. If parents have divested nationality would depend on place of birth. Hurst (F.O.) page 22 of print on `11360/11` seems to regard these as British.\n\n## III. Children of Naturalised Chinese born out of King's Dominions.\nGovernor says these Chinese subjects unless parents have divested themselves of Chinese Nationality. If so, they might be recognised as British subject to limitations as above(II). Alabaster would say Chinese wherever born and says this is also the Chief Justice's view. Hurst does not expressly deal with these.\n\n## IV. Children of British Subjects wherever born.\nGovernor says British Subjects (apparently) but subject to the limitations above (II). Alabaster page 7. (Seventhly) says British Subjects. Hurst (print 22) deals with such persons born at Hong Kong and holds them British subjects unless the parents reside in China, when he thinks we should give up. Excluding II (b) of course apparently he would not claim them if born in China and in any event only if father had divested himself of Chinese Nationality.",
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        "content_text": "## III.\n\nEn Mongolie et dans la Chine occidentale, les sujets russes ont le droit de résider et de faire, en franchise de droits, le commerce de toute espèce de produits, de quelque provenance qu'ils soient (article 12 du traité de 1881); ce commerce ne doit pas être entravé par des monopoles.\n\n## IV.\n\nLe Gouvernement russe ayant le droit de nommer ses consuls à Kobdo, à Hami, et à Goutchan (article 10 du traité de 1881), le Gouvernement chinois ne doit pas refuser son consentement à leur nomination lorsqu'un nombre considérable de litiges entre les sujets russes et les sujets chinois dans les districts de ces villes indiquera que la présence d'un représentant consulaire russe y est devenue nécessaire.\n\n## V.\n\nLes autorités locales chinoises du district consulaire d'un consul de Russie doivent le reconnaître en sa qualité officielle et n'ont pas le droit de refuser de régler conjointement avec lui les litiges entre les sujets russes et les sujets chinois.\n\n## VI.\n\nDans les villes où le Gouvernement russe a le droit de nommer ses consuls, les sujets russes peuvent acquérir des terrains et y bâtir des maisons (article 13 du traité de 1881).\n\n(Translation.)\n\n## Enclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nExtract from the \"Official Messenger\" of February 17.\n\nTHE Russian Minister at Peking has been instructed to hand to the Chinese Government the following note:----\n\nThe result of the conversations which have been held of late have convinced the Imperial Government of the unwillingness of the Chinese Government to take into consideration the clauses of the treaty of 1881; some of these clauses are ignored by the Chinese Government and their local agents, while others are interpreted in a sense which by no means corresponds with either the spirit or the letter of the treaty. The Imperial Government have come to the conclusion that a continuation of the long-existing friendly ties between Russia and China is impossible if the Chinese Government maintain such an attitude towards the treaty of 1881. As they are desirous of maintaining and strengthening those ties, they consider it necessary to make this statement and to request the Chinese Government to consent without delay to observe the following points which are drawn up in strict accordance with the provisions of the treaty of 1881, and with the principles which form the basis of the treaty relations between Russia and China.\n\n(Then follow the six points enumerated in M. Sazonow's memorandum.)\n\nThe Imperial Government consider it necessary to warn the Chinese Government that they will regard a refusal to consent to the obligations set forth in the above six points, or in any one of the points, as proof of an unwillingness to maintain good and neighbourly treaty relations with Russia. In such an event the Imperial Government reserves to itself the right to take such measures as it may deem necessary for the restoration of the treaty rights of the Russian Government and of Russian subjects, rights which are being trampled on by the Chinese Government.\n\n## Enclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum.\n\nIN view of the statements in the Russian press that the Chinese Government are refusing to allow the establishment of a Russian consulate at Shara Sume, in the Altaishan, and, \"in addition to their other conditions, the Russian Government will insist on establishing a consulate at Shara Sume,\" it may be of use to your Excellency if I put on record some information respecting this place, which is not marked on any map, which is a source of grievance on the part of the Russian Government against the Chinese Government, and which is likely to be alluded to again fairly frequently in the course of the next few years.\n\nFor some years previous to 1908 the Russian Government had made complaints to His Majesty's Government that the Chinese Government were trying to alter the status of Mongolia, to bring it more directly under the control of Peking, &c., and I offered to go and see what foundation there was for this Russian complaint.\n\nI left Peking in April 1908. My route was by Kalgan, the cities of Northern Shansi, Kweihuacheng, the Ordos tribes, Ninghsiafu, Alashan, across the Gobi to Urga, Uliassutai, Kobdo, Shara Sume, Chuguchak, and Kuldja.\n\nThough I found many traces en route of the endeavours of the Chinese to bind Mongolia more closely to them, it was not until Shara Sume was reached that the inward meaning of the Russian complaint became evident.\n\nAbout 1906 a Manchu official, a henchman of Yuan Shih Kai and Natung-tan, arrived in the Altais with a force of 1,000 men, with orders to found a new colony similar to Kobdo, Uliassutai, &c. The site chosen was Shara Sume (schera = yellow, in Mongol, and sume = temple), where there were the ruins of a Mongol temple lying about a mile from the Kilingho (the Kran in some Russian maps), a tributary of the Irtish, among the folds of the lower slopes of the Altaishan. A twelve days' march by a bridle path over the Ermektu Daba (daba = pass) connects the settlement with Kobdo.\n\nHere the expedition set to work to build with great activity, and soon a small village, the houses of mud and wood, was ready for occupation. Tien-tsin and Peking merchants and Turki merchants from Guchen were encouraged to open branches of their home shops, and everything was done to foster trade.\n\nI stayed there five days, and had long and frequent conversations with the enlightened governor and his officials (one of the latter spoke English). The governor was most friendly; he was evidently weary with the cares of constructing his colony, and before I left he had even invited me to stay and help him in his task.\n\nHe said that the colony was really eventually to be built 15 miles or so to the south-west, out of the mountains, on the plains, still by the banks of the Kilingho. I passed the future site some days later. The governor said that even when the latter colony was built the present one would still have its uses. He was trying to induce his Government to allow him to lay a telegraph line to Guchen (twenty-one days to the south). At present he had to send his telegrams by mounted messenger to Chuguchak (ten days to the south-west) to be despatched. The Chinese Government expected everything reported now-a-days, and all this was a waste of time. One official told me that the object of the new colony was to settle and open up the country, to bring order where chaos had hitherto reigned, to educate the Mongols and Turkis, to examine the mineral wealth of the mountains, to make surveys, paths, &c.\n\nThe officials said that the governor was a keen supporter of the forward movement in Mongolia, but that his Excellency realised the necessity of moving carefully. \"We must go slow, otherwise if there is any trouble, we shall have the Russians over the frontier and shall never get them out again.\" The Russian consul at Uliassutai was very eloquent on the subject of the new colony. He had visited it and had had a sharp passage of arms with the governor. The consul at Chuguchak was equally angry about Shara Sume, and both the consuls were working for its downfall.\n\nThe chief grievance of the Russian Government is doubtless that the colony is provided with six new German guns. They arrived in sections while I was there, and were to be put together by a young Chinese captain. The transport of the guns over the mountains from Kobdo, where the hundreds of cases (ammunition, &c.) had littered the courtyard of my temple, had, indeed, considerably impeded my own movements.\n\nThe general attitude of the governor leaves no doubt that the Chinese Government are in complete earnest with regard to the new policy to be followed with respect to Mongolia.\n\nThere were some disturbances among the natives at first, but this was quelled by the soldiers. It might break out again, as the governor's edicts comprise such things as education of children and decent burial of Mongol dead; these edicts strike a blow at cherished customs.\n\nThe governor's sway extends to Buluntogoi, into which district he hopes to bring some discipline.",
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        "content_text": "## CHAPTER III - Loss and Renunciation of Chinese Nationality\n\nArt. 12. The following persons are not permitted to renounce their Chinese nationality :-\n \n(a) Over whom a civil or criminal suit is pending.\n\n(b) Who are fulfilling military service.\n\n(c) Who have not paid up the amount of their taxes.\n\n(d) Who have official rank or a literary degree.\n\nArt. 13. The following shall lose their Chinese nationality :-\n\n(a) The woman who marries a foreigner.\n\n(b) The child who has a foreign stepfather and who lives under the same roof.\n\n(c) Illegitimate children recognised by their fathers who are of a foreign nationality.\n\n(d) Illegitimate children recognised by their foreign mothers and not recognised by the father.\n\nThe first section of this article only applies in the case of a regular marriage which has been properly recorded. If according to the law of the foreign country in question the woman does not acquire the nationality of that country by virtue of her marriage, then in that case she remains Chinese.\n\nSections (b), (c), and (d) only apply to children who are minors by Chinese law and to young girls who are not yet married.\n\nArt. 14. The wife and minor children of a man who loses his Chinese nationality shall lose it also.\n\nA wife who may desire to retain her nationality, or the man who, while renouncing Chinese nationality, desires that his minor children shall nevertheless retain Chinese nationality, may lodge an application to that effect.\n\nArt. 15. No married woman can apply to renounce Chinese nationality in her own person and independently of her husband.\n\nMinors and persons incapable according to Chinese law are also unable to send in an application to that effect.\n\nArt. 16. Any person who loses Chinese nationality can no longer enjoy the special privileges reserved to Chinese in the interior.\n\nArt. 17. Any person who may apply to renounce Chinese nationality must sign a formal declaration stating that he does not come under any one of the classes mentioned in article 12, and that he is not guilty of any crime which has not yet been discovered.\n\nArt. 18. Any application relative to the renunciation of Chinese nationality should be addressed to the local authorities and submitted by them to their superiors, who will apply to the Ministry of the Interior for the necessary authority.\n\nIf the applicants are resident abroad, the application should be sent through the consul or directly to the diplomatic representative, who will transmit it to the Ministry of the Interior.\n\nSuch renunciation shall be held to date from the time when the sanction of the Ministry of the Interior is issued.\n\nAny person who has not applied for and obtained sanction to such renunciation shall, irrespective of the circumstances of the case, remain a Chinese subject. Those persons who, as laid down in article 13, lose their nationality, fall under the provisions of article 10, paragraph 3.\n\n## CHAPTER IV - Recovery of Chinese Nationality\n\nArt. 19. A woman who has lost her Chinese nationality by marriage to a foreigner may apply to resume the same in case of the divorce from, or the death of, her husband.\n\nArt. 20. The wife of a Chinese who has renounced Chinese nationality can apply to resume the same in case of the divorce from, or the death of, her husband. In such cases the children under age can, on attaining their majority, apply in the same manner.\n\nArt. 21. Any person who, having received authority to renounce Chinese nationality, shall have thereafter resided in China for three years continuously, can apply to resume Chinese nationality, but this article does not apply to foreigners who have renounced Chinese nationality after having been naturalised.\n\nArt. 22. Any person applying to resume Chinese nationality must be guaranteed by two respectable gentry or merchants of his native place, and should conform to the provisions of article 10, paragraph 1.\n\nAs regards persons abroad, the guarantee ought to be furnished by two merchants established in the country in question, and the application should be addressed either directly or through the consul to the diplomatic representative, who will transmit it to the Ministry of the Interior. The resumption of Chinese nationality will date from the time when the sanction of the Ministry of the Interior is issued.\n\nArt. 23. Any person resuming Chinese nationality shall for five years be subject to the disabilities contained in article 8. This does not apply to persons readmitted by special Imperial decree.\n\n## CHAPTER V - Additional Article\n\nArt. 24. The above regulations shall come into force immediately on receipt of the Imperial sanction.\n\n## Special Rules\n\n1. Chinese subjects who, before the coming into force of the present laws, shall have without sanction abandoned their Chinese nationality in order to acquire a foreign nationality and who subsequently return to China after residence abroad must, at the first port they reach, apply to the consul of the country whose nationality they have adopted and request him to officially notify the Chinese authorities of the date of their nationality in order to be recognised as having abandoned Chinese nationality.\n\n2. Chinese subjects who, before the coming into force of the present laws, shall have without sanction abandoned their Chinese nationality in order to acquire a foreign nationality, and who may reside in China in any foreign concession, must within one year move the local authorities to write to the consul concerned in order that the latter should verify the date of their naturalisation and enable them to be recognised as having abandoned Chinese nationality.\n\n3. Those persons who have not complied with the terms of the two preceding clauses and furnished proof of their foreign naturalisation shall continue to be considered in China as Chinese subjects.\n\n4. Chinese subjects who, before the coming into force of the present regulations, shall have without sanction abandoned their Chinese nationality in order to acquire a foreign nationality, and who continue to reside in the interior of the country, and who engage in commerce and buy or inherit immovable property and enjoy the special privileges reserved for Chinese only, shall still be considered Chinese subjects.\n\n5. Chinese subjects who, before the coming into force of the present regulations, shall have without sanction abandoned their Chinese nationality in order to acquire a foreign nationality, and who have kept their official rank, shall be considered as being still Chinese subjects.\n\n6. Chinese subjects who, before the coming into force of the present laws, shall have acquired a foreign nationality, can apply to resume Chinese nationality in the manner specified in article 22. It will not be necessary to fulfil the formalities of articles 21 and 23.\n\n7. Chinese who, before the coming into force of the present laws, shall have been born abroad, have grown up and resided there for a long time, can still be considered as Chinese subjects if they desire to retain such nationality.\n\n8. Chinese who, in conformity with the provisions of the present laws, may renounce their Chinese nationality, cannot continue to reside in the interior of the country under pain of expulsion, all the immovable property which they owned in the interior before acquiring a foreign nationality as well as all special privileges reserved for Chinese must be disposed of by them within one year from the date of their renunciation of Chinese nationality. Any property which at the end of this period shall not have been completely sold shall be confiscated.\n\n9. Any person who shall, in conformity with the provisions of the present laws, abandon his Chinese nationality, and who may be subsequently found to come under one of the cases provided for in article 12, or who may be guilty of some unknown crime, shall have the previous authority given to him annulled and shall be punished according to Chinese law.\n\n10. Any person who abandons Chinese nationality in conformity with the present laws, and who is subsequently found to have made a false declaration of his intention to acquire a foreign nationality, or is found guilty of fraud in the bonds and declarations signed by him, shall have the authority granted to him annulled, and will be condemned in a penalty of not less than six or more than twelve months imprisonment.",
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        "content_text": "Experiments have been made in planting broad-leaved trees and sowing seeds of shrubs on the bare hills on the southern slopes of the Kowloon range of hills.\n\nIn Hongkong and Kowloon shade trees have been renewed where required, and flowering trees have been planted in suitable places. Altogether 800 trees have been used for these purposes.\n\nTrees have been planted alongside the Castle Peak-Shatoukok Road to the number of 4,800.\n\nAt Aberdeen pine-tree felling under the timber contract has been carried out in two blocks. Seventy acres have been felled east of the Paper Mill and one hundred and forty acres west of the Aberdeen New Road.\n\nUndergrowth to the extent of about 2,950,000 square feet has been cleared at the cost of the Government, 1,000,000 square feet at the cost of the Military Authorities, and 250,000 square feet at the cost of private individuals in connection with the fight against mosquitoes and malaria. About 300,000 square feet of undergrowth have been cleared for the Public Works Department for the purposes of survey.\n\nSeveral kinds of fodder grass have been experimented with, but nothing has been found equal to the Guinea Grass which is so much grown in the Colony.\n\nThe first and second rice-crops were good. Lichis were a good crop and the railway carried some of the crop to Hongkong.\n\nSeveral samples of vegetable products have been submitted to the Director of Imperial Institute for investigation. His report on the majority of the articles has not yet been received. In a report on tea-seed cake, however, he stated that the article was likely to be of interest to business, as two firms were satisfied with the price and wished to be put in communication with exporters of the cake.\n\nThe Key to the Flora of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwang-tung Province is now in course of publication. The Editor of the Journal of Botany was unable, at the last minute, to accept it for publication, and it is now being published by the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, as an additional series of the Kew Bulletin.\n\nPage 11\n\n(e) LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND. The net amount received from sales of Crown Land and pier rights after deducting expenses of sales was $270,005, an increase of $207,319 on the previous year and $149,170 more than the average amount received for the last 5 years. Of this amount $4,741 was received in respect of the sale of various pier sites and extensions to existing piers, $5,899 was received in respect of sales of land in the New Territories and the remainder from sales of new lots of Crown Land and grants of extensions to existing lots in the island of Hongkong and Old Kowloon. The chief items were received in respect of the sales of Inland Lots 1892 and 1901 which realized $34,600 and $80,100 respectively.\n\nThere has been a considerable increase in the number of building lots in the city sold by the Government during the year. 18 lots having an area of 7 A. 3 R. 353 P. having been sold for a premium of $234,767 as against 6 lots with an area of 1 R. 191 P. and at a premium of $4,776 for the previous year.\n\nThere has again been a very considerable increase both in number and value of private properties which have changed hands during the year, the purchase moneys having exceeded those of the previous year by over six million dollars. There is a good demand for residential houses on the lower levels and in many instances a considerable rise in prices has been obtained, which may be accounted for by the large number of Chinese gentry who have invested in house property in the Colony during the latter part of the year. There is a considerable demand for good mortgage securities with a tendency to accept a reduced rate of interest.\n\nSales of vacant Crown Lands in the New Territories continue evenly and consist chiefly of small building sites at prices ranging from 1 to 2 cents a foot and land for purposes of cultivation at from 4 to 4 cents a foot.\n\nI-LEGISLATION.\n\nSixty-five Ordinances were passed during 1911, of which 41 were amendments to other Ordinances, and 5 were connected with the revision of the Ordinances of Hongkong now being carried out by the Chief Justice (Sir F. T. Piggott, Kt.). This is the largest number of Ordinances ever passed by the Hongkong Legislative Council in one year.\n\nThe most important Ordinances were :-The Defence (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance (No. 3), the Consolidation of the Liquor Laws (No. 9), the University Ordinance (No. 10), the Stamp Duties Management Ordinance (No. 35), the Code of Civil Procedure Amendment (No. 36), the Societies Ordinance (No. 47), the Chinese Partnerships Ordinance (No. 53) and the law relating to Companies (No. 58).\n\nIV. EDUCATION.\n\nThere are 67 Government and Grant Schools, the most important of which is Queen's College. Of these 20 are Upper Grade Schools with a staff competent to give instruction in all subjects of the 7th Standard and above. These latter schools have an average attendance of 4,107, and the medium of instruction in all of them, with the exception of four girls' schools, is English. The 47 remaining schools are all Lower Grade. 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        "content_text": "001\n\n...\n\nCopie.\n\n>>\n\nant Denis Jnob Ji Ingogorg eit 16.1J6:17\n\n(312)\n\nlutiofumoo a vd bodov egget. In00 9:3 nojatvio &\n\nbivos fulvivant sdy to noteauouib et dedd tropon\n\nmed sult and 197JAN 93d bus „ditiv bebeoooïų ed Joa\n\n(FLSIFIAT)\n\n.Csvlada\n\n500\n\nRésolution présentée par la Délégation des Etats-Unis.\n\nQue la Conférence convienne qu'il y aurait deux\n\nConventions séparées et distinctes, lesquelles seront\n\nbasées sur les Articles devant la Conférence:\n\nLa première Convention devra renfermer:\n\na. La \"Déclaration\" sous le titre des \"Hautes\n\nPuissances Contractantes\", de quelle Déclaration toute\n\nmention de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels\n\nrespectifs doit être biffée.\n\nb. Chapitre I, relatif à \"l'Opium Brut\";\n\nc. Chapitre II, relatif à \"l'Opium Préparé\";\n\nd. Chapitre IV, relatif aux Articles 18 à 22; et\n\ne. Chapitre V, duquel la morphine, la cocaine et\n\nleurs sels seront biffés; et\n\nQue la Première Convention renfermera des\n\nmesures finales (Chapitres....)\n\nArticle.\n\nà lire ainsi.\n\nLes Puissances signataires réservent le droit d'in-\n\ntroduire dans la présente Convention dorénavant et par\n\ncommun accord, les modifications ou améliorations que\n\nl'expérience aura démontré comme étant utiles.\n\nArticle",
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        "content_text": "contracting Powers on the invitation of \n\n529 \n\nHolland. It will, therefore, not be \n\nnecessary (as it certainly would not be \n\ndesirable) to put e.g. legislation \n\nagainst morphine etc. into force \n\nin the United Kingdom before Germany. \n\nThe Chapters of the Convention deal \n\nwith Raw Opium, II Prepared Opium, III Medicinal \n\nOpium Cocaine and Morphine etc., IV The special \n\nrelation of China to the Treaty Powers in these \n\nmatters and the possibility of making \n\nillegal possession of the drugs a penal \n\noffence and the supply to other Powers \n\nof the laws etc. and statistics of the traffic. \n\nAs regards raw opium the ... is almost entirely for India. With \n\nthe possible exception of Article II which \n\nbinds Great Britain to limit the number \n\nof ports for importation and exportation \n\nof raw opium there does not seem to be \n\nanything which affects the colonies \n\nespecially Hong Kong. The restrictions laid down \n\nin the Convention either have been or can \n\nnecessarily be adopted for the Far East. Hong Kong does \n\nimport for re-exportation, but the Government \n\nhas already taken action to prevent the importation of any kind of raw \n\nIndian Opium except under certificate \n\nto the effect that it has been \n\ndeclared for shipment to, or consumption in \n\ncountries which allow opium to enter on certain conditions, \n\ne.g. China. In the S.S. it appears that a large quantity of raw opium has recently been bought for re-export to Macao: \n\nthe quantity has been in excess of what is required \n\nfor annual consumption. \n\nII. Prepared opium. \n\nArticle 6 binds Great Britain to take \n\nmeasures to suppress the manufacture, internal \n\ntraffic, and use of prepared opium so far as \n\nthe conditions in each country permit a \n\n... probably intended to be smuggled into China. \n\nIn Hong Kong the Straits Settlements. Subject to the consent of \n\nthe S.S., it is proposed to enact respective regulations of the trade. \n\nAll feasible measures have already been \n\ntaken in the Eastern Colonies. \n\nUnder Article 7 importation and exportation of prepared opium is forbidden; \n\nexport to Macao except on production of certificate from the Portuguese authorities that the opium is required for the use of the port. \n\nSome opium ... July may result in victims on \n\n... but the delegates were instructed to agree, \n\nsubject to non-interference with the arrangements in Malaya and elsewhere, which is a \n\nmatter of internal administration not coming \n\nunder the S.S. of ... new \n\n... for any consumption in \n\nthe Colony or a neighboring Malay \n\nState ... which has \n\n... within ... \n\nPage 540\n\nPage 541",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE 10.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes s'efforceront de contrôler, ou de faire contrôler, tous ceux qui fabriquent, importent, vendent, distribuent et exportent la morphine, la cocaïne et leurs sels respectifs, ainsi que les bâtiments où ces personnes exercent cette industrie ou ce commerce.\n\nA cet effet, les Puissances contractantes s'efforceront d'adopter, ou de faire adopter, les mesures suivantes, à moins que des mesures existantes n'aient déjà réglé la matière :—\n\n(a.) Limiter aux seuls établissements et locaux qui auront été autorisés à cet effet la fabrication de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, ou se renseigner sur les établissements et locaux où ces drogues sont fabriquées, et en tenir un registre;\n\n(b) Exiger que tous ceux qui fabriquent, importent, vendent, distribuent et exportent la morphine, la cocaïne et leurs sels respectifs soient munis d'une autorisation ou d'un permis pour se livrer à ces opérations, ou en fassent une déclaration officielle aux autorités compétentes;\n\n(c.) Exiger de ces personnes la consignation sur leurs livres des quantités fabriquées, des importations, des ventes, de toute autre cession et des exportations de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs. Cette règle ne s'appliquera pas forcément aux prescriptions médicales et aux ventes faites par des pharmaciens dûment autorisés.\n\nARTICLE 11.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes prendront des mesures pour prohiber dans leur commerce intérieur toute cession de morphine, de cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs à toutes personnes non autorisées, à moins que des mesures existantes n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\nARTICLE 12.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes, en tenant compte des différences de leurs conditions, s'efforceront de restreindre aux personnes autorisées l'importation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs.\n\nARTICLE 13.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes s'efforceront d'adopter, ou de faire adopter, des mesures pour que l'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs de leurs pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail vers les pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail des autres Puissances contractantes n'ait lieu qu'à la destination de personnes ayant reçu les autorisations ou permis prévus par les lois ou règlements du pays importateur.\n\nA cet effet tout Gouvernement pourra communiquer, de temps en temps, aux Gouvernements des pays exportateurs des listes des personnes auxquelles des autorisations ou permis d'importation de morphine, de cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs auront été accordés.\n\nARTICLE 14.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes appliqueront les lois et règlements de fabrication, d'importation, de vente ou d'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs :\n\n(a.) A l'opium médicinal;\n\n(b.) A toutes les préparations (officinales et non officinales, y compris les remèdes dits anti-opium) contenant plus de 0.2 pour cent de morphine ou plus de 0.1 pour cent de cocaïne;\n\n(c.) A l'héroïne, ses sels et préparations contenant plus de 0.1 pour cent d'héroïne;\n\n(d.) A tout nouveau dérivé de la morphine, de la cocaïne ou de leurs sels respectifs, ou à tout autre alcaloïde de l'opium, qui pourrait, à la suite de recherches scientifiques, généralement reconnues, donner lieu à des abus analogues et avoir pour résultat les mêmes effets nuisibles.\n\nCHAPITRE IV.\n\nARTICLE 15.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine (\"Treaty Powers\") prendront, de concert avec le Gouvernement chinois, les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher l'entrée en contrebande, tant sur le territoire chinois que dans leurs colonies d'Extrême-Orient et sur les territoires à bail qu'ils occupent en Chine, de l'opium brut et des substances préparées, de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, ainsi visées à l'article 14 de la présente convention. De son côté le Gouvernement chinois prendra des mesures analogues pour la suppression de la contrebande de l'opium et des autres substances visées ci-dessus, de la Chine vers les colonies étrangères et les territoires à bail.\n\nARTICLE 16.\n\nLe Gouvernement chinois promulguera des lois pharmaceutiques pour ses sujets, réglementant la vente et la distribution de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs et des substances visées à l'article 14 de la présente convention, et communiquera ces lois aux Gouvernements ayant des traités avec la Chine, par l'intermédiaire de leurs représentants diplomatiques à Pékin. Les Puissances contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine examineront ces lois, et, si elles les trouvent acceptables, prendront les mesures nécessaires pour qu'elles soient appliquées à leurs nationaux résidant en Chine.\n\nARTICLE 17.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine entreprendront d'adopter les mesures nécessaires pour restreindre et pour contrôler l'habitude de fumer l'opium dans leurs territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions en Chine, de supprimer pari passu avec le Gouvernement chinois les fumeries d'opium ou établissements semblables qui pourront y exister encore, et de prohiber l'usage de l'opium dans les maisons d'amusement et les maisons publiques.\n\nARTICLE 18.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine prendront des mesures effectives pour la réduction graduelle, pari passu avec les mesures effectives que le Gouvernement chinois prendra dans ce même but, du nombre des boutiques, destinées à la vente de l'opium brut et préparé, qui pourront encore exister dans leurs territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions en Chine. Elles adopteront des mesures efficaces pour la restriction et le contrôle du commerce de détail de l'opium dans les territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions, à moins que des mesures existantes n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\nARTICLE 19.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes qui possèdent des bureaux de poste en Chine adopteront des mesures efficaces pour interdire l'importation illégale en Chine, sous forme de colis postal tout aussi bien que la transmission illégale d'une localité de la Chine à une autre localité par l'intermédiaire de ces bureaux de l'opium, soit brut, soit préparé, de la morphine et de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs et des autres substances visées à l'article 14 de la présente convention.\n\nCHAPITRE V.\n\nARTICLE 20.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes examineront la possibilité d'édicter des lois ou des règlements rendant passible de peines la possession illégale de l'opium brut, de l'opium préparé, de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, à moins que des lois ou des règlements existants n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\nARTICLE 21.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes se communiqueront, par l'intermédiaire du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas :\n\n(a.) Les textes des lois et des règlements administratifs existants concernant les matières visées par la présente convention, ou édictés en vertu de ses clauses;\n\nPage 29\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "4\n\nARTICLE 12.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes exigeront des fabricants et commerçants munis de ces permis la consignation sur leurs livres de toutes transactions concernant la fabrication, l'importation, la vente, la distribution et l'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs. Cette règle ne s'appliquera pas forcément aux prescriptions médicales et aux ventes faites par des pharmaciens dûment autorisés.\n\nARTICLE 13.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes entreprendront de faire contrôler ces fabricants et commerçants ainsi que les bâtiments où ils exercent cette industrie ou ce commerce.\n\nARTICLE 14.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes prohiberont dans leur commerce intérieur toute cession de morphine, de cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, à toutes personnes non autorisées.\n\nARTICLE 15.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes interdiront, en tenant compte des différences de leurs conditions commerciales, l'importation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs à d'autres qu'à des personnes autorisées.\n\nARTICLE 16.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes s'engagent à prohiber, par des conventions spéciales ou autrement, l'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs de leurs pays et colonies vers les pays, colonies ou territoires à bail des autres Puissances contractantes, sauf dans le cas où le destinataire aura reçu un permis accordé conformément aux lois du pays importateur l'autorisant à importer ces drogues.\n\nCependant, tout Gouvernement désirant profiter des stipulations de cet article devra donner de temps en temps aux Gouvernements des pays exportateurs des renseignements relatifs aux personnes auxquelles des permis d'importation auront été accordés pour la morphine, la cocaïne et leurs sels respectifs.\n\nARTICLE 17.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes appliqueront des lois et des règlements de fabrication, d'importation, de vente ou d'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs :\n\n(a.) A l'opium médicinal;\n\n(b.) A toutes les préparations (officinales et non officinales y compris les remèdes dits anti-opium) contenant plus de 2 pour cent de morphine ou plus de 1 pour cent de cocaïne;\n\n(c) A l'héroïne, ses sels et préparations contenant plus de 1 pour cent d'héroïne;\n\n(d) A la codéine, ses sels et préparations contenant plus de 4 pour cent de codéine;\n\n(e.) A tout nouveau dérivé de la morphine, de la cocaïne ou de leurs sels respectifs ou à tout autre alcaloïde de l'opium qui pourrait, à la suite de recherches scientifiques, donner lieu à des abus analogues et avoir pour résultat les mêmes effets nuisibles.\n\nChapitre IV.\n\nARTICLE 18.\n\nLes Puissances contractantes examineront la possibilité de prendre des mesures rendant passible de peines la possession illégale de l'opium brut, de l'opium préparé, de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, à moins que des lois existantes n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\n5\n\nEnclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n(B.)\n\nCONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L'OPIUM: COMITÉ DE RÉDACTION.\n\nProjets de Rédaction.\n\nRatifications.\n\n225\n\nLA présente convention sera ratifiée dans un délai aussi court que possible, et qui, en aucun cas, ne pourra excéder un an.\n\nLes ratifications seront déposées à La Haye.\n\nLe premier dépôt des ratifications sera constaté par un procès-verbal signé par les représentants des Puissances qui y prennent part et par le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas. Ce premier dépôt de ratifications pourra avoir lieu dès que six des Puissances signataires auront déclaré au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas qu'elles sont prêtes à déposer leurs instruments de ratification.\n\nCopie certifiée conforme du procès-verbal relatif au premier dépôt des ratifications sera immédiatement remise, par les soins du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et par la voie diplomatique, à toutes les Puissances signataires de la présente convention.\n\nLes dépôts ultérieurs de ratifications se feront au moyen d'une notification écrite, accompagnée de l'instrument de ratification, et adressée au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas, qui les notifiera aux Gouvernements intéressés au fur et à mesure de leur réception.\n\nAdhésion.\n\nLes Puissances non signataires sont admises à adhérer à la présente convention. Immédiatement après le premier dépôt des ratifications, le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas invitera toutes les Puissances non signataires de l'Europe et de l'Amérique à adhérer à la convention.\n\nLa Puissance qui désire adhérer notifie par écrit son intention au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas en lui transmettant l'acte d'adhésion, qui sera déposé dans les archives dudit Gouvernement.\n\nCe Gouvernement donnera immédiatement à toutes les Puissances signataires et à toutes celles qui auront déjà adhéré avis de cette adhésion, en indiquant la date à laquelle il aura reçu cette notification et en y ajoutant, s'il y a lieu, les réserves éventuelles.\n\nLa présente convention n'entrera en vigueur qu'un an après la date où le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas aura reçu et les ratifications de toutes les Puissances et la notification de l'adhésion de la dernière nation mentionnée dans l'article précédent.\n\nLe Gouvernement des Pays-Bas notifiera cette dernière adhésion en attirant l'attention des Puissances sur cet article.\n\nSi deux ans après la date de la signature de la présente convention le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas n'a pas pu faire la communication mentionnée à l'article précédent, il invitera toutes les Puissances qui auront ratifié la convention ou qui y auront adhéré à envoyer des délégués à La Haye pour délibérer sur les conditions dans lesquelles la convention pourra être mise néanmoins en vigueur en totalité ou en partie.\n\nDénonciation.\n\nS'il arrivait qu'une des Puissances contractantes voulût dénoncer la présente convention, la dénonciation sera notifiée par écrit au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas, qui communiquera immédiatement copie certifiée conforme de la notification à toutes les autres Puissances en leur faisant savoir la date à laquelle il l'a reçue.\n\nLa dénonciation ne produira ses effets qu'à l'égard de la Puissance qui l'aura notifiée et un an après que la notification en sera parvenue au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas.\n\n[2297 gg--1]\n\nC",
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        "content_text": "14\n\nso-called anti-opium remedies, which for the most part contained opium, morphine, or cocaine. After some discussion, during which Dr. Wu-Lien-Teh showed, from a series of analyses that had been made in regard to a number of these remedies, that nearly all of them contained opium or morphine, even though in some cases warranted not to do so, the resolution was passed unanimously in the following form:--\n\n\"La conférence, constatant que, dans les pays où des efforts ont été faits pour combattre l'abus de l'opium, on a été amené à faire usage de soi-disant remèdes anti-opium, contenant de l'opium, de la morphine ou de la cocaïne, décide que les Gouvernements participants prendront contre ces remèdes dangereux des mesures analogues à celles qui sont proposées contre l'opium, la morphine, la cocaïne et contre leurs sels respectifs.\"\n\nThe substance of this resolution has been embodied in article 14 (b) of the final convention, which lays down that any preparations, whether styled anti-opium remedies or not, containing more than 2 per cent. of morphine or 1 per cent of cocaine, shall be treated in the same way as those drugs.\n\n57. The Chinese delegation then submitted a series of resolutions having special reference to China, and to the Powers having special treaties with the Chinese Government. These resolutions had been previously discussed with us before they had been presented, and they had been worded in accordance with suggestions we had made.\n\nThe first two resolutions were to the effect that:--\n\n(1) The participating Governments agree to co-operate with the Chinese Government in the prevention of the smuggling of opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., from their colonies in the Far East, or from their leased territories in China into Chinese territory, while the Chinese Government will similarly co-operate towards the prevention of such smuggling from China into the colonies and territories in question.\n\n(2) With a view to giving practical effect to the principle embodied in resolution No. 9 of the Shanghai commission, the Chinese Government will enact pharmaceutical laws for its subjects, regulating the sale and distribution of morphine, cocaine, &c., and will communicate these laws to the treaty Powers represented at the conference. These Powers will, if they find the said laws acceptable, take the necessary steps for applying them to their own nationals in China.\n\nThese two resolutions were carried as they stood.\n\n58. The third resolution was to the effect that the participating Governments would undertake to adopt all necessary measures to restrict and control the smoking of opium in their leased territories, settlements, or concessions in China, and to suppress any opium smoking divans, &c., that might still exist there, as also to prohibit the smoking of opium in places of public amusement and houses of ill-fame.\n\nTo this resolution the German delegation moved an amendment, which was adopted, to the effect that the suppression of opium-smoking divans, &c., should take place pari passu with similar measures adopted by the Chinese Government in its own territories.\n\n59. The fourth resolution, as carried with a verbal amendment suggested by the French delegation, proposed that the participating Powers should take effective measures for the gradual reduction, pari passu with similar measures taken by the Chinese Government, of the number of shops dealing in opium, which may still exist in their leased settlements, territories or concessions, and that they should adopt suitable and effective measures for the restriction and control of the retail trade in opium in these areas.\n\n60. The fifth resolution, after some alteration in the original wording which took place after discussion thereon, was to the following effect:--\n\n\"The participating Governments possessing post offices of their own in China undertake to adopt stringent measures to prevent the illegal importation into China, as well as the transmission from one part of China to another through the agency of their aforesaid post offices, of opium, whether raw or prepared, of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts, and of the other substances dealt with in the convention.\"\n\n61. All these resolutions, subject to the amendments above indicated, passed without opposition, but Siam and Persia abstained from voting as not having treaties with China. The resolutions were originally embodied, as having special reference to the conditions of China and to circumstances which did not affect some of the conference Powers, in a separate supplementary convention. At the fourteenth session, however,\n\n15\n\n278\n\nwhen the articles came up for discussion in this form, the Chinese delegation proposed that they should figure in the main convention, on the ground that they were of primary importance, and that their relegation to a separate convention would seem to place China on a footing apart from the other conference Powers. After some discussion the matter was referred to the Drafting Committee, which recommended (section II of its report on a variety of matters which had been referred to it, contained in the minutes of the fifteenth session) that to meet the Chinese wish, and with the alteration of \"contracting Powers\" into \"contracting Powers having treaties with China,\" the articles should figure in the main convention. This proposal came up for discussion at the sixteenth session, and was adopted, Persia and Siam alone dissenting. The articles now figure as Nos. 15 to 19 of Chapter IV in the final convention, and in signing the convention the Siamese and Persian delegates indicated that they did so with a reserve on the subject of these articles, since they have no special treaties with China. We could never understand why these delegations, and especially that of Siam, were so tenacious in pressing this point, since obviously the chapter, as now worded, could only refer to the treaty Powers.\n\n62. The Drafting Committee then put before the conference three drafts, comprising:--\n\n(a) Draft articles of a convention embodying the general resolutions already passed on the subject of opium, raw and prepared, morphine, cocaine, &c.\n\n(b) Draft articles on the subject of ratification, adhesion, and denunciation.\n\n(c) A draft final protocol.\n\nA preliminary reading was then given to document (a), and some verbal amendments were introduced.\n\n63. At the twelfth session (20th December) the conference proceeded to the discussion of the first portion of document (b), which dealt with the procedure in regard to ratification coming into force, adhesion coming into force, and denunciation in respect of the convention. The procedure submitted for discussion was as follows:--\n\n(1) There would be a premier dépôt des ratifications at The Hague as soon as several signatory Powers were prepared to ratify.\n\n(2) The remaining participating Powers would ratify subsequently by written notification.\n\n(3) All outside Powers should then be invited to adhere.\n\n(4) The convention would come into force a year after the Netherlands Government had received the ratifications of all the contracting Powers and the adhesion of all the outside Powers above mentioned.\n\n(5) If, however, matters were not so far advanced two years after the signing of the convention, all the Powers that had by that time ratified or adhered were to be invited to send delegates to a fresh conference at The Hague to consider the conditions under which the convention might nevertheless be wholly or partially enforced.\n\n(6) A subsequent denunciation of the convention by any Power would apply only to that Power, and would come into effect a year after notice of denunciation had been given.\n\n6. In regard to the first condition above mentioned, we proposed, to expedite matters, that the convention should in any case be ratified by the participating Powers within six months, and, subject to an American amendment which extended the period to one year, this was carried. As regards the third condition, we also procured an amendment providing that invitation to the outside Powers should take place after the premier dépôt instead of after universal ratification, and that the premier dépôt might have effect as soon as six Powers were ready to ratify.\n\nThe discussion of the draft did not proceed further before our Christmas recess, but at the thirteenth session we tabled an important amendment with reference to the manner in which the convention was to come into force, which is given in paragraph 77 infra.\n\nThis amendment was referred to the Drafting Committee.\n\n65. The Germans had at the same time drawn up an additional draft article on the subject of denunciation to the following effect:--\n\n\"In case a nation which, up to the date of signing the present convention, has not produced opium or manufactured morphine, cocaine, &c., should engage in such production or manufacture, every Power within whose territories opium is produced, or\n\nLy",
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        "content_text": "30\n\nof Persia and Siam in regard to articles 15 to 19; and by the Persian delegate alone in regard to article 3 (a).\n\n131. Looking now to the convention as a whole, it will be observed, from the foregoing history of the proceedings of the conference, that its chapter I, dealing with raw opium, is based on resolutions submitted by the British delegation, while in framing the resolutions which formed the basis of chapter II (prepared opium) the chief initiative came from the United States delegation.\n\n132. Chapter III, dealing with medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., may be said to be of Anglo-German parentage. The original resolutions which formed its foundation were moved by our delegation after private conference with the Germans; and, as has been shown, the German delegation later on procured important amendments to some of the articles.\n\n133. Chapter IV again, which contains the special articles relating to China, may be said to owe its origin to Anglo-Chinese initiative. The actual resolutions on which it was founded were brought forward by the Chinese delegation, but they had previously consulted us on the subject and we had had much to say in regard to the wording.\n\n134. Of the two articles in chapter V, article 20, on the subject of taking measures against the illegal possession of opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., is due to British initiative; while article 21, dealing with the exchange of information in regard to laws statistics, &c., owes its existence to an American resolution.\n\n135. Finally, the effectuating clauses in chapter VI may again be described as of Anglo-German parentage. The framework of the scheme which they embody was put forward by the German delegation, but we procured material amendments.\n\n136. We may now fittingly consider how far, and with what extension, the recommendations contained in the resolutions of the Shanghai Commission of 1909 have found place in the present convention.\n\nThe first of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows :--\n\nThat the International Opium Commission recognises the unswerving sincerity of the Government of China in their efforts to eradicate the production and consumption of opium throughout the Empire; the increasing body of public opinion among their own subjects by which these efforts are being supported; and the real, though unequal, progress already made in a task which is one of the greatest magnitude.\n\nThere was no necessity for framing any article in this sense. The good faith of the Chinese Government was of course assumed by the conference.\n\nAs a matter of fact, one of the main difficulties felt by some of the delegations was in regard to the difference between Chinese protestations of what they had done and were going to do in the matter of the suppression of the poppy, &c., and actual facts and probabilities. These doubts were accentuated by the revolutionary movement which was in active progress while the conference sat; by the apparent certainty that a Chinese Federal Republic would result in still less control over the provincial administrations that had been obtained by the Empire; and by the minous news that in some tracts the revolutionary authorities had permitted the recrudescence of poppy cultivation. Such doubts were, however, only allowed to appear when the Chinese delegation themselves brought the matter into prominence by injudicious or uncalled-for action.\n\n137. The second of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows:-\n\nThat in view of the action taken by the Government of China in suppressing the practice of opium-smoking, and by other Governments to the same end, the International Opium Commission recommends that each delegation concerned move its own Government to take measures for the gradual suppression of the practice of opium-smoking in its own territories and possessions, with due regard to the varying circumstances of each country concerned.\n\nThis policy has found place in article 6 of the convention, which extends the policy of effective suppression to the production, internal distribution and use of prepared opium. It was recognised that such policy could, in the case of some countries, be only of gradual application, and that the repressive measures contemplated must be suitable to the varying circumstances of the countries concerned.\n\n138. As regards the application of this article in His Majesty's dominions in the Far East, it may be pointed out that as shown in Sir William Meyer's paper, which forms Appendix II to this report, the policy indicated has been adequately complied\n\n31.\n\n286\n\nwith, so far as circumstances permit, in Burmah, where the consumption of opium is mainly in the form of smoking. The consumption of opium by Burmans is limited to persons specially registered as having been confirmed smokers in 1894, and this class is now diminishing to total extinction. As regards the non-Burman element of the population, consumption is stringently restricted by special regulations and preventive measures; but it is clear, as the Government of India have pointed out, that a policy of total prohibition would, in present circumstances, be practically impossible of successful application by reason of (1) the floating character of a large part of this population, which prevents the registration of individual habitués; (2) the present impossibility of exercising adequate control over certain hill tracts in the north where the poppy is grown to a certain extent; (3) the continued existence, as yet, of Chinese production on the border; and (4) the danger of more deleterious drugs, such as morphine and cocaine, taking the place of opium.\n\nIn India proper, again, as will also be seen from Appendix II, while there has been no categorical prohibition of opium-smoking by individuals, measures recently adopted will have the same practical effect.\n\n139. As regards the colonies, &c., it will be observed from Appendix III that in Wei-hai Wei and Ceylon it has been found possible to institute a system of registration, as in regard to Burman consumers, which will gradually abolish opium consumption, while in the Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong, where the floating character of the Chinese population precludes such a system at present, the policy of the Government has been to restrict the opium traffic as far as possible. Here again, however, the danger of morphine and cocaine coming in as substitutes has hitherto formed a very difficult barrier to the policy of prohibition. The successful application of the measures which the conference has framed against morphine and cocaine will, therefore, also be of material assistance in facilitating more drastic action against opium-smoking.\n\n140. The third of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows:---\n\nThat the International Opium Commission finds that the use of opium in any form otherwise than for medical purposes is held by almost every participating country to be a matter for prohibition or for careful regulation; and that each country in the administration of its system of regulation purports to be aiming, as opportunity offers, at progressively increasing stringency. In recording these conclusions, the International Opium Commission recognises the wide variations between the conditions prevailing in the different countries, but it would urge on the attention of the Governments concerned the desirability of a re-examination of their systems of regulation in the light of the experience of other countries dealing with the same problem.\n\nRead with the resolution preceding it, this resolution was clearly to apply mainly to raw opium primarily used for eating, and this matter is dealt with in article 1 of the convention.\n\n141. In this article, as in the original resolution, there is no attempt to aim at the extinction of the use of raw opium otherwise than by medical prescription, a policy which could not, of course, have been accepted in India, for example, for the reasons stated in Sir William Meyer's paper in Appendix I of this report. What is agreed on is that there shall be effectual laws or regulations to control the production and distribution of raw opium, and that condition has already been complied with in India and in the Far Eastern colonies. Such measures must necessarily, as the Shanghai Commission recognised, depend on the internal characteristics of the countries concerned; but each country is morally bound to revise its regulations from time to time in the direction of greater stringency, and to learn if it can, as the commission suggested, from action taken elsewhere in so doing. It is largely, indeed, with this object that article 21 of the convention prescribes the interchange of information in regard to laws and measures, present or future, on the subject of the matters dealt with by the conference, as well as the exchange of statistics.\n\n142. We may further point out, with reference to resolutions 2 and 3 of the Shanghai Commission, that\n\n(1.) Article 20 of the convention pledges the contracting Powers to investigate the possibility of making penal regulations (such as already exist in India, for example) against the illegal possession of opium and other drugs dealt with by the convention, if such measures have not already been taken.\n\n(2.) The first part of article 17, and article 18, impose upon the contracting Powers having treaties with China the obligation (a) of taking measures to restrict and control opium-smoking in their leased territories and settlements in China; and (b) of\n\n......",
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        "content_text": "334\n\n14\n\nso-called anti-opium remedies, which for the most part contained opium, morphine, or cocaine. After some discussion, during which Dr. Wu-Lien-Teb showed, from a series of analyses that had been made in regard to a number of these remedies, that nearly all of them contained opium or morphine, even though in some cases warranted not to do so, the resolution was passed unanimously in the following form:\n\n\"La conférence, constatant que, dans les pays où des efforts ont été faits pour combattre l'abus de l'opium, on a été amené à faire usage de soi-disant remèdes anti-opium, contenant de l'opium, de la morphine ou de la cocaine, décide que les Gouvernements participants prendront contre ces remèdes dangereux des mesures analogues à celles qui sont proposées contre l'opium, la morphine, la cocaïne et contre leurs sels respectifs.\"\n\nThe substance of this resolution has been embodied in article 14 (6) of the final convention, which lays down that any preparations, whether styled anti-opium remedies or not, containing more than 2 per cent. of morphine or 1 per cent of cocaine, shall be treated in the same way as those drugs.\n\n57. The Chinese delegation then submitted a series of resolutions having special reference to China, and to the Powers having special treaties with the Chinese Government. These resolutions had been previously discussed with us before they had been presented, and they had been worded in accordance with suggestions we had made.\n\nThe first two resolutions were to the effect that:\n\n(1) The participating Governments agree to co-operate with the Chinese Government in the prevention of the smuggling of opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., from their colonies in the Far East, or from their leased territories in China into Chinese territory, while the Chinese Government will similarly co-operate towards the prevention of such smuggling from China into the colonies and territories in question.\n\n(2) With a view to giving practical effect to the principle embodied in resolution No. 9 of the Shanghai commission, the Chinese Government will enact pharmaceutical laws for its subjects, regulating the sale and distribution of morphine, cocaine, &c., and will communicate these laws to the treaty Powers represented at the conference. These Powers will, if they find the said laws acceptable, take the necessary steps for applying them to their own nationals in China.\n\nThese two resolutions were carried as they stood.\n\n58. The third resolution was to the effect that the participating Governments would undertake to adopt all necessary measures to restrict and control the smoking of opium in their leased territories, settlements, or concessions in China, and to suppress any opium-smoking divans, &c., that might still exist there, as also to prohibit the smoking of opium in places of public amusement and houses of ill-fame.\n\nTo this resolution the German delegation moved an amendment, which was adopted, to the effect that the suppression of opium-smoking divans, &c., should take place pari passu with similar measures adopted by the Chinese Government in its own territories.\n\n59. The fourth resolution, as carried with a verbal amendment suggested by the French delegation, proposed that the participating Powers should take effective measures for the gradual reduction, pari passu with similar measures taken by the Chinese Government, of the number of shops dealing in opium, which may still exist in their leased settlements, territories or concessions, and that they should adopt suitable and effective measures for the restriction and control of the retail trade in opium in these areas.\n\n60. The fifth resolution, after some alteration in the original wording which took place after discussion thereon, was to the following effect:\n\n\"The participating Governments possessing post offices of their own in China undertake to adopt stringent measures to prevent the illegal importation into China, as well as the transmission from one part of China to another through the agency of their aforesaid post offices, of opium, whether raw or prepared, of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts, and of the other substances dealt with in the convention.\"\n\n61. All these resolutions, subject to the amendments above indicated, passed without opposition, but Siam and Persia abstained from voting as not having treaties with China. The resolutions were originally embodied, as having special reference to the conditions of China and to circumstances which did not affect some of the conference Powers, in a separate supplementary convention. At the fourteenth session, however,\n\non\n\n15\n\nwhen the articles came up for discussion in this form, the Chinese delegation proposed that they should figure in the main convention, on the ground that they were of primary importance, and that their relegation to a separate convention would seem to place China on a footing apart from the other conference Powers. After some discussion the matter was referred to the Drafting Committee, which recommended (section II of its report on a variety of matters which had been referred to it, contained in the minutes of the fifteenth session) that to meet the Chinese wish, and with the alteration of “contracting Powers\" into \"contracting Powers having treaties with China,\" the articles should figure in the main convention. This proposal came up for discussion at the sixteenth session, and was adopted, Persia and Siam alone dissenting. The articles now figure as Nos. 15 to 19 of Chapter IV in the final convention, and in signing the convention the Siamese and Persian delegates indicated that they did so with a reserve on the subject of these articles, since they have no special treaties with China. We could never understand why these delegations, and especially that of Siam, were so tenacious in pressing this point, since obviously the chapter, as now worded, could only refer to the treaty Powers.\n\n62. The Drafting Committee then put before the conference three drafts, comprising:\n\n(a) Draft articles of a convention embodying the general resolutions already passed on the subject of opium, raw and prepared, morphine, cocaine, &c.\n\n(b) Draft articles on the subject of ratification, adhesion, and denunciation.\n\n(c) A draft final protocol.\n\nA preliminary reading was then given to document (a), and some verbal amendments were introduced.\n\n63. At the twelfth session (20th December) the conference proceeded to the discussion of the first portion of document (b), which dealt with the procedure in regard to ratification coming into force, adhesion coming into force, and denunciation in respect of the convention. The procedure submitted for discussion was as follows:\n\n(1) There would be a premier dépôt des ratifications at The Hague as soon as several signatory Powers were prepared to ratify.\n\n(2) The remaining participating Powers would ratify subsequently by written notification.\n\n(3) All outside Powers should then be invited to adhere.\n\n(4) The convention would come into force a year after the Netherlands Government had received the ratifications of all the contracting Powers and the adhesion of all the outside Powers above mentioned.\n\n(5) If, however, matters were not so far advanced two years after the signing of the convention, all the Powers that had by that time ratified or adhered were to be invited to send delegates to a fresh conference at The Hague to consider the conditions under which the convention might nevertheless be wholly or partially enforced.\n\n(6) A subsequent denunciation of the convention by any Power would apply only to that Power, and would come into effect a year after notice of denunciation had been given.\n\n64. In regard to the first condition above mentioned, we proposed, to expedite matters, that the convention should in any case be ratified by the participating Powers within six months, and, subject to an American amendment which extended the period to one year, this was carried. As regards the third condition, we also procured an amendment providing that invitation to the outside Powers should take place after the premier dépôt instead of after universal ratification, and that the premier dépôt might have effect as soon as six Powers were ready to ratify.\n\nThe discussion of the draft did not proceed further before our Christmas recess, but\n\nat the thirteenth session we tabled an important amendment with reference to the manner in which the convention was to come into force, which is given in paragraph 77 infra.\n\nThis amendment was referred to the Drafting Committee.\n\n65. The Germans had at the same time drawn up an additional draft article on the subject of denunciation to the following effect:\n\n\"In case a nation which, up to the date of signing the present convention, has not produced opium or manufactured morphine, cocaine, &c., should engage in such production or manufacture, every Power within whose territories opium is produced, or",
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        "content_text": "30\n\nof Persia and Siam in regard to articles 15 to 19; and by the Persian delegate alone in regard to article 3 (a).\n\n131. Looking now to the convention as a whole, it will be observed, from the foregoing history of the proceedings of the conference, that its chapter I, dealing with raw opium, is based on resolutions submitted by the British delegation, while in framing the resolutions which formed the basis of chapter II (prepared opium) the chief initiative came from the United States delegation.\n\n132. Chapter III, dealing with medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., may be said to be of Anglo-German parentage. The original resolutions which formed its foundation were moved by our delegation after private conference with the Germans; and, as has been shown, the German delegation later on procured important amendments to some of the articles.\n\n133. Chapter IV again, which contains the special articles relating to China, may be said to owe its origin to Anglo-Chinese initiative. The actual resolutions on which it was founded were brought forward by the Chinese delegation, but they had previously consulted us on the subject and we had had much to say in regard to the wording.\n\n134. Of the two articles in chapter V, article 20, on the subject of taking measures against the illegal possession of opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., is due to British initiative; while article 21, dealing with the exchange of information in regard to laws statistics, &c., owes its existence to an American resolution.\n\n135. Finally, the effectuating clauses in chapter VI may again be described as of Anglo-German parentage. The framework of the scheme which they embody was put forward by the German delegation, but we procured material amendments.\n\n136. We may now fittingly consider how far, and with what extension, the recommendations contained in the resolutions of the Shanghai Commission of 1909 have found place in the present convention.\n\nThe first of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows:—\n\n“That the International Opium Commission recognises the unswerving sincerity of the Government of China in their efforts to eradicate the production and consumption of opium throughout the Empire; the increasing body of public opinion among their own subjects by which these efforts are being supported; and the real, though unequal, progress already made in a task which is one of the greatest magnitude.”\n\nThere was no necessity for framing any article in this sense. The good faith of the Chinese Government was of course assured by the conference.\n\nAs a matter of fact, one of the main difficulties felt by some of the delegations was in regard to the difference between Chinese protestations of what they had done and were going to do in the matter of the suppression of the poppy, &c., and actual facts and probabilities. These doubts were accentuated by the revolutionary movement which was in active progress while the conference sat; by the apparent certainty that a Chinese Federal Republic would result in still less control over the provincial administrations that had been obtained by the Empire; and by the ominous news that in some tracts the revolutionary authorities had permitted the recrudescence of poppy cultivation. Such doubts were, however, only allowed to appear when the Chinese delegation themselves brought the matter into prominence by injudicious or uncalled-for action.\n\n137. The second of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows:—\n\n“That in view of the action taken by the Government of China in suppressing the practice of opium-smoking, and by other Governments to the same end, the International Opium Commission recommends that each delegation concerned move its own Government to take measures for the gradual suppression of the practice of opium-smoking in its own territories and possessions, with due regard to the varying circumstances of each country concerned.'\n\nThis policy has found place in article 6 of the convention, which extends the policy of effective suppression to the production, internal distribution and use of prepared opium. It was recognised that such policy could, in the case of some countries, be only of gradual application, and that the repressive measures contemplated must be suitable to the varying circumstances of the countries concerned.\n\n138. As regards the application of this article in His Majesty's dominions in the Far East, it may be pointed out that as shown in Sir William Meyer's paper, which forms Appendix II to this report, the policy indicated has been adequately complied\n\n31\n\nis\n\nwith, so far as circumstances permit, in Burmah, where the consumption of opium is mainly in the form of smoking. The consumption of opium by Burmans is limited to persons specially registered as having been confirmed smokers in 1894, and this class is now diminishing to total extinction. As regards the non-Burman element of the population, consumption is stringently restricted by special regulations and preventive measures; but it is clear, as the Government of India have pointed out, that a policy of total prohibition would, in present circumstances, be practically impossible of successful application by reason of (1) the floating character of a large part of this population, which prevents the registration of individual habitués; (2) the present impossibility of exercising adequate control over certain hill tracts in the north where the poppy is grown to a certain extent; (3) the continued existence, as yet, of Chinese production on the border; and (4) the danger of more deleterious drugs, such as morphine and cocaine, taking the place of opium.\n\nIn India proper, again, as will also be seen from Appendix II, while there has been no categorical prohibition of opium-smoking by individuals, measures recently adopted will have the same practical effect.\n\n139. As regards the colonies, &c., it will be observed from Appendix III that in Wei-hai Wei and Ceylon it has been found possible to institute a system of registration, as in regard to Burman consumers, which will gradually abolish opium consumption, while in the Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong, where the floating character of the Chinese population precludes such a system at present, the policy of the Government has been to restrict the opium traffic as far as possible. Here again, however, the danger of morphine and cocaine coming in as substitutes has hitherto formed a very difficult barrier to the policy of prohibition. The successful application of the measures which the conference has framed against morphine and cocaine will, therefore, also be of material assistance in facilitating more drastic action against opium-smoking.\n\n140. The third of the Shanghai resolutions was as follows:-\n\n“That the International Opium Commission finds that the use of opium in any form otherwise than for medical purposes is held by almost every participating country to be a matter for prohibition or for careful regulation; and that each country in the administration of its system of regulation purports to be aiming, as opportunity offers, at progressively increasing stringency. In recording these conclusions, the International Opium Commission recognises the wide variations between the conditions prevailing in the different countries, but it would urge on the attention of the Governments concerned the desirability of a re-examination of their systems of regulation in the light of the experience of other countries dealing with the same problem.”\n\nRead with the resolution preceding it, this resolution was clearly to apply mainly to raw opium primarily used for eating, and this matter is dealt with in article 1 of the convention.\n\n141. In this article, as in the original resolution, there is no attempt to aim at the extinction of the use of raw opium otherwise than by medical prescription, a policy which could not, of course, have been accepted in India, for example, for the reasons stated in Sir William Meyer's paper in Appendix I of this report. What is agreed on is that there shall be effectual laws or regulations to control the production and distribution of raw opium, and that condition has already been complied with in India and in the Far Eastern colonies. Such measures must necessarily, as the Shanghai Commission recognised, depend on the internal characteristics of the countries concerned; but each country is morally bound to revise its regulations from time to time in the direction of greater stringency, and to learn if it can, as the commission suggested, from action taken elsewhere in so doing. It is largely, indeed, with this object that article 21 of the convention prescribes the interchange of information in regard to laws and measures, present or future, on the subject of the matters dealt with by the conference, as well as the exchange of statistics.\n\n142. We may further point out, with reference to resolutions 2 and 3 of the Shanghai Commission, that—\n\n(1.) 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        "content_text": "# THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nIt was, therefore, the desire of the American as well as the other delegations that nothing should go forth during the sitting of the conference that would lead to a speculative activity in the production of and trade in opium, morphine, and cocaine. This proved to be a wise view, for the convention as signed at The Hague had no sooner been published than there was a large increase in the market price of the drugs, part of which was undoubtedly speculative.\n\nA feature which did not lend itself to the expedition of the work of the conference was the adoption of French as the official language, as provided by Rule XI. At the International Opium Commission, English was the official language because it was the most convenient to the majority of the commissions. A large majority of the delegates to the conference preferred to speak English in spite of Rule XI, and the French delegation expressed itself bilingually. The proceedings were taken down in English, then translated into French, and printed in English as well as French, for the convenience of those delegates who were not thoroughly acquainted with the latter language. This procedure often led to delay, and it was not until the last two or three sessions that the conference could approve of its transactions to that time. This incident alone illustrates the necessity of a conference proceeding by a language most convenient to the majority of the delegates, when it has to deal with questions like the opium and allied questions involving vast economic interests.\n\nRule IV provided for a comité de redaction, or editing committee—the original intention being that this committee should have referred to it the final action of the conference for edition. In practice, however, this committee took up the day-by-day work of the conference, and attempted to reduce it before the ultimate views of the conferees had been expressed. Before the conference had been long in session, disputed questions were also referred to this committee rather than to the program committee, or to a conciliating committee, which, mooted by the American delegation, did not prove to be acceptable to the conference. Some confusion ensued, and it finally became necessary for the conference to add to the editing committee Mr. Asser, the eminent international jurisconsult. Mr. Asser's services proved to be preeminently valuable, and before adjournment, the conference unanimously expressed its debt of gratitude to him.\n\nThe American delegation fruitlessly strove to have the actual work of the conference done in commission and committee—a practice that had been followed with great success by the first and second International Peace Conferences, and by the more recent London Naval Conference. But the majority of the members of the conference insisted on thrashing out intricate and difficult economic and diplomatic questions in the plenary sessions. It is to be hoped that at future Hague conferences, the plan of working details be by commissions and committees which shall report to the conference in plenary session for approval, and after such approval, submit the reports to a small editing committee for final revision.\n\nIn spite of the difficulties attending a defective organization, it is to the great credit of all the representatives that they were animated by a lofty spirit and a determination that the conference should achieve the practical results which had been hoped of it. This hope was fruitful, although the convention, as signed, presents unique features as to ratification and effectuation.\n\n## THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nThe positive results of the conference may be stated as follows: Immediately after the adjournment of the International Opium Commission, there were drafted in the Department of State two measures designed to control the foreign and interstate traffic in the United States of opium, morphine, and cocaine. When the conference assembled, it was soon seen that the principles contained in those measures were principles that could be readily applied by an international conference to the international traffic in the commodities under consideration. It may be said, therefore, that the International Opium Convention, as finally agreed upon, is based in part on well-recognized principles, or proposed principles, of American interstate and navigation law. That part of the convention having to do with central governmental control of the drugs is based on the best European and Japanese practice, which on the whole is far in advance of the practice of our Federal Government.\n\nA review of the convention will make this occult. Chapter I defines raw opium and contains pledges on the part of the powers for the governance of the domestic and international traffic therein; Chapter II, of similar import, applies to opium prepared for smoking; and Chapter III to medicinal opium, morphine, and cocaine. Chapter IV, of five articles, is composed of pledges on the part of the treaty powers represented at the conference aimed to assist China in suppressing her great and vexatious opium problem. Chapter V is composed of article 20 as to possible laws, and article 21 as to illegal possession of opium, to the international exchange of documents and statistics. Chapter VI, of four articles, is composed of final provisions on supplementary signature, ratification, effectuation, and arbitration of the convention such as have never before been seen in an international document.\n\nThe first paragraph of Chapter I gives a practical commercial definition of raw opium and fairly well conforms to the definitions of this substance as provided for many years in tariff legislation of the United States.\n\nBy Article I of the convention, the contracting powers pledge themselves to enact effective laws or regulations to control the production and distribution of raw opium, unless their existing laws and regulations have already regulated the matter. That is, by this article, the interested Governments must effectually bring under some sort of Government supervision, either by the monopoly system as practiced in India, or by authorization of persons, the production and distribution of raw opium.\n\nBy article 2 of the convention, the contracting powers pledge themselves to restrict the number of cities, ports, and other places through which raw opium may be exported or imported. This article is in accord with American practice, for by virtue of the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under authority of the opium exclusion act approved February 9, 1909, the importation of opium into the United States is confined to 12 named ports. In practice, the effect of this article will be to secure a more strict governmental control of the importation and exportation of raw opium for medicinal purposes.\n\n`S. Doc. 733, 62-2——2` \n246",
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        "content_text": "# THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nBy article 14 the contracting powers pledge themselves to apply their laws and regulations governing the manufacture, importation, sale, and exportation of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts to medicinal opium and to all preparations of opium containing not more than 0.2 per cent of morphine or more than 0.1 per cent of cocaine and heroin, and also to any new derivative of morphine and cocaine, or any other alkaloid of opium which might be shown by general scientific research to occasion similar abuses and result in like noxious effects. Article 14 again represents a compromise. The American and several other delegations pressed to have the exceptions in this article as to percentages of morphine, cocaine, and heroin deleted, but failed to accomplish their purpose.\n\nChapter IV is composed of articles governing the opium traffic as it has obtained in the past between China and the nationals of several Governments represented. The interest of the United States in this chapter may be said to be important, because it contains principles for which the Chinese Government and people long contended, principles which were supported by the United States in its first treaty (1844) with China, and by Article II of the treaty of 1880 with China, which directly prohibit American citizens from entering into the Chinese foreign or coastwise traffic in opium. Chapter IV bears somewhat on the great concession made to China by Great Britain by the so-called 10-year agreement of 1907 and the modification of that agreement, signed at Peking May 8, 1911.\n\nTo make this clear a digression may now be made, for one of the purposes of this Government in initiating the international movement for consideration of the opium traffic in the Far East was to have the interested powers determine if the Indo-Chinese opium traffic and the collateral opium traffic to the Philippines could not be mitigated or abolished. Coincident with this purpose, the great leaders of the British Government, more particularly Sir Edward Grey, Lord Morley, Earl Crewe, and Lord Minto as Governor General of India, determined upon an agreement with China by which the Indo-Chinese opium traffic should be abolished pari passu with the suppression of the production of opium in China. During 1907 an important agreement was arrived at by the British and Chinese Governments whereby the then annual exportation of Indian opium, 67,000 chests of about 140 pounds each, was to be reduced by 10 per cent per annum of the then Chinese import of the drug—51,000 chests—on condition that China suppressed her internal production of opium—about 300,000 chests per annum—at the same rate; that is, the total export of opium from India to all countries was to be reduced by 5,100 chests a year, and the Chinese production by about 30,000 chests, the object being the obliteration of the Indo-Chinese opium traffic and the internal production of opium in China in 10 years, beginning January 1, 1908. This agreement was entered into by both parties with sincerity and determination, and Lord Morley later intimated that should China outrun her part, the British Government would modify the agreement in her favor. There was a great and widespread doubt as to China's ability to live up to the agreement of 1907. But by April, 1911, the Chinese Government was able to demonstrate to a British official appointed for that purpose that they had more than carried out their part of the agreement by completely suppressing the production of opium in certain of the Chinese provinces, and reducing the production in other provinces from 30 to 75 per cent.\n\n## THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nIt is worthy of note that the British official just referred to, Sir Alexander Hosie, a representative of the British Government at the International Opium Commission, reported that in the great Province of Szechuan, which, before the Anglo-Chinese Agreement of 1907, was producing more than 200,000 piculs (picul = 133.4 pounds) of opium, had completely suppressed its production at the time he reported, and that in the great Province of Yunnan, where there has been a production of 60,000 piculs, such production has been reduced 75 per cent. This had been accomplished by a loosely organized empire as the result of imperial edicts which, running through the land, received the moral support of a great majority of the Chinese people, their viceroys and governors of provinces, magistrates, and other officials. Thereupon on May 8, 1911, the British Government agreed with China that there should be a modification of the agreement of 1907. The chief points of the new agreement are as follows:\n\n| Point | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | The British Government recognizing the sincerity of the Chinese Government and their pronounced success in diminishing the production of opium in China during the three years from January 1, 1908, expressed their willingness to continue the arrangement for the unexpired period of seven years on the following conditions: |\n| 2 | From the 1st of January, 1911, China shall diminish annually for seven years the production of opium in China in the same proportion as the annual export from India is diminished until total extinction of the Chinese production in 1917. |\n| 3 | The Chinese Government having adopted a most rigorous policy for prohibiting the production and the transport of native opium produced in China, the British Government expressed their agreement with this policy and their willingness to give every assistance. With a view to facilitating the continuance of this work, His Majesty's Government agree that the export of opium from India to China shall cease in less than seven years if clear proof is given of the complete suppression of the production of native opium in China. |\n| 4 | His Majesty's Government also agreed that Indian opium shall not be conveyed into any Province in China which can establish by clear evidence that it has effectively suppressed the cultivation and import of native opium produced in China. |\n| 5 | During the period of the new agreement China shall permit His Majesty's Government to obtain continuous evidence of the diminution of production of native opium by local inquiries and investigation conducted by one or more British officials, accompanied—if the Chinese Government so desire—by a Chinese official. The decision of these inspectors as to the extent of the production of native opium in China is to be accepted by both parties to the agreement. |\n| 6 | By the arrangement of 1907, the British Government agreed to permit China to dispatch an official to India to watch the opium sales, on condition that such official would have no power of interference. His Majesty's Government now agree that the official so dispatched may be present at the packing, as well as at the sale of opium on the same conditions. |\n| 7 | The Chinese Government undertakes to levy a uniform tax on all opium produced in the Chinese Empire, while the British Government consents to the increase in the present import duty on Indian opium to 350 taels per chest of 100 catties—such increase to take effect as soon as the Chinese Government levy an equivalent excise tax on all native opium. |\n| 8 | With a view to assisting China in the suppression of opium, the British Government undertakes that from 1911, the Government of India will issue an export permit, with a consecutive number for each chest of Indian opium declared for shipment to or for consumption in China. During the year 1911 the number of permits so issued is not to exceed 30,000, and shall be progressively reduced annually by 5,100 during the remaining six years ending 1917. His Majesty's Government undertakes that each chest of opium for which such permit has been granted shall be sealed by an official deputed by the Indian Government, in the presence of the Chinese official, if so requested. |\n| 9 | Both parties agree that should it appear on subsequent experience desirable at any time during the unexpired portion of seven years to modify the agreement or any part thereof, it may be revised by mutual consent. |",
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        "content_text": "# THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nThe agreement of 1911 has an annex providing for the release into China of some thousands of chests of opium held by traders. But the number of these chests is to be deducted from the gradually waning annual exportation from India, permitted by the agreement of 1907 and by the later agreement.\n\nThe agreement of 1907 between Great Britain and China, and the modification of that agreement of May 8, 1911, just outlined, is perhaps the finest example of the comity of nations recorded in modern times. After a controversy sustained for over 100 years both parties to the Indo-Chinese opium trade have now determined upon the gradual and effective suppression of that trade, and one of them--China--has agreed, and has so far most effectively carried out its agreement, to suppress an internal production of opium six times greater than the foreign traffic in the drug.\n\nThe acceptance of Chapter IV of the International Opium Convention by the treaty powers represented at the conference broadens this comity and will prevent any nation signatory to the convention taking unfair advantage of the special Anglo-Chinese agreement.\n\nTo continue an outline of the International Opium Convention, it may be stated that by Chapter V, composed of two articles, the contracting powers agree to examine the possibility of enacting laws or regulations making the illegal possession of the drugs named in the convention liable to penalties unless existing laws or regulations have already done so; and they are to communicate to each other through the Netherlands ministry for foreign affairs the text of the laws and the administrative regulations which concern matters aimed at by the convention; also statistical information with respect to that which concerns the traffics covered by the convention.\n\nBut especially attention should be directed to Chapter VI of the convention containing its final provisions. This chapter, composed of articles 22, 23, 24, and 25, marks a radical departure from final provisions as seen in any other international convention.\n\nIt recognizes the futility of an attempt on the part of a minority of the powers of the world to bring under control the international traffic in anything which may be produced or trafficked in by the nationals of any State, and would seem to have irretrievably determined that future international conferences, such as the International Opium Conference, must be composed of and its convention to be effective signed by an overwhelming majority of the States directly or indirectly interested. Nearly all international conventions similar to the opium convention heretofore signed have been signed by delegates of a comparatively small number of the major and minor States, and generally speaking, their final provisions have permitted of the adhesion of States not represented at the conference, and have provided for ratification by the signatory powers in the shortest possible time--usually not to exceed two years.\n\nThe International Opium Conference had no sooner assembled than certain of the delegations pointed out that it would be useless for those State represented in the conference, and who were the largest producers and traders in opium, morphine, cocaine, etc., to agree to radical measures for the international control of these drugs, so long as it was open to the nationals of those States not represented at the conference to continue or take up the production of and traffic in them.\n\n## THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nIt was contended by the American delegation, and they were not alone in this contention, that the International Opium Conference was composed of nations representative of the civilized world; therefore that the delegates should pledge their Governments to the convention, and that the ordinary form of adhesion and ratification should be adopted as the final provisions of the convention. The American delegation was urged to this contention by the belief that those Governments interested and not represented at the conference would soon adhere to what had been signed, as they had many times adhered to other conventions to which they were not directly signatory. But this view was not favored by a majority of the delegations present, and the conference finally decided, as provided by article 22 of the convention, that the powers not represented at the conference shall be permitted to sign the present convention, and that to this end the Netherlands Government shall invite immediately after the convention shall have been signed all the powers of Europe and of America not represented at the conference (and then is enumerated the 34 other powers of Europe and America) to designate a delegate armed with the full powers necessary for the signing of the convention at The Hague.\n\nArticle 22 proceeds to provide that the convention shall be furnished with the signatures of the other powers by means of a “Protocol of signature of powers not represented at the conference,” to be added after the signatures of the powers represented, and indicating the date of each signature; and that the Netherlands shall give a monthly notice to all the signatory powers of each supplementary signature.\n\nArticle 23 provides that after all the powers, as much for themselves as for their possessions, colonies, protectorates, and leased territories shall have signed the supplementary protocol of signatures, the Netherland Government shall invite the powers to ratify the convention, together with the protocol of signature.\n\nIn case the signature of all the powers invited shall not have been secured by December 31, 1912, the Netherlands Government shall immediately invite all the powers who have signed by that date to designate delegates to proceed to The Hague to examine into the possibility of nevertheless depositing their ratifications. Ratifications shall then be executed within as short a time as possible, and shall be deposited at once at The Hague in the ministry for foreign affairs. It is also provided that the Netherlands Government shall give notice to all the powers who shall have ratified the convention, and of the date on which the last of such acts of ratification shall have been received.\n\nBy article 24, it is provided that the convention shall go into effect three months after the date on which the Netherlands Government gives notice of ratification to the powers, and again that all laws, regulations, and other measures provided for by the convention shall be drawn up not later than six months after the effectuation of the convention; it is further provided that these measures shall become operative subject to an agreement between the signatory powers at the instance of the Netherlands Government.",
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        "content_text": "# THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nIt is important to notice that the last paragraph of article 24 provides that in case questions shall arise relative to the ratification of the convention, for effectuation of the convention, or the effectuation of the laws, regulations, and measures which the convention involves, the Netherlands Government, if these questions shall not be decided by other means, shall invite all the signatory powers to designate delegates who shall assemble at The Hague to come to an immediate agreement on these questions. This is a novel feature, and as it will be readily seen practically provides for an arbitration at The Hague of any disputes growing out of the terms of the convention. Article 25 of the convention is common form, and contains the usual provision for denunciation, for the deposit of the convention, and for the transmission of certified copies of it to the powers represented at the conference.\n\nIt may be stated that the novel final provisions of the convention were designed because of the difficulties connected with its Chapter III concerning morphine and cocaine. Chapters I and II concerning the production and traffic in raw and prepared opium and Chapter IV concerning China are composed of distinct pledges by the signatory powers made on questions on which there was little or no disagreement, and to which it was thought the powers not represented at the conference would readily adhere. Chapter III, on the other hand, deals with the question of the traffic in morphine and cocaine, on which there was disagreement considerable enough to compel certain of the delegations to hold that the chapter could not be effectuated by the signatory powers until it was subscribed to by the States not represented in the conference. Therefore the novel final provisions were designed because of the difficulties connected with the contents of Chapter III, and the ratification of the entire convention must now wait upon the necessary supplementary signatures of 34 other States. Toward the end of the conference, and with the object of escaping this dilemma, the American delegation proposed that the convention should be broken in two parts--one to be composed of Chapters I, II, IV, and V, on the contents and strict pledges of which all the delegations were agreed, and to have as final articles the ordinary form of such articles in other conventions which provide for adhesion and ratification; the other convention to be composed of Chapters III and VI, the latter to contain the novel final articles as eventually adopted for the convention as it now stands. The American view, however, was not acceptable to a majority of the delegations, and therefore was not pressed.\n\nIn addition to the convention the delegates to the International Opium Conference signed a **protocole de clôture**, which contains the following views: That the conference is of the opinion that there is reason to draw the attention of the Universal Postal Union to the urgency of regulating the transmission by post of raw opium; to the necessity of regulating as far as possible the transmission by post of morphine and cocaine and their respective salts, and of the other substances contemplated by article 14 of the convention; to the necessity of prohibiting the transmission of prepared opium by post and of the advisability of the study of the question of the Indian hemp drugs from the statistical and scientific standpoint with a view to regulating their misuse should the necessity thereof make itself felt.\n\n## THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\nGenerally speaking, it may be said that the convention is satisfactory, and illustrates that the most powerful nations in the world are now agreed that an evil such as the opium evil is never wholly national in its incidence, can never be suppressed by two nations alone--as was supposed to be the case in regard to the Indo-Chinese opium traffic--but that such an evil as it appears in one State is a concomitant or reflex of a similar evil in other States and is therefore international in its moral, humanitarian, economic, and diplomatic effect; that this being so, few evils can be eradicated by national action alone; and therefore only by the cooperation of all the States directly or indirectly interested can such an evil be mitigated or suppressed.\n\nThe convention marks a decided step in advance in the international movement for the suppression of the opium evil initiated by the United States. This movement at first was thought to concern only those countries of the Far East, or those western nations having territorial possessions in the Far East--five or six in number. But it has proceeded by way of a sober international commission of inquiry, composed of commissioners representing 13 nations, and by a conference composed of delegates with full powers representing 12 of these nations. These delegates having formulated and signed on behalf of their Governments a convention containing strict pledges for national legislation and international cooperation, the convention has now been presented to the remaining States of Europe and America--34 in number--for their signature.\n\nBut, quite apart from the contents of the convention itself, the international movement initiated by the United States has had a directly beneficial effect on the interested nations, for pending the assembling and action of the International Opium Commission, and while the diplomatic correspondence, aimed to secure The Hague conference, was in progress, many of the Governments concerned perfected domestic legislation for the suppression of the evils connected with opium and other narcotics, and took measures concerning the export of these drugs which were of international significance.\n\nBy the final provisions of the convention contained in Chapter VI, there will probably be a delay of a year before the convention can be ratified by the signatory powers and those powers who agree to sign the protocol of supplementary signature. That, however, is of little moment compared to the new international comity which has been established by the document, and the furtherance by it of new principles of international commercial law; while the deduction may be made from article 22 of the convention, that all future Hague conferences dealing with matters of general international commerce must be composed of an overwhelming majority of the nations.\n\nThere is, however, one aspect from which the convention may be viewed that should be disquieting to the Government and the people of the United States. It has just been stated that a reflex effect of the initiation by the United States of the international movement for the abatement of the opium evil took the form of improved domestic legislation in nearly all the countries concerned, of very drastic legislation in some, while one country at least--Great Britain--both by national and colonial law, effectuated resolution 4 of the International Opium Commission, as now embodied in article 3 of the International Opium Convention.",
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        "content_text": "# THE OPIUM EVIL.\n\n## CHAPTER IV.\n\n### ARTICLE 11\nThe contracting powers shall take measures to prohibit in their internal commerce all transfer of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts to all non-authorized persons, unless existing measures have already regulated the matter.\n\n### ARTICLE 12\nThe contracting powers, taking the differences in their conditions into account, shall use their best efforts to limit the importation of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts to authorized persons.\n\n### ARTICLE 13\nThe contracting powers shall use their best efforts to adopt, or cause to be adopted, measures to the end that the exportation of cocaine, morphine, and their respective salts from their countries, possessions, colonies, and leased territories to the countries, possessions, colonies, and leased territories of the other contracting powers, except in case the persons for whom the drugs are intended shall have received authorizations or permits granted in conformity with the laws or regulations of the importing country. To this end, every government may from time to time communicate to the governments of the exporting countries lists of the persons to whom authorizations or permits to import morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts shall have been granted.\n\n### ARTICLE 14\nThe contracting powers shall apply the laws and regulations for the manufacture, importation, sale, or exportation of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts:\n| Category | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | To medicinal opium; |\n| (b) | To all preparations (officinal and non-officinal, including the so-called anti-opium remedies) containing more than 0.2 per cent of morphine or more than 0.1 per cent of cocaine; |\n| (c) | To heroin, its salts and preparations containing more than 0.1 per cent of heroin; |\n| (d) | To every new derivative of morphine, cocaine or their respective salts or to any other alkaloid of opium which might, after generally recognized scientific investigations, give rise to similar abuse and to result in the same injurious effects. |\n\n### ARTICLE 15\nThe contracting powers having treaties with China (treaty powers) shall take, in concert with the Chinese Government, the measures necessary for the prevention of the smuggling, as well with respect to Chinese territory as with respect to their colonies in the Far East and the leased territories which they occupy in China, of raw and prepared opium, morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts, as well as of the substances indicated in article 14 of the present convention. On its side, the Chinese Government shall take analogous measures for the suppression of the smuggling of opium and the other substances hereinbefore indicated, from China to foreign colonies and leased territories.\n\n### ARTICLE 16\nThe Chinese Government shall promulgate pharmacy laws for its subjects, regulating the sale and distribution of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts and of the substances indicated in article 14 of the present convention, and shall communicate these laws to the Governments having treaties with China, through the intermediary of their diplomatic representatives at Pekin. The contracting powers having treaties with China shall examine these laws, and, if they find them acceptable, shall take the necessary measures to the end that they be applied to their nationals residing in China.\n\n### ARTICLE 17\nThe contracting powers having treaties with China shall undertake to adopt the measures necessary for the restraint and control of the opium-smoking habit in their leased territories, \"settlements,\" and concessions in China, for the suppression pari passu with the Chinese Government of the opium divans or similar establishments which may still exist there, and for the prohibition of the use of opium in houses of amusement and of prostitution.\n\n### ARTICLE 18\nThe contracting powers having treaties with China shall take effective measures for the gradual reduction, pari passu with the effective measures which the Chinese Government shall take to the same end, of the number of shops, intended for the sale of raw and prepared opium, which may still exist in their leased territories, settlements, and concessions in China. They shall adopt efficacious measures for the restraint and control of the retail trade in opium in the leased territories, settlements, and concessions, unless existing measures have already regulated the matter.\n\n### ARTICLE 19\nThe contracting powers who have post offices in China shall adopt efficacious measures to prohibit the illegal importation into China, in the guise of a postal package, as well as the illegal transmission from one locality to another in China through the intermediary of these post offices, of opium, whether raw or prepared, of morphine and of cocaine and their respective salts, and of other substances indicated in article 14 of the present convention.\n\n## CHAPTER V.\n\n### ARTICLE 20\nThe contracting powers shall examine into the possibility of enacting laws or regulations making the illegal possession of raw opium, prepared opium, morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts liable to penalties, unless existing laws or regulations have already regulated the matter.\n\n### ARTICLE 21\nThe contracting powers shall communicate to each other, through the Netherlands ministry for foreign affairs:\n| Category | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The text of the laws and the administrative regulations in existence which concern matters aimed at by the present convention or enacted by virtue of its clauses; |\n| (b) | Statistical information with respect to that which concerns the traffic in raw opium, prepared opium, morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts, as well as all other drugs or their salts or preparations aimed at by the present convention. |\nThese data shall be furnished with as much detail and in as short a time as shall be deemed possible.",
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        "content_text": "## 44. A further German amendment which inserted the words \"généralement reconnues\" after the words \"recherches scientifiques\" in what is now article 14 (d) was at the same time carried, its desirability being generally apparent.\n\n45. It may be explained here that the original resolution on which draft article 17, as given in paragraph 39, was based, made no specific mention of anti-opium remedies. The circumstances in which this reference was inserted in clause (b) of the draft article, and in article 14 (b) of the final convention, are stated in paragraph 47.\n\n46. We need only add at present, that when the resolution which formed the basis of draft article 11 (paragraph 39) came under consideration, the American delegation suggested that the licence system therein contemplated should apply also to instruments used for the injection of morphine and cocaine. This was, however, opposed by the German delegation, on the ground that there was no special set of instruments set apart for use in connection with these drugs, and, the objection being supported by Sir William Collins, the proposal was dropped.\n\n47. At the eleventh session (19th December) the French delegation brought forward a resolution to the effect that it was desirable to take measures against so-called anti-opium remedies, which for the most part contained opium, morphine, or cocaine. After some discussion, during which Dr. Wu-Lien-Teh showed, from a series of analyses that had been made in regard to a number of these remedies, that nearly all of them contained opium or morphine, even though in some cases warranted not to do so, the resolution was passed unanimously in the following form:\n\n\"La conférence, constatant que, dans les pays où des efforts ont été faits pour combattre l'abus de l'opium, on a été amené à faire usage de soi-disant remèdes anti-opium, contenant de l'opium, de la morphine ou de la cocaïne, décide que les Gouvernements participants prendront contre ces remèdes dangereux des mesures analogues à celles qui sont proposées contre l'opium, la morphine, la cocaïne et contre leurs sels respectifs.\"\n\nThe substance of this resolution has been embodied in article 14 (b) of the final convention, which lays down that any preparations, whether styled anti-opium remedies or not, containing more than 2 per cent. of morphine or 1 per cent of cocaine, shall be treated in the same way as those drugs.\n\n48. The Chinese delegation then submitted a series of resolutions having special reference to China, and to the Powers having special treaties with the Chinese Government. These resolutions had been discussed with us before they were presented, and had been worded in accordance with suggestions we had made.\n\nThe first two resolutions were to the effect that:\n\n| Resolution # | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | The participating Governments agree to co-operate with the Chinese Government in the prevention of the smuggling of opium, morphine, cocaine, &c., from their colonies in the Far East, or from their leased territories in China into Chinese territory, while the Chinese Government will similarly co-operate towards the prevention of such smuggling from China into the colonies and territories in question. |\n| 2 | With a view to giving practical effect to the principle embodied in resolution No. 9 of the Shanghai commission, the Chinese Government will enact pharmaceutical laws for its subjects, regulating the sale and distribution of morphine, cocaine, &c., and will communicate these laws to the treaty Powers represented at the conference. These Powers will, if they find the said laws acceptable, take the necessary steps for applying them to their own nationals in China. |\n\nThese two resolutions were carried as they stood.\n\n49. The third resolution was to the effect that the participating Governments would undertake to adopt all necessary measures to restrict and control the smoking of opium in their leased territories, settlements, or concessions in China, and to suppress any opium-smoking divans, &c., that might still exist there, as also to prohibit the smoking of opium in places of public amusement and houses of ill-fame.\n\nTo this resolution the German delegation moved an amendment, which was adopted, to the effect that the suppression of opium-smoking divans, &c., should take place pari passu with similar measures adopted by the Chinese Government in its own territories.\n\n50. The fourth resolution, as carried with a verbal amendment suggested by the French delegation, proposed that the participating Powers should take effective measures for the gradual reduction, pari passu with similar measures taken by the Chinese Government, of the number of shops dealing in opium, which may still exist in their leased settlements, territories or concessions, and that they should adopt suitable and effective measures for the restriction and control of the retail trade in opium in these areas.\n\n51. The fifth resolution, after some alteration in the original wording which took place after discussion thereon, was to the following effect:\n\n\"The participating Governments possessing post offices of their own in China undertake to adopt stringent measures to prevent the illegal importation into China, as well as the transmission from one part of China to another through the agency of their aforesaid post offices, of opium, whether raw or prepared, of morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts, and of the other substances dealt with in the convention.\"\n\n52. All these resolutions, subject to the amendments above indicated, passed without opposition, but Siam and Persia abstained from voting as not having treaties with China. The resolutions were originally embodied, as having special reference to the conditions of China and to circumstances which did not affect some of the conference Powers, in a separate supplementary convention. The articles now figure as Nos. 15 to 19 of Chapter IV in the final convention, and in signing the convention the Siamese and Persian delegates indicated that they did so with a reserve on the subject of these articles, since they have no special treaties with China.\n\n53. The Drafting Committee then put before the conference three documents, comprising:\n\n| Document | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | Draft articles of a convention embodying the general resolutions already passed on the subject of opium, raw and prepared, morphine, cocaine, &c. |\n| (b) | Draft articles on the subject of ratification, adhesion, and denunciation. |\n| (c) | A draft final protocol. |\n\nA preliminary reading was then given to document (a), and some verbal amendments were introduced.\n\n54. At the twelfth session (20th December) the conference proceeded to the discussion of the first portion of document (b), which dealt with the procedure in regard to ratification coming into force, adhesion coming into force, and denunciation in respect of the convention. The procedure submitted for discussion was as follows:\n\n| Procedure # | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | There would be a premier dépôt des ratifications at The Hague as soon as several signatory Powers were prepared to ratify. |\n| 2 | The remaining participating Powers would ratify subsequently by written notification. |\n| 3 | All outside Powers should then be invited to adhere. |\n| 4 | The convention would come into force a year after the Netherlands Government had received the ratifications of all the contracting Powers and the adhesion of all the outside Powers above mentioned. |\n| 5 | If, however, matters were not so far advanced two years after the signing of the convention, all the Powers that had by that time ratified or adhered were to be invited to send delegates to a fresh conference at The Hague to consider the conditions under which the convention might nevertheless be wholly or partially enforced. |\n| 6 | A subsequent denunciation of the convention by any Power would apply only to that Power, and would come into effect a year after notice of denunciation had been given. |\n\n55. In regard to the first condition above mentioned, we proposed, to expedite matters, that the convention should in any case be ratified by the participating Powers within six months, and, subject to an American amendment which extended the period to one year, this was carried. As regards the third condition, we also procured an amendment providing that invitation to the outside Powers should take place after the premier dépôt instead of after universal ratification, and that the premier dépôt might have effect as soon as six Powers were ready to ratify.\n\n56. The discussion of the draft did not proceed further before our Christmas recess, but at the thirteenth session (21st December) we presented an important amendment with reference to the manner in which the convention was to come into force, which is given in paragraph 61 infra. This amendment was referred to the Drafting Committee, whose powers were extended so as to enable it not merely to put into conventional form the substance of resolutions already accepted by the conference, but to add such additional articles as seemed necessary for the purposes of completing the convention.\n\nPage 270\nPage 271",
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        "content_text": "# Article I. Name\n\nThis organization shall be called the Chinese Central Young Men's Christian Association of Hongkong.\n\n## Article II. Object\n\nThe object of the Association shall be the promotion of the Spiritual, Intellectual, Social and Physical welfare of Young Men.\n\n## Article III. Membership\n\n### Section 1\nThe members shall be men over 16 years of age, whose names have been approved by the Board of Directors and shall consist of two classes, viz, Active and Associate.\n\n### Section 2\nActive members of the Association must be members in good standing of some evangelical church, (the word evangelical shall be understood in the same sense as defined by the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America). Active members only shall vote or hold office.\n\n### Section 4\nThe membership dues shall be fixed by the By-laws.\n\n## Article IV. Management of the Association\n\n### Section 1\nSubject to the requirements of article 8, management of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors of fifteen men, five of whom shall be elected by ballot in December each year. The Directors shall enter upon office immediately after election, and continue for three years or until their successors shall have entered upon the discharge of their duties; (except that at the first election after the adoption of this constitution fifteen Directors shall be elected, who shall determine at their first meeting upon five members to serve for three years, five for two years, and five for one year). (The time from the first election until the first annual meeting shall be considered one year).\n\n### Section 2\nAt the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual election the Board shall choose by ballot from its own number, the following officers: President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, and Hon-Treasurer.\n\n### Section 3\nAt least two weeks before each annual election of the Association, the Board of Directors shall notify the Association of the names which it will nominate to be voted on for Directors. If additional names are to come before the members, these must be handed to the Secretary, with a proposer and second for each, at least one week before the date of such annual election.\n\n### Section 4\nBy-laws may be adopted or amended at any ...",
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        "content_text": "# ERRATA\n\n## Article III. Membership\n\n### Section 3\nAssociate members of the Association must be men of good moral character and shall have the same privileges as Active members, except those of voting and holding office.\n\n### Section 5\nThe Board of Directors alone shall have the power to inaugurate new policies or authorize the expenditure of money, but the details of work in the Association may be entrusted by the Board to the sub-committees appointed by, and reporting regularly to, the Board of Directors.\n\n### Section 6\nThe Secretary shall be ex officio member of Board of Directors and shall be the executive officer of the Association, having general charge and control in respect to all matters that have been duly determined by the Board of Directors, and as laid down in the Constitution and By-laws. This Secretary and all other employees shall perform the usual duties of such officers. The assignment by the International Committee of a Secretary to this Association shall be mutually arranged between the said Committee and the Board of Directors.\n\n## Article V. Powers and Duties of Directors and Officers\n\n### Section 1\nSubject to the requirements of article 8, the Board of Directors shall have and exercise all the powers necessary to manage the general interests of the Association, and shall control the general work and policy of the Association. No contract, debt or obligation shall be binding unless contracted by virtue of a resolution of the Board.\n\n### Section 2\nIn case of any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, the Board shall have power to fill the same until the next annual election of the Association.\n\n### Section 3\nThe Board of Directors shall have the power to make and adopt such rules as are not inconsistent with this Constitution, or the By-laws of this Association.\n\n### Section 4\nSeven members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum.\n\n### Section 5\nThe officers named in Article IV. Sections 2 and 6, shall exercise the powers and duties conferred on them by this Constitution and these By-laws.\n\n## Article VI. Meetings\n\n### Section 1\nAn annual meeting of the Association for receiving the reports and accounts from the Board of Directors, and also for any other business found necessary under this Constitution, shall be held, the time of which shall be fixed by the By-laws.\n\n### Section 2\nExtraordinary business meetings of the Association shall be called by the Board of Directors, or upon a written request of ten Active members, due notice having been given.",
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        "content_text": "## By-Laws of the Association\n\n9. The accounts of the Association shall be kept in accordance with a system approved by the Board of Directors, the detailed accounting shall be done by the Assistant Treasurer, the books being open for inspection at the office to any member. The accounts shall be duly audited.\n\n10. Before the treasurer attaches his signature to cheques for the payment of Association accounts he shall require that bills be approved for payment by the President of the Board of Directors and the General Secretary.\n\n11. No notice, paper, pamphlet, periodical, etc. may be exhibited in the rooms of the Association without sanction by the secretary.\n\n12. Any complaint against the servants should be made to the Secretary.\n\n13. Hongkong's Young Men, a weekly publication, shall be considered the official organ and this paper together with special invitations will be sent to the address last given. To insure delivery, therefore, the Association office should be notified promptly of any change of address.\n\n14. With reference to amending By-Laws see Article IV, Section 4. of the Constitution.\n\n15. Infractions of the By-Laws of this Association shall be taken notice of at once by the Secretary who shall lay the matter before the Directors at the first opportunity.\n\n16. All clubs organized under the auspices of this Association shall submit their books once each year to the Board of Directors for auditing.\n\n17. The various committees of this Association shall be, Religious Work, Finance, Educational Social Membership, and Athletic.\n\n18. There may be committees appointed for special purposes as the Board may determine.\n\n19. The Board shall have power to veto the plans of any Committee, whenever, in their judgement, they are undesirable or unwise.\n\n20. No expense shall be incurred by any Committee unless authorized by the Board.\n\n21. The Annual meeting of this Association shall occur either in the month of January or February each year.\n\n22. The Association rooms shall be open daily for the use of members from 9 a.m. to 11.00 p.m. unless otherwise ordered by the Directors.\n\n## 本會善後章程\n\n九、本會各數須照董事局所定之法登記，詳細數目由副司庫員計算，會內各會友均可在寫字樓查閱帳目時局。所有本會帳目必須上期先交，凡數目之出入俱用現銀交易。\n\n十、本會開支名數，須依時複查，須經董事局主席及總司理員批准後，司庫員方可將銀則發出。\n\n十一、所有告白報紙小書期報等件，如未經本會認准，不許在本會所粘貼分派。\n\n十二、本會使喚人有不安合之處，可向司理員告知。\n\n十三、本會所出之星期報，可作本會之公事報看待，此報紙及本會隨時發出之請帖，俱照會友最後所報住址寄發。倘有搬遷，務須速即通知本會寫字樓，方免誤派之弊。\n\n十五、如有人違犯本會善後條例，司理員須立刻將事記錄，遇有機會即須報與董事局知之。\n\n十六、所有在本會名下組織之會，須每年將帳目呈交董事局查核。\n\n十七、本會值理班列必於須條成立左：每司理班速負程即教導、學育、社會、會員、體育。\n\n十八、如有別事應行另立值理班者，董事局可隨時决斷另立。\n\n十九、值理班所籌辦事之策，董事局有以為未合宜或未安善之處者，可隨時阻止免行。\n\n二十、如無董事局認准，值理班不得報銷項。\n\n廿一、本會每年年會須在西曆正月或二月內舉行。\n\n廿二、除董事局另行更改之外，本會所每日由早九點鐘開門至晚十一點鐘止，以便會友到叙。",
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        "content_text": "## IV.\n\nImports shall be destined for the consumption of the fixed and floating population of this colony. These figures are embodied in the contract recently concluded with the Hongkong farmer.\n\nThe farmers of Macau and Hongkong will be permitted to import, per annum, respectively 240 and 120 chests of raw opium for exportation, exclusively destined to be exported into countries which have not prohibited at present, or which shall not prohibit hereafter, such imports of opium.\n\nThe limit fixed in the preceding article for Hongkong is a definite one, and no provision is made for its relaxation; however, it is understood that in Macau, power will be retained to increase the number of chests of raw opium imported each year and destined for exportation, provided that proof is given that the said imports are destined to meet the requirements of lawful trade.",
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        "content_text": "## Macao-Hong Kong Opium Question\n\n### English Version\n\n**Macao-Hong Kong Opium Agreement Conclusions**\n\nV. The limit fixed in the preceding paragraph for Hong Kong must be considered a definite one and not subject to alteration; however, it is understood that in Macao power will be retained to increase the number of chests of raw opium imported each year and destined for exportation, provided that proof is given that the said imports are destined to meet the requirements of lawful trade. For this purpose the farmer shall produce to the Governor of Macao customs certificates passed by the authorities of countries importing the opium showing that the quantities authorised are required for legitimate purposes, over and above the 240 chests referred to in paragraph IV.\n\nVI. The Governor of Macao will have power to grant licences under the preceding article for the importation of the quantities of raw opium exceeding the limit fixed in paragraph IV.\n\nVII. Whereas the limit of chests of raw opium that can be imported annually into Macao has been fixed in paragraphs II, IV, and V of these conclusions, the Government of India will permit the purchase of opium in open market at the sales at Calcutta or Bombay or any places in India, for export to Macao, up to and not exceeding the limits and conditions so fixed, so long as the opium farmer at Hong Kong is permitted to obtain his supplies from this source.\n\nVIII. Raw opium coming from India, consigned to the farmer of Macao, within the limits and conditions above indicated, will be allowed transhipment at Hong Kong free of duty or taxation.\n\nIX. It is understood that if after periods of five years (the duration of the contracts of the farmer) the numbers of chests agreed upon for local consumption at or export from Macao should respectively prove to be excessive, the Portuguese Government will consider the desirability of revising the amount in question.\n\nPage 2\n\n### Portuguese Version\n\nV. O limite fixado no paragrapho precedente para Hong-Kong considera-se definitivo e sem possibilidade de alteração; fica, porém, entendido que em Macau será permitido aumentar o número de caixas de ópio crú a importar em cada ano com destino à exportação sempre que se prove que tais importações se destinam ao comércio lícito. Para este efeito, o arrendatário deverá apresentar ao Governador de Macau certificados alfandegários passados pelas autoridades dos países do destino, declarando que as quantidades autorizadas se destinam a fins lícitos, acima das 240 caixas a que se refere o paragrapho IV.\n\nVI. Será competente o Governador de Macau para conceder licenças, de harmonia com o paragrapho precedente, para a importação de quantidades de ópio crú acima do limite fixado no paragrapho IV.\n\nVII. Visto ter sido fixado, nos paragraphos II, IV, e V destas conclusões, o limite de caixas de ópio crú a importar anualmente em Macau, o Governo da Índia permitirá a compra de ópio, em mercado aberto, em Calcutá, Bombaim, ou outros lugares da Índia, com destino a Macau, não excedendo os limites e condições fixadas e durante todo o tempo que ao arrendatário do ópio de Hong Kong for permitido obter ópio da mesma procedência.\n\nVIII. Será permitido o transbordo em Hong-Kong do ópio crú vindo da Índia consignado ao arrendatário de Macau, dentro dos limites e condições acima indicadas e livre de qualquer direito ou imposto.\n\nIX. Fica entendido que, decorridos períodos de cinco anos (a duração dos contratos com o arrendatário) e quando se prove ser respectivamente excessivo o número de caixas fixado para consumo e para exportação de Macau, o Governo Português considerará a conveniência de rever os números em questão.\n\nB. ALSTON  \nDOMINGOS EUSEBIO DA FONSECA\n\nForeign Office, London,  \nApril 17, 1913\n\nForeign Office, Londres,  \n17 Abril, 1913\n\n### Agreement Text\n\nAS the result of an exchange of views between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and His Britannic Majesty's Government, in pursuance of the conclusions of the International Opium Conference, and in consideration of the fact that the geographical situation of the colonies of Macao and Hong Kong makes it necessary to regulate in a similar way the opium monopolies in the said colonies in all matters concerning the restriction of the consumption, sale, and exportation of prepared opium and repression of smuggling, a further discussion has been held in London between Senhor Domingos Eusebio da Fonseca, Director-General of the Portuguese Ministry of the Colonies, and representatives of the Departments of His Majesty's Government concerned, at which the following conclusions have been arrived at:\n\nI. The Government of the Portuguese Republic, whilst reserving the right of managing and controlling the manipulation of raw opium and the sale of prepared opium in the colony of Macao, engage to introduce in the opium regulations of that colony clauses and provisions similar to those contained in the regulations of Hong Kong relative to the repression of the illicit trade in prepared opium.\n\nII. The Macao opium farmer will not be permitted to import more than 260 chests of opium (a chest means 40 balls of raw opium) per annum exclusively destined for the consumption of the fixed and floating population of Macao.\n\nIII. The Hong Kong opium farmer will not be permitted to import more than 540 chests per annum. These imports shall be exclusively destined for the consumption of the fixed and floating population of Hong Kong. These figures are embodied in the contract recently concluded with the Hong Kong farmer.\n\nIV. The farmers of Macao and Hong Kong will be permitted to import, per annum, respectively, 240 and 120 chests of raw opium exclusively destined for exportation to countries which have not prohibited at present or which shall not prohibit hereafter such imports of opium.\n\n[602]  \n392",
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        "content_text": "## V. O limite fixado no parágrafo precedente para Hong-Kong considera-se definitivo e sem possibilidade de alteração; fica porém entendido que em Macau será permitido aumentar o número de caixas de ópio crú a importar em cada ano com destino à exportação sempre que se prove que tais importações se destinam ao comércio lícito. Para este efeito, o arrendatário deverá apresentar ao Governador de Macau certificados alfandegários passados pelas autoridades dos países do destino, declarando que as quantidades autorizadas se destinam a fins lícitos, acima das 240 caixas a que se refere o parágrafo IV.\n\n## VI. Será competente o Governador de Macau para conceder licenças, de harmonia com o parágrafo precedente, para a importação de quantidades de ópio crú acima do limite fixado no parágrafo IV.\n\n## VII. Visto ter sido fixado, nos parágrafos II, IV e V destas conclusões, o limite de caixas de ópio crú a importar anualmente em Macau, o Governo da Índia permitirá a compra de ópio em mercado aberto, em Calcutá, Bombaim ou outros lugares da Índia, com destino a Macau, não excedendo os limites e condições fixadas e durante todo o tempo que ao arrendatário do ópio de Hong-Kong for permitido obter ópio da mesma procedência.\n\n## VIII. Será permitido o transbordo em Hong-Kong do ópio crú vindo da Índia consignado ao arrendatário de Macau, dentro dos limites e condições acima indicadas e livre de qualquer direito ou imposto.\n\n## IX. Fica entendido que, decorridos períodos de cinco anos (a duração dos contratos com o arrendatário) e quando se prove ser respectivamente excessivo o número de caixas fixado para consumo e para exportação de Macau, o Governo Português considerará a conveniência de rever os números em questão.\n\n2\n\n## V. The limit fixed in the preceding paragraph for Hong Kong must be considered a definite one and not subject to alteration; however, it is understood that in Macao power will be retained to increase the number of chests of raw opium imported each year and destined for exportation, provided that proof is given that the said imports are destined to meet the requirements of lawful trade. For this purpose, the farmer shall produce to the Governor of Macao customs certificates passed by the authorities of countries importing the opium showing that the quantities authorised are required for legitimate purposes, over and above the 240 chests referred to in paragraph IV.\n\n## VI. The Governor of Macao will have power to grant licences under the preceding article for the importation of quantities of raw opium exceeding the limit fixed in paragraph IV.\n\n## VII. Whereas the limit of chests of raw opium that can be imported annually into Macao has been fixed in paragraphs II, IV, and V of these conclusions, the Government of India will permit the purchase of opium in the open market at the sales at Calcutta or Bombay or any places in India for export to Macao, up to and not exceeding the limits and conditions so fixed, so long as the opium farmer at Hong Kong is permitted to obtain his supplies from this source.\n\n## VIII. Raw opium coming from India, consigned to the farmer of Macao, within the limits and conditions above indicated, will be allowed transhipment at Hong Kong free of duty or taxation.\n\n## IX. It is understood that if, after periods of five years (the duration of the contracts of the farmer), the numbers of chests agreed upon for local consumption at or export from Macao should respectively prove to be excessive, the Portuguese Government will consider the desirability of revising the amount in question.\n\n**DOMINGOS EUSEBIO DA FONSECA.**  \n**B. ALSTON,**  \n\nForeign Office, Londres,  \n17 Abril, 1913.  \n\nForeign Office, London,  \nApril 17, 1913.  \n\n393",
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        "content_text": "38\n\nIl est gratuit pendant les 3 premiers mois. Passé ce délai il sera exigé un droit de magasin d'un chahis par batman d'opium et par jour.\n\nArt. 10. - Toute sortie d'opium du magasin prévu à l'article 8 s'effectuera en vertu d'une déclaration à remettre au fonctionnaire local et par quantité minimum de 5 batmans, toute quantité inférieure à 5 batmans sera passible de droits afférents à une quantité de 5 batmans.\n\nArt. 11. - Les droits sont exigibles au comptant au moment de l'enlèvement de l'opium du magasin. Le paiement en est constaté par application sur les bâtonnets, de banderoles administratives représentant la contre-valeur des droits perçus. Une quittance sera délivrée pour le montant des droits perçus.\n\nArt. 12. - L'opium doit être fabriqué et emmagasiné dans le district où il est récolté. Il est banderolé dans le district où il est roulé et les droits doivent être acquittés au bureau où s'effectue l'application des banderoles.\n\nArt. 13. - Tous les frais de manipulation et de transport de l'opium sont à charge des intéressés. Exception est faite pour ceux résultant de l'application de banderoles dans les magasins.\n\nArt. 14. - Tous les ouvriers manipulant l'opium doivent se faire agréer par l'Administration de l'opium du ressort.\n\n## Chapitre IV\n\n### Importation\n\nArt. 15. - Afin d'assurer la perception du droit de consommation sur l'opium importé, celui-ci sera soumis au bureau d'entrée en paiement d'une taxe réduite égale à la différence entre le montant des droits d'accise et celui des droits de douane.\n\n## Chapitre V\n\n### Exportation\n\nArt. 16. - L'opium destiné à l'exportation pourra recevoir la forme ordinairement employée, c'est à dire le pain, le cône, la brique. L'Administration apposera sur l'opium fabriqué pour l'exportation moyennant une taxe de chancellerie de 3 krana par expédition, une empreinte de garantie sous le contrôle de l'Administration.",
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        "content_text": "## SECTION III (continued)\n\nArt. 53. Toute personne détenant des banderoles provenant d'un vol ou d'un détournement ou de l'opium revêtu de dites banderoles sera passible d'une amende de 5 fois les droits représentés par la valeur des banderoles et de la saisie éventuelle de l'opium.\n\nArt. 34. Tout fabricant d'opium constaté en contravention pour la 3-ème fois se verra retirer l'autorisation prévue par l'article 5.\n\nArt. 35. Toute personne constituée en contravention à l'article 19 encourra la confiscation de la marchandise et sera passible d'une amende d'un kran par miscal.\n\nArt. 36. Toute personne présentant au bureau de l'Administration du Soukhteh ou de Chirch brûlé reconnu falsifié sera passible d'une amende d'un kran par miscal et le produit sera confisqué.\n\nArt. 37. Toute personne détenant du Chireh non revêtu du cachet administratif ou portant une imitation de celui-ci sera passible d'une amende d'un kran par miscal de produit lequel sera confisqué.\n\n## SECTION IV\n### DISPOSITIONS PARTICULIERES\n\nArt. 38. Les déclarations de culture, les documents de transport de l'opium pour le magasin de l'Administration et les déclarations de mise en consommation seront soumis à une taxe de chancellerie de deux krans par document.\n\nArt. 39. Tout cas non prévu par le présent règlement sera tranché d'office par l'Administration Centrale de l'Opium.",
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        "content_text": "# Convention for the Construction and Maintenance of a Lighthouse at Cape Spartel\n\n## Article I\n\nSa Majesté Schérifienne ayant, dans un intérêt d'humanité, ordonné la construction, aux frais du Gouvernement Marocain, d'un phare au Cap Spartel, consent à remettre, pour toute la durée de la présente Convention, la direction supérieure et l'administration de cet établissement aux Représentants des Puissances Contractantes. Il est bien entendu que cette délégation ne porte aucune atteinte aux droits de propriété et de souveraineté du Sultan, dont le pavillon sera seul arboré sur la tour du phare.\n\n## Article II\n\nLe Gouvernement Marocain ne possédant actuellement aucune marine, soit de guerre, soit de commerce, les dépenses nécessaires pour l'entretien et l'administration du phare seront supportées par les Puissances Contractantes au moyen d'une contribution annuelle dont la quotité sera égale pour chacune d'elles; si, plus tard, le Sultan venait à posséder une marine militaire ou marchande, il s'engage à prendre part aux dépenses dans la même proportion que les autres Puissances signataires. Les frais de réparation, et au besoin de reconstruction, seront d'ailleurs à sa charge.\n\n## Article III\n\nLe Sultan fournira, pour la sureté du phare, une garde composée d'un Kaid et de quatre soldats. Il s'engage en outre à pourvoir par tous les moyens qui dépendent de lui, même en cas de guerre, soit intérieure soit extérieure, à la conservation de cet établissement, ainsi qu'à la sécurité des gardiens et employés.\n\nD'un autre côté, les Puissances Contractantes s'engagent, chacune en ce qui la concerne, à respecter la neutralité du phare, et à continuer le paiement de la contribution destinée à son entretien, même dans le cas où (ce qu'à Dieu ne plaise) des hostilités viendraient à éclater, soit entr'elles, soit entre l'une d'elles et le Royaume de Maroc.\n\n## Article IV\n\nLes Représentants des Puissances Contractantes, chargés, en vertu de l'Article I de la présente Convention, de la direction supérieure et de l'administration du phare, établiront les règlements nécessaires pour le service et la surveillance de cet établissement, et aucune modification ne pourra être ensuite apportée à ces règlements que d'un commun accord entre les Puissances Contractantes.\n\n## Article V\n\nLa présente Convention demeurera en vigueur pendant dix années. Dans le cas où, six mois avant l'expiration de ce terme, aucune des Hautes Parties Contractantes n'aurait, par une déclaration officielle, annoncé son intention de faire cesser, en ce qui la concerne, les effets de la Convention, elle restera en vigueur pendant une année encore, et ainsi de suite, d'année en année, jusqu'à due dénonciation.\n\n## Article VI\n\nL'exécution des engagements réciproques contenus dans la présente Convention est subordonnée, en tant que de besoin, à l'accomplissement des formalités et règles établies par les lois constitutionnelles de celles des Hautes Parties Contractantes qui sont tenues d'en provoquer l'application, ce qu'elles s'obligent à faire dans le plus bref délai possible.\n\n## Article VII\n\nLa présente Convention sera ratifiée, et les ratifications en seront échangées à Tanger aussitôt que faire se pourra.\n\nEn foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires respectifs l'ont signée, et y ont apposé le cachet de leurs armes.\n\nFait en double original, en Français et en Arabe, à Tanger la protégée de Dieu, le cinquième jour de la lune de Moharrem, l'an de l'Hégire 1282, qui correspond au trente-et-un du mois de Mai, de l'année mil huit cent soixante-cinq.\n\n| Signatory                  | Title                                                                                           |\n| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| J. H. DRUMMOND HAY        | Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath                                       |\n| ERNEST DALUIN            | Knight of His Order of Leopold                                                                  |\n| FRANCISCO MERRY Y COLOM  | Grand Cross of Her Order of Isabella the Catholic                                               |\n| JESSE H. Mc MATH         | Consul-General to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco                                             |\n| AYME D'AQUIN             | Officer of the Legion of Honour                                                                 |\n| A. DE VERDINOIS          | Chevalier de Son Ordre des Saints Maurice et Lazare                                              |\n| J. H. DRUMMOND HAY        | Agent-General ad interim to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco                                   |\n| JOSE DANIEL COLAÇO       | Commandeur de Son Ordre du Christ                                                                |\n| S. D'EHRENHOFF           | Chevalier de Son Ordre de Wasa                                                                   |\n| (Arabic Signature)       | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco                                                          |\n\n## Translation\n\nIN THE NAME OF THE ONLY GOD.\n\nThere is no force and power but in God.\n\nHER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, His Excellency the President of the Republic of the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco and Fez, animated by an equal desire to ensure the security of navigation upon the coasts of Morocco, and wishing to provide by common agreement the measures most proper for attaining that end, have resolved to conclude a special Convention...\n\nPage 163",
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        "content_text": "# Convention for the Administration of the Cape Spartel Lighthouse\n\nHis Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Ernest Daulin, Officer of His Legion of Honour, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of Spain, the Sieur Don Francisco Merry y Colom, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nThe President of the United States of America, the Honourable Jesse H. McMath, Commander of His Order of the Legion of Honour of France, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nThe President of the French Republic, the Sieur Ernest Daulin, Officer of His Legion of Honour, His Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of Italy, the Sieur Alexander Verdinois, Knight of His Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, His Agent, and Consul-General of Italy to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, administering the Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, the Sieur José Daniel Colaço, Commander of His Order of Christ, Knight of the Order of the Rose of Brazil, His Consul-General to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nHis Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, the Sieur Selim d'Ehrenhoff, Knight of His Order of Vasa, His Consul-General to His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco;\n\nAnd His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco and Fez, the learned Sid Mohammed Bargash, His Minister for Foreign Affairs;\n\nWho, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nHis Sheriffian Majesty having, in the interest of humanity, ordered the construction, at the expense of the Morocco Government, of a lighthouse on Cape Spartel, consents to make over, during the whole duration of the present Convention, the entire direction and the administration of that establishment to the Representatives of the Contracting Powers. It is well understood that such delegation in no way affects the rights of property and sovereignty of the Sultan, whose flag shall alone be hoisted on the tower of the lighthouse.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nThe Morocco Government not possessing at present any navy, either of war or of commerce, the expenses necessary for the maintenance and administration of the lighthouse shall be defrayed by the Contracting Parties by means of an annual contribution which shall be equal in amount for each of them; if hereafter the Sultan should possess a military or mercantile navy, he engages to take part in the expenses in the same proportion as the other signing Powers. The expense of repairs, and, if need be, of re-construction, shall moreover be at his charge.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nThe Sultan shall furnish, for the security of the lighthouse, a guard composed of a kaid and four soldiers. He engages besides to provide, by every means in his power, even in case of war, either internal or external, for the preservation of that establishment, as well as for the security of the keepers and persons employed there.\n\nOn the other hand, the Contracting Powers engage, each so far as it is concerned, to respect the neutrality of the lighthouse, and to continue the payment of the contribution destined for its maintenance, even in the event (which God forbid) of hostilities breaking out either between them, or between any one of them and the Kingdom of Morocco.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nThe Representatives of the Contracting Powers, charged, in virtue of Article I of the present Convention, with the entire direction and the administration of the lighthouse, shall establish the necessary regulations for the service and superintendence of that establishment, and no modification shall be afterwards introduced into those regulations unless by common agreement between the Contracting Powers.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nThe present Convention shall remain in force for ten years. In case none of the High Contracting Parties should, six months before the expiration of that period, have announced, by an official declaration, its intention to terminate the operation of the Convention so far as it is concerned, the Convention shall remain in force during another year, and so on from year to year until due notice be given for its termination.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nThe execution of the reciprocal engagements contained in the present Convention is subjected, as far as may be necessary, to the fulfilment of the formalities and rules established by the constitutional laws of those of the High Contracting Parties for whom such a sanction is required, and who engage to take measures for obtaining the same with the least possible delay.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nThe present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tangiers as soon as possible.\n\nIn witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.\n\nDone in duplicate, in French and Arabic, at Tangiers the protected of God, the fifth day of the moon of Moharrem, in the year of the Hegira 1282, corresponding to the thirty-first day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.\n\nJ. H. DRUMMOND HAY  \nJ. H. DRUMMOND HAY  \n(L.S.)  \n(L.S.)  \n(L.S.)  \nERNEST DAULIN  \n(L.S.)  \nFRANCISCO MERRY Y COLOM  \n(L.S.)  \nJESSE H. McMATH  \n(L.S.)  \nAYME D'AQUIN  \n(L.S.)  \nA. DE VERDINOIS  \n(L.S.)  \nJ. H. DRUMMOND HAY  \n(L.S.)  \nJOSE DANIEL COLAÇO  \n(L.S.)  \n(L.S.)  \nS. D'EHRENHOFF  \n(Arabic Signature of the Morocco Plenipotentiary)\n\nPage 162",
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        "content_text": "THIRD PLENARY SESSION.\n\nFriday, July 4, 1913.\n\nPresidency of Mr. J. T. Cremer.\n\nThe Session opened at 11 a.m.\n\nAll the Delegations were present except that of Colombia.\n\nThe minutes of the first Session, on July 1st, 1913, were approved.\n\nDr. Wu Lien-Teh made the following statement:\n\nMr. PRESIDENT,\n\nPermit me to make a statement supporting the weighty words which my Honorable colleague, the Chinese Minister to Germany, expressed last Wednesday. I had the good fortune to be present as one of the Delegates at the last Conference, which sat in this Hall 18 months ago, and can testify abundantly to the earnestness and goodwill with which all the nations assembled at that gathering treated the several points of this difficult problem. Particularly was I impressed with the unanimity with which the five Chinese resolutions, embodied later on in Chapter IV of the Convention, were received and passed. Our Government, encouraged by the sympathy shown everywhere in our national struggle against a great evil, have since the signing of the Convention made still greater strides than before in suppressing both the growth and abuse of opium throughout the country, and we have come to this Conference prepared to ratify this Convention of last year at the earliest possible moment.\n\nIn this connection, I may add a few words since there appears to be still some doubt among the minds of a few of my colleagues in this Conference as to the efficacy of the measures which China has adopted and enforced in the suppression of the cultivation and abuse of opium.\n\nFar from being backward in our national campaign against the vice since the signing of the Convention, our Government have done all in their power, in the way of Presidential mandates, enactment of laws, imprisonment, fines, uprooting of thousands of acres of poppies, and even death penalties to recalcitrant law breakers, in order that our object may be attained for the happiness of our people.\n\nI could quote to you pages of foreign consular reports, newspapers and other independent sources to support my statements, but perhaps two facts are sufficient.\n\nThe first is that 18 months ago, when we assembled here, five of our Provinces, viz. Szechuen (hitherto the largest opium producing Province in China), Shansi, Fengtien, Kirin and Heilungkiang had been declared by the British Opium Commissioner to be free from opium. Since then five more Provinces, namely, Shantung, Chihli, Anhui, Kuangsi and Hunan have been examined by other British Opium Commissions and declared closed to opium.\n\nThe second fact is that the British Government have decided to cancel further exportation of Indian opium to China from May last, and the Under-Secretary of State for India, in his speech in the House of Commons said: \"There cannot be the slightest doubt of the earnestness, sincerity, steadfastness and courage of the Chinese Government and the Chinese people as a whole in ridding themselves of opium. All the evidence points to that conclusion with all sense of responsibility on this question, that there is no room for cynicism and scepticism, and no work for the scoffer or sneerer. China has shown to the world an example of moral courage which is rare in the annals of the human race...\n\nI say,\n\nWe are the more desirous to see the early and successful culmination of a great humanitarian work, in which almost all the nations of the world are now taking part, because we are convinced that the longer it is delayed the greater will be the danger of new evils arising. As my Hon. colleague on my left pointed out on Wednesday, the President of our Republic, our National Assembly, our Governors and our people have, one and all, without consideration of loss of revenue to the Government or means of livelihood to the masses, united in translating into action the letter and spirit of the Convention.\n\nWe ask for early ratification also because the Convention contains Articles which specially apply to China. These Articles are practically dead letters at the present moment; of these our Government have instructed us to call the particular attention of the Conference to Article 18, which says:\n\n\"The contracting Powers having treaties with China shall take effective measures for the gradual reduction, pari passu with the effective measures which the Chinese Government shall take with the same object, of the number of shops in which raw and prepared opium is sold, which may still exist in their leased territories, settlements, and concessions in China. They shall adopt effective measures for the restriction and control of the retail trade in opium in the leased territories, settlements, and concessions, unless regulations on the subject are already in existence.\"\n\nNow, in Tientsin, a city of over a million inhabitants, and industrial capital of Chihli, one of the provinces which is supposed to be closed to opium, although no opium selling shops or smoking dens are to be found anywhere throughout the Chinese city, there are at present ten opium shops in the French Concession, openly selling the drug and doing more business than they have ever done before.\n\nIn Shanghai, although the Chinese city has many years ago closed all its opium selling shops and smoking dens, the Municipal Council of the International Settlement issued last year 374 licences for opium selling shops. It is even asserted in the papers by one who saw him, that the Secretary of the Municipal Council declared that there was no intention of carrying out Article 18 of the Convention about reducing the number of shops in the foreign concessions pari passu with China.\n\nIn view of the above the Chinese Government, therefore, earnestly hopes that the Powers represented here, particularly those having Treaty relations with her, will exert their utmost to adopt measures whereby the Convention both in letter and spirit can be enforced.\n\nThe Secretary of the Chinese Delegation then read a French translation of the foregoing statement.\n\nPage 17\n\n...\n\nPage 283",
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        "content_text": "General Orders.\n\nMilitary Department, Fort William, the\n\n14th November, 1902.\n\n136\n\nthe rates specified in Army Regulations, India, Volume I, Part I, Article ...(1).\n\nthe rates specified in Army Regulations, India, Volume I, Part I, Article ...(c. (old rates as given in note)).\n\nNo.1005.\n\nOrganization.\n\nNative Army.\n\nUnder instructions received from His Majesty's Government, the Governor General in Council directed that the Hong Kong Regiment shall, on return to India, be mustered out at Jhelum.\n\nII.\n\nThe Staff Corps Officers now serving with the Hong Kong Regiment will rejoin the regiments in which they are at present seconded; they will, however, in the case of the Commandant, Wing Commanders, Adjutant, and Quarter Master, remain with the regiment until the disbandment of the native ranks has been completed, and all accounts closed. Their pay and staff pay while so employed will be debited to the Imperial Government.\n\nIII. The Native Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates will be discharged with effect from the date of being struck off duty and will be granted :-\n\n(a) Pay, good-conduct pay, and extra duty pay, at the Indian rates prescribed in the Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, from the date of leaving Hong Kong to date of actual discharge in India.\n\n(b) Pensions or gratuities, according to service, as laid down in the Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion.\n\n(c) Deferred pay, or the gratuity authorised in lieu thereof, at the current rate of exchange, as laid down in the Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, Articles 1109, 1120 & 24-B.\n\n(d) Railway warrants from Jhelum to the stations nearest their homes, for themselves and their families.\n\nIV.",
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        "content_text": "1\n\n444\n\nAttendance.\n\nMedical inspection.\n\nExtra classroom activities.\n\nExternals' Examination.\n\nCamps\n\n\"\n\n6\n\nmeans Classes 1, 2 and 3. \"Remove Classes\" means Classes 4 and 5. \"Lower Classes\" means Classes 6, 7 and 8. \"Infant Classes\" means Classes 9 and 10. These groups of Classes may be designated the Higher, Remove, Lower, and Infant Departments, respectively.\n\n12. Classes in which English subjects are studied are called English Classes. 13. Classes in which the Chinese written language is studied are called \"Vernacular Classes\". The Vernacular Classes of a School may be designated collectively the Vernacular Department.\n\nNote. The Vernacular Classes are distinguished by the letter V preceding the word Class, e.g., Eighth Vernacular Class: V Class 8.\n\n14. The divisions of a Vernacular School are called Standards. The syllabus of a Standard represents a year's work.\n\nNote. The numbers of Standards are distinguished by Roman numerals, Standard I being the lowest.\n\n15. The \"Grant List\" is a register, kept by the Director, of all schools in receipt of a Grant under the Code.\n\n# CHAPTER III.\n\n## ATTENDANCE AND SCHOOL MEETINGS.\n\n16. \"Attendance\" for the purpose of ascertaining the average attendance of a school must be reckoned in accordance with the conditions of Articles 16 to 19. (a) No attendance of a pupil of less than 5 or more than 21 years of age may be reckoned without the consent in writing of the Director.\n\n(b) An attendance must, in the case of a pupil in an Infant Class or Standard, be of at least one hour and a half duration, and in the case of a pupil in any other Class or Standard, of at least two hours duration.\n\n(c) Not more than two attendances may be reckoned in respect of any one pupil in any one day.\n\n17. In making up the minimum time required under Article 16 (b), there may be included:\n\n(a) interruptions of secular instruction by reason of arrangements necessary for medical inspection;\n\n(b) any time occupied by visits paid during the school hours to places of educational value or interest, or by field work, or by rambles; notice of the time and place must be sent to the Director and the circumstances entered in the Log Book;\n\n(c) any time occupied by a central examination attended by pupils with the sanction of the Director;\n\n(d) the necessary recreation period;\n\nNote. The recreation period, in the case of an Infant Class or Standard, must be fifteen minutes, and in the case of a class or standard for older pupils, ten minutes. When the period of secular instruction, inclusive of recreation, is prolonged beyond one hour and a half in the case of infants, or two hours in the case of older pupils, more recreation may be given proportionately.\n\n(e) any time spent during the ordinary school term, under arrangements and according to a Time Table approved by the Director, at an open-air school, school camp, or other place selected with a view to an improvement of the health and physical condition of the pupils.\n\nNote. The Director may at any time require the Correspondent of a School to furnish him with a special report by the School Medical Officer on the working and effect of any arrangements made under this Article.\n\n7\n\n18. In making up the minimum time required under Article 16 (b), there may not be included any time devoted to religious instruction.\n\n19. \"Average Attendance\" means the number formed by adding together the attendances for a period and dividing the sum by the number of times the school has met during the same period. The quotient is the \"average attendance\".\n\n20. \"School Year\" means the year or other period in respect of which a Grant is paid or payable under the Code.\n\nNote. In the case of a new school, the School Year will begin on the day on which the school is placed on the Grant List.\n\n21. A school must have met 400 times in the School Year in order to qualify for a Grant; but if the School Year exceeds or is less than 12 calendar months, the number of meetings required under this Article must be in proportion.\n\n22. If a school has been closed under the advice or with the approval of the Medical Officer of Health, or for any other unavoidable cause to the satisfaction of the Director, and the number of attendances has in consequence been less than 100, the Grant may nevertheless be paid in full.\n\n# CHAPTER IV.\n\n## CORRESPONDENTS.\n\n23. Every Grant School must have a Correspondent who shall be deemed to be a Manager of the School within the meaning of Section 2 of the Education Ordinance. He shall be responsible for the conduct of his school, for its maintenance in efficiency, and for the provision of all needful furniture, books, and apparatus, and in particular of:\n\n(a) Suitable Registers;\n\n(b) A Diary or Log-book;\n\nNote (1). The Log-book must be stoutly bound and must be kept by the Head Teacher, who is required to enter from time to time such events as the introduction of new books, apparatus, or courses of instruction; any plan of lessons approved by the Director; the visits of the Director or of the Correspondent; absence, illness, or failure of duty on the part of any member of the school Staff; or any special circumstances affecting the school that may, for the sake of future reference or for any other reason, deserve to be recorded. No reflections or opinions of a general character are to be entered in the Log-book.\n\nNote (2). Where the Head Teacher is not English, Correspondents are required themselves to record their visits in the Log-book, and to note therein the Attendance at the time of their visits.\n\nNote (3). Any report made by the Director and any remarks made upon it by the Government must, as soon as communicated to the Correspondent, be copied verbatim into the Log-book and signed by him.\n\n(c) A Cash-book;\n\n(d) The Code and Revised Instructions for each year.\n\n24. Correspondents are supplied with a form of Annual Return, which they are required to have ready for the Director immediately after the end of the School Year. Any other returns called for by the Director must be duly made.\n\n25. It is the duty of Correspondents to see that the Admission and Attendance Registers of pupils are carefully registered by or under the supervision of the Head Teacher, and periodically to verify them, and to keep or cause to be kept accurate accounts of income and expenditure.\n\n26. Notice must be sent to the Director by Correspondents, as soon as is possible in each case, of every date upon which a school will be closed, or its ordinary work suspended, during the year. These dates should include the usual holidays, and any closure on account of sickness.\n\nNote. This Article is not intended to prevent a Correspondent from closing a school temporarily in the event of a sudden emergency.\n\n27. Correspondents must at once comply with any order of the Medical Officer of Health requiring them either to close the school or to exclude any pupils from attendance.\n\nPage 450\n\nPage 451",
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        "content_text": "## 2 \n\n(18186/14). \n\n426 \n\n\n12047 \n\nGovernor of Hongkong of April 3rd. to have been granted to \n\nthe French Syndicate appears to be the fulfilment of an undertaking given by the Chinese Government to the French Government in 1898, that the French only should have the right to construct all railways to the West River having Pakhoi as their starting point.\n\nI am to add that the allusion in Sir J. Jordan's telegram to the 1896 agreement refers to the Anglo-French agreement of January 15th, 1896, according to Article IV of which the two countries agreed to endeavour to persuade the Chinese Government to allow their nationals to share in concessions which either might obtain in the Provinces of Yunnan and Szechuan. As stated by Sir J. Jordan the French Government have recently in connexion with certain negotiations now proceeding, appeared to consider the agreement as obsolete, but as Southern Yunnan is still regarded as being a French sphere of interest, Sir J. Jordan evidently anticipates possible objection from the French Government to a concession.",
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        "content_text": "10 \n\n55 \n\n**LA RUSSIE**: \n\nSon Exc. M. A. SWETCHINE, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à La Haye, Délégué. \n\n**LE SIAM**: \n\nSon Exc. M. PHYA SUDHAM MAITRI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué; \nM. WILLIAM J. ARCHER, Conseiller de Légation à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué. \n\n**LA SUÈDE**: \n\nSon Exc. M. C. F. DE KLERCKER, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué. \n\n**LA SUISSE**: \n\nSon Exc. M. G. CARLIN, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué. \n\n**L'URUGUAY**: \n\nSon Exc. M. ALBERTO GUANI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué. \n\n**LES ÉTATS-UNIS DU VÉNÉZUÉLA**: \n\nM. le Docteur ESTEBAN GIL BORGES, Premier Secrétaire de Légation à Paris, Délégué. \n\nde faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances Signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date. \n\nIV. Que la date visée sous III est le 31 décembre 1914. \n\nV. Que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention reste ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée. \n\nB. a décidé : \nQu'un protocole par lequel les Puissances Signataires, disposées à se servir de la faculté visée sous III, pourront déclarer leur intention de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention sera ouvert à La Haye. \nSon Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas satisfaisant au désir exprimé unanimement par la Conférence a consenti à faire dresser ce protocole qui restera ouvert pour les signatures. \n\nC. a adopté à l'unanimité la résolution suivante : \nLa Conférence invite Son Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas à entreprendre au nom de la Conférence une démarche urgente et respectueuse auprès des Puissances Signataires qui n'ont pas ratifié la Convention ni exprimé leur intention de le faire, démarche tendant à les amener à se déclarer prêtes dans un très bref délai à déposer leurs ratifications afin que la Convention puisse entrer en vigueur au plus tôt possible. \n\nEn foi de quoi, les Délégués ont revêtu le présent Protocole de leurs signatures. \nFait à La Haye, le vingt-cinq juin mil neuf cent quatorze en un seul exemplaire qui restera déposé dans les archives du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et dont des copies, certifiées conformes, seront remises par la voie diplomatique à toutes les Puissances tant Signataires que non Signataires. \n\nDans une série de réunions tenues du 15 au 25 juin 1914 la Conférence après avoir examiné la question, qui lui était soumise par le vœu no. III formulé par la Deuxième Conférence, \nA. a émis les avis suivants: \n\nI. Qu'il est possible de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention Internationale de l'Opium du 23 janvier 1912 nonobstant le fait que quelques Puissances invitées en vertu du paragraphe 1 de l'article 28 n'ont pas encore signé la Convention. \nII. Que l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention entre toutes les Puissances Signataires aura lieu lorsque les Puissances qui l'ont déjà signée et celles qui ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer l'auront ratifiée. La date de l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention sera celle fixée par le paragraphe 1 de l'article 24. \nIII. Que, si à une date à déterminer par la Conférence toutes les Puissances Signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances Signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances Signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date.\n\n| Section | Avis |\n| --- | --- |\n| I | Qu'il est possible de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention Internationale de l'Opium du 23 janvier 1912 nonobstant le fait que quelques Puissances invitées en vertu du paragraphe 1 de l'article 28 n'ont pas encore signé la Convention. |\n| II | Que l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention entre toutes les Puissances Signataires aura lieu lorsque les Puissances qui l'ont déjà signée et celles qui ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer l'auront ratifiée. La date de l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention sera celle fixée par le paragraphe 1 de l'article 24. |\n| III | Que, si à une date à déterminer par la Conférence toutes les Puissances Signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances Signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances Signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date. |\n| IV | Que la date visée sous III est le 31 décembre 1914. |\n| V | Que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention reste ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée. |\n\nPour l'Allemagne : \nPour les Etats-Unis d'Amérique :",
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        "content_text": "## Article 13.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes s'efforceront d'adopter, ou de faire adopter, des mesures pour que l'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs de leurs pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail vers les pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail des autres Puissances Contractantes n'ait lieu qu'à la destination de personnes ayant reçu les autorisations ou permis prévus par les lois ou règlements du pays importateur.\n\nA cet effet tout Gouvernement pourra communiquer, de temps en temps, aux Gouvernements des pays exportateurs des listes des personnes auxquelles des autorisations ou permis d'importation de morphine, de cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs auront été accordés.\n\n## Article 14.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes appliqueront les lois et règlements de fabrication, d'importation, de vente ou d'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs :\n\na) à l'opium médicinal;\nb) à toutes les préparations (officinales et non-officinales, y compris les remèdes dits anti-opium), contenant plus de 0,2% de morphine ou plus de 0,1% de cocaïne;\nc) à l'héroïne, ses sels et préparations contenant plus de 0,1% d'héroïne;\nd) à tout nouveau dérivé de la morphine, de la cocaïne ou de leurs sels respectifs, ou à tout autre alcaloïde de l'opium, qui pourrait à la suite de recherches scientifiques, généralement reconnues, donner lieu à des abus analogues et avoir pour résultat les mêmes effets nuisibles.\n\n### CHAPITRE IV.\n\n## Article 15.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine (Treaty Powers) prendront, de concert avec le Gouvernement chinois, les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher l'entrée en contrebande, tant sur le territoire chinois que dans leurs colonies.",
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        "content_text": "8 \n\nthat he regarded the proceedings of the Conference as lacking in practicality, and the resolutions submitted by the committee as academic. He however recognised the importance of the resolution which had been carried unanimously on the proposition of the American and British delegations.\n\nM. van Deventer presented the Committee's Report, prefacing his remarks by stating that both the Chambers of the States-General had approved the ratification of the convention.\n\nThe report laid stress on the fact that the second resolution carried in an amended form at the previous sitting by 16 votes to 2 (with 11 abstentions) dealt with the mode of coming into force of the convention in the case of signatory Powers co-operating for that purpose. The Chinese proposition contained two principles, one dealing with the putting into force of the convention by certain only of the signatory Powers, and the other attempting a differentiation as between those Powers whose ratification was delayed solely for constitutional reasons, and those who deferred ratification for other than constitutional reasons. Although the Committee had prepared and submitted a formula embodying the latter principle, it did not, in view of the previous criticism which the proposal had encountered, advise its further consideration by the Conference. To meet the other principle contained in the Chinese proposition, it submitted the following vœu:--\n\nIII. The Conference is of opinion that if, at a date to be determined by the Conference, all the signatory Powers have not deposited their ratifications, it shall be lawful (\"loisible\") for the signatory Powers whose ratifications shall have been deposited by that date to put the convention in force. The same power shall be open to those signatory Powers who shall successively deposit their ratifications after that date.\n\nAnd as consecutive to this vœu, it submitted also the following proposals:\n\nIV. That the date contemplated under III shall be...\nV. That the \"Comité de Rédaction\" be authorised to prepare a special protocol in which the signatory Powers which are prepared to make use of the power referred to under III shall be able to declare their intention of putting the convention in force.\nVI. That the power of acceding to the convention shall continue open to those Powers which have not yet signed it.\n\nIn the discussion which ensued, we supported the Committee, in the preparation of whose report we had taken an active part, remarking that there was now a unanimous desire that the signatory Powers should ratify as soon as possible, that there was all but unanimity that the convention might be enforced by the signatories notwithstanding the abstention of two or three Powers. With so much manifestation of good-will, it appeared that this Conference would have satisfactorily reviewed the situation, in which no fewer than forty-three Powers found themselves in agreement, and would serve the purpose of quickening progress towards the end in view.\n\nResolution III was then carried unanimously.\n\nThe date inserted in resolution IV was the 31st December, 1914, and in this form, it was carried—16 voting for and 10 abstaining (viz., Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland).\n\nResolutions V and VI were transposed in order, No. V being amended by providing that the special protocol should be prepared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at The Hague instead of by the Committee. They were both carried unanimously.\n\nThe final session of the Conference was held on June 25th, when the welcome announcement was made by M. Loudon that Greece had signed the convention without any reserve. The Protocol de Clôture, which had been drafted by the Comité de Rédaction, was approved and subsequently signed by all the delegates without any reservation whatever.\n\nIt recited that in a series of meetings held from the 15th-25th June, the Conference had examined the question submitted to it by the vœu of the second Conference, and had placed on record the following opinions (\"a émis les avis suivants\") :—\n\nA.-I. That it is possible for the International Opium Convention of the 23rd January, 1912, to be brought into force, notwithstanding the fact that some Powers invited in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 23 had not yet signed the convention,\n\nII. That the coming into force of the convention between all the signatory Powers shall take place when the Powers which have already signed, and those which have expressed their intention of adhering to it, shall have ratified it. The date of coming into force shall be that fixed by paragraph 1 of article 24.\n\nIII. That if by a date to be determined by the Conference, all the signatory Powers have not yet deposited their ratifications, it will be lawful for the signatory Powers whose ratifications shall have been deposited by that date to put the convention in force. The same power shall obtain for the signatory Powers who shall successively deposit their ratifications after that date.\n\nIV. That the date indicated in No. III be the 31st December, 1914.\n\nV. That the possibility of acceding to the convention do remain open to the Powers which have not yet signed.\n\nB. The Conference has decided :—\n\n\"That a protocol by which the signatory Powers desirous of acting in accordance with the provision under No. III shall be able to declare their intention of putting the convention in force shall be opened at The Hague.\n\nHis Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands being satisfied that the desire has been unanimously expressed by the Conference, has consented to prepare this protocol, which will remain open for signature.\"\n\nC. The Conference has unanimously carried the following resolution :—\n\n\"The Conference invites his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to transmit, in the name of the Conference, an urgent and respectful representation to the signatory Powers which have not yet ratified the Convention nor expressed their intention of doing so, with a view to inducing them to declare their readiness shortly to deposit their ratifications, in order that the convention may come into force as soon as possible.\"\n\nThen follow the signatures of the plenipotentiaries of thirty Powers.\n\nA perusal of the final protocol and the procès-verbaux will, we think, serve to show that we have carried out, literatim and verbatim, the instructions with which we were favoured.\n\nWe can claim, as we did at the close of the second Conference, that this third Conference has \"served to review the international position and accelerate the pace.\"\n\nBefore summarising the results which we think have been attained as the results of the third Conference, we will report the position of the several Powers concerned as regards ratification of this convention at the close of the Conference, based on information which we obtained from the secretariate :—\n\n## Status of Ratification\n\n### A. Signatory Powers that had Ratified\n\n| No. | Power |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | United States of America |\n| 2 | Belgium |\n| 3 | China |\n| 4 | Denmark |\n| 5 | Guatemala |\n| 6 | Italy |\n| 7 | Portugal |\n| 8 | Siam |\n| 9 | Sweden |\n| 10 | Venezuela |\n| 11 | Honduras |\n\n### B. Signatory Powers Ready to Ratify\n\n| No. | Power |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | Great Britain |\n| 2 | Japan |\n| 3 | Netherlands |\n| 4 | Persia |\n\nPage 393",
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        "content_text": "# H : 1\n\n401 4\n\n**LA RUSSIE**: \nSon Exc. M. A. SWÉTCHINE, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à La Haye, Délégué.\n\n**LE SIAM**: \nSon Exc. M. PHYA SUDHAM MAITRI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué; \nM. WILLIAM J. ARCHER, Conseiller de Légation à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\n**LA SUÈDE**: \nSon Exc. M. C. F. DE KLERCKER, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\n**LA SUISSE**: \nSon Exc. M. G. CARLIN, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\n**L'URUGUAY**: \nSon Exc. M. ALBERTO GUANI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\n**LES ÉTATS-UNIS DU VÉNÉZUÉLA**: \nM. le Docteur ESTEBAN GIL BORGES, Premier Secrétaire de Légation à Paris, Délégué.\n\nDans une série de réunions tenues du 15 au 25 juin 1914, la Conférence, après avoir examiné la question qui lui était soumise par le vœu no. III formulé par la Deuxième Conférence, a émis les avis suivants :\n\nI. Qu'il est possible de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention Internationale de l'Opium du 23 janvier 1912, nonobstant le fait que quelques Puissances invitées en vertu du paragraphe 1 de l'article 23 n'ont pas encore signé la Convention.\n\nII. Que l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention entre toutes les Puissances Signataires aura lieu lorsque les Puissances qui l'ont déjà signée et celles qui ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer l'auront ratifiée. La date de l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention sera celle fixée par le paragraphe 1 de l'article 24.\n\nIII. Que, si à une date à déterminer par la Conférence, toutes les Puissances Signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances Signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances Signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date.\n\nIV. Que la date visée sous III est le 31 décembre 1914.\n\nV. Que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention reste ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée.\n\nB. a décidé : \nQu'un protocole par lequel les Puissances Signataires, disposées à se servir de la faculté visée sous III, pourront déclarer leur intention de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention sera ouvert à La Haye. \nSon Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas, satisfaisant au désir exprimé unanimement par la Conférence, a consenti à faire dresser ce protocole qui restera ouvert pour les signatures.\n\nC. a adopté à l'unanimité la résolution suivante : \nLa Conférence invite Son Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères des Pays-Bas à entreprendre, au nom de la Conférence, une démarche urgente et respectueuse auprès des Puissances Signataires qui n'ont pas ratifié la Convention ni exprimé leur intention de le faire, démarche tendant à les amener à se déclarer prêtes, dans un très bref délai, à déposer leurs ratifications, afin que la Convention puisse entrer en vigueur au plus tôt possible.\n\nEn foi de quoi, les Délégués ont revêtu le présent Protocole de leurs signatures.\n\nFait à La Haye, le vingt-cinq juin mille neuf cent quatorze, en un seul exemplaire qui restera déposé dans les archives du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et dont des copies, certifiées conformes, seront remises par la voie diplomatique à toutes les Puissances, tant Signataires que non Signataires.\n\n| Pays | Signature |\n| --- | --- |\n| Pour l'Allemagne |  |\n| Pour les États-Unis d'Amérique | HENRY VAN DYKE |\n| Pour la République Argentine | CHAS. DENRY |\n| Pour la Belgique | FRANC. DE VEYGA |\n| Pour les États-Unis du Brésil | Bn. ALB. FALLON, GRAÇA ARANHA |\n| Pour le Chili |  |\n| Pour la Chine | W. W. YEN, Ts. F. TANG |\n| Pour le Danemark | W. GREVENKOP CASTENSKJOLD |\n| Pour la République Dominicaine | F. DE MÜLLER |\n\n* Les communications ayant été interrompues par suite de la guerre, il n'a plus été possible d'obtenir la signature qui n'avait pu être donnée à la date de la clôture de la conférence.",
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        "content_text": "## Translation of Document handed to President Tuan Shih K'i by Mr. Ijuichi, the Japanese Minister, on January 18, 1915.\n\n### I.\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government being desirous of maintaining the peace of Eastern Asia and of further strengthening the friendly relations existing between the two neighbouring nations agree to the following Articles:\n\n#### Article I.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that when the Japanese Government hereafter approaches the German Government for the transfer of all rights and privileges of whatsoever nature enjoyed by Germany in the province of Shantung, whether secured by Treaty or any other manner, China shall give her full assent thereto.\n\n#### Article II.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that within the Province of Shantung and along its sea-border no territory or island or land of any name or nature shall be ceded or leased to any third Power.\n\n#### Article III.\n\nThe Chinese Government consents to Japan building a railway from Chefoo or Lungkow to join the Kiaochao and Chinan-fu Railway.\n\n#### Article IV.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that for the sake of trade and for the residence of foreigners certain important places shall be speedily opened in the Province of Shantung as Treaty Ports, such necessary places to be jointly decided upon by the two Governments by separate agreement.\n\n### II.\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government, since the Chinese Government has always acknowledged the specially \n\nPage 300\nPage 301",
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        "content_text": "## Article I\n\nThe two contracting Powers mutually agree that the term of lease of Port Arthur and Dalny and the term of lease of the South Manchuria and Antung-Mukden railways shall be extended to the period of 99 years.\n\n## Article II\n\nJapanese subjects in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia in erecting buildings for the purpose of trade and manufacture or for farming shall have the right to lease or own land as required.\n\n## Article III\n\nJapanese subjects shall be free to reside and travel in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia and to engage in business and in manufacture of any kind whatsoever.\n\n## Article IV\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees to grant Japanese subjects the right of opening the mines in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia, such mining places to be jointly decided upon by the two Governments.\n\n## Article V\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that in respect of the two following subjects mentioned hereinbelow the Japanese Government's consent shall be first obtained before action shall be taken:\n\n| Subject | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | Whenever permission is granted to the subjects of a third power to build a railway or make a loan with a third Power for the purpose of building a railway in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia. |\n| (b) | Whenever a loan is to be made with third Power pledging the local taxes of South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia as security. |\n\n## Article VI\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that if the Chinese Government is to ... \n\n296",
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        "content_text": "## IX\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that in the event of the Japanese Government or Japanese financiers and the Chinese Government or Chinese nationals desiring to construct a railway between Chekiang and Foochow or between Nanchang and Chaochow the **Japanese Government** shall first be consulted.\n\n### Article VII\n\nGovernment in South Manchuria or Eastern Inner Mongolia employs Advisers or Instructors for political, financial or military purposes the Japanese shall first be consulted.\n\n## Article de VII\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that the control and administration of the Kirin-Changchun railway shall be handed over to the **Japanese Government** to take effect on the signing of this agreement, the term to last for 99 years.\n\n### III\n\nThe **Japanese Government** and the **Chinese Government**, seeing that Japanese financiers and the Hanyehping Company have close relations with each other at present, and also desiring that the common interests of the two nations shall be advanced, agree to the following articles:\n\n#### Article I\n\nThe two contracting Powers mutually agree that when the opportune moment arrives the Hanyehping Company shall be made a joint concern of the two nations and they further agree that without the previous consent of Japan, China shall not by her own act dispose of the rights and property of whatsoever nature of the Hanyehping Company, nor cause the said Company to dispose freely of the same.\n\n#### Article II\n\nThe **Chinese Government** agrees that all mines in the neighbourhood of those owned by the Hanyehping Company shall not be permitted, without the consent of the said Company, to be worked by other persons outside of the said Company and further agrees that if it is desired to carry out any undertaking which it is apprehended may directly or indirectly affect the interests of the said Company the consent of the said Company shall first be obtained.\n\n### IV\n\nThe **Japanese Government** and the **Chinese Government** with the object of effectively protecting the territorial...",
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        "content_text": "## Article IIX \nThe integrity of China agree to the following special article:- \n\n298 \n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that no island port and harbour along the coast shall be ceded or leased to any third Power. \n\n## Article I \nThe Chinese Central Government shall employ influential Japanese as Advisers in political, financial, and military affairs. \n\n## Article II \nIn the interior of China Japanese shall have the right to ownership of land for the building of Japanese hospitals, churches and schools. \n\n## Article III \nSince the Japanese Government and the Chinese Government have had many cases of dispute between Japanese and Chinese police to settle, cases which caused no inconsiderable misunderstanding, it is for the reason necessary that the police departments of important places (in China) shall be jointly administered (by Japanese and Chinese) or that the (Chinese) police department of these places shall employ numerous Japanese for the purpose of organizing and improving the Chinese Police Service. \n\n## Article IV \nChina shall purchase from Japan a fixed ratio of the quantity of munitions of war (say 50% or more) or Japan shall establish in China a jointly worked arsenal, Japanese technical experts to be employed and Japanese material to be purchased. \n\n## Article V \nChina agrees to grant to Japan the right of constructing a railway connecting Wuchang with Kiukiang and Nanchang. Also a line between Nanchang and Hangchow, and a line between Nanchang and Chaochou. \n\n## Article VI \nChina agrees that in the Province of Fukien Japan",
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        "content_text": "#7082\n\nHongkong General Chamber of Commerce  \n434  \n25312  \nNew Government Building  \nDes Voeux Road,  \nHongkong, 10th April, 1915\n\nI beg to inform you that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce have recently had under consideration the terms of the new Agreement which it is understood Japan has recently submitted to China and which is now under discussion between the two Governments, and I now enclose copy of this proposed Agreement which I believe to be correct. I would add that this copy has been received from a reliable source, on the understanding that the Chamber of Commerce does not make the document public.\n\nA copy of this paper has no doubt been already considered by His Excellency the Governor, but the Committee holding the opinion that in many respects an infringement of the policy of \"the open door\" and \"equality of opportunity to all the Treaty Powers alike\" is seriously threatened, should the demands put forward by Japan be accepted by the Peking Government, consider it advisable to lay their views before His Excellency and trust that he will see his way to submit them to His Majesty's Government.\n\nThe enclosed translation of the document handed to His Excellency President Yuan Shih Kai by the Japanese Minister consists of four sections, containing in all 20 articles. I understand that a further article has since been added, but this may be merely a repetition of the preamble of Section IV, while it is reported that in representing their case to the friendly Treaty Powers the Japanese Government only communicated eleven of the twenty-one articles as being a statement of their case.\n\nBe this as it may it would appear from the very guarded statements made in the House of Commons by the Government that on the whole the Japanese demands are not considered as",
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        "content_text": "#EI \n\n435 \n\nto sedam) Løteneð gnoxynol \n\n.x 10 2 \n\n4 \n\nbacfi xweof #«Q \n\nerit to set† Žan \n\nend dand soy mioluž od god I \n\nbesoqorq maat to wa \n\n.Tig \n\nE \n\neds notjatebianoo rebus kaa gåíuedes even soʻtenzo) Te zudums.c \n\n-dnsost sad neqat, booturaknu në đi naidu tonusesgå won odd to varied \n\nDGUNJNG LIGİBRUosib tabou waa si soide bus animi) að kostimuua VI- \n\nzafam won I breadnewrievod owt qut \n\nwide talið bɓa bluem I Joe1100 mg of eveiled I doldw domainOTGA \n\npribantærebnu edt no,sowos eldoifez a mola Devinder med and ygoo \n\n.oiiduq drawerbob erið sýna jan seob soraɑmeð te redmade and dand \n\nybse? Is Legu mullus or sad segag mind de ygod å \n\n-bion earth.með edo zod .IN.ISTO \n\nIsox BiH yo berebienos \n\nacid to inqueynistri na stoeqaer ynam ni tant nokkigo and ani- \n\nedit İle od \"„tinurogyo to ydi[aupe\" bus *roob mego add\" to polloq \n\nabroad eat bisode,bensdaezid yieuoires at eilis szewo¶ yjesz? \n\nTo bi anco \n\n„†NSKTIGT 00 zabale¶ acid yɗ bedquosa od maqal yd burol duq \n\nJavit bna yomllsari ali •wled weit niedė vai at midənivia 31 \n\nmirtevoð s'ydanjski akli at medê dindun ət yaw aldi oon IIkw od #add \n\nod babited dyewɔeb ent te noktalanesë besofone adT \n\nYet sinil amenagat, adź yd dal didi masï doebisari yomileori sil \n\n-webm I .sobista of Ila ni yainiadneo (amokdoes wol to adeżanoo \n\nyan midd sød „babba med sonte sad eloidza radim? a Card betada- \n\nni di siid VI no¿doeƐ to eldinnang add to moitijaqst a vietam od \n\nytaert yibmirÌ ads of snap Triads gnitasaerger ni jadi bet to get \n\nant to navale bedaninquusoo ylao Jusmrieved assangel, edit #TOWO¶ \n\n„esso riedit to Joametada a gaied na selo ktra eno-ydnewŚ VIET BAI LỌII rangg blog đi vu đỏ Ba Tết và \n\nJusaurieval and go unomoć to enroll add ni ebaa atnemoðaðu be braug \n\nsa batabianco don ein shaameb szeneqat end alade and no dand \n\nseriously affecting British interests in China. If this is the view of His Majesty's Government, we consider it the more necessary to give expression to our views on this very important matter.\n\nTurning to the draft Agreement, I will now deal with the various articles seriatim, showing in what manner the Committee of the Chamber consider they conflict with our trading interests as ensured by the \"most favoured nation\" clause in our treaty with China.\n\n## Section 1\n\n### Article I\nThe special rights and privileges wrung from China by Germany, so far as the province of Shantung was concerned, were in many directions opposed to the treaty rights of other Powers and should not in equity be extended to Japan, but we realise that this may be a difficult question to raise in view of existing conditions and the manner in which the Government of Great Britain and Japan are at present associated. It must not be overlooked that Great Britain had a considerable share in the reduction of Tsingtau by the assistance of both her Navy and Army.\n\n### Article II\nThe insertion of the word \"Third\" in the last line of this article raises the unpleasant doubt as to whether, while China may not cede, or lease, territory to another Treaty Power, she may do so to Japan. This word, therefore, should be deleted, as we are of opinion it opens a very wide door to Japanese preferential treatment in China.\n\n### Article III\nThe right for the Japanese Government, of Government Nominees to construct this railway is a direct infringement of the doctrine of the \"open door\" and if granted will, in conjunction with Article I, mean the handing over of the foreign trade of one of the richest provinces of China to the Japanese.\n\n### Article IV\nShould China decide upon opening new Treaty Ports, this should be done of her own initiative, or in general consultation with the representatives of all the Treaty Powers. Should Japan be alone consulted, it is reasonable to suppose she will take advantage of the situation and arrange that she acquires the greater benefit of the new port to the detriment of other nationalities.",
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        "content_text": "# Section 2\n## Article I\nThis is a matter more for the consideration of our Government, than for comment by the Committee.\n\n## Article II\nThe permission to Japanese to own, or lease, land in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia if granted can only in the end result in the \"Koreanising\" of these districts. Such permission to own, or lease, land in China is denied to the nationals of the other Treaty Powers.\n\n## Articles III and IV\nIf these concessions are made to Japanese subjects, it should be distinctly understood that other nationalities should have equal opportunity with Japanese merchants and concessionaires.\n\n## Article V\nNot only gives Japan an improper preference in a certain section of China, but directly infringes the Sovereign rights of the Republican Government.\n\n## Article VI\nHere again the Japanese demand special privileges which are contrary to Treaty.\n\n## Article VII\nThe handing over of this important branch line of railway is yet one more step towards the control of Southern Manchuria passing into the hands of the Japanese Government.\n\n## Section III\n### Articles I and II\nBy these Articles the Japanese are again demanding undue privileges, and in this instance in the centre of the Yangtze Valley, which has in the past been declared by His Majesty's Government as being the sphere of British influence. The Chinese Government are again asked to give over their rights, by agreeing not to dispose of their own property except with the permission of the Japanese.\n\nThe concluding paragraph of Article II is so vague and may be of so far-reaching a nature that the Japanese might possibly claim it prevents China from allowing a third Power to open any mine, or carry on any industry, not only in the three provinces of Hupeh, Hunan, and Kwangsi, but also in any other part of the republic.\n\n## Section IV\nThe same objection is made to the preamble of this article as has been raised to Article II of Section I.",
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        "content_text": "# Article 1\nThis article, if allowed to stand as draft-ed, may be construed by the Japanese as giving them the exclusive right to act as political, financial, and military advisers to China, thus putting the Republic under Japanese tutelage and destroying her sovereign rights.\n\nSuch a situation could not be tolerated, in view of the large share of trade with China held by the other Treaty powers and the great proportion of the national debt, to say nothing of the important British interests involving large capital sums invested in China, which would be at stake.\n\n## Article II\nIf granted, similar opportunity must be given to other nationalities.\n\n## Article III\nThe same objection raised as Article I of this section applies to this Article.\n\n## Article IV\nThe terms of this article are not, it would appear, in accordance with \"the most favoured nation\" clause of our treaty with China.\n\n## Articles V and VI\nIf the Japanese Government are permitted to construct the lines mentioned in Article V, they will be able to control the great part of the Southern side of the Yangtze from the sea to Hankow, the valuable district on the shores of the Poyang lake, and thence through the whole length of Kwang-Si to Swatow. The latter section will tend to still further strengthen their hold on the province of Fukien, the absorption of which province is foreshadowed in Article VI.\n\nThe Committee, in fact, raises the same objection to this attempted capture of the trade of Central China and the practical conquest of Fukien as they have already done to the Japanese designs on Shantung, Southern Manchuria, and Eastern Inner Mongolia.\n\nWe have deemed it desirable to go into a detailed statement of our views on the proposed new Agreement as presented by the Japanese and have, as above, briefly outlined our objections to the proposed Agreement.\n\nSo far as this Colony is concerned, I would specially beg... \n\n437",
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        "content_text": "# — 6 —\n\nthe word \"Colony\" in the second line of the first proviso to sub-section (1) thereof; \n(d) by the insertion of the words \"or, in the case of a China Company, have been received in Shanghai,\" after the word \"Colony\" in the ninth line of the first proviso to sub-section (1) thereof. \n(e) by the insertion of the words \"or where, in the case of a China Company, the mortgage or charge is created within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council but comprises property outside the limits of the China Orders-in-Council,\" after the word \"Colony\" in the second line of the second proviso to sub-section (1) thereof. \n\n(12.) In section 110 by the addition of the following paragraph to sub-section (1) thereof;— \n## Amendment of section 110.\n(iv.) In the case of any company \"on the application of the Registrar of Companies or of the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai.” \n\n(13.) In section 113, as amended by section 16 of the Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1913 \n(a) by the deletion of the words \"of such \" in the twelfth line of sub-section (1) thereof as printed in the said Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1913; \n(b) by the repeal of the second proviso to sub-section (5) thereof; \n(c) by the addition at the end thereof of the following sub-section — \n**(9.) Sub-section (1) of this section shall not apply in the case of a China Company.**\n\n(14.) In section 114-- \n## Amendment of section 114.\n(a) by the insertion of the words \", or, in the case of a China Company, if the company has branch banks beyond the limits of the consular district wherein such Company has its registered office,\" after the word \"Colony\" in the first line of paragraph (a) of sub-section (5) thereof; \n(b) by the insertion of the words \", or, in the case of a China Company, to the registered office of the company within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council;\" after the word \"Colony\" in the fourth line of paragraph (a) of sub-section (5) thereof. \n\n(15.) In section 132 by the insertion of the words \"or by the Registrar of Companies, or by the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai,\" after the word \"contributories\" in the fifth line of sub-section (1) thereof. \n## Amendment of section 132.\n\n(16.) In section 141- \n## Amendment of section 141.\n(a) by re-numbering sub-section (2) as sub-section (3); \n(b) by inserting a new sub-section (2) therein as follows:- \n**(2.) For the purpose of this Ordinance so far as it relates to the winding up of China Companies or Hongkong China Companies by the Supreme Court for China the term Official Receiver shall mean the person appointed in that behalf by the Judge of the Supreme Court for China.**\n\n(17.) In section 171 by the substitution of the words \"its jurisdiction\" for the words \"the Colony\" in the third line thereof. \n## Amendment of section 171.\n\n(18.) In section 178 by the addition of the words \"and in the case of a China Company in some newspaper circulating in the place where such Company has its registered office.\" at the end thereof. \n## Amendment of section 178.\n\n(19.) In section 216 by the insertion of the words\", or within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council before any officer of the Supreme Court for China lawfully authorized to take and receive affidavits, after the word \"affidavits\" in the fifth line of sub-section (1) thereof. \n## Amendment of section 216.\n\n(20.) In Table A in the First Schedule by the deletion of the words “On a show of hands every member present in person shall have\" in the first line of Article 50 thereof, and by the substitution therefor of the words, \"business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an\". \n## Amendment of Table A.\n\n## 7.--(1.) Sections 35, 36 and 37 of the Companies Ordinance, 1911, shall not apply in the case of China Companies. \n### Sections 35, 36, 37 of Ordinance No. 58 of 1911 not to Apply to China Companies.\n\n(2.) An instrument of transfer of share in a China Company shall be exempt from stamp duty unless executed by the transferor within the Colony. \n### Stamp duties on transfers of shares.\n\n(3.) No probate duty or estate duty shall be payable in respect of the share or other interest of a deceased member of a China Company in such company. \n### Probate and estate duty.\n\n(4.) In lieu of the aforesaid duties, an annual fee for each Chinese calendar year at the rate of four cents for each hundred dollars of the paid up capital of the company shall be paid in advance by every China Company to the Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong on or before the 31st day of January in each year: Provided that where a company is placed on the Register at Shanghai after the 1st day of January in any given calendar year a proportionate part only of the said fee shall be payable in respect of the period from the date of its being so placed on the Register at Shanghai to the 31st day of December next following. \n### Companies to pay annual fee.\n\n(5.) If any company hereafter transferred from the Register in Hongkong to the Register at Shanghai shall at the date of such transfer be the holder of an unexpired local register licence under the Companies Ordinance, 1911, a proportionate part of the licence fee in respect of the unexpired portion of the period covered by such licence shall, if previously paid by such company, be refunded to the company by the Colonial Treasurer of Hongkong within one month of the receipt by him of proof to his satisfaction that the fee referred to in the preceding sub-section has been paid to the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai in respect of the period for which the refund is claimed. \n### Refund of local register licence fee.\n\n(6.) If any company makes default in complying with the provisions of sub-section (4) of this section it shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which the default continues, and every director, officer and agent of the company who knowingly or wilfully authorises or permits the default shall be liable to the like penalty. \n### Penalty.\n\n## 8. The Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1913, is hereby amended as follows \n### Amendment of Ordinance No. 22 of 1913.\n\n(1.) By the repeal of sub-section (a) of section 6 thereof, and by the re-numbering of sub-sections (b) and (c) as (a) and (b) respectively. \n\n(2.) By the repeal of the words \"of such\" in the fourteenth line of sub-section (4) of section 16 thereof. \n\n(3.) By the repeal of sub-section (a) of section 16 thereof. \n\n## 9. The Companies Ordinances, in so far as they affect China companies carrying on business within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council, shall be read with and subject to the China (Companies) Order-in-Council, 1917.\n### Application of Companies Ordinances.\n\n## 10. This Ordinance shall come into force on the day of 1917.\n### Commencement.",
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        "content_text": "that he regarded the proceedings of the Conference as lacking in practicality, and the resolutions submitted by the committee as academic. He however recognised the importance of the resolution which had been carried unanimously on the proposition of the American and British delegations.\n\nM. van Deventer presented the Committee's Report, prefacing his remarks by stating that both the Chambers of the States-General had approved the ratification of the convention.\n\nThe report laid stress on the fact that the second resolution carried in an amended form at the previous sitting by 16 votes to 2 (with 11 abstentions) dealt with the mode of coming into force of the convention in the case of all the signatory Powers co-operating for that purpose. The Chinese proposition contained two principles, one dealing with the putting into force of the convention by certain only of the signatory Powers, and the other attempting a differentiation as between those Powers whose ratification was delayed solely for constitutional reasons, and those who deferred ratification for other than constitutional reasons. Although the Committee had prepared and submitted a formula embodying the latter principle it did not, in view of the previous criticism which the proposal had encountered, advise its further consideration by the Conference. To meet the other principle contained in the Chinese proposition it submitted the following vau :—\n\nIII. The Conference is of opinion that if, at a date to be determined by the Conference, all the signatory Powers have not deposited their ratifications, it shall be lawful (\"loisible\") for the signatory Powers whose ratifica-tions shall have been deposited by that date to put the convention in force. The same power shall be open to those signatory Powers who shall successively deposit the ratifications after that date.\n\nAnd as consecutive to this vaut it submitted also the following proposals:\n\nIV. That the date contemplated under III shall be.\n\nV. That the 'Comité de Rédaction be authorised to prepare a special protocol in which the signatory Powers which are prepared to make use of the power referred to under III shall be able to declare their intention of putting the convention in force.\n\nVI. That the power of acceding to the convention shall continue open to those Powers which have not yet signed it.\n\nIn the discussion which ensued we supported the Committee, in the preparation of whose report we had taken an active part, remarking that there was now a unanimous desire that the signatory Powers should ratify as soon as possible, that there was all but unanimity that the convention might be enforced by the signatories notwithstanding the abstention of two or three Powers. With so much manifestation of good-will it appeared that this Conference would have satisfactorily reviewed the situation, in which no fewer than forty-three Powers found themselves in agreement, and would serve the purpose of quickening progress towards the end in view.\n\nResolution III was then carried unanimously.\n\nThe date inserted in resolution IV was the 31st December, 1914, and in this form it was carried—16 voting for and 10 abstaining (viz., Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Persia, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland).\n\nResolutions V and VI were transposed in order, No. V being amended by providing that the special protocol should be prepared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at The Hague instead of by the Committee. They were both carried unanimously.\n\nThe final session of the Conference was held on June 25th, when the welcome announcement was made by M. Loudon that Greece had signed the convention without any reserve.\n\nThe Protocol de Clôture, which had been drafted by the Comité de Rédaction, was approved and subsequently signed by all the delegates without any reservation whatever.\n\nIt recited that in a series of meetings held from the 15th-25th June the Conference had examined the question submitted to it by the vau of the second Conference, and had placed on record the following opinions (\"a émis les avis suivants\") :–\n\nA.-I. That it is possible for the International Opium Convention of the 23rd January, 1912, to be brought into force, notwithstanding the fact that some Powers invited in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 23 had not yet signed the convention.\n\nII. That the coming into force of the convention between all the signatory Powers shall take place when the Powers which have already signed, and those which have expressed their intention of adhering to it, shall have ratified it. The date of coming into force shall be that fixed by paragraph 1 of article 24.\n\nIII. That if by a date to be determined by the Conference all the signatory Powers have not yet deposited their ratifications, it will be lawful for the signatory Powers whose ratifications shall have been deposited by that date to put the convention in force. The same power shall obtain for the signatory Powers who shall successively deposit their ratifications after that date.\n\nIV. That the date indicated in No. III be the 31st December, 1914.\n\nV. That the possibility of acceding to the convention do remain open to the Powers which have not yet signed.\n\nB. The Conference has decided :-\n\nThat a protocol by which the signatory Powers desirous of acting in accordance with the provision under No. III shall be able to declare their intention of putting the convention in force shall be opened at The Hague,\n\n\"His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands being satisfied that the desire has been unanimously expressed by the open for Conference, has consented to prepare this protocol, which will remain signature.\"\n\nC. The Conference has unanimously carried the following resolution :—\"The Conference invites his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to transmit, in the name of the Conference, an urgent and respectful representation to the signatory Powers which have not yet ratified the Convention nor expressed their intention of doing so, with a view to inducing them to declare their readiness shortly to deposit their ratifications, in order that the convention may come into force as soon as possible.\"\n\nThen follow the signatures of the plenipotentiaries of thirty Powers.\n\nA perusal of the final protocol and the procès-verbaux will, we think, serve to show that we have carried out, literatim and verbatim, the instructions with which we were favoured.\n\nWe can claim, as we did at the close of the second Conference, that this third Conference has served to review the international position and accelerate the pace.\"\n\nBefore summarising the results which we think have been attained as the results of the third Conference, we will report the position of the several Powers concerned as regards ratification of this convention at the close of the Conference, based on information which we obtained from the secretariate :\n\nA. The following signatory Powers had ratified the convention :\n\n1. United States of America.\n\n2. Belgium.\n\n3. China.\n\n4. Denmark.\n\n5. Guatemala.\n\n6. Italy.\n\n7. Portugal.\n\n8. Siam.\n\n9. Sweden.\n\n10. Venezuela.\n\n11. Honduras.\n\nB. The following signatory Powers were ready to ratify :\n\n1. Great Britain.\n\n2. Japan.\n\n3. Netherlands.\n\n4. Persia.\n\nPage 9\n\n[2301 a-1]\n\nPage 198\n\nD",
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        "content_text": "50\n\nDans la quatrième séance plénière, la Délégation de Chine a proposé une résolution ainsi conçue:\n\nLa Convention entrera en vigueur le 1er décembre 1914 à moins que la ratification générale par les Puissances qui l'ont déjà signée et celles qui ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer ne soit différée pour des raisons d'ordre constitutionnel; dans ce cas la Convention entrera en vigueur à cette date pour les Puissances qui auront déposé leurs ratifications et, pour les autres Puissances, à la date du dépôt successif de leurs ratifications.\n\ntandis que la Délégation britannique a proposé un amendement sur cette résolution tendant à y ajouter les lignes suivantes :\n\npourvu que l'engagement de rédiger et de proposer aux parlements respectifs les mesures législatives visées dans le paragraphe 2 de l'article 24 ne devienne pas effectif avant l'expiration de 6 mois à partir de la date à laquelle la dernière de ces Puissances qui a pu être empêchée par des raisons d'ordre constitutionnel de ratifier la Convention avant le 1er décembre 1914 aura déposé sa ratification.\n\nNotre Comité a cru distinguer dans cette résolution amendée deux idées différentes. L'une tend à l'expression du principe fondamental que si, à une date à déterminer par la conférence, la Convention n'est pas encore entrée en vigueur pour toutes les Puissances signataires, la faculté de la faire entrer en vigueur pour un groupe de Puissances Signataires doit exister. L'autre tient compte de la possibilité que parmi les Puissances qui ont déjà signé la Convention et celles qui, sans l'avoir signée, ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer il s'en trouvent qui, uniquement pour des raisons d'ordre constitutionnel et formel, ne seront pas à même d'effectuer la ratification.\n\nEn essayant de trouver une formule applicable à la deuxième suggestion, notre Comité a préparé, celle qui suit ci-dessous :\n\nLa conférence est d'avis que, si parmi les Puissances mentionnées sous II il s'en trouvent qui uniquement pour des raisons d'ordre constitutionnel et formel, ne sont pas à même d'effectuer la ratification, la Convention entrera néanmoins en vigueur sous la condition que l'engagement de rédiger et de proposer aux parlements respectifs les mesures législatives visées par le paragraphe 2 de l'article 24 soit suspendu jusqu'à l'expiration de six mois après la date à laquelle le dernier des actes de ratification provenant de ces Puissances aura été déposé.\n\nToutefois, après avoir examiné attentivement le procès-verbal de la quatrième séance plénière et en tenant compte des objections faites par les Délégués de France et de Russie, notre Comité juge plus opportun d'écarter de la résolution présentée par la Délégation de Chine et amendée par la Délégation britannique toute allusion aux raisons qui pourraient déterminer les Puissances signataires à accorder ou à différer la ratification de la Convention.\n\nQuant à la première suggestion, qui contient le principe fondamental de la proposition, notre Comité est d'avis qu'elle est d'autant plus acceptable qu'elle laisse chaque Puissance signataire absolument libre de tenir compte des circonstances particulières dans lesquelles elle se trouve. Notre Comité a préparé la formule suivante :\n\nLa conférence est d'avis que, si à une date à déterminer par la conférence toutes les Puissances signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date.\n\n51\n\nLa fixation de la date reste donc à la conférence qui aura aussi à se prononcer sur la forme d'un protocole spécial, par lequel les Puissances signataires disposées à la mise en vigueur partielle et successive de la Convention pourront déclarer leur intention dans ce but.\n\nNotre Comité propose à la conférence de le charger de la préparation d'un tel protocole spécial.\n\nPour compléter les avis déjà prononcés et proposés, il demande qu'on veuille bien mettre hors de doute que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention restera ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée.\n\nNotre Comité a donc l'honneur de soumettre à l'approbation de la conférence les formules suivantes qui formeront un ensemble avec celles déjà arrêtées dans la troisième séance:\n\nLa conférence est d'avis:\n\nIII. Que, si à une date à déterminer par la conférence, toutes les Puissances signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées, de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention.\n\nLa même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date.\n\nIV. Que la date visée sous III sera celle du\n\nV. Que le Comité de Rédaction sera chargé de préparer un protocole spécial par lequel les Puissances signataires disposées à se servir de la faculté visée sous III pourront déclarer leur intention de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention.\n\nVI. Que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention restera ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée.\n\nSon Exc. M. Bartholomeu Ferreira, Délégué de Portugal: Je désirerais, Monsieur le Président, répondre à un mot que je viens de relever dans le discours de notre honorable collègue des Pays-Bas, M. le Dr. VAN DEVENTER.\n\nL'honorable Délégué hollandais nous dit que notre critique a été sévère. Nous n'avons fait que des appréciations et la meilleure preuve que nous pourrons donner à notre honorable collègue des Pays-Bas de notre opinion au sujet du travail présenté par le Comité de Rédaction dont il est le si éclairé Président c'est de lui déclarer que nous voterons les avis qu'il nous a présentés, étant même décidés à revenir sur notre vote au sujet du premier avis, en vue de l'explication qui vient d'être donnée ici à ce sujet par mon collègue M. le Commandant Sanches de Miranda.\n\nM. Sanches de Miranda Délégué de Portugal déclare, à la suite des paroles qui ont été prononcées par le Ministre de Portugal, que ce qu'il vient d'entendre dire à l'honorable M. VAN DEVENTER en réponse aux réflexions qu'il a eu l'honneur de faire, en analysant le deuxième rapport du Comité, lui montre que M. VAN DEVENTER a jugé que sa critique était sévère.\n\nEt cependant, l'orateur affirme qu'une partie de ses observations est basée sur des paroles qu'il a entendues de M. VAN DEVENTER lui-même dans cette conférence, et selon lesquelles les avis du Comité de Rédaction étaient des simples formules et non des engagements.\n\nCe sont ces mots qui l'ont conduit à dire, que les avis n'avaient pas de portée pratique.\n\nLe Président demande s'il a bien compris que le Portugal a changé son vote sur la première formule.\n\n14\n\n295",
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        "content_text": "Page 294\n\nSon Exc. M. Bartholomeu Ferreira, Délégué de Portugal, répond que par son vote il voulait nier l'efficacité d'une mise en vigueur dans les circonstances actuelles; mais s'il s'agit de la possibilité d'une mise en vigueur théorique il ne demande pas mieux que de changer son vote et de dire oui.\n\nSir William Collins, Délégué de la Grande-Bretagne: La Délégation de la Grande-Bretagne désire appuyer tout ce que M. le Premier Délégué des Pays-Bas vient de dire. En même temps je tiens à exprimer notre reconnaissance pour l'impartialité, l'habilité et l'énergie avec lesquels M. VAN DEVENTER a rempli ses devoirs de Président du Comité de Rédaction. Il est évident que la conférence est unanime à désirer que toutes les Puissances signataires ratifient la Convention aussitôt qu'elles le jugeront possible.\n\nIl est, aussi, évident qu'il existe un désir très général et presque unanime que les Puissances signataires se décident à faire le deuxième pas en avant, celui de ratification, sans attendre les signatures des 2 ou 3 Puissances qui n'ont pas encore jugé à propos de signer la Convention.\n\nLa conférence parait reconnaitre à l'unanimité que toute Puissance signataire qui, ayant ratifié la Convention, désire maintenant la mettre en vigueur, a pleine liberté de le faire, et que les Puissances qui ratifieront plus tard doivent aussi jouir de la même faculté de mettre la Convention en vigueur quand bon leur semblera.\n\nAvec une telle manifestation de bonne volonté et d'unanimité de la part des Délégués ici rassemblés, il nous est permis de déclarer que la troisième conférence a suffi d'une manière très efficace pour passer en revue la situation dans laquelle se trouvent pas moins de 43 Puissances dans la poursuite humanitaire dans laquelle elles se sont engagées et a servi en même temps pour accélérer la marche vers le but désiré.\n\nM. Stenio Vincent, Délégué d'Haïti, croit que les avis sous III et IV peuvent être réunis: le dernier ne renfermant que la fixation de la date.\n\nSon Excellence M. Marcellin Pellet, Délégué de France, combat cette proposition. Il y a des Délégués qui ne peuvent pas fixer une date et qui voudront voter pour la première proposition, mais rejeter la seconde.\n\nOn procède au vote. L'avis III est adopté à l'unanimité.\n\nLa discussion est ouverte au sujet de l'avis IV.\n\nSon Exc. M. van Dyke, Délégué des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, propose comme date le 1er janvier 1915.\n\nSon Exc. M. Mitilineu, Délégué de Roumanie, préférérait la date du 31 décembre 1914, parce que le nouvel an est un jour de fête.\n\nSon Exc. M. van Dyke n'a pas d'objection contre cette date qui est insérée dans l'avis IV.\n\nL'avis est mis aux voix et adopté avec 16 voix pour et 10 abstentions (Allemagne, Danemark, Espagne, France, Perse, Portugal, Roumanie, Russie, Suède, Suisse).\n\nSon Exc. M. Swétchine, Délégué de Russie, motive son vote en déclarant que la date n'a d'importance que pour les Etats qui désirent faire entrer en vigueur la Convention.\n\nSon Exc. M. van Dyke, Délégué des Etats-Unis d'Amérique: La Délégation des Etats-Unis d'Amérique donne volontiers son vote à l'avis proposé par le Comité de Rédaction. Cependant, il est nécessaire d'attirer l'attention sur le fait que ce vote n'engage nullement notre Gouvernement en ce qui concerne des mesures ultérieures. Les difficultés qui ont été soulevées durant les discussions par les Délégués de certaines Puissances démontrent qu'il est désirable de procéder prudemment.\n\nLa situation actuelle est la cause que nous ne pouvons rien promettre en ce qui regarde la signature d'un protocole avant d'avoir demandé des instructions à Washington. Je tiens à dire que la bonne volonté des Etats-Unis envers la campagne contre l'opiomanie n'est pas douteuse. Pour une grande partie nous avons déjà pris les mesures législatives nécessaires pour rendre cette campagne efficace et nous continuerons de marcher côte à côte avec toutes les Puissances qui travaillent pour la réalisation de ce but.\n\nPage 52\n\nSon Exc. M. Swétchine, Délégué de Russie, fait observer que la formule sous n°. V ne peut être considérée comme un avis. C'est une décision de la conférence. Son Exc. M. Carlin, Délégué de Suisse, est de l'avis de M. le Délégué de Russie. La formule V ne peut pas figurer comme avis de la conférence; c'est une décision qu'elle prend. Il y aurait done lieu de donner à la proposition VI du Comité de Rédaction la place de la proposition V et de traiter cette dernière comme résolution, à la suite et sur la base des cinq avis de la conférence.\n\nSon Exc. M. Aimaro Sato, Délégué du Japon: Il me semble que la formule V, dans sa présente forme d'avis répond tres bien au desir de la Conférence. Il est vrai que ce n'est qu'un avis maintenant; mais le protocole spécial préparé par le Comité de rédaction selon cet avis peut-être voté par la Conférence comme sa décision.\n\nM. van Deventer, Délégué des Pays-Bas, dit que le Comité de Rédaction n'a pas d'objection à faire changer de place les avis V et VI.\n\nL'Avis V (ci-devant VI) est adopté à l'unanimité.\n\nLe Président dit qu'il faut décider si le Protocole spécial devra être rédigé par le Comité de Rédaction ou au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.\n\nM. van Deventer dit que le Comité de Rédaction est éventuellement disposé à rédiger le Protocole, mais il fait observer que le Protocole de Signature, visé dans l'article 22 de la Convention a été rédigé au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Son Exc. M. de Klercker, Délégué de Suède, propose de prier le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères de dresser le Protocole.\n\nSon Exc. M. van Dyke, Délégué des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, demande si ce Protocole sera soumis à la Conférence.\n\nLe Président répond négativement. Après quelque discussion, la résolution (ci-devant avis V) est modifiée comme suit:\n\n\"A la suite de ces avis, la conférence décide qu'un Protocole Spécial par lequel les Puissances signataires disposées à se servir de la faculté visée sous III pourront déclarer leur intention de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention sera ouvert au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères à La Haye.\n\nLa résolution est mise aux voix et adoptée à l'unanimité.\n\nA la proposition du Président il est décidé que la séance de clôture aura lieu jeudi à 10 heures du matin, et qu'alors le Protocole de Clôture, qui sera rédigé pendant ce temps par le Comité de Rédaction, sera discuté et ensuite signé.\n\nM. van Deventer demande l'autorisation de la conférence de faire des modifications de rédaction dans le texte des avis, adoptés par la conférence.\n\nCette autorisation est accordée et la séance est levée à 4 heures.\n\nLe Secrétaire-Général,\n\nJ. A. A. H. DE BEAUFORT.\n\nLe Président,\n\nJ. T. 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        "content_text": "62\n\nLA RUSSIE:\n\nSon Exc. M. A. SWÉTCHINE, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à La Haye, Délégué.\n\nLE SIAM:\n\nSon Exc. M. PHYA SUDHAM MAITRI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué;\n\nM. WILLIAM J. ARCHER, Conseiller de Légation à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\nLA SUÈDE:\n\nSon Exc. M. C. F. DE KLERCKER, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\nLA SUISSE:\n\nSon Exc. M. G. CARLIN, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Londres et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\nL'URUGUAY:\n\nSon Exc. M. ALBERTO GUANI, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire à Bruxelles et à La Haye, Délégué.\n\nLES ÉTATS-UNIS DU VÉNÉZUÉLA:\n\nM. le Docteur ESTEBAN GIL BORGES, Premier Secrétaire de Légation à Paris, Délégué.\n\n63\n\nde faire entrer en vigueur la Convention. La même faculté sera laissée aux Puissances Signataires qui déposeront successivement leurs ratifications après cette date.\n\nIV. Que la date visée sous III est le 31 décembre 1914.\n\nV. Que la possibilité d'accéder à la Convention reste ouverte aux Puissances qui ne l'ont pas encore signée.\n\nB. a décidé:\n\nQu'un protocole par lequel les Puissances Signataires, disposées à se servir de la faculté visée sous III, pourront déclarer leur intention de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention sera ouvert à La Haye.\n\nSon Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas satisfaisant au désir exprimé unanimement par la Conférence a consenti à faire dresser ce protocole qui restera ouvert pour les signatures.\n\nC. a adopté à l'unanimité la résolution suivante:\n\nLa Conférence invite Son Exc. M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas à entreprendre au nom de la Conférence une démarche urgente et respectueuse auprès des Puissances Signataires qui n'ont pas ratifié la Convention ni exprimé leur intention de le faire, démarche tendant à les amener à se déclarer prêtes dans un très bref délai à déposer leurs ratifications afin que la Convention puisse entrer en vigueur au plus tôt possible.\n\nEn foi de quoi, les Délégués ont revêtu le présent Protocole de leurs signatures.\n\nFait à La Haye, le vingt-cinq juin mille neuf cent quatorze en un seul exemplaire qui restera déposé dans les archives du Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et dont des copies, certifiées conformes, seront remises par la voie diplomatique à toutes les Puissances tant Signataires que non Signataires.\n\nPour l'Allemagne\n\nTout en se référant à ses votes du 18 juin 1914.\n\n1\n\nDans une série de réunions tenues du 15 au 25 juin 1914 la Conférence après avoir examiné la question, qui lui était soumise par le vœu no. III formulé par la Deuxième Conférence,\n\nA. a émis les avis suivants:\n\nI. Qu'il est possible de faire entrer en vigueur la Convention Internationale de l'Opium du 28 janvier 1912 nonobstant le fait que quelques Puissances invitées en vertu du paragraphe 1 de l'article 28 n'ont pas encore signé la Convention.\n\nII. Que l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention entre toutes les Puissances Signataires aura lieu lorsque les Puissances qui l'ont déjà signée et celles qui ont exprimé leur intention d'y adhérer l'auront ratifiée. La date de l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention sera celle fixée par le paragraphe 1 de l'article 24.\n\nIII. Que, si à une date à déterminer par la Conférence toutes les Puissances Signataires n'ont pas encore déposé leurs ratifications, il sera loisible aux Puissances Signataires dont à cette date les ratifications auront été déposées,\n\nPour les Etats-Unis d'Amérique.\n\nPour la République Argentine\n\nPour la Belgique\n\nPour les Etats-Unis du Brésil\n\nPour le Chili\n\nPour la Chine\n\nPour le Danemark.\n\nPour la République Dominicaine.\n\nF. DE MULLER.\n\nHENRY VAN DYKE.\n\nCHAS. DENBY.\n\nFRANC. DE VEYGA.\n\nBn. ALB. FALLON.\n\nGRAÇA ARANHA.\n\nW. W. YEN.\n\nTs. F. TANG.\n\nW. GREVENKOP CASTENSKJOLD.\n\n*) Les communications ayant été interrompues par suite de la guerre, il n'a plus été possible d'obtenir la signature qui n'avait pu être donnée à la date de la clôture de la conférence.\n\n299",
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        "content_text": "429\n\n8\n\n# Article 13.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes s'efforceront d'adopter, ou de faire adopter, des mesures pour que l'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs de leurs pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail vers les pays, possessions, colonies et territoires à bail des autres Puissances Contractantes n'ait lieu qu'à la destination de personnes ayant reçu les autorisations ou permis prévus par les lois ou règlements du pays importateur.\n\nA cet effet tout Gouvernement pourra communiquer, de temps en temps, aux Gouvernements des pays exportateurs des listes des personnes auxquelles des autorisations ou permis d'importation de morphine, de cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs auront été accordés.\n\n# Article 14.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes appliqueront les lois et règlements de fabrication, d'importation, de vente ou d'exportation de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs:\n\na) à l'opium médicinal;\n\nb) à toutes les préparations (officinales et non-officinales, y compris les remèdes dits anti-opium), contenant plus de 0,2% de morphine ou plus de 0,1% de cocaine;\n\nc) à l'héroïne, ses sels et préparations contenant plus de 0,1% d'héroïne;\n\nd) à tout nouveau dérivé de la morphine, de la cocaine ou de leurs sels respectifs, ou à tout autre alcaloide de l'opium, qui pourrait, à la suite de recherches scientifiques généralement reconnues, donner lieu à des abus analogues et avoir pour résultat les mêmes effets nuisibles.\n\n## CHAPITRE IV.\n\n# Article 15.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine (Treaty Powers) prendront, de concert avec le Gouvernement chinois, les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher l'entrée en contrebande, tant sur le territoire chinois que dans leurs colonies d'Extrême Orient et sur les territoires à bail qu'ils occupent en Chine, de l'opium brut et préparé, de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs, ainsi que des substances visées à l'article 14 de la présente Convention. De son côté, le Gouvernement chinois prendra des mesures analogues pour la suppression de la contrebande de l'opium et des autres substances visées ci-dessus, de la Chine vers les colonies étrangères et les territoires à bail.\n\n# Article 16.\n\nLe Gouvernement chinois promulguera des lois pharmaceutiques pour ses sujets, réglementant la vente et la distribution de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs et des substances visées à l'article 14 de la présente Convention, et communiquera ces lois aux Gouvernements ayant des traités avec la Chine, par l'intermédiaire de leurs représentants diplomatiques à Pékin. Les Puissances Contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine examineront ces lois, et, si elles les trouvent acceptables, prendront les mesures nécessaires pour qu'elles soient appliquées à leurs nationaux résidant en Chine.\n\n9\n\n# Article 17.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine entreprendront d'adopter les mesures nécessaires pour restreindre et pour contrôler l'habitude de fumer l'opium dans leurs territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions en Chine, de supprimer, pari passu avec le Gouvernement chinois, les fumeries d'opium ou établissements semblables qui pourront y exister encore, et de prohiber l'usage de l'opium dans les maisons d'amusement et les maisons publiques.\n\n# Article 18.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes ayant des traités avec la Chine prendront des mesures effectives pour la réduction graduelle, pari passu avec les mesures effectives que le Gouvernement chinois prendra dans ce même but, du nombre des boutiques destinées à la vente de l'opium brut et préparé, qui pourront encore exister dans leurs territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions en Chine. Elles adopteront des mesures efficaces pour la restriction et le contrôle du commerce de détail de l'opium dans les territoires à bail, \"settlements\" et concessions, à moins que des mesures existantes n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\n# Article 19.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes qui possèdent des bureaux de poste en Chine adopteront des mesures efficaces pour interdire l'importation illégale en Chine, sous forme de colis postal, tout aussi bien que la transmission illégale d'une localité de la Chine à une autre localité par l'intermédiaire de ces bureaux de l'opium, soit brut, soit préparé, de la morphine et de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs et des autres substances visées à l'article 14 de la présente Convention.\n\n## CHAPITRE V.\n\n# Article 20.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes examineront la possibilité d'édicter des lois ou des règlements rendant passible de peines la possession illégale de l'opium brut, de l'opium préparé, de la morphine, de la cocaine et de leurs sels respectifs, à moins que des lois ou des règlements existants n'aient déjà réglé la matière.\n\n# Article 21.\n\nLes Puissances Contractantes se communiqueront, par l'intermédiaire du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères des Pays-Bas:\n\na. les textes des lois et des règlements administratifs existants, concernant les matières visées par la présente Convention, ou édictés en vertu de ses clauses;\n\nb. des renseignements statistiques en ce qui concerne le commerce de l'opium brut, de l'opium préparé, de la morphine, de la cocaine et\n\n84098—15--2",
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        "content_text": "26\n\nArticle 9.\n\nThe Contracting Powers shall enact pharmacy laws and regulations in such a way as to limit the manufacture, the sale and the use of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts to medical and legitimate uses only, unless existing laws or regulations have already regulated the matter. They shall cooperate amongst themselves in order to prevent the use of these drugs for any other purpose.\n\nArticle 10.\n\nThe Contracting Powers shall use their best efforts to control, or to cause to be controlled, all those who manufacture, import, sell, distribute and export morphine, cocaine and their respective salts, as well as the buildings where such persons exercise that industry or that commerce.\n\nTo this end, the Contracting Powers shall use their best efforts to adopt, or to cause to be adopted, the following measures, unless existing measures have already regulated the matter:\n\na. to limit the manufacture of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts to the premises and localities alone which shall have been authorized to this effect, or to keep themselves informed as to the establishments and places where such drugs are manufactured, and to keep a register thereof;\n\nb. to demand that all those who manufacture, import, sell, distribute, and export morphine, cocaine, and their respective salts shall be provided with an authorization or a license to carry on these operations, or shall make an official declaration thereof to the competent authorities.\n\nc. to demand of these persons that they register in their books the quantities manufactured, the importations, the sales or any other transfer, and exportations of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts. This rule shall not apply necessarily to medical prescriptions and to sales made by duly authorized pharmacists.\n\nArticle 11.\n\nThe Contracting Powers shall take measures to prohibit in their internal commerce all transfer of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts to all non-authorized persons, unless existing measures have already regulated the matter.\n\nArticle 12.\n\nThe Contracting Powers, taking the differences in their conditions into account, shall use their best efforts to limit the importation of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts to authorized persons.\n\nArticle 13.\n\nThe Contracting Powers shall use their best efforts to adopt, or cause to be adopted, measures to the end that the exportation of cocaine, morphine and their respective salts from their countries, possessions, colonies and leased territories to the countries, possessions, colonies and leased territories of the other Contracting Powers,\n\n27\n\nexcept in cases where the persons for whom the drugs are intended shall have received authorizations or permits granted in conformity with the laws or regulations of the importing country.\n\nTo this end, every government may from time to time communicate to the governments of the exporting countries lists of the persons to whom authorizations or permits to import morphine, cocaine and their respective salts shall have been granted.\n\nArticle 14.\n\nThe Contracting Powers shall apply the laws and regulations for the manufacture, importation, sale or exportation of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts:\n\na. to medicinal opium;\n\nb. to all preparations (officinal and non-officinal, including the so-called anti-opium remedies) containing more than 0.2% of morphine or more than 0.1% of cocaine;\n\nc. to heroin, its salts and preparations containing more than 0.1% of heroin;\n\nd. to every new derivative of morphine, cocaine or their respective salts, or to any other alkaloid of opium which might, after generally recognized scientific investigations, give rise to similar abuse and result in the same injurious effects.\n\nCHAPTER IV.\n\nArticle 15.\n\nThe Contracting Powers having treaties with China (Treaty Powers) shall take, in concert with the Chinese Government, the measures necessary for the prevention of the smuggling, as well with respect to Chinese territory as with respect to their colonies in the Far East and the leased territories which they occupy in China, of raw and prepared opium, morphine, cocaine and their respective salts, as well as of the substances indicated in Article 14 of the present Convention. On its side, the Chinese Government shall take analogous measures for the suppression of the smuggling of opium and the other substances hereinbefore indicated from China to foreign colonies and leased territories.\n\nArticle 16.\n\nThe Chinese Government shall promulgate pharmacy laws for its subjects, regulating the sale and distribution of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts, and of the substances indicated in Article 14 of the present Convention, and shall communicate these laws to the Governments having treaties with China, through the intermediary of their diplomatic representatives at Peking. The Contracting Powers having treaties with China shall examine these laws, and, if they find them acceptable, shall take the necessary measures to the end that they be applied to their nationals residing in China.\n\n438",
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        "content_text": "# I\n\nTo state, that the Japanese Government when communicating their demands to the other friendly powers only submitted eleven articles,\n\nIf there is any truth in this report, it may account for the attitude which H.M.'s Government at that time assumed.\n\nI will now deal with the various articles in this draft Agreement seriatim, pointing out in what manner we consider our trading interests as assured by the \"most favoured nation\" clause in our treaties with China, are liable to be adversely affected.\n\nThe special rights and privileges wrung from China by Germany so far as the province of Shantung was concerned were in many directions opposed to the treaty rights of other Powers and should not in equity be extended to Japan, but we realize that this may be a difficult question to raise in view of existing conditions and the manner in which the Governments of Great Britain and Japan are at the present time associated.\n\nIt must not be overlooked that Great Britain had a considerable share in the reduction of Tsingtau by the assistance of both her Army and Navy.\n\nArticle II.\n\nThe insertion of the word \"Third\" in the last line of this article raises the unpleasant doubt as to whether, while China may not cede, or lease, territory to another Treaty Power, she may do so to Japan. This word therefore should be deleted as we are of opinion it opens a very wide door to Japanese preferential treatment in China.\n\nArticle III. The right for the Japanese Government, or Government Nominees, to construct this railway, is a direct infringement of the doctrine of the \"open door\" and if granted will, in conjunction with Article I, mean the handing over of the foreign trade of one of the richest provinces of China to the Japanese.\n\nArticle IV. Should China decide upon opening any ports, this should be done of her own initiative, or after consultation with the representatives of all the Treaty Powers.",
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        "content_text": "iii.\n\n483\n\nTreaty Powers. Should Japan be alone consulted, it is reasonable to suppose she will take advantage of the situation and arrange that she acquires the greater benefit of the new part to the detriment of other nationalities.\n\nSection 2. Article 1.\n\nThis is a matter more for the consideration of our Government, than for comment by the Committee.\n\nArticle II. The permission to Japanese to occupy or lease land in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia if granted can only in the end result in the \"Koreanising\" of these districts.\n\nSuch permission to occupy or lease land in China is denied to the nationals of the other Treaty Powers.\n\nIf these concessions are made to Japanese subjects, it should be distinctly understood that other nationalities should have equal opportunity with Japanese merchants and concessionaires.\n\nArticles III and IV.\n\nArticle V. Not only gives Japan an improper preference in a certain section of China, but directly infringes the sovereign rights of the Republican Government.\n\nArticle VI. Here again the Japanese demand special privileges which are contrary to Treaty.\n\nArticle VII. The handing over of this important branch line of railway is yet one more step towards the control of South Manchuria passing into the hands of the Japanese Government.\n\nSection III. Articles I and II. By these Articles the Japanese are again demanding undue privileges, and in this instance in the centre of the Yangtze Valley, which has in the past been declared by H.M.'s Government as being the sphere of British influence.\n\nThe Chinese Government are again asked to give over their rights, by agreeing not to dispose of their own property except with the permission of the Japanese.\n\nThe concluding paragraph of Article II is so vague and...",
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        "content_text": "1\n\nof\n\n+\n\n44\n\n1\n\n669\n\nsi dibatlungen anele u.\n\nzamenja tjad vite si: ssanie of glomo JB 19a ed seriop- .\n\nT\n\nJIET\n\nbol ezen mite e si ti\n\nI\n\n.97.\n\ndret ad po dai mạn tot nem „DeaTOTOD TE\n\nLA GIÃN MÔJ renal atatam la sim XİBİMP916* 0.3 al dilən ma\n\nStr - basi #150I\n\n1 vite nos bet\n\n.ndo intel\n\nJA, ST aselassenes\n\nmedja Janjkeuken bone\n\nزد\n\nKIO D\n\n1\n\n.89%. İBADİN “CONDS AN\n\n*\n\n24 Te procaine mmat zerin yimo tak Leinitza\n\ntayai””ai ylämmin kopien seiða aladīno tak\n\nani vias to zavo sodbe A BILA\n\nthen may fivİTE\n\nJĀIE RÄGAŠKA\n\nmet Enda erat one day ni ya Thần lo enfl momend\n\n10 mi\n\nlik\n\nTOMATIC!\n\n-i\n\nog strdos adral te\n\n„ČEN, DATAVOJ\n\nmaki noivanā\n\n7 SIE BESAAqal on!\n\nMSHOD DAJ şi somadani\n\nyd Earals\n\nsvå, ed Ander sång gud, mered essaiΜD 92\n\nCOMUNIONE\n\nmay be so far reaching a nature that the Japanese might possibly claim it prevents China from allowing a third Power to open any mine, or carry on any industry not only in the three provinces\n\nof Hupeh, Aunan and Kwangsi, but also in any other part of the public.\n\nSection IV. The same objection is made to the preamble of this article as has been raised to Article II of Section 1.\n\nArticle I. This article, if allowed to stand as drafted, may be construed by the Japanese as giving them the exclusive right to act as political, financial and military advisers to China, thus putting the Republic under Japanese tutelage and destroying her sovereign rights.\n\nSuch a situation could not be tolerated, in view of the large share of trade with China held by the other Treaty Powers and their great proportion of the national debt, to say nothing of the important British interests involving large capital sums invested in China which would be at stake.\n\nArticle II. If granted similar opportunity must be given to other nationalities.\n\nArticle III. The same objection raised as Article I of this section applies to this Article.\n\nArticle IV. The terms of this Article are not, it would appear, in accordance with \"the most favoured nation\" clause of our treaty with China.\n\nArticles V and VI. If the Japanese Government are permitted to construct the lines mentioned in Article V, they will be able to control the greater part of the Southern side of the Yangtse from the sea to Hankow, the valuable district on the shores of the Poyang lake, and thence through the whole length of Kiang-si to Swatow. The latter section will tend to still further strengthen their hold on the province of Fukien, the absorption of which province is foreshadowed in Article VI.\n\nThe\n\nJa pak se to\n\n40 dein sqaoke ytteqorq\n\n14 GU\n\nO",
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        "content_text": "COPY\n\n486\n\nTRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT HANDED TO PRESIDENT YUAN SHIH-KAI BY MR. HIOKI, THE JAPANESE MINISTER, ON JANUARY 13, 1912.\n\n24516\n\n...\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government\n\nbeing desirous of maintaining the peace of Eastern Asia\n\nand of further strengthening the friendly relations existing between the two neighbouring nations agree to the following Articles:-\n\nArticle I\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that when the Japanese Government hereafter approaches the German Government for the transfer of all rights and privileges of whatsoever nature enjoyed by Germany in the Province of Shantung, whether secured by Treaty or any other manner, China shall give her full assent thereto.\n\nArticle II.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that within the Province of Shantung and along its sea-border no territory or island or land of any name, or nature, shall be ceded or leased to any third Power.\n\nArticle III.\n\nThe Chinese Government consents to Japan building a railway from Chefoo to Lungkow to join the Kiaochao and Chinan-fu Railway.\n\nArticle IV.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that for the sake of trade and for the residence of foreigners certain important places shall be speedily opened in the Province of Shantung as Treaty Ports, such necessary places to be jointly decided upon by the two Governments by separate agreement.\n\nII.\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government.\n\nsince the Chinese Government has always acknowledged the\n\nspecially favourable position enjoyed by Japan in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia, agree to the following Articles:-\n\nArticle I.\n\nThe two contracting Powers mutually agree that the term of lease of Port Arthur and Dalny and the term of lease of the South Manchuria and Antung-Mukden railways shall be extended to the period of 99 years.",
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        "content_text": "Page 03\n\n# CIANCHING MAD: TQUIE 4 OT GALLIAH TA. VOJG Au XVIILIEMAЯT\n\n12: YAN 85\n\nTrike\n\nTel.\n\n.I\n\nJNOVO Cɛnnid sið hæs Jæemerisvoð saanaq L en\n\nsisa nrotas2 to sneeq add -minisóniam le suorises gare d anoitsist vibeirt odd gainsadyasrda teddru? Zo ben\n\nof eatin amoitas guiwodigion owd oil. noented gaitaixs -:BIOITA miweilet Ad\n\nLaloidal\n\noatman dead essrgu Jasmurtavoð sæaniND INT nærried and sedasorque red?wered inscreveu asaraqal asyolivinq bas sanyir fia lo relamt ens vol JaeSUITS VO” soñivori að ni ynamed yd beyĎjna anudan Isvecajadw to\n\nTOLJO VAS TO y‡ser? yd berpoee ventedz gruthadƐ\n\nLadeierid Jasear Ilot rod ovi, Ilada prido . \"I CHELARITI\n\nSAJ Hindiw Jed) asetas Juennisved easaid ed\" VYOJITYSJ CA rebrod-saa ati znola bae parade to onİYET\n\nAbeo ed Ilaria,studan 10 (ozum yns To trul To bralci to (zowel bring yus of boasal 10\n\nznieliud neqel of atmaakoɔ She nevoð esenido enT\n\nOwloebih saj niej of moderudvos ootado xor? yowlist 8\n\n.yawlief ut-namino 2.\n\naxan mit rot Jadd zostak dinamisvað suamiæð OKT\n\nKIBJ790 879Ksierot le sonsblast ent 71 baa shati 10 annivera and ni beneqo ulibasqa ed_Ils.is easiq JAR‡requi of seqziq yus88BJON GOLF (adioï ydaez) #4 grustrade te etatsgos yo afnemerovod aws and yď nequ bebicet vidniej ed\n\n„JasinesTy\n\n.II\n\nJoa mevod magni: odd his dataste voû dasmaqal Ont\n\nstrapelwouxos a¿swin sad Jesmurieved esamino acid coniz\n\ndrack ni medau yd barojen noidizaq sidawovat (Luisaqu Mil OJ HOT! allogno Immal azedaɛ2 boa sirudams“\n\n-lasioiJTA uniwellat\n\n12101274\n\nJuas often [laudun atszei mijosïJNOD OV¿ INT med erið bað yřlaɑ ɔna Tu Jĩa $109 to omsel to urat and e fier rabhui-gutna by: SİTENON : advol set to easel Te .aïsay en to boiraq and os bahmatza ed Ilma\n\n-2-\n\n## Article II.\n\n487\n\nJapanese subjects in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia in erecting buildings for the purpose of trade and manufacture or for firming shall have the right to lease or own land so required\n\n## Article III.\n\nJapanese subjects shall be free to reside and travel in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia and to engage in business and in manufacture of any kind whatsoever.\n\n## Article IV.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees to grant Japanese subjects the right of opening the mines in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia, such mining places to be jointly decided upon by the two Governments.\n\n## Article V.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that in respect of the two following subjects mentioned hereinbelow the Japanese Government's consent shall be first obtained before action shall be taken:-\n\n(a) Whenever permission is granted to the subjects of a third Power to build a railway or make a loan with a third Power for the purpose\n\nof building a railway in South Manchuria\n\nand Eastern Inner Mongolia.\n\n(b) Whenever a loan is to be made with a third Power pledging the local taxes of South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia as security.\n\n## Article VI.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that if the Chinese Government in South Manchuria or Eastern Inner Mongolia employs Advisers or Instructors for political, financial or military purposes the Japanese shall first be consulted.\n\n## Article VII.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that the control and administration of the Kirin-Changchun railway shall be handed over to the Japanese Government to take effect on the signing of this agreement, the term to last for 99 years.\n\n## III.\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government, seeing that Japanese financiers and the Hanyehping Company have close relations with each other at present, and also desiring that the common interests of the two nations shall be advanced, agree to the\n\nfollowing Articles;-",
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It includes what seems to be a treaty or agreement between China and Japan, with articles detailing various conditions and rights.\n\n## Step 3: Identify the relevant content\nThe relevant content starts from \"Article 1.\" and continues with subsequent articles (II, III, IV, etc.), discussing agreements between China and Japan regarding the Hanyehping Company, mining rights, territorial integrity, and other political and economic matters.\n\n## Step 4: Correct OCR errors and format the text\nTo correct the OCR errors, we need to focus on the identifiable text starting from \"Article 1.\" and format it according to Markdown standards.\n\n## Step 5: Apply Markdown formatting\nThe text should be formatted with headers for the articles, and proper paragraph breaks.\n\n## Step 6: Output the corrected and formatted text in HTML\nSince the original text is heavily corrupted, we'll directly work with the identifiable parts.\n\n### Identifiable Text\n#### Article I\nThe two contracting Powers mutually agree that when the opportune moment arrives the Hanyehping Company shall be made a joint concern of the two nations and they further agree that without the previous consent of Japan, China shall not by her own act dispose of the rights and property of, whatsoever nature of the Hanyehping Company, nor cause the said Company to dispose freely of the same.\n\n#### Article II\nThe Chinese Government agrees that all mines in the neighbourhood of those owned by the Hanyehping Company shall not be permitted without the consent of the said Company, to be worked by other persons outside of the said Company and further agrees that if it is desired to carry out any undertaking which it is apprehended may directly or indirectly affect the interests of the said Company the consent of the said Company shall first be obtained.\n\n#### Article IV\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government with the object of effectively protecting the territorial integrity of China agree to the following special articles:\n\n##### Article I\nThe Chinese Government agrees that no island, port or harbour along the coast shall be ceded or leased to any third Power.\n\n##### Article II\nThe Chinese Government shall employ influential Japanese as Advisers in political, financial, and military affairs.\n\n##### Article III\nSince the Japanese Government and the Chinese Government have had many cases of dispute between Japanese and Chinese police to settle, cases caused no inconsiderable misunderstanding, it is for this reason necessary that the police departments of important places in China shall be jointly administered by Japanese and Chinese, or that the Chinese police department of these places shall employ numerous Japanese for the purpose of organising and improving the Chinese Police Service.\n\n##### Article IV\nChina shall purchase from Japan a fixed ratio of the quantity of munitions of war (say 50% or more) or Japan shall establish in China a jointly worked arsenal, Japanese technical experts to be employed and Japanese material to be purchased.\n\n##### Article V\nChina agrees to grant to Japan the right of constructing a railway connecting Wuchang with Kiukiang and Nanchang. Also a line between Nanchang and Hangchow, and a line between Nanchang and Chaochou.\n\n##### Article VI\nChina agrees that in the province of Fukien Japan shall have the right to work mines and build railways and to construct harbour-works (including dockyards) and in case of employing foreign capital Japan shall be first consulted.\n\n##### Article VII\nChina agrees that Japanese subjects shall have the right to propagate Buddhism in China.\n\n## Step 7: Convert the formatted text to HTML\nThe two contracting Powers mutually agree that when the opportune moment arrives the Hanyehping Company shall be made a joint concern of the two nations and they further agree that without the previous consent of Japan, China shall not by her own act dispose of the rights and property of, whatsoever nature of the Hanyehping Company, nor cause the said Company to dispose freely of the same.\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that all mines in the neighbourhood of those owned by the Hanyehping Company shall not be permitted without the consent of the said Company, to be worked by other persons outside of the said Company and further agrees that if it is desired to carry out any undertaking which it is apprehended may directly or indirectly affect the interests of the said Company the consent of the said Company shall first be obtained.\n\nThe Japanese Government and the Chinese Government with the object of effectively protecting the territorial integrity of China agree to the following special articles:\n\nThe Chinese Government agrees that no island, port or harbour along the coast shall be ceded or leased to any third Power.\n\nThe Chinese Government shall employ influential Japanese as Advisers in political, financial, and military affairs.\n\nSince the Japanese Government and the Chinese Government have had many cases of dispute between Japanese and Chinese police to settle, cases caused no inconsiderable misunderstanding, it is for this reason necessary that the police departments of important places in China shall be jointly administered by Japanese and Chinese, or that the Chinese police department of these places shall employ numerous Japanese for the purpose of organising and improving the Chinese Police Service.\n\nChina shall purchase from Japan a fixed ratio of the quantity of munitions of war (say 50% or more) or Japan shall establish in China a jointly worked arsenal, Japanese technical experts to be employed and Japanese material to be purchased.\n\nChina agrees to grant to Japan the right of constructing a railway connecting Wuchang with Kiukiang and Nanchang. Also a line between Nanchang and Hangchow, and a line between Nanchang and Chaochou.\n\nChina agrees that in the province of Fukien Japan shall have the right to work mines and build railways and to construct harbour-works (including dockyards) and in case of employing foreign capital Japan shall be first consulted.\n\nChina agrees that Japanese subjects shall have the right to propagate Buddhism in China.",
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        "content_text": "followers, necessarily in any close relation to the military. The same is probably true of section 35 (traitorous words) though in this case the offence would probably in almost all cases tend to be dangerous to the preservation of discipline, since the forces which such words stimulate are very difficult to confine when once started.\n\nStill more necessary is it to apply this limitation to Section 41 (offences punishable by ordinary law) since this section would, if applied to the civil population without some such restriction, practically oust the civil jurisdiction altogether. It is true of course that Article III (1) (second paragraph) would exempt the civil population from trial by Court Martial, but the section, if construed without restriction, would none the less submit the civilian to the executive authority of the General Officer Commanding in all the cases referred to.\n\nIf one applies the above principles to the claim of the General Officer Commanding in the present case (taking the 8 points mentioned in his letter of the 19th of October 50252), I think it is possible to show that the Order in Council does not give him anything like the powers which he claims.\n\nThese points are,\n\n(1) Right of access to land or buildings\n\n(11) Search person or property\n\n(111) Clearing of Areas\n\n(IV) Closing undesirable premises\n\n(V) Arrest without Warrant\n\n263\n\n(V1) Restriction as to hours when people may be out of their houses\n\n(V11) Restraint regarding the showing of lights\n\n(V111) The forgery of or tampering with passes\n\nIt seems to me perfectly plain that there is no provision in the Army Act which gives any direct power to exercise authority in respect of any of these points with the possible exception of number (V) arrest without warrant. The Crown's Common law power to act in defence of the Realm would probably, under circumstances of great emergency, justify the General Officer Commanding in taking the steps contemplated under all the other heads, but this would have nothing to do with the Order in Council or the assimilation of the civil population to the position of camp-followers thereby effected. As to the power of arrest without warrant, this is an auxiliary power; it could be exercised in all cases where the civil population were held subject to the jurisdiction of the military authorities, but in no others. Its scope would therefore be strictly limited by the considerations set out above.\n\nI should be inclined, therefore, to reply quoting 121 of 1892 and 10 and 11 of 1894, stating that Mr. Harcourt is advised that the powers of the General Officer Commanding under Article III (1) of the Order in Council are limited in the manner above stated; that the position appears to be sufficiently clear; that in any event, now that Weihaiwei has fallen and the Japanese are advancing.\n\nPage IX\n\nI X Milta & Celon\n\n(V)",
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        "content_text": "# 560\n\n1101110 ='vinterbe? Leinofo \n\n„ölti,JeunA (JOI \n\nmoid vɛbiano0 tươy zol bzarrot of bedouxió as I \n\n7902 \n\n**In poderð oɛəcrü-of ̧nd besoɖorg ads to diezh boxÍVOT S \n\nnucideretle to redim a é tenk sårīd nå eta ateri \n\n.S \n\nqui cflot wit sea. 3 mort diaqs :Inoiterær, Vinim ere sodstv \n\n-:abam roeď svaď atmar brama \n\nTallat mi đng (4) G) (1) (.) snoidseeɗul .I aloitti (6) \n\nand TLİ AUDİJoen Telinde ads to procuk, wc't Listeb \n\n.920cue Telktin e film bạniver need med II aloitti (ɗ) \n\nneed an endogd Ina bas zuriqius of sanereler ad \n\n.III GIOISTA et børretenant \n\nare no II aloitik od babba need sad digez ezeq fecit ▲ (0) \n\n## 1. To be noides của e to wil \n\n* (a) meltoeecut „V sfoitza \n* (b) gutag Teldo mi obu, nesd even mynaila nkadreŬ nequ \n\n189.0 9T01: ¿CANSOL od same: od tebro nà síoittà scit to \n\ndi as,becuino si IIV síoitza to digen esag dual mi? (0) \n\n„JnOnBet » art to aseogtix ret besiupez Jen si \n\nbrs V nelai¿TÀ OJ abam BÌ sonetsiựt IIIV #ÍÐI‡YA NI (1) \n\n10 BJARTACHİ and nå ¡wino ▼ GIDI‡TA ot to beedeni IV \n\n(g) Article IX has been re-written, with the object of giving more definite expression to its intention.\n\n(h) The second paragraph of Article I has been re-written, with a similar purpose.\n\n(i) Tobacco has been added to the articles enumerated in Article II, as tobacco is now subject to taxation on entering Hongkong.\n\n(j) Article XIII contains various alterations, designed to make the intention more clear. Subsection (g) has already been agreed upon.\n\n(k) A new sub-section (h) has been added. Reference may be made in this connection to Mr. Gordon Lowder's letter No. 85 of the 29th November, 1915, addressed to the Manager of the British Section of the Railway. It is earnestly hoped that this sub-section will be accepted. Any loss which it may entail to the Chinese Customs when the rate of exchange of the dollar is low will be counterbalanced by the gain when the rate is high.\n\n## 3.\n\nThis Government has not as yet had time fully to consider the draft form of bond and of regulations regarding bonded warehouses, which were forwarded with your letter of the 26th July. Mr. Hutchison, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, has been instructed to communicate with you regarding these.\n\n## 4.\n\nI am to ask that you will be so good as to forward the revised draft agreement to the Inspector General of Customs, with a request that he will consider it at his earliest convenience, as it is desired to approach the Chinese Government formally in the matter at as early a date as possible.\n\nI am, etc.,\n\n**(SD.) Claud Severn, Colonial Secretary.**",
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        "content_text": "## Article I\n\nThe Chinese Government agree to allow the trade in Chinese salt through the waters of the Colony from one part of the islands to another, and littoral of China, which has been in existence for many years past, to continue without restriction.\n\n## Article II\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n## Article IV\n\nDuring the period of this agreement the Government of Hongkong will allow the **Chinese Maritime Customs** to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as may be approved by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n## Article V\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the **Chinese Maritime Customs** under the **Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations** may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Liang Kuang Provinces subject to the following conditions:\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of the two Provinces and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of the Kuangtung Province as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Chinese Authorities at Canton. |\n| (b) | On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hongkong the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the Harbour Authority who shall send one copy to the **Commissioner of Customs**. |\n| (c) | Upon application by the launch master the Chinese...",
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        "title": "CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11]",
        "content_text": "## ARTICLE II\n\n(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the **Harbour Authority** the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\nIf any junk or launch imports salt into the waters of the Colony without the proper documents required by the **Chinese Maritime Customs Authorities**, the **Harbour Authority** shall forthwith report the matter to the **Commissioner of Customs**, and he shall detain such junk or launch as security for the payment to the **Chinese Maritime Customs** of such dues and penalties as would be payable to the **Chinese Maritime Customs** if such junk or launch had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.\n\n(d) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of salt destined for export to China, shall be granted only upon production of a certificate authorizing import into China, properly authenticated by the **Commissioner of Customs**.\n\nEvery licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n(f) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of the 19th June, 1898, shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n(g) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(h) Salt in excess of a prescribed amount shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse or shop, or from place to place in the Colony, except under permit from the proper British authority.\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the **Chinese Government**, that Government agrees to permit salt to pay its taxes to the **Chinese Maritime Customs Office** in Hongkong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt through the waters of the Colony from one part of the islands and littoral of China to another, which trade has in fact existed for many years past.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the **Government of Hongkong** will allow the **Chinese Maritime Customs** to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as may be approved by the **Hongkong Government**.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the **Chinese Maritime Customs** under the **Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations** may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province subject to the following conditions:\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of the Provinces and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of the Kuangtung Province as may from time to time be agreed upon between the **Government of Hongkong** and the **Chinese Authorities** at Canton. |\n| (b) | On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hongkong the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the **Harbour Authority** who shall send one copy to the **Commissioner of Customs**. |\n| (c) | Upon application by the launch master the **Chinese Maritime Customs** shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the launch, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The launch must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass. |\n| (d) | All launches proceeding to non-treaty ports in the Kuangtung Province under this article must call at the **Chinese Maritime Customs** sub-office agreed upon by the **Government of Hongkong** where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass. |\n| (e) | On the return voyage from such ports launches with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the **Chinese Maritime Customs** sub-office agreed upon by the **Government of Hongkong** for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office. |\n| (f) | Omission to report at the specified Customs station on the outward or inward voyage will entail confiscation of launch and cargo. |\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nJunks and lighters registered by the **Chinese Maritime Customs** may be towed between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung province by steam launches duly registered by the **Chinese Maritime Customs** under the **Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations**; and in that case such junks, lighters, and launches will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in **Article V** of this Agreement.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nLighters towed by launches to treaty ports in the Liang Kuang Provinces may have their hatches sealed by the **Chinese Maritime Customs** prior to departure and such vessels may then proceed direct to their destination. The **Chinese Maritime Customs** reserve the right to require the launch to call at a Customs station en route for search.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nForeign goods carried by junks or launches registered as in **Articles V** and **VI** clearing from Hongkong, Victoria Harbour, for non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province may acquit themselves of import and transit duties before departure and may be granted transit passes. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the **Chinese Maritime Customs** sub-office agreed upon by the **Hongkong Government**. Junks and launches carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules as to call at the Customs stations specified on the pass.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nGoods passing through the Colony under Customs documents from one treaty port in China to another shall maintain their original status and shall receive the benefit of their original Customs documents at the port of destination, subject to the following conditions:\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The Customs Authorities shall be given full facilities for supervising goods in transit without landing or transhipment during such period as such goods remain within the waters of the Colony. |\n| (b) | Goods landed pending transmission by sea or by railway and goods brought by railway for transmission by sea shall be placed in such bonded warehouses as may be agreed upon between the **Government of Hongkong** and the Customs Authorities. Full facilities to supervise goods in such warehouses shall be given to the Customs Authorities and those Authorities may require goods to be forwarded within a reasonable specified time. |",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE II.\n\n2. (b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the Harbour Authority the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\n(c) If any junk or launch imports salt into the waters of the Colony without the proper documents required by the Chinese Maritime Customs Authorities, the Harbour Authority shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and he shall detain such junk or launch as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues and penalties as would be payable to the Chinese Maritime Customs if such junk or launch had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.\n\n(d) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of salt destined for export to China, shall be granted only upon production of a certificate authorizing import into China, properly authenticated by the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(e) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(f) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of the 19th June, 1898, shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(g) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(h) Salt in excess of a prescribed amount shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse or shop, or from place to place in the Colony, except under permit from the proper British authority.\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit salt to pay its taxes to the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt through the waters of the Colony from one part of the islands and littoral of China to another, which trade has in fact existed for many years past.\n\n## ARTICLE III.\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Government of Hongkong will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as may be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of the Kuangtung Province and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of the Kuangtung Province as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Chinese Authorities at Canton.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hongkong the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the Harbour Authority who shall send one copy to the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the launch master the Chinese Maritime Customs shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the launch, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The launch must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass.\n\n(d) All launches proceeding to non-treaty ports in the Kuangtung Province under this article must call at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n(e) On the return voyage from such ports launches with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.\n\n(f) Omission to report at the specified Customs station on the outward or inward voyage will entail confiscation of launch and cargo.\n\n## ARTICLE VI.\n\nJunks and lighters registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs may be towed between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung province by steam launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations; and in that case such junks, lighters, and launches will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Agreement.\n\n## ARTICLE VII.\n\nLighters towed by launches to treaty ports in the Liang Kuang Provinces may have their hatches sealed by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure and such vessels may then proceed direct to their destination. The Chinese Maritime Customs reserve the right to require the launch to call at a Customs station en route for search.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII.\n\nForeign goods carried by junks or launches registered as in Articles V and VI clearing from Hongkong, Victoria Harbour, for non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province may acquit themselves of import and transit duties before departure and may be granted transit passes. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hongkong Government. Junks and launches carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules as to call at the Customs stations specified on the pass.\n\n## ARTICLE IX.\n\nGoods passing through the Colony under Customs documents from one treaty port in China to another shall maintain their original status and shall receive the benefit of their original Customs documents at the port of destination, subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) The Customs Authorities shall be given full facilities for supervising goods in transit without landing or transhipment during such period as such goods remain within the waters of the Colony.\n\n(b) Goods landed pending transmission by sea or by railway and goods brought by railway for transmission by sea shall be placed in such bonded warehouses as may be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Customs Authorities. Full facilities to supervise goods in such warehouses shall be given to the Customs Authorities and those Authorities may require goods to be forwarded within a reasonable specified time.",
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        "content_text": "(6) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the Harbour Authority the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\n(e) The import into China of foreign salt, including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hongkong), is and remains prohibited.\n\n(d) If any junk or launch imports salt into the waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt Department, the Harbour Authority shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and he shall detain such junk or launch as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable to the Chinese Maritime Customs if such junk or launch had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.\n\n(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of salt destined for export to Kuangtung, shall be granted only upon payment of duty; and the salt covered by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported to Kuangtung until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.\n\n(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\nEvery manufacturer of salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of the 19th June, 1898, shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in the prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(7) Salt in excess of a prescribed amount shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse or shop, or from place to place in the Colony, except under permit from the proper British authority.\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hongkong to Kuangtung under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and to allow to continue without restriction assignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law, and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement, the Government of Hongkong will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamsip or at such other place as may be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of the Kuangtung Province, and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of the Kuangtung Province as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Chinese Authorities at Canton.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hongkong, the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the Harbour Authority, who shall send one copy to the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the launch master, the Chinese Maritime Customs shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the launch, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The launch must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass.\n\n(d) All launches proceeding to non-treaty ports in the Kuangtung Province under this article must call at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong, where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n(e) On the return voyage from such ports, launches with their cargo and passengers must proceed to the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.\n\nOmission to report at the specified Customs station on the outward or inward voyage will entail confiscation of launch and cargo.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nJunks and lighters registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs may be towed between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung province by steam launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations; and in that case, such junks, lighters, and launches will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Agreement.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nLighters towed by launches to treaty ports in the Liang Kuang Provinces may have their hatches sealed by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure, and such vessels may then proceed direct to their destination. The Chinese Maritime Customs reserve the right to require the launch to call at a Customs station en route for search.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nForeign goods carried by junks or launches registered as in Articles V and VI clearing from Hongkong, Victoria Harbour, for non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province may acquit themselves of import and transit duties before departure and may be granted transit passes. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hongkong Government. Junks and launches carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules as to call at the Customs stations specified on the pass.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nGoods passing through the Colony under Customs documents from one treaty port in China to another shall maintain their original status and shall receive the benefit of their original Customs documents at the port of destination, subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) The Customs Authorities shall be given full facilities for supervising goods in transit without landing or transhipment during such period as such goods remain within the waters of the Colony.\n\n(b) Goods landed pending transmission by sea or by railway and goods brought by railway for transmission by sea shall be placed in such bonded warehouses as may be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Customs Authorities. Full facilities to supervise goods in such warehouses shall be given to the Customs Authorities, and those Authorities may require goods to be forwarded within a reasonable specified time.\n\nPage 387",
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        "content_text": "## R\n\nRemove Classes, Grants \nRemove Classes, Staff of \n\nRent Grants \n\nRepayment of Building Grant \n\nReturn, Annual \n\n### iv \n\nArticle. \n\nR-(contd.) \n\n| Number |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 45A |  |\n| 32b |  |\n| 49 |  |\n| 52c |  |\n| 24 |  |\n\n## S\n\nSchool Year, Definition of | 20 \nStaff | 29-32 \nStandard, Definition of | 14 \nStudent Teacher, Definition of | 1 \nSubdivision of Classes | 10 \n\n## T\n\nTime Tables | 17 \n\n## U\n\nUnnecessary Schools | 13 \nUpper Grade Vernacular Schools, Definition of | 7 \nUpper Grade Vernacular Schools, Grants | 56 \n\n## V\n\nVernacular Class, Definition of | 8 \nVernacular School, Definition of | 47 \nVernacular School, Grants | 123 \n\n## W\n\nWarning to inefficient or unnecessary schools | 20 \n\n## Y\n\nYear, Definition of School | 39 \n\n### THE GRANT CODE, 1914. \n\n444",
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        "content_text": "# CHAPTER IV.\n\n## Correspondents\n\n23. Every Grant School must have a Correspondent who shall be deemed to be a Manager of the School within the meaning of Section 2 of the Education Ordinance. He shall be responsible for the conduct of his school, for its maintenance in efficiency, and for the provision of all needful furniture, books and apparatus, and in particular of:\n- (a) Suitable Registers;\n- (b) A Diary or Log-book:\n\nNote (i). The Log-book must be stoutly bound and must be kept by the Head Teacher who is required to enter in it from time to time such events as the introduction of new books, apparatus, or courses of instruction; any plan of lessons approved by the Director; the visits of the Director or of the Correspondent; absence, illness, or failure of duty on the part of any member of the school Staff; or any special circumstances affecting the school that may, for the sake of future reference or for any other reason, deserve to be recorded. No reflections or opinions of a general character are to be entered in the Log-book.\n\nNote (ii). Where the Head Teacher is not English, Correspondents are required themselves to record their visits in the Log-book, and to note therein the Attendance at the time of their visits.\n\nNote (iii). Any report made by the Director and any remarks made upon it by the Government must, as soon as communicated to the Correspondent, be copied verbatim into the Log-book and signed by him.\n\n- (c) A Cash-book;\n- (d) The Code and Revised Instructions for each year.\n\n24. Correspondents are supplied with a form of Annual Return, which they are required to have ready for the Director immediately after the end of the School Year. Any other returns called for by the Director must be duly made.\n\n25. It is the duty of Correspondents to see that the Admission Registers and Attendance of pupils are carefully registered by or under the supervision of the Head Teacher, and periodically to verify them, and to keep or cause to be kept accurate accounts of income and expenditure. Where a school is combined with a boarding-house the accounts of the two sides should be kept separately.\n\n26. Notice must be sent to the Director by Correspondents, as soon as is possible in each case, of every date upon which a school will be closed, or its ordinary work suspended, during the year. These dates should include the usual and any special holidays, and any closure on account of sickness.\n\nNote. This Article is not intended to prevent a Correspondent from closing a school temporarily in the event of a sudden emergency.\n\n27. Correspondents must at once comply with any order of the Medical Officer of Health requiring them either to close the school or to exclude any pupils from attendance.\n\n# CHAPTER V.\n\n## Teaching Staff\n\n28. Every school must have a Head Teacher who shall be responsible for the general control and supervision of the instruction and discipline. Except in special circumstances approved by the Director, the Head Teacher must undertake no outside duties which occupy any part of the school hours.\n\nPage 447",
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        "title": "CO129-458 - Public Offices & Others - 1919",
        "content_text": "THE KOREAN REVOLUTION.\n\n16. The protest and opposition of the Korean People to Japanese annexation of their country and to the process of political extermination applied to them by the Mikado's agents, has now expressed itself in the Korean Revolution. On the First of March at  p.m., the Korean People and Nation declared their independence. This act of independence was formally done by the National Independence Union, composed of three million Koreans representing and expressing the desire and will of 18,700,000 Koreans in Korea proper, in China, in Siberia, in Hawaii and in the United States.\n\nThe declaration states: \"It is our solemn duty to secure the right of free and perpetual development of our own national character, adapting ourselves to the principles of the reconstruction of the world—to secure our independence, to wipe out injuries, get rid of our present sufferings, and leave our children eternal freedom instead of a bitter and shameful inheritance.\"\n\nPROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.\n\n17. The Korean Delegation—appointed by the New Korean Young Men's Society to which are affiliated the Korean National Independence Union and other Bodies organised in the cause of Korean independence—is in receipt of several cable despatches, reporting the progress of the revolution and the national movement for independence.\n\nA despatch from the Korean National Independence Union received in Paris, via Shanghai, on April 7 instant, reads in part as follows: \"On March 26 we held grand demonstrations at Seoul. Our national flags were flown on the city hills. The Japanese Authorities arrested two hundred of those who participated in the demonstrations. There were casualties on both sides. Samnam (i.e., all provinces south of Seoul) are uprising every day. Korean demonstrations are taking place in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria.\"\n\nTHE KOREAN REPUBLIC.\n\n18. The same despatch reports the organisation of a Provisional Republican Government of Korea, consisting of a President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Minister of War.\n\nAmong those included in the Provisional Government are Prince Pak Yung-hio and Messrs. Rhee Syngman, Ahn Chang Ho and Li Tong Whi. Prince Pak Yung-hio is one of the five great leaders who inaugurated what is known in Korean history as the movement of the Progressive Party in 1884. He was the chief figure among the Progressives who, in 1891, compelled the introduction of modern reforms into Korea. He was at one time Minister for Home Affairs before the annexation. Rhee Syngman is an M.A. of Harvard, U.S.A. and Ph.D. of Princeton, B.S.A. Since 1894 he has been one of the leaders of the old Korean Independence Club. As a political worker, he has suffered imprisonment and he has also been tortured. Ahn Chang Ho is the founder of the Sin Min Huch of People's Society and, since 1905, has been a leader of young Korean nationalists. He is the President of the Korean National Association. Li Tong Whi is a former major in the old Korean Army and a recognised leader of Korean nationalists in Siberia and Manchuria. He has been imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese Authorities.\n\nJAPANESE REPRESSION.\n\n19. Another despatch received by the Korean Delegation on April 10 instant, states that \"from first March up to date, active demonstrations of the Independence movement have been very well conducted all over Korea. Representatives prefer passive revolution, including lecturing and distribution of manifestoes. Girls more active. Strikes have occurred in enemy (Japanese) factories, stores, etc. Our churches, schools and 32,000 men and women are in prison. About 100,000 have been injured, including stores closed everywhere, old people, girls and children. Interior traffic communications severed. Terrible outrages committed by enemy (Japanese). Missionaries are sending truth to world.\"\n\nIn a further despatch which reached the Korean Delegation on April 11 instant, Japanese atrocities are reported: \"Japan has begun massacring in Korea. On March 28, over 1,000 unarmed people were killed during a three-hour demonstration held in Seoul. The shooting, beating and bayonetting of people are in merciless progress throughout Korea. Churches, schools and homes of leaders have been destroyed. Women are being stripped naked and beaten before crowds, especially female members of leaders' families. The imprisoned are being tortured. Doctors are forbidden to attend to the wounded. Foreign Red Cross. We have decided to fight for freedom until last Korean falls. We ask urgently aid from ... We solicit help in the name of God.\n\nOf the many news despatches on the subject appearing in the American and the European Press, it must suffice here to quote the latest from the Tokio correspondent of the London \"Times\". It appeared in the issue of the London paper on April 17 instant, under the caption \"Korea's Rights\". \"While it is recognized that there can be only one outcome of the disturbances in Korea, the Government's decision to reinforce the military establishment in the peninsula evokes universal Press comment, the feature of which is the recognition that it will be inevitable, when opportunity occurs, to replace the Military Governor by a civilian Governor. The Nichi-Nichi attributes the disturbances chiefly to a mistaken conception of the principle of self-determination, also to the inimical influence of missionaries. The 'Jiji' says it is evident that many reforms are necessary in Korea. Another journal dwells on the fact that the Koreans are not an inferior people…\"\n\nABROGATION OF THE TREATY OF ANNEXATION.\n\n20. The Korean People submit that the Treaty of Annexation of August 22, 1910, should be declared Null and Void or otherwise abrogated by the Peace Conference for the reasons set forth in this Petition and further elaborated in the Memorandum hereto attached and more especially for the reasons following:-\n\nI. The said Treaty of Annexation was concluded in circumstances of Fraud and Force which vitiated its validity as a legal and international document, even assuming that the then Emperor of Korea had the right to hand over to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan Fifteen Million Koreans and a country that had existed as a separate and sovereign state for more than 4,200 years.\n\nII. The Korean People and Nation have consistently denied the right of the then \"puppet\" Emperor of Korea to deal with them in terms of the said Treaty of Annexation. Being men and not cattle they hold that their consent is and has been an essential condition to the validity of the said Treaty. This consent has never been given.\n\nIII. The said Treaty of Annexation was and is a direct violation by Japan of the International guarantees entered into by the Japanese Government with Korea and other Powers regarding Korean independence and integrity.\n\nIV. In the several Treaties concluded between Korea and Japan and other Powers, and by Japan with China, with Russia and with Great Britain, regarding Korea, the existence of the latter as a separate and sovereign state is—as to all these Treaties—explicitly recognised and its political independence and territorial integrity...\n\nThe Japan-Korean Treaty of February 26 or 27, 1876, states in the first article \"Chosen being an independent state enjoys the same sovereign rights as does Japan\".\n\nIn the Japan-Russian Protocol of April 25, 1898, it is stipulated in Article I that the \"Imperial Governments of Japan and Russia definitively recognise the sovereignty and entire independence of Korea, and mutually engage to refrain from all direct interference in the internal affairs of that country.\"\n\nThe Japan-Korean Protocol of February 13, 1904, provides (art. 3) that the Government of Japan definitively guarantees the independence and territorial integrity of the Korean Empire.\n\nPage 386",
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        "title": "CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920",
        "content_text": "As regards the main features summarised in Article 4. of the letter of the Secretary of State for India:-\n\nII. The Statement that it seems probable that the drug is now being used there almost as freely as it was before India made this heavy sacrifice on China's behalf, is untrue. Cultivation of poppy in China is illegal, and is confined to the opium poppy in a few districts only. Opium smoking is similarly illegal and is indulged in on a small scale only as compared to pre-prohibition days.\n\nIII. As already noted the figures quoted at the direction of the Secretary of State for India himself indicate that this statement is not a whole-truth.\n\nIV. \"These sales are so far as that is possible, made direct to the Government of the consuming countries\".\n\nV. The Indian Office appears unable to quote statistics later than 1916-1917. Consequently it may be excused for having failed to furnish a reply to the question \"Whence did British and American wholesale manufacturers of morphia secure the raw product for its manufacture during 1917-1920? Were the British and American Governments the \"Governments of the consuming countries\" during the years in which as much as 600,000 oz. of morphia were imported into Japan? It is requested that the Indian Government furnish recent statistics in these matters.\n\n\"The Government of India have voluntarily limited their total sales for export to an amount less than the proved demand!\" Has the Indian Government since such 'restriction in any year received demands backed by Government certified or permits, in excess of the maximum of 13,200 chests which it has set? The world's consumption of Provision opium in 1913-1917 with import still permitted in China was:-\n\n1913-1914",
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        "document_key": "CO129-469 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [9-12]",
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        "title": "CO129-469 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [9-12]",
        "content_text": "# HONGKONG\n## GOVERNMENT HOUSE\n### 14th December, 1921.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No.310 of the 27th September and to express my regret that an ambiguous phrase was used in my despatch No.277 of 14th July with regard to Mr. Holyoak's absence. Mr. Holyoak was actually absent from the Colony so that there was no irregularity in the appointment of Mr. Lang to sit in his place.\n\n2. Curiously enough however, the point taken in the second paragraph of your despatch had just attracted my notice in connection with another case in which Mr. Lang was to act in Mr. Holyoak's place. (See my despatch No.451 of 10th December.) Mr. Holyoak was ill for some weeks before he left the Colony and was unable to attend the Council. Mr. Lang had been nominated by the Chamber of Commerce to take Mr. Holyoak's place during his absence from the Colony but in view of the wording of Article IV of the Royal Instructions he could not be appointed to act while Mr. Holyoak was in Hongkong. As the Estimates for 1922 were under the consideration of the Finance Committee, the absence of a representative of the Chamber of Commerce would have been very inconvenient and it was arranged that Mr. Lang should attend the meetings of the Committee informally.\n\nIr a place like Hongkong there should be no serious difficulty. In any case there seems to be sufficient to amend the Motors R. d. specially. Would it not be sufficient adding to say that the point will be further considered when C. I. requires amendment in other respects.\n\n12/4/22 At once A& २०.५ Write in the sense of Mr. Howell's minute, with which I agree. noted in car 28/4/20 No 460. 5257 13600/1 X Sir,\n\n3628 26 MT22) \n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P., &c. &c. &c.",
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        "content_text": "## Hongkong No. 119\n### DRAFT. MINUTE.\n\nMr. Harman 24/4/22  \nMr. Collins 24  \nMr. Davis.  \nSir G. Grindle.  \nSir H. Read.  \nSir J. Masterton Smith.  \nMr. Wood.  \nMr. Churchi\n\nI have the hon. to acknowledge the recept of your despatch No. 460, of the 14th of Dec`n, and to submit for your consideration the proposal that your despatch should be taken in conjunction with Article IV of the Royal Instructions empowering the Governor to grant leave of absence to unofficial members of the Council without regard to the market-basis at Home, when they may be absent from the colony.\n\n2. I am doubtful whether in the phrase \"absent from the Colony\" ...",
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        "content_text": "## Minutes of an Adjourned Meeting held in the Executive Committee Room of the New York Chamber of Commerce on October 13, 1920.\n\nRepresenting the British group- \nSir Charles Addis. \nMr. S. F. Mayers. \n\nRepresenting the French group- \nM. R. Thion de la Chaume. \nM. Georges Picot. \n\nRepresenting the Japanese group- \nMr. Kimpei Takeuchi. \nMr. Reitaro Ichinomiya. \n\nRepresenting the American group— \nMr. Thomas W. Lamont. \nMr. Mortimer L. Schiff, \nMr. Charles E. Mitchell. \nMr. Albert H. Wiggin. \nMr. Frederic W. Allen. \nMr. John Jay Abbott. \nMr. Burnett Walker.\n\n### Preamble\n\nsenting the investment interests of their respective countries in procuring for the Chinese Government the capital necessary for a programme of economic reconstruction and improved communications \n\nAnd whereas with these objects in view the respective national groups are prepared to participate on equal terms in such undertakings as may be calculated to assist China in the establishment of her great public utilities and to these ends to welcome the co-operation of Chinese capital\" \n\n### IV-Consortium Agreement\n\nIt was resolved to print the agreement as initialled in May 1919, with the foregoing three amendments in readiness for signature on Wednesday, the 13th October. \n\n### V.-Belgian Group\n\nWith reference to the application of a Belgian group for inclusion in the consortium it was resolved to welcome such inclusion subject to the approval of the respective Governments of the parties to the consortium. \n\nIt was further resolved that the share offered to the Belgian group be one-ninth, the shares of each of the existing groups being in such event two-ninths. \n\n### VI-Italian Group\n\nWith reference to the Italian application for inclusion in the consortium, having regard to existing circumstances, it was resolved to postpone the matter for further consideration. \n\n### VII.-Chinese Group\n\nIt was resolved to welcome the co-operation of a Chinese group forming a representative national unit and prepared to undertake the obligations involved, and that the Peking representatives of the consortium be instructed to convey the terms of this resolution to the Ministries of Finance and Communications. \n\n### VIII-Conditions of Pooling\n\nIt was resolved that loan agreements when pooled shall be deemed to be assigned to the consortium during the life of the consortium, after which, should no action have been taken under them or in connection with them, they shall revert to the original concessionaires. \n\nFor and on behalf of the British group: \nC. S. ADDIS. \n\nFor and on behalf of the French group: \nTH. DE LA CHAUMË. \n\nFor and on behalf of the Japanese group: \nK. TAKEUCHI. \n\nFor and on behalf of the American group: \nTHOMAS W. LAMONT.\n\n### In Attendance\n\nMr. R. C. Witt. \nMr. F. W. Stevens. \nM. Henri Mazot. \nMr. C. F. Whigham. \nMr. J. Ridgely Carter. \nMr. Jeremiah Smith, Jr. \nMr. Robert I. Barr. \nMr. L. L. Strauss.\n\nThe minutes of the meeting of the 11th October were read, confirmed and signed. \n\n### IX.-Currency Reform\n\nIt was resolved that the Peking representatives be instructed to apply for a renewal of the Currency Loan Agreement for a further six months from the 14th October, 1920. \n\nIt was further resolved that the groups ask their respective Governments to enquire of the Chinese Government as to the present situation of the currency reform question, particularly with reference to the proposed establishment of a mint at Shanghai. \n\n### X.-Existing Agreements and Options\n\nThe following agreements and options were offered for pooling by the groups concerned :- \n\n| Group(s) | Agreement/Option |\n| --- | --- |\n| British, French and American groups | Hukuang Railways Loan, 1911, second series and further loan. |\n| British, French and Japanese groups | Reorganisation Loan, 1913, further loan. |\n| British and French groups | Currency Reform and Industrial Development Loan, 1911. |\n| British group | Pukou-Sinyang Railway Loan, 1913. Nanking-Hunan Railway Loan, 1914, |\n| Japanese group | Jehol Taonan Railway Preliminary Agreement. Tsinan-Shunteh, Kaomi-Hsuchou Railway Preliminary Agreement. |\n| American group | Chinchowfu-Aigun Railroad, 1910. Hengchowfu-Nanning Railway Fengcheng-Ninghsia Railway Ninghsia-Lanchowfu Railway 1916. Chungchow-Lu Kwei Railway Hangchow-Wenehow Railway Grand Canal Improvement Contract, 1917. Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Loan, 1919. Pacific Development Corporation Loan, 1919. |\n\nThe following reservations were noted :— \n\nThe American group stated that the negotiations for pooling the 1916 Railway Agreements and the Grand Canal Improvement Contract were still incomplete but that of their successful issue there was little doubt. \n\nThe Japanese group stated that technical difficulties still required arrangement in regard to the Shantung railways. \n\nThe British group reserved the rights of the concessionaires under article 22 of the Pukou-Sinyang Railway Loan to the commutation of net profits. \n\n### XI-Land Tax\n\nReferring to the minutes of the Inter-Group Conference of the 30th January, 1917, on the subject of land tax, it was resolved that the consortium note this source of security for consideration later should occasion arise. \n\n### XII. Silver Loan\n\nIt was resolved that the consortium instruct its banking representatives to report as to the prospects of issuing a Chinese silver loan in China to be treated...\n\nPage 69",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n303 \n\nreaping large illicit profits from the traffic, no revenue from opium passes to the Government. The position of the customs in these conditions would be absurd if it were not painful, humiliating and demoralising to our staff. Unorganised for what is really police work on a large scale we are called upon with our small staff, urgently required for other purposes, to control and suppress a traffic which is deliberately fostered by the de facto Governments in the provinces. Our officers are subjected to the demoralising effects in several places of getting seizure rewards far in excess of their pay. The Shanghai commissioner reports that tide waiters take no interest in anything but opium seizures, and that the infection is likely to spread to the examiners. I have just had to dismiss the acting tide-surveyor in Chefoo for gross corruption in an opium case. Two sources of extra profit are open to our staff. They can either take rewards for seizing opium or bribes for letting it go. Either source is destructive to moral. If we now withdraw seizure rewards, our men will no doubt think that they are defrauded of lawful emoluments and consider themselves justified in engaging in a profitable traffic.\n\nThe position seems to have come to this: Either China must organise a large police force to deal with the opium traffic or it must acknowledge that it has failed to suppress it, and legalise it and tax it heavily as before. The former course is clearly impracticable. What police force can possibly deal with whole provinces or coerce recalcitrant Tuchuns? In Chinese conditions how can it be adequately paid or kept from becoming interested in the traffic it would be supposed to suppress? The latter seems to be the most honest, the most practicable and sensible course. Acknowledge that we have attempted the impossible and failed; go back and begin again on lines that promise some measure of success. As a legal traffic, opium can be heavily taxed and the trade kept under control. A large class of legitimate traders will arise whose interests will be identical with those of the Government and against the smugglers. Smuggling will be, as it was before, relatively unimportant. If the present fiction of suppression is continued, we shall have an uncontrolled and enormously profitable illicit traffic. The people will get all the opium they want and the Government will derive nothing from its taxation. As opium now seized is burned, the Customs get nothing from it, while large funds have to be found to furnish the informer and seizure rewards. The loss of face to China, if the trade is again legalised, is undeniable. But could anything be more undignified and absurd than the position she now stands in in this matter.\n\nIncidentally, the efforts of the Anti-Opium Society here, directed as they have been mainly against the smuggling of opium and morphia from abroad, have tended to create a false impression in the public mind. The real enemy is not the smuggler of foreign opium or morphia. Deleterious as his proceedings are, the results are trifling compared with those of the real malefactors—the native cultivator and his Tuchun patron. As China has entered into a treaty with Great Britain under which she undertakes to suppress opium in China, the legalisation of the growth of opium and measures for its control and taxation can only be carried out with the abrogation of the treaty and the consent of the British Government.\n\nIf the Chinese Government makes such a proposal it will come as a great blow to the British people, who, having carried out their part of the bargain, will be shocked to learn that China is quite unable to carry out hers. The anti-opium societies and religious bodies will be horrified at the suggestion to legalise the traffic in the drug, and the outcry which will inevitably be made may put the British Government in a difficult position.\n\nChina should therefore make clear:\n\n(i) That she does not wish to legalise opium, but only proposes to do so because she is unable to suppress the traffic, and this seems the only way to establish any control over it;\n\n(ii) That she proposes to control it by taxing it heavily, both directly at the place of production and in transit, and indirectly by the issue of licences to those using it. By the strict use of the licence system she hopes ultimately to stamp out the use of the drug;\n\n(iii) That the best way to control the trade and collect the revenue from it will be to establish an Opium Department under the management of a Chinese controller with a foreign co-controller, who will be jointly responsible for the collection of the revenue on behalf of the Chinese Government and deal with the whole question of the management of opium. Possibly this Department could be combined with the Wine and Tobacco Department;\n\n(iv) That the revenue thus collected will be devoted to specific objects of public benefit, e.g., the prevention of famine, the improvement of waterways and the construction of roads, with an allocation to each of the provinces in proportion to provincial needs.\n\nUnder some such arrangement as the above, it is possible that the provincial military authorities might be induced to concur and the British public persuaded to consent to the making of the best of a bad business. The other alternative is to leave things as they are, in which case China loses a valuable revenue, while the rapid increase of the traffic in opium and the accelerated demoralisation of the Chinese people are inevitable.\n\n## Enclosure 4 in No. 1\n\n**Memorandum by Mr. H. E. Shadgett of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, Shanghai**\n\nOPIUM produced to such an extent with the connivance of officials—military especially—that a traffic in the article has resulted beyond present system of prevention.\n\nPresent system of prevention depends upon customs action, and where the customs themselves fail, they depend upon pressure brought to bear upon the steamer companies (one avenue—though the quickest for the traffic); and immediate recognition of the fact that the task is utterly beyond the power of the steamer companies is urgently necessary, because the customs action, as directed against the steamer companies, amounts to a serious interference with legitimate trade and forms a cause of crime and conflict between Chinese and Europeans at a time when it is to be assumed that British interests require a minimum of friction.\n\nProbably the only force which can put an end to opium smoking in China is Chinese public opinion applied everywhere. Unless, or until, therefore, public opinion prevents the cultivation of the poppy or the smoking of opium, thus destroying the inducement for its cultivation, would it not be better for the authorities to look the facts in the face and legalise the trade until they can prevent it by means which will not interfere with legitimate trade?",
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        "content_text": "2 \n- \n601 \n\nimply throwing open of China to Germans whose privileges would require to be carefully defined. In reply to further questions he was not prepared to admit claim to similar treatment under most favoured nation clause.\n\n1&we \n• \n(iv) While in principle subject to tariff China and Germany will (7 in fact) continue to benefit by convention tariff until a (national) tariff is brought into force. China to have Benefit of Article 264 of Treaty of Versailles.\n\n(v) Regarding war reparations, Germany engages to pay internment expenses of German prisoners. Further to hand over to Chinese Government half of income of German properties in China in liquidation, as well as half value of property which has not been subject to liquidation. German Government will, however, at once remit to China four million dollars in kind and German-held bonds of Tientsin-Pukow and Hankow-Canton (? railways) as part (? payment) for reparation.\n\nAbove points are partly embodied in draft treaty and partly in form of supplementary declarations.\n\nRepeated to Tokio by post.",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure to 2 in Canton Despatch to 5 of 28/9/21\n\n**MEMORANDUM** \n698\n\nAccording to Article II of the Treaty between China and Portugal of 1887 it is laid down that so long as the delimitation of the boundaries of Macao is not concluded everything in respect to them shall continue as at present without addition, diminution or alteration by either of the parties.\n\nAt the time this Treaty was signed the Macao Government had complete control of all waters constituting the harbour of Macao between Lappa and Macao.\n\n### III\n\nDisputes having arisen as to jurisdiction thereover, Notes were exchanged in July 1890 between the then Governor General of the Liang Kuang Li and the Portuguese Consul-General Cinnatti, in terms of which Chinese national vessels were to anchor within a defined area between Aposesc and Green Island pending delimitation.\n\n### IV\n\nFive days ago on the instructions of the Governor of Kuangtung a Chinese torpedo boat anchored off Wanchai within the harbour waters under Portuguese jurisdiction. She was requested to take up a berth in the area agreed upon in 1890 and did so in the evening of September 23rd returning, however, the next day and there she remains in contravention of the written undertaking of 1890.\n\n### V\n\nThe Government of Macao acting within its Treaty rights had intended to remove her by force, but deferring to British representations authorised the Commanding Officer of \"H.M.S. 'Tarantula'\" to make the following communication to the Inspector of the Water Police of Canton, who was in Macao: - \n* At the request of the British Consul-General Canton I came here on account of the trouble which has arisen. The British Consul-General instructed me to ask his Excellency the Governor to postpone all military measures and let the case be settled diplomatically elsewhere. On account of strong representation of myself on behalf of British...",
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        "content_text": "## The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is one of the most powerful banking institutions in the world. This bank, besides its immense business in exchange and in financing trade, has been connected with almost all the principal Government and railway loans in China. It is associated with Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co. in the British and Chinese Corporation for railway construction, and it is the leading bank in the British loan consortium group. In 1919 this bank distributed net profits to the amount of $10,000,000, or nearly £2,000,000 at the rate then current. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the Chartered Bank issue a currency of bank notes. The Mercantile Bank of India has branches at Hong Kong and Shanghai (see also Appendix VIII).\n\nBritish insurance companies are well represented by branches and agencies in the China ports; and the following British firms have developed out of our trade with China—Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited), North China Insurance Company, Yangtsze Insurance Association (Limited), China Mutual Life Insurance Company, Canton Insurance Office (Limited), China Fire Insurance Company (Limited).\n\n## X.—Boxer Indemnity\n\nOut of an original total of £67,500,000, Great Britain's share was £7,593,081. Including interest, the balance due to Great Britain in May 1921 £9,740,600 9s. 2d. Payment should be completed in 1945.\n\n## XI.—Loans\n\nReference to Appendix IX will show that Great Britain is interested solely or jointly in about £21,956,500 of China's war indemnity debt, in about £30,185,000 of the railway debt and in about £32,858,336 of the general debt. These sums cover a large proportion (between one-half and three-quarters) of the total foreign indebtedness of China.\n\n## XII.—Railways\n\nThe China Annual Report of 1919 states: \"Our position in the railway question is a very strong one.\" Appendix IV shows that out of 6,835 miles of railway operating in China, Great Britain has financed and constructed 825 miles; and is financially interested in 1,958 miles more. Furthermore, we hold concessions or are in course of negotiations for a further 2,500 miles. The report quoted above states:-\n\n\"If the London market is not disposed to make an effort to finance these projects a solution will have to be found, and found soon, by putting into practice the much-talked-of principle of Anglo-American co-operation. The British and American policy in China is one and the same, and though our manufacturers of railway material will be the losers in a field which was practically their own under our loan agreements, it is not reasonable (nor ultimately sound from the point of view of British interests) that a bankrupt Europe should retard the development of China when American capital could be obtained. China has suffered enough in the past from the political manoeuvres of the Powers, and so, incidentally, has British trade.\n\nUnless the consortium can come into action quickly, it would be better to abandon its concerted aims, and to allow our financial interests to make a completely new start with the Americans alone. Even the addition of the French would prove a complication. Not more than two or three Powers can profitably be associated in railway construction in China. A larger number results in much interesting discussion in London or Paris and an immense telegraphic correspondence, but seldom or never in any advance of railway construction. British trade requires at least 20,000 miles of railway within the next few years and is not disposed to wait indefinitely for the formation of an unwieldy and probably unworkable consortium to obtain its object.\"\n\n## XIII.—Industrial Concerns\n\nAppendix I gives a list of British industrial concerns in Hong Kong and China, of which twenty-eight are in Hong Kong, thirty-seven in Shanghai, twenty-five in Tientsin, ten in Hankow, and twenty-three in other cities. The dockyards, sugar refineries, cement works, rope works and works of public utility (gas, electricity, light, tramways, waterworks, &c.) at Hong Kong are a valuable asset to the British position in China, and a model for the Chinese to emulate. So are the cotton mills in Shanghai, of which British interests control five and Japanese five. As is only right and natural, our principal competitors in the development of China's industries will be the Chinese themselves. They already own thirty-five cotton mills in China, and have seventeen new mills in course of erection. Rice mills, bean mills, flour mills and silk factories are almost all in Chinese hands. The principal iron foundries are either Japanese-owned (as Penhsifu and Anshantien in Manchuria) or Japanese-controlled (as the Hanyehping Works at Hankow). British companies own two important shipbuilding works in Shanghai; and British industrial enterprise in China should be capable of expansion, especially in the direction of joint Sino-British enterprises.\n\n## XIV.—Wireless\n\nThe British Marconi Company last year signed a series of three agreements with the Chinese Government: (1) to supply the Chinese War Office with wireless telephones for ten years; (2) to erect a chain of wireless stations between Peking and Kashgar, with a loan of £600,000; (3) to form a **Sino-British National Wireless Telegraph Company** for a factory for wireless apparatus, with exclusive rights for twenty years.\n\n## XV.—Aviation\n\nSix large passenger-carrying machines and two avros have been purchased by the Chinese Government from the Handley Page Company, and a contract has been signed with Messrs. Vickers for the supply of one hundred Vickers-Vimy aeroplanes (with a loan of £1,800,000). A British Royal Air Force officer has been engaged as aviation adviser to the Chinese Government.\n\n## XVI.—Cables\n\nThe Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company (British) is one of the principal cable companies operating in China. Its rival and associate is the Great Northern Telegraph Company (Danish), with which it shares a special concession from the Chinese Government; and the line of the Commercial Pacific Company (American) touches China at Shanghai. There is a Dutch-German cable from Shanghai to Yap (`Deutsch-Nederlandisch-Telegraphen Gesellschaft`), whose future has not yet been disposed of. The chief line to Japan (Shanghai-Nagasaki) is controlled by the Danish Company, but the Japanese Government have the right to lay another line of their own. The Japanese own a cable between Sasebo (Japan) and Dairen, and between Dairen and Chefoo. The German cables, Tsingtao to Chefoo and Tsingtao to Shanghai, were transferred to Japan by the Treaty of Versailles, Article 156.\n\n## XVII.—Mining\n\n| Firm | Location | Tons |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kailan Mining Administration | Chibli | 4,100,000 |\n| Peking Syndicate | Honan | 600,000 |\n| Total |  | 4,700,000 |\n\nThe other principal modern coal mines are the Japanese-owned or Japanese-controlled mines in Manchuria, Shantung and Kiangsi, which in 1920 produced 4,060,000 tons. The Kailan Administration has concluded an agreement for exploitation of the Tatung coalfields in North Shansi; and is negotiating for an iron concession in the Yangtsze Valley. The principal iron mines (Manchuria and the Hanyehping deposits) are controlled by the Japanese. British and American companies are negotiating for gold concessions (co-operative), and an American company has concluded a preliminary agreement for the exploitation of mineral resources in Yunnan.\n\nThis right is being contested by the United States Government on the ground that it constitutes a monopoly, and conflicts with the doctrine of the Open Door.\n\nPage 716",
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        "content_text": "249\n\n4. The Chapters of the Convention deal with\n\n(1) Raw Opium, (II) Prepared Opium, (III) Medicinal Opium, Cocaine, Morphine, etc., (IV) The special relations of China to the Treaty Powers in these matters, and (V) The Penalties for illegal possession of the drugs, and the supply to other Powers of the laws and statistics relating to the trade.\n\n5. (1) Raw Opium. Compliance with Chapter I of the Convention is fully ensured by Ordinance No. 21 of 1909 in the Straits Settlements, and Ordinance No. 4 of 1914 in Hong Kong, together with the Regulations made under each.\n\n6. (II) Prepared Opium. With regard to Article 6, which provides for the \"gradual suppression of the manufacture of, internal trade in, and use of prepared opium\", the Colonies have in fact pursued for many years past a consistent policy of steadily reducing the consumption of opium. Some details are given in paragraph 4 of the Memorandum submitted from the Colonial Office on the 10th February.\n\n7. It may be pointed out that under the text of Article 6, which, in common with Articles 1, 3, 9, 10, 11, and 30, contains the saving clause \"unless regulations on the subject are already in existence\", His Majesty's Government would technically have been justified in adopting a policy of complete inactivity, as \"regulations on the subject\" have been \"in existence\" both in Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements for many years.\n\nArticle 7. Import and export of prepared opium are strictly prohibited by the laws of British Malaya. As regards Hong Kong, the prohibition is enforced with equal strictness, except that a small quantity of prepared opium is exported annually by Government.",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n251\n\n\nThe consignment in question is required for legitimate \nscientific or medicinal purposes.\n\n13. Experience has proved, however, that so \nlong as there is forthcoming from any source a supply \nof morphine and similar highly-concentrated drugs, \nlegislation is almost powerless to suppress their \nuse; as the highly lucrative contraband traffic in \nthose substances is one which cannot effectively \nbe checked by the ordinary preventive measures.\n\n14. (IV). Relations with **strait**. The \nregulations existing in the Far Eastern Dependencies \nof the British Empire are, in fact, considerably \nmore stringent than are actually required under the \ntext of Articles 15 to 19 of the Convention. \nImprisonment is prescribed as a penalty for contravention of many of \nthe clauses of the opium Ordinances in **Strait Settlements and Hong Kong**, including the clauses \nrelating to illegal possession of the drug.\n\n15. (V). Article 20.\n\n16. Article 21. The text of all legislation, and statistics of the trade, have been regularly \nremitted home by the Governments of Hong Kong and the \nStraits Settlements, and passed on from this Department to the Foreign Office.\n\n17. Although the coming into force \nof the 1912 Convention was postponed until the 10th January, 1920, legislative measures in many particulars exceeding, and at no point falling short of, its requirements have been enforced in **Hong Kong** and the \nStraits Settlements for several years prior to that \ndate. There is therefore no question of any failure \nto comply with the terms of the Convention on the part",
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        "content_text": "117\n\nb) Prière de joindre exemplaires des textes de loi ou règlements respectifs.\n\nPrière de donner des indications générales au sujet de l'application et du fonctionnement de ces lois ou règlements et d'indiquer leur degré d'efficacité.\n\nDans les cas constatés de contrebande, prière de donner un relevé des quantités de chacune de ces drogues saisies au cours des six dernières années, indiquant le pays d'origine supposé et la nationalité des contrebandiers.\n\nPrière, le cas échéant, de fournir des renseignements statistiques sur le nombre et la nature des délits commis chaque année depuis l'entrée en vigueur des lois ou règlements s'appliquant aux cas suivants :\n\nI.- La contrebande (Article 15).\n\nII.- Vente et distribution par des Chinois ou par des étrangers de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, ainsi que des produits visés dans l'Article 14 de la Convention (Article 16).\n\nIII.- Opium fumé et fumeries d'opium, (Article 17).\n\nIV.- Vente d'opium brut ou préparé (Art. 18a).\n\nV.- Importation illégale en Chine, sous forme de colis postaux, ainsi que le transport illégal par poste, d'un endroit à l'autre de la Chine, de l'opium (brut ou préparé), de la morphine, de la cocaïne et de leurs sels respectifs, ainsi que des autres produits visés dans l'article 14 de la Convention. (Article 19).\n\nQuelles mesures ont été prises rendant passibles de peines la possession illégale des drogues indiquées à l'art. 20 de la Convention.\n\nV. RENSEIGNEMENTS SUPPLÉMENTAIRES.\n\nPrière de fournir des renseignements, observations ou mémoires, sur toute question touchant à la...",
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        "content_text": "3\n\n120\n\n-2-\n\nlocalities through which the export and import of raw opium is permitted. Import in any form (for direct consumption, bonding, warehousing or any other purpose whatever) export, re-export, transhipment or transit, should be shown under separate headings.\n\n7.\n\n(a) Please furnish a Summary of the laws or regulations in force with reference to Articles 5, 7 and 8 respectively of the International Opium Convention mentioning their titles and the dates on which they came into force.\n\n(b) Please annex ten copies of the respective texts of these laws or regulations.\n\n8.\n\nPlease give a general account of the administration and working of these laws, regulations or measures and their effectiveness in achieving their object.\n\n10.\n\nIn case the export of prepared opium has not yet been prohibited, within what probable period of time will it be prohibited? (See Article 7 of the Convention).\n\n11.\n\nIf the Government has not yet entirely suppressed the manufacture of, trade in and use of prepared opium, please state:-\n\nI. Quantities manufactured in 1919, 1920 and in the last available year before the war.\n\nII. Names of the factories.\n\nIII. Quantity of home consumption in 1919, 1920 and in the last available year before the war.\n\nIV. The number of consumers in 1919, 1920 and in the last available year before the war.\n\nV. The manner or manners of consumption with their relative proportions thus consumed.\n\n12.\n\nBy what date does The Government propose to complete the suppression of the manufacture of, trade in and use of prepared opium?\n\nPlease give the names of the towns, ports, or other localities through...",
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        "content_text": "Quantities manufactured in 1920 and in each of the preceding ten years.\n\niii. \n\niv. \n\n7. Name of the factories, and the conditions of the licences or permits under which they operate.\n\nQuantity of home consumption in 1920 and in each of the preceding ten years.\n\nQuantities of export respectively with the names of the countries of destination in 1920 and in each of the preceding ten years.\n\nQuantities of import respectively with the names of the countries of origin in 1920 and in each of the preceding ten years.\n\n17. CONCERNING CHINA AND THE CONTRACTING POWERS.\n\n(For China and the Contracting Powers only).\n\n(a) Please furnish a summary of the laws or regulations in force with reference to Articles 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively of the International Opium Convention mentioning their titles and the dates on which they came into force.\n\n(b) Please annex ten copies of the respective texts of these laws or regulations.\n\nPlease give a general account of the administration and working of these laws, regulations or measures and their effectiveness in achieving their object.\n\nIn detected cases of smuggling please give a statement of the quantities of each of the drugs seized during the last six years, showing the reported countries of origin and the nationality of the smugglers.\n\nPlease give statistical information about the number and nature, if any, of offences committed annually since the enforcement of the laws, regulations or measures as regards;\n\ni. Smuggling (Article 15).\n\nii. Sale and distribution either by Chinese or foreigners of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts, and",
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        "content_text": "SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS\n\n247\n\nLEAGUE OF NATIONS\n\nLE TRAFIC DE L'OPIUM.\n\nRAPPORT PRÉSENTÉ A LA DEUXIÈME ASSEMBLÉE PAR LA CINQUIÈME COMMISSION.\n\nL'abus de l'opium est répandu dans beaucoup de pays comme un terrible fléau. Aussi, a-t-on compris qu'il était indispensable de le combattre, mais on s'est vite aperçu que les mesures d'un caractère national étaient insuffisantes. On a cru alors que seuls les accords internationaux pourraient venir à bout du fléau.\n\nLa Commission internationale, réunie à Shanghaï en 1909, a été la première tentative de ce genre; elle a préparé la Conférence de La Haye de 1911-1912 qui a abouti à la Convention du 23 janvier 1912. Cette Convention devait entrer en vigueur le 31 décembre 1914, mais la guerre survint qui remit tout en question; cependant, les auteurs du Traité de Versailles se préoccupèrent des dangers de l'opium et, par l'article 23 du Pacte, ils chargèrent la Société des Nations du contrôle du trafic de l'opium et autres drogues nuisibles.\n\nLa première Assemblée décida, dans sa séance du 15 décembre 1920, d'instituer une Commission consultative qui, trois mois avant l'ouverture de chaque session, présenterait au Conseil un rapport sur tous les sujets relatifs à l'exécution des accords concernant le trafic de l'opium. Cette Commission s'est réunie du 2 au 5 mai dernier.\n\nElle a, en premier lieu, élaboré un questionnaire sur les mesures prises pour appliquer les termes de la Convention. Ce questionnaire a été envoyé par le Secrétariat aux différents gouvernements. Elle a, en outre, rédigé six recommandations qui ont été soumises au Conseil. Celui-ci, après en avoir pris connaissance, a adopté une résolution en sept paragraphes.\n\nEn possession de ces éléments, c'est-à-dire «des recommandations de la Commission consultative et de la résolution du Conseil, la cinquième Commission de la deuxième Assemblée a commencé ses travaux. Elle a également eu l'aide éclairée de deux experts: M. van Wettum et sir Malcolm Delevingne. La cinquième Commission a constaté, en premier lieu, que le Conseil, dans sa résolution du 28 juin (voir Annexe 228 au procès-verbal de la 13me session du Conseil), approuvait pleinement quatre des six recommandations de la Commission consultative, mais que, par contre, il en ajournait une et donnait plus d'ampleur à une autre.\n\nLa Commission a approuvé les quatre paragraphes de la résolution du Conseil, § 1, 2, 4, et 5 ainsi que la seconde recommandation de la Commission consultative relative (voir A. 38. 1921. IV) à l'établissement, par chaque Etat, d'un rapport annuel sur l'exécution de la Convention (cette recommandation ayant été approuvée par le Conseil mais ne faisant pas partie du texte des résolutions du Conseil). Mais des divergences de vues s'étant produites sur les autres paragraphes, c'est-à-dire sur les numéros 3, 6 et 7, la Commission nomma une Sous-Commission chargée de concilier, si possible, ces opinions différentes.\n\nCette Sous-Commission tint quatre séances et, malgré les profondes divergences de vues de ses membres, elle put arriver à un résultat, grâce à l'esprit de conciliation dont ils firent preuve, et grâce aussi à l'influence éclairée de son distingué président, M. Marées van Swinderen. Le rapport que M. van Swinderen a présenté a été unanimement approuvé par la cinquième Commission. Les délégués de la Chine et du Siam ont fait une réserve au sujet des modifications mentionnées dans le rapport à propos du paragraphe 7 de la résolution du Conseil.\n\nQuelles sont donc les conclusions que la cinquième Commission présente à l'Assemblée au sujet du trafic de l'opium?\n\nLes voici: en dehors des quatre paragraphes de la résolution du Conseil du 28 juin mentionnés ci-dessus, elle présente huit recommandations, que je vais avoir l'honneur de vous lire et qui, j'espère, rallieront l'assentiment de l'Assemblée:\n\n1. L'Assemblée approuve le paragraphe 3 de la résolution du Conseil, étant entendu que les enquêtes entreprises auront un caractère scientifique et que, lorsqu'elles s'appliqueront en particulier à un pays déterminé, elles seront faites par l'intermédiaire du gouvernement du pays ou avec son consentement.\n\nTRAFFIC IN OPIUM.\n\nREPORT SUBMITTED TO THE SECOND ASSEMBLY BY THE FIFTH COMMITTEE.\n\nThe abuse of opium is a widespread and terrible scourge in many countries; moreover, it has been realised that it was indispensable to combat this evil, but it was quickly perceived that merely national measures were inadequate. It was felt, therefore, that this scourge could only be overcome by international agreements.\n\nThe International Commission, assembled at Shanghai in 1909, was the first move in this direction. It paved the way for the Hague Conference of 1911-1912, which resulted in the conclusion of the Convention of January 23rd, 1912. This Convention was to come into force on December 31st, 1914, but the outbreak of war unsettled everything. However, the authors of the Treaty of Versailles devoted consideration to the opium peril, and, in Article 23 of the Covenant, they entrusted the League of Nations with the duty of controlling the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs.\n\nThe first Assembly decided at its meeting of December 15th, 1920, to establish an Advisory Committee, which, three months before the beginning of each meeting, should submit to the Council a report on all subjects referring to the execution of the agreements regarding the traffic in opium. This Committee met on May 2nd to 5th last.\n\nIt began by drawing up a questionnaire as to the measures taken to carry out the terms of the Convention, and this questionnaire was sent by the Secretariat to the various Governments. It also drew up six recommendations which were submitted to the Council. The latter took note of them and passed a resolution containing seven paragraphs.\n\nThe Fifth Committee of the second Assembly began its labours, therefore, with these data at its disposal, that is to say, the recommendations of the Advisory Committee and the Council's resolution. It was also assisted in its task by the enlightened assistance of two experts, M. van Wettum and Sir Malcolm Delevingne. The Committee noted in the first place that the Council in its resolution dated June 28th (see Annex 228 to the Minutes of the 13th Session of the Council), fully approved four out of the six recommendations of the Advisory Committee, but that, on the other hand, it postponed one of these recommendations and widened the scope of another.\n\nIt concurred in four paragraphs of the Council's resolution, namely, paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5, and also the 2nd recommendation of the Advisory Committee (see A. 38, 1921, IV), which was to the effect that each State should make an Annual Report on the carrying out of the Convention. (This recommendation had been approved by the Council, but did not form part of the text of Council's resolution.) But, as differences of opinion had arisen with regard to the other paragraphs, that is to say, Nos. 3, 6 and 7, the Committee appointed a Sub-Committee to reconcile these initial divergencies if possible.\n\nThis Sub-Committee held four meetings, and, in spite of the great differences in the views of its members, it was able to arrive at a definite result, thanks to the conciliatory spirit manifested by both sides and thanks also to the skilful guidance of its President, M. de Marees van Swinderen. The report submitted by M. van Swinderen was unanimously adopted by the Fifth Committee.\n\nThe Delegates of China and of Siam made a reservation regarding the change proposed in this report as regards paragraph 7 of the Council's Resolution. What, therefore, are the conclusions laid before the Assembly by the Fifth Committee in regard to the traffic in opium?\n\nThey are as follows:-\n\nBesides the four paragraphs, referred to above, of the resolution of the Council dated June 28th, the Committee submits eight recommendations which I shall have the honour of reading to you, and which, I hope, will be accepted by the Assembly.\n\n1. The Assembly concurs in paragraph 3 of the Council's Resolution on the understanding that the enquiries undertaken will be of a scientific character and that, when they apply specifically to any particular country, they will be made through, or with the consent of, the Government of that country.\n\n8. d. N. 1800. 9. 21. Imp. Jent. 8. 4.",
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        "content_text": "258\n\n: vos instants, nl faire un discours. Je viens seulement remercier cette illustre Assemblée et lui apporter l'hommage de mon gouvernement, ainsi qu'aux autres Institutions qui ont pensé à réaliser cette grande œuvre de charité et d'humanité.\n\nComme représentant de l'Orient et du monde islamique, il est de mon devoir de dire que celui-ci regarde toute cette œuvre de charité avec le plus grand intérêt et qu'il est prêt à faire tout son possible pour aider à la chrétienté et à l'humanité tout entière. Aucune différence n'existe entre le monde islamique et le monde catholique; tous, nous faisons partie de l'humanité et nous devons nous aider les uns les autres. D'autre part, comme représentant de la Perse, proche voisine de la Russie, je tiens à vous communiquer les renseignements que mon gouvernement a reçus. Le peuple persan est prêt à donner des quantités considérables de blé, de riz et de farine pour les pauvres affamés de Russie, qui meurent de froid dans cet immense pays. Il faut faire tout ce que nous pourrons pour les secourir. C'est notre tâche, c'est celle de toutes les sociétés de bienfaisance et spécialement de la Société des Nations.\n\nJe remercie M. le Docteur Nansen, qui s'est donné tant de peine et qui est toujours prêt à faire son possible dans ce sens. Les paroles si claires et si justes de M. Motta ont suffi pour vous mettre au courant de la situation actuelle en Russie. Les causes de cette famine, tout le monde les connaît: la sécheresse, les conséquences de la guerre, le manque de moyens de communications, etc. Ce n'est pas pour la Russie seule, mais pour le monde entier, un immense danger.\n\nLa Perse a été victime, en 1918-1919, d'une grande famine. Malheureusement, à ce moment, le monde était en guerre et, sauf les Etats-Unis, qui nous ont un peu aidé, les autres nations n'ont pas pu venir au secours de la Perse, car elles avaient assez à faire pour elles-mêmes. Comme je l'ai déclaré l'année dernière au sein de la première Assemblée, des centaines de milliers de femmes et d'enfants ont succombé aux suites de cette famine. Plus tard, ce fut la Chine qui fut victime de ce fléau, ainsi que les journaux l'ont relaté l'année dernière.\n\nJe ne sais pas si la Société des Nations a fait ce qu'elle pouvait pour venir en aide à la Chine, l'année dernière. Aujourd'hui, c'est la Russie qui doit être secourue; l'année prochaine ce sera peut-être une autre nation encore.\n\nN'oubliez pas qu'après la famine surgissent d'ordinaire des maladies contagieuses. Les constitutions affaiblies par le manque de nourriture ne résistent pas et le choléra et la peste finissent par faire plus de victimes que la famine elle-même. Ce danger est surtout grand pour les pays voisins de la Russie, pour la Perse, pour la Pologne, pour les pays baltiques et peut-être pour l'Europe entière. Nous savons que, dans notre pays, dans les provinces frontières de la Russie, au nord de la Perse, il y a déjà quelques centaines de victimes du choléra.\n\nAu nom du monde islamique, au nom de l'Orient, au nom de l'Humanité entière, je prie l'Assemblée de se rallier au rapport qui lui est présenté par la sixième Commission. Une décision sera prise à la Conférence de Bruxelles et nous espérons bien que les gouvernements des grandes Puissances, qui ont toujours travaillé pour le bien de la civilisation et de l'humanité, ne manqueront pas de faire tout ce qu'ils peuvent pour secourir la Russie. L'Orient est prêt à marcher à leurs côtés dans cette tâche noble et charitable. (Applaudissements.)\n\nM. ENCKELL (Finlande).--Dans l'article 5 de son rapport, la Commission mentionne les souffrances de l'Azerbaïdjan, de la Géorgie et de l'Arménie comme étant dignes de l'attention spéciale des organisations charitables. On sait généralement que les différents peuples du Caucase avaient, après la révolution russe, constitué des gouvernements démocratiques nationaux et que le Gouvernement des Soviets avait solennellement reconnu leur indépendance. En réalité, cette indépendance n'a pas été sincèrement respectée, attendu que des troupes de l'armée rouge des Soviets soutiennent actuellement dans ce pays des gouvernements communistes qui ne peuvent se maintenir au pouvoir que grâce à cet appui. La présence des troupes russes a, comme il est dit dans notre rapport, aggravé la famine.\n\nLes habitants de la Carélie orientale (vaste territoire à l'Est de la frontière finlandaise), frères de race de leurs voisins de Finlande, sont dans la même situation désespérée que les populations du Caucase. Par une déclaration solennelle, communiquée au Gouvernement de Finlande, le Gouvernement des Soviets avait promis d'accorder aux Caréliens une large autonomie et de retirer les troupes russes de leur pays. Ces promesses n'ont pas été tenues et des vivres, exportés de Finlande, pour être distribués à la population carélienne affamée, ont, d'après les dernières nouvelles, été réservés aux troupes d'occupation.\n\nLes Caréliens qui, par milliers, se sont réfugiés en Finlande pour échapper à la terreur rouge et à la famine, ont prié le Gouvernement finlandais de porter leur situation désespérée à la connaissance de la Société des Nations. J'ose donc exprimer respectueusement l'espoir que l'œuvre de secours internationale, que nous voudrions tous voir bientôt entreprise sous la direction de l'éminent Haut-Commissaire de la Conférence de Genève et à laquelle les organisations charitables de mon pays sont prêtes à participer, profitera aussi à la Carélie orientale. (Applaudissements.)\n\nIV. COMMUNICATION DE M. LE PRÉSIDENT RELATIVE A L'ORDRE DU JOUR.\n\nM. le PRÉSIDENT. → Le président de la première Commission me prie de vous annoncer que la séance de cette Commission aura lieu cet après-midi à 15 heures précises, au lieu de 14 heures 30.\n\nJe tiens également à vous faire part de mon intention, si la discussion des conclusions du rapport sur l'œuvre de secours aux populations russes n'est pas terminée ce matin, de vous proposer de tenir cet après-midi, à 17 heures 30 ou à 18 heures, une autre séance pour en finir avec cette question.\n\nV. REPRISE DE LA DISCUSSION SUR L'OEUVRE DE SECOURS AUX POPULATIONS RUSSES.\n\n(Rapport de la sixième Commission)\n\nM. PRÉSIDENT, - La parole est à M. Spalarkovitch\n\nM. SPALAIKOVITCH (Etat serbe-croate-slovène). Messieurs, je ne voterai pas contre la résolution présentée par M. Motta, parce qu'elle ne renferme rien de nuisible et qu'elle est inoffensive. Mais je ne voterai pas non plus pour cette résolution, parce qu'elle est sans couleur et qu'elle ne contient pas ce qu'elle devrait contenir en la circonstance.\n\nElle ne rend pas, en effet, au peuple russe, le seul service que la Société des Nations pourrait lui rendre au milieu de l'effroyable détresse dans laquelle il se trouve; elle ne souffle pas un mot de la vraie cause de ses immenses malheurs, puisqu'elle ne se prononce pas sur le bolchevisme. C'est là une lacune qui me semble, tant au point de vue humanitaire qu'au point de vue politique, incompatible avec le rôle et le but de la Société des Nations qui est, en réalité, une société des Etats.\n\nOn nous a dit que nous devions, lorsqu'il s'agit d'une œuvre humanitaire, éliminer tous les éléments politiques. Je ne suis pas de cet avis. Si nous étions les délégués de la Croix-Rouge, je comprendrais que nous ne devions pas nous immiscer dans des questions politiques à propos d'œuvres humanitaires. Mais nous sommes avant tout les représentants de nos gouvernements. C'est pourquoi, en parlant de la famine en Russie et de la résolution qui s'y rapporte, je me placerai uniquement au point de vue politique et je présenterai mes observations au nom de mon gouvernement.\n\nComme vous tous, Messieurs, je ne puis que louer les nobles sentiments qui inspirent M. le Dr Nansen, mais je regrette de lui dire que son entreprise, dans les conditions qui nous ont été indiquées, est vouée d'avance à un échec certain.\n\nJe déclare que mon gouvernement ne donnera pas un seul centime pour l'œuvre de secours à la Russie dans les conditions qui nous ont été présentées par M. le Dr Nansen et après les stipulations de l'accord passé avec M. Tchitchérine, car ces conditions et ces stipulations ne nous offrent aucune garantie. En attendant, mon gouvernement continuera à secourir les\n\nIV. COMMUNICATION BY THE PRESIDENT CONCERNING THE AGENDA\n\nThe PRESIDENT, Interpreter:\n\nI beg to inform the Assembly that Committee No. instead of meeting at 2.30 p.m., will meet at 3 o'clock. If the debate on the Russian Famine is not finished this morning, I will, at the end of this meeting, announce to you an hour later in the afternoon at which the Assembly will meet again.\n\nV. CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION ON RELIEF WORK IN RUSSIA.\n\n(Report of the Sixth Committee).\n\nDr. SPALAIKOVITCH (Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Interpreter:\n\nI do not propose to vote against M. Motta's Resolution. I see no harm in it, but I am not going to vote for it, because I do not consider that it contains what is needed in this particular crisis. I think it is colourless. It does not give to the Russian people the only thing that will really do them any good, and the only thing that it is in our power to do. There is not a word as to the real cause of this trouble, which is Bolshevism. I feel that the League of Nations should not pass this matter without any reference to the real cause of the evil. We are told that we must say nothing about politics. If we were Delegates of the Red Cross, I could understand that, but we are not; we are Delegates of our Governments, and therefore we must look at this matter from the point of view of politics and speak in the name of our Governments.\n\nI have nothing but praise for the noble sentiments of Dr. Nansen, but I think it my duty to tell you that his work is sure to fail under present circumstances. My Government cannot give a penny to Russian relief under the terms of the agreements between Dr. Nansen and M. Tchicherin because we consider that no guarantees are given. My Government will continue to support the thousands of Russian families who have taken refuge in my country and who have flown from Bolshevism. We have as much sympathy as any of you. We have given our last penny to save our Russian brothers from starvation. But we have no confidence in the Government of Moscow.\n\nThe cause of the famine is not the dry season—it is the Bolshevist regime. It is that which has made a hell on earth of Russia, and has tried to do the same in other countries. Bolshevism is the negation of any stable or sensible Government. The Moscow Government have sought to make all equal, and they have made all equal in misery. When the productive power of Russia was diminished, the workers from the towns took refuge in the country, and then later, owing to their system of confiscation and Communism, the",
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        "content_text": "# SCHEDULE\n\nSubstitutions to be made in reading and construing the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, the Treaty of Peace (Austria) Order, 1920, the Treaty of Peace (Bulgaria) Order, 1920, and the Treaty of Peace (Hungary) Order, 1921, as amended, for the purpose of adapting the provisions of the said Orders, as amended, to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong.\n\n## PART I\n\nTREATY OF PEACE ORDER, 1919, AS AMENDED.\n\n  \n    Serial No.\n    Article of Order\n    Words of Order\n    Substituted Words\n  \n  \n    1\n    1 (xvii) (a)\n    The Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may make rules\n    The Supreme Court or a judge thereof may make rules\n  \n  \n    3\n    \n    \n    any such rules\n  \n\n## PART II\n\nTREATY OF PEACE (AUSTRIA) ORDER, 1920, AS AMENDED.\n\n  \n    Serial No.\n    Article of Order\n    Words of Order\n    Substituted Words\n  \n  \n    1\n    1 (ix) Proviso\n    Treasury,\n    Governor,\n  \n  \n    2\n    1 (3) (b)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    3\n    1 (x) (g)\n    The Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may make rules or act of sederunt\n    The Supreme Court or a judge thereof may make rules\n  \n  \n    4\n    1 (xv)\n    any such rules or act of sederunt\n    any such rules\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    as the Treasury\n    as the Governor\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    may determine.\n    may determine.\n  \n\n## PART III\n\nTREATY OF PEACE (BULGARIA) ORDER, 1920, AS AMENDED.\n\n  \n    Serial No.\n    Article of Order\n    Words of Order\n    Substituted Words\n  \n  \n    1\n    1 (i) Proviso\n    Treasury,\n    Governor,\n  \n  \n    2\n    1 (ii) (b)\n    The Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may make rules or act of sederunt\n    The Supreme Court or a judge thereof may make rules\n  \n  \n    3\n    1 (ii) (d)\n    any such rules or act of sederunt\n    any such rules\n  \n\n## PART IV\n\nTREATY OF PEACE (HUNGARY) ORDER, 1921, AS AMENDED.\n\n  \n    Serial No.\n    Article of Order\n    Words of Order\n    Substituted Words\n  \n  \n    1\n    1 (3) (b)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    2\n    1 (x) (b)\n    The Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, the Court of Session may make rules or act of sederunt\n    The Supreme Court or a judge thereof may make rules\n  \n  \n    \n    21 (xvii) (a)\n    any such rules or act of sederunt\n    any such rules\n  \n\n138",
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        "content_text": "N° 169.\n\nSir,\n\nREC 27256 Red 7 JUN22\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE. HONGKONG. 22nd April, 1922,\n\n575\n\nI have the honour to report that on the 24th February last during the period of the Seamen's strike a member of a firm of labour contractors, who had been instrumental in supplying a considerable amount of casual labour, was murdered while proceeding along the Praya in a jinrikisha at 11.45 a.m.\n\n2.\n\nA Chinese of the coolie class who was arrested while running away from the scene of the murder was tried before the Supreme Court of this Colony and was convicted and sentenced to death. The Solicitors for the defence have, however, intimated their intention to apply to the Privy Council for leave to appeal against the sentence and conviction and I have accordingly, under Article IV of the Letters Patent granted a respite of the sentence for three months pending the application to the Privy Council. It is understood that the application will shortly go forward.\n\n3.\n\nI have consulted my Executive Council in the matter and they have unanimously advised that the sentence of death passed upon Leung Wo should be carried into effect, subject to the result of the proposed appeal which is being made on a technical point. In this view I fully concur.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P.,\n\n80.\n\nc..\n\n4.",
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        "content_text": "September 3rd, 1921.]\n\nREPUBLICANISM” IN CHINA.\n\nAFTER TEN YEARS.\n\nBY A DWELLER IN THE INTERIOR.]\n\nIV. THE BUSINESS MAN.\n\nCommerce\n\nThe business man of Kwangtung, whether he be engaged in large business or in small, or in manufacture by old or new methods, contrives, in spite of the great military incubus upon him, to maintain his importance. Let it be stated at the outset, that conditions are very different for two men, one of whom is in Canton and the other in the country. The man in Canton has opportunities and problems bound up with the ever-growing closeness of intercourse with \"the West,\" which are not yet felt further away. Easy access to Hongkong is a gain in many ways, but it introduces new conditions of trade, and inevitably a rise in the scale of costs. The existence of the foreign-managed Chinese Maritime Customs is a great boon to merchants in the treaty-ports, for they are thus enabled to evade, legitimately, the hampering likin system, which lies heavily upon the business man of the interior.\n\nAn example of this is the fact that a man in the treaty port of Samshui with goods to ship to Nanning (another treaty port) finds it cheaper to load his goods on the down-river steamer to Hongkong, and pay the export Customs dues, having his goods remain on the ship to pass through Samshui on the return journey, be transhipped at Wuchow, and so to Nanning, there paying the import Customs dues, rather than to send the goods direct to Nanning up-river. By the visit of the goods to Hongkong they become technically \"exported\" and \"imported\" goods, and are thus dealt with by the Maritime Customs under foreign control, instead of passing through the rapacious hands of the likin men.\n\nThe merchant more than saves the extra cost of transport for the double journey between Samshui and Hongkong.\n\nBut the man in the country, not in a treaty port, has other difficulties besides the irritating exactions of the likin system. Labour is cheaper, and there are not yet the same organised labour arrangements to hamper manufacturers and merchants. Businesses are not on the same large scale, e.g., General Stores such as those on the Bund at Canton do not exist. But transportation is generally by river, and slow, though a few towns in the province are touched by railways. The trader's difficulties arise very largely, in the interior, from the unspeakably bad arrangements of so-called Government. (Be it remembered this article does not deal with Canton or the treaty ports). A merchant commences a line of business, and after a while he suddenly finds that some petty military officer thinks a \"squeeze\" possible, and so demands a royalty on every item dealt with, so, of course, the price must go up to his customers, while possibly a rival house remains free from the imposition.\n\nOr a large contract is let for labour, and one fine day hardly any of the workmen appear. It turns out that a political move is in the air, and the authorities are impressing as porters every man who dares to show himself in the streets. This condition of affairs may last for two or three weeks.\n\nCHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\nAnother effect of the gross misgovernment is in the prevalence of robber bands who hold the country roads and rivers in their grasp, and either rob or blackmail every party and boat that ventures to pass. Small wonder that communication is uncertain.\n\nA principle upon which recent officials work would seem to be this: to encourage men to commence business and allow them more or less to escape squeezing until the early financial difficulties are overcome and a good return is beginning. By this time the capital has been sunk and the man or the firm is committed to the scheme. Now comes Mr. General or Mr. Magistrate to begin his \"squeeze,\" and gradually to increase it until the unfortunate merchant is obliged to close down and cut his loss.\n\nAs long as a business is carried on along the old-fashioned family idea, where the managers and employés are all connected with the same clan, there is freedom from one great source of risk. All those in the firm have the same interest in seeing prosperity, for all benefit by it. But when it comes to partnership with outside folk, to lending money to other peoples' businesses, then enters in the immovable innate Chinese selfishness.\n\nTwo restaurants were approached for their terms to provide a feast on private premises. A offered a very good menu and made no bones about the difficulty of working at a distance. B offered a much inferior menu and seemed to object to catering anywhere but at their own place. A's price was 20 per cent. below B's, although B was established and presumably anxious to build up a business. The great difference was explained as being due to the fact that B was a kind of joint stock business, while A was a family business. All the employés at A would gain by increased trade, but the employés at B would get just the same, and hence they were not likely to inconvenience themselves over the matter whether a particular job was undertaken or not.\n\nAn interesting question is the relationship to prosperity or otherwise of the complicated written language. As long as each little area remained self-contained, it did not much matter how deeply the business people had gone in their literary studies. But with the increasing contact with distant towns and the growing consumption of foreign goods, a wider education becomes necessary, and one wonders whether in the course of that, the graceful ideograph and the stranger grass character will not have to yield place to less cumbersome mode of correspondence.\n\nBut compared with the questions which have their roots in calibre of the moral character of individuals, whether officials or coolies, other pressing difficulties in the way of progress in this Tenth Year of the Republic fade into insignificance.\n\nV. THE COOLIE.\n\nThe ordinary labouring man in China was not so much befooled during the period of preparation for the 1911 Revolution as was the case with some of his fellow citizens of higher class. Magnificent promises of the Golden Republic when all would be free of taxes and the like left him, speaking generally, in the cold. Whilst, therefore, the rude mental shocks and disappointments which the more educated classes have had during the past ten years, the coolie has escaped, yet we shall not be far wrong if we say that of all grades of society the coolie has perhaps gained least by the change in the nature of China's Government.\n\nEssentially of a contented disposition, willing to live and let others live, the labouring classes have found themselves gradually more and more enclosed in a network of restrictive circumstances. The price of living in the country, based on the staple rice, has risen enormously within the past ten to fifteen years. The internal disorder from Wars, Rumours of Wars, and Robbers, has restricted the normal growth of commerce. Of course, China's Customs returns compare the import and export values one year with another, which in these days of vast variations in exchange is by no means the same as quantities of materials; the reliable Customs figures, moreover, are not an index of the state of trade in the interior of the Provinces.\n\nIn such an area, the coolie's lot is indeed pitiable. A War is declared and soldiers are moved in from the attacking force. They assume the right of entry into every man's house and require that he supply their needs: in the best of circumstances they may pay for their requisitions. After a day or two they move further. But the soldier does not exist to carry the impedimenta, and the maintenance of a system of transport would be much too large a risk and expense for the Armies to undertake, so the troops and the police begin to seize men to carry goods. Resistance is useless, the man seized must go. If he refuses he is beaten and then made to go. If laden with an impossible load he flags, he is beaten again. If he tries to run away, the guard fires at him. He is compelled to go where he is bid, and that may mean three, five, ten days' march: he is given his rice on the journey and enough money to pay for his food on the way back—and the promise has been known to be redeemed. There is no wage. When he is at last able to go home, his way very likely lies through a land infested with brigands, who may likewise hold him up and compel him to work for them for an indefinite period.\n\nDarker than these clouds, however, in the coolie's sky is the relentless and interminable oppression of the military governing classes. Industrial development, at least along occidental lines, is to some extent hampered by Mr. Chairman's moral character, and will be indefinitely postponed until he realises that prosperity does not come from seizing every opportunity to benefit himself at whatever expense to others. It is a strangely short-sighted policy that will induce a carpenter to put a piece of bad wood into some article, and thereby squeeze fifty cents, when a really satisfactory job may be the means of getting a lot of work in the future.\n\nNeither the trade nor the government of the country can reach a very high place until the individuals learn to forget the \"face\" that is now so dear to them. (Were \"face\" synonymous with good character or straight dealing, how grand an institution it would be?) Until that universal love of \"face\" is diminished, Chinese will not learn the difference it makes whether a thing is done properly or not. Face must be saved at present even for the lazy coolie. He may be gently dismissed on some collateral pretext, but he must not be told off for his half-done job.",
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        "content_text": "818\n\n319\n\nB. Tokokonalo el 25 de xad troqra`to notar GẠT Il mi haitianga eboo\" mọ (1) veental arts NJ TRDÍKYžupe staz a #IDIİ?! arbinomiomab le gzampoo sad vi sidaiyaj to (5) i bezzlinge along 19.17) Kom 923 ad2 m) JenLaviona staz gap.it -vitara) ir mažai te gjør mit newto f bellamma Inmatnl Yə ətən sie uns belvsi (051):mitovć to 1JnNOG MES *ure ads to (2) mi belliangu 2200% 12 (8) Lamchand wait of tæðisvima njen a MIDISKA • (a) at kaftinant mboga nọ { 117 *!* or Jagiertipe stat à divlja adam by an heivaf kad Na sten edi: ww\n\nARTICLE I. As regards Customs Duties in the South Sea Islands, the Customs Duties Law, the Customs Tariff Law, Law No. 22 (Law regarding the import duty on copper etc.) of 1922, the regulations for the execution of the Customs Duties Law, and Imperial Ordinances issued in accordance with the Custom Tariff Law shall be applied, with the exception of Articles 58 to 73 and Article 99 of the Customs Duties Law.\n\nARTICLES II & III. Specify the authorities and offices which are to administer these laws.\n\nARTICLE IV. The places to be made open ports in the South Sea Islands and the articles to be exported from or imported at the open ports shall be determined by the Governor of the South Sea Islands.\n\nLetda xpt 19. Vínmany of galanoles to quensmad mis që th sitt 201 asütvog MEI *nestino Lelyoqmi 5:250mci #beam of maqol te",
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        "content_text": "32\n\n(b). To control the export of raw opium to countries which restrict its import, unless regulations on the subject are already in existence.\n\nThe export of opium from India has been dealt with in Chapter V. Opium is not allowed to be exported to countries which have prohibited its import, and the Government of India would co-operate with any Government that desired to restrict its imports of Indian opium. To prevent the abuse of Indian opium, the Government of India have, in this respect, gone further than the terms of the Convention demand, by arbitrarily limiting the amount of their opium exports to a figure below the ascertained normal demands of countries which permit its import.\n\nArticle 4.\n\nThe contracting Powers shall make regulations requiring that every package containing raw opium intended for export shall be marked in such a way as to indicate its contents, provided that the consignment exceeds 5 kilog.\n\nAll chests of opium for export are packed in gunny and marked with a number, a red stripe and the words \"Benares Opium.\"\n\nArticle 5.\n\nThe contracting Powers shall not allow the import and export of raw opium except by duly authorised persons.”\n\nSeventy-seven per cent. of the exports are sent by the Government of India direct to Governments of importing countries. Compliance with this Article in respect of exports by private merchants is secured by notifications issued under the Opium Act of 1878.\n\nThe import of opium by post is absolutely prohibited, and import by other means is only allowed to persons properly authorised by Local Governments.\n\nCHAPTER II-PREPARED OPIUM.\n\nDefinition. By \"prepared opium” is understood—\n\nThe product of raw opium, obtained by a series of special operations, especially by dissolving, boiling, roasting and fermentation designed to transform it into an extract suitable for consumption.\n\nPrepared opium includes dross and all other residues remaining when opium has been smoked.\n\nArticle 6.\n\nThe contracting Powers shall take measures for the gradual and effective suppression of the manufacture of, internal trade in, and use of prepared opium, with due regard to the varying circumstances of each country concerned, unless regulations on the subject are already in existence.\n\n33\n\nThe measures taken by the Government of India for the gradual and effective suppression of the use of prepared opium are explained in Chapter IV. Except in Burma, manufacture is only permitted to private individuals from raw opium lawfully in their possession, and an individual may not manufacture for his own use more than eleven-fiftieths of an ounce at any one time. Burma is the only part of India where opium is habitually smoked, and there the Government of India have waged a long campaign for its suppression. Within a short period of time there will be complete prohibition of the use of opium by Burmese for other than medicinal purposes. The sale of prepared opium is prohibited throughout India.\n\nArticle 7.\n\nThe contracting Powers shall prohibit the import and export of prepared opium; those Powers, however, which are not yet ready to prohibit immediately the export of prepared opium shall prohibit it as soon as possible.\n\nArticle 8.\n\nThe contracting Powers which are not yet ready to prohibit immediately the export of prepared opium\n\n(a) shall restrict the number of towns, ports, or other Localities through which prepared opium may be exported; (b) shall prohibit the export of prepared opium to countries which now forbid, or which may hereafter forbid, the import thereof;\n\n(c) shall, in the meanwhile, prohibit the consignment of prepared opium to a country which desires to restrict its entry unless the exporter complies with the regulations of the importing country;\n\n(d) shall take measures to ensure that every package exported, containing prepared opium, bears a special mark indicating the nature of its contents;\n\n(e) shall not permit the export of prepared opium except by special authorised persons.\n\nBoth import and export of prepared opium are forbidden under section 4 of the Opium Act of 1878. At no time in her history has prepared opium been exported from India.\n\nCHAPTER III-MEDICINAL OPIUM, MORPHINE, COCAINE, &C.\n\nDefinitions.—By \"medicinal opium” is understood—\nRaw opium which has been heated to 60° centigrade and contains not less than 10 per cent. of morphine, whether or not it be powdered or granulated, or mixed with indifferent materials.\n\n93",
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        "content_text": "42\n\nwith the prevention of export to countries whose Governments prohibit import.\n\nChina produces seven times as much opium as India; Persia exports 30 per cent. more than India, and Turkey in normal times exports about the same amount as India which is, therefore, responsible for less than one-third of the world's exports, apart from the smuggling abroad of Chinese grown opium. Moreover, India has signed, ratified and carried out the Hague Convention, and has gone far beyond what is demanded by the terms of the Convention in order to safeguard her exports from being abused, while Turkey has not signed, and Persia remains outside the scope of the Convention's most important article. India would be thoroughly justified in refusing to agree to the modification of the terms of the Convention in the direction of greater stringency until she is convinced that such modification will lead to beneficial results. The proposal at present most favoured by international idealists is to bind the nations to restrict the production of opium to medicinal and scientific needs, and an attempt to obtain international approval of this ideal was recently made by the representative of China on the Council of the League of Nations. As her critics are aware, India alone among the producing nations could give practical effect to such a decision, which, apart from causing unimaginable sufferings in the East, would result in enormously stimulating the production of opium in Persia, China, and Turkey. This opium would be sold in thousands of chests to the highest bidder, and exported without hindrance to mysterious destinations all over the world. India demands to see the terms of the Opium Convention translated into action by others, and would no doubt return an emphatic negative to any proposal which aimed at suppressing Indian cultivation in order to provide a scapegoat for the rest of the world.\n\n43\n\nChina. Imperial Maritime Customs, II-Special Series No. 13.\n\n(Historical Note on the Poppy in China, by Dr. Edkins.) Dictionary of the Economic Products of India: Sir George Watt.\n\nCommercial Products of India, Sir George Watt. Proceedings of International Conferences and of the League of Nations.\n\nColonial Reports: Hong Kong, Ceylon, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States.\n\nPARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.\n\nC. E660 of 1911.\n\nand China. (7052 of 1914. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Portugal for the regulation of the opium monopolies in the Colonies of Hong Kong and Macao. Cmd. 1520 of 1921.\n\nAgreement between the United Kingdom\n\nThe International Opium Convention, 1912, and subsequent relative papers.\n\nChina C. 4735 of 1886, C. 3881 and C. 4316 of 1908, C. 4702, C. 4898 and C. 4967 of 1909, C. 5658 of 1911, C. 6876 of 1913.\n\nMiscellaneous: C. 6448 of 1912-13.\n\nChina: Cmd. 1531 of 1921. Papers regarding poppy cultivation in China.\n\nBIBLIOGRAPHY.\n\nStatistics of British India. Vol. II. Financial Statistics.\n\nAnnual Statement of the Sea-borne Trade of British India. Vol. I.\n\nStatistical Abstract relating to British India.\n\nImperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. IV., Chap. viii.\n\nThe Report of the Royal Commission on Opium, 1895. Seven volumes.\n\nThe Moral and Material Progress of India. Decennial Reports.\n\nGovernment of India Despatches Nos. 14 and 28, dated 24th and 18th March 1921. Published in the Supplement to the Gazette of India, dated the 17th September 1921.\n\n98",
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        "content_text": "(2)\n\n(b) The treatment meted out to a mui tsai is similar to that allotted to a slave. A slave is bought with money; a mui tsai is also bought with money. A slave is robbed of rights and liberties; a mui tsai is also robbed of rights and liberties. A slave can be exploited without reserve; a mui tsai can also be exploited without reserve. A slave is not paid for labour; a mui tsai is also not paid for labour. A slave can be re-sold; a mui tsai can also be re-sold. In short, the similarity between the two is most striking; indeed, the only material difference lies in the fact that, whereas the word \"slave\" is applicable to those whose servitude is life-long and extends to their posterity, the word mui tsai applies to females whose servitude ceases on attaining womanhood.\n\nThis is a clear instance of depriving human beings of their human rights.\n\n(c) Injurious to National Prestige.\n\nAs early as 1884, legislation was introduced into Egypt to abolish domestic slavery. In 1885, it was decided at the Berlin Congress that the traffic in slaves should be rigidly suppressed by International Law. The Peace Treaty of 1918 included not only the Covenant of the League of Nations, but the International Labour Convention, under which the High Contracting Parties also agree to endeavour to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labour for men, women, and children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend.\n\nIt is necessary to point out that one of the principles affirmed by the Signatories to this Treaty is that labour should not be regarded merely as an article of commerce. We regret that there are Chinese resident abroad who infringe public law by indulging in the traffic in human flesh.\n\nGirls bought as mui tsai are mostly of tender ages. To burden their partially developed bodies with heavy and unpleasant tasks is both distressing and pitiable.\n\nUnder an owner who is inconsiderate, the mui tsai's fare is of the scantiest, her hours of work are undefined, her illness is unattended to, her duties are exacting, her responsibilities are heavy, and no consideration is given to the possibility of her being overworked and underfed.\n\nFollowing upon these harsh conditions, the right of disposing of her person is exercised by strangers, who enhance the prestige of China even in the eyes of friendly Powers.\n\nFurthermore, so long as the mui tsai system is countenanced by law and remains unabolished, the crime of kidnapping is encouraged, thereby militating against good order and government.\n\nIf only for these reasons, we strongly advocate the abolition of the system.\n\n(III) MUI TSAI-KEEPING NOT CHARITY.\n\nOpponents of change invariably plead that this traffic in human beings is due to the desperate poverty of the masses and that it is mutually beneficial. The buyer obtains cheap service, while the seller obtains financial relief.\n\nTherefore, to buy a mui tsai is a charitable act from which the poor derive material benefit. This argument does not lack plausibility; but careful consideration reveals its hollowness.\n\nIn Charity, the dispenser must show sacrifice and the character of the recipient must be preserved. In buying another's daughter to suit one's own convenience, where is there sacrifice? In accepting another's cash in exchange for one's own daughter, where is character manifest?\n\nWere we approached by a poor man, in the name of Charity, to buy his wife, would we do so? Would we rather not relieve his distress without exacting the pound of flesh?\n\nOne who offers to sell his wife is devoid of character, and philanthropists have not the heart to buy her. The parent who sells his daughter is, likewise, devoid of character, and anyone who buys her is helping to destroy one of the most sacred of human bonds!\n\nAnother superficial view is that the mui tsai system helps to decrease the practice of drowning female children in the interior of China by poverty-stricken parents.\n\nLet it be known that child-murder is a grave criminal offence under China's own laws. Assuming that child-drowning in the past was rampant, did people refrain from buying and selling girls?\n\nNow that child-drowning is less prevalent, is it to be attributed to tearing or preparing the girls for the slave traffic?\n\nIn child-drowning, the victims are invariably a day or two old, while girls sold as mui tsai have generally attained the age of five or six years, an age at which they can be useful and help to earn their daily bread, which is impossible at the earlier age during which their parents keep them.\n\nThe truth is that child-drowning bears no relationship whatever to the mui tsai system, and it is also patent that selfishness or greed underlies every transaction in human flesh.\n\nNot only is mui tsai-keeping not Charity, but, on the contrary, the mui tsai system encourages selfish and mercenary men to part with their children unnecessarily in order to enable themselves to be more self-indulgent.\n\nInstances of selling a girl to preserve a roof over the heads of her parents, younger brothers, or sisters, are rare, whereas selling a daughter to satisfy a father's craving for opium and the excitement of the gambling table is so common that it has frequently been depicted on the Chinese stage.\n\nIt is often asserted that the poor sell their issue on account of poverty; but if they cannot keep them, how is it that they manage to do so until the girls are old enough to be sold as mui tsai?\n\nEven if the plea that poverty is the dominant factor in such an inhuman transaction were true, to what extent can Hongkong hope to relieve the distress of China in this way?\n\nThough the assistance must be negligible in this direction, the Hong Kong Government is in a position to assist in a far more efficacious manner by abolishing the mui tsai system within its territory and thereby setting an example of reform which will be followed throughout the vast Republic of China.\n\nWe hereby declare that to plead the cause of charity as a defence of the mui tsai system is hypocritical and absurd.\n\n(IV) FUTILITY OF REFORM BY PERSUASIVE METHODS.\n\nThe cause of ill-treatment to the mui tsai lies in the severity and stringency of the document by which she is sold.\n\nThe inclusion of such clauses as \"To be disposed of as the payer thinks fit\" and \"No enquiry of her whereabouts or in the event of her death is permitted\" clearly indicates that the question of her life and death is absolutely in the hands of her owner.\n\nWith this knowledge in her mind, the mui tsai dares not revolt against the tyranny by which she is oppressed; anxious not to disturb the neighbourly feeling, the bystander finds it inconvenient to interfere; and, so long as the owner does not get within the clutches of the Law, he or she can do what he or she wishes with the unfortunate girl.\n\nPage 319",
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        "content_text": "Peking, No. 32, Feb. 1, 1918. (\"Loans and Concessions.\" Part III, No. 10.)\n\nPeking No. 177, July 22, 1915. (\"Loans and Concessions, Part III, No. 43.)\n\nPeking, No. 25, Jan. 24, 1916. (\"Loans and Concessions,\" Part IV, No. 5.)\n\nPeking, No. 41, Jan 27, 1917. (\"Loans and Concessions,\" Part V, No. 38)\n\n12\n\n13\n\n40. Owing to the breakdown which had occurred in the \"concurrent loan and indemnity service (see paragraph 37), the Diplomatic Body proposed to the Chinese Government, early in 1915, a further revision of article 2 of the original agreement (see paragraph 24). This would have practically amounted to a reversion to its original form under which the balance of customs revenue was to be retained by the custodian banks until all the pre-Boxer loan service for the year was provided for. But the Inspector-General of Customs now assured the Diplomatic Body that such revision was no longer necessary, and the Diplomatic Body, in view of his assurances, agreed to drop the proposal. In short, the Diplomatic Body agreed to the continuance of the \"concurrent\" system of loan and indemnity payments from customs revenue assisted from salt funds which had been arranged at the end of 1913 (see paragraph 34). Their consent was, however, subject to the right of any interested Power to insist that, in the event of doubt arising as to the sufficiency of the maritime customs revenue and salt revenue to defray all charges secured thereon in respect of the loan and indemnity services, payments of customs revenue to the indemnity banks should be deferred until full provision had been made for meeting the services of the pre-Boxer loans.\n\n41. From 1915 onwards this \"concurrent\" service has worked well and smoothly. With the rise in exchange, the salt revenues were called upon to contribute less and less, until at one moment the customs revenue unaided was sufficient to meet both services. This is no longer the case, but the position is still satisfactory.\n\n Cancellation of German and Austrian Indemnities and Suspension of German Loan Service.\n\n42. On the 12th August, 1917, China declared war upon Germany. It is unnecessary to go into the negotiations that preceded that event, but one of the considerations that led her to take the step was the consent of the Allied Powers to the suspension of the indemnity without interest for a period of five years from the 1st December, 1917.\n\n43. The terms for repayment of the suspended portions since agreed upon by the Allied Powers are as follows:-\n\nTo Great Britain\n\nTo Japan\n\nTo France\n\n1940-45 1923-40\n\n1922-27\n\n13\n\n46. The incident arose as follows: After all calls upon the customs revenues had been met, there was still an estimated surplus for the year 1917 of at least 4,000,000 taels. The Chinese Government accordingly applied for a release to them of 2,000,000 taels. The Diplomatic Body were disposed to agree, as was clearly only right, but the Italian Minister (Baron Aliotti) made difficulties and refused his sanction to the release unless the Chinese Government, on their part, agreed first to repay certain debts due to Italian nationals. Baron Aliotti was pressed to modify his attitude, but refused to do so. He explained that not only did he wish to show the Chinese Government that the Italian Minister was in a position to make good his threats, but that he intended to obtain a \"rectification\" of the Italian concession at Tien-tsin. He subsequently withdrew his opposition, but the incident had irritated the Chinese Government and made them critical of a system which placed it in the power of an individual Minister to block perfectly legitimate releases of Chinese Government money in order to gain his own ends.\n\n334\n\n47. Profiting by this incident, the French and Japanese Ministers again sought to reopen the question of the position of the custodian banks and the custody of the customs funds. The Deutsch-Asiatische Bank having dropped out on the outbreak of war, they represented that, as the service of the German portion of the loans of 1896 and 1898 had now ceased, the whole distribution of the customs revenue should be reconsidered. They failed to carry their point, and the matter dropped for the time being. But in December 1917, in company with the Belgian Minister, they again broached the subject. Dec. 29, 1917.\n\nNo. 453,\n\n17\n\nChina,\" Part LXIII, No. 48.)\n\n48. It will be remembered that, under the existing procedure, any surplus of customs revenue, after all prior claims have been met, is divided up in proportion amongst the various banks charged with the indemnity service, but only up to the amount of the indemnity instalments due to those banks each month. The residue, if any, remained with the two custodian banks (the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the Russo-Asiatic Bank) as to two-thirds with the British, and one-third with the Russian Bank. The French, Japanese, and Belgian Ministers, seizing the opportunity afforded by the necessity of making definite arrangements with the Chinese Government for the refund to China of the suspended indemnity to which the Powers had all agreed for the term of five years, now proposed that the whole customs surplus, after all other obligations had been met, should be divided up in proportion between all the indemnity banks, thus depriving the custodian banks of their right to handle the residue after the monthly indemnity instalments had been provided for.\n\n49. At that time, owing to high exchange and other causes, the customs revenues had risen considerably, and the point was one of great importance to the two custodian banks. The British and Russian Ministers argued the question out with their colleagues and succeeded in maintaining the existing procedure.\n\nNo. 432,\n\n{\"Loans and Concessions,\" Part VI, No. 48.)\n\n30. The arrangement reached was formally recorded in two memoranda signed by all the Allied representatives except the Italian Minister, but as no Italian bank was concerned, his abstention was of no importance. The first of these was drawn up for purposes of record and not for communication to the Chinese Government. It ran as follows:-\n\nPeking, No. 356,\n\nwhile Italy holds out for repayment in full after five years, i.e., in 1922.\n\nThe total amount of indemnity due to Great Britain before the end of 1945 - the date of final payment is 11,186,547l. This, of course, includes interest as provided under the 1901 protocol.\n\n44. As regards the German and Austrian loan and indemnity payments, the following arrangements have been adopted: On the rupture of diplomatic relations with Germany on the 14th March, 1917, China's indemnity payments to her (about 732,810l. a year) ceased, but the service of the loans of 1896 and 1898 continued. The latter payments were met until the 12th August, the date of the declaration of war. The German and Austrian indemnity payments were thenceforth placed at the disposal of Sir F. Aglen to meet the services of the two domestic Chinese Government loans, with which he is associated. The service due to Germany on the 1896 and 1898 loans were lodged with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London and used for purchasing Chinese securities on behalf of the Chinese Government to the amount of about 50,000l. a month.\n\nPeking, No. 276,\n\nAbuse of Control vested in Diplomatic Body. Position of Custodian Banks.\n\n45. It was almost on top of the declaration of war by China that there occurred the first abuse of the control over customs revenues vested in the Diplomatic Body. Jan. 27, 1917.\n\n{\"Loans and Concessions,\" Part 7, No. 109.)\n\n1. The procedure laid down by the Diplomatic Body in December 1913 states as follows:-\n\n\"The banks chiefly interested, viz., the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, and the Russo-Asiatic Bank shall be custodians of the customs funds at Shanghai; at the end of each month, beginning with January 1914, the surplus, after all payments due each month on account of loans secured by the customs revenue and contracted previous to 1900 have been fully met, shall be divided pro rata amongst the banks having charge of the indemnity service up to the amount of the instalments respectively due to them each month.\"\n\n2. In a letter dated the 10th January, 1914, the International Bankers' Commission pointed out to the doyen that as the service of the Russian 4 per Cent. Gold Loan of 1895 was by the terms of the Loan Agreement payable in half-yearly and not in monthly instalments, it would be excluded under the above arrangement from participation in the monthly provision for loans secured.\n\n* The third custodian bank - the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank - had dropped out on China's declaration of war.",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\n• previous paper regarding opium\n\naffic iv formos a\n\nLee to\n\n9 pp. 62396/22\n\nand as regard Opium traffic with Virsianfulf see lov 63668/22 4p.p.\n\n419/28\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nDear Paskir,\n\n583\n\nRES\n\n366\n\nIR. 2\n\nAN 23 8th December, 1922.\n\n£1.508,\n\nThe Colonial Office have sent us on from time to time copies of despatches from the Governor of Hong Kong reporting cases in which British and other ships have loaded opium at ports in the Persian Gulf ostensibly for Hong Kong, but have got rid of the opium at Macao and other places before arriving at Hong Kong. If I remember rightly the Governor of Hong Kong has suggested that British ships should not be allowed to clear from Persian ports with opium for Hong Kong, at any rate until he has been communicated with by telegram, and that the Master of the ship who discharges opium at some port other than that stated at the time of clearance should be liable to be banished. We have been consulting with the Foreign Office and Board of Trade as to the best means of dealing with these cases. The Foreign Office tell me that British ships clearing from Persian ports are subject to our extra-territorial jurisdiction, and that any necessary powers could be taken by King's Regulations. We have suggested that Article 55 of the Persian Courts and Islands Order in Council, 1907, would be possible to empower our Consular Officer at a Persian Port to refuse clearance to a British ship with opium ostensibly destined for Hong Kong unless and until he was satisfied that the necessary authority for the import of the opium into Hong Kong had been given by the proper authority in the Colony. I am not quite clear, however, as to the situation in Hong Kong. I gather from the Hong Kong Opium Ordinance that apart from opium on its way under a bill of lading to some other place, the only imports of opium are for the Government Monopoly. If so, it would seem that the only cases in which Hong Kong could legitimately...",
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        "content_text": "34\n\ninquiry it moreover transpired, that many Chinese coolies had never smoked opium prior to their arrival in Deli, and had only begun to use opium there for the first time.\n\nIn that area the same regulations as were applied in Java were not adopted in their entirety. To travellers and labourers, who moved from place to place, licences, provided with a thumbprint, valid for more than one subdistrict were issued. Further collective licences were granted to distantly situated Estates and works.\n\nTo supervise and issue permits it was necessary to appoint special officials both in Java and on the East-Coast of Sumatra. Moreover, more police had to be engaged in order to maintain the prohibition laws as much as possible and to counteract the smuggling-trade better. Where necessary this is done by extending or instituting a separate Opium-detective-branch, which is only engaged in investigation of contraventions of the opium-regulations, and other offences which have come to light in the course thereof.\n\nThe system works satisfactorily in Batavia, and causes fewer difficulties than had been expected at its inauguration.\n\nThe expenses connected with it are, just as in the case of the identification system, fairly high. The latter, as well as the finished and unfinished licence-systems, have as a result not only reduction of the revenue, but also increase of expenditure.\n\nThat the Netherlands-Indian Government, even in these times of retrenchment, still goes on with the introduction of these systems, is certainly the best proof, that it still abides by the statement made at Shanghai, that it would not permit itself to be withheld from taking the measures, which could restrict the consumption of opium, by financial considerations.\n\nXIII.\n\nThe opium-policy in the Dutch East Indies therefore corresponds with the spirit of the Hague Opium Convention. In order to prove, that as far as it was necessary, the regulations of that Convention were fulfilled, we have inserted\n\n35\n\n―\n\nthose regulations here, with the exception of Chapter IV, which concerns only the so-called \"Treaty Powers\", and have indicated shortly what has been done therefor in the Dutch East Indies.\n\n\"Chapter I. Raw Opium\".\n\n\"Definition.-By \"raw opium\" is understood:\n\n\"The spontaneously coagulated juice obtained from the \"capsules of the papaver somniferum, which has only been \"submitted to the necessary manipulations for packing and \"transport.\"\n\n\"Article 1.\"\n\n\"The contracting Powers shall enact effective laws or \"regulations for the control of the production and distribution of raw opium, unless laws or regulations on the subject \"are already in existence\".\n\nThe cultivation of the opium poppy is forbidden throughout the Dutch East Indies. The Government sells no raw opium except in some rare cases to pharmacists. Import, possession, preparation and sale of raw opium not destined for medical use, otherwise than by, on account of, or on behalf of the Government, are forbidden. With regard to raw opium, destined for medical use the same regulations exist as for the prepared opium, destined for medical use.\n\n\"Article 2.\"\n\n\"Due regard being had to the differences in their commercial \"conditions, the contracting Powers shall limit the number \"of towns, ports or other localities through which the export \"or import of raw opium shall be permitted\".\n\nWhere the export in the last years did not exist, and the import took place exclusively on behalf of the Government, it is unnecessary to make special regulations with regard to article 2.\n\n\"Article 3.\"\n\n\"The contracting Powers shall take measures:\n\n62",
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        "content_text": "## A further important departure from the provisional Presidency, by means of bribing the members of Parliament. Whatever the means employed, the plans of the Chihli leaders were successful, and Tsao Kun was inaugurated as President and the permanent Constitution promulgated on the 10th October last. The whole proceedings have been strongly reminiscent of Yuan Shih-kai's inauguration and the promulgation of the Presidential Election Law in 1913, and signs are not wanting that the country is again drifting into a military dictatorship.\n\n3. The attitude of the provinces towards the new Constitution has not yet become apparent, but the position of the Chihli party has, of course, been greatly strengthened by the fact that they have been able to secure the election of the President and the completion of the Constitution by the old Parliament. I have the honour to offer the following observations on the various chapters of this instrument :-\n\n4. Chapters I and II, providing for a unified republic with its sovereignty vested in the whole body of the people of China, call for no special comment.\n\n5. Chapter III lays down that the territory of the Chinese Republic consists of all the dominions in the possession of China. It will be noted that no specific reference is made to the dependencies of Mongolia and Tibet, as in the corresponding articles of the provisional Constitution, which defined the territory of the republic as consisting of the twenty-two provinces, Mongolia, Tibet and the Kokonor.\n\n6. Chapter IV, dealing with citizenship, provides, in theory, adequate safeguards for the rights and liberties of the individual, including freedom of speech, writing, meeting and religion, accompanied by the obligations of tax-paying, military service and education.\n\n7. Chapter V, dealing with national powers (one of the controversial matters in connection with the attempt made to define the powers of the Central and Provincial Governments respectively), is of some interest. Thus, amongst the subjects to be dealt with by the nation as a whole, through the Central Government, we find foreign affairs, national defence, currency, customs, salt, stamp, wine and tobacco, luxury and other so-called national taxes, communications (national railways, roads, telegraphs, posts and aviation) and control of civil and military officials; whilst amongst the subjects which may be dealt with by the provinces through the local administrations we find land, title deed and other so-called provincial taxes, and provincial municipal educational and police affairs.\n\n8. Chapter VI deals with the Constitution and powers of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament. No details in regard to the franchise or methods of electing the members are given, and there is therefore no specific reference to Tibetan representation in Parliament, as was definitely provided for in the provisional Constitution of 1911 and in Yuan Shih-kai's \"Constitutional Compact\" of 1914 (see Legation despatch No. 390 of the 19th November, 1914). Presumably the original Electoral Laws of 1912 are still considered to be in force. It will be noted that the powers of Parliament include that of impeaching President, Vice-President, Premier and Cabinet, and of passing votes of non-confidence in the latter.\n\n9. Chapter VII deals with the position of the President. As stated above, the articles (72-78) governing the Presidential Election Law are taken from the provisional Constitution, being the only part of the latter instrument already passed into law. It will be noted that the President has the power of concluding treaties, but that \"treaties of peace and those affecting legislation\" require the approval of Parliament. The President may suspend the parliamentary session, but only for ten days; in the event of a vote of non-confidence in the Cabinet being passed, the President shall either relieve the former of their duties or dissolve the House of Representatives, but may only take the latter step with the concurrence of the Upper House.\n\n10. Chapter VIII deals with the position of the Premier and Cabinet, who are jointly responsible to the House of Representatives. The former's appointment requires the approval of that House, but not (as under the provisional Constitution) that of the Senate also. The appointments of other Cabinet Ministers do not require to be submitted to Parliament at all, a point which should considerably lessen the latter's powers of obstruction and facilitate the formation of administrations (it will be remembered that months have been spent this year in intrigues aiming at the securing of parliamentary approval for Cabinet Ministers).\n\n11. Chapters IX and X deal with the judiciary and the making of laws. Attention may be drawn to the provisions in chapter XI, dealing with the nation's finances and parliamentary control thereof, which lay down that parliamentary approval must be obtained for the flotation of national loans and the conclusion of agreements entailing additional burdens on the national exchequer. On the other hand, except with the concurrence of the Government, Parliament has no right to strike off or reduce any items of national expenditure appertaining to the legal or treaty obligations of the nation.\n\n12. Chapter XII deals with the system of local self-government, another very controversial question. The country is divided into units of two grades, the provinces and the districts (the abolition of the circuits, prefectures and sub-prefectures of the Manchu régime being thus confirmed), and a large measure of self-government is assigned to both these units by means of provincial councils and district assemblies and elected district magistrates. The district magistrates of China are, and have always been, the basis of the administration of the country, and the principle of their election by the people is, of course, a radical innovation. It is difficult to believe that this principle can in practice be successfully carried into effect, but it will be noted that it is not to be introduced \"pending the completion of the independence of the judiciary and the lower-grade self-government system.\" The final article of this chapter contains the only direct reference in the Constitution to Mongolia, Tibet and the Kokonor (Ch'inghai), which \"may, in conformity with the common wish of the local inhabitants, be divided into the two grades of provinces and districts,\" and the administrative system of which shall be prescribed by law pending the creation of provinces and districts.\n\n13. Chapter XIII deals with amendments to and interpretations of the Constitution, and calls for no special comment.\n\nI have, &c.\nR. MACLEAY.\n\n## Permanent Constitution of the Republic of China.\n\nThe following was promulgated on the 10th October, 1923, the twelfth anniversary of the Chinese revolution, to replace the provisional Constitution of fifty-six articles promulgated at Nanking on the 11th March, 1912-\n\nThe Constitution Conference of the Republic of China, with the object of establishing the national dignity and maintaining the national boundaries, and in order to promote the welfare of the people and uphold the principles of humanity, has hereby ordained the present Constitution for promulgation to the whole country, to be permanently observed by all.\n\n### Chapter I-Form of Government.\n\n**Article 1.** The Republic of China shall be a unified republic for ever.\n\n### Chapter II-Sovereignty.\n\n**Art. 2.** The sovereignty of the Republic of China is vested in the whole body of the people.\n\n### Chapter III-Territory.\n\n**Art. 3.** The territory of the Republic of China consists of all dominions in the possession of China. The territory and its division of areas shall not be altered except by law.\n\n### Chapter IV. Citizenship.\n\n**Art. 4.** All persons legally belonging by nationality to the Republic of China shall be citizens of the Republic of China.",
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        "content_text": "# Presidency, by means of bribing the members of Parliament. Whatever the means employed, the plans of the Chihli leaders were successful, and Ts'ao Kun was inaugurated as President and the permanent Constitution promulgated on the 10th October last. The whole proceedings have been strongly reminiscent of Yuan Shih-kai's inauguration and the promulgation of the Presidential Election Law in 1913, and signs are not wanting that the country is again drifting into a military dictatorship.\n\n3. The attitude of the provinces towards the new Constitution has not yet become apparent, but the position of the Chihli party has, of course, been greatly strengthened by the fact that they have been able to secure the election of the President and the completion of the Constitution by the old Parliament. I have the honour to offer the following observations on the various chapters of this instrument:—\n\n4. Chapters I and II, providing for a unified republic with its sovereignty vested in the whole body of the people of China, call for no special comment.\n\n5. Chapter III lays down that the territory of the Chinese Republic consists of all the dominions in the possession of China. It will be noted that no specific reference is made to the dependencies of Mongolia and Tibet, as in the corresponding articles of the provisional Constitution, which defined the territory of the republic as consisting of the twenty-two provinces, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Kokonor.\n\n6. Chapter IV, dealing with citizenship, provides, in theory, adequate safeguards for the rights and liberties of the individual, including freedom of speech, writing, meeting, and religion, accompanied by the obligations of tax-paying, military service, and education.\n\n7. Chapter V, dealing with national powers (one of the controversial matters which held up the drafting of the Constitution in previous years), is of some interest in connection with the attempt made to define the powers of the Central and Provincial Governments respectively. Thus, amongst the subjects to be dealt with by the nation as a whole, through the Central Government, we find foreign affairs, national defence, currency, customs, salt, stamp, wine, and tobacco, luxury, and other so-called national taxes, communications (national railways, roads, telegraphs, posts, and aviation), and control of civil and military officials; whilst amongst the subjects which may be dealt with by the provinces through the local administrations, we find land, title-deed, and other so-called provincial taxes, and provincial municipal, educational, and police affairs. Amongst the \"evils\" in regard to which the nation may place restrictions on provincial methods of finance, we find taxes detrimental to the national revenue or trade, excessive duties on means of communication, unprofitable taxes imposed on imported articles, and transit dues within the provinces. Compulsory military service in the provinces is provided for, but, except for enforcing the same, the provinces are to have no military duties. In times of peace, the military expenditure of the nation is not to exceed one-quarter of the annual national expenditure. The provinces are not to maintain standing armies, or establish military schools or arsenals, and recalcitrant provinces may be coerced into obedience by the Central Government.\n\n8. Chapter VI deals with the Constitution and powers of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament. No details in regard to the franchise or methods of electing the members are given, and there is therefore no specific reference to Tibetan representation in Parliament, as was definitely provided for in the provisional Constitution of 1911 and in Yuan Shih-kai's Constitutional Compact of 1914 (see Legation despatch No. 390 of the 19th November, 1914). Presumably, the original Electoral Laws of 1912 are still considered to be in force. It will be noted that the powers of Parliament include that of impeaching President, Vice-President, Premier, and Cabinet, and of passing votes of non-confidence in the latter.\n\n9. Chapter VII deals with the position of the President. As stated above, the articles (72-78) governing the Presidential Election Law are taken from the provisional Constitution, being the only part of the latter instrument already passed into law. It will be noted that the President has the power of concluding treaties, but that \"treaties of peace and those affecting legislation\" require the approval of Parliament. The President may suspend the parliamentary session, but only for ten days; in the event of a vote of non-confidence in the Cabinet being passed, the President shall either relieve the former of their duties or dissolve the House of Representatives, but may only take the latter step with the concurrence of the Upper House.\n\n10. Chapter VIII deals with the position of the Premier and Cabinet, who are jointly responsible to the House of Representatives. The former's appointment requires the approval of that House, but not (as under the provisional Constitution) that of the Senate also. A further important departure from the provisional Constitution in this connection will be noted in the fact that the appointments of the other Cabinet Ministers do not require to be submitted to Parliament at all, a point which should considerably lessen the latter's powers of obstruction and facilitate the formation of administrations (it will be remembered that months have been spent this year in intrigues aiming at the securing of parliamentary approval for Cabinet Ministers).\n\n11. Chapters IX and X deal with the judiciary and the making of laws. Attention may be drawn to the provisions in Chapter XI, dealing with the nation's finances and parliamentary control thereof, which lay down that parliamentary approval must be obtained for the flotation of national loans and the conclusion of agreements entailing additional burdens on the national exchequer. On the other hand, except with the concurrence of the Government, Parliament has no right to strike off or reduce any items of national expenditure appertaining to the legal or treaty obligations of the nation.\n\n12. Chapter XII deals with the system of local self-government, another very controversial question. The country is divided into units of two grades, the provinces and the districts (the abolition of the circuits, prefectures, and sub-prefectures of the Manchu régime being thus confirmed), and a large measure of self-government is in theory assigned to both these units by means of provincial assemblies and elected provincial councils and district assemblies and elected district magistrates. The district magistrates of China are, and have always been, the basis of the administration of the country, and the principle of their election by the people is, of course, a radical innovation. It is difficult to believe that this principle can in practice be successfully carried into effect, but it will be noted that it is not to be introduced pending the completion of the independence of the judiciary and the lower-grade self-government system. The final article of this chapter contains the only direct reference in the Constitution to Mongolia, Tibet, and the Kokonor (Ch'inghai), which \"may, in conformity with the common wish of the local inhabitants, be divided into the two grades of provinces and districts,\" and the administrative system of which shall be prescribed by law pending the creation of provinces and districts.\n\n13. Chapter XIII deals with amendments to and interpretations of the Constitution, and calls for no special comment.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nPage 3\nPage 11\n\n## Enclosure in No. 1.\n\n**Permanent Constitution of the Republic of China**\n\n(Translation.)\n\nThe following was promulgated on the 10th October, 1923, the twelfth anniversary of the Chinese revolution, to replace the provisional Constitution of fifty-six articles promulgated at Nanking on the 11th March, 1912:—\n\nThe Constitution Conference of the Republic of China, with the object of establishing the national dignity and maintaining the national boundaries, and in order to promote the welfare of the people and uphold the principles of humanity, has hereby ordained the present Constitution for promulgation to the whole country, to be permanently observed by all.\n\n### Chapter I. - Form of Government\n\nArticle 1. The Republic of China shall be a unified republic for ever.\n\n### Chapter II. - Sovereignty\n\nArt. 2. The sovereignty of the Republic of China is vested in the whole body of the people.\n\n### Chapter III - Territory\n\nArt. 3. The territory of the Republic of China consists of all dominions in the possession of China. The territory and its division of areas shall not be altered except by law.\n\n### Chapter IV - Citizenship\n\nArt. 4. All persons legally belonging by nationality to the Republic of China shall be citizens of the Republic of China.\n\nPage 59\nPage 60\nPage 61",
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        "content_text": "## Statutory or other Offences\n\n73.—(1) Any act which, if done in the United Kingdom, or in a British possession, would be an offence against any of the following Statutes of the Imperial Parliament or Orders in Council, that is to say:-\n\n(a) The Merchandize Marks Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict., c. 28);\n\n(b) The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Acts, 1883 to 1902;\n\n(c) The Trade Marks Act, 1905 (5 Edw. VII, c. 15);\n\n(d) Any Act, Statute, or Order in Council for the time being relating to copyright, or to inventions, designs, or trade-marks, of which a copy is kept exhibited in the public offices of the Consulate at Shanghai, and is there open for inspection by any person at all reasonable times;\n\nshall, if done by a British subject in China, be punishable as a grave offence against this Order, whether such act is done in relation to any property or right of a British subject, or of a foreigner or native, or otherwise howsoever.\n\nProvided\n\n(i) That no person shall be punished under this Order for an act which would be an offence against any Act, Statute, or Order in Council, the exhibition of which is required by paragraph (d) above, unless such exhibition had commenced not less than one month before the act took place, or unless the person offending is proved to have had express notice of such Act, Statute, or Order in Council.\n\n(ii) That a prosecution by or on behalf of a prosecutor who is not a British subject shall not be entertained, unless either (a) an arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the State or Power to which the prosecutor belongs, or (b) the Court is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the punishment in Consular or other Courts in China of similar acts committed by the subjects of such State or Power in relation to or affecting the interests of British subjects. Where such an arrangement is in force the Minister may issue a notification to that effect, and the Court shall take judicial notice thereof.\n\n(2) No action shall be brought for the protection of any copyright, trade-mark, patent, or design by any person who is not a British subject, unless either (a) an arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the State or Power to which the plaintiff belongs, or (b) the Court is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the protection in Consular or other Courts in China of the rights and interests of British subjects in copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs infringed by the subjects of such State or Power. Where such an arrangement is in force the Minister may issue a notification to that effect, and the Court shall take judicial notice thereof.\n\n74.—(1) If a British subject-\n\n(i) Smuggles, or attempts to smuggle, out of China any goods on exportation whereof a duty is payable to the Chinese Government;\n\n(ii) Imports or exports, or attempts to import or export, into or out of China any goods, intending and attempting to evade payment of duty payable thereon to the Chinese Government,\n\n(iii) Imports or exports, or attempts to import or export, into or out of China any goods the importation or exportation whereof, in or out of China, is prohibited by law;\n\n(iv) Without a proper licence, sells, or attempts to sell, or offers for sale, in China any goods whereof the Chinese Government has by law a monopoly;\n\nin each of the four cases aforesaid he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, and with or without a fine not exceeding £100, or to a fine not exceeding £100 without imprisonment.\n\n(2) Where a person is charged with such an offence as in this Article is mentioned, the Court may seize the goods in relation to which the alleged offence was committed, and may hold the same until after the hearing of the charge.\n\n(3) If a person so charged is convicted, then those goods, whether they have been so seized or not, shall be forfeited to His Majesty the King, and the Court shall dispose of them, subject to any general or special directions of the Secretary of State, as the Court thinks fit.\n\n75. (1) If any British subject, without His Majesty's authority, proof whereof shall lie on the party accused, does any of the following things, that is to say:-\n\n(a) Levies war or takes any part in any operation of war or hostilities in China, or aids or abets any person in carrying on war, insurrection, or rebellion against the Government of China; or\n\n(b) Takes part in any operation of war in the service of the Government of China against any persons engaged in carrying on war, insurrection, or rebellion against such Government;\n\nhe shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years, and with or without a fine not exceeding £500, or to a fine not exceeding £500 without imprisonment.\n\n(2) In addition to any such punishment every conviction under the provisions of this Article shall of itself, and without further proceedings, make the person convicted liable to deportation, and...",
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        "content_text": "## PART III.-CRIMINAL MATTERS (continued)\n\n34. (e) Of any informality in the swearing of any witness; or (f) of any error or informality which, in the opinion of the Court, did not affect the substance of the case or subject the convicted person to any undue prejudice. \n\n(4) The Full Court shall not award costs to either side in an Appeal under this part of the Order save in an appeal under Article 93.\n\n98. Article 56 shall apply to all proceedings before the Full Court under this Order.\n\n99. Where a person is convicted of any offence before any Court, if the Judge of such Court thinks fit to reserve for the consideration of the Full Court any question of law arising at the trial, he shall state a case, setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction, and the question of law, and send or deliver it to the Registrar.\n\n100. The jurisdiction of the Full Court under Article 99 shall be exercised subject to the provisions of this Order.\n\n101. There shall be no Appeal in a criminal case to His Majesty the King in Council from a decision of the Full Court except by special leave of His Majesty in Council.\n\n102. Reports to the Minister of sentences of death shall not be sent until the expiration of the time allowed for an Appeal, or for applying for leave to appeal, against the conviction, or, if there is an Appeal, until the determination of the Appeal.\n\n### Fugitive Offenders\n\n103. The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 69), and the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 31), shall apply to China as if it were a British possession and part of His Majesty's dominions.\n\nSubject as follows:-\n(a) The Minister is substituted for the Governor or Government of a British possession.\n(b) The Supreme Court is substituted for a Superior Court of a British possession.\n(c) The Supreme Court and each Provincial Court is substituted for a Magistrate of any part of His Majesty's dominions.\n(d) For the purposes of Part II of the said Act of 1881, and of this Article in relation thereto, China within the limits of this Order and within the limits of the China (Kashgar) Order in Council, 1920, and Hong Kong shall be deemed to be one group of British possessions.\n\n## PART IV.-CIVIL MATTERS\n\n104. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the civil jurisdiction of every Court acting under this Order shall, as far as circumstances admit, be exercised on the principles of, and in conformity with, English law for the time being in force.\n\n### Trial by Jury or Assessors\n\n105.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, every action in the Supreme Court which involves the amount or value of £250 or upwards shall, on the demand of either party in writing, filed in the Court seven days before the day appointed for the hearing, be heard with a jury.\n(2) Any other suit may, on the suggestion of any party, at any stage, be heard with a jury, if the Court thinks fit.\n(3) Any suit may be heard with a jury if the Court, of its own motion, at any stage thinks fit.\n\n106.-(1) The Supreme Court may, if it thinks fit, hear any action with assessors.\n(2) A Provincial Court shall (subject to the provisions of this Order) hear with assessors every action which involves the amount or value of £150 or upwards.\n(3) In all other cases a Provincial Court may, as it thinks fit, hear the action either with or without assessors.\n\n107.-(1) After the issue of a summons by any Court, the decision of that Court may be given upon a special case submitted to the Court by the parties.\n(2) Any decision of a Provincial Court may be given subject to a case to be stated by, or under the direction of, that Court for the opinion or direction of the Supreme Court.\n\n108. Subject to the provisions of this Order and the Rules of Court, the costs of and incident to all proceedings in the Court shall be in the discretion of the Court, provided that if the action is tried with a jury the costs shall follow the event, unless the Court shall for good cause (to be entered in the Minutes) otherwise order.\n\n### Arbitration\n\n109.-(1) Any agreement in writing between any British subjects or between British subjects and foreigners to submit present or future differences to arbitration, whether an Arbitrator is named therein or not, may be filed in the Court by any party thereto, and, unless a contrary intention is expressed therein, shall be irrevocable, and shall have the same effect as an order of the Court.\n(2) Every such agreement is in this Order referred to as a submission.\n(3) If any action is commenced in respect of any matter covered by a submission, the Court, on the application of any party to the action, may by order stay the action.\n\n110.-(1) In any action-\n(a) If all parties consent; or\n(b) If the matters in dispute consist wholly or partly of matters of account, or require for their determination prolonged examination of documents or any scientific or local examination;\nthe Court may at any time refer the whole action, or any question or issue arising therein, for inquiry and report, to the Registrar of the Court concerned or any special Referee.",
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        "content_text": "## IV (b). \n\n3.0.0.12. \n\n247 \n\nDELF GEDAY. \n\nTranslation: \n\nAdopted on \n\nThe High Contracting Parties: \n\nBeing desirous of giving effect to the resolution of September 27th, 1923, by the Fourth Assembly of the League of Nations: \n\nBeing desirous of bringing about the effective suppression of all illicit trade in the substances referred to in Article 1 of the International Opium Convention, signed at the Hague on January 23rd, 1912, by providing for closer co-operation between the Powers, and by extending more closely certain provisions of Chapter III of the Convention of 1912; \n\nAnd being further desirous of taking certain measures in connection with the import and export of coca leaves; \n\nHave agreed upon the following provisions: \n\n**ARTICLE 1.** \n\nThe High Contracting Parties undertake to control or to cause to be controlled all persons manufacturing, importing, etc., morphine, cocaine and their respective salts, as well as the buildings in which these persons carry on such industry. \n\nWith this object, the High Contracting Parties shall adopt or cause to be adopted the following measures, unless regulations on the subject are already in existence: \n\na) To confine the manufacture of morphine, cocaine and their respective salts to the establishments and premises alone which are authorised for the purpose and to keep a register of the establishments and premises in which these drugs are manufactured.",
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        "content_text": "## III \n\nThe text stipulated in Article XI of the present Convention, regardless of the route followed, shall be carried to a Joint Purse account and divided between the Contracting Parties in the following proportion, viz.:\n\n| Party          | Proportion |\n| :------------- | :--------- |\n| Administration | One-third  |\n| Company 1      | One-third  |\n| Company 2      | One-third  |\n\nprovided always that each of the Contracting Parties shall bear its own working expenses.\n\n2. Considering this division of revenue, the Administration undertakes to levy no additional terminal charge for telegrams specified in Section I of Article I of the present Convention, forwarded via the cables of the Companies. This also applies to the same telegrams transmitted by the existing route via Saigon-Moulmein, as defined in the Table stipulated in Article II of the present Convention.\n\n3. The Administration, as well as the Companies, shall maintain their sections of the routes mentioned in Article I of the present Convention in good condition.\n\n## III \nThe Companies renounce the special charges hitherto levied on their telegraph lines by land and sea between the Kowloon boundary and Hongkong, in accordance with the Agreement dated the 21st January, 1884, between the Administration and the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company (Limited). The Administration renounces the special charges hitherto levied on their telegraph lines by land and sea between Woosung and Shanghai and between Sharp Peak and Foochow, in accordance with the Agreement dated the 19th May, 1883, between the Administration and the Great Northern Telegraph Co. of Copenhagen, and in accordance with agreements dated the 7th May, 1883, and the 17th October 1884, between the Administration and the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Co. (Limited).\n\n## IV \n1. The collection of the charges mentioned in Article I of the present Convention shall take place at the same rate of exchange of the coin in which the charges are...",
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        "content_text": "# \n361\n\n## I\n\nThe text appears to be garbled and contains numerous OCR errors. A coherent version cannot be reconstructed from the given text.\n\n\n## II\n\n### Article III\n\n1. The appointment of Controllers is in each case subject to the approval respectively of the Administration or the Companies to whom they are accredited, which shall also have the right to demand their recall if considered necessary.\n\n2. All the said Controllers of the Companies at the Administration's controlling stations shall have their names placed on the registers of their respective nationalities. Each of them shall respect the laws of China, and conform with the Treaties made by their respective countries with the Government of China. But the Administration cannot undertake any responsibility for their personal safety.\n\n3. They shall respect the authority of the local Manager, and their salaries as well as all other expenses are to be paid by their employers.\n\n### Article IV\n\n1. The settlement of accounts for all telegrams exchanged between the Administration and the Companies, as well as of the division of revenue stipulated in Article II and in Article VIII of the present Convention, shall be established monthly at Shanghai, and paid at Shanghai within six weeks after the end of the month in account.\n\n2. To this end the results of the abstracts of the controlling station, signed by the Controllers of the two Contracting Parties stipulated for in Article II of the present Convention, or by the representative of the Administration at the controlling stations, where no Controller of the Companies be actually present, shall be telegraphed to Shanghai, to be entered in the accounts settled there, subject to subsequent revision after receipt in Shanghai of the said signed abstracts and copies of telegram abstracted.\n\n3. The month shall be reckoned according to the European calendar.\n\n4. Telegrams referring to the settlement and payment of accounts shall be considered as service telegrams, and transmitted...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]",
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        "title": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]",
        "content_text": "164\n\n10\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 5.)\n\nThe effect of this action by the Canton Authorities has been to cause a complete stoppage of the Export of Sugar from the Colony.\n\nNo Question of War.\n\nLord Hailey's Speech.\n\nThis Colony is not threatened by possible rain.\n\nAfter our long waiting we are relieved.\n\n(Loud applause).\n\nStarving Out Shameen.\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925.\n\nTo relieve the situation.\n\nIf present measures are serious and urgent need, and say delay in dealing.\n\nTheillers Railway Government has taken the base of 20% of the\n\nthe latter part of the telegram, retaining the wording generally.\n\nHe pointed out that they could not possibly have the information to support those here whose interests would be reduced to ashes. Bas-Government officials, Mr. Boulton declared.\n\nDuring my visit to Swatow, I will most certainly be influenced by the Hongkong Government, and the rate to and from Hongkong, and I will venture to say that such intervention was one gentleman referred to Hongkong.\n\nHave a far larger problem to face by Russian officers. All this revenue is derived from the\n\nat Canton,\n\nDantun.\n\nard\n\ninterests\n\nA Speaker Heckled. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy\n\nCanton authorities!\n\nCleveland Nat. Rosevelt.\n\nWhat can we get there, for the reason that at that it is a source of wealth to the\n\na strong majority Government, may I understand has that a further meeting for the purpose of protesting against the\n\nUrest Britain but the time for talking is passed. cm gind is now second the resolution.\n\nattitude of drift, which is fatal to Europe would be silaze la 29 It a the time for action, for do-\n\nsaid: Sir. Lalies, and Gentlemen, strong action in this canter. Fur over two mouths we have\n\nThe telegram we are asked to send is plain.\n\n31 appeals to the\n\nSwatow's Voice.\n\n\"The, let us have the blaze\" ait is extremely unfortunate that support and abide by the decisions tion.\n\nwith confidence that long ere¦ Prime Minister to have Treatica: Mr. A. Rogowan (Swatow)\n\nof that meeting, and desire near-manber of the audience shouted, thin crisis sheale kave arisen ut a\n\nand leave the Port of Canton mia, the strong representations carried on which are Imperative supported the resolution.\n\n\"He zara: parution in one cable. Gladly while nonther told the speak that time when la London we are try\n\nprovided they unit Hongkong which, we andarstood, were from for cor commercial prosperity.\n\nMr. Chairman, ladies eun gentle-share expere/\n\nhe was not discussing the acing to impress the Home people which still further destres Britissime to vinte eshted Hume by our stresses the fact that the present af haww been specially request-\n\nMr. J. R. Greig, who said he had firm but singly asking a series of questions,\n\nBritain by the Hongkong exbibit ion is an Ant of open, hostility Commerce would ensure spedy and\n\nthan thusa morths, and independent Steenber of Scouterne in Swalow basised the nerealty for taking\n\nVenezuela Cited\n\nat Wembley. In Great Britain go- to Great Britain and gray cient action by the Home Gay-of Yeking, are dolely responsible to represent them and to associate immoriste action.\n\nHe had hemn Afr. Fitzroy referred to whating to stand aside and see Hong- and deliberately violates her Trea-rament\n\nfor this hopet of British subjects, the British community in Swatowall wound the world and fled that happened at Verregels and satû kung revert to its forme fahing fles with Chink.\n\nWhen, in coteequence of sag tuns skipa, and goods, and the the Cen- with any rebutions reat to the Britain was the most hated nation the restle\n\nPER Wal President village and native huts\"!\n\nsu ihon public meeting of the 27th July, on Government have openly debate Goverment by fongong, throughout the world. That was Rosevelt within three or four let us withdraw Hongong from our telegram was sent to the For-\n\nolured their intention of destroy- Articla II of the Treaty of Tisutain hearse the was too lenient with days sent the whole American the exhibition.\n\nwign. Office by the Envenior, we had long by every nuans in the power, which opened Swatow and othes fire poovie with wegri she had to out there and Great Brivals had\n\nSingapore Scheme Useless.\n\nevery renaust to expect that at lasi Hongkong, its trade and prosperity Southern parts for foreign trade deal.\n\nfe is the rennet Celong to climb down,\n\nProceeding. Mr. Bonitoa refer- Bolts through Hongkong and of car Hanne Government would stop\n\nTheir challenge is quite plair and state the \"\n\nis amel that we have gut,\" the spaaker declared,\n\nIeed to the Singapore Base which Mr. Best: It is not true.\n\nthe port of British Piecsgouds This ingenti be Cap and du save grows daily more definite\n\nBritish subjects are permitted to and why hour not they protacije false,\n\nhe regarded primarily to a scheme into Craton and the interfa;\n\nMr. Fitzroy: The telegram gives a plain-state-tary on rate with wheessure in\n\nwas there and to add to the defence of Hongkong.\n\nthereby causing disustvous Jusaes\n\nof shipping earns, which they pleare and to propel to ani\n\nhelped to blow up the place. Mercantile Marine's Action.\n\nit Great Britain was going is 20- both to British and Chinees mer tord that no repis, and not even an speas for themselves, and tells the top'osrure with their vessels\n\nMr. T. 7.* Laureta, o the M. Best: The whole of it to fmain paszive in this matter and chants in this Colony and to the acknowledgement of our degram\n\nPrime Minister of the recent pro- and archumdise,\" which is The Phina Coast Offrers Guild, enid: klee.\n\nĮ seg Hongkong ruined through Bol- Expor trade of Lancashire and nearly a month ago, has been claustion by Canton excluding alley bound on with at the Chahman, ladies and yousie.\n\naly. teror in comlusion suidjabevist influence, then why not Yorkshire, which st result in recived here. Even as to the pre.\n\nDritish vessels from that port, and the beatles\n\nbetween. Great on. on behalf of the mercantile was entirely opposed\n\n13abandon the Singapore scheme and farther very considerable and ju-sent nothing appears to have been shy other vessels from Canton if Reitairy and China and theatrs marine I should like to say that at creating permanent becply done by the Home foveagent for they first call at 12 ageng.\n\nThis embrace the Treaty of Nonius meeting of the mastere and ment in Great Britain.\n\nor relie, and we are here now, proferation by Canton our tele- which is that British cubjenteneres hold on Thursday afterno: En, to express our strongest indiz-gram rightly deportives as \"ar gut with the trailles, and establish fast, it was decided that the follow.\n\nThe tante-Hongkong problem ination at sneh treatment for our of een hostility to Great Britains shall be allowed to reside for ing telegram should be sent to London.\n\n(Auplouse). The Colony's Defence Contribution, the rarese of carrying on their Secretaries who are entirely separate and distleet from Horse Government.\n\nWe tall the Prime Minister of molestation or restraint,\n\nDercantile parynis that in any other part of Chira Suck treatment is outragevas uril\n\nwithave Tis is very rect and lime felt the pulse of all the stand for pstalatiere and love Both vitally important, lee every effort nations interested in China and auf country and for my fellow men owing to the fact that Gantou doen intolerable treatment, and, failing disnatrons losses to British andare trentres have been corricials with Tuppertal go toungulse and is in robelitos eller shortly from the Ueme Gev-Chinese metchisiz by this a that and absolutely violated not only in Gulle, Marine Engineers Asenciale thought thes\n\nMorchautz Service peaceful solution of this problem. The world over, hit I annet clauid Leave tolerate this position the Home against the Central Government we must pursolves do what of the Cantos authorities and that\n\nMercanthie Maring Services Whatever action was reecssury to Government is taking up to-day.\n\nat Feking and that on Conferences we can in our own interests and to by promot action new pose Nasa) apin and letter bet in the in.\n\nhoid a: Peking on driff or extra-te interests of those dependent and Minars Ferran would speedilytics of them, and my personal Association and Navigsters and the flows Government who hail\n\nWhy should she remain so milent Experience has been that with the Sercial Insurere Comply tu prezzor knowledge of the anti so passive as she fe?\n\nThere territoriality or any other Ques\n\nHongkong hard is only vor excuse. We state the fact that is 25) Prent Boisbevist authorities in urge the Imperial Government to situation than tions can possibly assist this f\n\npaver they way he considerat take immediate action with regard (Disent).\n\n27 years residence here i hava i need not dilato upon what is years this Colons has remitted as rape of paper which have been to Canton and China general the last speaker and entirely over to spons about Hongkong.\n\nI have Colony in the retaulest degree in\n\nThe chairman remarked that heen to England twine and I like common knowledge- the deliberate the House Government a defence!\n\nPerther delay may be minous cas and heartless attempt to starve our contritation of 4 millions dullers, and de unt fuzelton.\n\nCanton Government legal.\n\nJacked the axplanation he had seen it grow solid, stolid and og in dully losses be this Clonthere and the uncooked, organiz- milion dollars. These defence oment of Canton has pat inte fone That, ladies and gentlemen, was for intervention should take, at Hoe know anything about\n\nShameau, mno with of our trude the 1924 contribution betas vi\n\ning a disastrous affect on the mer mede that while they made some secure and yet the strange thing cente\n\narine.\"\n\n(pause)\n\nsuggestions wä of inermeing 201 rukowa\n\nregard to the is that comparatively due people nagnitude: moreover for Brilia sud eurders tack\n\nupou adlitary equilations Hongkong very effective embargo the telegram ant by the mercather of course fully realised that Hongkong.\n\nAt one menting here Government debyy decisive Shades with\n\nSwator i British and Jay say are never behind. Ther soleiriter for the decision of bong as just aufheient la cover\n\nare boycottert. at Canton tu the future than that and gel inure, was told us by an taxes paid by our business men and What about it? Are we to accept Arst line of defence after your file Majesty's Government. (Au- the point of a poncil on the map\n\nexo-vitarse, Mr. Helstrom, the workmen to the Government, and these nuditions withee undest? Boyal Navy. (Angimuse).\n\nlevel. The meeting waa noij and that is hot Hongkong exista There is no question whatever wadish Consal in Canton, at bir contributed to by every tue of 25 (Cres of \"No\").\n\nThu trouble\n\npresuming to dictate to the one in the minds of musands and of making War on Chion bus aiment Isaturs.\n\nAt the same lenaedectly or indirectly, down to the started in Caufan and must he stil\n\nGovernment what they should de thousands of our fellow men and ply es ousting the present via M Mangowan, ay out and respect-tumblent coolie, and we can with Carlos. Cantor is avite Chairun, todies and gentlemen, but was simpis\n\ntoworen to-day. It is just the enily anti-British Bulsbetik faed resident of Swaton, cold how longer endure what we rightly das-separate and independent of the rise to eantess any digressent voice the foeting of the Colory: polat of a pencil,\n\nThey do not lion which has recently succeed-tast port, controlled by the Canon the to the Prime Minister as die Central Government of Pikity, with the latter part of the telegram that compling must be dure and realise, they cannot realise that it\n\nGovernment, eculd secure peace at present imolerable ed in seizing the reins of new intervals only, and by the payment and bevralt of the business of this unitors the Tieda are kicked stres down to what this wetita diplomacy of Prking had so far Britain of theeands upon bou- strangulate wat has been badly treated and it is aropand to rele. When we done quickly. Applause). The in a source of income to Great It may be added that such talenting some years, or millions and Colasy.\n\nThere is no possible chance of the proposes to send to the Ilome Gos-adately and entirely fabled and saves of pounds and that it brings We have \"carried ou\" here, ali resmpton of trade as before. The erment wil done amant 10? vention will be hadled with the wiilions of dots. Has Swator\n\nit was not realised that there trade and commerce and work to not so paid the town would have praise to car own men and acreen, tags of this trade will hit the Coley demands that the Britina Gov-was problem in the tooth, our fellow me gresiest suisfaction by the op pressed and terrorised people after, and the Chinese mex-and to those of other races we of Hongtans sary hard. harder crerunt deliver au ufignatum at\n\nda, hut shall we lo to awaken cheats therefore proferred to pay. have so unselfishly and cheerfully than many resise.\n\nBritish ijonce is the\n\nfr Rost who then wonted the Chem? Exception has been taken Apart from the facensestable\n\n\"demand.\" but I Mr. Macgowan fold of the inallest our serial services factud ping interesta are very large in Apaizare), Fase you stopped for Platform from the body of the hall is the word right of British subjects in se le nder of the Bush ling police, volunteers uit oder Swalew, while farge quantities of one money he thinks were the referred to Mr. Fiteroy's statement consider it is not strong enough.\n\nColony of every race to the pro-\n\nin Swatos, sad that any Chase difer. We feel we not British gouds are imported yearly-mags7\n\nBe We want words that wall makɛ all with regard to Yeugenols. a Vulcer \"No me to was clently thank every one of these All te has diy akcppet. I have stop (Laughter and applause).\n\nizely wrote in agley that Praiat least for this generation, thet tection of the Bravish Flag a deght speaking a Briton\n\ndeclared that the speaker was en-Britons reatine once and for all, frnce of the provisions of the severely utahed, Acy sangan men\n\nwonzey. (Applause) much pleasure in supporting this You are recognising a belligerent, dent Roosers sent the American Hongkong is a tremendous asset, 5 Retou was burned. But such services are the duty of telegram to the Price Minister, and Can you point out any time in the Treaties between Great Britain akt and Charma, thus Colors has by its Swatow k cil instractions the Government, and the over. I hope prompt action will be taken lustery of the British nation when\n\nCanton; the void of the trelement is paid the taxpayers of the flame wiborities to stop it as weugnised a twopeury half end who was in power. Langheading interests in the Best repeated convidscable defence cron tribution for the past 2 years as a Canton, and waless woad Hongwong to perform Paese duties.\n\nthis reign of terror in Routh China, penny belligerant? aquired a right to the active supranged in Canton there could to when for our payment to Govt should he to say that if say al-gita bask to the\n\nEr and applause). President that Britain dres not relia port of the British Government and improvement in Swetow. We erament of dai millious yearly, we tack is made on Carton, a similar when the\n\nRocrevat would ever have done it and ventise it soon through those Souths wha fighting auch a thing. Suci d-fence untrutionz atownten easily imagine the ict of our require tall protection of ane lives shack should he made on Swalow. Jesinst the North, when the whole ceeded to give the history of the the north, she looks like coming The speaker pro-red hats, those red heads from Altogether during de period to one and children in the Treaty and property, and full protection because, unfortunately. Swatow if that Continent wax is the great Verczucia tremble pointing sat very near to losing it tha sum of 4 milion dollars, the posts under these conditiona: to tende with any bi accordamen in Kearatony and just now emire throes of war. Did the British that it was all over a guid Arid\n\nMuch Pay, Little Work, 1924 contribution being the record the refused a cup of roll or with her treaties.\n\nly under Rad rate (Appinuse).\n\nĮGasorament veroguise them? Not! Amount of 4% million dollars, and even water for for sick and dying Immediate and Decisive Actio\n\nAmerica butige in and Mr. Boulton declared that since the there, A Shungen Speaker.\n\na bit of it. You have a small com have naturally been couridered by child. She and her child wight\n\nHongkong, with its long ni\n\nbegan as usual with a lot of big 1922 strike the Chinese workman thie Colony as an Insurance Fuse for want of the bare\n\nMr. C. B. Pearock (Shameen): audity when you pay are aging talk. (laughter). \"That is about was not worth 50 ger cent of what contribution to the lome Govern-\n\ngentie- contrary to Peking. You have for the urotection of the rights artes\n\nment for protection, has been built Mr. Chairman, ladies and\n\nsm going your treaties with Chipp. Where they are any use for the he was ten years ago. Bomele secured to Eritish enhjoete\n\nup by British and allied enterprise then, I am afraid I\n\nor other Bolshevik, Socialism arð | speaker declared amii iughter. Treaties with China.\n\nwhich the Canton autheities would and work. Thousands of disappoint you in what I have to the proper place to get The\n\nMr. P. Boulton said the troubio Communison had got inte redbe na. They world bring us workers, the class which helped to say use in Shaman we have place where the Foreign Office which we had passed through thecus gud now they were sur to get to the are condition as Caatamake these millions of contrition not yet had an opportunity of going at the present moment. There lage tre months, two years, ten as much as they could for as little\n\nAccordingly the residents of itself, and of Bluesin, which is rare now, through the action of the reading the telegram which it is one, and only cue channel years and more justiced the as possible.\n\nHe heartily supported This Colouy at a great Mass In- state of anares, brutal des Canton authorities out of work proposed to send to London. As tough which we can deal and sertion that British interests and the resolution and again phasised dignation Meeting demand that the Sotism, cring, proverts and atter here at are forcibly detained in a rate I can tell you that so for that is through the diploratie: British quahties of justice, to- that unless Great Britain realised British Government deliver arratser\n\nCanton where they have lost or as the attratten there is regeerned, harnes of Pelting.\n\ntegrity and bonusly bad bass ciao. the situation quickly sad teak At this point thure was con cen robbed of all their little we are still cooking war on food,\n\ning down due to the fnci Mat Jar-promet and decisive action, Bong- ing the years of piracy, marder kong would be raïvod. The policy of Canton is frightvinga or capital, that and their doing our wo washing. pisaning siderable dent, and one of (A) To restore Capton us an\n\nThe Chatman, replying to Mr. Oper Treats Port for Tracefulness, terrorist. The authorities Families being dewlute. As the our own house and duing to beat the audience shouted \"Go and outrage, carried on droogh-\n\nI want to the West River and see what out the Chidon delta, Britain had Peacock, who asked whether the between Chinese and the bere have applied these methods Coutua cauilenge to us neartes Chaugster).\n\nthe-amplify the Charmeen's opening Teklog can do” amid laud cheers. Dever effectiveh Jutervenud and regulations regardius akipping were Foreign Treaty Powers to ruin tangkong, but have so tur accomplishmen Britons\n\narticle Ma. Fitzroy: Let me go on alto-day was the linaz. One cen-affleial, said thai Sir James Jamie.\n\nnot understand, Mr. Boulton pre-jsen had addresSEU full accordance with the failed, for Hongkong is not Russia elves and their allies woust also be remarks in regard to the\n\nthe Foreign Provisions of the Tresting or Ching, and we are not Russian thrown out of employment here, under the heading of \"Sir Jamestite farther,\n\n\"We are dealing with Canton in fceeded, how it in that & Govern-Secretary at Canton, Mr. We Hon- between Ching and those We depend for success aron indus oliriously, unless we obtain Jamieson\" in the Dallu Prean. The\n\ntry and absulate falmese, fastics adegante help now from the naye hain key aid you rectienlis other respects\" anusite: Interruptor most with such trenendous inter-nir challenging bin, to deny that Powers.\n\nesta 1 Britain has in Hongkong they were not official, and up to the (B) To expel ! Bolsheviks and generosity in all our dealings, and military forces--help for which word for word what i wanted to exclaimed.\n\nThere followed some disorder, to-day should remain pausive and present he had not received any tbefand we liave here a Government we have paid from the taxes of the and it is not ceressary for me\n\nOne early in the next few days Sir Kwangtang Province. not excelled in these resprets by people, we can pay as 44 million repeat it. I should like to during which the Chairman apseemingly indiferent (C) To disarm and disband the any other Gurement in the world, or any other samt to the Govers remind you, however, that a snopealed to the meeting to give the recall 26 years ago, when the New James Jamieson was likely to deat\n\narticle appesyed a few dayy later (apeaker a fair hearing.\n\nTerritories on the Kowloon side anther with the matter. For that sole Waypen College Syplause), and which has the conmeut in taxation, Applause).\n\nAnd has the British Gaverstoeat which was a gradging retractio) on\n\nwere given to Great Britiau youson, the Chairman said they Cadets who are in reality dence of all under er dag, rich) vome points and a poor attempt la Mr. Fitzroy Nar the ass! There was pure irable in the feh pastised in embodying the Russian trained troops, sed and poor alike. (Applause). We no obligation townude these work-\n\nTerritories\n\nA few mat shedstorms referred to in their telegram. send back to their native, shall therette defear a wanden als left destitute and towards Jussi ches, but they did thing you ask them to do is to\n\nwere huned down and if I recall Had the Carton Government seen places those who are tack upon our fade and liberties, thane who will be en left and shatish the atter from a Slamentira at the Bolshevists\n\nand shall emerge stronger andį we remain 2511 inactive while the merchant who is bore today pinot know the exact meaning rightly a few policemer were shot to deny imraedissly their receg- Cantonese,\n\nPerhaps some of you mean! There were considerable trozbie miston of that proclamation, it prouid But at what Cantos craitenge aereeds and of the Samen point of view that (D) To cease hoyent of British brighter than ever.\n\ngood workers, so to speak, perish? and inferusing them that we in the Chinese Roshevista, but at any with telephone communications cos have appeared in thus retegraal. Goods,\n\nJeost to us all!\n\nAnd, incentime, with the thou. Certainly not: We cannot and Shameen were not being for rate what you are ashing is that it did not last long. (E) To\n\ncare\n\nscapegoal. It may interest you lofts whole of thean paople shall bej The Trouble Spinthered. propagatio.\n\nEDH And intelligersahuti not do so,\n\nknow that the first article in the turned out I think I as hear in Voder Threat of\n\nworkers and merchants of all races! These people, and ali non-British Rongkong Daily Press was referred that an ero the ultimatonealation and a party from three tiers. There would be \"Complete Naval Blockade by wże stand by us ners, we cannot in the Cology, look to us and to our to by Mr. C. Wa,\n\nC who which was delivered to Serbis in different sturees was organised swer from the Canton Government \"Britain of Centon and Its continue passively to endure this Government for strength and help is\n\n11914 by Austria (A Voice: \"Non- to advance on the Territories. 1and when they pressed their for an \"net inbouring waters and/or Bloyeett with its murders, robberies, to them is this erisis and we must allest\n\nin the Cantonscher\"). It is the same sort of remember being ir. Telpu when answer the only reply they would \"such other zetion\n\nsand gross violation or treaty rights or fail then.\n\nadministration and who is believed thing that you want to destroy the Centers mounted the head of revs was that they had nothing \"Mejesty' Government may (Applause).\n\nOur Government must he urged to hos mederate with a very large the sovereignty of a nation and column which marked through to do with Vem but that it was We understand that sony foure: to prompt and vigorous action following. His chicrease to this take it by force. Very well, how the village. The ag was host-party a strikers' proclamation. The Ultimatum should also state fielegrants have been sent, either istua Retion weig, I think. bral article, I think, speaks tac itsell do you propose to do this wicked, a royal salute of 21 gets fred i\n\nSir Henry Pellock Administratiere our Governor to the Coloria 64opreted 5 All Chinese and other He referred to it in a speech ou\n\nSir Henry Poleek: Mr. Chair- ruush he established at Canton Cfice by one Chamber of Cora-non-British here of both the work August 175h in Canton. Il a situa- ve sort your allimatum (A and from that day to this there.\n\nValee: \"Send 3 telagem,\" has cover been any trouble in Tan, ladies and gentlemen, I have ing and merchant classes, and, as tien of this kind I think the greatest (Laughter. which will observe no the fall all merce to the Foreign Offer.\n\nExactly, but that ki. (Applause) Now an-made two in thres apecches ou the existing Treaties between Chios; We sun iso assured, and can stated in our proposed telegram, care should be exercised by the is not whac WC are disticipate that if something like had subject of the Canton trouble dar- and the Foreign Powera.\n\nquite holteve, that our local Cham \"scab intervention by us will be Hongkong newryapet in regard to ussing at the present comment.been due during the years of ing the past few weeks and I de It is the unanimous aginter offer of Commerce, and especially balled with the greatest satiara what they which. (Hear hour). We are sending a telegram in fronble, the rents of discontent not intend to repeat wyself this this Meeting that Brinsh inter-nur Governor and our Chairman, ou by the oppressed and terrorised Indications of disuntion, as the wich we are wearing the func-which this Colony has endured, evening, I should like, noverer, veolica is the\n\narticles dulce, merely give contions of the 17 Government. in Caston would never have been to mention one or two new poluts only effective have done all that possibiv coal pole of Canton.\" method of restoring communies [be dune. Indeed, i believe that thoj We tell the Prime Minister that dense to the other side and truke which we say the Home Govern what it is to-tap. I maintain all which have recurred to me. The tions and trade between Hong-labours of both have been unit at this great masas judiquation meet car battle sil the harder. (AD-rent are totally incapable of doing if the Bolshies bad realised the fire is a very interesting historics! kong, Canton and South Chirie aud ting in our behalf. (Applause). jing we dead immediate and de-plause).\n\ntheir job despite the furt that we firmness of the power of Beitian point which I looked up this after- of preventio tae economic But they have apparently failed fejsive action by the British Govern- Support from Fonchow, Jare told they are brasted by every- they never would have attempted | noon, and it is iu connection with destruction of Hongkang and of and we, the parle of Hongkong, meat, \"Dervind,\" Fix. is a strang The fileman then read the fol-body. We propose to do by to have planted themselves in the what is called the second war of British interests in the Treaty and new asked to cable our case word, Bat, in car gremstances loving telegram, he had received establishing a hickade by navalety of Canton to work their China\" in 1867. The casse Porte of Swatow, Anioy, Foochow | divert to the Prime Ministry who, ant entirely in schord with it. If the Fuochor Chamber of forces of Canton (Bear heart-ruinous tropazendo aguinal ue. that war was as follows: There And South Chura.\n\nhimself a business man, and withiam in aword with the whole of the Commerce: \"We welcome news Does it ever occur to you that' (Applause). As a 27 years real- (Continued on page 11.)\n\nThe Ultimatum.\n\nby\n\nultimatum at once to the Canton\n\nAuthorities.\n\nfrani SARDA\n\n\"ensider neessary.”\n\nhista Chinore\n\nAu-British\n\nHS\n\nDeces\n\nAnd this is the condition\n\nsande\n\nA Policy of Frightfulness.\n\n<\n\nprobably one\n\nטיין\n\ntho\n\n\"Nonsense.\"\n\nTake eivil\n\nyay\n\nthat time it was President Clare-nation, that it is the key to sil\n\nthcit\n\nThe General and Adaurai were la\n\nMr. Bertil Helstrom declared that the Cautog Goverment were\n\nbehind hiding themselves\n\nLae\n\nYo wit-\n\nof\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 10.)\n\nMACAO NOTES.\n\nPORTUGUESE NAVAL FORCES.\n\nOur Con Correspondent.:\n\nwas a certain bost named the Arros comanded by a\n\nBrition captain and menned by a crew ol Chinese which\n\nMacau, Asvist 24.\n\nGuilherme 1veny\n\nCommander was selling in Perras at the Portuguese cruiser\n\nValedictory,\n\nSOUTH CHINA\n\nMORNING POST\n\nCUQUETTING WYIH BOLSHEVISM.\n\nCLARING DISCREPANCUSS AND INCONSISTENCIES.\n\nBg J. R for the\n\nS. C. M. Plat.)\n\nrenk\n\nthenight\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.\n\nBULSHEVISM IN CANTON, OPINION OF THE CHINESS.\n\nNot Mind to the Menace\n\n.\n\núť\n\nIt is a\n\nApes-balipenny stomp\n\nqof the world's richer in tantury and commerce and munstry wil ouer\n\nthe studurls and dissatisfaction, POINTS ABOUT HONGKONG. Jar Jnker i to destruction. Then\n\nwithin lite workers, and clearly! it is the opportunity of the prude\n\nGerezand that the Boishavets -\n\nTHAT YEHEN. tatiane ar wordmen of the world bel\n\ntead o\n\nCover their violation step in ani lake over the govern! Le spirit with the anavarde.\n\nOne frequently copies aerosy & met within every ti\n\nment that strikers have the auto-reference to The noder ermits have resterday. It is apparently a copy or parties they have reasons to op-\n\nTac lowing letter reurbed us inge of refusing service to persons and is is a non praatine, though\n\nHongkong, China, the ordinary way under the werepublics is beer, appointed Con-]\n\ntinue war again unchained an Great of a lever addressed to Han. Mi pore or disagree with.\n\ncantile marine flag. That Bag woa marder in Chief of the Portuguese critical paalysis of Tolcheviniz, matkab Ulustration of the acner!\n\nI make no prebusion of writing a war in Buspe a sroviding a P. D. Holyoak. for it ronds:\n\nan entirely wrong and costly one. to aldress letters in itis Fashion torn down by some Chlaese cffcial Naval Forces in the Far East. pricking all its tabbles of fallacy wf Marx's practition\n\nWe are admit that Bolshevism Hongkong, as is often pointed out and trampler under foot and from The Gift Esues, the Portuguese ami impracticable aspirationa\n\nHengkong. Avgust 25, 1995. At So while wardly. the Boise-Mase Meeting, Hongkong Rederiz. Teking and those in other capitalet at a letter there fan it does To P. H. Holyoak. Esy., Chairman, meurs and that the authorities at British Colony, and it costs no re\n\nwill reapest no diplomatic setite not a part of tha that single treident arose the transport, is due to-gorrow, to be thint I attempt to do within theviste argue, their way in wegent out be-- avcond Chign war, which is vervi followed, i understand, by other scones this series of articles Sa tobali of the workmen, the property i vesidents in Hongkong, we wished with the local situations in Sauch other often referred to as the Arrow war. units of the Portuguese navy.\n\nOur dear Sir--As temporary have but been thoroughly acquaint frein on end of Lepdon to the sonin the misformed with solens clar, the movement in vanity in In connection with that, I might\n\nThe offres of the Naval Foresta pitfalls and spares sufficient a gigantic ble for the emancipatie sure through you our friends out- Chire. say that in those days there were at Mano bave been entertained on\n\ndone the wick Another mistaken to convince the radicais in this por.cf the whole of making Tu vltimate Side Chaton that the people of\n\nCantonese Not Inactive. such things as talograms or several occasione during the past prasnat fer cannot change the car and the catablishment of a gecine of the apperching danger of us to point out again that the thus \"Hong Kong.\" In a letter to suting is the soiting out of the tion of Chins that Reichevism in the action of all cases within romery vangtung bave ust been unaware, Instructions from home, and the law daya in Mace, lo honour of\n\nIt may be of interest to you for nord Hongkong in two syllables- Govamar of is Celery at that a arcival of the Republice.\n\nof contemplary Etical decuracy have been the win this! Boisbevis and have in the last people of Kwangtang are not at all the serve with ference to his time, Sir Jeha Bowring, gave\n\nI dare to main in the Bolsterisw. urier to the then Admiral to gu\n\nWhether the Boltw years repeatedly, unceasingly native to their desire to oust the reatly published book de Luss ahead and the Admite went ahead and kindred services are a lun-damage to Crins, materials and The Siberists lar maintain chat pay all unjust and unreasonable seating inertia has he fored by Mast as read of Leigh and Orange\n\niam can only do a gent deal of izin to do is ezether question.\n\nThe Chater Collection, \"Mr. James Ws are rumurimes inclined to meer cheon in honor of Mr. Meireles exacialks, and cae eomplish unthing tus capitalis have all the advantaxes whenever poscite and, a circonstances they are still unable points our list throughout the book.\n\nagainst ni rafal arts, refusing to from their territory. the thetri at what we call eatly Victorian Vasconcelos, Director of the Trea of constructive value in all ages of anperior education, diei-lehad once, get the Bolshevis arms to overoane, and that, as soon as except for quotations, Hongkong is day Lord Palmerston was then suy, at the Garden of Mr. LaBolleva a contend movenwet plis maitsey elect an every-to me in our earlier struggles necessary and proper arrangementer, 34 cis word, for the panca Prime Minister and his action was Lit-ok who is leaving Macao et ventras a gonerat earth thous at Meir disposal Ther-fore we had not received say arors er are posfected, nonstory stops will mation in the Hongbing Geor challenged in the House of shortly, having been promoted re-¡queto in the political world mans and he weat ic\n\nthe leazsition from Capitaine to material sacncrayanent from vat- be taken to teenvet the power and went Questa of Juan I general į raty re Cape Verde.\n\nelection on that incident, and was) in tog pravicua articles 1 are Comunion acrveserily inside. French Properly At Knuten.\n\nreturned to power with\n\nItoushed but lightly upon a fan of the fierce and hitter struggle të penis,\n\nthe government now surped by a Ex the ne a lugel lette has vast received in mais features relating to the exto come. Anjority. (Applause). Gentle Macao From: Canlon stating that trene doctrine of Bolshevism. Buf\n\nOur poupe of Kwangtung realize arty of Bolabevists who nove of Home.\" men, 1 must admit that i am amazed the students and their friends have cons ook has been braught|\n\nand the Tera is the elose relationship and natual spoble persons inside or questde sed in the colony of and by Tu the Way. that the British Governent has completely creuptut the genusd sur- forth, boyster, to show how Isnn. This was the reason why Lan cach other bewear Piston and Satereat and inter-doprudence on\n\nthe Repair of China recognize. nol yet come to the mist of this rounding the French Cathedral attirely fodifferent the Sasior leaders, and eves serious re- Hongkong, 2e fally content of of Bolshevists in places where for- ing in de colony.\n\nYear Indignation over the acts of the murervus compazzes sziginat local newspapery and in the title Colony, because Mr. Austen Chau Canten. Fais property does not the fundular basis tion, long, chstinate, desper the fact that further delay in the 6' interests as well as Chinese stizer boule a far back as the fire of belong to the Fenet. Mission human justice, bborts, law alte resistance of the exploiters, who return to normal trade wil result are affected and your desire to set nountry generally write Hongkong Fay said that he would not con- s pozerally supposed but is the order, in the buique sat sinister for many yours will Fet enjoy Beant in economie rain in all parts of an early restoration peace and as two sepuute words or connected new spars in his sider any queation in connection property of the French Gorestrment i kuptbody slov bare adsulod te msk.#antage over the exploited, 200- South Chins, are not blind to the dation, and we shall not hesitate to perinces and guts, equally com with the revision of tresties with and the letter expresses much in\n\nshitates the rule Never treachery of Bolshevista taking as you that we are not by any posed of wwe words, and not ? Bolaberian sa wwerapishat fort in\n\ntrade have our sympathy and agure with a hyphen, but ace of Chinese China until the Chinese Govet dignation that this occupation Russia and in the world.\n\nthis explosers spirit to the devi sneller behind the patricting of weans sing in our man and effort writion. mam had taken steps toʻpot au end should be permitted a cantase. I propuse in talt article de cussion of the vaploited myjority with.\n\nstentia on ona or iso other lend at making use of weir advanger to get rid of a curve and danger Kwanz-tung, or Shang-ii, for in ing questions pertain to the Como destinate title on juries hearsing joumakor\n\nurist movement, before pusting con of butle This method Elswrists had promised test ther parts of the world wherever\n\ney (the now cursing not only China but all stan in her articles, to fleeinstate the whokaale slaughter of peklish Coururin. Instead the Bolshevisus rasy he feand.\n\nThe ela of the Treasury at the revolutionary epicís of Polshereevwia can carry out what they fought the by veicing protesta epits and dangers of Rolshesin Crange,who will be amembered cat\n\nto the present aali-foreign aft-\n\ntion and had shows their ability) 21\n\nto enforce law and order and res- set for the treaty rights of the Powera. Well, gentlemen, I ca Daly understand that utterande f Mr. Chamberlain, or Foretgui Secretary to incare that he will inist at the treaty rights of th Powes including the treaty rights George, at present\n\nPRINCE'S PARTNERS.\n\nSEAMENTS DANCE HONOURED\n\nthat even revolatutory grant uns, aliats, acientists and intel-\n\nBY ROYALTY.\n\nTis\n\nRaval\n\nThe Ladies Pleased.\n\nHighness Prince serving OE!\n\nસં\n\nof Great Britain, are observed. Beard. M. S. Hawking\n\nnicht.\"\n\nThe Right iv Trade, Another statement, which shovid\n\nke to evole For 3 Atatement radi\n\nnex\n\nbation\n\nal simul\n\nSince Bolshevism has beende a\n\nthe well-known firm of architects.\n\nAltst\n\nCin\n\nan then Chen\n\ndoes\n\nM: Orange\n\nnot\n\nWOMEN'S FAVOURITES\n\nThousanda\n\naf diveritnating\n\n| vidvas unde of passion, celia and Icausis in Soviet Russis day be geda violence are not cháy incompatible/en they belong to the bennemin Passat propresor, who g all times; world care and is bringing suffer wone favour Finkettes shove all Iwith, but sien me at zereal it. class sul they are what the Itausinn./ institule time individualistio inr to a markand 4 should be other forms of laxelive rasdicipe the Chiapan cekiral and social mini f're on to say \"Telko Meshare clase to every courworwegian. The! Rosiroved sé a commoor enemy tu because they are daniy and finy,\n\nLet us ans for a montat pe B of pagiâniam, Instead they created! and the question of regoring a sanie pleasant attribute. make thi\n\nabout the two halves the\n\n(It's in the way\n\nme no opposition parly is\n\nThe Troia\n\nDictators started with the singa rankind wherever ay be sound. set as gently as deture.\n\na mikiose vilities. They tried to\n\nFastcnd!\n\nAnd the\n\nvince.\n\nameeten the breath, reliese Piles. SANG TAI PI\n\nOr Chemist, cr post free, 60 Representing Trade Maintenance cents the vial, fiber Dr. Williams'\n\nthe Russian Committee\n\nof Kwanglang Pro-Medicine Co. 60 Kiurgse Road,\n\nShanghai.\n\nTerminology. Let us be clear is que mlade, at Sevich Coverment fpican The hes now got before bit: the coasts! Lieutenant. F. N., is entering into Bolszign, about me of its berms railrendy of the country and soil!ead egy paved the way for a bus that of tinnal, poitical or ter-3\n\nath age of our demont ega borist Germans operates the cager war revolution. In ebeny shack nut tonch equally poster with men. Fegulatory which Lave recen3y the fe of a pavai miticer with äi! | sand their meanings have theragh; garettes uz the streets of 47tical renstur in every courtes Levi zitorial isaga or jurisdietic bean premalgeted in Canton, Of the seal and voi comradeship it important to emplaza th's point, The Government publiskan books Capitalista Justead shey used by via the people of Kwangtung are stimulate the vet, increase the To restore tally regularity, to July 15 the Tuted said: \"Tala iza for whuck the senior scrvive shows not a len we still hary regazina clueSYSYFTS\n\nremedy sick Headaches, bilirse at started by Aging dagsint\n\nteing likewise cursed by Golate; canky, vertigo. moment when Britisa noley must noted.\n\nnabilance, take a dear and definite slipe.\n\nAt the Serbu for sale o contasomarine watching with deep interrat the appetite un ald digestion, Pin wesome titres horses, kabels to culliossins capitalists from manner the people of Hongkong kottes are perfection. They keep Saturday 1st, he attended whole of the Coromast uwment, father, angs, tramour lines a firent Brigin and the United Mate will adopt to lessen evils now being the system cisan and cool, clear the thia potey is such that it romance held at the Seamen's menda fisalf to vibes and ledly stitute arranged by the Lower deck je\n\nfnamely, Bolshevism and Conping lies oil lids, fntests and with roses and the weath of a spread by Bolshevists in this part! skin of tiles and inches, 10 eucive corumca actformet of the flagship,\n\nunitark in e werd, the Sovie stie! muck the better. But the epon through the larger part\n\nand stayed Bolabeviam is derived from is a puremanent a well ea cupidavast continook They started be of Fire worldYours respectfully.\n\nof the thevik, meaning the aforisy, in of industry, a benker, and a me sibility for defending the preet and progare. hely by o\n\nsholisking Christianity. means opposition to the caiter saner evolu-chant garbined. Do wot forget that they produced a merkado revival, row seriously threatened British dent in the choosing of part-tionary social parts, the teemast of the and leaders are misber interests in Chixa les Ayst at\n\nof Christianity in His first was Mrs. A. Carsbeviki, mating the misoging, which profesional en foremost on the British Govern-zon, introduced by the M. C., and overdures the Czarist Govery agriculturiste or factory and\n\nfor terhesta, brople cer Mr. R. M. Marks and Mese, and hooome the Berents They con osy wield the dimurtively M. Hart\n\nGovernante Bolshevism enme into per gue and unta, respritčeniy d. norber of tea\" dances were goter in Brasia, thanks to a pecu- The Goverment is andor tic feature of the programme and a combination of cirrowtanens. Soviet Umon, which is dem into these . R. U. etered with during the Great War in Europe. by a \"all opinionated, curgeat: He, Bridgeman, the First Lord enthasian; thus nearly all the Lean did not wriggin surreptitious group of people who conduci dio of the Admiralty, in anewer to a d'en prezent, had the much cavetrain in Decober, 1917, the fate of and pessants\" 1 urte saia in the fanove sealed taimeslip in the name of workers! question in the Hogan of Commons ad bacoor of partering rogalts. Pussis might have been far brighter Theu, there is no party in Sri an August 6th. Mr. Bridgens which was the more gratifyuz in and apper that loviny. said the aircraft carrier Hermes 15at the Penes in not my need trofe of Teuin might well\n\nThe stel Rosie, but lay act of Coni- had been despatchen to Chins and cellent dancer, bar a charming con- compared to Papierna Box, frran tuluraber her aircraft would be utilised fex verszalonalles, putting at ease in which hare bean les loose ste that there is no Parliament Patt It cessarily Follow taining and exercising the paradiately those whom the fortune evile that spread throughout Husin:eally art economically the fovict sonnet of the deer ait erm and, if the \" brought him. necessary, in co-operation with Hia\n\nfor the matter of that, all over the state is shalately anaipotent Majesty's naval and military forces in the resolution cutii bu reconciled\n\nworld, during the past seven seats. for the protection of the lives and that they should demand a cer several messings\n\nCommunism is a word te has\n\nIf you ask the Reds why there! property of British subjects. (A) define polier to be adapted, pivo it: Coronen riskip of prothe Seriet State, Nie auswor\n\nTitively should be such an omniveleace of clause). Well, ladies and gentiang vet at the same me declare paty: the abolition of privale prothéery is somethies, like this:| wen, I think we shall all zgree that that they left it to the discretion porty and state control of labour,ell. e Comumeist mozeworę the most important right of pro-ef the Dome Government as to religion. social elezions. perty widen we have out here in tow they sheall art. He asked sometimes it is need to deste a\n\nest go through twu ktages: the Far East is the right to trade the Chairman whether he would be theory of wciety, much surilar stage, based on the dominance of the (7) brandtiongi, terolatiouns suroth the treaty novia with the willing to modify the resolution 'n that of the exoly Chifiia in slate by the leaders of the working l'enor of Chr. That is a rigut, order that it might be made the which all property is held in class, sch as Rusia is w-day of wennerty far more important than unanimous voice of all preventi\n\nIt is also beef aquony nonsig same other rights of property we that the mantingarnestly dead with Sorialians In the sanac as it\n\n(4) a Communistic, clas-texs hear of, soch as the infringeant that the Goremecut should adopted in Randa. the word suns ponitury of catharity has sunither slag, in which the state as a m of a trade mark. 1 is a mithrona drastic pelley. He believe the work of Marx and Engels, pub Bon the Commanist Manifeabın” times es inaporist as any right of the meeting was entirely unanimous\n\nwhich is the fun! alage.\" a trade mark, and therefore we that they must take steps to tonery amunista regard that afforz\n\nThe writing that I hav The moder revue direct again Bolabeviews cebleed that, in the past, was the Home Government to their Bible, though Lenis kaŭ dezy ought to rely upon ar alle prend and decisiva netten. Nacy, in verionelen with any vil-]\n\naled and bem i's cardinal \"prised and social structure of the atte Visiont changer of ile politi. The Chairman intimated that he tary forces. to protect our very was quite prepared to adopt Mr.\n\nplen\" important lights of trading Men Johnston's view and the resolution\n\nproines vicient reaction, for a ni the Chinese at the resty peris and was therefore amended to read as\n\nrule, according to most auciologists, The fundamentals of Comuni violone social explosion will bring in trading through the weaty parts follows: neordingly the with the interior of Chica. (Ap-cents of this Celory\n\nwere examined by a shout exere har han And The at a great are who predicted that the crn of existing conditione in Mossta nes ikisi plarse) mass indignation macting, demand! Capitalism would crane to an ad by routine evidence of that pat There is juan mie other patio that the British Govarumeat imperson of the very contradictions 2 The \"oike\" the sheald ike to mute batera dietely adapts a drastic policy, as The consian he assigned for ita utitures who guztically deszinat icharvat in the nature of Ospitation ut novior, Komesey Stalin, dawn, and bat la\n\nthis. In the wa vecture to suggest, in the folio marc downfall are briefly these. the policies of the Russia Couperist eat war of 1914-18 Great Bri-ug ultimatum\n\nCepitelism with its hage organist Party, here aiready abandonat notite tain went to war benuste the treaty authorities.\"\n\nthm of sommaren and industry the of the quja \"prikupies” found in rights of Bellam aud been regarde Mr. J. Russel arged that the world user, aiting only at exploits the policies of the Bussian Comp ed as a more scrap of paper. Cap-siculd include in the telegram that tion of inhour, tends to create dis- and the Centrunism of Locin and plause). She railed upon her power abould be given to the local sontent among the proletarians of Proteks. How do we know that inj children at all parts of the world Government to deal with the situs-worker to come and joie to that war andition.\n\nWithin the political morber four years these \"prei slate, the capitalist are so poseifei mor\" may not be changed more and] Hongkong nably responded, (Hear After sotna further discussion with their animation of wealth more under the necessity of leas. Sarom handred men went the resciolion, as amended, was pati sad property that lay are in a pri proinine wish the exigencies of the forth front this Colony, many of to the meeting and carried and time dominate the government and tiran↑ whom made the great sacrifice. loud and prolonged chears. They made the groat sacrifice be Mr. W. A. Doutes, tu appealing utical, and totally destegend the cl This far we have obrered Soviet cause they were a part of the Bri- for enairibations toward the eine reasses of proletarians or Russia coisang of theas dienuator..\n\nsh Empire. They espoused beren suvolved, mentioned that the men de Berbund Rustel pute it\n\ncies; Bonde capitalion sú private! guaarel, and wo are asking Crent telegram would neet $1,200.\n\nnunoactly: Internally, is protects inlordien, bourgonis property- Britain to espouse sur quarvel now. A hearts vote of thanks to the the rich against she poor; oxtarazt ayub g and prival trading, as well (Applause). Surely the British Chairman concluded the meeting is uses tores for the evolaitatiores selling or signing away of mining. Government cannot are this\n\nof interior races, and for ongori concessions and much other right to urgert ery for help which we are The Feuch Police at Shanghai with other Stadoy\" Capitalistic nations sending out. Our need is grogh have succeeded in treshing what ice to Ma. Fussell, he is not a Dol The is no dictatorshie s the and prigent, and bar entre is just, might be called a factory for fabut bevist, he is far too wise a pollon.proletaring at the present, nether (Cheers).\n\n*100*1. The money bas bean diser to accept Bolsbesis was polis there the prospect of the doing\n\nributed largely auungst exchange ical unce\n\naway with the State and the coming! A Slight Amesiment.\n\nshops in the couressions, but follow- 1 Caputzikin or She capitaistic Tow mecasites of Breshevian\n\nof the fren visitly in the fronre The Rev. J. Horace Johnstoning disclosures by the arreated num, state is dovanć w virker sway in As far as the Gevement and ite asid he cosid not personally seentry of the proprietors wee alsoldige encore, bocause the arable of policine are concerned, may best in how the two statements contained' approbeertet for darling in the win. the capitaliste nations for partition summed up in the words of a keenly\n\nresi.\n\n213 the Canion\n\nshe is\n\nKarl Marx.\n\neverything nonamic, social and po-\n\nLo\n\n+ #\n\ne\n\nSi\n\nGillette\n\nMANA\n\nThe Well Groomed Man\n\nIs Properly Shaved\n\nH13 free shows no sign of beard and it is freeotirritations caused hy dull or improperly designed\n\nrazors.\n\nThe Gillette has always been an ac companiment of the well groomed man. Since 1903 its use has 2dicated good judgment--the mauuko appre saics the mumerous refnemesis in nazor construction which have made\n\nCilenc shave superior to sng whee\n\nThe New\n\nImproved\n\nThe New Improved Gillette does not siog with bair and lather. The blude is placed in exactly the correct position fo cut the hair evenly and level with the surface of the skin. And, finally, the blade is held so it does not vibrate and rerepe the skin.\n\nThese are the reasons why more than 3,000,000 have already bought the Now Jumpraved Giliette. You won't kann sitovi-gconfort until you ownone.\n\nbur aule at all good skaps\n\nBuren wện MULLER A PITIPPA! Limited Mesas Weltban, lions Anes,\n\nGillette\n\nSAFETY RAZOR\n\nMade in Most U.S. A by the Gillette Safety Ruzor Company\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925",
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        "content_text": "396\n\nC& \n\n:91 E9JEg9(30 Is: Jпebic919-20IV stel) bituð enɛmesa art to beeH,3m 8 lei astroqab a el 9H .(9Xittɛ creamə\" ent yntrub bitrü cromst.\n\n+ \n\n* \n\ntoxin to ybod a How youx muy queno end to begH,auto n\n\n.ebitva avotsav 10 pe′′ 119 a bre,notiɛo ni bfimù Bolmenos erit to bc9H .con ii\n\nTOJBJİZA Tooded .196 JKY npä .TÜ 20 Jaukt ¿qeoxe,¢194пTevog cu of netati arafasi\n\nrsitie no dreq anixed to aportesów 19ættri z9n297qX9 %9/* baccoïqx9 9VAN DISHESI vietiiti bro niefoltto JIORITYSVOL of dark Fist ei ji tud,reddem edt di*iw Lasb ot sidem: E9V. vidmchos Jou enamikor to noteside me Jiboro os et chút c\n\n.JASMIISVOD гotne s\n\nvi*teg of nhi dud, beru050 even atasbloat browodnu on w Levenez ere et bru alteltogen to anesong git of Bids: 101 sloriqoof on privig JusmsIjjet e tot meida Inqoq sift to\n\n32\n\nB\n\nEnclosure No.5 in Mr. Giles' despatch No.136 of July 28th, 1924.\n\nMonsieur le Secretaire,\n\n24 Juillet 1924.\n\nAu cours d'une entrevue que j'ai l'honneur d'avoir avec vous, je vous avais signale un article paru dans le Chang Pao (++) du 15 de ce mois, lequel rappelait avec un sentiment d'admiration,\n\nque le faible heron annamite Fang Hong Zai (REA) avait pu, en un seul instant repandre le sang des imperialistes.\n\nLes imperialistes consistaient en ce qui concerne les morts, en un jeune couple de Français qui venaient de France pour travailler dans une maison de commerce américaine, un vieil employé de Banque, un jeune commerçant, et enfin un très ancien résident de Shameen que étrangers et chinois aimaient pour sa générosité et son libéralisme.\n\nParmi les blessés, il y avait le Dr. Casablanca, lequel pendant près de vingt ans a donné ses soins indistinctement aux Chinois et aux étrangers.\n\nVoilà l'oeuvre sanglante devant laquelle d'extasie..................\n\nMonsieur C. C. You\n\nSecrétaire aux Affaires Étrangères\n\nCANTON.",
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        "content_text": "Page 012\n\nCota setegais 19.\n\nAzabin ST-99 IV #J&I) bilvo ertamasɑ erð to besh\n\ngefromab » Bi #H.(oxliða eitemsə\" add yntrub bitud mu\n\nbaxir to ybod e\n\n-\n\nSuq # ABIT\n\nMONT\n\n1\n\ntow goux mY qar act to been,nosť):\n\n.abling eucitav 1o g9\n\nnojnɛú ni biłuż kolmeriɔs), add 20 bash on (20\n\n„TOJBJİGA Tuod\n\n197 Jaỵ nu? .70 10 Jend Jusoxe „JANTISVOS on od metali netie\n\nTardis no drag gaišed to nuorteahnu lisemti neprerque 79*/*\n\nbeɛnstqxe ever enshaÐI V7831IFA brze zielɔ1120 JneÆTTOVO..\n\n་\n\nos Jant diet at di sud ‚isiJam and ddiw lesh of #Idemu sav\n\nVI1879182; Jon sɛsmilsow to nolcaimba ne dibavno of al air\n\n„JIIMMETTEVÕŭ mojmu sät\n\nvitac vi sidd duo,heroso ever æðasbiðni b'inwohnu or\n\nlatency and of bas „amijaltogen to negɔorq edit od elde?!\n\nTol Lonŋool on gaivis Jusmittsa a voi moldalugod ant în\n\n519 nclosure No.5 in Mr. Gilen' despatch No.136 of July 28th,1924.\n\nMonsieur le Secretaire,\n\n24 Juillet 1924.\n\nAu cours d'une entrevue que j'ai l'honneur d'avoir avec vous, je vous avais signale un article paru dans le Chang Pao (++={5) au 15 de ce mois, lequel rappelait avec un sentiment d'admiration, que le faible Heros annamite Fang Hong Tai (2) avait pu, en un seul instant repandre le sang des in-\n\nperialistes,\n\nLes imperialistes consistaient en ce qui con-cerne les morta, en un Joune couple de Francais qui venaiont de France pour travailler dans une maison de comerce mericaine, un vicil employe de banque, un joune commernant, et enfin un tres ancien resident de Shameen que etrangers et chinois aimaient pour sa\n\ngenerosite et son liberalime.\n\nParmi les blesses, il y avait le Dr. Casa-bianca, lequel pendant pres de vingt ans a donne ses soins indistinctement sux Chinois et aux etrangers,\n\nVoila l'oeuvre sanglante devant laquelle\n\na'extasie...............\n\nMonsieur C. C. Wou\n\nSecretaire aux Affaires Etrangeren\n\nCANTON.\n\nPage 012\n\n \n(no additional text here, as per the original format)\n\n \n(no additional text here, as per the original format)\n\n(no additional text here, as per the original format)",
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        "content_text": "63\n\n17\n\nand cloth manufactured in China, as one of the conditions of the imposition of the surtax of 7 per cent. This excise is to be collected by the maritime customs, and is to apply not only to products manufactured by foreigners, but to those manufactured by \"Chinese anywhere in China.\" There is a provision for rebate of customs duty to the extent of 10 per cent. ad valorem on raw cotton imported for use in mills in China, and for the total remission of taxation on native-grown cotton used for the same purpose. The next paragraph extends the same principle and procedure to \"all products of foreign type turned out by machinery,\" with an exception in favour of Government works.\n\nIt is evident that the practical application of this provision may give rise to great administrative difficulties. The British delegates will have to satisfy themselves that the Chinese maritime customs organisation is in a position to levy an excise fairly on all products of the type referred to manufactured anywhere in China, and that the effect of the provision will not, in spite of the terms of the treaty, be to differentiate between Chinese and foreign enterprise.\n\nThe original intention of the provision was to prevent the increase of customs duties from having the effect of protecting native industry and excluding foreign goods rather than of increasing the customs revenue. If any attempt is made to attack this principle, the British delegates should bear in mind—\n\n1. That the provision for an excise forms an integral part of the whole scheme of article 8, and could not be modified without compensation.\n\n2. That the special conference is not empowered to modify that article.\n\n3. That other delegations will not improbably take a strong view against any weakening of the provision for an excise.\n\nOn the other hand, it should be noted that no treaty except the Mackay Treaty provides expressly for the levy of an excise, so that it is competent for His Majesty's Government, if convinced that such a course is desirable, to agree to a modification of the terms of section 9, which relate to excise by bilateral agreement with China. The British delegates should bear in mind the possibility of using a concession on this point as a means of obtaining the revision or abolition of the provisions of section 8, which relate to consumption tax and which also appear only in the British treaty. In case a suitable opportunity should occur, the British delegates are authorised, if in their judgment it is expedient, to agree that the excise contemplated under section 9 should be limited to the rate of the surtax on foreign imports (i.e., 7 per cent. ad valorem) in place of double import duty (i.e., 10 per cent.), as provided in section 9. There should, of course, be a corresponding limitation of the rebate on imported raw materials, which under the amended scheme should simply be exempted from the 7 per cent. surtax. It is, however, to be remembered that article 4 of the United States Treaty of 1903, though it does not provide expressly for an excise, does provide for a rebate of 10 per cent. ad valorem on the imported cotton used in native manufacture. To this extent, therefore, it would be necessary to obtain the consent of the United States delegates to the proposed amendment.\n\nIn article 4 of the scheme contained in Annex (M) provision is made for an excise on native manufactures, including wines and tobacco products, at a rate corresponding to, but less than, the import duties levied on similar articles from abroad, with the object of raising additional revenues for the administrative purposes of the Central and Provincial Administrations, in return for the abolition of other forms of internal taxation on such goods. In this connection, it may be borne in mind that the principle of an excise is already in existence in China in the \"Privileged Factory Treatment\" (under which foreign-style manufactures produced in China are granted the privilege of paying a 5 per cent. duty collected by the Maritime Customs, which frees them from all further inland taxation with the exception of the Peking octroi), and in the existing system of taxing native wine and tobacco products, as, for instance, the factory tax paid by the B.A.T. Company to the Wine and Tobacco Administration under their special agreement with the latter. It may with some reason be argued that it is not altogether in accordance with the liberal spirit in which His Majesty's Government are approaching the Special Conference to make any attempt to bind China by treaty to the imposition of a specified excise, and it may be found politic and desirable rather to take the line that the Chinese Government should be encouraged to undertake on their own volition to reorganise their internal fiscal system by the imposition of regular excise on native products, to be collected by a well-organised administration in place of the present irregular system of production, transit and destination taxes.\n\n7\n\nIV. UNIFORMITY IN CUSTOMS DUTIES AT LAND AND SEA FRONTIERS. Under article 6 of the Chinese Customs Tariff Treaty of Washington, it is the duty of the special conference to make arrangements to give practical effect to the principle of uniformity in the rates of customs duties levied at all the land and maritime frontiers of China, with power to make equitable adjustments in those cases in which a customs privilege to be abolished was granted in return for some local economic advantage.\n\nHis Majesty's Government attach great importance to this article, which establishes a principle for which they have long contended.\n\nAs regards the \"equitable adjustments\" contemplated in the article, His Majesty's Government are not aware of any cases in which this question will arise in practice except in the case of (a) the Anglo-Chinese Treaty of 1894, which provided for special reductions of duty on the Burmah-Chinese frontier, and (b) the Franco-Chinese Treaty of 1887, which established a preferential régime on the Indo-Chinese frontier. With regard to (a), the question of adjustments was settled at Washington by an exchange of notes (see Annex (E)) between the Indian and Chinese representatives. All that will therefore be necessary is to obtain the confirmation of this arrangement by the special conference. As regards (b), the British delegates should urge the French and Chinese representatives to come to a direct understanding, if possible, outside the conference, as to any adjustments which may be mutually acceptable, as this will save the conference from a difficult and tedious task. It is to be observed that, if it be found impossible to obtain an agreement between the parties as to the \"equitable adjustments,\" the preferential rates on land-borne trade must nevertheless be abolished. In that event, which it is to be hoped will not occur, the conference has the duty of acting in an arbitral capacity with regard to the adjustments necessary. Every effort should be made to avoid this necessity by encouraging direct arrangements between the parties.\n\n>>\n\nIt would appear from a strict reading of article 6 of the treaty that the only \"local economic advantages to be taken into account in making adjustments are those which are expressly provided for in the same treaty in which the customs preference was granted, and which it is reasonable to regard as having constituted, or formed part of, the consideration for the grant of that preference. From the discussions which took place at Washington, however, it seems not unlikely that the French delegates may attempt to contest this view. In that event, while taking the line indicated, the British delegates should use their discretion as to agreeing to any equitable settlement which may meet with general acceptance.\n\nIt will be seen from Annex (F) that the Japanese delegation at Washington expressly stipulated that the Chinese Government should undertake to put an end to the preference on the land frontier between China and Russia at the same time as it abolished the preference on other land frontiers.\n\nThe only other arrangement which the special conference has to make under this article would seem to be the date on which the abolition of the preference shall take effect. It would probably be simplest to make that date synchronise with the application of the new surtax, as this would reduce the number of changes of duty at the land frontiers.\n\nV. THE SPECIAL SURTAX ON LUXURIES.\n\nIn accordance with article 3 of the Chinese Customs Treaty of Washington, it is the duty of the special conference to draw up a list of articles of luxury which, in their opinion, could bear a surtax of 5 per cent. ad valorem instead of the general surtax of 21/4 per cent. without unduly impeding trade.\n\nAlthough the special conference is not expressly forbidden to authorise surtaxes intermediate between 21/4 per cent. and 5 per cent., His Majesty's Government is opposed to the establishment of any such intermediate rates which appear to them unnecessary in view of the low minimum limit for the surtax on luxuries, while the recognition of intermediate rates would be a long step towards substituting a graduated tariff for the present simple and uniform arrangement. Such graduation, while international control continues, would open the door to an undesirable form of indirect discrimination and international jealousies.\n\nThe British delegates at the special conference should endeavour to secure the acceptance of the following principles :-\n\n(a.) Only two rates of surtax, viz., 21/4 per cent., and 5 per cent., should be recognised.\n\n1",
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        "content_text": "42\n\nmay adhere to this treaty. But those Powers which have relinquished their right to take part in the determination of China's Customs Tariff shall be debarred from participating in the commission.\n\n4. The senior Chinese delegate shall act as chairman of the commission, the chair being taken in his absence by the Chinese delegate next to him in seniority. 5. No restriction shall be placed on the numbers of each delegation, but each delegation shall only have one vote.\n\n6. In view of the necessity of obtaining the consent of all the delegations to any addition to or alteration in the tariff schedules and rules, all decisions taken by the commission must be unanimous.\n\n7. The chairman shall appoint a secretary to the commission, whose duty it will be to supply the delegations with copies of the minutes of meetings, copies of proposals for alteration in values or reclassification, and all notices regarding time and date of meetings.\n\n8. The commission shall make their own rules of procedure in conformity with these rules.\n\n9. The Tariff Revision Commission shall have power to assess the duty paying value of articles subject to a specific duty and to fix the duties thereon in accordance with the rates agreed to by the Special Conference, to transfer articles to the ad valorem or unenumerated list, and vice versa, to reclassify articles of the tariff and to revise the rules attached to the tariff.\n\n10. In assessing the revised duty paying value of articles subject to a specific duty the values of goods to be adopted shall be the average values ruling during the (twelve months) previous to the assembling of the Tariff Revision Commission.\n\n11. On completion of the work of revision the new schedules shall be published by the Chinese delegation for general information and the revised rates of duty shall come into force two months after the date of such publication, due notice of the date of coming into force of the new tariff being given by customs notification a fortnight in advance. Goods shipped from the country of export before the date of enforcement of the new tariff shall be subject to the old rates of duty, and those shipped subsequently to that date shall be subject to the new scale of duties.\n\n12. The present rules having been approved by the Special Conference provided for by article 11 of the Customs Treaty of Washington, are binding on the Chinese Government and on the Powers who are represented at that conference.\n\nANNEX (M). Memorandum.\n\nThe attached paper presents a Scheme for the Abolition of Internal Taxation and Fiscal and Financial Reconstruction in China,\" formulated in accordance with Foreign Office instructions. For convenience of handling the subject, the scheme is presented in the form of a rough draft of a treaty in fulfilment of the objects contemplated in the Washington China Customs Tariff Treaty, with the modification of the introduction of additional taxation on wine and tobacco products as the result of developments in the taxation question in China since the date of the signature of the Washington Treaty.\n\nThe scheme provides for the attainment of the objects in view, abolition of internal taxation and fiscal and financial reconstruction, in two stages, for which purpose the treaty is divided into two parts. Part I provides for the immediate carrying into effect of the stipulations of the Washington China Customs Tariff Treaty, i.e., steps in preparation of the way for the speedy abolition of li-kin, &c., and for such measures of financial reconstruction as is possible with the funds available; while Part II provides for the fulfilment, after the Chinese have shown themselves able to carry Part I into effect, of the principles laid down in the commercial treaties of 1902 and 1903 in a modified form to suit the altered conditions of the present day, and for the more complete financial reconstruction rendered possible by the increased revenues available, and for eventual tariff autonomy.\n\nThe scheme is based on the preliminary outline proposals already submitted, with certain modifications, mainly on the lines of attempting to keep within the limits of what is really practicable. The general principles followed are those of compensating the provinces for the abolition of internal taxation by allocating to them a proportion of the national revenues, including those from the taxation of\n\n43\n\nforeign imports, and of consolidating the unsecured debt on the increased customs revenues. The following is a summary of the contents:-\n\nPART I.\n\nArticle 1-Preliminary steps towards the abolition of internal taxation by means of the reorganisation of the transit pass system and allocation of transit pass dues to the provinces, the abolition of coast trade duties, and the levy and allocation to the provinces of special inland taxes on wine and tobacco products.\n\nArticle 2.-Levy of surtaxes on dutiable imports.\n\nArticle 3.-Arrangements for the consolidation of the debt on, and custody of,\n\nthe customs revenues.\n\nArticle 4.-Levy of excise on manufactured articles, including wine and tobacco products.\n\nArticle 5.-Undertaking against discrimination against foreign goods. Article 6. Creation and reorganisation of Excise, Wine and Tobacco, Stamp Tax, and Salt Administrations. allocation of their revenues between Central Government and provinces, and declaration against further hypothecation of these or other national revenues.\n\nArticle 7-Declaration regarding railway reorganisation.\n\nArticle 8-Undertaking to negotiate a settlement of outstanding claims and understanding regarding native agency trade.\n\nArticle 9.-Abolition of land frontier preferential duty treatment. Article 10-Declaration regarding provincial acceptance of the treaty.\n\nPART II.\n\nSupplementary Article.-Complete abolition of all internal taxation, further raising of the customs tariff, levy of an inland tax on all foreign imports and native manufactures and allocation of the inland tax revenues to the provinces.\n\nAnnex I-List of places open to foreign residence and trade. Annex II. Schedule of luxury articles for purpose of surtax.\n\nAnnex II. Schedule of indemnity and loan obligations to be charged on the customs in the order of their priority.\n\nAnnex IV-Schedule showing reduction of interest and extension of amortisation of certain loans.\n\nAnnex V-Memorandum regarding reforms to be introduced into the Salt Administration.\n\nAnnex VI.-Estimates of revenues available under the scheme.\n\nbe as follows:—\n\nThe taxation to be borne by the foreign import trade under these proposals would\n\nUnder Part I.\n\nOrdinary Articles: 7 per cent. import duties plus 2 per cent. transit dues, amounting to 10 per cent. in all, and a possible further 21/2 per cent. destination or consumption tax after the goods have reached the hands of the Chinese shopkeeper in the interior.\n\nLuxury Articles: 10 per cent. import duties plus 21/2 per cent. transit dues. amounting to 121/2 per cent, in all, and a possible further 21/2 per cent. destination or consumption tax after the goods have reached the hands of the Chinese shopkeeper in the interior.\n\nWine and Tobacco Products: 15 per cent. import duties plus 10 per cent. inland tax, amounting to 25 per cent. in all, and no further taxes whatsoever.\n\nUnder Part II.\n\nOrdinary Article: Import duties (graduated) up to 10 per cent. plus 5 per cent inland tax, amounting to a maximum of 15 per cent. in all.\n\nLuxury Articles: Import duties (graduated) up to 25 per cent. plus 5 per cent. inland tax, amounting to a maximum of 30 per cent. in all.\n\nWine and Tobacco Products: Import duties up to 40 per cent. plus 10 per cent inland tax, amounting to 50 per cent. in all. No further taxation whatever.\n\nG2[13577]",
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        "content_text": "48\n\nservice of the national debt in the manner above provided for, including, after all loan services have been met, the settlement of claims against the Chinese Government or Chinese Government Departments or Provincial Administrations, the validity of which are admitted by the Chinese Government, but funds for the payment of which are not available from other sources; and they will annually hand over the balance, if any, after due provision has been made for a reserve of dollars to the Ministry of Finance for the use of the Central Government. Any other bank of the same nationality may be substituted for any one of the above custodian banks at the will of the Government of the country concerned.\n\n17\n\n(Note. The constitution of any commission for the custody of customs revenues is obviously a very difficult and contentious question. The opening sentence of the above paragraph is designed to justify a demand which may at first sight prove highly objectionable to Chinese amour-propre. Possibly the Chinese and foreign directors of the \"Bureau of National Loans\" and the Chinese and foreign chiefs of the \"Accounts and Audit Department,\" which were provided for under article 14 of the Reorganisation Agreement of 1913, but which have never really functioned except for the purpose of drawing salaries from salt funds, might be resuscitated in this connection. M. Padoux has formulated proposals (knowledge of which has been obtained from a confidential source) for a commission, composed of high Chinese officials, including foreigners in the service of the Chinese Government and one representative of the foreign and one representative of the Chinese banks, to take charge of all national revenues, with the duty of paying out funds to meet the service of the consolidated debt and for administrative purposes, and of generally controlling the national revenues. If the Chinese themselves, acting on M. Padoux's recommendations, put forward proposals on these lines, they would, of course, have to be considered. But it is doubtful whether such an ambitious plan could be made to work, and in many ways it seems safer and preferable to content oneself with making really satisfactory arrangements, if it is possible to do so, for the custody of the customs revenues alone.)\n\nIt is agreed that, in view of the present consolidation arrangements, certain of the loans concluded since the establishment of the republic shall have their interest reduced and their amortisation extended in the manner specified in the attached schedule (see Annex IV).\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake that the control and machinery of the Maritime Customs Administration will remain unchanged as long as any foreign obligations are secured on the customs revenues. But the Chinese Government shall be free to redeem any of these obligations before the date of their falling due by arrangement with the representatives of the bondholders concerned.\n\nARTICLE 4.\n\nThe Chinese Government will levy an excise on all goods manufactured in China on a scale not greater than the total, and not less than two-thirds of the total, of the import duty (including surtax) levied on corresponding articles imported from abroad. The native manufactures on which this excise will be charged include all machine-made yarn and cloth and all other products of foreign type turned out by machinery, whether by Chinese or foreigners, in the interior and at the open ports, and also all wines, beer, porter, spirits, tobacco products and narcotics. Native manufactures made entirely, or partly, of imported raw materials which have paid import duty shall be free of excise, or entitled to a pro ratâ reduction of excise, in accordance with the amount of imported as opposed to native raw material used in their manufacture. Manufactured goods which have paid excise shall on exportation be free of export duties.\n\n(Note. The possibility of the tax-free privileges of so-called Government factories being abused should perhaps be guarded against.)\n\nARTICLE 5.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake that there will be no discrimination against imported goods, or against articles manufactured by foreigners in China, or against goods purchased by foreigners in China, whether in regard to taxation, or in connection with transportation rates, or in any other respect whatsoever, except in so far as is provided in the present treaty.\n\n49\n\nARTICLE 6.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake to create an Excise Administration with foreign assistance under the control of a Chinese director and foreign associate director, on the lines of the Salt Administration, for the purpose of collecting the excise duties on manufactured articles other than wines, beer, porter, spirits, tobacco products and narcotics.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake to reorganise the Wine and Tobacco Administrations with foreign assistance under the control of a Chinese director and foreign associate director, on the lines of the Salt Administration, for the purpose of collecting the excise duties and inland tax on manufactured and imported wines, beer, porter, spirits, tobacco products and narcotics.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake to reorganise the Stamp Tax Administration with foreign assistance under the control of a Chinese director and associate foreign director, on the lines of the Salt Administration, for the purpose of collecting the stamp duties; and the Governments of the other contracting Powers will thereupon agree to the payment of these stamp duties by their nationals in China in accordance with the Chinese Stamp Tax Law.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake to introduce certain reforms into the Salt Administration, with the object of securing the more efficient collection of the revenues, on the lines indicated in the attached memorandum (see Annex V); and they further undertake that the functions and powers of the foreign associate directors and foreign staff of the Excise, Wine and Tobacco and Stamp Tax Administrations will be based on similar principles.\n\nThe Chinese Government undertake that the establishment and reorganisation of the Excise, Wine and Tobacco, Stamp Tax and Salt Administrations provided for in this article will be carried completely into effect within one year from the date of the signature of the present treaty.\n\n(Note. An alternative proposal is that the excise duties should be collected and disposed of by an excise branch of the Customs Administration, as contemplated in the Mackay Treaty. There are various advantages in such a proposal, and only one serious disadvantage, that of unduly increasing the difficulties and responsibilities of the Maritime Customs Administration. If it is desired to adopt this suggestion in the present scheme, all that is necessary is to stipulate that the new Excise Administration shall be a branch of the Customs Administration and under the control of the Inspector-General of Customs, as contemplated in the Mackay Treaty.)\n\nThe revenues from the inland tax levied on imported and locally manufactured wines and tobacco products, &c., by the Wine and Tobacco Administration will be dealt with in the same way mutatis mutandis as the revenues from transit pass dues (as provided for in article 1), and will be similarly distributed by the Chinese and foreign chiefs of the Wine and Tobacco Administration pro ratâ amongst the provinces for local expenditure of a productive nature in compensation for any loss of internal revenue to the provinces entailed by the new procedure.\n\nThe revenues from the factory excise and from the excise on wine and tobacco products will accrue in their entirety to the Central Government.\n\n(Note. The factory excise duties on native goods correspond to the import duties on imported goods, and they thus accrue to the Central Government, the provinces being placated by the transit pass dues on native and imported goods. The inland taxes on wine and tobacco products correspond to the transit pass dues on other goods, and therefore go to the provinces.) The revenues from the salt duties shall be divided into three parts, two-thirds being placed at the disposal of the Central Government for the payment of any obligations secured on these revenues and thereafter for the general purposes of the Government, and the remaining third being distributed by the Chinese and foreign chief inspectors pro ratâ amongst the provinces. Subject to the above arrangements for the distribution of a third of the salt revenues amongst the provinces, existing agreements between the Chinese Government and foreign interests in regard to the collection and disposal of the said revenues shall continue in force.\n\n(Note. The provisions of the above paragraph would require the assent of the banks parties to the Reorganisation Loan Agreement of 1913.) [13577]",
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        "content_text": "56\n\nList No. 2.\n\nProvisional Import Tariff for German and Austrian Goods.\n\nPer cent.\n\n  \n    Electrical materials and fittings\n    10\n  \n  \n    Beer and porter...\n    20\n  \n  \n    Enamelledware\n    20\n  \n  \n    Lace and trimmings\n    20\n  \n  \n    Figured and plain cotton italians\n    20\n  \n  \n    Cotton blankets...\n    \n  \n  \n    Lamps and lampware\n    10\n  \n  \n    Woollen and cotton mixtures\n    \n  \n  \n    Needles\n    10\n  \n  \n    Medium cloth\n    20\n  \n  \n    Paper\n    10\n  \n  \n    Woollen and worsted yarn and cord\n    \n  \n  \n    Soap\n    20\n  \n  \n    Stationery\n    20\n  \n  \n    Iron and steel manufactures\n    \n  \n  \n    Stoves and grates\n    20\n  \n  \n    Braid, llama\n    \n  \n  \n    Sugar candy\n    20\n  \n  \n    Buttons, brass and fancy\n    20\n  \n  \n    Telegraph materials and telephone\n    10\n  \n  \n    Motor-cars\n    20\n  \n  \n    Chinaware, coarse and fine\n    20\n  \n  \n    Clothing, hats, boots, shoes and gloves\n    10\n  \n  \n    **998 89988 &\n    10\n  \n  \n    \n    20\n  \n  \n    \n    20\n  \n\n57\n\nAnnex IV.\n\n(Referred to in Article 3.)\n\nSchedule showing Reduction in Interest and Extension of Amortisation of certain Loans concluded since the Establishment of the Republic.\n\nNo attempt is made here to draw up this schedule. It is suggested that the capital amount of these loans be left nominally unchanged, and that the writing down be secured by reducing the interest to 5 per cent. (that of the pre-republican foreign loans) or 6 per cent. (that of the better-class internal loans) and extending the amortisation. For instance, the holder of an 8 per cent. issue due for redemption in a few years but entirely in default (e.g., Vickers or Marconi loan), should readily accept an arrangement under which he receives in exchange a 5 per cent. or 6 per cent. bond charged on customs revenues, and running at the option of the Chinese Government until, say, 1960 (the date of redemption of the Reorganisation Loan of 1913). An exception might be made in the case of the Ninety-six Million Dollar Loan of 1922, the capital amount of which might well be reduced.\n\nAnnex III.\n\n(Referred to in Article 3.)\n\nSchedule of Indemnity and Loan Obligations of the Chinese Republic in the order of their Charge on the Customs Revenues.\n\nNo attempt is here made to draw up a list of the loans in question. The principle to be followed would be: first, all indemnity and loan obligations actually secured on the customs revenues in the order of their existing priority, e.g. :—\n\nForeign loans previous to 1900;\n\nIndemnity;\n\nHukuang Railways Loan of 1911;\n\nReorganisation Loan of 1913;\n\nChinese internal loans directly secured on the customs revenues, or subsequently included by the Mandate of 1921 in the Consolidated Loan Service;\n\nNinety-six Million Dollar Loan of 1922;\n\nTsingtao Public Property Compensation Treasury Notes;\n\nand possibly\n\nA new Reconstruction Loan.\n\nThese would be followed by all other loans and advances for which the Chinese Government has assumed liability in the order of their date of issue and up to the amount actually issued, showing in each case the revenues, if any, earmarked as security. The Hukuang Railways Loan is included in the above list with priority over the Reorganisation Loan, in view of the provisions of article 9 of the former and article 4 of the latter loan agreement. The differentiation between the internal loans secured on the cancelled indemnities and on customs surplus, being fictitious, should be abolished. The Ninety-six Million Dollar Loan of 1922, which has been quoted on the Peking exchange during the last two years at round about 20 per cent., and under, of its nominal value, should be drastically written down if it is to retain its present priority of charge on the customs revenues, or it should be removed from that position and take its place as an unsecured loan after all other loans previously issued.\n\nAnnex V.\n\n(Referred to in Article 6.)\n\nMemorandum regarding the Reforms to be Introduced into the Salt Administration with a view to securing the more efficient Collection of the Revenues. [To be furnished, if required, by Sir Ernest Wilton.]\n\nAnnex VI.\n\nEstimates of Chinese Government Revenues under Part I of the Scheme for the Year 1926.\n\nCustoms Revenues. (Proceeds of Import and Export Duties only.)\n\n(See article 2.)\n\n7 per cent. import duties, plus additional 2.5 per cent. on luxury articles\n\n7 per cent. export duties\n\n15 per cent. wine and tobacco import duties\n\nTotal\n\nThe first two items are conservative estimates based on the latest customs returns; the last item is a guess based on the fact that the British and American Tobacco Company alone now pay some 3 million dollars a year in 5 per cent. import duties.\n\nTransit Pass Fees, Inward and Outward. (See article 1.)\n\n2.5 per cent. transit pass fees\n\nThis is a guess based on the fact that under the existing system transit pass fees amount to over 4 million dollars; under the new system transit pass privileges would be thrown open to Chinese and foreign-owned goods without restrictions, and it is suggested that the revenues therefrom might be doubled, and they should, further, rise very rapidly, as Chinese merchants take to the use of transit passes instead of paying li-kin.\n\n  \n    Chinese dollars.\n    80,000,000\n  \n  \n    \n    30,000,000\n  \n  \n    \n    15,000,000\n  \n  \n    \n    125,000,000\n  \n  \n    \n    8,000,000\n  \n\n88\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "235\n\nfacilities for transit traffic are given in Annex A; they are not exceptional, but typical and although the complainants' account of the matter is not generally accepted by the Customs officials, it does not appear to be disputed that delay and damage has occurred for which no redress has apparently been obtainable.\n\nIV.\n\nIt is the contention of H.M. Government that the present arrangements for transit traffic across Tonkin by the Haiphong-Yunnanfu Railway are not in accordance with the principles of the Freedom of Transit Convention which is now generally accepted as setting the proper modern standard for the regime to be observed by all civilised states in the treatment of traffic in transit. The provisions of the Statute to that Convention are in this respect both positive and negative. In the first place, Article 2 lays down that the measures taken by Contracting States for regulating and forwarding traffic across territory under their sovereignty or authority shall facilitate free transit by rail on routes in use convenient for international transit. In the second place, Article 3 requires that traffic in transit shall not be subject to any special dues in respect of transit, save only dues intended solely to defray expenses of supervision and administration entailed by such transit.\n\nIt is further laid down that the rate of any such dues must correspond as nearly as possible with the expenses which they are intended to cover. Thirdly, the Statute, both in Article 2 and in Article 3, prohibits any discrimination on the ground of nationality or origin or of any circumstances relating to the ownership of goods. Any permissible dues must be imposed also under these conditions of equality for the same route.",
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        "content_text": "F\n\n& .OM HULOIDYA\n\n82\n\n„USAI, IS YAN\n\nsa pino sa bedoset àl „aal to awol\n\n•\n\nrekwon adi bu tavotos no toga nisem out as adal need svad I .omolew yxev kam di jetpos 10 „ayalach =Ifi hoste adt theo một sứ cavir to all hea yaud yser om gaiqosa need sad seergood wodal azidi adà dàiv bežɔeaned frox ya hodakati taut oras i (Juo baaaota,aiH ) all of galwindet me has saergOU\n\n•\n\nboa ayab co vos betaal userguoo sit insoitingia viiskosgal „anoituloser EI Juoda besnaq noijazah si zvodal mid-ILA na to moldarot edit al unstonzol evad I „æredakteri est oð melasaha adi bas moti asjagalah DVS Juoda azon etait Jadi yas of Juodypoint sacinu smoa boa berbuud oma tuoda\n\nVolim beatmayzo bezhen evit dwoda gaišassançer, Yadavos\n\nadd\n\nbelisvaaq axedquonda yinwoldmulove♬ á „am ÁTƠN zaeïgnoɔ adź vyas of susibəsil „sastaroo edė žvodyvozdj amanidɔ add to prošald odt al szoq van a BXTEN trata boog a sham sad di dadið xl,duoMOVOM Zodať al anoitasinsgr0 toodau edė to moltaikiam edi zot\n\ngiadaan met dika ydinu młode rol bas saldo\n\nat frow dnogi smes daialt I as neon nå „Jaizateľozg aaa! TO STOM a edim oz gwob żła Likw I greigaoH won a trigued taut ovad I Just wok „Isoqen bellatab wo not adlaw oð ynð Iliw I,nodgeskumal sidstrog\n\n* dt saidom boot i down at al,maolaoliday atiso\n\nTwoy dzwordt blon svad I taɗt sao odt tol eroi on I\n\nJasoitto boo\n\neved I pachwinos reddo ddim nońdogot\n\n.YTOU\n\n69\n\nhave just organised a seamen's club in Canton, and have begun the publication of two seaman's journals, one in Chinese and the other in English. I believe you have seen my anonymous article in the Inprekor about the breaking of the agreement between the Chinese Seamen's Union and the shipowners by the latter, and you have seen therefrom that the Chinese seamen, who made a heroic struggle in 1922, are in no pacific mood.\n\nI regret not being able to write about the political situation in China, save that the Japanese Imperialists, besides holding North China in their palm, are now helping the Yunnanese and Kwangsi militarists to attack the Canton Government. Such is the dream to \"unify\" China. Fighting is expected, but I am confident that Canton will get the upper hand.\n\nWhat is now in Moscow? How are you getting on? Write me, when convenient, to : Torovaky, c/o Roata News Agency, Tungshan, Canton.\n\nWith comradely greetings,\n\nP.S. I met in Peking only Lebedeff and nobody else as I stayed there only two days.",
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        "content_text": "ANNEXES.\n\nPage 15\n\n[F3008/194/10]\n\nANNEX I.\n\nMemorandum by Mr. Newton respecting Bolshevik Activities in China.\n\nAs the question has been raised for consideration of making Bolshevik activities in China the occasion for a general campaign against the Bolsheviks, action which I would regard with considerable misgiving, I would like to submit the following observations:-\n\nIf we look back over five years we find a vast change in the influence of Bolshevism throughout Europe. For a period after the war the spectre of Bolshevism loomed large and threatened to cause greater ruin than the war itself. But once contact was established with the actualities of Bolshevism, its influence, which was based on discontent and vague suggestion, and on no constructive realities, began to wane, and Bolshevism was found to be its own best antidote. In Hungary and in Italy there was an overdose of inoculation, and the reaction has been correspondingly severe.\n\nBut our fears of the Russian Bolsheviks, our overtures to them, and, in particular, certain declarations that the world could not recover without their aid, probably resulted in postponing the day of their collapse or reformation. Events have proved that, desirable as the return of Russia to the comity of nations may be, it is not essential, except to the Bolsheviks themselves.\n\nTo launch a general attack against the Bolsheviks now would, it seems to me, be an equally serious mistake. For it would exaggerate the importance of their enmity just as the former course exaggerated the importance of their friendship, and would equally help to prolong their influence.\n\nLeft to themselves the Bolsheviks in Russia cannot impute the blame for their failures to others. They must justify themselves by their own works and follow up destruction by construction if they are to survive. This they can only achieve by abandoning the practice, if not the theory, of Bolshevism itself. Meanwhile, they have already discredited themselves in Europe, and it seems quite likely that within the next few years, perhaps one or two, or even less, it will be generally realised that they are not merely discredited, but in themselves futile. From that it will be a short step to recognise that the crazy mischief-makers of Moscow are not merely futile, but are positively ridiculous. Their end as a world force will then come of itself without any external attack.\n\nTurning to Asia we find in Turkey and Persia instructive examples of the growth and subsequent decline of Bolshevik influence. The former in particular offers an interesting analogy. Until the Treaty of Lausanne the Entente Powers remained the enemies of Turkey, who had, therefore, the more reason for welcoming the aid proffered by the Bolsheviks. But Bolshevik doctrine, once properly understood, was revealed as being repugnant to the whole tradition and outlook of the country. The Soviet agents were soon treated as they deserved, and their creed definitely discredited. Bolshevism is even more repugnant to the thought and feeling of China, so much so that the Soviet agents dare not themselves reveal the full doctrine of Communism. But it is bound to come out, and the more its true inwardness and Dead Sea fruit can be made known the better.\n\nIn China the underlying causes of the present troubles are firstly, the inherent dislike of the foreigner, which has always existed; secondly, the growth of student movements and of Nationalism; and thirdly, Bolshevik influence. Of these, the third cause is, I believe, the least important fundamentally, while the distrust and dislike which contact with Bolshevism engenders are as likely as not to disgust the better elements among the Nationalists. Nationalism may well develop into a formidable force, and eventually compel a revision of foreign relations with China, as has happened in Turkey; but in Bolshevism it will find no useful ally, and if we launch a general attack on Bolshevism we shall, in my judgment, be misjudging the real forces at work in China, and actually revitalising the Bolshevik world-influence which we seek to eliminate. Mere force is more likely to aggravate than heal such a scourge, for which the true remedy, in my opinion, is to expose the treachery, criminal insanity and the sterility of Bolshevism, whenever and wherever we can.\n\nIt is worth noting that the most friendly leader to the foreigner in China is the man who has come into direct contact with Soviet Russia, Chang Tso-lin, the Governor of Manchuria. There are reasons of internal policy for Chang's endeavour to stand well with the foreigner, but his dislike of the Soviet is entirely sincere and founded on his direct experience of their aims and methods.\n\nForeign Office, June 25, 1925.\n\nPage 15\n\nI. Memorandum respecting Bolshevik Activities in China\n\nII. Whampoa Military School. Report by British Military Attaché\n\nIII. Mr. A. L. Scott's Memorandum on Political Situation in Canton in June 1925\n\nIV. Correspondence with Canton Government just before June 23\n\nV. Events of June 23 described by Captain Scott, R.N.\n\nVI. Events of June 23 described by Sir J. Jamieson\n\nVII. Events of June 23 described by Fu Ping-ch'ung (including the five demands)\n\nVIII. Details of Chinese killed and wounded in the incident of June 23\n\nIX. The Strike at Hong Kong. Memorandum by Sir R. E. Stubbs\n\nX. Pronunciamento of Canton City Government\n\nXI. Sir J. Jamieson's Report on the Boycott (September 11, 1925)\n\nXII. The Navigation Rules (second edition, of October 22, 1925)\n\nXIII. Swatow\n\nXIV. Chou En Lai's speech to the Swatow Unions\n\nXV. Article on Patriotic Movement at Canton by Y. L. Leo\n\nXVI. Two despatches from Sir C. Clementi, Governor of Hong Kong, describing the events leading up to and connected with the visit of the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong to Canton, in December 1925\n\nXVII. Paraphrase of Hong Kong telegram of January 26\n\nXVIII. Interchange of telegrams about Canton\n\n(A.) Foreign Office No. 30 to Peking of January 26\n\n(B.) Foreign Office No. 35 to Peking of January 29\n\n(C.) Peking telegram No. 39 of January 30\n\n(D.) Peking telegram No. 40 of January 30\n\n(E) Peking telegram No. 42 of February 1\n\n(F.) Canton telegram No. 5 of February 2\n\nXIX. Telegram from Hong Kong to Colonial Office, February 6, 1926\n\nXX. Extract from \"Morning Post\" of January 14, 1926\n\nXXI. Washington Nine-Power China Treaty of February 6, 1922\n\nXXII. Extracts from Treaties of Nanking and Tien-tsin\n\nPage 502",
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        "content_text": "A \n\n523 \n\n6 \n\non foreign vessels on the river, but on the whole the Cantonese forces showed themselves well disciplined and well behaved. The Cantonese forces are now engaged with those of Sun Chuan-fang, who holds the region surrounding Shanghai.\n\nThe next development was the announcement by the Cantonese Government, in a note to His Majesty's acting consul-general of the 18th September, that they proposed to terminate the Hong Kong boycott on or before the 10th October. They also stated that the proper Chinese authorities would levy a special consumption tax of 2.5 per cent. on ordinary imports and 5 per cent. on imported luxuries, together with a special production tax of 2 per cent. on exports. The customs authorities would be asked to assist in the collection of these taxes. It was explained verbally to His Majesty's acting consul-general that the proceeds of these taxes would be used to liquidate the boycott organisation and that the taxes would be levied on the goods of all nationals. The promised declaration of the termination of the boycott and blockade was issued on the 10th October, not by the Canton Government itself, but by the Strike Committee and the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.\n\nThe decision of the Cantonese Government to terminate the boycott was probably due\n\n1. To the effect of the action of the British naval forces in Canton harbour on the 4th September and apprehension of further more drastic action;\n\n2. To need of money for their northern campaign;\n\n3. To desire to secure their rear by a settlement with His Majesty's Government.\n\nThe following is the answer to these questions given by the second Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office:—\n\n\"Article 1 (1) of the General China Treaty is really in the nature of a self-denying ordinance, and its object was to exclude operations like the Japanese occupation of Shantung. If Canton were to set up as an independent State by agreement with China, there is, in my opinion, nothing in the article in question which would prevent the signatories from recognising the new State; and further, if, without the consent of the Central Government, Canton broke away and succeeded in establishing itself as an independent State in circumstances which, apart from the treaty, would entitle it to recognition by other States, I think the position would be the same. On the other hand, I think the article does debar the signatories from encouraging separatist movements in Chinese provinces, or from anything in the nature of premature recognition of a rebellious Government as an independent State; otherwise it would be open to any signatory to get round the effect of the article by assisting the rebellious province to establish its independence.\n\n\"Further, all that the article obliges the signatories to do is to respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial and administrative integrity of China, and if these things do not exist it is not possible to respect them; therefore, if China broke up into a lot of mutually independent fragments, the signatories could not be precluded from recognising the situation thus created.\"\n\nThe principal members of the Cantonese Government have recently proceeded northward to Wuchang to organise the administration of the conquered territories, and the Foreign Office have suggested to Sir R. Macleay that he should send a secretary there to establish personal contact with them and to discuss with them formally the question of their future relations with His Majesty's Government.\n\nThe greatest credit is due to Mr. J. F. Brenan, His Majesty's acting consul-general at Canton, for the resourceful handling of the situation. He established personal relations with the Cantonese Government and played on their fears at the critical moment, and they in their turn were only too glad to play on the fears of the strikers, who allowed themselves to be bought off at an easy rate.\n\nAs a result of the calling off of the boycott passenger traffic between Hong Kong and Canton has reached almost normal proportions. Goods traffic was also resumed in small measure and slowly improved. It has lately, however, suffered a set-back as the result of the recrudescence of the anti-British campaign by the boycott organisation and owing to their threats of intimidation, the shipping companies are also having trouble with the labour unions.\n\nThe position as regards the boycott is, however, on the whole fairly favourable, and it is hoped that the Cantonese authorities will do their utmost to remove existing obstructions to the development of British trade. Mr. Brenan has been authorised to intimate to the Cantonese authorities that we are prepared to give sympathetic consideration to any reasonable proposals the Cantonese authorities may make in exchange for fair and considerate treatment of British interests by those authorities, and that we desire that the Cantonese authorities should realise that if they adopt an unreasonable attitude they will only create friction and impede the achievement of their own projects.\n\nIII.—The Question of the Recognition of the Southern Government.\n\n(1.) Canton had effectively established its authority over the whole of China and had, in fact, become the Government of that country; or (2.) That it was exercising authority over a portion of territory which had established its independence of the rest of China and was entitled to recognition as an independent State.\n\nThe facts at present do not justify (1) though they may perhaps justify (2), but Canton has so far not made any claim to be recognised as the Government merely of part of China and it is not for His Majesty's Government to volunteer any such recognition.\n\nIt is understood that both the Japanese and the United States Governments are carefully examining the question of the status of the Cantonese Government with a view to deciding what relations they ought to establish with it. The extension of the control of the Southern Government over a considerable part of China has brought the question of their recognition to the forefront. The United States Minister at Peking has recently made a tour of the country, visiting Canton, while the Japanese are sending an official of their Ministry for Foreign Affairs on a similar tour, and it is reported that an emissary from the Nationalist Government will shortly proceed to Japan in this connection.\n\nIt has recently been stated in reply to a question in the House that His Majesty's Government recognise and deal with the Chinese authorities at Canton as local administration and that any further step would have to be most carefully considered by His Majesty's Government, having regard to their treaty obligations, the facts of the case, and the desires of the Chinese themselves.\n\nBy article 1 of the Nine-Power Treaty, signed at Washington on the 6th February, 1922, the contracting Powers, other than China, agree to respect the sovereignty, the independence and the territorial and administrative integrity of China.\n\nThe question therefore arises whether this undertaking means that we have bound ourselves to uphold the unity of China; whether, for example, if Canton definitely broke away and started a republic of South China, we are debarred by the treaty from recognising the new State.\n\nIV. The Wanhsien Incident.\n\nThe Upper Yang-tsze from Ichang to Chungking was opened to steam navigation by the Treaty of Shimonoseki, 1895. It was not, however, until 1909 that the first merchant steamer established itself on this run, and British shipping did not become a serious factor in the situation until 1919. The advent\n\n* Sir R. Macleay has now advised against the adoption of this suggestion.",
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        "content_text": "2\n\ngeneral agreement that from the point of view of defence, the acquisition of the Kai Tak reclamation area at Hong Kong was highly desirable.\n\n7. The Committee are informed that the Foreign Office are of opinion that the purchase of the site in question could not be held to constitute an infringement of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty. The Foreign Office consider, however, that the actual construction of the proposed aerodrome might be regarded by other signatories as an increase in the coast defences of Hong Kong and, in consequence, as a contravention of the Treaty.\n\nThey recognise, however, that a commercial aerodrome for a great commercial centre like Hong Kong may before long become as indispensable as an increase in docking accommodation to meet the increasing needs of commercial shipping, and that in that event the other Treaty signatories, if consulted beforehand, would hardly be able to oppose its construction on the grounds that it could be used by military aircraft either in peace or in war,\n\n8. The Committee would therefore suggest that America and Japan should be approached with a view to discussing the general question of the establishment of aerodromes in the areas covered by the Washington Treaty, and, in particular, the question of constructing an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\n9. The Committee have noted that under the existing laws of the Colony it would be possible to acquire the site in question by compulsion at any time. They are strongly of opinion, however, that sanction of the Governor's proposal should not be withheld until the result of the discussion suggested in the preceding paragraph is known. While recognising that it might be ultimately decided that no aerodrome of any kind could be constructed at Hong Kong, they suggest that this is a risk that might well be run, since it appears that if the land is not secured now it will cost a great deal more later.\n\n10. It is observed that the Governor's proposal to raise the necessary funds for the purchase of the site by means of a loan to be raised locally was made in February 1928, at a time when it was hoped that the boycott at Canton would not be of long duration. Although the boycott has now ended, the Committee suggest that its prolongation must necessarily have had a serious effect on the financial position of Hong Kong. They accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office should obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n11. Finally, the Committee submit the following summary of their conclusions for consideration by the Committee of Imperial Defence:-\n\n(i.) That, from the defence point of view, the acquisition of the Kai Tak reclamation area is desirable, and accordingly recommend that approval in principle should be given to the proposals on the subject made by the Governor of Hong Kong in his despatch, dated the 18th February, 1926, which were recommended in the Interim Report by the Joint Staffs (Appendix I), and to which commendation was given by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 36th Meeting.\n\n(ii) That as, in the opinion of the Foreign Office, the proposed aerodrome might be regarded as an infringement of the Washington Treaty. America and Japan should be approached with a view to discussing the general question of the establishment of aerodromes in the areas covered by the Washington Treaty and, in particular, the question of constructing an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\n(iii) That owing to the prolonged boycott at Canton and its resultant effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, conditions may have changed since the above-mentioned proposals were put forward, and accordingly they recommend that the Colonial Office be requested to obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n(iv.) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be postponed for further investigation by the Sub-Committee on the composition and organisation of local forces when that body deals with the local forces of Hong Kong.\n\n(Signed)\n\n2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1,\n\nNovember 1, 1926.\n\nG. N. MACREADY, Secretary,\n\nOversea Defence Committee.\n\n3\n\nReservation by Treasury Representative.\n\nIn my opinion the Hong Kong Government should be definitely warned not to purchase the land required for the proposed aerodrome until it has been definitely ascertained that neither Japan nor the United States of America regard the provision of a military aerodrome at Hong Kong as an offence against the Washington Treaty.\n\nThe requirements for a civilian and a military aerodrome are, so far as I know, barely distinguishable; the intention here is to provide a military aerodrome.\n\nThe experience of civil flying in this country after years of subsidy is that a commercial profit is not yet in sight. It seems to me improbable that sufficient support would be forthcoming from commercial interests in China to make it a paying proposition within the period of the Washington Treaty.\n\nThe Hong Kong Government would have to justify expenditure on proposed purchase of land by explaining its purpose. If the recommendations of the Committee are acted upon in Hong Kong, the purchase or the intention to purchase, and its purpose, will almost certainly become known to the Governments of Japan and of the United States of America before they will have had time to answer the question to be put to them by the Foreign Office.\n\nThe result would almost surely be to throw doubt upon the bona fides of the enquiry; and this risk is to be run for the sake of a possible saving in the price of the land. In my opinion there is no reason to suppose from the Governor's despatch of the 18th February last that there is any real risk of a rising market in land values in China within the next few months, but even were conditions in China rapidly to become more stable in the next few months, in my opinion our policy should be to ascertain whether there is any objection on the part of our co-signatories to the Treaty of Washington to the provision of an aerodrome at Hong Kong, and to endeavour to remove any objection that may be disclosed before allowing any steps to be taken towards such provision.\n\nTreasury, S.W.1,\n\nOctober 25, 1926\n\n(Signed) H. E. FASS.\n\n380\n\n| 14922\n\nB 2\n\nids",
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        "content_text": "388\n\n2\n\n7. The Committee are informed that the Foreign Office are of opinion that the purchase of the site in question could not be held to constitute an infringement of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty. The Foreign Office consider, however, that the actual construction of an aerodrome, even if intended for purely commercial purposes, might, owing to its military potentialities, be regarded by other signatories as an increase in the coast defences of Hong Kong and, in consequence, as a contravention of the Treaty.\n\nThey recognise, however, that an aerodrome for a great commercial centre like Hong Kong may before long become as indispensable as an increase in docking accommodation to meet the increasing needs of commercial shipping, and that the other Treaty signatories, if consulted beforehand, would hardly be able to oppose its construction on the grounds that it could be used by military aircraft either in peace or in war.\n\n8. The Committee would therefore suggest that America and Japan should be approached with a view to discussing the general question of the establishment of aerodromes in the areas covered by the Washington Treaty, and, in particular, the question of constructing an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\n9. The Committee have noted that under the existing laws of the Colony it would be possible to acquire the site in question by compulsion at any time. They are strongly of opinion, however, that sanction of the Governor's proposal should not be withheld until the result of the discussion suggested in the preceding paragraph is known. While recognising that it might be ultimately decided that no aerodrome of any kind could be constructed at Hong Kong, they suggest that this is a risk that might well be run, since it appears that if the land is not secured now it will cost a great deal more later.\n\n10. It is observed that the Governor's proposal to raise the necessary funds for the purchase of the site by means of a loan to be raised locally was made in February 1926, at a time when it was hoped that the boycott at Canton would not be of long duration. Although the boycott has now ended, the Committee suggest that its prolongation must necessarily have had a serious effect on the financial position of Hong Kong. They accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office should obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n11. Finally, the Committee submit the following summary of their conclusions for consideration by the Committee of Imperial Defence:-\n\n(i.) That, from the defence point of view, the acquisition of the Kai Tak reclamation area is desirable, and accordingly recommend that approval in principle should be given to the proposals on the subject made by the Governor of Hong Kong in his despatch dated the 18th February, 1926, which were recommended in the Interim Report by the Joint Staffs (Appendix I), and to which commendation was given by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 36th Meeting.\n\n(ii) That as, in the opinion of the Foreign Office, the actual construction of an aerodrome, even for purely commercial purposes, might be regarded as an infringement of the Washington Treaty, America and Japan should be approached with a view to discussing the general question of the establishment of aerodromes in the areas covered by the Washington Treaty and, in particular, the question of constructing an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\n(iii) That owing to the prolonged boycott at Canton and its resultant effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, conditions may have changed since the above-mentioned proposals were put forward, and accordingly they recommend that the Colonial Office be requested to obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n(iv.) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be postponed for further investigation by the Sub-Committee on the composition and organisation of local forces when that body deals with the local forces of Hong Kong.\n\n(Signed)\n\n2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 1,\n\nOctober 26, 1926.\n\nG. N. MACREADY, Secretary,\n\nOversea Defence Committee.\n\n3\n\nReservation by Treasury Representative.\n\nIn my opinion the Hong Kong Government should be definitely warned not to purchase the land required for the proposed aerodrome until it has been definitely ascertained that neither Japan nor the United States of America regard the provision of a military aerodrome at Hong Kong as an offence against the Washington Treaty.\n\nThe requirements for a civilian and a military aerodrome are, so far as I know, barely distinguishable; the intention here is to provide a military aerodrome.\n\nThe experience of civil flying in this country after years of subsidy is that a commercial profit is not yet in sight. It seems to me improbable that sufficient support would be forthcoming from commercial interests in China to make it a paying proposition within the period of the Washington Treaty.\n\nThe Hong Kong Government would have to justify expenditure on proposed purchase of land by explaining its purpose. If the recommendations of the Committee are acted upon in Hong Kong, the purchase or the intention to purchase, and its purpose, will almost certainly become known to the Governments of Japan and of the United States of America before they will have had time to answer the question to be put to them by the Foreign Office.\n\nThe result would almost surely be to throw doubt upon the bona fides of the enquiry; and this risk is to be run for the sake of a possible saving in the price of the land. In my opinion there is no reason to suppose from the Governor's despatch of the 18th February last that there is any real risk of a rising market in land values in China within the next few months, but even were conditions in China rapidly to become more stable in the next few months, in my opinion our policy should be to ascertain whether there is any objection on the part of our co-signatories to the Treaty of Washington to the provision of an aerodrome at Hong Kong, and to endeavour to remove any objection that may be disclosed before allowing any steps to be taken towards such provision.\n\nTreasury, S.W. 1,\n\nOctober 25, 1926.\n\n(Signed) H. E. FASS.\n\n[14922\n\nB 2",
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        "content_text": "The Committee are of opinion, however, that before authority could be given to the Governor of Hong Kong to proceed with the necessary purchase, certain aspects of the proposal require further investigation.\n\n7. In the first place, the Committee, whilst holding the view that the mere purchase of the site in question cannot be held to constitute an infringement of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty, nevertheless feel that a definite expression of opinion should be obtained from the Foreign Office with regard to the legality of the proposal. They accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office should consult the Foreign Office whether exception could be taken to the acquisition of the area in question under Article 19 of the Washington Treaty.\n\n8. Secondly, the Committee observe that the Governor's proposal, that the necessary funds for the purchase of the site should be obtained by means of a loan to be raised locally, was made in February 1926, at a time when it was hoped that the boycott at Canton would not be of long duration. It has been pointed out to the Committee that the prolonged deadlock must necessarily have a serious effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, and accordingly they recommend that the Colonial Office should obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n9. The Committee desire to call attention to the fact that, under the existing laws of the Colony, it is possible to acquire the site in question by compulsion at any time. They recognise, however, that the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\n10. Finally, the Committee submit the following Summary of their conclusions for consideration by the Committee of Imperial Defence :—\n\n(i.) That, from the defence point of view, the acquisition of the Kai Tak reclamation area is desirable, and accordingly recommend that approval in principle should be given to the proposals on that subject made by the Governor of Hong Kong in his despatch dated the 18th February, 1926, which were recommended in the Interim Report by the Joint Staffs (Appendix I), and to which commendation was given by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 36th Meeting.\n\n(ii) That, owing to the continuance of the boycott at Canton and its resultant effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, conditions may have changed since the above-mentioned proposals were put forward, and accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office be requested to obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n(iii) That the Colonial Office be requested to consult the Foreign Office whether exception could be taken to the purchase of the area in question under Article 19 of the Washington Treaty.\n\n(iv.) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be postponed for further investigation by the Sub-Committee on the composition and organisation of local forces when that body deals with the local forces of Hong Kong.\n\n(Signed)\n\n2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 1,\n\nAugust 1926.\n\nL. A. CLEMENS, Secretary,\n\nOversea Defence Committee.\n\nC.O.S. 44.\n\nAPPENDIX I.\n\nChiefs of Staff Sub-Committee.\n\nHONG KONG-DEFENCE OF.\n\nInterim Report by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\nThe Joint Staffs Sub-Committee on the Defence of Hong Kong has taken note of the conclusion reached by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 32nd Meeting, held on the 3rd June, 1926, when it was agreed-\n\nTo approve in principle the proposal of the Chief of the Air Staff to take such preliminary steps as may be necessary to acquire ground for an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\nThe Sub-Committee has further taken note of Colonial Office letter No. C.7237/26, dated the 15th May, 1926, forwarding despatches by the Governor of Hong Kong, and suggesting that the points raised should be examined, in the first place, by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n2. The proposals put forward were that\n\n(a.) The Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired as an aerodrome site.\n\n(b.) A small local unit for police work should be formed.\n\nAs regards (a), a decision as to whether it is possible and desirable to station regular air forces at Hong Kong in peace time depends on a number of factors which have not yet been fully investigated. In certain eventualities, however, such as might occur during trouble in Canton, the despatch of air forces to Hong Kong, perhaps only as a temporary measure, might be desirable.\n\nTo provide for such a contingency, it is essential that an aerodrome, with facilities for seaplanes as well as for landplanes, should be available. The Kai Tak reclamation area on the Kowloon peninsula is not only the best site, but practically the only suitable site, and if it were built over, the potential use of aircraft for defence in the future would be seriously restricted. In addition, the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\nThere appears to be no possible reason from the Treaty aspect against the acquisition of this aerodrome site. A levelled area of ground cannot be interpreted as an increase in coast defences. It is only when buildings are erected and aircraft actually located on the aerodrome that the question of legality appears to arise.\n\nThe Sub-Committee is therefore of the opinion that the Kai Tak site should be acquired at an early date, and recommends that the Governor of Hong Kong should be given authority to proceed with the necessary purchase.\n\n4. With regard to (b), i.e., the formation of a local police air unit at Hong Kong, it is considered that the proposals put forward will require considerable investigation, and that the question could more appropriately be dealt with by the Local Forces Sub-Committee of the Oversea Defence Committee.\n\nThere does not appear to be any particular urgency for the formation of this unit, and the Sub-Committee therefore recommends that the Governor be informed that the matter is being further investigated.\n\nConclusion.\n\n5. The Sub-Committee recommends :-\n\n(a.) That the Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired without delay.\n\n(b) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be referred for further investigation.\n\n(Signed)\n\n(Signed)\n\n(Signed)\n\nW. G. S. DOBBIE, Colonel, G.S. (Chairman).\n\nDirectorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office.\n\nWILFRED A. EGERTON, Captain, R.N.,\n\nPlans Division, Admiralty.\n\nB. E. SMYTHIES, Wing-Commander, R.A.F.,\n\nDirectorate of Operations and Intelligence, Air Ministry.\n\n$14922\n\nB 2\n\n395",
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        "content_text": "- 5 -\n\nto stave off at the moment any further direct action by the British Navy in Kuangtung, as the military situation of the Canton Soviet during last September was very precarious (see paragraphs 5-8 of my secret despatch of the 25th September, 1926). But his ulterior object was more subtle and is now equally clear. Hong Kong had refused to pay blackmail to the Canton Strike Committee, but could not His Majesty's Government be induced to buy off the boycott in another way by subjecting British subjects to taxation imposed by the Canton Soviet for the professed purpose of liquidating the boycott? And might not dissension be provoked between Great Britain and other Foreign Powers by arranging that an anti-British boycott should be bought off by means of taxation to which not British subjects only, but all foreign trade would be liable? And might not such taxation be so camouflaged as to disguise the defiance of treaty-rights which it involved? And might it not also be so contrived as to provide the Cantonese revolutionary forces with the sinews of war, while denying such resources to their northern enemies? Unhappily all these purposes were successfully achieved by means of the \"special consumption taxes\" on imports.\n\n5.\n\nThose taxes were precisely equivalent to the surtaxes set out in Article IV of the Nine Power Treaty signed on the 6th February, 1922, at Washington, the grant of which was already four years overdue. But the Washington Treaty contemplated the collection of those surtaxes by the Chinese Maritime Customs throughout China, not by the regional authorities of a part of China only, and it also laid down that a Special Conference...",
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        "content_text": "118\n\nFollowing is for your information in the event of procurement from Persia being authorised for purpose of meeting unimpeded demand.\n\nThe procedure for obtaining further supplies for Straits Settlements is now under consideration and it is important that a similar procedure should be adopted by Hong Kong when settled in order to avoid competition.\n\nIt will be possible to authorise inter-island supplies to Singapore in view of Article IV. Hanoi Agreement (vide recent correspondence re: latter).\n\nTouch is being kept here with firms who could arrange supplies from Persia at short notice on favourable terms.\n\nCrown Agents could be instructed to place orders in consultation with ... if necessary (and if you agree).",
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        "document_key": "CO129-507-2 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 11-11-1927 - 23-11-1928",
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        "title": "CO129-507-2 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 11-11-1927 - 23-11-1928",
        "content_text": "139\n\n42\n\n43\n\n140\n\nIn my opinion these evils will be sufficiently guarded against if organs of Chinese administration are made aware of the names of persons registered at Dutch consulates in China; for the organs in question will then know that they should treat persons so registered as Dutch subjects.\n\nCC\n\nFor the time being my Government is willing to agree that the names of all those who have registered themselves at Dutch consulates in China should be communicated by me to your Excellency's Government, once in each year on a date subsequent to the month of March, and that they should be communicated by the consuls to the officials at the place at which they are stationed, with whom they have relations. Hereafter, whenever Chinese who have assumed Dutch nationality return to China and report to the Dutch consuls, I and the consuls will send in a communication as occasion requires. I trust that your Excellency will favour me with a reply in order that action may be taken as proposed.\n\nIn reply, I have the honour to state that the procedure proposed by your Excellency has, as its object, the exercise of care in the matter of nationality and the avoidance of trouble, an object which has the warm concurrence of this Ministry. Communications are being addressed to the local authorities throughout the provinces to take note thereof and to carry out enquiries into the matter from time to time.\n\nAPPENDIX IV.\n\nNationality of Chinese domiciled in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and Kowloon Extension at the time of their Cession to the British Crown.\n\nThe island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain, and immediately occupied, in January 1841, by the preliminary agreement which brought our first war with China to a close. The cession was formally confirmed by article 3 of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842. Captain Elliot, the British plenipotentiary, on taking possession in 1841, issued two proclamations, the first declaring that \"Chinese resorting there shall be governed by the laws and customs of China, every description of torture being excepted,\" and the second announcing that \"all natives residing therein must understand that they are now subjects of the Queen of England, to whom and to whose officers they must pay duty and obedience.\"\n\npersons\n\nThe opinion of Mr. Alabaster, Acting Attorney-General of Hong Kong in 1911, was that the inhabitants who remained in Hong Kong became British subjects but did not lose their Chinese nationality. The island at that time was a barren rock with a shifting population of a few poverty-stricken fishermen.\n\nBritish Kowloon, consisting of a small strip on the mainland opposite Hong Kong, was leased to Sir Harry Parkes on behalf of the British Government on the 20th March, 1860, at an annual rental of 500 taels, on the ground that it consisted for the most part of barren hills that cannot be cultivated and has hitherto formed a place of resort for thieves and outlaws.\" On the 24th October, 1860, by the Convention of Peking, the lease was cancelled and, with a view to the maintenance of law and order in and about the harbour of Hong Kong,\" the area was ceded to Great Britain as a dependency of the colony of Hong Kong.'\n\nThis was followed by a proclamation declaring that no officer of the Emperor of China has any right or title to exercise authority or control therein or in connection therewith, but that the Government is now, and from henceforth will remain, vested in Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and her officers duly appointed and subject to such laws and regulations as Her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, may ordain and direct.\"\n\nC\n\n77\n\nOn these facts Mr. Alabaster was of opinion that the native inhabitants of Kowloon had not become British subjects at all, but had remained subjects of the Emperor of China.\n\nThe area known as the Kowloon Extension or the New Territories was leased to Great Britain for a term of ninety-nine years by a convention signed at Peking on the 9th June, 1898; the relevant clauses of this convention stated as follows:-\n\nK\n\nWhereas it has for many years past been recognised that an extension of the Hong Kong territory is necessary for the proper defence and protection of the colony, it has now been agreed between the Government of Great Britain and China that the limits of British territory shall be enlarged under lease. The term of this lease shall be ninety-nine years. It is at the same time agreed that within the city of Kowloon the Chinese officials now stationed there shall continue to exercise jurisdiction except so far as may be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong. Within the limits of the newly leased territory Great Britain shall have sole jurisdiction. Chinese officials and people shall be allowed, as heretofore, to use the road from Kowloon to Hsinan. It is further agreed that the existing landing-place near Kowloon City shall be reserved for the convenience of Chinese men-of-war, merchant and passenger vessels which may come and go and lie there at their pleasure and for the convenience and movement of the officials and people within the city. It is further understood that there will be no expropriation or expulsion of inhabitants of the district within the extension.\n\nIf cases of extradition of criminals occur, they shall be dealt with in accordance with existing treaties and the Hong Kong regulations.'\n\ntial Print 11426,\n\nMr. Alabaster was of the opinion that the Chinese inhabitants of the New Territories continued to be subjects of China only. Sir Ernest Satow and Sir John Jordan were both of opinion that we could not claim to protect the inhabitants of the New Territory as British subjects in China. The latter pointed out that the Chinese regarded Kowloon on the same basis as Kiaochau and Dairen, namely, as leased and not as ceded territory. Kiaochau was leased to Germany for ninety-nine years in March 1898, and Kowloon was, as a political concession, leased to Great Britain for the same period three months later. It was never suggested that the Chinese inhabitants of Kiaochau had lost their Chinese nationality, and the Chinese would never admit such a contention in the case of Kowloon. His Majesty's Government deemed it expedient to abstain from communicating to the Chinese Government their view that the inhabitants of Kowloon had become British subjects, and in 1905, when the Chinese Government wrote on the assumption that they were still subjects of China, care was taken in the reply to avoid controverting the assumption. In a case which occurred in 1910, the Chinese nationality of an inhabitant of the Kowloon extension was fully recognised by His Majesty's Government (see Appendix I, case No. 20).\n\nThe Law Officers of the Crown ruled in 1899 that the persons inhabiting the Kowloon extension at the time of the transfer were to be regarded as British subjects \"for all purposes, apparently on the ground that it was an extension under lease of the Colony of Hong Kong. Sir E. Davidson agreed with this view, but he also thought that this would not prevent the inhabitants having a second nationality. Supposing that Chinese municipal law prescribes, as I understand it does, that Liang Tou is within China a Chinaman, how can we object on the ground that according to international law he is not?\" The reasoning which led Sir E. Davidson to adopt this view is equally applicable to the case of Hong Kong and Kowloon as to the case of the Kowloon extension\n\nConfidential Print 11426. p. 24.\n\nAccording to the view of the Law Officers (and I think that technically their view is sound) the territory of Kowloon which was ceded to Great Britain for a term of ninety-nine years, became during and for that term an integral portion of the British Dominions. It is a peculiar and novel form of tenure; but applying recognised principles to the new conditions, I think that while the term lasts the territory is just as fully part of the British Dominions as if (for instance) it had been conquered and annexed and we had given an undertaking to restore it to China at the end of ninety-nine years.\n\n\"It follows, in my opinion, that in contemplation of English law, anybody born in Kowloon during the term of ninety-nine years rebus sic stantibus, of course is a natural-born British subject jure soli, though such persons may, in contemplation of the law of their parents' country of origin, have a second nationality (Chinese or other) which in that country of origin will prevail.\"\n\n0",
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        "document_key": "CO129-517-1 Administration and function of Chinese Maritime customs- prevention of smuggling across Chinese frontiers 7-2-1929 - 15-11-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-517-1 Administration and function of Chinese Maritime customs- prevention of smuggling across Chinese frontiers 7-2-1929 - 15-11-1929",
        "content_text": "## ARTICLE I\n\n(g) If any junk fails to produce its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of Customs dues, the Harbour Authority shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs; and the Harbour Authority shall detain such junk as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues and penalties as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the junk had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.\n\n(h) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at a port in the Colony shall deposit with the Harbour Authority a manifest in duplicate of all cargo carried. The Harbour Authority shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest to the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(5) The existing scale of arms that may be carried by junks shall remain in force, subject to such modification as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Authorities of Hongkong and Canton. The proper Authorities shall continue to exercise supervision over arms and arms certificates.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\n(a) The Government of Hongkong agrees to tax all salt, other than salt in transit with or without transhipment under bond, that is imported into or produced in the Colony. The tax shall be at the rate of $2.50 a picul, except that in the case of salt used for salting fish, the Government of Hongkong may impose such lower rate of tax as it may deem expedient.\n\n(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the Harbour Authority the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\n(c) The import into China of foreign salt, including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hongkong), is and remains prohibited.\n\n(d) If any junk or launch imports salt into the waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt Department, the Harbour Authority shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and he shall detain such junk or launch as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable to the Chinese Maritime Customs if such junk or launch had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.\n\n(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of salt destined for export to Kuangtung, shall be granted only upon payment of duty; and the salt covered by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported to Kuangtung until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.\n\n(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(g) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of the 19th June, 1898, shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(7) Salt in excess of a prescribed amount shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse or shop, or from place to place in the Colony, except under permit from the proper British authority.\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hongkong to Kuangtung under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law, and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement, the Government of Hongkong will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as may be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province subject to the following conditions: - \n\nPage 72",
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        "content_text": "## \n118\n\nMr. Lloyd: \n- 22 \n\nThere is a monopoly of salt-petre and I think, if I remember rightly, that we control the movement of sulphur and saltpetre on export in aid of the sulphur and saltpetre monopoly.\n\nIr. Maze: We are authorised to admit imports of sulphur and saltpetre up to prescribed amounts.\n\nHis Excellency: The object is to prevent illicit manufacture of ammunitions. I see no objection.\n\nArticle IV. - I do not know why Shamshuipo should be specified. I think it best to say \"sub-offices at such place or places as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government\".\n\n... read like that.\n\nArticle V. (a) and (b) alright?\n\nCommander Hole: Yes.\n\nHis Excellency: (c)? Let it...\n\nMr Lloyd: The launch or tug, when it leaves the harbour, goes to Lintin and there undergoes a Customs examination. In this case she would have to tow her boat to a nearer place, would that then free her from stopping at Lintin?\n\nHis Excellency: There is no intention to stop...",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE I\n\n(9) If any trading junk fails to produce its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of Customs dues, the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs; and the proper Hong Kong authorities shall seize such junk as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the junk had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues, the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or against the junk. The master of any such junk shall also be liable upon conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine for failure to produce the Chinese Maritime Customs pass book of the junk or for failure to produce proof of payment of customs dues.\n\n(4) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at an anchorage in the Colony shall deposit with the proper Hong Kong authorities a manifest in duplicate of all cargo carried. The proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest to the Commissioner of Customs. Any person depositing a false manifest shall be liable to a fine and imprisonment at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(3) The existing scale of arms that may be carried by junks shall remain in force, subject to such modification as may from time to time be agreed upon between the authorities of Hong Kong and China. The proper authorities shall continue to exercise supervision over arms and arms certificates.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\n(a) The Hong Kong Government agrees to control the movements of all salt upon import into, or production in, or export from, the Colony.\n\n(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the proper Hong Kong authorities the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\n(c) The import into China of foreign salt, including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hong Kong), is and remains prohibited.\n\n(d) If any vessel imports salt from China into the waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt Department, the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and shall seize such vessel as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable to the Chinese Maritime Vessel Customs if such junk or launch had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues, the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or against the vessel. The master of any such vessel shall also be liable upon conviction on the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine in respect of such importation, and the salt in question shall be liable to be confiscated by the magistrate. Any salt so confiscated shall be placed at the disposal of the Chinese Salt Department.\n\n(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of Chinese salt destined for export to China, shall be granted only upon payment of duty to the Chinese Maritime Customs; and the salt covered by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported to China until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.\n\n(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(g) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(i) As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law, and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement, the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement.\n\nPage 136",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE I\n\n(f) Every trading junk on entering and on clearing at an anchorage in the Colony of Hong Kong shall have its licence book and also its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book endorsed and dated by the proper Hong Kong authorities. The proper Hong Kong authorities shall satisfy themselves, on each occasion when a trading junk enters an anchorage in the Colony, that such junk has reported at the proper Chinese Maritime Customs station both on its voyage to the Colony and on its last voyage from the Colony.\n\nor \n\n(g) If any trading junk fails to produce its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of Customs dues the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs; and the proper Hong Kong authorities may seize such junk as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the junk had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master, owner, or against the junk. The master of any such junk shall also be liable upon conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine for failure to produce the Chinese Maritime Customs pass book of the junk or for failure to produce proof of payment of customs dues.\n\n(h) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at an anchorage in the Colony shall deposit with the proper Hong Kong authorities a manifest in duplicate, in English or Chinese, of all cargo carried. The proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest to the Commissioner of Customs. Any person depositing a false manifest shall be liable to a fine and imprisonment at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(i) The existing scale of arms that may be carried by junks shall remain in force, subject to such modification as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities. The proper authorities shall continue to exercise supervision over arms and certificates.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nFor the better prevention of smuggling across the land frontier of the Colony the Hong Kong Government will select in consultation with the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs certain places of entry for goods or livestock. Whenever it is found that any goods or livestock have been brought across the land frontier of the Colony from China unaccompanied by proper Customs documents the Hong Kong Government may seize such goods or livestock as security for the payment of such dues as may be mutually agreed upon. If such dues are not paid the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by proceedings against the owner or by sale of the goods or livestock.\n\n3\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions, as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nSteam or motor vessels of any description, provided that they are registered for the purpose with the Chinese Maritime Customs, may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports and vice versa, whether via a treaty port or not, subject to the following conditions:\n\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The term \"non-open port\" shall include the places specified in the Schedule to this Agreement and any other places in Kwang Tung or Kwang Si which may be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities. |\n| (b) | On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs. |\n| (c) | Upon application by the master the Chinese Maritime Customs shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the vessel, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The vessel must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass. |\n| (d) | All vessels proceeding to non-open ports under this Article must call at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hong Kong where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n42",
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        "content_text": "54 \n\n## ARTICLE II.\n\nFor the better prevention of smuggling across the land frontier of the Colony, the Hong Kong Government will select, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs, certain places of entry for goods or livestock. Whenever it is found that any goods or livestock have been brought across the land frontier of the Colony from China unaccompanied by proper Customs documents, the Hong Kong Government may seize such goods or livestock as security for the payment of such dues as may be mutually agreed upon. If such dues are not paid, the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by proceedings against the owner or by sale of the goods or livestock.\n\nAll salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of Chinese salt destined for export to China, shall be granted only upon payment of duty to the Chinese Maritime Customs, and the salt covered by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported to China until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.\n\n**(f)** Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n**(g)** Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n**(h)** No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n**(i)** As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\n## ARTICLE III.\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law, and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement, the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain, for Customs purposes, a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement.\n\n**IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARRANGEMENTS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS.**\n\n55",
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        "content_text": "# ARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports subject to the following conditions:\n\n## THE CHINESE MARITIME\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of China and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of China as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the master the Chinese Maritime Customs shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the vessel, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The vessel must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass.\n\n(d) All vessels proceeding to non-open ports under this Article must call at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hong Kong where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n(e) On the return voyage from such ports vessels with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.\n\n(f) If any vessel plying between Hong Kong and non-open ports under this article fails to report at the specified Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office on either the outward or the inward voyage the master shall upon summary conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars.\n\n(g) Steam and motor vessels plying between Hong Kong and non-open ports under this Article shall receive and convey free of charge matter issued by or addressed to Chinese Post Offices. Other mail matter shall not be conveyed by them. British vessels accorded under this Agreement the privilege of plying in inland waters in the Canton Delta shall undertake to accept and carry all mails either originating at Chinese Post Offices or consigned to them, and to carry no other mails to or from places in such waters.\n\nA schedule of certain places in the Liang Kwang Provinces recognised by the Chinese Authorities at the time of the conclusion of this agreement as non-open ports is annexed to this agreement.\n\nSuch vessels shall receive as favourable treatment in all respects as is in fact enjoyed by Chinese vessels engaged in the same trade, whether registered under this Article or not, and the passengers and goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on such vessels so registered, or on the passengers or goods carried by such vessels, other or greater than those levied on Chinese vessels engaged in the said trade, or on the passengers or goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively.\n\n## ARTICLE VI.\n\nJunks and lighters registered with the Chinese Maritime Customs may be towed between Hong Kong and non-open ports as defined in Article V by steam or motor vessels registered with the Chinese Maritime Customs under Article V; and in that case such junks, lighters, and other vessels will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Agreement.\n\nAll junks and lighters registered in accordance with this Article and engaged in the trade contemplated by this Article, and the goods carried by such vessels, shall receive as favourable treatment in all respects as is in fact enjoyed by Chinese vessels engaged in the same trade, whether registered under this Article or not, and the goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on such vessels so registered, or on the goods carried by such vessels, other or greater than those levied on Chinese vessels engaged in the said trade, or on the goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively.\n\n## ARTICLE VII.\n\nLighters towed by steam or motor vessels to treaty ports in China may have their hatches sealed by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure and such vessels may then...\n\nPage 50\nPage 51\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions, as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels of any description, provided that they are registered for the purpose with the Chinese Maritime Customs, may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports and vice versa, whether via a treaty port or not, subject to the following conditions:-",
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        "content_text": "**This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.**\n\nFrom **CHINA**, \n`(Peking)`\n\n**Decypher**\n\nSir M. Lampson\n\nApril 30th, 1929\n\nD. 5.50 p.m. April 30th, 1929\n\nR. 3.00 p.m. April 30th, 1929\n\nNo. 379\n\n**Important**\n\nYour despatch No. 295 received April 26th,\n\nI should be glad to receive your instructions on following points:-\n\nArticle 1. Treaty applies only to Great Britain and Northern Ireland and not to crown colonies to whom also it is open to accede under article 32.\n\nArticle II 1st paragraph. Am I correct in reading protected persons to mean persons defined in chapter 22 part I section X and annex of October 22nd Consular Instructions 1921 and therefore as not referring in any way to Anglo-Chinese British subjects?\n\nArticle II 2nd paragraph last sentence. Am I right in assuming this covers British China companies registered in Shanghai?\n\nArticle IV. My instinct is not to include this article as being almost bound to lead Chinese to raise question of extra-territoriality which it is our aim to avoid in these negotiations. Moreover Chinese might even argue that grant of same privileges and immunities as are enjoyed by Chinese citizens under wording of article would limit us to such and involve implied renunciation of our existing special rights. I propose therefore to exercise the discretion \n\nPage 20\nPage 21",
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        "content_text": "19\n\nEND\n\nTransit\n\n10\n\nIn ships opium has been found in every hollow space from the ladies' bathrooms to the Captain's cabin and from the crow's nest to the bilges. It has in fact been found useless to embark on the search of a large ship unless definite information is forthcoming as to the precise whereabouts of the contraband, and in view of the impossibility of opening all the packages on board a ship any search of cargo is likely to be abortive unless particulars of the suspect packages are known.\n\n9. The difficulties met with in combating smuggling into the Colony are, if possible, increased when the attempt is made to prevent smuggling through the Colony.\n\nImpossibility of more rigorous searches or increase of penalties.\n\nIt is a manifest impossibility to search all ships and examine all cargo passing through the Colony and here therefore our excise service is more than ever dependent on the receipt of definite and accurate information as to consignments.\n\nIn 1928 only three seizures were made of opium in transit to the south and one of opium in transit to the United States of America.\n\n10. The Chinese community has from time to time protested against the rigorous search to which incoming passengers and their luggage are subjected and the methods of search could not be made more efficacious without evoking a storm of protest.\n\nA more rigorous search of shipping would likewise cause profound discontent among the shipping community and result in the withdrawal of such support as is now given to the suppression of the traffic.\n\nThe Government feels that the penalties for trafficking in and use of illicit opium are already sufficiently drastic and that any increase of the penalties would merely encourage offenders to out-bid the offers of rewards by the amounts of the bribes which they would offer for immunity from prosecution.\n\nPart IV.\n\nTHE DIFFICULTIES CAUSED IN THE FULFILMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN IN CHAPTER II OF THE HAGUE OPIUM CONVENTION OF 1912 AND IN THE GENEVA OPIUM AGREEMENT OF FEBRUARY, 1925.\n\nAs will be seen from Part II of this Memorandum the Government of Hong Kong has taken all possible measures to give effect to the obligations undertaken, and the failure to achieve the total suppression of the use of and traffic in opium must be attributed to the difficulties foreseen in Article II of the Protocol to the Geneva Agreement coupled with the difficulty of eradicating an established habit amongst a fluctuating community inhabiting territory which is particularly susceptible to the operations of dealers in contraband.",
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        "content_text": "As the provisions of this Article are designed \nto safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese \nGovernment, that Government agrees to permit the \nduty on salt transported from Hongkong to Kuangtung \nunder the above regulations to be collected by the \nChinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and \nto allow to continue without restriction consignments \nof salt to Kuangtung through the waters of \nthe Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung \nand Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other \nexplosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession \nexcept as provided by law and no person shall store \nsuch articles except under licence. Every licensee \nshall keep books in a prescribed form showing the \nquantity received under permit, and the amount used \ndaily. All such books shall be open to inspection \nby the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the \nGovernment of Hongkong will allow the Chinese \nMaritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a \nsub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as \nmay be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the Chinese \nMaritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam \nNavigation regulations may trade between Hongkong \nand",
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        "content_text": "88\n\n175\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(1) As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement.\n\n/ARTICLE V.",
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        "content_text": "191\n\n104.\n\nbooks shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions, as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels of any description, provided that they are registered for the purpose with the Chinese Maritime Customs, may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports and vice versa, whether via a treaty port or not, subject to the following conditions: —\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall include the places specified in the schedule to this Agreement and any other places in Kwangtung or Kwangsi which may be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Commissioner",
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        "content_text": "73\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed\n\nto safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese\n\nGovernment, that Government agrees to permit the\n\nduty on salt transported from Hongkong to Kuangtung\n\nunder the above regulations to be collected by the\n\nChinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and\n\nto allow to continue without restriction consign-\n\nments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of\n\nthe Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung\n\nand Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other\n\nexplosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession\n\nexcept as provided by law and no person shall store\n\nsuch articles except under licence. Every licensee\n\nshall keep books in a prescribed form showing the\n\nquantity received under permit, and the amount used\n\ndaily. All such books shall be open to inspection\n\nby the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the\n\nGovernment of Hongkong will allow the Chinese\n\nMaritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes\n\na sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as\n\nmay be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam launches duly registered by the Chinese\n\nMaritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam\n\nNavigation regulations may trade between Hongkong\n\nand\n\n282",
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        "content_text": "88\n\n296\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(i) As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement.\n\n/ARTICLE V.",
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        "content_text": "311\n\n104.\n\nbooks shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions, as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels of any description, provided that they are registered for the purpose with the Chinese Maritime Customs, may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports and vice versa, whether via a treaty port or not, subject to the following conditions:-\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall include the places specified in the schedule to this Agreement and any other places in Kwangtung or Kwangsi which may be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Commissioner",
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        "content_text": "(iv) steamers to trade under Inland Waters Regulations (Article V). The Chinese Government expressed their general approval of the terms of the instrument in question, but declined to concede Inland Waters privileges to vessels leaving Chinese territorial waters, and the Colony, in turn, hesitated to ratify the Agreement without this concession. I suggest that discussion in regard to the issue in dispute (Article V) ought to be left in abeyance and that the common interests of all concerned will benefit by the acceptance of the 1929 Agreement, with Article V eliminated.\n\nSHANGHAI, 19th April 1930.\n\nF. W. MAZE,\n\nInspector General.",
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        "content_text": "444\n\nComparison of\n\n1918 and 1929\n\ndrafts of\n\nagreement.\n\n(18)\n\napproved at the conference of the 19th, but also points on which agreement had been reached during the meetings of the committee. A second conference accordingly was held on Monday, 29th July, at which all the members of the first conference were present with the exception of Commander Hole, the Harbour Master, and Mr. G. S. Moss, the British Consul General at Canton. The conference went through the revised draft article by article, making several emendations and slight additions. Before closing, the Governor stated that, after further consideration, he had come to the conclusion that it would be inadvisable to include in the agreement a clause safeguarding against all eventualities the coastwise trading privileges of Hongkong vessels, and that therefore no such clause had been inserted. He also stated that he had arranged with the Inspector General that the exact location of the Chinese Customs stations to be opened in Hongkong territory, if the agreement became effective, would be settled by an exchange of notes having equal validity with the agreement. Further, he informed the Inspector General that the draft of the agreement as now revised by this second conference might be laid before the Chinese Government with the assurance that it was acceptable to the Hongkong Government, subject to the approval of the Imperial Government.\n\n17. Apart from minor verbal alterations, a comparison of the 1918 and 1929* drafts reveals the following major differences;\n\n1918 DRAFT.\n\nAgreement to be between the Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Republic of China.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nSalt to be taxed by the Hongkong Government.\n\n1929 DRAFT.\n\nAgreement to be between the Government of the Republic of China and the Government of the Colony of Hongkong.\n\nARTICLE I.\n\nInclusion under (g) and (i) of clauses providing for punitive measures to be taken by the Hongkong Government on behalf of the Chinese Customs.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nNo tax on salt to be levied by the Hongkong Government. Insertion of clause under (d) of punitive measures to be taken by the Hongkong Government on behalf of the Chinese Customs, acting for the Chinese Salt Revenue Department. Deletion of clause (i) of 1918 draft, which stipulated for supervision of salt when being moved from place to place in the Colony.\n\n* Fide Appendix J.\n\n1918 DRAFT.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\n(19)\n\nPermits the Chinese Customs to open one sub-office at Shamshuipo, or other place approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nPrivilege under clause (a) limited to non-open ports in Kwangtung province.\n\nFailure to report at Customs station made punishable by confiscation of launch and cargo (clause (f)).\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nApplicable to non-open ports in Kwangtung province.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nApplicable to treaty ports in the Liang Kwang provinces.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nPayment of duty in Hongkong on foreign goods for non-open ports permissive only.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nGoods under Chinese Customs documents in transit through Hongkong and landed there for future despatch must be bonded.\n\n1929 DRAFT.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nPermits the Chinese Customs to open a head office and sub-offices as required at places approved by the Hongkong Government, and permits Chinese Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nPrivilege under clause (a) made applicable to non-open ports in China. Failure to report at Customs station made punishable by fine not exceeding $10,000, leviable by Hongkong Government on behalf of Chinese Customs.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nApplicable to non-open ports in China.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nApplicable to treaty ports in China.\n\nARTICLE VIII.\n\nPayment of duty in Hongkong on foreign goods for non-open ports compulsory.\n\nInclusion of clause permitting payment of duty in Hongkong on foreign goods destined for Chinese treaty ports after examination of such goods.\n\nARTICLE IX.\n\nChinese Customs may at its discretion waive bonding of goods under Chinese Customs documents in transit through Hongkong and landed there for future despatch.\n\nInsertion of time limit for exemption certificate covering foreign goods landed for transhipment (clause (c)).\n\n445",
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        "content_text": "476\n\n( 50 )\n\n# ARTICLE IV.\n\nSo long as this Agreement shall remain in force the Hongkong Government will permit the Imperial Maritime Customs to maintain a sub-office at Shamshuipo or elsewhere as may be approved by the Hongkong Government for Customs purposes.\n\n# ARTICLE V.\n\nSteam-launches duly registered by the Imperial Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Liang Kwang Provinces provided that:\n\n(a) On each occasion of arrival at or departure from Hongkong the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the Harbour Authority, who shall send one copy to the Imperial Maritime Customs Commissioner.\n\n(b) The launch master shall apply for and be granted a special pass from the Imperial Maritime Customs for each trip, which shall specify the destination and places at which the launches may desire to call and the Customs stations to be called at on the inward and outward voyages to and from China. The launch must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass.\n\n(c) All launches proceeding to non-treaty ports in the Liang Kwang Provinces under this Article must call at the Imperial Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hongkong Government, where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid, at the master's option, at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n(d) On the return voyage from such ports, launches with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the Imperial Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hongkong Government for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.\n\n(e) Evasion or omission to report at the specified Customs station on the inward and outward voyage will entail confiscation of launch and cargo.\n\n# ARTICLE VI.\n\nJunks and lighters registered by the Imperial Maritime Customs may be towed between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Liang Kwang Provinces by steam-launches duly registered by the Imperial Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations, and in that case such junks, lighters, and launches will be treated as junks under sail and be required to conform with the rules governing junk traffic and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Convention.\n\n# ARTICLE VII.\n\nLighters towed by launches to treaty ports in the Liang Kwang Provinces may have their hatches sealed by the Imperial Maritime Customs prior to departure, and such vessels may then proceed direct to their destination. The Imperial Maritime Customs reserve the right, however, to require the launch to call in at a Customs station en route for search. Launches and lighters found guilty of revenue offences will be subject to heavy Customs penalties.\n\n( 51 )\n\n# ARTICLE VIII.\n\nForeign goods carried by junks or launches registered as in Article V clearing from Hongkong, Victoria Harbour, for non-open ports in the Liang Kwang Provinces may acquit themselves of import and transit dues before departure and be granted transit passes. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the Imperial Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hongkong Government. Junks and launches carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules re call at the Customs stations specified on the pass.\n\n# ARTICLE IX.\n\nGoods from treaty ports in China under Customs documents in transit through the Colony may be placed under Customs supervision, i.e., landed, pending transmission by sea or by railway within a specified time, into prescribed godowns (to be agreed upon) open to the Imperial Maritime Customs, and may maintain their original status and receive the benefit of their original Customs documents at final port on arrival.\n\n# ARTICLE X.\n\nFor the better prevention of smuggling across the land frontier of the Colony, the Government of Hongkong will select, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs, certain ports of entry for merchandise, including livestock. Cattle or goods found in transit across the frontier of the Colony from Chinese territory which are not in possession of the proper Customs documents will be detained pending their production, or sent back to China.\n\n# ARTICLE XI.\n\nThe Imperial Maritime Customs will take active steps to prevent the illicit entry into the Colony from China of liquor, opium, compounds of opium, and morphine, and will co-operate with the Hongkong Government in controlling such traffic by sea and by land.\n\n# ARTICLE XII.\n\nFor the promotion of accurate knowledge, and in the interests of Chinese revenue, the Government of Hongkong will, so far as the conditions of the free port admit of it, collect and publish statistics of imports and exports.\n\n# ARTICLE XIII.\n\nOffice and godown accommodation for the examination and storage of goods carried by the Kowloon-Canton Railway and for payment of duties thereon will be provided at reasonable\n\n477",
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        "content_text": "482\n\n56)\n\n(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for prescribed salt shall keep such books as may be required, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(g) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories leased under the Convention of the 19th June 1898 shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(i) Salt in excess of a prescribed amount shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse or shop, or from place to place in the Colony, except under permit from the proper British authority.\n\nAs the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hongkong to Kuangtung under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Government of Hongkong will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a sub-office at Shamshuipo or at such other place as may be approved by the Hongkong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam-launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation regulations may trade between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province subject to the following conditions:-\n\n(a) The term 'non-open port' shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of the Kuangtung Province and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of the Kuangtung Province as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government of Hongkong and the Chinese Authorities at Canton.\n\n(57)\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hongkong the launch master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the Harbour Authority who shall send one copy to the Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the launch master the Chinese Maritime Customs shall grant a special pass for each trip, which special pass shall specify the destination of the launch, the places at which it is proposed to call, and the Customs stations to be called at on both the outward and the return voyages. The launch must proceed direct to the first Customs station specified on the pass.\n\n(d) All launches proceeding to non-treaty ports in the Kuangtung Province under this article must call at the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong where cargo and baggage will be examined and hatches may be sealed after loading. Dues may be paid at the master's option at such sub-office or at the station specified on the pass.\n\n(e) On the return voyage from such ports launches with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Government of Hongkong for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.\n\n(f) Omission to report at the specified Customs station on the outward or inward voyage will entail confiscation of launch and cargo.\n\n(g) Steam-launches plying between Hongkong and various ports in the Kuangtung Province not open to trade shall receive and convey free of charge matter issued by or addressed to Chinese Post Offices. Other mail matter shall not be conveyed by them.\n\nBritish vessels accorded the privilege of plying in inland waters (in the Canton Delta) shall accept and carry all mails either originating at Chinese Post Offices or consigned to them, and shall carry no other mails to or from places in such waters.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nJunks and lighters registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs may be towed between Hongkong and non-open ports in the Kuangtung Province by steam-launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations; and in that case such junks, lighters, and launches will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Agreement.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nLighters towed by launches to treaty ports in the Liang Kuang Provinces may have their hatches sealed by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure and such vessels may then proceed direct to their destination. The Chinese Maritime Customs reserve the right to require the launch to call at a Customs station en route for search.\n\n483",
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        "content_text": "(g) If any trading junk fails to produce its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of Customs dues the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs; and the proper Hong Kong authorities shall seize such junk as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the junk had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or against the junk. The master of any such junk shall also be liable upon conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine for failure to produce the Chinese Maritime Customs pass book of the junk or for failure to produce proof of payment of Customs dues.\n\n(h) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at an anchorage in the Colony shall deposit with the proper Hong Kong authorities a manifest in duplicate of all cargo carried. The proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest to the Commissioner of Customs. Any person depositing a false manifest shall be liable to a fine and imprisonment at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(1) The existing scale of arms that may be carried by junks shall remain in force, subject to such modification as may from time to time be agreed upon between the authorities of Hong Kong and China. The proper authorities shall continue to exercise supervision over arms and arms certificates.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\n(a) The Hong Kong Government agrees to control the movements of all salt upon import into, or production in, or export from, the Colony.\n\n(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the proper Hong Kong authorities the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.\n\n(c) The import into China of foreign salt including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hong Kong) is and remains prohibited.\n\n(d) If any vessel imports salt from China into the waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt Department, the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and shall seize such vessel as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable to the Chinese Maritime Customs if such vessel had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or against the vessel. The master of any such vessel shall also be liable upon conviction on the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine in respect of such importation, and the salt in question shall be liable to be confiscated by the magistrate. Any salt so confiscated shall be placed at the disposal of the Chinese Salt Department.\n\n(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which permit, in the case of Chinese salt destined for export to China, shall be granted only upon payment of duty to the Chinese Maritime Customs; and the salt covered by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported to China until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.\n\n(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(g) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and sold. Such register shall be at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n(h) No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.\n\n(2) As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt revenue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kuangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kuangtung and Fukien littoral.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nNo person in Hong Kong shall have dynamite or other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession except as provided by law and no person shall store such articles except under licence. 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        "content_text": "COPY.\n\nANGLO-CHINESE CUSTOMS AGREEMENT OF HONGKONG.\n\nDifferences between printed draft of July 1929 and type-written draft submitted by Hongkong Government to the British Minister, November 1929.\n\n524\n\nPreamble: unchanged.\n\nARTICLE 1. Section (c). Minister's draft has following addition:-\n\n\"Provided that in special cases the proper Hong Kong authorities may, after notice to the Chinese Maritime Customs, allow a junk to leave a port in the Colony at any specified hour or between any specified hours.\"\n\nSection (e) giving list of junk anchorages. The Minister's draft stipulates:- \"The above list may be varied at any time by the proper Hong Kong authorities after reasonable notice to the Chinese Maritime Customs.\" The printed draft provides that \"the above list may be varied by mutual consent at any time.\"\n\nSection (h). The Minister's draft allows junk manifests to be submitted \"in English or Chinese\". The printed draft does not contain this option.\n\nSection (i). The words of the printed draft - \"between the authorities of Hong Kong and China\" are altered to read \"between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\"\n\nARTICLE 11 of the printed draft contains nine sections dealing entirely with the control of Salt, while this article in the Minister's draft makes no mention whatsoever of Salt, and provides simply for the selecting of places of entry on the land frontier for goods and livestock.\n\nARTICLE 111 unchanged.\n\nARTICLE IV.",
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        "content_text": "525\n\nARTICLE IV. The words of the printed draft as may be \"necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement\" are altered to read \"in accordance with arrangements mutually \"agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese \"Maritime Customs.\"\n\nARTICLE V. The opening clause in the Minister's draft has been worded so as to omit all reference to the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations.\n\nSection (a) of the Minister's draft has been completely reworded so as to allow of a Schedule of non-open ports to be attached to the Agreement, \"and any other places in Kwangtung or Kwangsi \"which may be agreed upon\" etc. etc.\n\nSection (g) of the printed draft - the Postal clause has been omitted from the Minister's draft, and its place is taken by the following: (g) Vessels registered in accordance with this Article \"may call and trade at any number of non-open ports on the same \"voyage.\"\n\nSection \"(h) Any further conditions which may be desirable for the purposes of this Article shall be mutually agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities\" of the Minister's draft does not appear in the printed draft.\n\nThe conclusion of this Article, as given in the Minister's draft is a totally new and far-reaching addition. This conclusion reads: \"All vessels registered in accordance with this Article and \"engaged in the trade contemplated by this Article, and the \"passengers and goods carried by such vessels, shall receive as \"favourable treatment in all respects as is in fact enjoyed by \"Chinese vessels engaged in the same trade, whether registered \"under this Article or not, and the passengers and goods carried \"by such Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no \"taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on such vessels \"so registered, or on the passengers or goods carried by such \"vessels,",
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        "content_text": "Reading Article XIX in conjunction with Article III, it may be that H.K. hope to recover from the Maritime customs all this expenditure on preparing and publishing import and export statistics. That may account for the undue elaboration of the H.K. statistics, in which I commented in another paper.\n\nHalder\n\n23.10.30\n\nLandlit in\n\nThis document was sent to a friend in a facity infermer may - there is nothing done until...\n\nfrom the fore...\n\nlor\n\nMar/\n\nLue again\n\n2.\n\nator\n\n7.0.\n\n22.10.30\n\nFwds way deep for Peking exchange which letter from Gov. Fooding new draft of Agreement\n\nIt appears that the rage added the provision about ... in Article IV (See :)\n\n{{\n\nthe Cr. housing consulas precedence. It is not in this oft.",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE IV.\n\nThere shall be a Commissioner and a Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs appointed to reside in Hong Kong. Such Commissioner (which expression shall include an Acting Commissioner) shall be British, as heretofore, and shall be a person acceptable to the Hong Kong Government. The Deputy Commissioner (which expression shall likewise include an Acting Deputy Commissioner) may be, if so desired, Chinese, but he shall also be a person acceptable to the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nNeither the Commissioner nor the Deputy Commissioner specified in the foregoing Article shall be regarded as being seconded under the terms of Article I. They shall not interfere with the control, discipline, or direction of the members of the seconded staff; but they shall remain, as heretofore, directly under the orders of the Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Customs. For the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement they shall act as liaison officers between the Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Customs and the Hong Kong Superintendent of Imports and Exports. In order, however, that the Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs may be in a position to keep record of the character, qualifications, and general efficiency of the seconded employees of the Chinese Customs Service and to make his recommendations accordingly to the Inspector General for promotions, transfers and the like, the Hong Kong Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall furnish the Commissioner with confidential reports on such employees and shall assist him in his investigations in this respect.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nCoasting steamer means any steam or motor vessel, not being a sea-going motor boat or launch as defined in Articles VIII and IX, which includes in its ports of call any places on the east coast of Asia between Antung and Haiphong inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into the sea between Antung and Haiphong, or any place in Formosa, and the usual extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond such places.\n\nEvery coasting steamer clearing out of the Colony of Hong Kong or arriving there shall provide a manifest in duplicate of all its cargo and shall be liable to search for unmanifested cargo by the proper Hong Kong authorities. The Chinese duties on the cargo shipped from Hong Kong on such steamers may, if desired by the shipper, and shall if ordered by the proper Hong Kong authorities, be paid to the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong.\n\nARTICLE VII.\n\nAny steamship or motor vessel clearing out of the Colony of Hong Kong for, or arriving there from, any place on the West River shall provide a manifest in duplicate of all its cargo and shall be liable to search for unmanifested cargo by the proper Hong Kong authorities. The Chinese duties on the cargo shipped from Hong Kong on such steamships or motor vessels may, if desired by the shipper, and shall if ordered by the proper Hong Kong authorities, be paid to the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong.\n\n22",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE IV.\n\nThere shall be a Commissioner and a Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Customs Service appointed to reside in Hongkong. Such Commissioner (which expression shall be held to include an Acting Commissioner) shall be British, as heretofore, and shall be a person acceptable to the Hongkong Government. The Deputy Commissioner (which expression shall likewise include an Acting Deputy Commissioner) may be, if so desired, Chinese, but he shall also be a person acceptable to the Hongkong Government. The Commissioner shall be recognised as entitled to the precedence of a Consul according to seniority, and the Deputy Commissioner to the precedence of a Vice-Consul according to seniority.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nNeither the Commissioner nor the Deputy Commissioner specified in the foregoing Article shall be regarded as being seconded under the terms of Article I. They shall not interfere with the control, discipline, or direction of the members of the seconded staff; but they shall remain, as heretofore, directly under the orders of the Inspector General of Chinese Customs. For the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement, they shall act as liaison officers between the Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Customs and the Hongkong Superintendent of Imports and Exports.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nCoasting steamer means any steam or motor vessel, not being a sea-going motor boat or launch as defined in Articles VIII and IX, which includes in its ports of call any places on the east coast of Asia between Dairen and Haiphong inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into the sea between Dairen and Haiphong, or any place in Formosa, and the usual extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond such places.\n\nEvery coasting steamer clearing out of the Colony of Hongkong or arriving there shall provide a manifest in duplicate of all its cargo and shall be liable to search for unmanifested cargo by the proper Hongkong authorities. The Chinese duties on the cargo shipped from Hongkong on such steamers may, if desired by the shipper, or by the proper Hongkong authorities, be paid to the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong.\n\nThe depositing of a false manifest by the master or agent of a coasting steamer shall render the master or agent liable to a fine or other penalty as may be decided by the proper Hongkong authorities under the terms of Article XXII.",
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        "content_text": "74\n\nkeep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in the waters of the Colony, as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement, in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels of any description, provided that they are registered for the purpose with the Chinese Maritime Customs, may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports and vice versa, whether via a treaty port or not, subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall include the places specified in the schedule to this Agreement and any other places in Kwang Tung or Kwang Si which may be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities, and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of China as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Chinese Maritime Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the master the Chinese Maritime",
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        "content_text": "74\n\nkeep books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received under permit, and the amount used daily. All such books shall be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nDuring the period of this Agreement the Hong Kong Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to maintain for Customs purposes a head office and a sub-office or sub-offices at such place or places, and subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Hong Kong Government, and will allow Chinese Maritime Customs revenue vessels to patrol in accordance with arrangements mutually agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs, in the waters of the Colony, as may be necessary for the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nSteam or motor vessels duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations may trade between Hong Kong and non-open ports subject to the following conditions:-\n\n(a) The term \"non-open port\" shall mean any non-treaty port upon the inland waterways of China and it shall include such non-treaty ports upon the sea coast of China as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.\n\n(b) On each occasion of arrival at and departure from Hong Kong the master shall deposit his manifest in duplicate with the proper Hong Kong authorities who shall send one copy to the Chinese Maritime Commissioner of Customs.\n\n(c) Upon application by the master the Chinese Maritime",
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        "content_text": "(F5868/37/10)\n\nMEMORANDUM\n\n103\n\nHongkong-China Trade and Customs Agreement.\n\nThe following are formal amendments to the printed draft dated Shanghai, 26th September, 1930.\n\nPreamble should begin \"The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the National Government of the Republic of China etc.\" After \"commerce\" insert \"between the Colony of Hongkong and the Republic of China\".\n\nArticles I, XII (i) and XVI\n\nFor \"Chinese Government\" read \"National Government of the Republic of China\".\n\nArticle IV:-\n\nFor \"British\" read \"a British subject\", and for \"Chinese\" read \"a Chinese citizen\".\n\nArticle VI.\n\nShould begin:- \"The expression 'coasting steamer' shall mean etc.\"\n\nSimilar amendments should be made in the first line of Articles VIII, IX, X and XI.\n\nArticles VIII, IX and X:-\n\nIn first line of second paragraph, after \"Colony\" insert \"of Hongkong\".\n\nArticle IX:-\n\n\"60\" should be expressed in words, not figures.\n\nXII(d).\n\nArticle XII\n\nBefore \"respect\" delete \"the\".\n\nArticle XIII:-\n\nIn first line before \"Hongkong\" insert \"the Colony of\".\n\nArticle XXIII",
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        "content_text": "Note.\n\n108\n\nI.\n\nWords \"acceptable to Hong Kong Government\" added follows Article IV.\n\n- this\n\nIII.\n\nIt may be noted that only \"whole time\" officers will be charged for: the Chinese Maritime Customs will have the advantage of \"part time\" officers free - a considerable concession.\n\nIV.\n\nV.\n\nVI.\n\nNothing definite is said as to official recognition, as this would appear to be implied in the acceptance of these posts. If Mr. Maze wishes specifically for some precedence for the Commissioner, it might be favourably considered. I have no objection to it, but am not sure what is wanted.\n\n\"They shall not interfere with the control, discipline and direction of the members of the seconded staff.\" This is an obvious corollary of Article II, which provides for such staff being under the control of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.\n\nThis involves a tentative definition, which may require further consideration. We must, I think, eventually ask the Chamber of Commerce for views.\n\nVIII.\n\nIX.\n\nX.\n\nAbove remarks on Article VI apply.\n\nXVIII. Certain \"light oils\" are now dutiable and have been added.",
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        "title": "CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931",
        "content_text": "ARTICLE I.\n\n110\n\nThe Chinese Government will authorise the Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Customs to second from the Chinese Customs Service for attachment to the Office of the Hong Kong Superintendent of Imports and Exports a sufficient number of employees acceptable to the Hong Kong Government to enable the Superintendent to carry out efficiently the terms of this Agreement.\n\nARTICLE II.\n\nThe seconded employees of the Chinese Customs Service during the term of such attachment and during their term of service in Hong Kong territory and within Hong Kong waters shall be accorded the status of Hong Kong public servants and shall be placed for purposes of control and discipline under the direction of the Hong Kong Superintendent of Imports and Exports; but their salaries, allowances, gratuities, pensions and other emoluments and expenses (including residential and office accommodation) shall be paid by the Chinese Maritime Customs.\n\nARTICLE III.\n\nSimilarly the emoluments and expenses of employees specially employed and paid by the Hong Kong Government for whole time duty in carrying out the terms of this Agreement shall be refunded by the Chinese Maritime Customs to the Hong Kong Government.\n\nARTICLE IV.\n\nThere shall be a Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Customs Service appointed to reside in Hong Kong.\n\nSuch Commissioner (which expression shall be deemed to...",
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        "content_text": "ARTICLE IV.\n\nThere shall be a Commissioner and a Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Customs Service appointed to reside in Hongkong. Such Commissioner (which expression shall be held to include an Acting Commissioner) shall be British, as heretofore, and shall be a person acceptable to the Hongkong Government. The Deputy Commissioner (which expression shall likewise include an Acting Deputy Commissioner) may be, if so desired, Chinese, but he shall also be a person acceptable to the Hongkong Government. The Commissioner shall be recognised as entitled to the precedence of a Consul according to seniority, and the Deputy Commissioner to the precedence of a Vice-Consul according to seniority.\n\nARTICLE V.\n\nNeither the Commissioner nor the Deputy Commissioner specified in the foregoing Article shall be regarded as being seconded under the terms of Article 1. They shall not interfere with the control, discipline, or direction of the members of the seconded staff; but they shall remain, as heretofore, directly under the orders of the Inspector General of Chinese Customs. For the carrying out of the terms of this Agreement they shall act as liaison officers between the Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Customs and the Hongkong Superintendent of Imports and Exports.\n\nARTICLE VI.\n\nCoasting steamer means any steam or motor vessel, not being a sea-going motor boat or launch as defined in Articles VIII and IX, which includes in its ports of call any places on the east coast of Asia between Dairen and Haiphong inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into the sea between Dairen and Haiphong, or any place in Formosa, and the usual extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond such places.\n\nEvery coasting steamer clearing out of the Colony of Hongkong or arriving there shall provide a manifest in duplicate of all its cargo and shall be liable to search for unmanifested cargo by the proper Hongkong authorities. The Chinese duties on the cargo shipped from Hongkong on such steamers may, if desired by the shipper, or by the proper Hongkong authorities, be paid to the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hongkong.\n\nThe depositing of a false manifest by the master or agent of a coasting steamer shall render the master or agent liable to a fine or other penalty as may be decided by the proper Hongkong authorities under the terms of Article XXII.\n\nPage 125",
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        "content_text": "# STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.\n\n## 1930, No. 744.\n\n### FOREIGN JURISDICTION.\n\n#### THE EGYPT ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1930.\n\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July, 1930. Present,\n\nThe King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by Treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in Egypt:\n\nAnd whereas it is expedient that the various Orders in Council providing for the exercise of such jurisdiction should be consolidated and amended:\n\nNow, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, `(a)` or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-\n\n## Part 1.-Preliminary and General.\n\n1. This Order is divided into parts, as follows:-\n\n| Part | Subject | Articles |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| I. | Preliminary and General | 1-6 |\n| II. | Constitution and Powers of Courts | 7-35 |\n| III. | Criminal Matters and Inquests | 36-90 |\n| IV. | Civil Matters | 91-139 |\n| V. | Procedure (Criminal and Civil) | 140-152 |\n| VI. | Egyptian and Foreign Subjects and Tribunals | 153-156 |\n| VII. | King's Regulations | 157-160 |\n| VIII. | Registration of British subjects and Companies | 161-182 |\n| IX. | Miscellaneous | 182-195 |\n|  | Schedule of Repealed Orders |  |\n\n2. The limits of this Order are the Kingdom of Egypt, including the territorial waters thereof.\n\n3. In the construction of this Order and of any rules, regulations or orders made thereunder, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant thereto:\n \n(a) all words or expressions defined or interpreted by the `Interpretation Act, 1889`, `(b)` shall, unless otherwise defined in this Article, be interpreted in the same sense as in that Act provided;\n\n[Price 1s. 4d.]\n\n`(a)` `53-4 V. c. 37` and `3-4 G. 5. c. 16`. `(b)` `52-3 V. c. 63`,",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n(b) all rules of construction enacted by the said Act shall have effect as if this Order were an English Act of Parliament;\n\n(c) the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—\n\n\"British ship\" means a merchant-ship being a British ship within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,(a) and, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a ship belonging to any British subject;\n\n\"British subject\" includes a British protected person;\n\n\"Consular officer\" means a Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, Consular Agent, or pro-Consul of His Majesty resident in Egypt, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for a Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of His Majesty so resident; and\n\n(a) \"Commissioned Consular Officer\" means a Consular officer holding a commission of Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul from His Majesty, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for such a commissioned officer: \"Uncommissioned Consular Officer\" means a Consular officer not holding such a commission, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for such an uncommissioned Consular officer.\n\n(b) \"Consulate\" and \"Consular office\" mean the Consulate and office of a Consular Officer.\n\n\"The Court\", except when the reference is to a particular Court, means any Court established under this Order, but this construction shall not affect, by implication, the provisions of this Order with respect to powers and local jurisdictions;\n\n\"Egyptian waters\" means the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Egypt;\n\n\"Foreigner\" means a subject or citizen of a State in amity with His Majesty, including Egypt, and \"foreign\" refers to such State;\n\n\"High Commissioner\" means His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt, and includes any officer being or acting as His Majesty's Representative in Egypt;\n\n\"Judgment\" includes decree, order, sentence, or decision;\n\n\"Legal practitioner\" includes barrister-at-law, advocate, solicitor, writer to the Signet, and any person possessing similar qualifications;\n\n\"Master\" with respect to any ship, has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894;(a)\n\n\"Minutes\" means the minutes of proceedings ordered to be drawn up by Article 140 hereof;\n\n\"Offence\" includes crime, and any act or omission punishable by criminal proceedings whether summary or otherwise.\n\n\"Pounds\" means pounds sterling.\n\n\"Prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules of Court.\n\n\"Prosecutor\" means complainant or any person appointed or allowed by the Court to prosecute, and includes the Crown Prosecutor.\n\n\"Proved\" means shown by evidence on oath to the satisfaction of the Court or Consular officer acting or having jurisdiction in the matter, and \"proof\" means the evidence so accepted by the Court or Consular officer.\n\n\"Rules of Court\" means Rules of Court made under the provisions of this Order.\n\n\"Secretary of State\" means one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.\n\n\"Ship\" includes every kind of vessel used in navigation, by whatever means propelled, with her tackle, furniture, and apparel, and any other boat or other craft.\n\n\"Treaty\" includes any Capitulations, Convention, Agreement or Arrangement, made by or on behalf of His Majesty with any State or Government, King, Chief, people or tribe, whether His Majesty the King of Egypt is or is not a party thereto.\n\n\"Will\" has the same meaning as in the Wills Act, 1837.(b)\n\n4. The jurisdiction conferred by this Order extends to the persons, matters and things following, in so far as by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty has jurisdiction in relation thereto, that is to say:-\n\n(i) British subjects, when within the limits of this Order;\n\n(ii) foreigners, when within the limits of this Order, who are the nationals of or protected by any state or government which by treaty or otherwise has agreed with His Majesty for, or consents to, the exercise of power or authority in regard to them by His Majesty, to the extent of such agreement or consent.\n\nThe persons referred to in (i) and (ii) above are hereinafter particularly described as persons subject to this Order.\n\n(iii) the property and all personal or proprietary rights and liabilities, being or arising within the said limits, of British subjects, whether such subjects are within the said limits or not;\n\n(iv) British subjects outside the limits of this Order on whom a writ of summons or other process may be served in accordance with the Rules of Court;\n\n(v) foreigners in the cases and according to the conditions specified in this Order, and not otherwise;\n\n(vi) British ships and the persons and property on board thereof, or belonging thereto, being within the limits of this Order;\n\n(vii) British aircraft, being within the limits of this Order.\n\n(a) `57-8 V. c. 60`  \n(b) `7 W. 4 & 1 V. c. 26`\n\nPage 50\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "## 85\n\n36\n\nthe person convicted to prison or take security for him to come up for judgment, or to deliver himself for execution of the judgment (as the case may require) at an appointed time and place.\n\n## 86\nAn appellant shall not be entitled to be present at the hearing of an Appeal except by leave of the Full Court, or of the Court before which he was convicted.\n\n## 87\n-(1) Appeals under Articles 82 and 83 shall be heard and determined by the Full Court.\n\n(2) In the hearing and determination of such appeals the Full Court shall, so far as circumstances admit, follow the practice of the Court of Criminal Appeal in England and the provisions contained in section 1(5), 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11(2)(3), 17 and 21 of the `Criminal Appeal Act 1907`.(a)\n\nProvided that the Full Court shall not annul a conviction or sentence or vary a sentence, on the ground-\n\n| Grounds |\n| --- |\n| (a) of any objection which, if stated during the trial, might, in the opinion of the Court, have been properly met by amendment at the trial; or |\n| (b) of any error in the summoning of the jury or the assessors; or |\n| (c) of any person having served as a juryman or an assessor who was not qualified; or |\n| (d) of any objection to any person as a juryman or assessor which might have been raised before or at the trial; or |\n| (e) of any informality in the swearing of any witness; or |\n| (f) of any error or informality which, in the opinion of the Court, did not affect the substance of the case or subject the convicted person to any undue prejudice. |\n\n(3) The Full Court shall not award costs to either side in an appeal under Article 82, but may do so in an appeal under Article 83.\n\n## 88\nWhere a person is convicted of any offence before any Court, if the judge of such Court thinks fit to reserve for the consideration of the Full Court any question of law arising at the trial, he shall state a case, setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction and the question of law, and send or deliver it to the Registrar, and the Full Court shall so far as circumstances admit follow the practice of the High Court in England on a case stated under the `Summary Jurisdiction Act 1857`.(b)\n\n## 89\nThere shall be no appeal in a criminal case to **His Majesty the King in Council** from a decision of the Full Court except by special leave of **His Majesty in Council**.\n\n(a) `7 E. 7 c. 23`\n(b) `20-1 V. c. 13`\n\n## 37\n### Fugitive Offenders\n\n## 90\nThe `Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881`,(a) and the `Colonial Prisoners' Removal Act, 1884`,(b) shall apply to Egypt as if it were a British possession and part of **His Majesty's dominions**.\n\nSubject as follows:-\n\n| Provisions |\n| --- |\n| (a) The High Commissioner is hereby substituted for the Governor or Government of a British possession. |\n| (b) The Supreme Court is substituted for a Superior Court of a British possession. |\n| (c) The Supreme Court and each Provincial Court is substituted for a Magistrate of any part of **His Majesty's dominions**. |\n| (d) For the purposes of Part II. of the said Act of 1881, and of this Article in relation thereto, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, Cyprus, Aden and India shall be deemed to be one group of British possessions. |\n\n### Part IV.-Civil Matters\n\n## 91\nSubject to the provisions of this Order, the civil jurisdiction of every Court acting under this Order shall, so far as circumstances admit, be exercised on the principles of, and in conformity with English law for the time being in force:\n\nProvided that in all matters relating to marriage, dissolution of marriage, inheritance, wills, gifts, family relations or other matters involving religious law or custom, the Court shall, if no conflict of laws arises by reason of the different religions of the persons concerned, in the case of a person belonging to a non-Christian community, other than the Jewish community, recognise and apply the religious law or custom of the community to which such person belongs, if such person is domiciled in Egypt or in some other country where the religious law or custom of his community would in such matters be applied to him, and in cases where such conflict of laws arises may apply such law or customs as seem to it proper in the circumstances; and\n\nProvided that without prejudice to any rule to the contrary in the law of any non-Christian community applicable under the preceding proviso all real property of any person dying after the commencement of this Order shall devolve as if the same were personalty.\n\n## 92\nWhere no evidence is offered to the contrary, or where, upon the evidence before the Court, the Court is unable to determine the domicil of any person, not of African or Asiatic descent, such person may be presumed to be domiciled in England.\n\n(a) `44-5 V. c. 69`\n(b) `47-8 V. c. 31`\n\n## 86",
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        "content_text": "# Part IV - Appeals to His Majesty in Council\n\n136. Where the Record subsequently to its dispatch to England becomes defective by reason of the death, or change of status, of a party to the appeal, the Full Court shall, upon an application in that behalf made by any person interested, cause a certificate to be transmitted to the Registrar of the Privy Council showing who, in the opinion of the Court, is the proper person to be substituted, or entered, on the Record, in place of, or in addition to, the party who has died or undergone a change of status.\n\n137. Where the Judicial Committee directs a party to bear the costs of an appeal incurred in Egypt, such costs shall be taxed by the proper officer of the Supreme Court in accordance with the rules for the time being regulating taxation in the Supreme Court.\n\n138. The Supreme Court shall execute any Order which His Majesty in Council may think fit to make on an appeal from a judgment of the Full Court in like manner as any original judgment of the Supreme Court should or might have been executed.\n\n139. This Order shall not affect the right of His Majesty in Council at any time, on the humble petition of a person aggrieved by a decision of the Full Court, to admit his appeal on such terms and in such manner as His Majesty in Council may think fit, and to deal with the decision appealed from in such manner as may be just.\n\n## Part V - Procedure in Criminal and Civil Matters\n\n140.—(1) In every case, civil or criminal, minutes of the proceedings shall be drawn up, and shall be signed by the Judge before whom the proceedings are taken, and shall, where the trial is held with assessors, be open for their inspection and for their signature if concurred in by them.\n\n(2) These minutes, with the depositions of witnesses, and the notes of evidence taken at the hearing or trial by the Judge, shall be preserved in the public office of the Court.\n\n141.-(1) The Judge of the Supreme Court may make Rules of Court-\n| Clause | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | for regulating the pleading, practice and procedure in the Courts established under this Order with respect to all matters within the jurisdiction of the respective Courts; |\n| (b) | for regulating the means by which particular facts may be proved in the said Courts; |\n| (c) | for prescribing any forms to be used; |\n| (d) | for prescribing or regulating the duties of the officers of the said Court; |\n| (e) | for prescribing scales of costs and regulating any matters in connection therewith; |\n| (f) | for prescribing and enforcing the fees to be taken in respect of any proceedings under this Order, not exceeding, as regards any matters provided for by the `Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891`(a), fees fixed and allowed from time to time by any Order in Council made under that Act; |\n| (g) | for prescribing the allowances to be made in criminal cases to complainants, witnesses, jurors, assessors, interpreters, medical practitioners, and other persons employed in the administration of justice, and the conditions upon which an order may be made by the Court for such allowances; |\n| (h) | for taking and transmitting depositions of witnesses for use at trials in the United Kingdom or in a British possession, Protectorate or Mandated Territory; |\n| (i) | authorising the Court to order the service outside the limits of this Order of a Writ of Summons or other originating process upon any British subject. |\n| (j) | authorising the Court to serve writs and other processes of a civil or commercial character on behalf of other tribunals, whether situated in Egypt or not, and if situated outside Egypt whether situated inside His Majesty's dominions, protectorates or mandated territories or in any foreign State in amity with His Majesty; |\n| (k) | for regulating the mode in which legal practitioners are to be admitted to practise as such, and for withdrawing or suspending the right to practise on grounds of misconduct, subject to a right of appeal to His Majesty in Council; |\n| (l) | for regulating the management and investment of property under the control of the said Courts; |\n| (m) | for regulating any other matter which this or any other Order applicable to Egypt provides shall be regulated by Rules prescribed. |\n\n(2) Where, under any Act of Parliament which is applicable within the limits of this Order, Rules may or are required to be made in England by the Lord Chancellor or any judicial authority, the Judge of the Supreme Court shall have power to make such Rules for the purposes of that Act so far as applicable.\n\n(3) Rules framed under this Article shall not have effect until approved by the Secretary of State, and, so far as they relate to fees and costs, sanctioned by the Treasury; but in case of urgency declared in any such Rules with the approval of the Secretary of State...\n\n(a) `54-5 V. c. 36`",
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        "content_text": "## AIR NAVIGATION ACT, 1920— \n\napplication of in Egypt, 4. jurisdiction referred to in Section 14 (2) conferred on Supreme Court, 4.\n\n## AIRCRAFT— \n\ndetention of, 43. when subject to Order, 4 (vii). warrant to detain, when offence committed on board or in relation to, 43.\n\n## AMENDMENT— \n\nof charge, 55, 57 (2). of record in appeal to Privy Council, 17 (2), 135, 136.\n\n## APPEAL (CIVIL)— \n\n### from Full Court— \n\napplication for leave to appeal, how made, 17 (1), 124. consolidation of appeals, 17 (2), 128. costs, taxation of, 187. death or change of parties, procedure on, 17 (2), 135, 136. delay in proceedings, 17 (1), 130, 134. leave, conditional, 17 (1), 125. leave, final, 17 (1), 129, 130, 131. leave, when not required, 123 (1). leave, when required, 17 (1), 123 (2). order on appeal, how to be executed, 138. procedure, 132. recission of leave to appeal, 17 (1), 130. record, amendment of, 17 (2), 135, 136. record, preparation of, to be under supervision of Supreme Court, 17 (2), 127. security on, 17 (1), 125, 126. stay of judgment pending, 17 (1), 126. taxation of costs, 137. withdrawal of, 17 (2), 133.\n\n### from Local Court— \n\nas of course, to Supreme Court, 120 (1). by leave of Supreme Court, 120 (2). procedure in, 120 (3). to be heard and determined by Provincial Court on direction of Supreme Court, 120 (4).\n\n## APPEAL (CIVIL) (continued)— \n\n### from Provincial Court— \n\nby leave in all cases, 121 (2). by leave of Supreme Court, 121 (3). lies as of right to Supreme Court in cases involving over £50, 121 (1).\n\n### from Supreme Court— \n\nto Full Court, 122.\n\n## APPEAL (CRIMINAL)— \n\narticle 46 of Order, after trial under, 82. article 48 of Order, after trial under, 17 (1), 82, 83. costs in Full Court, 87 (3). Full Court, to, 17 (1), 82, 83, 84. hearing by Judge alone instead of Full Court, 17 (3). judgment, stay of, 85. jury and assessors, after trial with, 82. leave to appellant to be present, 86. leave to appeal, when required, 82. limitation of powers of Full Court, 87. notice of, 84. notice of, time for, 84 (1). practice to be followed on hearing, 87 (2). Privy Council, to, 89. procedure, 84. report of Judge who tried case, 84 (3). summary trial, after, 17 (1) and (3), 82, 83. written case, 84 (2).\n\n## APPEARANCES— \n\nto be personal or by agent, 145.\n\n## ARBITRATION ACT, 1889— \n\napplication of by Court in exercise of its civil jurisdiction, 98. section 21 not to apply to Egypt, 98.\n\n## ARMS— \n\nregulation or prevention of importation or exportation of, 157 (1) (c).\n\n## ARREST— \n\nof person within jurisdiction of Court, 37. of person removed from jurisdiction of Court, 39. person arrested to be brought before Court on, 41.\n\n## ARREST ON WARRANT— \n\ntime within which accused must be brought before Court, 41.\n\n## ASSAULT— \n\ndamages may be awarded for, 61 (1). damages for, how recoverable, 62 (2). damages for, to be taken into consideration by Court in any civil action founded on same facts, 61 (3).\n\n## ASSESSORS— \n\ndecision of Court, have no voice in, 34 (4). dissenting, entitled to copy of minutes, 34 (4). dissenting, may record dissent, 34 (4). felony or serious cases, may be had in, 46 (2). minutes may be inspected by, 140 (1). number of, in Provincial Court, 34 (8). number of, in Supreme Court, 34 (2). payment of expenses of, 63. payment of expenses of, Rules as to, 141 (1) (g). Provincial Court shall hear actions involving £150 with, 94 (2). Provincial Court may hear other actions with or without, 94 (3). punishment for not attending, 35. qualification of, 34 (1). saving for existing lists, 191 (4). Supreme Court may hear action with, 94 (1).\n\n## ATTEMPT TO COMMIT OFFENCE CHARGED— \n\nconviction for, 56 (3).\n\n## ATTORNEY OR AGENT— \n\ndocuments to be filed in Court on proceedings by, 145. proceedings by, 145.\n\n## BAIL— \n\nmay be granted by Supreme Court although refused by Provincial or Local Court, 45 (3). sufficient surety to be produced on grant of, 45 (4). when may be granted, 45 (1) and (3). when may not be granted except by Supreme Court, 45 (1). when must be granted, 45 (2).\n\n## BANKRUPTCY— \n\njurisdiction in, 99.\n\n## BARRISTER-AT-LAW— \n\nincluded in \"Legal Practitioner,\" 3.\n\n## BOMBAY (see Fugitive Offenders)— \n\nprocedure on sending accused person for trial to, 51. when criminal cases may be sent for trial to, 51 (1). when offenders may be sent for imprisonment to, 65.\n\n## BREACH OF PEACE (see Security to keep the Peace).\n\n## BRITISH AND FOREIGN LAW— \n\nas to proof of, 151.\n\n## BRITISH JURISDICTION— \n\nto be exercised according to Order in Council, 5.\n\n## BRITISH LAW ASCERTAINMENT ACT, 1859— \n\napplication of, 151.\n\n## BRITISH POSSESSION— \n\naccused person sent for trial to, 51. convicted person sent for imprisonment to, 65.\n\n## BRITISH SHIP— \n\ndefinition of, 3.\n\n## BRITISH SUBJECT— \n\ndebtors and creditors of, jurisdiction in bankruptcy over, 99. foreigner, when treated as, 4 (ii) and (v). includes \"Protected Persons,\" 3, except in certain cases, 107 (4). Order in Council applied to, 4 (i) and (iv). Order in Council applied to property of, 4 (iii). registration of, 161, 162.\n\n## CASE STATED— \n\nin civil matters, 96.\n\n## CHALLENGE— \n\nof jurors, 83 (4).",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n## \n\n28 \n\ncontemplate the possibility of Shanghai passing under Chinese jurisdiction within the next ten years it seemed of great importance that there should be an adequate transitional stage extending possibly beyond the period of ten years. Difficulties in the way of securing Indefinite Exclusion of Shanghai, \n\n65. These were potent arguments. On the other hand, it was equally to be pointed out that the present National Government could not possibly be induced to agree to exclude the Shanghai area for an indefinite period; that their successors were likely to be more rather than less chauvinistic in their attitude; that a maximum of ten years' life for extra-territoriality in the area of Greater Shanghai was the utmost we could expect to get and that we should be fortunate to secure as much; that the retention by force of extra-territorial rights within the narrow limits of the International Settlement would lead us nowhere; that exclusion for an unnamed period with an undertaking to negotiate within three or five years (in the unlikely event of the Chinese Government, after all, agreeing to our original proposals) might prove dangerous in practice as rendering the position open to attack from the moment the treaty was concluded; and, finally, that the whole theory of indefinite exclusion subject to negotiation rested on the doubtful promise that the Chinese Government would ever agree to enter into round-table negotiations with the Powers concerned on the subject of the municipal and jurisdictional arrangements to be made in the Shanghai area; so that there seemed to be some danger of our losing the substance (of a fixed breathing-space) by grasping at this shadow (of a satisfactory settlement to be secured by future negotiation). \n\n## Views of Shanghai Joint Committee, His Majesty's Consul-General and Judge Feetham. \n\n66. In accordance with your instructions, I called for the views of the Joint Committee of the China Association and British Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, as well as those of His Majesty's consul-general and Mr. Justice Feetham, who had been engaged for the past year and a half in his investigation of the Shanghai problem, but had not yet presented his recommendations, the nature of which were at this moment still unknown to me and to Mr. Brenan. The Joint Committee expressed the opinion that the terms of the draft treaty were as favourable as could be expected, and that it was better that a treaty should be concluded on such lines rather than that our extra-territoriality rights should go by default in the absence of an agreed settlement. His Majesty's consul-general concurred in the above opinion, and, with a practical realisation of his own responsibilities, referred to the difficulties of the position we should have to face from a determined attempt to abolish extra-territoriality unilaterally after the 1st January, 1932, with all the hostility on both sides that a series of incidents would create, in view of the fact that we were not, it seemed, prepared to maintain our extra-territoriality rights in China by force of arms (see your despatch No. 303 to Washington of the 7th March). Mr. Justice Feetham, on the other hand, expressed the opinion that the fixing of any time limit for extra-territoriality in Shanghai would definitely be putting a rope round the neck of the Settlement and would be fatal to the future prospects of local self-government there. These statements were based on the views and recommendations which Mr. Feetham had formulated as the result of his eighteen months' study of the Shanghai problem, namely, that, while the rendition of the settlement to Chinese control was admittedly the ultimate goal, its realisation should be a matter not of years but of decades; that the present régime of local self-government under foreign control should continue subject to increased Chinese co-operation during the transitional period; that this régime would be impossible without extra-territoriality, and that any time limit for extra-territoriality at Shanghai would therefore destroy in advance the prospects of negotiating an agreement for the continuance of the existing foreign-controlled and extra-territorialised régime during the decades which should elapse before the time was ripe for rendition. The logic of Mr. Feetham's arguments and conclusions was doubtless sound. But his recommendations appeared to ignore the political forces at work in China and to rest on the assumption that we should be able somehow or other to prevail on the Chinese Government to agree to the retention of our extra-territorial rights in the Shanghai area for the period, to be estimated in decades, before the time was properly ripe for the rendition of the settlement to Chinese control. At the time of writing there is not the remotest chance of any Chinese Government giving such proposals a hearing. Moreover, we have always to bear in mind the position in the Greater Shanghai (extra-settlement) areas, in which so many British subjects reside, and in which very important British interests, commercial, industrial and shipping, are now concerned; so that, even if His Majesty's Government were to take their stand on Mr. Feetham's recommendations so far as concerns the International Settlement, we should, failing an agreement with the Chinese Government, risk seeing extra-territorial rights go by default outside its immediate boundaries. \n\n## Final Discussion, June 5: Duration Article. \n\n67. Having thus secured, as instructed, the above expressions of opinion on the part of those most intimately concerned on the subject of article 16, I awaited your instructions. These were received on the 5th June, and I arranged to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the afternoon of the same day. Under these instructions I was authorised to exchange copies of the draft treaty and attached documents, together with covering letters on the lines proposed (see paragraph 61 above). At the same time I was instructed that the duration article (21) was to be worded in accordance with a new text which was telegraphed to me. I presented this new draft of article 21, explaining to Dr. Wang that I had, hitherto, assumed your approval of this article in the form we had already agreed upon (the main point, which I had gained after weeks of argument, being the duration period of ten years for the treaty as a whole and five years for the special chambers and legal counsellors; see paragraph 51 above); but that I had now at the last moment received this new text, which had been carefully drafted by experts in London and which I requested him to accept. After reading the new text Dr. Wang observed that he feared it was quite unacceptable, as it differed from the previously agreed version in several essential points, most of which had been fully gone into and been disposed of in our previous discussions. Eventually, I induced him to accept the general form of the new draft and was able to narrow his objections down to the following points: (i) That there was no explicit provision for termination at the end of ten years failing agreement as to revision; (ii) that the clause providing for further five yearly periods to which he had been unable to agree in our first draft had been reinserted; (iii) that provision had been made for the continuance in perpetuity of article 18; (iv) that the provision in the previously agreed draft for the non-revival of abrogated clauses in existing treaties had been deleted; and (v) that twelve months had been substituted for six in connexion with giving notice. After some argument I was able to get him to drop the last two points, but was quite unable to move him on the first three. The Chinese are notoriously touchy on this question of duration as a result of their experiences of the duration clauses in the old, so-called \"unequal treaties,\" and it had only been with the greatest difficulty that I had previously induced Dr. Wang to agree to a period of ten years. Nor did I, in fact, feel my case to be a good one, for the new text appeared designed, so far as concerned the clauses in dispute, to reproduce that very ambiguity in regard to duration after the expiry of the first ten years, which had been such a thorn in the side of the Chinese Government in securing the revision of the old treaties. Under no circumstances will any Chinese Government agree at the present time to the indefinite duration of any treaty provisions granting special privileges to foreigners. This is one of the most fundamental points in their present foreign policy and their drive against the old treaties. I therefore in the end agreed to meet Dr. Wang on his first three points, and we amended your draft text accordingly. I warned Dr. Wang that in accepting these amendments I was acting on my own responsibility. In doing so I was guided by the feeling that the time had arrived when it was essential (in view inter alia of developments at Canton, where Mr. Eugene Chen as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a rival Government had already appealed to the Powers to withdraw recognition from Nanking) for me to leave the capital and wind up these long drawn-out negotiations, either by breaking them off or by exchanging the agreed texts without further delay. 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        "content_text": "# Straits Settlements \n## 235 \n### Enclosure No: (1) to \n## Federated Malay States \n### Despatch No: 382 of 15th July, 1931. \n**REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CHINA**\n\nFollowing is an authorized translation of the Regulations governing the Exercise of Jurisdiction over Foreign Nationals in China promulgated by the National Government on May 4 after being passed by the Legislative Yuan. The Regulations will come into force on January 1, 1932.\n\n### ARTICLE I\nThe term \"foreign nationals\" used in these Regulations exclusively refers to those foreign nationals who enjoyed extraterritorial privileges in China on the thirty-first day of the twelfth month of the eighteenth year of the Republic. (Dec. 31, 1929).\n\n### ARTICLE II\nForeign nationals shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Chinese Courts of Justice of all instances.\n\n### ARTICLE III\nIn the District Court in the Special Area of the Three Eastern Provinces and in the District Courts at Sheyang, Tientsin, Tsingtao, Shanghai, Hankow, Chunking, Foochow, Canton and Kwunmin, as well as in the Provincial High Courts to which such District Courts respectively belong, Special Chambers shall be established for the trial of civil and criminal cases in which foreign nationals are defendants or accused.\n\n### ARTICLE IV\nThe Chief Judge of the Special Chamber shall be the President of the Court to which it belongs.\n\n### ARTICLE V\nWhere a civil or criminal case involving a foreign national as defendant or accused arises within the jurisdiction of a Court other than those mentioned in Article III, the defendant or accused may request in writing that the case be heard by Court.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]\n\nFrom **CHINA**.\n\nDe cypher.\n\nSir M. Lampson, (Nanking),\n\n6th June, 1931.\n\nD. 11.25 a.m. R. 9.00 a.m. 11th June, 1931.\n\n11th June, 1931.\n\nNo.260. (Tour).\n\n-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 -\n\nYour telegram No.137.\n\nI eventually presented the new text of draft article to Minister for Foreign Affairs on May 22nd. He objected strongly that it differed from previously agreed version in several essential points most of which had been fully gone into in our previous discussions.\n\nI eventually induced him to accept form of new draft and I narrowed his objections down to the following points:-\n\n(1) There was no explicit provision for termination at the end of 10 years failing agreement as to revision; he had gone to the utmost limit in agreeing to 10 years duration and point about termination must not be left in doubt.\n\n(ii) The clause regarding further quinquennial periods to which he had objected in our first draft had been re-inserted.\n\n(iii) Indefinite duration of article 18.\n\n(iv) Omission of last sentence of previously agreed version.\n\n(v) Substitution of 12 months for 6 in connexion with giving notice.\n\nLater on I got him to drop the last two points.\n\nAs regards (iii), while admitting that article 18 was innocuous, he said that no Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs...",
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        "content_text": "## Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies\n\n### Minutes of the 28th Meeting\n\n(d) **Indigenous African Art**. (27th Minutes, Item 7, and previous references.) Further progress had been made in the preparation of material for the book on African Art. It had already been reported that the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures was prepared to meet the expense of printing and publication. Further assistance had now been promised by the Empire Marketing Board, which was prepared to meet the charges incurred in photography, and also to supply expert photographic assistance. Mr. Grierson, of the Empire Marketing Board, had been most helpful with advice. Sir William Rothenstein, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Carline were also assisting.\n\n(e) **British Commonwealth Education Conference**. This Conference, organized by the New Education Fellowship, was being held from 23rd July to 30th July at Bedford College, London. Sir Percy Nunn, who was President of the Conference, was to speak on \"an Imperial Institute for Education\"; Mr. Ormsby Gore on \"Problems of Tropical Education,\" with Major Church in the Chair; and Mr. Rivers-Smith and Mrs. MacGregor Rose were also to speak at a meeting with Miss Burstall in the Chair. Further information could be obtained from the New Education Fellowship, 1, Tavistock Square, W.C.1. Arrangements were being made for the display of copies of *Oversea Education*.\n\n(f) **Education functions of local authorities**.-(cf. 25th Minutes, Item 4) Progress was being made by the Sub-Committee in investigating questions connected with the delegation of educational powers to local authorities. The Sub-Committee had interviewed Mr. Hussey (Director of Education in Nigeria), Mr. Lacey (Director of Education in Nyasaland), and Mr. Wakeman, of the Colonial Medical Service, Nigeria. It had been arranged to have interviews in August and September with Mr. Mitchell, Secretary for Native Affairs, Tanganyika; Major Harman, Director of Education, Gold Coast; Mr. Latham, retired Director of Education, Northern Rhodesia; and Mr. Rivers-Smith, the retiring Director of Education in Tanganyika.\n\n(g) The **International Committee on Christian Literature for Africa** proposed to publish, with the financial support of the American Committee on Christian Literature, a magazine for village people and school children in Africa. The first number would appear in January next and there would be six issues in the year. It was intended to provide those who knew the languages used by the Governments with materials for school and home reading, and editors of vernacular magazines would be allowed to use any matter that appeared in it. Each issue would contain a religious article, an article for the village teacher, an article for women, as well as information on hygiene and the world outside Africa, and folk-lore or stories. The published price per copy would be one penny. Permission had been given for use to be made of extracts from *Oversea Education* in this magazine.\n\n### Report by Mr. Poynton\n\n(a) **Educational Commission to the West Indies**. Some time ago Trinidad, now a participating Colony in the upkeep of the Committee, and Barbados had expressed a wish that a member of the Advisory Committee should pay a visit in order to advise them on local educational matters. It had now been arranged, with the permission of the Chairman of the Committee and the approval of the Secretary of State, that Mr. Mayhew should visit Trinidad, Barbados, and such other islands of the West Indies as had expressed a desire for advice and were ready and able to participate in the expense of the tour. Mr. Marriott, Director of Education, Trinidad, would be associated with him. It was possible that Mr. Mayhew might also pay a short visit to British Guiana. He would probably be absent from about the beginning of November to the end of January on this business.\n\n(b) Mr. Vernon, of the Colonial Office, who had promised to be present and say a few words about the Conference at Geneva on African Child Welfare, had been unavoidably compelled to take the chair at another meeting.\n\nSee page 33\n\n### 4. Education of African Women\n\n(A.C.E.C. 9/31.) (Discussion resumed from 27th Meeting Minutes, Item 4.) THE CHAIRMAN drew attention to the draft Resolution regarding Group IV of the School Certificate, copies of which were laid on the table. This Resolution, drawn up by Sir Michael Sadler and Miss Burstall, read as follows:-\n\n\"In view of the use of the School Certificate in schools overseas for non-European pupils, and of the increasing need and demand for qualified English women as teachers and inspectors in tropical Colonies where music, crafts, and the arts of home life are important or even essential elements of the curriculum, the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies recommends that the attention of the University Examination Boards and of the Secondary Schools Examination Council be drawn to the desirability of recognizing a pass in Group IV (which includes the subjects above mentioned) as equivalent to a pass in Group II (languages) or Group III (Sciences) to secure the School Certificate.\"\n\nMISS BURSTALL said that the memorandum had been written for the Committee, and it would have to be redrafted before it could have a wider circulation. The opinion of the Colonial Governments was required on the first part of the memorandum, while the second part dealing with Personnel would naturally have to be considered by the Colonial Office.\n\nMISS BURSTALL further said that she had come to the conclusion that there should be a section on the education of Mohammedan girls. Mr. Matthew had wonderful materials in the Sudan and Miss Fegan in Nigeria might help.\n\nBoth she and Miss Whitelaw felt that in drawing up regulations for the appointment of women for Government posts abroad the Colonial Office should seek the advice of educational women in this country. A woman should also be on the Appointments Board when it was formed. There should also be a woman with executive powers in each Colony and at some future time there should be a woman expert in the Colonial Office. A good deal more might be done by bringing African girls over to this country and giving them a good education in teaching or medicine in order that they might act as bridges between this country and African women. They would in this way receive something of the best of our civilization and then go back with it to their own people.\n\nMR. MANN, in replying to a question by the Chairman regarding the draft Resolution, said that the Board of Education was not particularly concerned, but that the Resolution on general grounds seemed very desirable. The same attitude was being taken in some educational circles. The Examination authorities in this country were independent of the Board of Education, though there was a co-ordinating committee. He considered, however, that the Board of Education should be consulted about the Resolution.\n\nSIR GEORGE MAXWELL suggested that undue importance was attached in the draft Resolution to \"music, crafts, and the arts of home life.\"\n\nSIR JAMES CURRIE said that before the particular question of any Resolution was considered it was important to settle the general principle whether it was a good policy to entangle the Africans in an English examination system.\n\nMR. MAYHEW said that this question had already been discussed and that the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Committee, had sent out a memorandum to the Colonial Governments, asking them to consider the advisability of local examinations. 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        "content_text": "## KNITTED GOODS (UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY)\n\n75. This item is mentioned here for two reasons. It is an item in Japan's export trade of almost equal importance to porcelain. In 1929 the exports from Japan under this heading were valued at £3.6 million, a sum many times greater than exports of similar goods from Great Britain. In the second place, two British countries - India and Great Britain - are the principal markets for this item of Japanese export. Exports of Japanese knitted cotton goods to India in 1929 were valued at £1 million, and to Great Britain £700,000. Great Britain's imports from Japan of cotton hosiery rose from 28,000 dozen pairs in 1924 to 843,000 dozen pairs in 1928, declining to 739,000 dozen pairs in 1929. Our imports of cotton underwear from Japan rose from 350,000 dozen pairs in 1924 to 1,000,000 dozens in 1928, declining to 875,000 dozens in 1929. Coincident with the increase of Great Britain's imports of these goods from Japan and other sources, our own exports of similar goods both by quantity and value, to all destinations, had declined.\n\n## CEMENT\n\n76. Of late years, production of high-class cement has shown a large increase, and Japan now exports annually cement of a value of approximately £1 million, which compares with British exports of £2 million. Principal overseas markets for Japanese cement are the Dutch East Indies, China, the Philippines, and the Malay States.\n\n## PAPER\n\n77. Japan is sixth in order of pulp-producing countries, and apart from a few thousand tons of pulp imported for special purposes, she entirely supplies her own needs. So successful has Japan been in her paper industry that she now enjoys an export of £2.6 million per annum, most of which is shipped to China.\n\n## HATS AND CAPS OF CLOTH, FELT, AND STRAW\n\n78. There is a large Japanese industry engaged in the manufacture of these articles, and Japan enjoys a successful trade. Her exports, in 1929, amounted to £1.8 million, the principal destinations being the United States, Great Britain, and China.\n\n79. The foregoing items have been presented because Japan not only supplies almost the whole of her own domestic requirements of the articles discussed but also competes with us and other industrial countries in their sale in the important markets of the world. Her imports of these articles are negligible. A number of factories producing these articles were visited by us, and in many, it was found that no more labour was being employed than for similar operations in Great Britain. It should be noted that Japanese factories of the industries under review are already equipped - in many cases well-equipped - to produce a quantity greater by 30 per cent than the domestic and export markets together now take, so that without any further expenditure on plant or equipment, Japan could quickly enter any market in which a demand arose.\n\n## CHAPTER IV\n## REASONS FOR THE DECLINE OF BRITISH TRADE WITH JAPAN\n\n## JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL POLICY\n\n80. Japan has developed from an importer, through an intermediate and comparatively brief stage of production for her own needs, into an exporter. The late development of Japanese industry has been of advantage to Japan, in that it has enabled her to install and use the latest industrial devices and equipment perfected by the experience of her competitors. The outstanding example of this fact is the cotton industry, but the woollen, electrical, and other industries in Japan bid fair to furnish equally striking examples. Most of these industries were not natural to Japan prior to her industrialisation, which began some fifty years ago.\n\nIn the sections of this Report which are devoted to the study of certain principal industries, we have described the competition of Japanese with British goods. We have also pointed out in the paragraphs dealing with miscellaneous industries that in many other lines Japan has become a serious competitor with Great Britain.\n\n81. The Japanese tariff is sufficiently high to restrict materially the import of just those goods in which Great Britain and other highly industrialised countries excel, and careful and effective use has been made of tariff protection with frequent adjustments to meet changing conditions. Japanese machinery, for example, may not equal in excellence that of Great Britain, yet Japan, partly by means of tariff protection, has been enabled to manufacture machinery and equipment which for all practical purposes is as efficient and productive as the imported article. Encouragement is officially given to the purchaser of home products, and there is...",
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        "content_text": "## Nationality of Chinese Domiciled in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and Kowloon Extension at the Time of Their Cession to the British Crown\n\nThe island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain, and immediately occupied, in January 1841, by the preliminary agreement which brought our first war with China to a close. The cession was formally confirmed by article 3 of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842. Captain Elliot, the British plenipotentiary, on taking possession in 1841, issued two proclamations, the first declaring that \"Chinese resorting there shall be governed by the laws and customs of China, every description of torture being excepted,\" and the second announcing that \"all native persons residing therein must understand that they are now subjects of the Queen of England, to whom and to whose officers they must pay duty and obedience.\"\n\nThe opinion of Mr. Alabaster, Acting Attorney-General of Hong Kong in 1911, was that the inhabitants who remained in Hong Kong became British subjects but did not lose their Chinese nationality. The island at that time was a barren rock with a shifting population of a few poverty-stricken fishermen.\n\nBritish Kowloon, consisting of a small strip on the mainland opposite Hong Kong, was leased to Sir Harry Parkes on behalf of the British Government on the 20th March, 1860, at an annual rental of 500 taels, on the ground that it consisted \"for the most part of barren hills that cannot be cultivated and has hitherto formed a place of resort for thieves and outlaws.\" On the 24th October, 1860, by the Convention of Peking, the lease was cancelled and, with a view to the maintenance of law and order in and about the harbour of Hong Kong,\" the area was ceded to Great Britain \"as a dependency of the colony of Hong Kong. This was followed by a proclamation declaring that \"no officer of the Emperor of China has any right or title to exercise authority or control therein or in connection therewith, but that the Government is now, and from henceforth will remain, vested in Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and her officers duly appointed and subject to such laws and regulations as Her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, may ordain and direct.\n\nOn these facts Mr. Alabaster was of opinion that the native inhabitants of Kowloon had not become British subjects at all, but had remained subjects of the Emperor of China.\n\nThe area known as the Kowloon Extension or the New Territories was leased to Great Britain for a term of ninety-nine years by a convention signed at Peking on the 9th June, 1898; the relevant clauses of this convention stated as follows:-\n\nWhereas it has for many years past been recognised that an extension of the Hong Kong territory is necessary for the proper defence and protection of the colony, it has now been agreed between the Government of Great Britain... \n\n## Previous Correspondence\n\n\"In my opinion these evils will be sufficiently guarded against if organs of Chinese administration are made aware of the names of persons registered at Dutch consulates in China; for the organs in question will then know that they should treat persons so registered as Dutch subjects.\n\nFor the time being my Government is willing to agree that the names of all those who have registered themselves at Dutch consulates in China should be communicated by me to your Excellency's Government, once in each year on a date subsequent to the month of March, and that they should be communicated by the consuls to the officials at the place at which they are stationed, with whom they have relations. Hereafter, whenever Chinese who have assumed Dutch nationality return to China and report to the Dutch consuls, I and the consuls will send in a communication as occasion requires. I trust that your Excellency will favour me with a reply in order that action may be taken as proposed.\"\n\nIn reply, I have the honour to state that the procedure proposed by your Excellency has, as its object, the exercise of care in the matter of nationality and the avoidance of trouble, an object which has the warm concurrence of this Ministry. Communications are being addressed to the local authorities throughout the provinces to take note thereof and to carry out enquiries into the matter from time to time.\n\nPage 42\nPage 56\nPage 62\nAPPENDIX IV",
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        "content_text": "106\n\nAppendix.\n\nReply of the Chinese Government to the Questionnaire.\n\nThe reply of the Chinese Government to the Questionnaire was received by the Office as this Report was about to leave the press. It is reproduced below.\n\nCHINA.\n\nThe National Government of China, in pursuance of its declared policy of giving protection to labour, is strongly of the opinion that seamen should enjoy the protection of labour legislation as accorded to their fellow workmen engaged in any other occupation or trade; and, in view of the nature of their work, protection of seamen can best be given by international agreement. In anything that a State Member of the International Labour Organisation can or should do, China will endeavour to participate. The National Government of China is at present doing its best to promote its shipping industry. In doing so, it is confronted with tasks and problems as contained in the four maritime Questionnaires, which set forth a number of definite standards and policies. In giving a general answer to the respective Questionnaires, the Government wishes to state that the statements are its present convictions. As to the carrying out of these convictions, the Government wishes to avail itself of the provision made in paragraph 3 of Article 405 of the Peace Treaty.\n\nImprimerie de la Tribune de Genève\n\nQuestionnaire IV (Minimum capacity).\n\nWe consider\n\nthat there should be exceptions in the case of vessels without decks and vessels under 20 tons, and that provisions for penalties for offences should be made in the enforcement regulations.",
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        "content_text": "95\n\n[82]\n\nLILIUM BROWNII var. COLCHESTERI, Wilson.\n\nG. A. C. HERKLOTS.\n\nThis is the first of what may prove to be a series of short articles on especially beautiful or interesting herbaceous plants of the island of Hong Kong and the Territories on the mainland. This Colony has a number of beautiful flowers other than those of the orchids or those borne by shrubs and trees; of these the Lily here described is the most magnificent and the most famous. Other plants, each of which well deserves an article to itself, are the Iris, Iris speculatrix, Hance; Belamcanda punctata, Manch (Pardanthus chinensis, Ker.); and Lycoris aurea, Herb., amongst the Monocotyledons and Platycodon grandiflorus, A.DC. (the Hong Kong Hairbell); Hoya carnosa, R. Br.; Aeginetia indica, Roxb.; and Nepenthes phyllamphora, Willd., (the Pitcher Plant), amongst the Dicotyledons.\n\nThe Lilies of\n\nA very complete description of this lily (illustrated by Plate IV) is given by the late Ernest H. Wilson in his book entitled \"Eastern Asia\" (6). I quote below extensively from this authority. On page 29 Wilson writes of Lilium Brownii F. E. Brown as follows:-\n\n\"This Lily is said to have been introduced into England about 1835, and to have first flowered with F. E. Brown at Slough, near Windsor, in 1837; about that date he gave three bulbs to M. Miellez, a horticulturist of Lille. In 1838, it was introduced into Belgium and Holland, and in 1841 made its public debut at a Horticultural Exposition held in Lille. It was at once acclaimed and its cultivation in Belgium and Holland assiduously entered upon. Where Brown obtained his bulbs from is unknown. According to Spa, von Siebold ventured the opinion that it might be a native of Nepal and also of China and Japan. To date no such Lily as L. Brownii F. E. Brown is known from Nepal. At the time of its introduction only the Dutch had trade intercourse with Japan and no Lily exactly agreeing with it has been found in Japan, though the variety colchesteri Wils. is cultivated there. In China at that date only Macao and Canton were open to trade (except that Spanish ships had a right to call at Amoy), but the British East India Company maintained a brisk trade with Canton and their ships continually brought back plants which notably enriched English gardens. These are the facts and since a wild Lily approximately identical with typical L. Brownii F. E. Brown grows in Hong Kong, on mountains near Canton and in the neighbouring province of Kwangsi, and that no such Lily has been found elsewhere, is it not reasonable to suppose that Brown's bulbs came from Canton? Moreover, the fragrant, yellow-throated var. colchesteri Wils. is authentically known to have reached England with L. tigrinum Ker-Gawl. from the Fa te Gardens, Canton, being sent by William Kerr to Kew on the East Indiaman \"Addington,\" Captain Kirkpatrick, in 1804.\"\n\n44\n\nHenry\n\nWilson then gives his arguments in favour of differentiating between the cultivated L. Brownii and the wildling L. Brownii var. colchesteri, the variety he writes on pages 31, 32, and 33.\n\nOf\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nVol. III, No. 2.\n\nPlate 16. Nest and Eggs of White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaetus leucogaster. Printed by S.C.M. Post.",
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        "content_text": "244\n\n245\n\n246\n\nD. J. FINN, S.J.\n\nhasty directions on my part when the drawing was being prepared from a small photograph. Figure 2 should be checked by Plate 33. The top part should not have the long horizontal member but should have a simple “head.” (b) Figure 3 is taken from (6) k. 37 and is there said to be of the Chou period. Above I have not taken this as established. Now I find in (16) k. 3 p. 38 a similar very bell (lower and background pattern alike) dating from the Han period just before the (Western) Christian era. In the same collection of Han bronzes a belt-hook shows the \"heads pattern (16) k. 6, p. 10.\n\nBells from the years 5 B.C. (Kien P'ing 2nd year, see (16) k. 3, p. 37 and k. 7, p. 5) and 6 A.D. (Kü Sheh 1st year, see (16) k. 3, p. 38) show a similar pattern to fragments 11 and 12 and thus help to confirm the appositeness of the parallel cited under fragment 11 for the year 7 B.C.\n\nIn concluding this appendix, I should like to indicate that arguments are at present gathering for a date about the turn of the B.C. and A.D. periods. It must be remembered that these articles are a study which must always remain open to revision with the discovery of new evidence—and that is quite incalculable; since writing the article itself, important things have turned up which will be published in due time.\n\nTECHNIQUE.\n\nAPPENDIX II.\n\nMethod of treating fragments of pottery prior to being photographed. Several different methods were tried and the following finally adopted as being simple to carry out, without a permanent effect on the fragments, and serving very admirably to throw into sharp contrast the relief of the design. First the piece of fragment was carefully and lightly brushed with a test-tube brush, this removed any particles of sand which might yet adhere to it. If it appeared that the crevices still contained dried mud, the pieces were carefully brushed with the same brush under a running tap and then put aside to dry. Chinese white water colour paint thinned with water was then applied thickly to the surface with a Chinese brush pen, this either filled the depressions or coated them with a layer of white. When dry the surface of the pot was wiped with a piece of fine linen damped with water and closely wrapped over a finger-end. This removed the white from the surface but not from the inlet design. Finally the surface was lightly wiped over and patted with a finger covered with a single layer of fine linen damped with black water-colour paint. By this method the white design was contrasted with a black surface rendering photography relatively easy. The photographs were prepared by Mr. J. Anderson technical assistant to Professor Shellshear, the Professor of Anatomy to whom, and to Dr. Goldby acting head of the Anatomy Department, our thanks are due. The blocks, except those of the text figures, illustrating this article have been prepared by the staff of the South China Morning Post to whom also our thanks are due for the trouble they have taken over this rather intricate task.---Ed.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\n[247]\n\nA SYNOPSIS OF THE FISHES OF CHINA.\n\nPART IV.\n\nThe Cats, Lizard Fishes, Green Gars, Half Beaks and Flying Fishes.\n\nby\n\nHENRY W. FOWLER,\n\nACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A,\n\nOrder NEMATOGNATHI.\n\nThe Catfishes.\n\nMouth not protractile. Premaxillaries forming upper edge of upper jaws, with rare exception. Subopercle absent or formed as uppermost branchiostegal ray. Branchiostegal rays usually numerous. Second, third and fourth vertebrae united to form a complex, with fifth also rigidly attached. No scales, skin naked or with bony plates. Fins all soft rayed, usually with pungent spine at front of dorsal and each pectoral. Adipose fin usually present.\n\nThis great group of fishes, chiefly in fresh water, is represented in almost all countries of the world by numerous species, exceeded only by the carps or minnows. Their fundamental characters are chiefly internal. The interlocked or united front vertebrae have some of their lateral portions detached to form chain bones (Weberian ossicles) connecting the ear with the air bladder. The latter apparently thus functions as an organ of hearing, or receiving sound waves, by means of a connection lost in all other fishes.\n\nCatfishes are carnivorous, live mostly on the bottom and feed on almost all kinds of prey. Comparatively few are marine though a number frequent estuaries or tidal waters where fresh. Most of the species and genera are in the rivers of South America. Commonly they are known as catfishes from their feelers or barbels about the head and mouth suggesting the long whiskers of a cat. The fin spines, often variously modified, are usually sharp and pointed and capable of causing severe wounds. Such may be quite painful, due not only to deep laceration but also the slime on the spine, rather than a specially developed poison. In some small forms a pore occurs near the axil of the pectoral. Boulenger has suggested that this is not the opening of the duct of a poison-gland, but simply a method by which a gelatinous substance filling the short duct so the membrane of the air bladder is placed in communication with the skin and the sensory organ of the lateral line.\n\nVery great dissimilarity in appearance and structure is found in this great group of fishes, likewise in their equally varied ecological features. Extremes range in size from an inch or so in length to great forms of several hundredweight and over three metres in length. Interest attaches also to the greatly diversified spawning habits, nest building, parental care, etc.\n\nDecember 1932.",
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        "content_text": "4\n\nTo these questions the Council, by its resolution of January 28th, 1932, added another— namely, the measures which the Committee might suggest to induce States which have not yet done so to ratify the Convention or to accede thereto.\n\n*\n\nThough the programme assigned to the Committee of Experts was thus defined, and clearly defined, the Council left the Committee to determine its own methods of work.\n\nIn this connection, the Committee of Experts first considered whether it was entitled to make use of documents sent to it direct by private persons or associations.\n\nInterpreting the Council resolution of September 29th, 1931, in the light of the Assembly resolution of September 25th of the same year, the Committee concluded that it was only intended to examine documents supplied or transmitted by Governments.\n\nThey comprise:\n\n(1) The documents referred to in the Assembly resolution of September 25th, 1931, and which the Council, in its resolution of January 28th, 1932, requested the Secretary-General to transmit or communicate to the Committee of Experts. They appear in the list attached to the report (Appendix A).\n\n(2) The replies of Governments to the circular letters of November 1st, 1929, November 7th, 1930, and October 21st, 1931,1 communicating to Governments the resolutions adopted by the Assembly at its tenth, eleventh and twelfth sessions, and inviting Governments to supply the Secretariat, not only with the documents referred to in Article 7 of the 1926 Convention, but also with any information which these Governments might be able to furnish as to the present position in regard to slavery and even such particulars, obtained from private sources, as they might see fit to communicate or to transmit concerning, not only their own territory, but also the general position at the present time in the matter of slavery. The replies have been enumerated in the list forming Appendix B to the report.\n\n**\n\nIt remained for the Committee to decide the extent to which it might reasonably utilise information derived from documents supplied or transmitted by Governments. Should it not endeavour to ensure that if such information referred to another State it should be previously submitted to that State? Was it authorised in the course of its work to hear the evidence of persons or representatives of organisations whose information had been transmitted by a Government to the Council?\n\nOn these points, the Committee decided to adhere, whenever occasion arose, to the procedure adopted by the Temporary Slavery Commission of 1924 and 1925, a procedure which was approved by the Council in its resolution of August 29th, 1924, and by the Assembly in its resolution of September 22nd of the same year.\n\nMoreover, the report submitted to the Council on September 29th, 1931, included the suggestion that the Committee should bear in mind the procedure followed in 1924 by the Temporary Slavery Commission.\n\nConsequently the Committee decided:\n\n(1) That its meetings would not be public;\n\n(2) That it might hear such additional explanations as it might judge necessary or useful from persons or the representatives of organisations whose written communications had been received through a Government;\n\n(3) That, if the documentary material supplied or transmitted by a Government mentioned facts which were alleged to have occurred or to exist in the territory of another Government, and if the latter had not admitted the truth of such allegations, it would be advisable, before taking cognisance thereof, to request the Council to communicate the information to the Government under whose administration the facts were said to have occurred or to exist.\n\nApart from the few hours necessary for the solution of these preliminary questions, the Committee devoted the thirteen plenary meetings of its May session to a discussion of all the questions referred to it by the Council.\n\nAfter ascertaining that the Committee of the Council set up to examine conditions in Liberia was also dealing with slavery questions arising in that country, this Committee decided that it need not give any attention to Liberia,\n\n*\n\n*\n\nIn accordance with decision No. 2 above, the Committee heard Lord Noel Buxton and Mr. Harris, the joint representatives of the \"Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society\" of London, who offered to furnish explanations on the reports which were received on April 8th,\n\n1 Documents C.L.292.VI, C.L.296.1930.VI, C.L.172.1931.VI.\n\n5\n\n1932, and were, on May 2nd, 1932, addressed by that Association to the Council, through the British Government.\n\nE3\n\nThe Committee did not have occasion to resort to the procedure laid down in No. 3 above. Though the documents transmitted by one Government referred to facts alleged to have taken place, or to exist, in the territory of other Governments, the Committee has expressed no opinion upon the accuracy of the statements made. It has presented them as having the character of mere allegations, and, in the most serious cases, has taken care to cite the evidence adduced in denial of them.\n\n***\n\nAs the preparation of the draft report to be sent to the Council required a fairly considerable amount of time, and as the other members of the Committee had to be given an opportunity to examine it before discussing it, the Committee adjourned until August 22nd, 1932, for the final revision of the report. Moreover, the Council itself had, as is shown by the Minutes of its meeting on January 28th last, contemplated the necessity of the Committee's holding two sessions.\n\nAt its second session, which was held from August 22nd to 30th, 1932, and which comprised sixteen meetings, the Committee, after discussing the draft report, adopted it in its final form.\n\nI have the honour to transmit the report to you herewith.\n\n*\n\n**\n\nIn drafting its report, the Committee has followed the method adopted during the course of its discussions. The report begins with an account of the present position in regard to slavery, dealing in turn with the various aspects of slavery as defined in the Temporary Commission's report of July 25th, 1925, with the omission, as stated, of public or private compulsory labour, and the situation in Liberia. The particular advantage of this method is that it facilitates a comparison between the situation in 1924 and that existing at present.\n\nThe report therefore deals successively with the following questions:\n\nChapter I. - Status and Legal Status of Slavery (paragraphs 1 to 15).\n\nII. - Slave-raiding and Similar Acts (paragraphs 16 to 24).\n\nIII. - Slave Trade (paragraphs 25 to 42).\n\nIV. - Slave-dealing (including Transfer by Exchange, Sale, Gift, Inheritance or Occasional Sale of Persons previously Free) (paragraphs 43 to 47).\n\nV. - Practices Restrictive of the Liberty of the Person (paragraphs 48 to 58).\n\nVI. - Domestic or Predial Slavery (Serfdom) (paragraphs 52 to 63).\n\nVII. - Transition from Servile or Compulsory Labour to Free-wage Labour and Independent Production (paragraphs 64 to 67).\n\nLike the 1925 report, each of the chapters of the present report concludes with suggestions as to the manner in which the particular aspect of slavery referred to can best be combated. The Committee attaches special importance to those which relate to slave-raiding (paragraphs 23 and 24) and to the slave trade, especially when carried on by sea (paragraphs 34 to 42).\n\nE\n\nThe report concludes with a Chapter VIII, headed \"Summary and General Suggestions\". After a brief summary of the preceding chapters, Chapter VIII sets forth in turn the answers to the questions which the Council put to the Committee.\n\nTo the first question namely, to what extent the 1926 Convention has been successful in putting an end to slavery, and what obstacles exist to fresh progress in this direction—the Committee was of opinion that, whilst reflecting a considerable improvement, the documents supplied had not enabled it to give a definite reply (see paragraph 69).\n\nOn the second question—namely, by what methods assistance can be rendered to those States which have expressed a desire to receive it for the purpose of suppressing slavery within their territory—the Committee noted that only Liberia had asked for League assistance. As, however, the special Council Committee already mentioned had been instructed to study questions concerning that country, the Committee of Experts felt that it should refrain from any suggestions with regard to that country (see paragraph 70).\n\nThe third question is whether any modification of the existing machinery of the League would be desirable.\n\nThe Committee is of opinion:\n\n(1) That a special Bureau should be instructed to receive and endeavour to supplement the documentary material as well as to prepare for action to be taken upon it. It has expressed the desire that the information to be furnished by Governments under Article 7 of the 1926 Convention should be supplemented by reports to the Council giving an account of the slavery position in their territories and, where appropriate, of the measures which are being taken to deal with it, the results obtained, and the obstacles in the way of further progress.\n\n(2) That a small permanent Commission would be exceedingly useful, not only to take action upon the documentary material collected by the Bureau referred to in paragraph (1)\n\nDocument A.19.1925.VI.\n\n80",
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        "content_text": "89\n\n14\n\nB. Suggestions.\n\n34. The abolition of the status of slavery in law and in fact in the countries to which slaves are at present sent, as recommended in Chapter I of this report, would in itself, by putting an end to the demand, ensure the disappearance of the slave trade.\n\n35. Until this end is achieved, it is to be hoped that the Powers exercising rights of sovereignty over African territories along the Red Sea and Indian Ocean will persist in their efforts to prevent the importation of slaves or the sale of free persons as slaves in Africa.\n\nIn this connection, the Committee can only express the hope that the happy collaboration which formerly prevailed between these Powers, including Egypt, will be maintained and, if necessary, strengthened. It is of the utmost importance that there should be no link lacking in the chain of supervision with which Arabia was formerly surrounded by agreement of the Powers to prevent the traffic in slaves to or in this part of the world.\n\n36. All these Powers should, in particular, consider the possibility of inducing natives not to leave the territory to which they belong, unless they are provided by the authority of the country in question with a personal passport containing a precise description of their identity. A system of checking their passports so as to verify the return of their holders seems also desirable.\n\n37. These Powers should, at all events, if they have not already done so, provide for severe penalties against the captains or other masters of vessels who are found attempting to leave or who have left any point on the coast other than one of the places specified, without having received a permit to leave. Similar penalties should be inflicted on the captains or other masters of vessels who take on board any person not provided with a passport issued by, or stamped with the visa of, the authority of the port of embarkation, after satisfying themselves that the person in question is really a pilgrim.\n\n38. As regards supervision over vessels at sea or off the coast of Arabia or the Persian Gulf, it should be noted that Article 3 of the 1926 Convention provides for the conclusion, between all the signatory States, or between certain of them, of Conventions designed to promote the disappearance of the slave trade. It is highly desirable that such Conventions should be concluded with as little delay as possible, and particularly that the special agreements provided for in that article should be concluded as soon as possible between the United Kingdom, Egypt, France and Italy, with a view to co-ordinating their efforts for the suppression of this evil.\n\nThe Committee has been concerned to ascertain whether warships could search vessels suspected of transporting slaves which sail under no flag or under a flag not recognised by the Powers concerned, and seize them if necessary. It is in the case of these vessels above all that the slave traffic by sea is to be feared, and it is against them therefore that severe action should be taken.\n\nThe Committee is not competent to discuss this delicate question, but expresses the earnest hope that it will be studied, and that the Powers will agree to put an end once for all to abuses which constitute so grave a violation of the rights of humanity.\n\nIn any case, it would seem that the Powers should undertake to proclaim severe penalties of a uniform character against the offence of maritime slave-trading when the vessel concerned carries their own flag.\n\nThe Powers might further accord to each other the right to pursue vessels suspected of maritime slave-trading into each other's territorial waters in the region of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf off the coast of Arabia, provided always that the guilty persons are handed over for trial to the authorities of the country in whose waters the vessels are seized.\n\n39. All Powers whose inhabitants contribute contingents to the pilgrimages to the holy places should further consider the possibility of adopting the measures taken by some Governments in the Far East or by France, as mentioned in paragraph 31 above.\n\n40. In every case, it is essential that, when a slave who is destined for sale or who has been sold in Arabia is freed, an exhaustive enquiry should be instituted and the results communicated if necessary to the Government of the slave's country of origin, in order to discover the person responsible for the act of slave-trading and the ways and means employed by them. Apart from the punishment of the culprits, such investigations are calculated to furnish useful information for the prevention by the administration of further acts of this nature.\n\n41. The 1925 report suggested the establishment on the western coast of the Red Sea, under the supervision of a local government, of a central depot, public or private, to which freed slaves would be sent in the first place, and from there forwarded to their country of origin.\n\nThe expediency of such a measure was contested in the Committee on the ground that the number of freed slaves sent back to Africa by the diplomatic or consular agents at Jeddah would be very small, while it would rarely happen that the nationality of the slaves could not be determined by the authorities of the port of disembarkation in African territory. The responsibility for sheltering those who, to the knowledge of the authorities of the port of disembarkation, are nationals of another Power would, moreover, be of short duration, as communications between the British, Egyptian, French, Netherlands and Italian authorities are frequent.\n\nHowever, owing to their inability to give any information, freed slaves often remain for weeks in the ports, and the authorities have the greatest difficulty in disposing of them at all.\n\nFailing statistics concerning the number of slaves freed at Jeddah and sent back to the African continent, the Committee is unable to express an opinion as to the expediency of the measures suggested by the Temporary Commission. It appears, however, from the documents that, since the Convention of 1926, 159 slaves were freed by the British Legation at Jeddah and sent to Port Sudan, where arrangements were made to give them satisfactory temporary shelter. It would perhaps be sufficient if the Powers in control of territories from which the slaves who have been freed originate would undertake to refund to whatever Power has sheltered and repatriated the individuals in question the costs of their upkeep and of sending them back to their country of origin, in order that they might be assured of the same benefits as would result from the establishment of a central depot. In the case of slaves who are natives of Abyssinia, the Abyssinian Government should in addition undertake to guarantee their freedom.\n\nIn the case of freed slaves whose country of origin cannot be determined, the authorities of the territory in which they have been disembarked will probably not refuse to assist them in settling for good in that territory. The same would apply to any slaves who do not wish to return to their country of origin.\n\n42. In any case, the Committee shares the opinion of the 1924 Temporary Commission that it is desirable that any information which can be obtained regarding the origin of freed slaves and their transport by sea or land should be centralised as proposed in paragraphs 72 and 75 of the present report.\n\nCHAPTER IV.\n\n- Slave-Dealing (INCLUDING TRANSFER BY EXCHANGE, Sale, Gift, Inheritance, OR OCCASIONAL SALE OF PERSONS PREVIOUSLY FREE).\n\nA. Survey of the Situation.\n\n43. The 1925 report of the Temporary Commission noted that these practices had practically disappeared in countries which had abolished the status of slavery. Since then, the situation has improved still further, as may be seen from paragraphs 2 to 6 of the report. Moreover, the civilising influence of the Governments on peoples among whom slavery still existed has made marked progress during the last few years.\n\n44. While Abyssinia, as mentioned above, has not abolished the status of slavery, she has, by an Edict of March 31st, 1924, prohibited, on pain of judicial penalties, the transfer of slaves with or without payment, and accorded the right to be set free to any persons so transferred.\n\nAmong the many contingencies in which this edict gives slaves the right to manumission is the case of the death of their master. The 1924 Edict provided, however, that they should be bound to serve the heirs of the deceased for seven years as from the day of death. The Edict of July 15th, 1931, has done away with this latter obligation; and the 1924 Edict itself accorded the right to freedom on the day of the owner's death in the case of slaves captured before that edict. The Committee has no information regarding the application of these provisions.\n\n45. While in Africa, by reason partly of the fact of the cessation of famines and partly of the improvement in the economic situation of the native peoples, parents no longer need to have recourse to the sale of their children in order to provide them with the means of subsistence, is it the same in China?\n\nOn this point, the material supplied or forwarded to the Committee has not enabled the latter to ascertain the exact situation. While it is certain that a large number of children, especially females - who, if they are not really adopted, are known as Mui Tsai - are placed by their parents with other persons, generally in return for a money payment to the parents and the obligation to support the child, the nature of the contract and the rights which it confers on the person with whom the children are placed are not very clear. Some regard it as a real sale of the child. The lot of such children, they add, is particularly wretched, since apart from being neglected and overworked, which alone entails the cruellest bodily suffering, they are often, it would appear, victims of the depraved instincts of their employers, or of persons with whom the latter bring them into contact, and sometimes also of acts of revolting cruelty.\n\nAlthough the information to hand is to the effect that there is no ill-treatment of the numerous \"Mui Tsai\" at Hong-Kong at any rate as a general practice on the part of the well-to-do Chinese population of Hong-Kong in whose service they are, the Government of Hong-Kong in February 1929 enacted an ordinance which prohibits the engagement of female servants for the use of whose services payment has been made to another person and likewise the employment as a paid servant of any person of the female sex under ten years of age. As regards contracts concluded previously, the order, inter alia, accords \"Mui Tsai\" the right to return, should they wish, to their parents, without the latter being obliged to refund the sum paid by the person to whom the \"Mui Tsai\" was entrusted. There are other provisions designed to ensure the good treatment of \"Mui Tsai\" during their period of service.\n\nAs regards China, these assertions, to the effect that a \"Mui Tsai\" is a female child who has been sold and who is as a rule ill-treated, were contested by the Chinese delegate in the Sixth Committee of the League Assembly in September 1931. This distinguished authority stated:\n\n\"Traffic in children does not exist in China, and indeed could not exist there in view of the Chinese traditions of filial piety and the well-known readiness of Chinese mothers to adopt other children in cases of disaster\".\n\nC\n\n15\n\nL",
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        "content_text": "## Statutory or other Offences\n\n73.—(1) Any act which, if done in the United Kingdom, or in a British possession, would be an offence against any of the following Statutes of the Imperial Parliament or Orders in Council, that is to say:\n\n(a) The Merchandize Marks Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict., c. 28);\n\n(b) The Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919;\n\n(c) The Trade Marks Acts, 1905 to 1919;\n\n(d) Any Act, Statute, or Order in Council for the time being relating to copyright, or to inventions, designs, or trade-marks, of which a copy is kept exhibited in the public offices of the Consulate at Shanghai, and is there open for inspection by any person at all reasonable times;\n\nshall, if done by a British subject in China, be punishable as a grave offence against this Order, whether such act is done in relation to any property or right of a British subject, or of a foreigner or native, or otherwise howsoever.\n\nProvided\n\n(i) That no person shall be punished under this Order for an act which would be an offence against any Act, Statute, or Order in Council, the exhibition of which is required by paragraph (d) above, unless such exhibition had commenced not less than one month before the act took place, or unless the person offending is proved to have had express notice of such Act, Statute, or Order in Council.\n\n(ii) That a prosecution by or on behalf of a prosecutor who is not a British subject shall not be entertained, unless either (a) an arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the State or Power to which the prosecutor belongs, or (b) the Court is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the punishment in Consular or other Courts in China of similar acts committed by the subjects of such State or Power in relation to or affecting the interests of British subjects. Where such an arrangement is in force the Minister may issue a notification to that effect, and the Court shall take judicial notice thereof.\n\n(2) No action shall be brought for the protection of any copyright, trade-mark, patent, or design by any person who is not a British subject, unless either (a) an arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the State or Power to which the plaintiff belongs, or (b) the Court is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the protection in Consular or other Courts in China of the rights and interests of British subjects in copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and designs infringed by the subjects of such State or Power.\n\nWhere such an arrangement is in force the Minister may issue a notification to that effect, and the Court shall take judicial notice thereof.\n\n74.—(1) If a British subject—\n\n(i) Smuggles, or attempts to smuggle, out of China any goods on exportation whereof a duty is payable to the Chinese Government;\n\n(ii) Imports or exports, or attempts to import or export, into or out of China any goods, intending and attempting to evade payment of duty payable thereon to the Chinese Government,\n\n(iii) Imports or exports, or attempts to import or export, into or out of China any goods the importation or exportation whereof, in or out of China, is prohibited by law;\n\n(iv) Without a proper licence, sells, or attempts to sell, or offers for sale, in China any goods whereof the Chinese Government has by law a monopoly;\n\nin each of the four cases aforesaid he shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, and with or without a fine not exceeding £100, or to a fine not exceeding £100 without imprisonment.\n\n(2) Where a person is charged with such an offence as in this Article is mentioned, the Court may seize the goods in relation to which the alleged offence was committed, and may hold the same until after the hearing of the charge.\n\n(3) If a person so charged is convicted, then those goods, whether they have been so seized or not, shall be forfeited to His Majesty the King, and the Court shall dispose of them, subject to any general or special directions of the Secretary of State, as the Court thinks fit.\n\n75.—(1) If any British subject, without His Majesty's authority, proof whereof shall lie on the party accused, does any of the following things, that is to say:\n\n(a) Levies war or takes any part in any operation of war or hostilities in China, or aids or abets any person in carrying on war, insurrection, or rebellion against the Government of China; or\n\n(b) Takes part in any operation of war in the service of the Government of China against any persons engaged in carrying on war, insurrection, or rebellion against such Government;\n\nhe shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years, and with or without a fine not exceeding £500, or to a fine not exceeding £500 without imprisonment.\n\n(2) In addition to any such punishment, every conviction under the provisions of this Article shall of itself, and without further proceedings, make the person convicted liable to deportation, and...",
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        "content_text": "## PART III.-CRIMINAL MATTERS (continued)\n\n(e) Of any informality in the swearing of any witness; or \n(f) Of any error or informality which, in the opinion of the Court, did not affect the substance of the case or subject the convicted person to any undue prejudice.\n\n(4) The Full Court shall not award costs to either side in an Appeal under this part of the Order save in an appeal under Article 93.\n\n98. Article 56 shall apply to all proceedings before the Full Court under this Order.\n\n99. Where a person is convicted of any offence before any Court, if the Judge of such Court thinks fit to reserve for the consideration of the Full Court any question of law arising at the trial, he shall state a case, setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction, and the question of law, and send or deliver it to the Registrar.\n\n100. The jurisdiction of the Full Court under Article 99 shall be exercised subject to the provisions of this Order.\n\n101. There shall be no Appeal in a criminal case to His Majesty the King in Council from a decision of the Full Court except by special leave of His Majesty in Council.\n\n102. Reports to the Minister of sentences of death shall not be sent until the expiration of the time allowed for an Appeal, or for applying for leave to appeal, against the conviction, or, if there is an Appeal, until the determination of the Appeal.\n\n## Fugitive Offenders\n\n103. The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 69), and the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 31), shall apply to China as if it were a British possession and part of His Majesty's dominions.\n\nSubject as follows:-\n| Clause | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The Minister is substituted for the Governor or Government of a British possession. |\n| (b) | The Supreme Court is substituted for a Superior Court of a British possession. |\n| (c) | The Supreme Court and each Provincial Court is substituted for a Magistrate of any part of His Majesty's dominions. |\n| (d) | For the purposes of Part II of the said Act of 1881, and of this Article in relation thereto, China within the limits of this Order and within the limits of the China (Kashgar) Order in Council, 1920, and Hong Kong shall be deemed to be one group of British possessions.\n\n## PART IV.-CIVIL MATTERS\n\n104. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the civil jurisdiction of every Court acting under this Order shall, as far as circumstances admit, be exercised on the principles of, and in conformity with, English law for the time being in force.",
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        "content_text": "## Workshop\n\n6. 'Workshop' means any premises or place other than a factory wherein or within the close or curtilage or precincts of which any manual labour is exercised by way of trade or for the purpose of gain in or incidental to making any article or part of an article, or altering or repairing, ornamenting or finishing or adapting for sale any article provided that at least twenty persons are employed in manual labour in the said premises or in the close, curtilage or precincts thereof.\n\n## Matters with regard to which the Council has power to make by-laws\n\n### POWER TO MAKE BY-LAWS\n\n4.(1) The Urban Council shall have power to make by-laws with regard to the following matters:\n\n| Item | Matter |\n| --- | --- |\n| (i) | the periodical entry and inspection of all buildings and curtilages—<br>(a) for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition, cleanliness and good order thereof or any part thereof and of any storeys, cocklofts or partitions therein, or the condition of any drains, latrines, cubicles and kitchens, therein or in connection therewith;<br>(b) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are in an overcrowded condition; |\n| (ii) | the prevention and abatement of nuisances. |\n| (iii) | the promotion of domestic cleanliness. |\n| (iv) | the cleansing, limewashing, and proper sanitary maintenance of all premises; |\n| (v) | the promotion of lighting and ventilation in public or private buildings; |\n| (vi) | the provision and maintenance of proper latrine accommodation in private and public buildings. |\n| (vii) | the limitation of accommodation in premises and the prevention of overcrowding. |\n| (viii) | fixing from time to time the number of persons who may occupy a domestic building or any part thereof, and marking on the exterior or interior of such buildings the number of persons permitted to occupy the same or any part thereof; |\n| (ix) | prescribing the conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to live in, occupy or use, or to let or sub-let, or to suffer or permit to be used for habitation or for occupation as a shop, any cellar, vault, underground room, or basement, or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil; |\n| (x) | the closing of premises unfit for human habitation and the prohibition of their use as such; |\n| (xi) | the control of wells and pools. |\n| (xii) | the prevention of the propagation of mosquitoes. |\n| (xiii) | the provision and proper construction of dust boxes in public or private premises; |\n| (xiv) | the cleansing and removal of refuse and all objectionable matter at stated times from domestic buildings; |\n| (xv) | scavenging and the removal and disposal of refuse. |\n| (xvi) | the removal and disposal of nightsoil. |\n| (xvii) | the erection of public latrines and applications for permission to erect such latrines; and the sanitary maintenance of public latrines, urinals, dust-bins, and manure depots. |\n| (xviii) | the licensing, regulation and sanitary maintenance of common lodging houses and emigration houses or depots and the sanitary maintenance of eating houses, restaurants, factories, workshops, breweries, distilleries, theatres and places of public instruction, recreation or assembly. |\n| (xix) | the control of offensive trades, the prohibition of the continued maintenance of any existing offensive trade without a licence from the Council, the prohibition of the establishment of any offensive trade without a licence from the Council, and the revocation of licences to carry on offensive trades; |\n| (xx) | the regulation of public baths, laundries, and wash-houses; |\n| (xxi) | the construction, licensing, and proper sanitary maintenance of pigsties in private premises; |\n| (xxii) | providing for the regular inspection of all places where animals are kept; |\n| (xxiii) | the cleansing of vessels, and maintenance of cleanliness in the harbours, the waters of the Colony, and on the foreshores thereof; |\n| (xxiv) | the disposal of the dead, the regulation and sanitary maintenance of cemeteries, the fees to be charged in respect of graves and interments, the keeping of such registers as may be necessary, and all other matters connected therewith; also the regulation and sanitary maintenance of mortuaries and the disinfection of dead bodies; and |\n| (xxv) | the prescribing of forms. |\n\n(2) The Council may in any such by-laws impose fines for any breach thereof not exceeding fifty dollars in each case. If no specific penalty is prescribed by the Council for the breach of any by-law, the maximum penalty for such breach shall be a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.\n\n(3) No by-law made by the Council under this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid on the ground that it imposes obligations or confers powers which exceed the obligations imposed or the powers conferred by some section of this Ordinance dealing with the same subject-matter as the by-law in question.\n\n## By-laws subject to approval of Legislative Council\n\n5. All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.\n\nPage 130  \nPage 131",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n## Temporary closure of buildings in case of infectious disease\n\n106.- (1) If in the opinion of the Health Officer it is necessary in the interests of the public health that the persons after removal residing in a building or part of a building which is infected shall be removed, the Health Officer may direct that such building or part thereof shall be temporarily closed for such time as is necessary to secure its thorough disinfection and the disinfection or destruction of all infected articles contained therein, and it shall not be lawful for any person to reoccupy such building or part thereof until it has been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected as aforesaid.\n\n(2) Such cleansing and disinfection may, with the approval of the Health Officer, be done in whole or in part by the inmates or by persons engaged by them; and further if in the opinion of the Health Officer it is necessary for the thorough purification and disinfection of such premises to take down any lath and plaster or other hollow partition wall or any partition, screen, panelling, wainscotting, skirting, stair-lining, ceiling, or other similar structure or any fittings or any portion of such wall, structure or fitting, the Health Officer shall forthwith have the same taken down, and if he considers their removal from the premises or the destruction thereof or both to be necessary in the interests of the public health, he shall forthwith cause the same to be removed from the premises or destroyed or both.\n\n## Cleansing and disinfection of buildings as a check to the spread of disease\n\n(3) Such destruction shall be carried out with such precautions and in such manner as he may deem proper, and compensation for such removal or destruction shall be given by the Governor unless it is proved that the wall, structure or fitting removed or destroyed had been unlawfully erected or maintained.\n\n(4) Such compensation shall be calculated so as to cover the cost of making good the portions of the building damaged by such removal, including the limewashing of any exposed surface and the rebuilding of any necessary wall in materials approved by the Governor but no compensation shall be payable for any loss of rent or deterioration in the value of the property occasioned or alleged to be occasioned by the operation of these provisions.\n\n(5) The Governor shall decide in each case whether the compensation, if any, is to be paid to the owner or occupier and payment in accordance with the decision of the Governor shall bar any further claim to compensation by owner or occupier; provided that nothing in these regulations shall affect the rights of the owners or occupiers inter se as to the ultimate apportionment of any compensation awarded.\n\n107. If the Health Officer is of opinion that the cleansing or disinfection of a building or part of a building or of any article therein likely to retain infection would tend to prevent or check the spread of any infectious disease, leprosy or tuberculosis, he may by notice in writing require the **owner** or occupier to cleanse, or disinfect the same in the manner therein specified.\n\n## Power of Health Officer to cleanse and disinfect buildings and their contents\n\n108. When in the opinion of the Health Officer the **owner** or occupier is from poverty or otherwise unable to effectually carry out the said requirements the Health Officer may cleanse or disinfect or cause to be cleansed or disinfected the building or buildings or part of the same and any articles therein at the expense of the Government.\n\n## Disinfection of premises after removal of cases\n\n109. (1) After the removal of any person suffering from an infectious disease from any house the Health Officer shall cause the room which such person occupied, and any other portion of the house which the Health Officer deems to be infected, to be thoroughly disinfected, and the house may be closed for such period as the Health Officer directs.\n\n(2) No person except the Health Officer or persons authorised by him shall enter such room or house during such period.\n\n## Action with regard to corpses of cases of infectious disease\n\n110. In the event of the death of any person from infectious disease the Health Officer shall take the necessary action to prevent the spread of infection from the corpse. The clothing, bedding and all personal effects of the deceased, that are liable, in the opinion of the Health Officer, to carry infection, shall be disinfected or if the Health Officer so orders, be destroyed by fire, and no person shall be entitled to claim compensation as a right for the destruction of any such article.\n\n## Recovery of cost of disinfection and payment of compensation for damage\n\n111. The Urban Council shall have power by officers of the Council to enter and to cleanse and to disinfect any premises where any person suffering from plague, cholera or smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease, is or has been, or is recently suspected to have been, located, and the Council may recover the cost of such disinfection and cleansing from the house holder; but compensation may be given to such house holder for any bedding, clothing or other articles which have been destroyed during such cleansing or disinfection:\n\nProvided that where the case of infection has been duly reported no charge shall be made for the cost of such cleansing and disinfection, and reasonable compensation for property destroyed or damaged shall in such case be given.\n\n## Part IV. RELATING TO ANIMALS\n\n## Interpretation\n\n112. 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        "content_text": "# Workshop\n- 6\n\n'Workshop' means any premises or place other than a factory wherein or within the close or curtilage or precincts of which any manual labour is exercised by way of trade or for the purpose of gain in or incidental to making any article or part of an article, or altering or repairing, ornamenting or finishing or adapting for sale any article provided that at least twenty persons are employed in manual labour in the said premises or in the close, curtilage or precincts thereof.\n\n## Matters with regard to which the Council has power to make by-laws\n\n## POWER TO MAKE BY-LAWS\n\n4-(1) The Urban Council shall have power to make by-laws with regard to the following matters:\n- (i) the periodical entry and inspection of all buildings and curtilages \n  - (a) for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition, cleanliness and good order thereof or any part thereof and of any storeys, cocklofts or partitions therein, or the condition of any drains, latrines, cubicles and kitchens, therein or in connection therewith;\n  - (b) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are in an overcrowded condition;\n\n(ii) the prevention and abatement of nuisances.\n\n(iii) the promotion of domestic cleanliness.\n\n(iv) the cleansing, limewashing, and proper sanitary maintenance of all premises;\n\n(v) the promotion of lighting and ventilation in public or private buildings;\n\n(vi) the provision and maintenance of proper latrine accommodation in private and public buildings.\n\n(vii) the limitation of accommodation in premises and the prevention of overcrowding.\n\n(viii) fixing from time to time the number of persons who may occupy a domestic building or any part thereof, and marking on the exterior or interior of such buildings the number of persons permitted to occupy the same or any part thereof;\n\n(ix) prescribing the conditions under which alone it shall be lawful to live in, occupy or use, or to let or sub-let, or to suffer or permit to be used for habitation or for occupation as a shop, any cellar, vault, underground room, or basement, or any room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil;\n\n(x) the closing of premises unfit for human habitation and the prohibition of their use as such;\n\n(xi) the control of wells and pools.\n\n(xii) the prevention of the propagation of mosquitoes.\n\n(xiii) the provision and proper construction of dust boxes in public or private premises;\n\n(xiv) the cleansing and removal of refuse and all objectionable matter at stated times from domestic buildings;\n\n(xv) scavenging and the removal and disposal of refuse.\n\n(xvi) the removal and disposal of nightsoil,\n\n(xvii) the erection of public latrines and applications for permission to erect such latrines; and the sanitary maintenance of public latrines, urinals, dust-bins, and manure depots.\n\n(xviii) the licensing, regulation and sanitary maintenance of common lodging houses and emigration houses or depots and the sanitary maintenance of eating houses, restaurants, factories, workshops, breweries, distilleries, theatres and places of public instruction, recreation or assembly.\n\n(xix) the control of offensive trades, the prohibition of the continued maintenance of any existing offensive trade without a licence from the Council, the prohibition of the establishment of any offensive trade without a licence from the Council, and the revocation of licences to carry on offensive trades;\n\n(xx) the regulation of public baths, laundries, and wash-houses;\n\n(xxi) the construction, licensing, and proper sanitary maintenance of pigsties in private premises;\n\n(xxii) providing for the regular inspection of all places where animals are kept;\n\n(xxiii) the cleaning of vessels, and maintenance of cleanliness in the harbours, the waters of the Colony, and on the foreshores thereof;\n\n(xxiv) the disposal of the dead, the regulation and sanitary maintenance of cemeteries, the fees to be charged in respect of graves and interments, the keeping of such registers as may be necessary, and all other matters connected therewith; also the regulation and sanitary maintenance of mortuaries and the disinfection of dead bodies; and\n\n(xxv) the prescribing of forms.\n\n(2) The Council may in any such by-laws impose fines for any breach thereof not exceeding fifty dollars in each case. If no specific penalty is prescribed by the Council for the breach of any by-law, the maximum penalty for such breach shall be a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.\n\n(3) No by-law made by the Council under this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid on the ground that it imposes obligations or confers powers which exceed the obligations imposed or the powers conferred by some section of this Ordinance dealing with the same subject-matter as the by-law in question.\n\n5. All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.\n\n## By-laws subject to approval of Legislative Council",
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        "content_text": "## Temporary closure of buildings \n\n106.-(1) If in the opinion of the Health Officer it is necessary in the interests of the public health that the persons after removal residing in a building or part of a building which is infected shall be removed, the Health Officer may direct that such building or part thereof shall be temporarily closed for such time as is necessary to secure its thorough disinfection and the disinfection or destruction of all infected articles contained therein, and it shall not be lawful for any person to reoccupy such building or part thereof until it has been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected as aforesaid.\n\n(2) Such cleansing and disinfection may, with the approval of the Health Officer, be done in whole or in part by the inmates or by persons engaged by them; and further if in the opinion of the Health Officer it is necessary for the thorough purification and disinfection of such premises to take down any lath and plaster or other hollow partition wall or any partition, screen, panelling, wainscotting, skirting, stair-lining, ceiling, or other similar structure or any fittings or any portion of such wall, structure or fitting, the Health Officer shall forthwith have the same taken down, and if he considers their removal from the premises or the destruction thereof or both to be necessary in the interests of the public health, he shall forthwith cause the same to be removed from the premises or destroyed or both.\n\n(3) Such destruction shall be carried out with such precautions and in such manner as he may deem proper, and compensation for such removal or destruction shall be given by the Governor unless it is proved that the wall, structure or fitting removed or destroyed had been unlawfully erected or maintained.\n\n## Cleansing and disinfection \n\n(4) Such compensation shall be calculated so as to cover the cost of making good the portions of the building damaged by such removal, including the limewashing of any exposed surface and the rebuilding of any necessary wall in materials approved by the Governor but no compensation shall be payable for any loss of rent or deterioration in the value of the property occasioned or alleged to be occasioned by the operation of these provisions.\n\n(5) The Governor shall decide in each case whether the compensation, if any, is to be paid to the owner or occupier and payment in accordance with the decision of the Governor shall bar any further claim to compensation by owner or occupier; provided that nothing in these regulations shall affect the rights of the owners or occupiers inter se as to the ultimate apportionment of any compensation awarded.\n\n107. If the Health Officer is of opinion that the cleansing or disinfection of a building or part of a building or of any article therein likely to retain infection would tend to prevent or check the spread of any infectious disease, leprosy or tuberculosis, he may by notice in writing require the owner or occupier to cleanse or disinfect the same in the manner therein specified.\n\n## Health Officer to disinfect \n\n108. When in the opinion of the Health Officer the owner or occupier is from poverty or otherwise unable to effectually carry out the said requirements the Health Officer may cleanse or disinfect or cause to be cleansed or disinfected the building or buildings or part of the same and any articles therein at the expense of the Government.\n\n109.-(1) After the removal of any person suffering from an infectious disease from any house the Health Officer shall cause the room which such person occupied, and any other portion of the house which the Health Officer deems to be infected, to be thoroughly disinfected, and the house may be closed for such period as the Health Officer directs.\n\n(2) No person except the Health Officer or persons authorised by him shall enter such room or house during such period.\n\n## Disinfection of premises after removal of cases \n\n110. In the event of the death of any person from infectious disease the Health Officer shall take the necessary action to prevent the spread of infection from the corpse. The clothing, bedding and all personal effects of the deceased, that are liable, in the opinion of the Health Officer, to carry infection, shall be disinfected or if the Health Officer so orders, be destroyed by fire, and no person shall be entitled to claim compensation as a right for the destruction of any such article.\n\n## Recovery of cost of disinfection and payment of compensation for damage \n\n111. The Urban Council shall have power by officers of the Council to enter and to cleanse and to disinfect any premises where any person suffering from plague, cholera or smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease, is or has been, or is recently suspected to have been, located, and the Council may recover the cost of such disinfection and cleansing from the house holder; but compensation may be given to such house holder for any bedding, clothing or other articles which have been destroyed during such cleansing or disinfection:\n\nProvided that where the case of infection has been duly reported no charge shall be made for the cost of such cleansing and disinfection, and reasonable compensation for property destroyed or damaged shall in such case be given.\n\n## Part IV \n### RELATING TO ANIMALS \n\n112. In this part unless the context otherwise requires\n\n(a) \"Animals\" include cattle, sheep, goats, and all other ruminating animals, and swine and equines,\n\n(b) \"Authorised landing place\" means any place declared by this Ordinance or by regulations or by-laws made thereunder to be an authorised landing place and any other place declared by the Urban Council and notified in the Gazette to be a landing place.\n\nPage 90\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "# (B 306-9925)T\n\n## A 2\n\nPage 5\n\nwait for the Judge without certain peril and loss, Justice may be done on them by the Law of Nature, and the same may be there executed by the captors.\" Again in para. 14 he puts the case where \"a pirate at sea assaults a ship but by force is prevented from entering her\" and goes on to distinguish the rule as to accessories at the common law and by the law marine. A somewhat similar definition of a pirate is given by the almost contemporary Italian jurist, Casaregis who wrote in 1670, and says \"Proprie pirata ille dicetur qui sine patentibus alicujus principis ex propria tantum et privata auctoritate per discurrit depredante causa.\" But in certain trials for piracy held in England under the Act of Henry VIII, a narrower definition of piracy seems to have been adopted.\n\n## Page 44\n\nThus in 1696, the trial of Joseph Dawson took place. It is reported in `State Trials Vol. XIII, col. 451`. The prisoners were indicted for \"feloniously and piratically taking and carrying away from persons unknown a certain ship called the 'Gunsway' upon the high seas ten leagues from the Cape St. John near Surat in the East Indies.\" The court was comprised of Sir Charles Hedges, then Judge in the High Court of Admiralty, Lord Chief Justice Holt, Lord Chief Justice Treby, Lord Chief Baron Ward, and a number of other Judges. Sir Charles Hedges gave the charge to the Grand Jury. In it, he said \"now piracy is only a sea-term for robbery, piracy being a robbery committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. If any man be assaulted within that jurisdiction and his ship or goods violently taken away without legal authority, this is robbery and piracy.\" Dawson's case was described as the sheet anchor for those who contend that robbery is an ingredient of piracy. It must be remembered, however, that every case must be read secundum subjectam materiam and must be held to refer to the facts under dispute.\n\nIn Dawson's case, the prisoners had undoubtedly committed robbery in their piratical expeditions. The only function of the Chief Judge was to charge the Grand Jury and, in fact, to say to them \"Gentlemen, if you find the prisoners have done these things, then you ought to return a true bill against them.\" The same criticism applies to certain charges given to Grand Juries by Sir Leoline Jenkins (1623-1685), Judge of the Admiralty Court. See the \"Life of Leoline Jenkins,\" vol. I, p. 94. It cannot be suggested that these learned Judges were purporting to give an exhaustive definition of piracy, and a moment's reflection will show that a definition of piracy as sea robbery is both too narrow and too wide. Take one example only. Assume a modern liner with its crew and passengers, say of several thousand aboard, under its national flag, and suppose one passenger robbed another. It would be impossible to contend that such a robbery on the high seas was piracy and that the passenger in question had committed an act of piracy when he robbed his fellow passenger, and was therefore liable to the penalty of death. That is too wide a definition which would embrace all acts of plunder and violence in degree sufficient to constitute piracy simply because done on the high seas. As every crime can be committed at sea, piracy might thus be extended to the whole criminal code. If an act of robbery or murder were committed upon one of the passengers or crew by another in a vessel at sea, the vessel being at the time and continuing under lawful authority, and the offender were secured and confined by the master of the vessel to be taken home for trial, this state of things would not authorise seizure and trial by any nation that chose to interfere or within whose limits the offender might afterwards be found.\" Dana's Wheaton 193, note 83, quoted in Moore's Digest of International Law (Washington 1906) Article \"Piracy,” p. 953.\n\nBut over and above that, we are not now in the year 1696; we are now in the year 1934. International law was not crystallised in the 17th century but is a living and expanding code.\n\nIn his treatise on international law, the English textbook writer Hall (1835-94) says at p. 25 of his preface to the third edition (1889), \"looking back over the last couple of centuries we see international law at the close of each fifty years in a more solid position than that which it occupied at the beginning of the period. Progressively it has taken firmer hold, it has extended its sphere of operation, it has ceased to trouble itself about trivial formalities, it has more and more dared to grapple in detail with the fundamental facts in the relations of States. The area within which it reigns beyond dispute has in that time been infinitely enlarged, and it has been gradually enlarged within the memory of living man.\"\n\nAgain, another example may be given. A body of international law is growing up with regard to aerial warfare and aerial transport, of which Sir Charles Hedges in 1696 could have had no possible idea.\n\nA definition of piracy which appears to limit the term to robbery on the high seas was put forward by that eminent authority Hale (1609-76), in his \"Pleas of the Crown\" Ed. 1737, cap 27, p. 305, where he states, \"it is out of the question that piracy by the statute is robbery.\" It is not surprising that subsequent definitions proceed on these lines.\n\nHawkins (1673-1746) \"Pleas of the Crown\" (1716), 7th Ed., 1795, vol. 1, defines a pirate rather differently, at p. 267, \"a pirate is one who to enrich himself either by surprise or open force sets upon merchants or others trading by the sea to spoil them of their goods or treasure.” This does not necessarily import robbing. Blackstone (1726-80) 20th Ed., Book IV, p. 76, states, \"the offence of piracy by common law consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there.\"\n\n## A 3\n\nPage 10\nPage 11\nPage 12\nPage 13",
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        "content_text": "## 31\n\n5 \n\nwait for the Judge without certain peril and loss, Justice may be done on them by the Law of Nature, and the same may be there executed by the captors.\" Again in para. 14 he puts the case where \"a pirate at sea assaults a ship but by force is prevented from entering her\" and goes on to distinguish the rule as to accessories at the common law and by the law marine. A somewhat similar definition of a pirate is given by the almost contemporary Italian jurist, Casaregis who wrote in 1670, and says \"Proprie pirata ille dicetur qui sine patentibus alicujus principis ex propria tantum et privata auctoritate per mare discurrit depredante causa.\"\n\nBut in certain trials for piracy held in England under the Act of Henry VIII, a narrower definition of piracy seems to have been adopted.\n\nThus in 1696, the trial of Joseph Dawson took place. It is reported in `State Trials Vol. XIII, col. 451`. The prisoners were indicted for \"feloniously and piratically taking and carrying away from persons unknown a certain ship called the 'Gunsway' upon the high seas ten leagues from the Cape St. John near Surat in the East Indies.\" The court was comprised of Sir Charles Hedges, then Judge in the High Court of Admiralty, Lord Chief Justice Holt, Lord Chief Justice Treby, Lord Chief Baron Ward, and a number of other Judges. Sir Charles Hedges gave the charge to the Grand Jury. In it, he said \"now piracy is only a sea-term for robbery, piracy being a robbery committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. If any man be assaulted within that jurisdiction and his ship or goods violently taken away without legal authority, this is robbery and piracy.\" Dawson's case was described as the sheet anchor for those who contend that robbery is an ingredient of piracy. It must be remembered, however, that every case must be read secundum subjectam materiam and must be held to refer to the facts under dispute.\n\n## 94\n\nIn Dawson's case, the prisoners had undoubtedly committed robbery in their piratical expeditions. The only function of the Chief Judge was to charge the Grand Jury and, in fact, to say to them \"Gentlemen, if you find the prisoners have done these things, then you ought to return a true bill against them.\" The same criticism applies to certain charges given to Grand Juries by Sir Leoline Jenkins (1623-1685), Judge of the Admiralty Court. See the \"Life of Leoline Jenkins,\" vol. I, p. ... . It cannot be suggested that these learned Judges were purporting to give an exhaustive definition of piracy, and a moment's reflection will show that a definition of piracy as sea robbery is both too narrow and too wide. Take one example only. Assume a modern liner with its crew and passengers, say of several thousand aboard, under its national flag, and suppose one passenger robbed another. It would be impossible to contend that such a robbery on the high seas was piracy and that the passenger in question had committed an act of piracy when he robbed his fellow passenger, and was therefore liable to the penalty of death. That is too wide a definition which would embrace all acts of plunder and violence in degree sufficient to constitute piracy simply because done on the high seas. As every crime can be committed at sea, piracy might thus be extended to the whole criminal code. If an act of robbery or murder were committed upon one of the passengers or crew by another in a vessel at sea, the vessel being at the time and continuing under lawful authority, and the offender were secured and confined by the master of the vessel to be taken home for trial, this state of things would not authorise seizure and trial by any nation that chose to interfere or within whose limits the offender might afterwards be found,\" Dana's Wheaton 193, note 83, quoted in Moore's Digest of International Law (Washington 1906) Article \"Piracy,\" p. 953.\n\nBut over and above that, we are not now in the year 1696, but in the year 1934. International law was not crystallised in the 17th century, but is a living and expanding code.\n\nIn his treatise on international law, the English textbook writer Hall (1835-94) says at p. 25 of his preface to the third edition (1889), \"looking back over the last couple of centuries we see international law at the close of each fifty years in a more solid position than that which it occupied at the beginning of the period. Progressively it has taken firmer hold, it has extended its sphere of operation, it has ceased to trouble itself about trivial formalities, it has more and more dared to grapple in detail with the fundamental facts in the relations of States. The area within which it reigns beyond dispute has in that time been infinitely enlarged, and it has been gradually enlarged within the memory of living man.\"\n\nAgain, another example may be given. A body of international law is growing up with regard to aerial warfare and aerial transport, of which Sir Charles Hedges in 1696 could have had no possible idea.\n\nA definition of piracy which appears to limit the term to robbery on the high seas was put forward by that eminent authority Hale (1609-76), in his \"Pleas of the Crown\" Ed. 1737, cap 27, p. 305, where he states, \"it is out of the question that piracy by the statute is robbery.\" It is not surprising that subsequent definitions proceed on these lines.\n\nHawkins (1673-1746) \"Pleas of the Crown\" (1716), 7th Ed., 1795, vol. 1, defines a pirate rather differently, at p. 267, \"a pirate is one who to enrich himself either by surprise or open force sets upon merchants or others trading by the sea to spoil them of their goods or treasure.” This does not necessarily import robbing. 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        "content_text": "The Birds of Hong Kong\n\n87\n\nbird is a subspecies of the Swallow Hirundo r. rustica which visits England during the summer months and is very similar to it in its appearance, twittering song and habits.\n\nOur\n\nThe Golden-Rumped Swallow has only been seen by us on three occasions, in each time in numbers but confined to a particular district and in all three cases in association with the Eastern House-Swallow. records are, April 9, 1932, Kam Tin, several hawking flies over flooded paddy fields; April 19, 1934, Pokfulam, several hawking flies over a hillside and April 6, 1935, again at Kam Tin over flooded fields. These dates and the fact that the birds were seen only once in the month makes us think that in April the species migrates across the Colony northwards, small parties stopping for a short time to rest and feed. We have a record from Nanking for April 28 when the species arrived there. This species nests in the Min Valley, the Yangtse Valley, Chefoo, and further north in Manchoukuo and Japan.\n\nThe Siberian House Martin has only once been seen by us, a party of birds, in the company of Eastern House-Swallows, hawking flies over a village pond at Sek Kong near Kam Tin on April 2, 1934. La Touche, I, p. 384 writes of this species that it \"is not frequently seen on the China coast; the two specimens in my collection, one of which is from Shaweishan and the other shot by me at Chingwangtao, and a flock noticed by Vaughan and Jones on 16th March, 1907, at Hong Kong are about the only records. This species breeds in Siberia.\n\nNESTING HABITS.\n\nThe Eastern House-Swallow has similar nesting habits to its European cousin. The nests are built of mud, mixed perhaps with a little straw or grass, in the form of a saucer or cup and lined with feathers, they are fixed under the eaves of a house or on a ledge of rock. Inhabited houses and old deserted ruins are equally favoured. Four or five eggs are laid; they are white with a pale mauve tint and with small purplish brown speckles mostly towards the larger end. Size 18 x 13 mm. (See plate I, Egg No. 11, H.K.N. IV, 1933). The breeding season in Hong Kong is from mid March to the end of June. We have records of nest building March 12, eggs April 8 and 28 and young in nest May 20. In England the birds have up to four broods in a season; Caldwell in \"South China Birds\" gives two for Fukien.\n\nCROW-PHEASANTS, ADDITIONAL NOTES.\n\nIn the last issue of this journal on page 3 under Nesting Habits a reference was made on line 28 to a nest of the Chinese Crow-Pheasant found in a branch of a screw pine and built of course bladed grasses. The nest was made entirely of leaves of Pandanus odoratissimus and not of coarse bladed grasses as stated. This nest is illustrated in Plate 7 figure 2.\n\nA\n\nJust before the last issue went to press a note was added at the end of the article on page 4 about a nest of the Lesser Crow-Pheasant. photograph of this nest is reproduced here on Plate 7 figure 3.\n\nJuly 1935.\n\n13",
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        "content_text": "Archaeological Finds on Lamma Island\n\n119\n\nThe position and size of this lump, the much rougher reverse face, the material, the bluntness of the \"edge,\" the inequality of the bevels, all suggest that we have here some tool used in the preparation of other tools that were worked by polishing, sharpening or a cutting that was akin to polishing, something intimately related to the saws of our preceding article but of much softer material.\n\nThe next piece is of importance Plate 11, B because on the one hand it is just like a portion of the above specimen as far as general shape, section and condition are concerned; because, on the other hand, it was found in one of those group finds which seem to have always been together and which warrant us in supposing that thus we may argue to the piece's proper cultural context. This specimen was found along with the next piece and the sandstone polisher below G, a group of seven neolithic axes (some of them showing the most pronounced type of stepping that we have got, very good \"Philippine\" axes all of them but one showing at least some kind of faint stepping and four of them showing no signs of use), much pottery including two whole pots standing erect (one of them very like H.K.N. IV, Plate 15, No. 3 but larger and very similar to the An Yang piece (45) p. 58. Plate I: the other was like H.K.N. IV, Plate 15, No. 1 but had more marked splay of the sides cp. (5), Plate IV, Nos. 15, 19 (Han), a mouth less highly collared but with two pair of suspension holes, a dish-bottom making a sharp angle with the sides and which originally stood probably on a foot): the pottery was all of the quartz-corded type of real neolithic stuff (no \"Double-F\"): there were also two split but unworked pieces of stone, seemingly \"blanks\" for stone implements, though one may have been cut out with a saw from an older adze-tool. The seven axes were beautifully finished: they are the best we have got from Lamma for excellence of material and finish; hence the collocation would warn us against regarding the present specimens as protoncoliths the finding of the sandstone polisher or whet-stone and of the blanks point to this being a group of tools with some unused pieces. In this context, it is important to note the similarity of this find to the burial deposit in the undisturbed grave found by J. G. Andersson at Pien Chau Kou (Kansu; Yang Shao culture of the painted burial wares, probably about 2000 B.C.):- two greenstone axes, two grindstones of light red sandstone and twelve burial urns of which four unpainted (rougher) and eight painted (\"elegant, fine, pale brick-red ware\"). It is probable that the rougher wares contained meat and drink there were fragments of a stag's skull in one and all four were at the dead man's head. We may take it that the Lamma find was not a mortuary deposit for the usual character of the finds seems to point to actual habitation rather than to burial: however, even from this point of view, the P.C.K. deposit suggests an important point of view, viz:- burial deposits embrace the important elements in the culture of the people, the articles deemed most necessary at some stage (if not the actual present) of their development: the Lamma find containing the very same species of objects might therefore be taken as completely characteristic of the culture in its distinctive features (99), p. 274. And at Lamma there is also the close proximity of\n\nJuly 1935.\n\nPage 120\n\nOne\n\n50",
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        "content_text": "120 \n\nD. J. FINN, S.J. \n\na much finer ware: at P.C.K. there was painted pottery as well as the rougher vessels of everyday use. This whole find came from the region corresponding to the C-D of the excavation at about 50 ins. At a short distance to each side we found fragments of an old friend, a pot which figured in H.K.N. III, Plate 39, No. 28. (\"Double-F\" of a peculiar style) and of which we recovered scores of fragments in the later excavation of \"C-D.\" The levels at which these \"Double F\" fragments were found seem to reach their limit just about 60 ins. and mostly to lie rather about 40-50. \n\nThis implement is of a sandstone, slightly purplish in colour. Again, only the edge region is cleanly polished: the implement becomes thicker and rougher towards the back or grip region. \n\nThe third piece Plate 11 C, found with this last, is of a harder schist in which thicker red layers are separated by very fine layers of grey-blue-black mica: one face is just one such cleavage plane. The other has a marked lumpy projection along one of the shorter sides and a slighter ridge bounding the other. The edge is fan-shaped and the central part agrees fairly well with the curve of Plate 11 D. The edge does not lie in one plane but makes a sigmoid curve: it is produced by two bevels but gives the impression of being the result of a scraping action: it might be caused if the thing were a hand-whet-stone to be held in the left hand with the lumpy part well in the palm: sharpening a knife by strokes such as farmers make when sharpening a scythe would well explain the sigmoid line and the fading off of the bevels, one at the one extremity and the other at the opposite end. The material of the stone resembles somewhat the saws but has less quartz. \n\nIn general shape, this piece strangely resembles the \"scrapers\" or \"epimioliths\" published by Professor Shellshear (24) Plate VIII (6) or the piece from Lamma K. The straight edge is the result of a preliminary fracture along a cleavage plane: the concave side has been got by trimming down a fracture. \n\nNext come the two interesting pieces, one D from Tai Wan, the other, E from HSY, the latter obviously roughly prepared to be what the former has actually become: the notable difference being that the Tai Wan has a saw-cut back that is slightly convex, while the HSY piece has a concave back. The most interesting thing about these is that one knows so little about them. The shape resembles that of the \"Haches courtes\" of the Hwa-binhian, e.g. the large specimen reproduced after Mdlle. Colani in (25) figure 3: this Indo-China implement is of course much older, unlike in finish and material, but in size it is not much smaller our piece (143 x 189 mm.). Both Lamma specimens were picked up loose having previously been displaced by somebody digging. The more finished article is a very soft shale stone which has somewhat the feel and look of pig-skin leather, an impression reinforced by a varnish of tar-like oxidation which resembles the oxidation remarked on the rings (H.K.N. VI p. 51) and on the Aberdeen adze (H.K.N., IV, Plate XIX, 11). This coating is much heavier on one side, the rougher one: it seems moreover to have \n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist. \n\nPage 50\n\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "Archaeological Finds on Lamma Island\n\n129\n\n0\n\n5. Cms.\n\nO. Epimiolith\" also from HSY. A flatter, triangular type common here.\n\nform with a side scraper-edge. Sometimes our pieces are flatter as figure O from HSY 36 ins. but still the likeness of form is evident. There is a marked tendency away from the isoceles in the vertical widest-plane section as if to give more leverage at the point by reason of a butt that went well back to the centre region of the palm of the hand while the point was directed comfortably by the fingers: this would help the opening of shell-fish, but we have actually found very few shells, one being a plaything or ornament, quite small with a hole (might even be modern).\n\nFISH-HOOK.\n\nWe illustrate here a bronze fish-hook from HSY, for it shows where in the bronze time they got food. This hook R should be compared with specimens from Somrong Seng (41) Plate VI, (76) Plate IV, Laos country Ban Na Veng (Musée Finot) Dong Son (Musée Finot) and with fish-hook motives on the bronze drums of Indo-China. It apparently belongs to the same culture—the Yüeh(?)—but it differs in many details, particularly in the curve of the lower part and in the absence of an eye for the line (instead we have a serrated shaft for binding: in this it does seem to agree with a Somrong Seng piece). Plate 11, R.\n\nWith that we have rounded off the general description of the finds at the Lamma site, Tai Wan, and we have learned something about the neighbouring and closely related site HSY. The actual material published in this article presents problems that have first to be solved before any full interpretation of the finds is possible. We are not yet in a position to date these \"epimioliths\" or place them in their proper relation to the rest of the material: so there is no need just now to sum up. Other sites may help us first and there still remains much material for the amplification of what we have already seen.\n\nOne stone object found at a high level (18 ins.) should be recorded because of its possible relation to the otherwise rare form of shouldered adze (Figure S). It is in a green stone that shows no sign of polishing, but\n\nJuly 1935.\n\n60",
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        "title": "CO129-554-8 Administration of the Government during Governor's illness 13-9-1935 - 1-11-1935",
        "content_text": "COPY FOR REGISTRATION\n\n1014\n\n9\n\nTELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nDated 8th October, 1935. Received 8.24 a.m. 8th October,\n\nPlease add following paragraph to my telegram 248:-\n\nArticle IV of 1877 Letters Patent mentioned substantive Colonial Secretary but Article XVII of 1917 Letters Patent mentions only person lawfully functioning as such.",
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        "content_text": "# Convention Article No. 11\n## Table, Continued.\n| Remarks | 17 | 18 |\n|---------|----|----|\n|         | 24 |    |\n\n## Part II.\nActs orders for examination of witnesses in the Colony in relation to proceedings abroad, including criminal proceedings, may be made under Part IV of Ordinance No. 2 of 1889 and section 326A of Ordinance No. 3 of 1901. No local legislation appears necessary to implement the Article.\n\nThis Article contains a formal saving to the effect that the participation of a High Contracting Party in the Convention shall not be interpreted as affecting that Party's attitude on the general question of criminal jurisdiction as a question of international law.\n\nNo legislation is required to give effect to this Article.\n\nThis Article provides that the Convention does not affect the principle that the offences referred to in Article 3 should in each country, without ever being allowed impunity, be defined, prosecuted and punished in conformity with the general rules of its domestic law.\n\nThis Article contains a formal saving and no legislation is required to give effect to it.\n\nThis Part of the Convention contains the ordinary diplomatic provisions as to settlement of international disputes, ratification and accession.\n\nThe only Article which requires comment is Article 24 under which the High Contracting Parties reserve the right to accede to the Convention in accordance with the provisions of Articles 21 and 23 for their colonies, protectorates or territories under suzereignty, or mandate. Article 21 deals with the transmission of instruments of accession to the Secretary General of the League of Nations. Article 23 provides that accession implies that the legislation and administrative organisation of the party concerned are in conformity with the rules contained in the Convention.\n\nIn the United Kingdom the requirements of this Article have been implemented by the Act of 1935, the only section of which that extends outside the United Kingdom is section 4 which amends the Extradition Act, 1870, and by virtue of section 17 of that Act extends to this Colony.\n\nThe new Ordinance makes the amendments in the local law which are deemed necessary to implement the Convention so that accession can be effected.\n\n## END 37",
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        "content_text": "## 2\n\n(h) that it might be desirable to insert in section 41 of Ordinance No. 12 of 1935 some provision to ensure that the amount of the charge for the work shall be a reasonable sum, excluding any charge or claim in respect of profit and representing the actual or estimated cost to be incurred by the Government in undertaking the work, and also some provision limiting the amount which may be charged unless notice of the proposed charge has been given to the master or pilot before the work is undertaken. After consideration, it was felt that to adopt these suggestions in their entirety might lead to difficulties in practice, but the word \"able\" has been inserted in the new section 41.\n\n(i) that His Majesty's Government had agreed to a proposal of the Office International d'Hygiene Publique for the addition to Article 25 (6) of the International Sanitary Convention, 1926, to provide in certain cases for the fumigation of a ship before or during the discharge of cargo and for a subsequent fumigation if during or after the discharge live rats are still found, only one of the fumigations being charged to the ship. The new section 48 adopts this principle by making an appropriate substitution for section 48 (1) of the repealed Ordinance.\n\n(j) that section 52 of Ordinance No. 12 of 1935 appeared to be ineffective in its present form, and suggested that if the Colony does not possess the personnel and equipment necessary for deratisation, periodical deratisation should not be prescribed, but on the other hand, if the necessary personnel and equipment is available, then deratisation certificates and deratisation exemption certificates should be obtainable, and that the section should be expanded on the lines of Article 28 of the International Sanitary Convention, 1926. This matter is dealt with in the new section 52.\n\n(k) that the words \"or destroyed\" are not provided for in the Conventions and suggested their deletion in sections 53 (iv) and 58 (iv) of Ordinance No. 12 of 1935. This point is dealt with in the new sections 53 (iv) and 58 (iv).\n\n(l) that there is no provision in Ordinance No. 12 of 1935 whereby an aircraft or a vessel may continue its voyage if it does not desire to submit to the prescribed measures, and suggested that a provision on the lines of Article 54 of the International Sanitary Convention, 1926, and Article 57 of the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, 1933, should be included. The new Ordinance deals with this point by adding two sub-sections to section 20.\n\n## 3. \nA Table of Correspondence, which sets out in detail the differences between the new Ordinance and the repealed Ordinance, is attached.\n\nDecember, 1935.\n\n**C. G. ALABASTER,**  \nAttorney General.\n\n## 39",
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        "content_text": "# New Ordinance.\n\n## Section.\n\n4\n\n| Ordinance No. 12 of 1935. Section. | Remarks. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 48 | Sub-section (1) redrafted to provide in certain cases for the fumigation of a ship before or during the discharge of cargo and for a subsequent fumigation if during or after the discharge live rats are still found, only one of the fumigations being charged to the ship. |\n| 49 | Marginal note redrafted. |\n| 50 |  |\n| 51 | Redrafted and expanded on the lines of Article 28 of the International Sanitary Convention, 1926. |\n| 52 | \"or destroyed at his discretion\" deleted in line of paragraph (iv). |\n| 52 | 1. \"Vessels or aircraft which during the voyage had, or at the time of their arrival have, a case of smallpox on board for Smallpox infected vessels or aircraft in first line.\" <br> 2. \"or destroyed at his discretion\" deleted in last line of paragraph (iv). |\n| 54 to 57 |  |\n| 58 |  |\n| 59 to 76 |  |\n| 77 | \"any\" added in first line. |\n| 78 to 79 | ''drivers\" added in fifth line. \"cart or\" deleted in sixth line. |\n| 80 |  |\n| 81 to 83 |  |\n| 84 | 1. \"the Schedule or its equivalent in Chinese characters\" for \"Schedule A\" in second line of sub-section (2). <br> 2. \", not exceeding two hundred dollars\" added in sub-section (2). |\n| 85 | \"under observation for\" \"in quarantine\" in first line. |\n| 85 | \"either generally or specially,\" added in second line. |\n| 86 | \"under observation for\" \"in quarantine\" \"observation for be quarantined\" |\n| 87 |  |\n| 88 to 93 |  |\n| 94 | Sub-section (2) added. |\n| 95 to 106 |  |\n| 107 |  |\n\n## Table of Correspondence,—Continued. \n\n43",
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        "content_text": "## PART 2.\n\n### Appendix 1 - Evidence received\n\n#### POSSIBLE LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT\n\nIV. The further development of the veterinary inspection of dairy cattle\nParagraph 127\n\nV. Methods of eradication\n(a) Bovine tuberculosis\n(b) Other diseases of cattle\n\n#### Appendix \n(a) List of witnesses who gave oral evidence\n(b) List of institutions and persons from whom written, but not oral, evidence was received\n\n### Appendix 2. - The average life of dairy cows\nPage 109\n\n### Annex A. - Extracts from an article by Dr. Norman Wright entitled \"Wastage in dairy cows\"\nPage 112\n\n### Annex B. The relation between average herd age and wastage as a percentage of the herd\nPage 113\n\nVI. The pasteurisation of milk\nPage 116\n\n(b) Compulsory pasteurisation in areas where milk already undergoes some form of heat-treatment\nPage 137\n\n(a) Compulsory pasteurisation in areas now largely consuming raw milk\nPage 147\nPage 149\nPage 150\nPage 161\n\nVII. The inter-relation of the various policies advocated\nPage 164\n\n## PART 3.\n\n### RECOMMENDATIONS.\n\nVIII. Administrative changes recommended\n(a) Veterinary inspection\nPage 172\n\n(b) A scheme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis\nPage 186\n\n(c) Regulations governing the grading of milk and pasteurisation\nPage 206\n\n(d) Recommendations in regard to diseases of cattle other than tuberculosis\nPage 213\n\n(e) Miscellaneous recommendations\n(i) The relation of the research conducted by the Milk Marketing Boards to that conducted by government\nPage 218\n\n(ii) The standardisation of tuberculin\nPage 219\n\n(iii) Proposed extension of powers of local authorities\nPage 220\n\nIX. The financial effect of the measures recommended\nPage 221\n\n### Appendix 3. - The estimated loss to the farming industry from cattle diseases\n\n### Appendix 4. - Table showing the percentage wastage of dairy cattle according to the proportion of homebred cows entering the herd\nPage 117\n\n### Appendix 5. - Statement showing the number of occupiers of agricultural holdings over one acre in extent within an approximate radius of five miles of certain towns, who returned four or more dairy cattle on the 4th June, 1932. (Ministry of Agriculture's annual census of livestock)\nPage 111\nPage 118\n\n### Annex. - Note by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries covering the above statement\nPage 121\nPage 122\nPage 123\nPage 124\nPage 131\nPage 132\nPage 142\n\n### Appendix 6. - Milk-borne epidemics reported in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the twentieth century\n\n### Appendix 7. - Bibliographical references to papers referred to in the section of the report dealing with the effect of pasteurisation on the constituents of milk\n\n### Appendix 8. - Returns prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland, showing the extent to which veterinary inspection of dairy cattle is undertaken by local authorities\n\n### Appendix 9. - Particulars of the number of licences held for the production or bottling of graded milks in England and Wales and Scotland. (Abstracted from the fourteenth annual report of the Ministry of Health)\nPage 143\nPage 153\nPage 154\n\n### Appendix 10. - Certain particulars of legislation relating to cattle diseases and the milk supply in countries overseas\n\n### Appendix 11. - Numbers of infected milk samples in county boroughs drawing supplies of milk from the West Riding of Yorkshire\n\n### Appendix 12. - An example of rules drawn up for the management of a herd in which an attempt is being made to eradicate bovine tuberculosis\n\n### Appendix 13. - Human and cow population and rateable value by counties in Great Britain\n(a) England and Wales\n(b) Scotland\nPage 157\nPage 161\n\n## PART 4.\n\n### SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.\n\n(a) Principal conclusions\nPage 229\n\n(b) Recommendations\nPage 230\n\n### Reservation by Sir Merrik Burrell\nPage 99\n\n### Memorandum attached to reservation by Sir Merrik Burrell\nPage 99\n\n### Addendum and reservation by Sir Charles Harris\nPage 102\n\n### Addendum by Major-General Sir John Moore\nPage 108\n\nPage 10\nPage 11\nB 3\n12 \n[9837]",
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        "content_text": "44\n\nUnder it, cows which on account of administrative difficulties aborted were notified, and if they proved infected were isolated and disinfected.\n\n(b) Existing legislation relating to the milk supply.\n\n(i) The general effect of existing legislation.\n\n116. Of the acts of Parliament regulating the milk supply, three are of special importance, namely, the Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act of 1914, the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act of 1915, which does not extend to Scotland, and the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act of 1922, which extends to the whole of Great Britain. Other provisions relating to milk are included in the Public Health Acts. The milk provisions in the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act in addition relate entirely to adulteration and do not concern us.\n\nTo these Acts important orders have been issued under them; the Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Order of 1925 under the Act of 1914; the Milk and Dairies Order of 1926 under the Act of 1915; the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923; and the Milk (Special Designations) Order (Scotland), 1930, both under the Act of 1922.\n\n117. These Acts and Orders provide a comprehensive code for safeguarding the milk supply throughout Great Britain, administered for the most part by local authorities. In Scotland the responsible authority is in all cases the county council or the council of a large burgh. The principal provisions of the code, and the local authority administering them in England and Wales follow:-\n\n**(A) Provisions administered by sanitary authorities, namely, borough or district councils:**\n\n(i) Cow keepers and dairymen must register themselves and their premises;\n\n(ii) Cowsheds, milk stores and shops must fulfil minimum requirements with regard to lighting, ventilation, water supply, drainage and structural conditions;\n\n(iii) Milking must be cleanly carried out and all utensils scalded or sterilised;\n\n(iv) In England and Wales milk, with certain exceptions, must be cooled;\n\n(v) Milk from cows recognisably diseased must not be sold; infectious persons must not be employed to milk cows or handle milk;\n\n(vi) Milk must be properly protected in transit.\n\n45\n\n**(B) Provisions administered by county councils and county borough councils:**\n\n(vii) Local authorities may appoint veterinary inspectors for the purposes of the Acts; they are required to have herds examined by these inspectors in the circumstances discussed later (paragraph 118); they may arrange for inspection over and above that required by the Order.\n\n**(C) Provisions administered by various authorities:**\n\n(viii) All local authorities may take samples of milk;\n\n(ix) Designations of milk are defined, and selling of milk under the designation is forbidden except under licence granted-\n\n118.\n\n(a) to the producers of milk from tuberculin tested herds, by the Ministry of Health;\n\n(b) to producers of other graded milk, by county or county borough councils, or if they are unwilling to act, by district councils;\n\n(c) to sellers of all graded milks who are not producers, by sanitary authorities.\n\nThe provisions with regard to veterinary inspection are carried out with varying degrees of effectiveness. In Scotland all dairy herds must undergo a clinical examination at least once in every year. Experience has shown that this minimum frequency is not enough, and the Department of Health for Scotland has succeeded in persuading the councils of sixteen counties containing about 36 per cent. of the dairy cow population to provide three or more inspections a year. In England and Wales the position is less satisfactory. The requirements of the law are set out in the following extract from Circular No. 757, addressed on the 20th January, 1927, by the Ministry of Health to the local authorities concerned. It may be explained that Section 4 of the Act of 1915 requires that any medical officer of health who has reason to suppose, e.g., as the result of the testing of a milk sample, that milk from a particular source is infected with tuberculosis, shall notify this fact to the medical officer of health of the county or county borough in which the farm supplying the milk is situated. The latter is then under an obligation to arrange for the cattle upon the farm in question to be examined, and for other necessary steps to be taken with a view to discovering the source of infection. Article 8 of the Order of 1926 requires county and county borough councils to make such inspections as are necessary for the purposes of the Act of 1915 and the Order of 1926. The passage in question runs:-\n\n\"18. The Minister's view is that the minimum which could be regarded as satisfying the requirements of Article 8 of the\n\n52",
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        "title": "CO129-562-26 China- extra-territoriality 16-6-1937 - 9-7-1937",
        "content_text": "## 2 \n\nThe Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Owing to a recrudescence of internal political troubles, the negotiations were then suspended. In the autumn of 1931, the Japanese launched their attack on Manchuria, and the whole question of extra-territoriality has remained in abeyance ever since.\n\n4. Since 1931, in spite of their external difficulties, the Chinese have made great progress in political and constitutional matters. Their Central Government is now a reasonably efficient administrative machine, and its authority is generally recognised over the greater part of China. Even the long-standing division between North and South has recently been healed. There has also been great progress in the codifying of the laws and in judicial administration generally. Finally, Japan, whose aggression was a considerable factor in unifying China, seems to have abandoned coercion for conciliation and may now be found willing to deal with China on a footing of friendliness and equality.\n\n5. At the recent plenary session of the Kuomintang, a resolution was passed in favour of taking up the extra-territoriality negotiations once more. No action has as yet been taken by the Chinese Government on this resolution, but the subject is being ventilated in the press in China, and Sir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen has had some conversations with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is strongly of the opinion that we should be sympathetic to any approach made to us by the Chinese Government. Copies of the three telegrams Nos. 106, 114, and 116, which we have received from Sir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, are annexed hereto (`Annexes III`, `IV`, and `V`). In their Aide-Mémoire of the 30th March last (`Annex I`), the United States Government expressed the view that negotiations on the subject of extra-territoriality might be taken up, and enquired whether, in our opinion, it would be better for the foreign Governments to take the initiative in approaching the Chinese Government, or whether it would be better to await proposals from the Chinese Government. An interim reply was sent to the United States Embassy on the 14th May (`Annex II`), favouring the latter course and promising a further communication as soon as a decision had been reached on the important points of policy involved.\n\n6. It has been the consistent policy of successive British Governments to assist China in every way possible in the political and economic development of their country; and if any request is now made to negotiate on the subject of extra-territoriality, it would not be either wise or indeed possible to depart from the friendly and sympathetic attitude that was adopted in the previous negotiations, or to withdraw substantially from the policy of the 1931 draft. In view of the greater degree of unity and stability that China has achieved since 1931, it is probable that, as stated in the United States Aide-Mémoire, the Chinese will now insist upon an agreement of a more far-reaching character. It would seem best, however, to begin negotiations on the basis of that draft and defer consideration of details until after negotiations have actually begun.\n\n7. The draft treaty of 1931, of which a copy is annexed hereto, `Annex VI`, contained a number of safeguards designed to protect the persons, property, and vessels of British subjects, on coming under Chinese jurisdiction, against the arbitrary exercise of power or uncertainty as to the law to be applied.\n\n8. The principal safeguards were that British subjects were to be subject only to the modern Courts of Justice and to the duly promulgated laws, ordinances, and regulations of China; cases involving British subjects as defendant or accused were only to be tried in the modern courts at certain selected centres, and foreign legal counsellors with watching and advisory functions were to be attached to these centres. Provided the safeguards of the 1931 draft could have been exercised without offending Chinese amour-propre, it seems probable that the arrangements of the draft treaty would have proved a satisfactory substitute for the present system. China has, indeed, now reached the stage when, as in other countries, diplomatic representations would probably be the best protection for British subjects against even the unfettered exercise of Chinese jurisdiction, but as public opinion is not ready for such a root and branch solution, it would seem best, when negotiations begin, to endeavour to secure the consent of the Chinese Government to as many of the safeguards of the 1931 draft as possible.\n\n9. The greatest difficulty arises out of the peculiar position of the International Settlement at Shanghai, the foreign administration of which depends very largely upon the continued enjoyment of extra-territorial privileges by the Powers chiefly concerned. In the 1931 draft, the whole area of Greater Shanghai, namely, the International Settlement and the neighbouring areas, which are largely inhabited by foreigners, was excluded from the operation of the treaty. Foreign control of the International Settlement, in face of the Chinese determination to undermine it, is becoming more precarious, and British predominance in the municipal administration of Shanghai tends to involve us in disputes between Chinese and Japanese which are not really our concern. It is by no means certain, therefore, that the exclusion of Chinese authority from the Settlement should continue to be an object of British policy. In view, however, of the complexity of the problem of Shanghai and the multiplicity of the national and other interests involved, it will be best to insist now, as in 1931, on complete exclusion so as to afford time for further negotiations. In the 1931 draft (article 16), Shanghai was excluded for ten years and Tientsin for five years. The United States Government, while willing to throw in Tientsin altogether, considered that the time limit for Shanghai was a mistake. It may be difficult to secure the assent of the Chinese to the indefinite exclusion of the whole area of Greater Shanghai. On the other hand, it is obviously unsatisfactory that negotiations should be carried on under pressure of a time limit, and we might, therefore, accept the American view on that point.\n\n10. If the Cabinet approve of the adoption of a policy on the lines recommended above, a further question arises in relation to Japan. It would seem to be desirable, in view of the present conciliatory attitude of Japan, to propose to them to adopt the same attitude as ourselves and the United States over the question of extra-territoriality. His Majesty's Ambassadors at Peking and Tokyo are being consulted by telegram on this point and also on the subsidiary points as to time and method, namely, whether it would be better to approach Japan now or wait until actual proposals on the subject of extra-territoriality are made by China, and whether the approach should be made in Tokyo jointly with the Americans or separately in London and Washington.\n\nMay 25, 1937.\n\n**(Strictly Confidential.)**\n\n## ANNEX 1\n\n## Aide-mémoire\n\nA. E.\n\nThe Department of State has for some time been giving thought to the question of the possible practicability of there being made by the American Government an approach to the Chinese Government suggesting resumption of the extra-territorial negotiations which were interrupted in 1931 and have since been in abeyance. It has been the view of the Department of State that the practicability of making such an approach should be considered in terms of the possibility of the approach being made simultaneously and on parallel lines by the American and the British Governments. It has been felt that the question of the opportuneness of such action at this time largely depends upon the question whether the resumption of such negotiations would be likely to have a disturbing effect upon the general situation in the Far East with special reference to Sino-Japanese relations and the question of the likelihood of the Chinese Government being willing to accept a draft of a treaty following substantially the lines of the American draft of the 14th July, 1931. (The American draft is similar to the British draft of the 6th June, 1931, except for article 16: Reserve Areas, a copy of which article, together with a copy of the Department's memorandum, was enclosed in Mr. Atherton's letter of the 25th July, 1931, to Mr. Orde.)\n\n2. The United States Embassy in China has reported that during the recent plenary session of the Central Executive Committee, there was adopted a resolution calling upon the Chinese Government to conduct negotiations for the abolition of extra-territorial jurisdiction. This resolution, quoted in an instruction to the Executive Yuan on the 6th March, was published in the National Government Gazette of the 9th March, but otherwise it has received little publicity. The United States Embassy has received no intimation as to what action the Chinese Government will take in the matter.\n\n`[15299]`",
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        "content_text": "## ANNEX II \n\nSir A. Cadogan to Mr. Atherton.\n\n**Foreign Office, May 14, 1937.**\n\nI MUST apologise for the delay in replying to the aide-mémoire of the 30th March which you left with the Foreign Office on the 1st April last. As I am not yet in a position to give you the considered views of His Majesty's Government on the subject of extra-territoriality in China, I thought it would be best to send you an interim reply on the point as regards a foreign Government or foreign Governments taking the initiative in approaching the Chinese Government.\n\nThe Chinese Government might, we think, be actually embarrassed by such an initiative; and if, as seems possible, it had the effect of encouraging an agitation among the more irresponsible elements in Chinese political circles, it might make it more difficult for them to pursue a reasonable course if negotiations on the subject are begun. We agree, therefore, with your Embassy in China in thinking that it would be a mistake for any foreign Government to take the initiative, and we should prefer to await proposals from the Chinese Government. In the meantime, the important questions of policy involved will receive our most careful consideration, and the conclusions we may reach will in due course be communicated to you. I need hardly say, of course, that we fully reciprocate the desire expressed in the aide-mémoire for close collaboration between our two Governments.\n\n**Yours sincerely,**\n**A. CADOGAN.**\n\n## ANNEX III \n\nSir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen to Mr. Eden.-(Received April 20.)\n\n**(No. 106.) (Telegraphic.)**\n**Nanking, April 20, 1937.**\n\nAFTER close of third plenary session it was disclosed that a resolution had been adopted that negotiations should be reopened with Powers with a view to abolition of consular jurisdiction, and National Government is now circulating instruction contained in the text of an order addressed by National Government to Judicial and Executive Yuans in pursuance of this. The Executive Yuan is directed to instruct Ministry for Foreign Affairs to open negotiations.\n\nAlthough no Chinese official has mentioned the matter to me or to my interested colleagues directly, it is being ventilated in the press and by public; negotiations are being followed with close interest. It is possible, therefore, that we may shortly receive a request from Waichiaopu for resumption of negotiations, and I think we should consider what attitude we should adopt towards such a request.\n\nI will submit observations in subsequent telegram.\n\n**(Repeated, Saving, to Peking, commercial counsellor and Tokyo.)**\n\n## ANNEX IV \n\nSir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen to Mr. Eden.-(Received April 23.)\n\n**(No. 114.) (Telegraphic.)**\n**Nanking, April 23, 1937.**\n**MY telegram No. 106.**\n\nIt would be hopeless to wait for the ideal moment for concluding a treaty of extra-territoriality, and my own feeling is that the present is probably as favourable a moment as we shall ever have since the Chinese are well disposed towards us, and we stand to get much more credit and possibly better terms by adopting a forward attitude in such circumstances than if we wait and have to yield to pressure later on. I am, however, strongly in favour of receiving sympathetically any approach from the Waichiaopu.\n\n2. It would, of course, be understood that we should do nothing unless the Chinese Government took the initiative in approaching us and our attitude would depend on the nature of their approach.\n\n3. We ought, I think, as a matter of tactics to take our first stand on `1931` draft. Much, however, has happened since then and the Chinese would not now be likely to accept all safeguards and restrictions included in that draft particularly article `14` (personal status) and reservation of Tientsin. I do not see that it is necessary now to reserve Tientsin, and we should be prepared to face forthwith rendition. There would be another wrangle over Shanghai, but I see no solution other than temporary reservation.\n\n4. Provided we keep in step with the Americans with whom we should maintain close touch as in `1931` I do not think we should allow our policy to be influenced by other Powers, though we should keep them informed. It seems reasonable to calculate that the French and Japanese (the only others who matter) should, after a short time, find themselves compelled in their own interests to come into line; otherwise Chinese could make things very difficult for them.\n\n5. In general, my view is that extra-territorial system is becoming so difficult to work in conditions of present-day China, and is such an obstacle to modern rôle of our traditional relations that sooner it is removed the better. Once the plunge has been taken I do not see we need seriously regret it.\n\n6. In my own view there would be much to be said for letting foreign settlements (Shanghai and Amoy) go too. 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        "title": "CO129-563-2 Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance- 1937 31-5-1937 - 6-1-1938",
        "content_text": "## Appearance of counsel, etc.\n\nList of poisons for purposes of Ordinance. Second Schedule.\n\n23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 17.\n\n10. and, if he is a representative within the meaning of section 12, at his address as last notified to the registrar, or, in the case of a person being a body corporate, shall be served on that body.\n\n(2) A direction given by the Governor in Council under this Part, other than a direction given on the application of the person to whom it relates, shall take effect at the expiration of such period, not exceeding three months, as the Governor in Council may, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, think fit to direct.\n\n(3) Where a direction given by the Governor in Council under this Part has taken effect it shall be the duty of the registrar to make such alterations in the register of premises as are necessary to give effect to the direction.\n\n17. Any person whose conduct is the subject of inquiry by the Governor in Council under this Ordinance, or who is in any way implicated or concerned in any such inquiry, shall be entitled to be represented at the inquiry by counsel or a solicitor.\n\n## PART II. Poisons.\n\n18. (1) The substances contained in the list in the Second Schedule shall be treated as poisons for the purposes of this Ordinance.\n\n(2) The list shall be divided into two parts as follows: Part I of the list shall consist of those poisons which, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, are not to be sold except by a person who is an authorised seller of poisons: Part II of the list shall consist of those poisons which, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, are not to be sold except by a person who is an authorised seller of poisons or whose name is entered in a list kept under this Part by the registrar of persons who are to be entitled to sell poisons in Part II (in this Ordinance referred to as the registrar's list.)\n\n(3) The Governor in Council may from time to time by regulations amend or vary the said list as he thinks proper.\n\n(4) In determining the distribution of poisons as between Part I and Part II of the said list, regard shall be had to the desirability of restricting the said Part II to articles which are in common use, or likely to come into common use, for purposes other than the treatment of human ailments, and which it is reasonably necessary to include in the said Part II if the public are to have adequate facilities for obtaining them.\n\n(5) The said list as in force for the time being is in this Ordinance referred to as **the Poisons List** and in this Ordinance the expression **poison** means a poison in the Poisons List.\n\n19. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance it shall not be lawful-\n\n(a) for a person to sell any poison included in Part I of the Poisons List unless-\n(i) he is an authorised seller of poisons; and\n(ii) the sale is effected on premises duly registered under Part I of this Ordinance; and\n(iii) the sale is effected by, or under the supervision of, a registered pharmacist;\n\n(b) for a person to sell any poison included in Part II of the Poisons List, unless either-\n(i) he is an authorised seller of poisons and the sale is effected on premises duly registered under Part I of this Ordinance; or\n(ii) his name is entered in the registrar's list, and the sale is effected on premises specified in that list as being premises on which he is entitled, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List;\n\n(c) for a person to sell any poison, whether included in Part I or in Part II of the Poisons List, unless the container of the poison is labelled in the prescribed manner-\n(i) with the name of the poison; and\n(ii) in the case of a preparation which contains a poison as one of the ingredients thereof, with the prescribed particulars as to the proportion which the poison contained in the preparation bears to the total ingredients; and\n(iii) with the word \"poison\" or other prescribed indication of the character of the article; and\n(iv) with the name of the seller of the poison and the address of the premises on which it was sold.\n\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part and to any regulations made under this Ordinance dispensing with or relaxing any of the requirements of this sub-section-\n\n(a) it shall not be lawful to sell any poison included in Part I of the Poisons List to any person unless that person is either-\n(i) certified in writing in the manner prescribed by regulations, and by a person authorised by regulations to give a certificate for the purposes of this section; or\n(ii) known by the seller or by some registered pharmacist in the employment of the seller at the premises where the sale is effected, to be a person to whom the poison may properly be sold:\n\n(b) the seller of any such poison shall not deliver it until-\n(i) he has made or caused to be made an entry, in a book to be kept for that purpose, stating, in the form prescribed by regulations, the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser and of the person, if any, by whom the certificate required under paragraph (a) of this sub-section was given, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purposes for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required; and\n(ii) the purchaser has affixed his signature to the entry aforesaid.\n\n23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 18.",
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        "content_text": "3\n\nRunning Provisions.\n\nArticle 6. Canton-Hankow Railway locomotives shall normally haul all trains on that Railway to and from Shek Pai Junction Station and all matters pertaining to the operation of such trains shall be administered by the staff of the Canton-Hankow Railway. Chinese Section locomotives of the Canton-Kowloon Railway shall normally haul all trains on the Chinese Section between Shek Pai Junction Station and Shum Chun Station and all matters pertaining to the operation of such trains shall be administered by the staff of the Chinese Section. British Section locomotives of the Canton-Kowloon Railway shall normally haul all trains on the British Section between Shum Chun Station and Kowloon Station and all matters pertaining to the operation of such trains shall be administered by the staff of the British Section. When necessity arises the locomotives and staff of one Railway may operate in the adjoining Railway by mutual agreement between the Administrations concerned, in which event they shall conform to all traffic rules, regulations and practices in force on that Railway.\n\nAccidents.\n\nArticle 7. The responsibility for any accident occurring on Transit Trains if due to the negligence of the staff of the Railway on which such accident occurs, shall be borne by the Administration of the Railway to which such staff belongs. The responsibility for any accident caused by a fault in the track or bridgework or rolling-stock or through the negligence of the staff in charge of such track or bridgework or rolling-stock, shall be borne by the Administration on whose Railway such track or bridgework is situated or to whom such staff or rolling-stock belongs.\n\nArticle 8. Unless otherwise agreed between the Administrations concerned all spare parts required for the repair of damaged rolling-stock shall be supplied free of charge by the Railway owning such stock provided it is responsible for the damage.\n\nArticle 9. Damage to or loss of Rolling-stock caused other than by the neglect or fault of the staff or fault in the track or bridgework or rolling-stock shall be borne by the Administration in whose Railway such damage or loss may occur unless it is agreed between the Administrations after enquiry that such damage or loss was caused by an act or acts done or commenced outside that Railway and in that event the damage or loss shall be borne by the Railway on which such act or acts were done or commenced.\n\nArticle 10. In all other cases where responsibility for an accident cannot be fixed, the handling of claims and the payment of compensation and all other matters in connection therewith shall be mutually agreed upon between the three Administrations.\n\nSupply of Rolling-stock for Goods Transit Trains. Article 11. Each Railway shall normally supply Rolling-stock for Goods Transit Traffic as it becomes available and in accordance with the best possible traffic arrangements and each Railway shall pay to the other Railways hire for all wagons of the other Railways running upon its tracks at the rate of one-twentieth of a cent Chinese National Currency per ton of capacity per kilometer per loaded wagon and one-fortieth of a cent Chinese National Currency per ton of capacity per kilometer per empty wagon.\n\nArticle 12. Demurrage shall be paid in accordance with Article 21(iv) of the Ministry's General Regulations relating to the Carriage of Goods by Goods Trains.\n\nArticle 13. Where wagons belonging to one Railway are used with its consent on another Railway for purposes other than Transit Traffic, then hire shall be paid by the borrowing to the lending Railway at the rate of twenty cents Chinese National Currency per ton of capacity per day.\n\nCleansing, Oiling and Stabling of Rolling-stock on Transit Trains.\n\nArticle 14. Arrangements shall be made by the Canton-Hankow Railway and the British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway for the stabling, cleansing and oiling of Rolling-stock employed in Transit Traffic. These services shall be performed free of charge.\n\nInterchange of Rolling-stock.\n\nArticle 15. Regulations for the delivery and receipt of Rolling-stock and the detailed procedure for inspection preparatory to such delivery and receipt shall be mutually agreed upon between the three Administrations.\n\nTransit Rates.\n\nArticle 16. All rates for Transit Traffic shall normally be the sum of the local rates applying on each Railway plus terminal charges at both ends as specified in Schedule \"A\" attached hereto. The local rates shall normally not exceed the basic maxima laid down by the Ministry. For the purpose of stimulating traffic the three Administrations may mutually agree to make proportionate reductions in these rates which shall then be known as Special Rates.\n\nArticle 17. Special rates shall be quoted with the mutual consent of the three Administrations where no classification exists. These rates shall be subject to the Ministry's approval but not retrospectively. It shall be the duty of each Administration to acquaint the other Administrations of traffic diversions through competition or of instances where existing rates are uneconomical.\n\nArticle 18. Each Railway shall send periodically to the other Railways an ample supply of its own rates schedule for Transit Traffic. The Canton-Hankow Railway and the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway schedules shall be in Chinese National currency and the British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway schedule shall be in Hong Kong currency. These schedules shall be drawn up in Chinese and English and posted conspicuously at each station.",
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        "title": "CO129-566-3 Canton-Kowloon Railway 4-4-1938 - 20-1-1939",
        "content_text": "84\n\n4\n\nArticle 19. Goods originating from the Canton-Hankow Railway shall pay freight in Chinese National currency and goods originating from the British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway shall pay freight in Hong Kong currency. Transit freight charges shall normally be determined to the nearest five cents by the use of the \"Current Rate of Exchange\" which is the average opening selling rate of exchange calculated to the nearest point between Chinese National currency and Hong Kong currency or between Hong Kong currency and Chinese National currency respectively, from the 16th of the preceding month to the 15th of the current month, as obtained daily from the Central Bank of China.\n\nPreceding\n\nArticle 20. If the opening selling rate fluctuates from the \"Current Rate\" by more than five points, then the former rate calculated to the nearest point shall be adopted to compute Transit freight charges for a period of seven days commencing on the day following that on which such fluctuation occurs. Subsequent amendment shall be determined, in a similar manner, by the opening selling rate of exchange on the last day of the seven days period.\n\nProvisions Governing the Division of Transit Rates.\n\nArticle 21. The sharing of transit rates between the Railways shall be according to the regulations provided below:-\n\n(i). The Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and the Canton-Hankow Railway, shall receive from the British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway their appropriate shares in Chinese National currency as laid down in their Transit Rates Schedules, of all Transit receipts collected by the latter Railway.\n\n(ii). The Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway shall receive from the Canton-Hankow Railway its appropriate share in Chinese National Currency as laid down in its Transit Rates Schedule, of all Transit receipts collected by the latter Railway.\n\n(iii). The British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway shall receive from the Canton-Hankow Railway its appropriate share in Hong Kong currency as laid down in its Transit Rates Schedule, of all Transit receipts collected by the latter Railway.\n\n(iv). For division purposes the conversion of Chinese National currency into Hong Kong currency or vice versa, shall be at the \"Division Rate of Exchange\" which is the average of the daily rates of exchange used during the preceding month in computing Transit freight charges.\n\nThrough Booking of Goods.\n\nArticle 22. Conditions governing the Carriage of Goods shall be those laid down in the following publications of the Ministry:\n\n(i). The General Regulations relating to the Carriage of Goods by Goods Trains.\n\n(ii). Detailed Rules relating to the handling of Railway Goods Traffic.\n\n(iii). The General Classification of Goods.\n\n5\n\nArticle 23. All Transit consignments with the exception of those listed in Article 7 of the General Regulations relating to the Carriage of Goods by Goods Trains shall be carried at \"Railway Risk\".\n\nArticle 24. The responsibility for damage to or loss of Goods in transit shall, subject to the conditions governing the Carriage of Goods, be determined in accordance with the principles laid down in Articles 7, 9 and 10 of this Agreement relating to Accidents.\n\nArticle 25. Transit consignments shall be booked on the Chinese National Railway Invoices as modified to suit Joint Transportation.\n\nArticle 26. Traffic may be forwarded either \"Paid\" or \"To Pay\" at the option of the consignor.\n\nAccounts.\n\nArticle 27. The accounts of all Transit Traffic shall be kept by each Administration according to a uniform method to be mutually agreed upon between the three Administrations, and such accounts shall be open to inspection by a duly authorised representative of either of the other two Administrations at all reasonable times.\n\nArticle 28. Monthly accounts for Transit Traffic shall be kept by the three Administrations and shall be completed as soon as possible after the last day of each month. After the statements of such accounts have been exchanged between the three Administrations, they shall be signed by the Managing Director of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the Managing Director of the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and the Manager of the British Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway.\n\nArticle 29. As soon as possible after the last day of each month, preliminary statements of Debits and Credits shall be exchanged between the three Administrations and mutually agreed upon when payments on account in respect of any balances shall be made.\n\nArticle 30. Half yearly accounts for the periods from the 1st of January to the 30th June and from the 1st of July to the 31st December shall be prepared from the monthly accounts statements and the necessary financial adjustments shall be made after such accounts are agreed to by the three Administrations.\n\nTelegrams, Mails, Letters and Parcels.\n\nArticle 31. Telegrams, mails, letters and parcels on Railway service shall be sent and received by each line free of charge. This arrangement shall apply to the carriage of Customs documents sent in direct connection with goods traffic.\n\nArticle 32. Arrangements for the conveyance of Transit Mails shall conform to the conditions laid down by the Ministry, although in the event of special circumstances arising they shall be decided by the three Administrations on a contract basis.\n\nSee Schedule \"C\"",
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        "title": "CO129-566-3 Canton-Kowloon Railway 4-4-1938 - 20-1-1939",
        "content_text": "SCHEDULE \"B\".\n\nArticle 21 (iv) of the Ministry's General Regulations relating to the Carriage of Goods by Goods Trains.\n\nDemurrage shall be paid by the consignor or consignee at the rate of fifty cents Chinese National Currency per ton of wagon capacity in respect of each additional twelve hours or part thereof a wagon is delayed after having been placed in position for a continuous period of six hours for loading or unloading, provided that in the event of special circumstances arising which in the opinion of the Railway Administration preclude the expeditious loading or unloading of goods the free period may be extended as deemed equitable.\n\nSCHEDULE \"\n\nArticle 7 of the Ministry's General Regulations relating to the Carriage of Goods by Goods Trains.\n\nGoods which cannot be carried at Railway risk.\n\nThe Railway shall not be responsible for any damage or loss to the following articles which must be carried at owner's risk :-\n\n(1). All birds, animals, marine products, insects and plants, which require feeding or watering, as enumerated in the Classification of Goods.\n\n(2). Coffins, human bones or human-bone ashes.\n\n(3). Valuable goods as enumerated in the Classification of Goods (vide Appendix in Classification of Goods).\n\n(4). Arms and ammunitions and other dangerous goods as enumerated in the Classification of Goods (vide Appendix in Classification of Goods), but excluding kerosene, gasolene, fuel oil, spirit of wine, sodium nitrate, sodium sulphate, cinema films, fire-crackers and fireworks, matches and other dangerous articles which are governed by special regulations.\n\n(5). Goods carried on account (or as debits against other accounts), free or at reduced rates,\n\n(6). Goods, considered too difficult to be handled by the Railway and for which a provisional sanction has been obtained from the Ministry.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-574-7 Proposal to revise legislation relating to opium reward fund 10-8-1938 - 17-10-1938",
        "page_number": 12,
        "title": "CO129-574-7 Proposal to revise legislation relating to opium reward fund 10-8-1938 - 17-10-1938",
        "content_text": "## Opium divans and smoking therein prohibited. Presumptions (1) as to opium divans, (2) as to smoking opium in an opium divan. Unlawful possession of Government opium labels and wrappers.\n\n15.-(1) No person shall open or keep an opium divan.\n\n(2) No person shall smoke opium in any opium divan.\n\n(3) No person shall aid, abet, counsel or procure any such sale, purchase, smoking or possession is mentioned in section (2).\n\n16. (1) Where two or more persons are found smoking opium in any place, such persons not being residents in the said place, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed-\n| Condition | Presumption |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | that the said place is an opium divan; and |\n| (b) | that the tenant or occupier of the said place is keeping the said place as an opium divan, provided that such tenant or occupier or a servant of such tenant or occupier is present at the time of the finding of such persons. |\n\n(2) Every person found in any opium divan or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Ordinance shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be or to have been smoking opium therein.\n\n17. (1) No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession, except attached to a receptacle issued by the Superintendent and containing Government prepared opium, any label or wrapper of a kind used by the Superintendent for affixing to receptacles containing Government prepared opium, or any portion of any such label or wrapper.\n\n(2) No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession, except attached to a receptacle issued by the Superintendent and containing the full quantity of Government prepared opium contained therein at the time of issue, any label or wrapper of a kind used by the Superintendent for affixing to receptacles containing Government prepared opium, unless such label or wrapper has been broken in such a way as to make it impracticable to use the label or wrapper again.\n\n## Opium labels, etc., resembling Government and dies, etc., for the production of such labels, etc.\n\n18-(1) No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession any label, wrapper, or mark, so resembling any label, wrapper, or mark used by the Superintendent in connection with Government prepared opium as to constitute a colourable imitation thereof, or have in his possession any die, block, or type apparently intended for the production of any such label, wrapper, or mark.\n\n(2) For the purposes of this section, \"label\", \"wrapper\", \"mark\", \"die\", \"block\" and \"type\" shall be deemed respectively to include any portion of a label, wrapper, mark, die, block or type.\n\n19. No person shall mix anything with prepared opium with the intention of causing it to be believed that such prepared opium is Government prepared opium, or shall counterfeit any mark used by the Superintendent to denote that the prepared opium contained in any receptacle is Government prepared opium, or shall use as genuine any such mark.\n\n## Counterfeiting Government opium preparations or distinctive marks thereon.\n\n20. No person shall export, or do any act preparatory to exportation or for the purpose of exporting, any prepared opium or opium dross. Provided that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession, under special permit from the Superintendent, by a passenger from the Colony to any place not within the Colony of a quantity of prepared opium, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding five mace for every day of duration of the voyage.\n\n## PART IV. GENERAL.\n\n## Ships.\n\n21. (1) No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, use any ship for the importation, landing, removal, carriage, conveyance, storage or exportation of any opium in contravention of this Ordinance.\n\n(2) Where the amount of any such opium found on board any such ship exceeds-\n| Ship Type | Weight Threshold |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) any ship of sixty tons net register tonnage and upwards | 500 taels in weight |\n| (b) any ship under sixty tons net register tonnage | 100 taels in weight |\n\nwant of knowledge of such user shall not be deemed an excuse under this section if the owner, agent, master or other person charged was in a position to take reasonable precautions to prevent such user and neglected to take such precautions.\n\n22. (1) No person shall bring or have in his possession on board any ship any opium, other than the prepared opium specified in the proviso to section 20, unless the same is entered on the manifest of the ship.\n\n(2) The master of any such ship may seize any such opium as aforesaid found on board his ship which is not entered on the manifest, and may retain the same in his possession until he can deliver it to a police officer.\n\n## Post Office.\n\n28.—(1) No person shall send any opium by post.\n\n(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain and open any postal article which he may suspect to contain any opium or anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31(1)(f).\n\n(3) If any postal article contains any opium, or if any postal article contains anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31(1)(f), it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain such postal article and all its contents, and to deal with such article and its contents as the Governor may direct.\n\n(4) Sub-sections (2) and (3) shall apply to all postal articles, whether posted in the Colony or not.\n\n## Postal provisions.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-579-11-2 Sino-Japanese War- seizure of unauthorized wireless transmitting apparatus 13-2-1939 - 7-5-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-579-11-2 Sino-Japanese War- seizure of unauthorized wireless transmitting apparatus 13-2-1939 - 7-5-1940",
        "content_text": "Article 13. \n\nUnder the Executive there shall be 4 departments viz., correspondence, accountancy, general affairs and editor's department. Their respective regulations shall be enacted separately.\n\nArticle 14. The departmental heads shall be re-elected yearly.\n\nArticle 15. The executive committee members can work as departmental heads concurrently. When the meeting of the executive committee is held, the departmental heads can attend such meeting and put forth suggestions and make reports on works.\n\nCHAPTER III. Amendment of Constitutions.\n\nArticle 16. The committee of the Head Society can be requested to amend the constitutions after suggestions jointly brought forth by upwards of 5 members of the society and approved by 2 committee members of the Head Society. The amendment should be passed by two-thirds of the committee members of the Head Society.\n\nCHAPTER IV Appendix\n\nArticle 18. The president shall assume the responsibility to deal with external affairs. (Social intercourse)\n\nArticle 19. All correspondence and documents, both internal and external, shall become effective when they bear the signatures and seals of the President and the Secretary-General.\n\nArticle 20. These constitutions shall be promulgated and enforced after they have been examined by the executive committee and passed by the committee of the Head Society.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-580-2 Sino-Japanese War- British policy and reactions in Hong Kong and Malaya 27-7-1939 - 3-2-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-580-2 Sino-Japanese War- British policy and reactions in Hong Kong and Malaya 27-7-1939 - 3-2-1940",
        "content_text": "CVII. 96\n\nTwo K\n\nSoor\n\n1\n\nbabaku\n\n-24-\n\n(iii) \"A British compromise with Japan would be detrimental to China's interests and we overseas Chinese have appealed to the British Government for careful consideration of the matter. We assure you of our full support.\"\n\n(iv) \"Your committees against the aggression campaign receive our full support.\"\n\nApart from these reactions by the responsible elements, there was a certain amount of activity among unlawful Chinese patriotic societies in Singapore. Numerous posters and placards appeared throughout the town in English and Chinese bearing such slogans as:\n\n\"Support International Collective Security and Oppose Chamberlain's Betrayal.\"\n\n\"Uphold Anglo-Chinese Friendship and Oppose Chamberlain's policy of Compromise.\"\n\n\"Curb all tendencies to Appeasement in the East.\"\n\n\"People of Malaya, Unite, Defend Malaya, and down with Anglo-Japanese Compromise.\"\n\nPhotographs of some of these posters were published in the Japanese-owned \"Singapore Herald\" on the 27th July, together with an article concerning these \"anti-British\" manifestations. Two cyclostyled leaflets in English protesting against Anglo-Japanese compromise were circulated through the post. One purported to be issued by \"Straits Chinese Community\" and the other by \"The Federation of the Malayan Anti-Japanese Associations!!\"\n\nAnti-British leaflets have also been distributed in Ipoh. The Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society is reported to be discussing the holding of a mass demonstration, possibly on the 13th August, the second anniversary of the Shanghai battle - or earlier should the situation change for the worse.\n\nAn interesting account appeared in the Nanyang Siang Pau of the 27th July of an interview between the American Vice-Consul at Singapore and Mr. Tan Kah Kee. It is reported as follows:-\n\nIt",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-3 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping 17-1-1940 - 13-11-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-585-3 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping 17-1-1940 - 13-11-1940",
        "content_text": "39\n\nbetween military occupation and \"de facto\" sovereignty.\n\nReading chapter IV of Hall's Treatise as a whole I can find no support for the contention that in modern times an invader is regarded by international law as \"de facto\" sovereign of the territory he has occupied.\n\nAt page 559 Hall makes it clear that this was the old theory - the theory of partial and substituted sovereignty - whereas \"recent writers adopt the view that the acts which are permitted to a belligerent in occupied territory are merely incidents of hostilities, that the authority which he exercises is a form of the stress which he puts upon the enemy, that the rights of the sovereign remain intact, and that the legal relations of the population towards the invader remain unchanged\". \"So also the French Manuel de Droit international (page 93) l'occupation est simplement un état de fait qui produit les consequences d'un cas de force majeure; l'occupant n'est pas substitutive en droit au gouvernement légal.\"\n\nFurthermore, so far from recognising the supersession by an invading power of the jurisdiction of the local courts in the area invaded, Article 23 (h) of the Hague Regulations, 1907, states that it is specially prohibited to an invader \"to declare extinguished, suspended, or unenforceable in a Court of law the rights and rights of action of the nationals of the adverse party.\"\n\n11\n\nIt is admitted here that on the Japanese occupation of Shantung the District Court of Chefoo ceased to function, but that could not deprive the respondents of their right of action in the District Court of Chungking which had been given special jurisdiction to deal with Shantung matters. Indeed the appellants themselves seem to have recognised that Chinese law had not ceased to run in Chefoo and Shantung since they appealed to the First Divisional Court of Szechuen (at Chungking) against the order of the Chungking District Court.\n\nEven if effective military occupation were indistinguishable from \"de facto\" sovereignty, there is the clearest possible authority for the proposition that it is not for an English Court to declare that a state of \"de facto\" sovereignty exists or existed at any given time, unless it has received an authoritative communication to that effect from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (or in Crown Colony from the Colonial Secretary). Recognition of \"de facto\" sovereignty is an act of State, and it is only when such sovereignty is recognised by His Majesty the King as Head of the State that his Courts will give effect to the legal rights that arise from the establishment thereof. In case of doubt a Court can apply to a Secretary of State for the necessary information. See the Bank of Ethiopia and Ranca de Bilbao cases (supra).\n\nand\n\nHere there can be no possible doubt that the duly recognised sovereignty de facto and de jure over the Province of Shantung lies in the Government of the Republic of China, it follows that this Court cannot consider the possibility of any other sovereignty being exercised or of the curtailment of any of China's rights therein.\n\nIt/...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-588-22 China- British territorial rights; negotiations with China 28-12-1942 - 10-11-1943",
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        "title": "CO129-588-22 China- British territorial rights; negotiations with China 28-12-1942 - 10-11-1943",
        "content_text": "## ARTICLE 4\n\n(iii) His Majesty The King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those Concessions shall cease.\n\n(iv) The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of those Concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those Concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\n## ARTICLE 5\n\n(i) In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty The King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof, established through due process of law, of fraud or of fraudulent or dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the original procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that the exercise of these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence, and the right of eminent domain; and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the government or nationals (including companies) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China.\n\n(ii) The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real property held by nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the replacement shall be made by the Chinese authorities without charges of any sort, and the new deeds of ownership shall fully protect the holders of such leases or other documentary evidence, and their legal heirs and assigns, without diminution of their prior rights and interests, including the right of alienation.\n\n(iii) The High Contracting Parties agree further that nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom shall not be required or asked by the Chinese authorities to make any payments of fees in connection with land transfers for or with relation to any period prior to the effective date of this Treaty.\n\n## ARTICLE 6\n\nHis Majesty The King having long accorded rights to nationals of the Republic of China within each of the territories of His Majesty to travel, reside, and carry on commerce throughout the whole extent of that territory, the Government of the Republic of China agree to accord similar rights to nationals of His Majesty within the territory of the Republic of China. Each High Contracting Party will endeavour to accord in his territories to nationals and companies of the other High Contracting Party, in regard to all legal proceedings and in matters relating to the administration of justice and the levying of taxes and requirements in connection therewith, treatment not less favourable than that accorded to his own nationals and companies.\n\n## ARTICLE 7\n\nThe consular officers of one High Contracting Party, duly provided with exequaturs, shall be permitted to reside in such ports, places, and cities of the territories of the other High Contracting Party as may be agreed upon. The consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall have the right within their districts in the territories of the other High Contracting Party to interview, communicate with, and to advise the nationals and companies of the former High Contracting Party, and the nationals and companies of one High Contracting Party within the territories of the other High Contracting Party shall have the right at all times to communicate with the consular officers of the former High Contracting Party. The consular officers of one High Contracting Party in the territories of the other shall be informed immediately by the appropriate local authorities when any of their nationals are arrested or detained in their consular districts by the local authorities. They shall have the right to visit within the limits of their districts any of their nationals who are under arrest or awaiting trial in prison. Communications from the nationals of one High Contracting Party in prison in the territories of the other High Contracting Party addressed to the consular officers of the former High Contracting Party will be forwarded to the appropriate consular officer by the local authorities. Consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall be accorded in the territories of the other High Contracting Party the rights, privileges, and immunities enjoyed by consular officers under modern international usage.\n\n## ARTICLE 8\n\n(i) The High Contracting Parties will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a comprehensive modern treaty or treaties of friendship, commerce, navigation, and consular rights upon the request of either of them or in any case within six months after the cessation of the hostilities in the war against the common enemies in which they are both now engaged. The treaty or treaties to be thus negotiated will be based upon the principles of international law and practice as reflected in modern international procedure and in the modern treaties which each of the High Contracting Parties have respectively concluded with other Powers in recent years.\n\n(ii) Pending the conclusion of the comprehensive treaty or treaties referred to in the preceding paragraph, if any questions affecting the rights in the territory of the Republic of China of the nationals or companies of His Majesty The King, or of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, or of the Government of India, should arise in future, and if these questions are not covered by the present Treaty and Exchange of Notes or by the provisions of existing treaties, conventions, and agreements between the High Contracting Parties which are not abrogated by or inconsistent with the present Treaty and Exchange of Notes, such questions shall be discussed by representatives of the High Contracting Parties and shall be decided in accordance with the generally accepted principles of international law and with modern international practice.",
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        "content_text": "## ARTICLE 4\n\n(iii) His Majesty The King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those concessions shall cease.\n\n(iv) The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British Municipal Area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of those concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\n## ARTICLE 5\n\n(i) In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty The King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof, established through due process of law, of fraud or of fraudulent or dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the original procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that the exercise of these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence, and the right of eminent domain; and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the Government or nationals (including companies) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China.\n\n(ii) The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real property held by nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the replacement shall be made by the Chinese authorities without charges of any sort, and the new deeds of ownership shall fully protect the holders of such leases or other documentary evidence, and their legal heirs and assigns, without diminution of their prior rights and interests, including the right of alienation.\n\n(iii) The High Contracting Parties agree further that nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom shall not be required or asked by the Chinese authorities to make any payments of fees in connection with land transfers for or with relation to any period prior to the effective date of this Treaty.\n\n## ARTICLE 6\n\nHis Majesty The King having long accorded rights to nationals of the Republic of China within each of the territories of His Majesty to travel, reside, and carry on commerce throughout the whole extent of the territory, the Government of the Republic of China agree to accord similar rights to nationals of His Majesty within the territory of the Republic of China. Each High Contracting Party will endeavour to accord in his territories to nationals and companies of the other High Contracting Party, in regard to all legal proceedings and in matters relating to the administration of justice, the levying of taxes, and requirements in connection therewith, treatment no less favourable than that accorded to his own nationals and companies.\n\n## ARTICLE 7\n\nThe consular officers of one High Contracting Party, duly provided with exequaturs, shall be permitted to reside in such ports, places, and cities of the territories of the other High Contracting Party as may be agreed upon. The consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall have the right within their districts in the territories of the other High Contracting Party to interview, communicate with, and to advise the nationals and companies of the former High Contracting Party, and the nationals and companies of one High Contracting Party within the territories of the other High Contracting Party shall have the right at all times to communicate with the consular officers of the former High Contracting Party. The consular officers of one High Contracting Party in the territories of the other shall be informed immediately by the appropriate local authorities when any of their nationals are arrested or detained in their consular districts by the local authorities. They shall have the right to visit within the limits of their districts any of their nationals who are under arrest or awaiting trial in prison. Communications from the nationals of one High Contracting Party in prison in the territories of the other High Contracting Party addressed to the consular officers of the former High Contracting Party will be forwarded to the appropriate consular officer by the local authorities. Consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall be accorded in the territories of the other High Contracting Party the rights, privileges, and immunities enjoyed by consular officers under modern international usage.\n\n## ARTICLE 8\n\n(i) The High Contracting Parties will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a comprehensive modern treaty or treaties of friendship, commerce, navigation, and consular rights upon the request of either of them or in any case within six months after the cessation of the hostilities in the war against the common enemies in which they are both now engaged. The treaty or treaties to be thus negotiated will be based upon the principles of international law and practice as reflected in modern international procedure and in the modern treaties which each of the High Contracting Parties have respectively concluded with other Powers in recent years.\n\n(ii) Pending the conclusion of the comprehensive treaty or treaties referred to in the preceding paragraph, if any questions affecting the rights in the territory of the Republic of China of the nationals or companies of His Majesty The King, or of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, or of the Government of India, should arise in future, and if these questions are not covered by the present Treaty and exchange of notes or by the provisions of the existing treaties, conventions, and agreements between the High Contracting Parties which are not abrogated by or inconsistent with the present Treaty and exchange of notes, such questions shall be discussed by representatives of the High Contracting Parties and shall be decided in accordance with the generally accepted principles of international law and with modern international practice.\n\n98",
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        "content_text": "## II. The text of the suggested draft note is as follows:\n\n\"Excellency: Under instructions of my Government, I have the honor to state that in connection with the signing today of the treaty between the Government of the Republic of China and the Government of the U.S.A., abrogating extraterritoriality and its related rights in China, the Government of the Republic of China understands that the systems of treaty ports and of special courts in the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy, the carrying on of the coastal trade and inland navigation by the nationals of foreign countries, the employment of pilots, the entering of foreign warships into Chinese ports without previous consent of the Government of the Republic of China are within the purview of abrogation by the present treaty. I shall be much obliged if Your Excellency will confirm the above understanding.\n\n\"I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.\"\n\n## III. We are studying the Chinese suggestions and will expect to communicate to you for the information of the British Government our comments. We should of course appreciate receiving the British comments as soon as practicable.\n\n## IV.\n\nWe have not yet received the British comments in regard to our suggested possible article on coastal trade, inland navigation, and related questions which would seem to cover some of the points mentioned in the draft note suggested by the Chinese and at the same time would give us certain rights. We should much appreciate learning the British Government's views in this matter at an early date.",
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        "content_text": "172\n\nOther Governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy, including the official assets and the official obligations of those settlements, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China, in taking over administration and control of those settlements, will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\n(iii). His Majesty the King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those concessions shall cease.\n\n(iv). The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British Municipal Area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of these concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of these concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\nArticle 5(1). In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty the King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof, established through due process of law, that such rights have been acquired by fraud or as a result of confiscatory action during the Japanese occupation, in which case the property shall be restored on such terms as justice shall require to its previous owners.\n\n(ii). The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real property held by nationals or companies of His Majesty the King or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the replacement shall be made by the Chinese authorities without charges of any sort and the new deeds of ownership shall fully protect the holders of such leases or other documentary evidence, and their legal heirs and assigns without diminution of their prior rights and interests, including the right of alienation.\n\n(iii)/",
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        "content_text": "176\n\n5. Article 4 (iv) should read as follows: \"The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British Municipal Area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of these concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of these concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein\". Last sentence of original draft is deleted.\n\n6. Article 5 should read as follows: \"(i). In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty The King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof, established through due process of law, that such rights have been acquired by fraud or as a result of confiscatory action during the Japanese occupation, in which case the property shall be restored on such terms as justice shall require to its previous owners.\n\n\"(ii). The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real property held by nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the replacement shall be made by the Chinese authorities without charges of any sort and the new deeds of ownership shall fully protect the holders of such leases or other documentary evidence, and their legal heirs and assigns without diminution of their prior rights and interests, including the right of alienation.\n\n\"(iii). The High Contracting Parties agree further that nationals or companies of His Majesty The King or His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom shall not be required or asked by the Chinese authorities to make any payments of fees in connection with land transfers for or with relation to any period prior to the effective date of this Treaty\".\n\n7. In Article 6 substitute the following for the two last sentences:- \"Each High Contracting Party will endeavour to accord in his territories to nationals and companies of the other High Contracting Parties in regard to all legal proceedings and in matters relating to the administration of justice, the levying of taxes and requirements in connection therewith, and the carrying on of commerce treatment not less favourable than that accorded to his own nationals and companies\".\n\n8/",
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        "content_text": "VF 7/14\n\nOUTWARD TELEGRAM\n24 OCT TONG\n39\n187\n**CYPHER (TYPEX)**\n\nFROM: D. Oc\nTO: \nCANADA\nAUSTRALIA (**GOVT**)\nSOUTH AFRICA\nNEW ZEALAND\n\n(Sent 1.15 p.m., 24th Oct., 1942.)\n\n**M.D.**\n**IMMEDIATE**\nD. No. 432 **SECRET**\n\n25\n\nMy telegram D. No. 428 of 21st October. Chinese extra-territoriality.\n\n1. As result of further discussion with United States Government it has been decided to delete last sentence of Article 4 (iv) of United Kingdom draft in my telegram D. No. 419 of 17th October beginning \"It is understood that where the obligations and liabilities of the municipal councils,\n\n2. United States Government also do not wish to include second sentence in Article 6 beginning \"Under all legal proceedings.... on ground that this subject is more appropriate for negotiation in a subsequent treaty and that it might raise for them difficult problems of federal and state jurisdictions. United States Government have been informed that unless they change their view sentence will also be deleted from United Kingdom draft. We have however expressed opinion that unless national treatment in matters of carrying on business etc. is secured from Chinese Government in the present treaty it is highly improbable that it will be possible to secure it in the future comprehensive treaty and that a mere right to carry on business, unless national treatment as regards the conditions of its carrying on is secured, may be of little practical value. United States Government has accordingly been strongly urged to reconsider their attitude on this point.\n\n3. In response to request referred to in my telegram D.No. 424 of 20th October, United States Government postponed presentation of their draft treaty to Chinese Ambassador in Washington. They have however now indicated their intention to do this on morning of 24th October. In doing so they will ask Chinese Ambassador to regard text as confidential until agreement on it has been reached between United States and Chinese Governments. United States Government will inform press after Ambassador's visit that draft treaty has been given him for consideration of his Government. United Kingdom Government will inform Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London and the Chinese Government in Chungking that they are awaiting the views of the Dominions and India but that they expect the United Kingdom draft treaty to follow closely the text of the United States draft with the addition of a clause covering the rendition of the British Concessions at Tientsin and Canton.\n\n**DISTRIBUTION OVERLEAF.**",
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        "content_text": "## Article 3\n\n(iii) The Government of the Republic of China shall accord to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom a continued right to use for official purposes the land which has been allocated to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in the diplomatic quarter in Peiping, on parts of which are located buildings belonging to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.\n\n## Article 4\n\n(1) His Majesty the King considers that the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy should revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and agrees that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those settlements shall cease.\n\n(ii) His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will co-operate with the Government of the Republic of China for the reaching of any necessary agreements with the other Governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy, including the control of the official assets and the official obligations of those settlements, and the Government of the Republic of China will accept such transfer and will make provision for the assumption of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein. It is understood that where the obligations and liabilities of the municipal councils of these settlements are secured upon assets in China, the security, and existing rights of the holders of the obligations to enforce the security, will be maintained.\n\n(iii) His Majesty the King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those concessions shall cease.\n\n(iv) The administration and control of the British Concessions at Tientsin and Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, and the Government of the Republic of China will accept such transfer and will make provision for the assumption of the official obligations and liabilities of these British Concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein. It is understood that where the obligations and liabilities of the municipal councils of these concessions are secured upon assets in China, the security and the existing rights of the holders of the obligations to enforce the security will be maintained.\n\n## Article 5...\n\nPage 240  \nPage 241",
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        "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM \n34 \n\n**CYPHER (TYPEX)** \n\nFROM: \nD.O. \n\nTO: \nCANADA (GOVT) \nAUSTRALIA \nNEW ZEALAND \nSOUTH AFRICA \n\n#1 \nS.D. \n**(Sent 10.15 p.m. 31st Dec., 1942)** \nD.No.599 **SECRET** \n\nMy immediately preceding telegram. \nMy telegram D.No.509 paragraph 2. Text of our treaty as set out in my telegram D.No.419 of the 17th October and amended as indicated in my subsequent telegrams has been further amended as follows in latest version:- \n\nArticle 1(1). Substitute \"His Majesty's Government\" for \"His Government\". \nArticle 1(11). Concluding words should read \"...in relation to the Republic of China, all nationals of the Republic of China\". \nArticle 4(11). Words after \"Amoy\" will now be identical with those after \"Peiping\" in Article 3(11) subject to substitution of \"these settlements\" for first mention of \"diplomatic quarter\" and \"those settlements\" for second mention. Concluding sentence in brackets to be deleted. \nArticle 4(iii). First sentence should read \"His Majesty the King agrees that the British concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British concession at Canton shall revert...\" \nArticle 4(iv). Tientsin and Canton are defined as in Article 4(11). Delete all words after first \"China\" and insert phrase beginning \"it being mutually understood\" as in Article 3(11) subject to substitution of \"these concessions\" for \"diplomatic quarter\". \nArticle 5(1). Delete all words after \"process of law\" and substitute \"of fraud or of fraudulent or other dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the original procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that the exercise of these rights and titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence and the right of eminent domain, and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the Government or nationals (including companies) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China\". \nArticle 5(ii). For \"replacing\" substitute \"replacement\". \nArticle 6. For \"any of the territories of His Majesty\" substitute \"each of the territories of His Majesty\"; for \"carry on trade\", substitute \"carry on commerce\"; delete \"except...",
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        "content_text": "80 \n\n• \n\nother Governments concerned. for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy; including the official assets and the official obligations of those settlements, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China, in taking over administration and control of these settlements, will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein. \n\n(iii) His Majesty the King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those concessions shall cease. \n\n(iv) The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British Municipal Area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton including their official assets and official obligations shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of those concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of these concessions and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein. \n\n## Article 5 \n(i) In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty the King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof established through the process of law of fraud or of fraudulent or other dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the original procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that the exercise of these rights and titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence and the right of eminent domain, and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the Government or nationals (including companies) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China. \n\n(ii) The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases...\n\nPage 80\nPage 81",
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        "content_text": "154 \n\n(b) The Government of the United States concurs in the addition in the second paragraph of Article IV of the American draft of the first part of the proposed sentence, as follows: \"It is also agreed that these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence and the right of eminent domain.\" As regards the further language proposed by the Chinese Government that such rights or titles may not be alienated to the government or nationals of any third country without the express consent of the Chinese Government, if after further consideration the Chinese Government continues in its desire to include in Article IV a provision along those lines, the Government of the United States would not be inclined to raise objection provided that the Chinese Government for its part should see its way clear to making a declaration in a supplemental note to the effect that the restriction on the right of alienation of existing rights and titles to real property in question would be applied in an equitable manner and that if and when the Chinese Government should decline to give assent to a proposed transfer the Chinese Government would undertake, if the American party in interest should so desire, to take over the right or title in question and pay adequate compensation therefor.\n\nFour. The Government of the United States is prepared, in response to the wish of the Chinese Government, to concur in the deletion from Article V of the American draft of the words \"and to the carrying on of commerce\", and is agreeable to deferment of this subject for regulation in the comprehensive treaty to be negotiated in future.\n\nFive. As regards the amendment to Article VI of the American draft proposed by the Chinese Government, it has been the concept and assumption of the Government of the United States that upon the abolition of extraterritoriality and related special rights in China the Chinese Government would of course wish to accord to the United States, its officers and other nationals rights similar to those normally enjoyed in friendly countries under modern international practice. In the light of this concept and assumption and of the favourable attitude which this Government has adopted and is prepared to continue toward requests of the Chinese Government for the opening of Chinese consular offices in American territory, and in the expectation that the Chinese Government would not perceive objection to the opening of American consular offices at such places in China as would be appropriate, this Government would be inclined not to raise objection to the suggested change.\n\nSix. As mentioned heretofore, it has been the concept of the Government of the United States that the interests of both countries could best be served at this time by the conclusion of a brief treaty along broad general lines and containing no unnecessary particularization. Nevertheless, while some of the matters mentioned in the suggested exchange of notes (such as special courts in the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy) would seem to be covered in general by the provisions of the draft treaty, and some other points (such as inland navigation and the visits of foreign warships) are not actually related to the question of extraterritoriality, the Government of the United States perceives no objection to an exchange of notes covering various matters of interest to either Government.\n\nIn this connection there is appended a suggested new draft note from the Chinese Government to cover various questions raised by the Chinese Government, including the questions of coasting trade, inland navigation and visits of naval vessels, as well as matters which the Government of the United States...",
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        "content_text": "167\n\nIn connexion with the coasting trade and inland navigation in waters of the Republic of China and that, while the Government of the Republic of China reserves the right to limit the coasting trade and inland navigation to the Chinese flag, the Government of the Republic of China does not contemplate applying restrictions which would have the effect of making material alterations in the existing practice pending the making of further arrangements between the two Governments. It is further understood that it is the concept and intention of the Government of the Republic of China and the Government of the United States of America that questions in regard to coasting trade and inland navigation will be resolved on the basis of what is normal and usual in modern international practice between friendly countries.\n\nIt is mutually understood that questions which are not covered by the present treaty and exchange of notes and which may affect the sovereignty of the Republic of China shall be discussed by representatives of the two Governments and shall be decided in accordance with generally accepted principles of international law and with modern international practice.\n\nIf the Chinese suggestion of a reference to a restriction on the right of alienation of existing rights and titles to real property is included in Article IV, with reference to Article IV of the treaty, the Government of the Republic of China hereby declares that the restriction on the right of alienation of existing rights or 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 declines to give 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 American nationals whose interests are affected, undertake, if the American party in interest so desires, to take over the right or title in question and to pay adequate compensation therefor.\n\nIt is mutually understood that the orders, decrees, judgments, decisions and other acts of the United States Court for China and of the Consular Courts of the United States of America in China shall be considered as res judicata and shall, when necessary, be enforced by the Chinese authorities. It is further understood that any cases pending before the United States Court for China and the Consular Courts of the United States of America in China at the time of the coming into effect of this 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 as expeditiously as possible with their disposition and in so doing shall, in so far as practicable, apply the laws of the United States of America.\n\nI shall be much obliged if Your Excellency will confirm the foregoing.\n\nI avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.",
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        "content_text": "169\n\n\n\nadministration and control of the Diplomatic Quarter will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of the Diplomatic Quarter and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\n7. The Government of the Republic of China hereby accords to the Government of the United States of America a continued right to use for official purposes the land which has been allocated to the Government of the United States of America in the Diplomatic Quarter in Peiping, on parts of which are located buildings belonging to the Government of the United States of America.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nThe Government of the United States of America considers that the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy should revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and agrees that the rights accorded to the Government of the United States of America in relation to those Settlements shall...\n\nThe Government of the United States of America will cooperate with the Government of the Republic of China for the reaching of any necessary agreements with other governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy, including the official assets and the official obligations of those Settlements, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of those Settlements will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nIn order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals (including corporations or associations), or by the Government, of the United States of America, particularly questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties or agreements as stipulated in Article I, it is agreed that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof, established through due process of law, of fraud or of fraudulent or other dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the official procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defense, and the right of eminent domain, and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the government or nationals (including corporations and associations) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China.\n\nIt is also agreed that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace, by new deeds of ownership, existing leases in perpetuity or other documentary evidence relating to real property...",
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        "content_text": "# OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\n**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be kept under Lock and Key.]**\n**[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should be retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].**\n\n`(F7976/828/10)`\n\n**[CYPHER]**\n\n## WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION\n\nTO CHINA\n\nNo: 1532\n\nFROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO CHUNGKING\n\nNovember 30th, 1942.\n\nD. 4.30 p.m. November 30th, 1942.\n\nRepeated to Washington No. 521 Saving (by bag).\n\n11111.\n\n24=\n\n## IMPORTANT\n\nMy telegram No. 1522 [of 26th November: extra-territoriality]. United States Government have now replied to Chinese counter-proposals and as a result of further consultation between us, His Majesty's Government have decided that you should now act as instructed in my telegram under reference, subject to the following modifications.\n\n2. Additional article. You should speak as in paragraph 3, but in an endeavour to meet Chinese wishes you should offer to amend paragraph 2 of the preamble as follows:- \"Being desirous of defining more clearly the general relations between them in a spirit of friendship on a basis of equality and in accordance with modern international practice\".\n\n3. Article 3, Clause (ii), Article 4, Clauses (ii), and (iv). See paragraph 7 of my telegram under reference. But if it will meet Chinese difficulty you may at your discretion offer to omit from all three clauses the phrase \"and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein\". We conceive that this phrase might have provided some protection for reputable private interests in the areas which are being handed over. It was not our intention to ask that such interests should be indefinitely maintained if they were in conflict with the Chinese laws and regulations, but to expect that if they were expropriated or otherwise liquidated, adequate compensation should be paid.\n\n4. Kowloon. You should say that you still await instructions.\n\n5. Article 5. See paragraph 10 of my telegram under reference. We now agree to accept proposed restriction in first clause of this Article subject to Chinese agreeing to paragraph 2 in notes of which text is given in my immediately following telegram.\n\n6. Article 6. United States Government are agreeing to give up national treatment for their commerce since they are unable to reciprocate owing to difficulties of state and federal legislation. But as we can reciprocate in the territories to which Treaty applies...",
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        "content_text": "249 \n\nother Governments concerned for the transfer to the Government of the Republic of China of the administration and control of the International Settlements at Shanghai and Amoy, including the official assets and the official obligations of those settlements, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China, in taking over administration and control of these settlements, will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of those settlements (and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein). Brackets to be omitted if necessary.\n\n(iii) His Majesty the King agrees that the British Concession (including the whole British municipal area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton shall revert to the administration and control of the Government of the Republic of China and that the rights accorded to His Majesty in relation to those concessions shall cease.\n\n(iv) The administration and control of the British Concession (including the whole British Municipal Area) at Tientsin and the British Concession at Canton, including their official assets and official obligations, shall be transferred to the Government of the Republic of China, it being mutually understood that the Government of the Republic of China in taking over administration and control of these concessions will make provision for the assumption and discharge of the official obligations and liabilities of these concessions (and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein). Words in brackets to be omitted if necessary.\n\n## Article 5\n(1) In order to obviate any questions as to existing rights in respect of or as to existing titles to real property in the territory of the Republic of China possessed by nationals and companies of His Majesty the King, or by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and in particular questions which might arise from the abrogation of the provisions of treaties and agreements provided for in Article 2 of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that such existing rights or titles shall be indefeasible and shall not be questioned upon any ground except upon proof established through the process of law of fraud or of fraudulent or other dishonest practices in the acquisition of such rights or titles, it being understood that no right or title shall be rendered invalid by virtue of any subsequent change in the original procedure through which it was acquired. It is also agreed that the exercise of these rights and titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defence, and the right of eminent domain, (and that no such rights or titles may be alienated to the Government or nationals (including companies) of any third country without the express consent of the Government of the Republic of China). Words in brackets to be inserted if the Chinese Government agree to paragraph 2 of the annex to the draft exchange of notes.\n\n(11) The High Contracting Parties also agree that if it should be the desire of the Government of the Republic of China to replace by new deeds of ownership existing leases...",
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        "content_text": "## MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE DATED NOVEMBER 29, 1942\n(communicated in letter from United States Ambassador on 30th November.)\n\n1. The Document handed by the Department to the Chinese on November 27th in reply to their's of November 10th contains the new proposed Preamble as communicated to you in our message of November 27th.\n\n2. With reference to paragraph 1 (1) of the Department's message of November 11th, we state in the Document that the additional language suggested by the Chinese would not seem to be necessary but express our willingness to delete from the end of the second paragraph of Articles II and III of our draft treaty the words \"and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein.\"\n\n3. (1) As regards paragraph 1 (3) of the Department's message of November 11th, it is stated that we are agreeable to altering the language in question as set forth in paragraph 4 of the Department's message of November 21st.\n\n(2) We concur in the suggested addition to the second paragraph of Article IV of the Draft of the sentence \"it is also agreed that these rights or titles shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Republic of China concerning taxation, national defense and the right of eminent domain\". As regards the further language proposed by the Chinese that such rights or titles may not be alienated to the government or nationals of any third country without express consent of the Chinese Government, we state that we would not raise objection provided that the Chinese Government declares in the supplemental note that the restriction on the right of alienation will be applied in an equitable manner and that if the Chinese Government declines to give assent to a proposed transfer it will undertake, if the American party interest so desires, to take over the right or title in question and pay adequate compensation therefor.\n\n4. We are expressing concurrence in the deletion from article V of the words \"and to the carrying on of commerce\" and giving agreement to deferment of this subject for the later comprehensive treaty.\n\n5. As regards paragraph 1 (5) of the Department's message of November 11th, we refer to our concept and assumption that upon the abolition of extraterritoriality the Chinese Government would wish to accord to the U.S., its officers and its other nationals, rights similar to those normally enjoyed in friendly countries under modern international practice, to the favorable attitude which this Government has adopted and is prepared to continue toward requests of the Chinese Government for the opening of Chinese Consular offices in American territory and to our expectation that the Chinese Government would not perceive objection to the opening of American Consular offices at such places in China as would be appropriate. We state that in the light of the above this Government would be inclined not to raise objection to the suggested change.\n\n6. As regards the proposed exchange of notes we are pointing out that while some of the points raised by the Chinese Government seem to be covered in general by the draft treaty and others do not have actual relation to extraterritoriality we are agreeable to an exchange of notes covering various matters of interest to either government.\n\n7.\n\nPage 260\nPage 261",
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        "content_text": "# OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n13013.\n130 B 202\n\n**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be kept under Lock and Key.]**\n**[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should be retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].**\n`(F7976/828/10)`\n**[CYPHER].**\n**WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION**\n\nTO CHINA\n\nNo: 1532\nFROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO CHUNGKING\nNovember 30th, 1942.\nD. 4.30 p.m. November 30th, 1942.\nRepeated to Washington No. 521 Saving (by bag).\n\n11111\n**IMPORTANT**\n\n112 My telegram No. 1522 [of 26th November: extra-territoriality]. United States Government have now replied to Chinese counter-proposals and as a result of further consultation between us, His Majesty's Government have decided that you should now act as instructed in my telegram under reference, subject to the following modifications.\n\n2. Additional article. You should speak as in paragraph 3 but in an endeavour to meet Chinese wishes you should offer to amend paragraph 2 of the preamble as follows:- \"Being desirous of defining more clearly the general relations between them in a spirit of friendship on a basis of equality and in accordance with modern international practice\"\n\n3. Article 3, Clause (ii), Article 4, Clauses (ii), and (iv). See paragraph of my telegram under reference. But if it will meet Chinese difficulty you may at your discretion offer to omit from all three clauses the phrase \"and for the recognition and protection of all legitimate rights therein\", this phrase might have provided some protection for reputable private interests in the areas which are being handed over. It was not our intention to ask that such interests should be indefinitely maintained if they were in conflict with the Chinese laws and regulations, but to expect that if they were expropriated or otherwise liquidated, adequate compensation should be paid.\n\n4. Kowloon. You should say that you still await instructions.\n\n5. Article 5. See paragraph 10 of my telegram under reference. We now agree to accept proposed restriction in first clause of this Article subject to Chinese agreeing to paragraph 2 in notes of which text is given in my immediately following telegram.\n\n6. Article 6. United States Government are agreeing to give up national treatment for their commerce since they are unable to reciprocate owing to difficulties of state and federal legislation. But as we can reciprocate in the territories to which Treaty applies...",
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        "title": "CO129-592-11 Future policy and draft proclamations 31-5-1945 - 11-12-1945",
        "content_text": "ABBey 1272 Ext.285.\n\n5\n\nNATIONAL\n\nSCHEM\n\nOR DISABLED\n\nM\n\nC. A. 4/B.M/172\n\nYour reference.\n\nDear\n\nThis Kenda\n\nThe War Office,\n\nHotel Victoria,\n\n8 Northumberland Avenue\n\nLondon, W.C.2.\n\ny September, 1945.\n\nWe have despatched the telegram enclosed with your letter 54/45/8 of 5th September through the Admiralty under reference C. A. 4/5 dated 6 Sep time of origin 061350A/Sep.\n\nYou should receive distributed copies in due course.\n\nYours Suver\n\nMiss A. M. Ruston,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nS.W.1.\n\n201\n\nPage 9\n\nPage 9\n\n54145/8/45 proft at b\n\nCIPHER TELEGRAM 072701\n\n97\n\nThis message will not be distributed outside British Government Departments or Headquarters or re-transmitted, even in cipher, without being paraphrased. (Messages marked O.T.P. need not be paraphrased).\n\nRECEIVED\n\nFrom: Admiralty\n\n061350A/September\n\nTo:\n\nC. in C. Hong Kong SEP 1945\n\nDate 6.9.45.\n\n0. O, R.\n\nC.C.M.NAV. GEN. (CONFID).\n\nPacka\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nFollowing for Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Hong Kong from War Office.\n\nBegins: C.A.4/5. The Colonial Office have studied the draft Proclamations, copies of which were left with them immediately before your departure, and make the following suggestions:-\n\n54145/5/3\n\n(i) Offences against Forces Proclamation:\n\n(Copy given by Strickland to Hastings on the 22nd August).\n\nArticle 3 (b) suggest omit words \"without lawful excuse\".\n\nArticle 3 (e) delete semicolon after \"demonstration\".\n\nArticle 3 (f) suggest transfer this paragraph to Article 4.\n\nArticle 5 (b) substitute \"proclamation\" for \"enactment\".\n\nArticle 6 Supply missing words after \"exceeding\" in penultimate line.\n\nUnless already covered by Defence Regulations suggest insertion in Article 4 of paragraph on lines of Section 3 (h) of Malayan Offences Proclamation relating to damage or interference with or interception of communications.\n\n54145/8/4\n\n(ii) Military Courts Proclamation:\n\n(Copy given by Strickland to Hastings on 22nd August).\n\nArticle 13, line 10 substitute \"article\" for \"section\".\n\nArticle 14 Substitute \"finding and sentence\" for \"decision\".\n\nArticle 23 Insert words to clear doubt whether a confirming authority may interfere with an acquittal for instance by quashing order and directing retrial.\n\nDo you require provision stating which charge to be preferred when circumstances constitute offence against both proclamation and ordinary law?\n\n(iii) Moratorium Proclamation\n\n54145/8/7\n\n(Sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2 In definition of \"debt\" insert \"pay\" before \"money\".\n\nIn definition of \"financial institution\" substitute \"of\" for \"or\" before \"money\".\n\nArticle 5\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 10\n\nOnit words \"During the period of the moratorium\" from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n7) Custodian Proclamation:\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August). No comments.\n\n(v) Enemy Property Proclamation\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading.\n\nSubstitute \"Modification\" for \"Notification\".\n\nArticle 1 (b). The exception may be difficult to construe.\n\nFor \"enemy agent\" substitute \"agent of an enemy\".\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert \"the\" before \"Custodian\".\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.C.A.O. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.5.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation.\n\n54143/8/10\n\n(Draft sent by Hazlerigg to Paskin on 23rd August).\n\nNo comments.\n\n(viii) Opium Proclamation.\n\nsent by Hazlerigg in May last.\n\nOnly draft received by Colonial Office that\n\nImportant that it should be made clear that,\n\nimportation of opium is to be restricted to amounts required for medicinal purposes.\n\nEnds.\n\nWar Office Distribution by C.A.4.\n\nD.C.d.\n\nD.D.C.A. (P. & T.)\n\nColonel C..\n\nC.4.4, 8, 9, 17, 20(a).\n\nF.5.\n\nCivil Affairs Staff (Hong Kong), 2 Park Street. Colonial Office (Mr. Gent) (Telegraph Section)\n\n061350A.\n\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "(iii) Moratorium Proclamation.\n\n(Sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2.\n\nIn definition of quote debt unquote insert quote pay unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of unquote for quote or unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nOmit words quote During the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv). Custodian Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\n(v). Enemy Property Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading.\n\nSubstitute quote Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1 (b). The exception may be difficult to construe.\n\nFor quote enemy agent unquote substitute quote agent of an enemy unquote,\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert quote the unquote before quote Custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.C.A.0. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.5.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent\n\n12",
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        "content_text": "(ii) Military Courts Proclamation.\n\n(Copy given by Strickland to Hastings on 22nd August).\n\nArticle 13, line 10. Substitute \"article\" for \"section\".\n\nArticle 14. Substitute \"finding and sentence\" for \"decision\".\n\nInsert words to clear doubt Article 23, whether a confirming authority may interfere with an acquittal, for instance by quashing order and directing retrial.\n\nDo you require provision stating which charge to be preferred when circumstances constitute offence against both proclamation and ordinary law?\n\n(iii) Moratorium Proclamation. (Sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2. In definition of \"debt\" insert \"pay\" before \"money\". In definition of \"financial institution\" substitute \"of\" for \"or\" before \"money\".\n\nArticle 5. Omit words \"During the period of the moratorium\" from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv) Custodian Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August). No comments.\n\n(v) Enemy property Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute \"Modification\" for \"Notification\".\n\nArticle 1 (b). The exception may be difficult to construe. For \"enemy agent\" substitute \"agent of an enemy\".\n\nPage 16",
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        "content_text": "in Paras (IV) & (V)\n\nArticle 4 line 10\n\n17\n\nInsert \"quote\" before \"Custodian\" and \"unquote\" after \"Custodian\".\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.C.A.O. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to above submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.5.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation (Draft sent by Hazlerigg to Paskin on 23rd August). No comments.\n\n(viii) Opium Proclamation. Only draft received by Colonial Office that sent by Hazlerigg in May last. Important that when this proclamation is re-drafted it should be made clear that importation of opium is to be restricted to amounts required for medicinal purposes.",
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        "title": "CO129-592-12 Future policy and draft proclamations- Martial Law and establishment of military administration 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
        "content_text": "(111)\n\nMoratorium Proclamation.\n\n(Sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2. In definition of quote debt unquote insert quote pay unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of unquote for quote or unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nArticle 5. Omit words quote During the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv).\n\nCustodian Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\n(v).\n\nEnemy Property Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute quote Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1 (b). The exception may be difficult to construe. For quote enemy agent unquote substitute quote agent of an enemy unquote.\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert quote the unquote before quote Custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.C.A.O. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.5.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-14 Future policy and draft proclamations- offences against the Members of the Forces 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-592-14 Future policy and draft proclamations- offences against the Members of the Forces 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
        "content_text": "(111)\n\nMoratorium Proclamation.\n\n(sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 4th August).\n\nArticle 2. In definition of quote debt unquote insert quote pay unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of unquote for quote or unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nArticle 5. Omit words quote During the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv).\n\nTrading with the Enemy Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August). No comments.\n\n(v).\n\nProperty Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute quote Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1 (b). The exception may be difficult to construe. For quote enemy agent unquote substitute quote agent of an enemy unquote.\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert quote the unquote before quote custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.E.A. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.E.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-15 Future policy and draft proclamations- Military Courts 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-592-15 Future policy and draft proclamations- Military Courts 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
        "content_text": "! 5 (111) Moratorium Proclamation. (sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2. In definition of quote debt unquote insert quote pay unquote before quote money unquote. In definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of unquote for quote ar unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nArticle 5. Ümit words quote During the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv). Custodian Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\n(v). Enemy Property Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August). There is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute quote Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1. The exception may be difficult to construe. For quote enemy agent unquote substitute quote agent of an enemy unquote.\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert quote the unquote before quote Custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. empower C.C.A.O. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of F.5.\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation. (Draft sent by...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-18 Future policy and draft proclamations- custodians of property 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-592-18 Future policy and draft proclamations- custodians of property 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
        "content_text": "(121)\n\nMoratorium Proclamation.\n\n5\n\n(sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2\n\nIn definition of quote \"debt\" unquote insert quote \"pay\" unquote before quote \"money\" unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote \"financial institution\" unquote substitute quote \"of\" unquote for quote \"or\" unquote before quote \"money\" unquote.\n\nArticle 5. Omit words quote \"During the period of the moratorium\" unquote from † paragraph 1.\n\nThe protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv). Cambodian Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute of 25th August).\n\nNo comment on text, however, \"ko ocen\" is likely OCR error but kept as is.\n\n(v). Day Proclamation.\n\nProclamation (Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute of 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute quote \"modification\" unquote for quote \"Notification\" unquote.\n\nArticle 1 (c). Exception may be difficult to enforce quote \"enemy agent\" unquote substitute quote \"agent of enemy\" unquote.\n\nArticle 1a (10). Insert quote \"the\" unquote before quote \"Custodian\" unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.O. to prescribe brochures etc. regulations.\n\n(1) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) of 25th (Telegram reiterating the views of 1.5).\n\n(vi) Army and Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent...",
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        "title": "CO129-592-19 Future policy and draft proclamations- possession of arms and ammunition 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945",
        "content_text": "(111)\n\nBoratoriga Proclamation.\n\n(lent by Strickland to Panzin under covering minute dated 4th August).\n\nArticle 2\n\nIn definition of quote debt un note insert quote pay un note before quote money unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of quote for note or unquote before quote money un nota.\n\nArticle 5. With words note ring the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv). Custodian Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Panzin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\n(v). Enemy Property Proclamation. (Draft sent by Strickland to Panzin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nChara\n\nNo short title.\n\nSubstitute quote Article 1 heading. Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1 D. The exemption may be difficult KMB true.\n\nUnquote substitute quote agent of an enemy unquote.\n\nArticle 4 line 10. Insert note the unquote before quote Custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower C.C.A. to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\nIt is noted.\n\nEither you have later information that the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) were submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of I.G.\n\n(vii) and Immunity Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-2 Reports on current situation- medical work 3-3-1946 - 12-5-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-592-2 Reports on current situation- medical work 3-3-1946 - 12-5-1947",
        "content_text": "34\n\nmight have had disastrous results in such an undernourished, and, therefore, highly susceptible community. But our luck held and the camp emerged from its trials with a death rate which was probably unique in the Far East and the prospect of early return to normal health of the large majority of its inhabitants.\n\nEdinburgh.\n\n6th March, 1946.\n\nN. C. MACLEOD,\n\nDeputy Director of Health Services,\n\nHong Kong.\n\nAPPENDIX IV\n\nWork of the International Welfare Committee in Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong.\n\nJanuary, 1942 - August, 1945\n\nWhen the Japanese Authorities rounded up the enemy national civilians in Hong Kong in January, 1942, for the purpose of interning them, many of the latter were without any personal possessions, clothes, household equipment, etc. of any kind. It became apparent in the Chinese hotels, which were the first stage of internment for many people, that some relief organisation would be necessary to provide the barest necessities for those who had lost everything. It was also obvious that the Japanese authorities were not prepared to make any distinction in their treatment of the infants, young children, the sick and the elderly among the interned community, and that some assistance would have to be given to these categories who were unprovided for, especially in matters of diet.\n\nAs soon as the camp on the Stanley Peninsula was established the representatives of the three national communities, the Dutch, American and the British, were asked to nominate representatives for a Committee to deal with distress. The first meeting was convened on 4th February, 1942 - those present being Mr. A. Hartog (Dutch), Miss M. Dudley (American) and Miss N. E. Elliott and Miss M. S. Watson (British). The International Welfare Committee thereupon came into being with Miss M. S. Watson as Chairman, Mr. A. Hartog (Treasurer), Miss M. Dudley (Secretary), Miss N. E. Elliott (social worker) and a panel of medical practitioners, nominated by the British Medical Association, (Drs. Dean A. Smith, Annie Sydenham, and A. Balean) were asked to sit on the Committee and advise on medical matters. In July, 1942, Mr. F. C. Gimson (Hon. Colonial Secretary) took the Chair, and, at the request of the Camp Council, representatives of the four main residential Blocks were added to the Committee. Miss M. S. Watson became Deputy Chairman, and Mr. E. W. Pudney agreed to act as Treasurer and Accountant following the repatriation of Mr. Hartog, and Miss E. Rawlings as social worker on the departure of Miss Dudley for America on a similar repatriation ship. At the same time each residential block was asked to appoint (not elect) a welfare officer to be responsible for the distribution in an equitable manner of clothing and equipment to the residents. The panel of doctors was made responsible for the allocation of foodstuffs.\n\nIt is perhaps important at this point to emphasise the international character of the Welfare Committee. Whatever the source of such supplies as were received, each community was treated equally, according to the need of its individuals. It is also necessary to stress that the Committee at all times maintained a position, common to all humanitarian organisations of its kind, which was outside the range of Camp politics.\n\nOn the advice of Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke (Director of Medical Services), a small quantity of money and clothing had been collected and brought into the camp for immediate distribution. Secondly, as soon as the Camp Canteen was established, arrangements were made for a very small profit to be added to the selling price of each article, this profit being handed over to the International Welfare Committee in the form of valuable foodstuffs for distribution on the advice of the medical panel. By far the largest part of the supplies received during the first year of internment, however, were sent in by Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, who was allowed to remain in the town for relief and humanitarian work for seventeen months until his imprisonment by the Japanese Authorities in May, 1943. By organising the Informal Welfare Committee, Hong Kong, and keeping in personal contact with the Stanley Camp, Dr. Selwyn-Clarke was able to arrange for the supply of foodstuffs, clothing, toilet articles, drugs and hospital supplies.\n\nAfter his arrest, this personal contact was lost, and the International Red Cross delegate took over the problem of supplies. The purchase of essential special diets, etc. became increasingly more difficult and it was necessary for the Committee's panel of doctors to limit severely the quantities available for the sick and young children. The situation was relieved to a small extent with the arrival of the British Red Cross parcels and supplies in November, 1942, and the Canadian parcels in September, 1944. A certain proportion of valuable foods were set aside for allocation by the medical panel, and, by very careful distribution, was made to last until the Colony was relieved in August, 1945.\n\nThe functions of the Committee were outlined as follows:-\n\n(a) To enquire into the specific needs of individual internees and to make these known, collectively, to the organisation in Hong Kong.\n\n(b) To distribute equitably on a selective basis the articles received.\n\n(c) To allocate, on a basis of medical necessity only, the various foodstuffs received.\n\n(d) To keep accurate records of the health and nutrition of infants and young children and children up to the school leaving age.\n\nIn relation to (c) it should perhaps be emphasised that the function of the Committee was not to supply extra nourishment to the Camp as a whole, though the Japanese rations were at all times grossly inadequate, but to provide extra or alternative diets for the infants, young children, the chronically and temporarily sick, for all of whom the rations, besides being inadequate, were entirely unsuitable.\n\n1. NUTRITIONAL\n\nDetails of Distribution\n\nA detailed report on the nutrition of the Camp has been made by Dr. Dean A. Smith, M.O. in charge, Nutrition Clinic. A short description of the types of cases assisted may be of some interest, however:\n\n(a) For the first six months, when supplies were relatively plentiful, a clinic was held daily and patients attended such as those suffering from (1) deficiency diseases, i.e., beri-beri, ulceration of the mouth, scurvy and pellagra, (2) malnutrition, extreme loss of weight, low blood pressure, giddiness, etc. (3) diseases of long standing, i.e., gastric ulcers, diabetes, coeliac disease, anaemia, etc. (4) acute conditions, i.e., gastro-enteritis, etc. (5) debility following hospitalisation. These patients were advised, and given extra foodstuffs such as milk, fruit juices, dried fruits, vegetables, tinned meats, fish and oats. Later the Medical Panel were forced through lack of suitable supplies to cut down these issues and to concentrate almost entirely on giving extras to the Hospital and Diet Kitchens, where the goods could be cooked and given out on a semi-communal basis. Severe cases of beri-beri and central nerve blindness, however, continued to be helped almost to the end of internment, a daily dose of bran being given to the former (incidentally this helped to conserve the limited supply of thiamine available), and peanut butter, eggs, egg yolk, soya bean milk, all rich in the essential vitamins, to the latter.\n\n(b) Infants and young children. A detailed report has already been prepared by Dr. Annie Sydenham, Camp Child Welfare Officer, regarding the health and nutrition of the children.\n\nDuring the first few weeks of the Camp a Milk Board was set up, consisting of Dr. D. J. Valentine, Camp Medical Officer, the three Medical advisers to the Committee and Miss M. S. Watson, and, after an exhaustive survey of all available milk supplies and the estimated needs over a long-term period, a schedule of consumption was drawn up. This schedule was varied at different times, but it is interesting to note that at no time did the Camp run out of this most essential item of diet for infants, many of whom were born in this Camp.\n\nEvery effort was made to maintain the health of the children of school age. A careful nutritional survey was made every six months by Dr. Sydenham. Acting on this, the Medical panel allocated valuable foodstuffs which were distributed as school meals. During the first winter months, bowls of porridge and milk were given as additions to the poor rations. Later, gelatine and dried fruits, cocoa, oranges, sweets, honey, peanuts and peanut butter were supplied at intervals. Over the last eighteen months it became increasingly more difficult to maintain this standard, and much to its regret the Committee were forced to discontinue this distribution. From that point it became apparent in the half-yearly surveys that the children were not keeping up a normal rate of growth, as measured in height and weight, as a consequence of the inadequacy of the Japanese rations.\n\nThree Baby Kitchens were established in different parts of the Camp. The Japanese rations, with the addition of milk, eggs, flavourings, sugar, honey, cornflour, fruit, etc. were cooked in such a way as to be suitable for infants. This service came to an end about nine months before the end of internment as the amount of firewood supplied by the Japanese was insufficient to allow of cooking subsidiary to the general kitchens. Fruit juices, shark liver oil and calcium continued to be administered, however.\n\n85\n\n35\n\n86",
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        "content_text": "122\n\n123\n\n34\n\nmight have had disastrous results in such an undernourished, and, therefore, highly susceptible community. But our luck held and the camp emerged from its trials with a death rate which was probably unique in the Far East and the prospect of early return to normal health of the large majority of its inhabitants.\n\nEdinburgh.\n\n6th March, 1946.\n\nN. C. MACLEOD,\n\nDeputy Director of Health Services,\n\nHong Kong\n\n# APPENDIX IV\n\nWork of the International Welfare Committee in Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong.\n\nJanuary, 1942-August, 1945\n\nWhen the Japanese Authorities rounded up the enemy national civilians in Hong Kong in January, 1942, for the purpose of interning them, many of the latter were without any personal possessions, clothes, household equipment, etc. of any kind. It became apparent in the Chinese hotels, which were the first stage of internment for many people, that some relief organisation would be necessary to provide the barest necessities for those who had lost everything. It was also obvious that the Japanese authorities were not prepared to make any distinction in their treatment of the infants, young children, the sick and the elderly among the interned community, and that some assistance would have to be given to these categories who were unprovided for, especially in matters of diet.\n\nAs soon as the camp on the Stanley Peninsula was established, the representatives of the three national communities, the Dutch, American and the British, were asked to nominate representatives for a Committee to deal with distress. The first meeting was convened on 4th February, 1942—those present being Mr. A. Hartog (Dutch), Miss M. Dudley (American) and Miss N. E. Elliott and Miss M. S. Watson (British). The International Welfare Committee thereupon came into being with Miss M. S. Watson as Chairman, Mr. A. Hartog (Treasurer), Miss M. Dudley (Secretary), Miss N. E. Elliott (social worker) and a panel of medical practitioners, nominated by the British Medical Association, (Drs. Dean A. Smith, Annie Sydenham, and A. Balean) were asked to sit on the Committee and advise on medical matters. In July, 1942, Mr. F. C. Gimson (Hon. Colonial Secretary) took the Chair, and, at the request of the Camp Council, representatives of the four main residential Blocks were added to the Committee. Miss M. S. Watson became Deputy Chairman, and Mr. E. W. Pudney agreed to act as Treasurer and Accountant following the repatriation of Mr. Hartog, and Miss E. Rawlings as social worker on the departure of Miss Dudley for America on a similar repatriation ship. At the same time, each residential block was asked to appoint (not elect) a welfare officer to be responsible for the distribution in an equitable manner of clothing and equipment to the residents. The panel of doctors was made responsible for the allocation of foodstuffs.\n\nIt is perhaps important at this point to emphasise the international character of the Welfare Committee. Whatever the source of such supplies as were received, each community was treated equally, according to the need of its individuals. It is also necessary to stress that the Committee at all times maintained a position, common to all humanitarian organisations of its kind, which was outside the range of Camp politics.\n\nOn the advice of Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke (Hon. Director of Medical Services), a small quantity of money and clothing had been collected and brought into the camp for immediate distribution. Secondly, as soon as the Camp Canteen was established, arrangements were made for a very small profit to be added to the selling price of each article, this profit being handed over to the International Welfare Committee in the form of valuable foodstuffs for distribution on the advice of the medical panel. By far the largest part of the supplies received during the first year of internment, however, were sent in by Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, who was allowed to remain in the town for relief and humanitarian work for seventeen months until his imprisonment by the Japanese Authorities in May, 1943. By organising the Informal Welfare Committee, Hong Kong, and keeping in personal contact with the Stanley Camp, Dr. Selwyn-Clarke was able to arrange for the supply of foodstuffs, clothing, toilet articles, drugs and hospital supplies.\n\nAfter his arrest, this personal contact was lost, and the International Red Cross delegate took over the problem of supplies. The purchase of essential special diets, etc. became increasingly more difficult and it was necessary for the Committee's panel of doctors to limit severely the quantities available for the sick and young children. The situation was relieved to a small extent with the arrival of the British Red Cross parcels and supplies in November, 1942, and the Canadian parcels in September, 1944.\n\nValuable foods were set aside for allocation by the medical panel, and, by very careful distribution, were made to last until the Colony was relieved in August, 1945.\n\nThe functions of the Committee were outlined as follows:-\n\n(a) To enquire into the specific needs of individual internees and to make these known, collectively, to the organisation in Hong Kong.\n\n(b) To distribute equitably on a selective basis the articles received.\n\n(c) To allocate, on a basis of medical necessity only, the various foodstuffs received.\n\n(d) To keep accurate records of the health and nutrition of infants and young children and children up to the school leaving age.\n\nIn relation to (c) it should perhaps be emphasised that the function of the Committee was not to supply extra nourishment to the Camp as a whole, though the Japanese rations were at all times grossly inadequate, but to provide extra or alternative diets for the infants, young children, the chronically and temporarily sick, for all of whom the rations, besides being inadequate, were entirely unsuitable.\n\n## I. NUTRITIONAL\n\n## Details of Distribution\n\nA detailed report on the nutrition of the Camp has been made by Dr. Dean A. Smith, M.O. in charge Nutrition Clinic. A short description of the types of cases assisted may be of some interest, however;\n\n(a) For the first six months, when supplies were relatively plentiful, a clinic was held daily and patients attended such as those suffering from (1) deficiency diseases, i.e., beri-beri, ulceration of the mouth, scurvy and pellagra, (2) malnutrition, extreme loss of weight, low blood pressure, giddiness, etc. (3) diseases of long standing, i.e., gastric ulcers, diabetes, coeliac disease, anaemia, etc. (4) acute conditions, i.e., gastro-enteritis, etc. (5) debility following hospitalisation. These patients were advised and given extra foodstuffs such as milk, fruit juices, dried fruits, vegetables, tinned meats and fish and oats. Later the Medical Panel were forced through lack of suitable supplies to cut down these issues and to concentrate almost entirely on giving extras to the Hospital and Diet Kitchens, where the goods could be cooked and given out on a semi-communal basis. Severe cases of beri-beri and central nerve blindness, however, continued to be helped almost to the end of internment, a daily dose of bran being given to the former (incidentally this helped to conserve the limited supply of thiamine available), and peanut butter, eggs, egg yolk, soya bean milk, all rich in the essential vitamins, to the latter.\n\n(b) Infants and young children.--A detailed report has already been prepared by Dr. Annie Sydenham, Camp Child Welfare Officer, regarding the health and nutrition of the children.\n\nDuring the first few weeks of the Camp, a Milk Board was set up, consisting of Dr. D. J. Valentine, Camp Medical Officer, the three Medical advisers to the Committee and Miss M. S. Watson, and, after an exhaustive survey of all available milk supplies and the estimated needs over a long-term period, a schedule of consumption was drawn up. This schedule was varied at different times, but it is interesting to note that at no time did the Camp run out of this most essential item of diet for infants, many of whom were born in this Camp.\n\nEvery effort was made to maintain the health of the children of school age. A careful nutritional survey was made every six months by Dr. Sydenham. Acting on this, the Medical panel allocated valuable foodstuffs which were distributed as school meals. During the first winter months, bowls of porridge and milk were given as additions to the poor rations. Later, gelatine and dried fruits, cocoa, oranges, sweets, honey, peanuts and peanut butter were supplied at intervals. Over the last eighteen months it became increasingly more difficult to maintain this standard, and much to its regret the Committee were forced to discontinue this distribution. From that point, it became apparent in the half-yearly surveys that the children were not keeping up a normal rate of growth, as measured in height and weight, as a consequence of the inadequacy of the Japanese rations.\n\nThree Baby Kitchens were established in different parts of the Camp. The Japanese rations, with the addition of milk, eggs, flavourings, sugar, honey, cornflour, fruit, etc. were cooked in such a way as to be suitable for infants. This service came to an end about nine months before the end of internment as the amount of firewood supplied by the Japanese was insufficient to allow of cooking subsidiary to the general kitchens. Fruit juices, shark liver oil and calcium continued to be administered, however.\n\n35\n\n52077\n\nA 6",
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        "title": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945",
        "content_text": "61\n\n$.\n\nOKINASE OPI JON.\n\na\n\n(i) \"A slur upon the Chinese\" is how a Chinese lady, graduate of HONG KONG University, describes the official British attitude towards marriages between British officials and Chinese girls. A policeman, she says, may marry a Eurasian and all will be well, but if he chooses a Chinese girl for his wife his professional prospects will be seriously affected and there will be no hope of promotion for him. This seems most unfair when there are plenty of good living Chinese girls capable of making good Chinese wives.\n\nThe same lady is of the opinion that a great deal of harm is done to Anglo-Chinese unity by the treatment meted out to Chinese servants (\"boys\"); a certain type of foreigner. This should be watched, she says, as the Chinese appreciate good manners and despise the ill-mannered person.\n\n(ii) The following is quoted from a recent editorial in the South China Morning Post and HONG KONG Telegraph, whose Chinese editor has spent his life in HONG KONG:-\n\nIt must be insisted that the interests of the governed must always prevail. Failure to observe this rule has been the primary defect of colonialism. There have been too much privilege, too much snobbery, too much discrimination, race prejudice and insult, too much absentee exploitation. Even statesmen will not see that to the great mass of humanity the flag and the form of government are not important.\n\n(iii) From a Chinese shop-keeper in Central HONG KONG COLONIES the somewhat surprising statement that a catty of rice per person per day is too much. In his opinion, twelve ounces a day would suffice, and the saving of public revenue if the reduction were made would be considerable.\n\n(iv) An article appearing in one of HONG KONG's Chinese language newspapers draws the attention of the authorities to the present state of the public safety of the Colony. After listing several instances of lawlessness which have occurred recently, such as the pirating of the AN FENG, the theft of cars from the streets, and the street battle in KOWLOON, the paper says that the public are as apprehensive now about the safety of their lives and property as they were during the Japanese occupation. \"If the people do not get safety then industry, commerce and rehabilitation will be adversely affected and the future restoration of HONG KONG will be impeded\". It is to be hoped, concludes the article, that the authorities will give consideration to this question of public safety and deal with it firmly.\n\n(v)\n\nIt will be remembered that in Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 5, section 3, para. (v), it was stated that one CELLIT FOR CELLG solicited the Commissioner of Police's aid in obtaining passages to CANTON in the HUE CHU, owing to the difficulty of obtaining passages at the controlled price from the shipping company. An explanation of this difficulty has now been forthcoming from a Chinese-language newspaper, which states that intending passengers in the HUE CHU are obliged to purchase for $30 a \"tea and luggage ticket\" in addition to the Government regulation fare. The reference is, of course, to the fact that while keeping within the law, the shipping company have hit upon a clever method of evading it, to the cost of the public.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948",
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        "title": "CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948",
        "content_text": "## CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY\n## MAY 17, 1946\n\n### Section Details\n\ne. For the purposes of this Section, appointed Senators shall be **deemed** to have been appointed on the day on which elected Senators are elected.\n\n74. Notwithstanding anything in Section 11 of this Order, the first House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and one Members, ninety-five of whom shall be elected in accordance with the law in force relating to the election of Members of Parliament, and six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor acting in his discretion.\n\n75. Until Parliament otherwise provides, the remuneration and allowances payable to Members of the first House of Representatives, including the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Chairman of Committees, shall be the same as the remuneration and allowances paid to the Members of the State Council and the aforesaid officers thereof.\n\n76.—(1) As soon as may be after this Part of this Order comes into operation, the Governor shall establish a Delimitation Commission. The Governor shall fix a period within which the decisions of the Commission shall be reported to him:\n\nProvided that the Governor may, at the request of the Chairman of the Commission, extend such period as he may think fit.\n\n(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of Section 41 of this Order, the number of electoral districts into which each Province of the Island shall be divided by the first Delimitation Commission shall be as follows :-\n| Province | Number of Electoral Districts |\n| --- | --- |\n| Western Province | 20 |\n| Central Province | 15 |\n| Southern Province | 12 |\n| Eastern Province | 7 |\n| Northern Province | 9 |\n| North-Western Province | 10 |\n| North-Central Province | 5 |\n| Province of Uva | 7 |\n| Province of Sabaragamuwa | 10 |\n\n(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of this Section, the first Delimitation Commission shall have power to create in any Province one or more electoral districts returning two or more Members:\n\nProvided that in any such case the number of electoral districts for that Province specified in subsection (2) of this Section shall be reduced so that the total number of Members to be returned for that Province shall not exceed the total number of electoral districts so specified.\n\n(4) Save as provided by this Section, the provisions of Part IV. of this Order shall apply to the first Delimitation Commission.\n\n77. As soon as may be after the publication of the first Proclamation under Section 43 of this Order, a register of electors shall be prepared for each electoral district in accordance with the law then in force relating to the election of Members of Parliament.\n\n78. If the State Council is dissolved under the provisions of the Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council, 1931, at any time after the publication of the first Proclamation under Section 43 of this Order, the Governor shall not be obliged, notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (2) of Article 23 of the Ceylon (State Council Elections) Order in Council, 1931, to order a general election to be held for the purpose of electing Members of the State Council. The fact that a general election for the purpose aforesaid is not ordered by the Governor shall not affect the validity of anything done or to be done under this Order.\n\n### Section Titles\n| Section Title |\n| --- |\n| Number of Members in first House of Representatives. |\n| Remuneration of Members of first House of Representatives. |\n| Establishment and duties of first Delimitation Commission. |\n| First register of electors. |\n| Power to discontinue election to State Council. |",
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        "document_key": "CO129-604-5 Immigration- control over entry from China 4-3-1948 - 6-1-1949",
        "page_number": 55,
        "title": "CO129-604-5 Immigration- control over entry from China 4-3-1948 - 6-1-1949",
        "content_text": "SS\n\nIV\n\n-4-\n\nbetween Hong Kong and China.\n\n(a) Treaty of Tientsin, 26th June, 1858. (S.P.XLVIII, p. 47).\n\nThis Treaty, which revoked the Supplementary Treaty of 1843, does not grant any right to the Chinese to enter Hong Kong, nor does it even imply any such right. Article XXI, which deals with the surrender of criminals, subjects of China, \"who take refuge in Hong Kong\" and Article XXIII, which, with Article XV of the Supplementary Treaty, makes provision for the recovery of debts from \"natives of China who may repair to Hong Kong to trade\", do no more than recognise the possibility that Chinese may enter Hong Kong.\n\nIncidentally, the fact that this treaty contains no grant to the Chinese of a right to enter Hong Kong confirms the interpretation of Article XIII of the Supplementary Treaty of 1843 which I have advocated in sub-paragraph (c) above. This treaty (Article I) abrogated the Supplementary Treaty on the ground that it incorporated the substance of the provisions of the Supplementary Treaty; if, therefore, Article XIII of the Supplementary Treaty was a grant by H.M.G. of a right of entry to the Chinese and not an undertaking by the Chinese Government to permit trading between China and Hong Kong, one would have expected this treaty also to contain such a grant, which it does not.\n\nIt appears quite clear to me, therefore, that the Treaty of Tientsin made no difference to the position of the Chinese and that they continued to enter Hong Kong, as they had done theretofore, at the pleasure of H.M.G.\n\n(e) To sum up\n\n(i) The treaties do not confer, and never have conferred, any right on the Chinese as against H.M.G. to enter or to settle in Hong Kong.\n\n(ii)\n\n(iii) The Proclamation of 7th June, 1841, did confer on the merchants of Canton and the other parts of the Chinese Empire an unrestricted right of entry for the purposes of trade, but this right was revocable and in any case lapsed on the making of the Supplementary Treaty of 1843.\n\nThe Chinese appear, as a matter of practice, to have been permitted at the pleasure of H.M.G. to enter Hong Kong to trade at least since the Supplementary Treaty of 1843 and probably since 1841, and if they can be said to have any right to enter Hong Kong, it must be a prescriptive right based on this usage (as to which see paragraph IV below).\n\nAcquisition by Chinese of prescriptive right to enter, or settle in, Hong Kong.\n\nThe Foreign Office have no doubt got good authority for stating ((9) on 54064/47) that the Chinese might, through long usage and acquiescence, have acquired by prescription a right to enter, or settle in, Hong Kong, but I have been unable to find any precedent in international law for this. A title to sovereignty over territory can, of course, be acquired by prescription under international law, but the case under consideration appears to me to be rather different since the Chinese are not claiming to have acquired any degree of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and it is not clear to me upon what principles of law the Foreign Office would rely.\n\nPage 49",
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        "document_key": "CO129-608-7 Future policy- Report on Port Administration by Sir David Owen 24-2-1941 - 24-2-1941",
        "page_number": 213,
        "title": "CO129-608-7 Future policy- Report on Port Administration by Sir David Owen 24-2-1941 - 24-2-1941",
        "content_text": "Page 2\n\nPara. 3, page 2, line 10\n\nThe Hon. Mr. C. C. Roberts\n\nThe Committee met on seven occasions.\n\nMr. Andrew Nicol, A.M.I.C.E., the Executive Engineer, Port Works Office, Public Works Department\n\non the 19th September, 1946, and an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review of the 23rd October, 1946. The former expressed the view that better arrangements than the 'haphazard methods' which existed in the past were essential if Hong Kong was to develop to its fullest potentialities; the latter expressed the opinion that a Port Authority or Trust as recommended by Sir David appeared to be too heavy and that the development of a separate staff with its consequential additional expense might, especially with regard to the possible future establishment of a Municipal Council, lead to duplication of services. The writer considered that there was room for tightening up of co-ordination, responsibility and initiative under a Harbour Master without jeopardizing the advantages of private enterprise, cheapness, and efficiency.\n\nwhich they might desire the Committee to consider,\n\nA note of Mr. Colman's remarks on the former occasion will be found in the minutes of the second meeting of the Committee and a copy of his remarks on the latter occasion is to be found in Appendix IV.\n\nmight be expected that there would be found therein some at least of\n\nin regard to road facilities\n\nas a single entity but\n\nCoode, Fitzmaurice, Wilson, and Mitchell\n\na variety of reasons, some of\n\ntherefor\n\nPage 218",
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        "document_key": "CO129-609-4 Future policy- draft proclamation for moratorium on unsettled debts 24-8-1945 - 22-2-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-609-4 Future policy- draft proclamation for moratorium on unsettled debts 24-8-1945 - 22-2-1947",
        "content_text": "(iii) Moratorium Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute dated 24th August).\n\nArticle 2. In definition of quote debt unquote insert quote pay unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nIn definition of quote financial institution unquote substitute quote of unquote for quote or unquote before quote money unquote.\n\nLimit words quote During the period of the moratorium unquote from paragraph 1. The protection given by this paragraph is intended to be continued after expiration of moratorium.\n\n(iv). Custodian Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\n(v). Enemy Property Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent by Strickland to Paskin under covering minute on 25th August).\n\nThere is no short title.\n\nArticle 1 heading. Substitute quote Modification unquote for quote Notification unquote.\n\nArticle 1 (D). Exception... D ... difficult to ...\n\nFor quote enemy agent unquote substitute quote agent of enemy unquote.\n\nArticle 4, line 10. Insert quote the unquote before quote Custodian unquote.\n\nArticle 8. Empower ... to prescribe penalties for breaches of regulations.\n\n(vi) It is not known whether you have later drafts than the two referred to in Paragraphs (iv) and (v) submitted on 25th August incorporating the views of ...\n\n(vii) Arms and Ammunition Proclamation.\n\n(Draft sent ...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-609-4 Future policy- draft proclamation for moratorium on unsettled debts 24-8-1945 - 22-2-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-609-4 Future policy- draft proclamation for moratorium on unsettled debts 24-8-1945 - 22-2-1947",
        "content_text": "(b)\n\n2\n\n27\n\nAllied or Neutral any department thereof, or in respect of any Government;\n\noperate any account or class of account which the Controller may, by writing authorise them or any of them to operate.\n\nPART III - MORATORIUM\n\nArticle 4\n\nMoratorium proclaimed\n\nExcept as hereinafter provided, a moratorium is hereby proclaimed in respect of all debts incurred before the date when this Proclamation takes effect.\n\nArticle 5\n\nEffect of Moratorium-\n\n(1) During the period of the moratorium, no rights, remedies or powers in respect of any debt affected thereby shall, at any time, be exercised or enforced by process of law solely by reason of non-payment as a result of the provisions of this Proclamation; but nothing herein shall prevent the voluntary payment of any debt.\n\n(2) In computing the period of limitation applicable to any debt the period of the moratorium shall be excluded.\n\nArticle 6\n\nExceptions\n\nThe moratorium hereby imposed shall not apply to any debt\n\n(a) incurred after the date when this Proclamation takes effect;\n\n(b) not exceeding one hundred dollars in respect of any one transaction\n\n(c) due in respect of:-\n\n(i) taxes\n\n(ii) professional services;\n\n(iii) wages or salaries;\n\n(iv) work and labour;\n\n(v) rent not exceeding one year's rent; or\n\n(vi) due to the Government of Hong Kong.\n\n4\n\nArticle 7\n\nPower to suspend or terminate moratorium\n\nThe Chief Civil Affairs Officer, or any Officer authorised by him in that behalf, may, by notice or by general or specific order exempt any debt or class of debts from all or any of the provisions of this Proclamation.\n\nPART IV\n\nDEALINGS IN LAND\n\nArticle 8\n\nDealings in land prohibited\n\nDuring the period of the moratorium no person shall transact any dealing in land except\n\n(a) a lease or tenancy for a term not exceeding one year; or\n\n(b)",
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        "title": "CO129-609-4 Future policy- draft proclamation for moratorium on unsettled debts 24-8-1945 - 22-2-1947",
        "content_text": "(b)\n\n30\n\n(Allied or Nautical)\n\nany department thereof, or in respect of any Government;\n\noperate any account or class of account which the Controller may, by writing authorise them or any of them to operate.\n\nPART III\n\nMORATORIUM\n\nArticle 4\n\nMoratorium proclaimed\n\nExcept as hereinafter provided, a moratorium is hereby proclaimed in respect of all debts incurred before the date when this Proclamation takes effect.\n\nArticle 5\n\nEffect of Moratorium\n\n(1) During the period of the moratorium, no rights, remedies or powers in respect of any debt affected thereby shall, at any time, be exercised or enforced by process of law solely by reason of non-payment as a result of the provisions of this proclamation; but nothing herein shall prevent the voluntary payment of any debt. (2) In computing the period of limitation applicable to any debt the period of the moratorium shall be excluded.\n\nArticle 6\n\nExceptions\n\nThe moratorium hereby imposed shall not apply to any debt\n\n(a) incurred after the date when this Proclamation takes effect;\n\n(b) not exceeding one hundred dollars in respect of any one transaction\n\n(c) due in respect of:-\n\n(i) wages or salaries;\n\n(ii) professional services;\n\n(iii) work and labour;\n\n(iv) rent not exceeding one year's rent;\n\nor\n\n(d) due to the Government of Hong Kong.\n\nArticle 7\n\nPower to suspend or terminate moratorium\n\nThe Chief Civil Affairs Officer, or any Officer authorised by him in that behalf, may, by notice or by general or specific order exempt any debt or class of debts from all or any of the provisions of this Proclamation.\n\nPART IV DEALINGS IN LAND\n\nDealings in land prohibited\n\nArticle 8\n\nDuring the period of the moratorium no person shall transact any dealing in land except\n\n(a) a lease or tenancy for a term not exceeding one year; or\n\n(b)\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31",
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        "title": "CO129-611-4 Development Committee- reports on various aspects 11-12-1945 - 14-7-1947",
        "content_text": "## IV. NUTRITION\n\n### A.\n### B.\n\nSeen:\n\nPrewar Nutrition Research Committee Post-war\n\nI have suggested in my memo that two new establishments be considered, namely,\na) A Food Advisory and Research Bureau, and\nb) A Balanced Food Factory.\n\nI have no idea what Dr. B. S. Platt thinks about my schemes; he never replied to my last letter; he was always a bad correspondent, but as an old student of mine (don't remind him!) he should be sympathetic at least.\n\nThe second scheme is revolutionary, but I should die happy if it could be implemented. No more need be said.\n\n### Research Stations, Scientists and officials\n\n| Name | Position/Association |\n| --- | --- |\n| Dr. B. S. Platt, C.M.G. |  |\n| Dr. A. C. Thayson | Yeast |\n| Dr. C. Hanes, F.R.S. | Director (and staff) Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge |\n| Dr. Akroyd | Director Coonoor Nutritional Research Inst. |\n| Dr. Leslie J. Harris (and Staff) | Dunn Nutritional Laboratories, Cambridge |\n| Dr. H. M. Sinclair | Director Oxford Nutrition Survey |\n| Dr. L. H. Lampitt | Director, Messrs. Lyons & Co. |\n\n### To See:\n\n### MISCELLANEOUS!\n\nI have discussed various aspects of Hong Kong problems with:\n- The Rt. Hon. Oliver Stanley, Former Secretary of State for the Colonies\n- Sir Robert Robinson, F.R.S., President of the Royal Society\n- Professor A. V. Hill, F.R.S., Secretary of the Royal Society\n- Professor J. L. Simonsen, Director of Research, Imperial Institute\n- Sir Henry Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty\n- Dr. R. E. Priestley, Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham University\n- Mr. Witherspoon, U.N.R.R.A.\n- Mr. Gaumnitz\n- E. Barnard, Assistant Secretary, D.S.I.R.\n- John Walter, \"The Times\"\n\n## PUBLICITY\n\nAn article entitled \"Food & War in Hong Kong\" (anonymous) will appear in \"Nature\" shortly. This deals with the prewar\n\nPage 80\nPage 81",
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        "document_key": "CO129-618-7 Port Adminstation Inquiry Committee- report and minutes of meetings 1-1-1945 - 31-12-1946",
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        "title": "CO129-618-7 Port Adminstation Inquiry Committee- report and minutes of meetings 1-1-1945 - 31-12-1946",
        "content_text": "# Instructions to be applied to the text\n\n\nPara. 3, page 2, line 10\n\nInsert \"The Hon.\" in front of \"Mr. C. C. Roberts\". \n\nAfter \"The Committee met on\" insert \"seven\". \n\nAfter \"Mr. Andrew Nicol, A.M.I.C.E.\" delete \"the Port Engineer\" and insert \"the Executive Engineer, Port Works Office, Public Works Department\". \n\nDelete after \"on the 19th September, 1946\" the remainder of the sentence and insert \"and an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review of the 23rd October, 1946. The former expressed the view that better arrangements than the 'haphazard methods' which existed in the past were essential if Hong Kong was to develop to its fullest potentialities; the latter expressed the opinion that a Port Authority or Trust as recommended by Sir David appeared to be too heavy and that the development of a separate staff with its consequential additional expense might, especially with regard to the possible future establishment of a Municipal Council lead to duplication of services. The writer considered that there was room for tightening up of co-ordination, responsibility and initiative under a Harbour Master without jeopardizing the advantages of private enterprise, cheapness and efficiency.\" \n\nDelete \"which they might care to have the Committee consider\" and insert \"which they might desire the Committee to consider\". \n\nDelete the first sentence and insert, \"A note of Mr. Colman's remarks on the former occasion will be found in the minutes of the second meeting of the Committee and a copy of his remarks on the latter occasion is to be found in Appendix IV.a\". \n\nAfter \"might be expected that there would be found therein\" delete \"some at least of\". \n\nDelete \"as to road facilities\" and insert \"in regard to road facilities\". \n\nAfter \"as a single entity\" delete \"and\" and insert \"but\".\n\nDelete \"Coode and Company\" and insert \"Coode, Fitzmaurice, Wilson and Mitchell\". \n\nAfter \"a variety of reasons\" insert \"; of\".\n\nCorrect \"therefore\" to \"therefor\".",
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        "document_key": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
        "content_text": "# ARTICLE II.\n\nThe high contracting parties undertake not to enter into separate negotiations with Japan and not to conclude, without mutual consent, any armistice or peace treaty either with the present Japanese Government or with any other Government or authority set up in Japan which do not clearly renounce all aggressive intentions.\n\n## ARTICLE III.\n\nThe high contracting parties undertake after the termination of the war against Japan to take jointly all measures in their power to render impossible a repetition of aggression and violation of the peace by Japan.\n\nIn the event of one of the high contracting parties being unable to avoid becoming involved in hostilities with Japan in consequence of an attack by the latter against the said contracting party, the other high contracting party shall at once give to the contracting party so involved in hostilities all the military and other support and assistance with all the means in its power.\n\nThis article shall remain in force until such time as the \"United Nations\" Organisation may on request of the two high contracting parties be charged with the responsibility for preventing further aggression by Japan.\n\n## ARTICLE IV.\n\nEach high contracting party undertakes not to conclude any alliance and not to take any part in any coalition directed against the other high contracting party.\n\n## ARTICLE V.\n\nThe high contracting parties, having regard to the interests of the security and economic development of each of them, agree to work together in close and friendly collaboration after the coming of peace and to act according to the principles of mutual respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity and of non-interference in the internal affairs of the other contracting party.\n\n## ARTICLE VI.\n\nThe high contracting parties agree to render each other every possible economic assistance after the war with a view to facilitating and accelerating reconstruction in both countries and to contributing to the cause of world prosperity.\n\n## ARTICLE VII.\n\nNothing in this treaty shall be so construed as to affect the rights or obligations of the high contracting parties as members of the \"United Nations\" Organisation.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII.\n\nThe present treaty shall be ratified in the shortest possible... \n\nPage 31\nPage 104",
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        "document_key": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
        "page_number": 110,
        "title": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
        "content_text": "35 \n\nThe friendly relations and economic bonds between the two countries on the basis of the full observation of the rights and interests of each other, have agreed as follows:- \n\n## ARTICLE I \n\nAfter the Japanese armed forces are driven out of the Three Eastern Provinces, the main trunk lines of the Chinese Eastern Railway and the South Manchurian Railway from Manchuli to Suifenho and from Harbin to Dairen and Port Arthur united into one railway under the name of \"Chinese Changchun Railway\" shall be in joint ownership of the Republic of China and the U.S.S.R. \n\nJoint ownership and operation shall apply only to those lands acquired and railway auxiliary lines built by the Chinese Eastern Railway during the time of Russian and joint Sino-Soviet administration and by the South Manchurian Railway during the time of Russian administration and which are directly necessary for the above two railways and to the subsidiary enterprises built during the said periods and directly serving the above two railways. All the other branch railway lines, subsidiary enterprises and lands shall be in the complete ownership of the Chinese Government. \n\nThe joint operation of the aforementioned railway shall be undertaken by a single management under Chinese sovereignty and as a purely commercial transportation enterprise. \n\n## ARTICLE II \n\nThe high contracting parties agree that their joint ownership of the railway shall be in equal shares and shall not be alienable in whole or in part. \n\n## ARTICLE III \n\nThe high contracting parties agree that for the joint operation of the said railway the Sino-Soviet Company of the Chinese Changchun Railway shall be formed. The company shall have a Board of Directors to be composed of ten members, of whom five shall be appointed by the Chinese Government and five by the Soviet Government. The Board of Directors shall be in Changchun. \n\n## ARTICLE IV \n\nThe Chinese Government shall appoint one of the Chinese directors as President of the Board of Directors and one as the Assistant President. The Soviet Government shall appoint one of the Soviet directors as Vice-President of the Board of Directors, and one as the Assistant Vice-President. When questions are decided by the Board, the vote of the President of the Board of Directors shall be counted as two votes. Seven persons shall constitute a quorum of the Board. \n\nImportant questions on which the Board of Directors cannot reach an agreement shall be submitted to the Governments of the contracting parties for consideration and settlement in an equitable and friendly spirit. \n\n## ARTICLE V \n\nPage 110\nPage 111",
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        "document_key": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
        "content_text": "40 \n\nmentioned naval base. The commission shall consist of two Chinese and three Soviet representatives. The chairman of the commission shall be appointed by the Soviet side and the vice-chairman shall be appointed by the Chinese side.\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nThe Chinese Government entrusts to the Soviet Government the defence of the naval base. The Soviet Government may erect at its own expense such installations as are necessary for the defence of the naval base.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nThe civil administration of the above area will be Chinese. In appointing important civil administrative officials the Chinese Government will take into account Soviet interests in the area.\n\nImportant civil administrative officials in the city of Port Arthur will be appointed and dismissed by the Chinese Government in agreement with the Soviet military command.\n\nThe proposals which the Soviet military commander in that area may address to the Chinese civil administration in order to safeguard security and defence will be fulfilled by the said administration. In case of disagreement, such cases shall be submitted to the Sino-Soviet Military Commission for consideration and decision.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nThe Government of U.S.S.R. has the right to maintain in the region mentioned in article II their military, naval, and air forces and to determine their location.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nThe Government of the U.S.S.R. also undertakes to establish and keep up lighthouses and other installations and signs necessary for the security of navigation of the area.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nAfter the termination of this agreement all the installations and public property installed or constructed by the U.S.S.R. in the area shall revert without compensation to the Chinese Government.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nThe present agreement is concluded for thirty years. It comes into force on the day of its ratification.\n\nIn faith whereof the plenipotentiaries of the high contracting parties have signed the present agreement and affixed thereto their seal.\n\nThe present agreement is made in two copies, each in the Russian and Chinese languages, both texts being equally authoritative.\n\nDone\n\n115",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947",
        "content_text": "48 \n\nIt is clear from the above that the allegation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the Soviet Government hindered the establishment of Chinese civil administration in the Port Arthur area and at Dairen does not correspond to reality and leads astray those not acquainted with the real state of affairs.\n\nAlso unfounded is the allegation by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that as a result of the absence of Chinese Government troops in the area of the naval base, the Chinese Communists succeeded in setting up and increasing their armed forces around Port Arthur and Dairen. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware that neither around Port Arthur and Dairen nor on the territory of the whole naval base area are there or have there been any Chinese Communist armed forces.\n\nAs for the intention of the Chinese Government to send Chinese troops to the Port Arthur area, this is contrary to the Soviet-Chinese Agreement on Port Arthur, Article IV of which states: \"The defence of the above-mentioned naval base is entrusted by the Chinese Government to the Government of the U.S.S.R. For the purpose of defending the naval base, the Government of the U.S.S.R. will set up there the necessary fortifications, the expenditure to be borne by the Soviet Government.\" Moreover, Article VI of the Agreement on Port Arthur states that the Government of the U.S.S.R. has the right to maintain in the area of the naval base \"its military, naval and air forces and to determine their disposition.\" The Agreement does not envisage the quartering of Chinese troops in the Port Arthur area. Nor does the agreement on the port of Dairen envisage the quartering of Chinese troops in Dairen, but in accordance with this agreement, while the war with Japan exists, Dairen comes under the military regime established in the naval zone. Inasmuch as the state of war with Japan is not concluded, since there is still no peace treaty with Japan, the regime of the naval base extends to Dairen.\n\nThe Soviet Government, ever faithful to its international obligations, considers it essential in this case too to adhere strictly to the above-mentioned articles of the Soviet-Chinese Agreements on Port Arthur and Dairen and considers that the precise and loyal execution of these articles is obligatory for both parties. The claims of the Chinese Government regarding the despatch of troops to the Port Arthur area and to Dairen are contrary to the above-mentioned agreements.\n\nThe reference in the communique of the Chinese MFA to the fact that the Chinese civil administration will allegedly not be able to carry out its functions without the presence of Chinese troops in the Port Arthur area is groundless. Public order and equally the security of the civil administration in the Port Arthur area and in Dairen can be fully secured by the Chinese police forces, to whose entry the Soviet Government has given its consent.\n\nThe assertion of the Chinese MFA that General Tung Yang-ping's group which recently visited the Port Arthur area and the port of Dairen received no assistance from the Soviet Command does",
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        "document_key": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952",
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        "title": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952",
        "content_text": "147\n\nEach Relief Administration shall have a chief and one or two deputy-chiefs, to be appointed by the municipal government. Heads of Sections shall be appointed by the Committee for the Relief of Unemployed Workers. Staff members shall be drawn from related organisations, and if there are not enough, priority should be given to (registered) unemployed persons.\n\n## CHAPTER III. RELIEF FUNDS.\n\n### Article 6. \n\nThe sources of relief funds shall be as follows:\n\n(a) In all cities sponsoring relief, the administrative side or the employer in all national and private factories and workshops and commercial undertakings shall contribute every month towards relief funds a sum equivalent to one per cent of all payments made in respect of wages and emoluments. Workers and employees in the above-mentioned enterprises and in port transport work, etc., shall also make a monthly contribution of one per cent of their total wages for the same purpose;\n\n(b) Relief grants made by the Central and local People's Governments;\n\n(c) Donations from various circles.\n\n### Article 7. The Safe Custody of Relief Funds.\n\n(a) All relief funds shall be collected by and kept in local People's Banks;\n\n(b) Relief foodstuffs shall be entrusted to the care of local National Foodstuffs Companies.\n\n### Article 8.\n\n \nThe use and distribution of relief funds shall be determined by the Committee for the Relief of Unemployed Workers, and shall not be used for any purpose other than the relief of unemployed workers.\n\n### Article 9.\n\n \nEmbezzlement cases discovered in the conduct of relief work shall be handed over to judicial organs by the Committee for the Relief of Unemployed Workers.\n\n## CHAPTER IV. REGISTRATION OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS.\n\n### Article 10.\n\n \nAll such unemployed persons as are defined in Article 3 may apply for registration. Those, however, who have returned to their native places to do production work or have found employment will not be considered.\n\n### Article 11.\n\n \nThe registration of unemployed workers shall be entrusted by the Committee for the Relief of Unemployed Workers to the foundation organisations of the various industrial trade unions subordinate to the Trade Union Council. Where trade union foundation organisations have not been formed, registration shall be handled directly by the industrial trade unions or the trade union council.\n\n### Article 12.\n\n \nAn unemployed person shall produce the following documents when he applies for registration:\n\n(a) Testimonial provided by the trade union organisation to which the applicant formerly belonged, or by the factory or commercial shop or school where he last worked. If an applicant has been out of employment too long and cannot secure a testimonial from his trade union organisation or employer, he must secure two workers in employment to vouch for him;",
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        "title": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952",
        "content_text": "enterprise. If such hospitals or clinics are incapable of handling any cases, these shall be sent by the enterprise to another hospital. All medical expenses, including charges for hospital attendance and travelling expenses, shall be paid by the administrative side or the employer. Board at the hospital during the period of treatment shall be shared equally between the administrative side or the employer and the patient. Wages shall be paid in full during treatment.\n\n(b) If workers and employees are injured as a result of work and subsequently become disabled, monthly payments of disablement pensions and allowances shall be made from labour insurance funds on the following scale:\n\n(i) A monthly disablement pension amounting to 70% of original wages shall be paid to those who have retired owing to complete loss of capacity for work and who require constant attendance in the ordinary necessities of life. Such a pension is payable until death.\n\n(ii) A monthly disablement pension amounting to 55% of original wages shall be paid to those who have retired owing to complete loss of capacity for work but do not require constant attendance in the ordinary necessities of life. Such a pension is payable until death;\n\n(iii) A partial disablement allowance amounting to 5% - 20% of original wages shall be paid to those who are partially disabled but still capable of work and have been given appropriate work by the administrative side or the employer. This allowance is payable till death or until retirement on old age. It shall not, however, exceed the original wages when added to the wages being paid.\n\n(iv) Assessment of disablement and changes in the condition of disablement shall be made by a Committee of Assessment of Disablement.\n\nArticle 13.\n\nDetails are to be provided in supplementary regulations.\n\nMedical subsidies and relief allowances for injuries and disablement not arising out of work shall be as follows:\n\n(a) Workers and employees who fall ill or are injured not as a result of work shall be treated at hospitals or clinics operated or appointed by the enterprise. If such hospitals or clinics are incapable of handling any cases, these shall be sent by the enterprise to another hospital. Medical expenses, including charges for hospital attendance and ordinary medicines, shall be paid by the administrative side or the employer. Expensive medicines and board at the hospital during treatment shall be paid for by the patient himself;\n\nPage 155",
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        "title": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952",
        "content_text": "158\n\nshall be counted as a year and three months.\n\n(a) In factories processing or manufacturing lead, mercury, arsenic, phosphorus and acids, and in other chemical laboratories or munitions industries, male workers and employees who have reached the age of 55 and female workers and employees who have reached the age of 45, whose work has involved direct contact with harmful substances, shall receive old-age retirement benefits as provided in Items (a) and (b) of the present Article. In calculating their working life and length of service in the enterprise, every year spent on such work shall be counted as a year and six months.\n\nArticle 16.\n\nAllowances for childbirth shall be as follows:\n\n(a) A total of 56 days' leave shall be granted to female workers and employees before and after confinement. Wages shall be paid as usual.\n\n(b) For female workers and employees who suffer from miscarriage occurring within three months, 15 days' leave shall be granted; for cases over three months but under seven months, 30 days' leave shall be granted. Wages shall be paid as usual.\n\n(c) Those who are still unable to work at the expiry of confinement leave (whether on account of childbirth or miscarriage) shall be given sick leave if certified by a doctor.\n\n(a) When female workers and employees or the wives of male workers and employees are confined, they shall be given a childbirth allowance from labour insurance funds amounting to the local retail price of five feet of standard red cloth.\n\nArticle 17. The following provisions are made in regard to collective labour insurance undertakings:\n\n(a) All workers and employees engaged in enterprises where labour insurance is enforced shall have the right of enjoying the facilities provided by collective labour insurance undertakings. Details shall be provided by the A.C.F.L.;\n\n(b) All collective labour insurance undertakings shall be planned and sponsored by the A.C.F.L. who may entrust them to local trade union organisations or industrial unions. Such undertakings shall include the following categories of services.\n\n(i) Sanitoria;\n\n(ii) Homes for disabled persons.\n\n(iii) Homes for old people.\n\n(iv) Rest homes.\n\n(v) Orphanages.\n\nDetails shall be provided by the A.C.F.L.\n\nArticle 18. In enterprises where labour insurance is in force, Workers and employees who are not union members",
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        "content_text": "shall draw only half the value of benefit provided by the labour insurance scheme except as regards wages during treatment of injuries arising out of work; medical allowances, pensions, and other allowances for injuries and disablement arising out of work; grants for funeral expenses and subsidies for dependants in case of death arising out of work; and wages during confinement leave.\n\nArticle 19. When claiming allowances, subsidies, and other relief benefits, workers and employers shall apply for the highest item only and shall not draw two items at the same time.\n\nCHAPTER IV: SPECIAL PRIVILEGES IN LABOUR INSURANCE.\n\nArticle 20.\n\nModel workers who have made special contributions to the enterprise, and combat heroes who have joined the enterprise, may enjoy the following special privileges in respect of labour insurance provided their names have been proposed by a trade union basic committee and approved by a municipal or provincial trade union council or by the national committee of an industrial union:\n\n(a) Board during periods in hospitals for treatment of injuries arising out of work and the necessary expensive medicines for the treatment of illness or injuries not arising out of work shall be paid by the administrative side or the employer;\n\n(b) Wages shall be paid as usual for three months during illness or treatment of injuries not arising out of work. Monthly allowances for complete disablement owing to work shall be 100% of original wages. Allowances for partial disablement owing to work shall make up the difference between original wages and the wages received during partial disablement. In case of death, maintenance subsidies for dependants shall be 30% - 60% of original wages. Workers who are disabled not owing to work shall be uniformly paid a monthly relief allowance amounting to 40% of original wages irrespective of length of service. The old-age retirement pension shall be from 50% to 80% of wages. The old-age allowance for workers who are entitled to retirement but remain at work shall be from 15% - 30%. Details are to be provided in supplementary Regulations;\n\n(c) They shall have priority rights in enjoying the facilities provided by collective labour insurance undertakings.\n\nArticle 21. Disabled soldiers who join an enterprise shall be paid wages as usual during the first three months irrespective of their length of service if they are receiving treatment owing to illness or injury arising out of work.\n\nCHAPTER V: THE DISPOSAL OF LABOUR INSURANCE FUNDS\n\nArticle 22: Labour insurance funds shall be disposed as follows:\n\n(a) Labour insurance funds shall be used by the committee of labour insurance of the trade union\n\nPage 170\n\nPage 171",
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        "title": "CO129-629-11 Manufacture of shirts 1-1-1950 - 30-11-1950",
        "content_text": "iv. Fairclough\n\nWe spoke.\n\nLab\n\n4911.\n\n29/3/50\n\nUnited Kingdom Trade Commissioner, DUBLIN.\n\nTrain\n\nRepublican\n\nOur Ref.: 1097(a)/35\n\nP.40. -29/3\n\n28th March, 1950.\n\nThis is to confirm my telephone message to the effect that I sent you by Bag last night a copy of a letter received late in the afternoon from Williams, about the imports of cheap shirts from Hong Kong.\n\nThe letter, which is self-explanatory, indicates the reasons why the Minister proposes to place additional specific duties of 6/- on men's shirts not exceeding 8/- in value, and 4/- on boys' shirts not exceeding 5/- in value.\n\nIn this way, it is claimed, only the cheap Hong Kong shirts will pay an increased duty and imports of U.K. shirts will be unaffected. If this is so, and judging by the retail prices of British shirts in Dublin it would seem to be the case, it is claimed that in practice there would be no breach of Article 10 of the 1938 trade agreement.\n\nIt is evident that the Minister wishes to announce the new duties at the earliest possible moment and that we have been \"consulted\" because of the apparent technical breach of the agreement. In these circumstances, Williams asked me to express the hope that our comments would be forthcoming as speedily as possible and I said I would so inform you.\n\nI enclose a copy of my acknowledgment of Williams' letter.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nE. S. A. Baynes\n\nJ. A. Bergin, Esq., C.R.E. Department, Board of Trade.\n\nPage 50\n\nPage 51",
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