NOTE.
"Citizens of the United States, resorting to China, for the purposes of com- merce, will pay the duties of import and export prescribed in the Tariff, which is fixed by and made a part of this Treaty. They shall in no case be subject to other or higher duties than are or shall be required of the people of any other nation whatever. Fees and charges of every sort are wholly abolished, and officers of the revenue who may be guilty of exaction shall be punished according to the laws of China. If the Chinese government desire to modify, in any respect the said Tariff, such modification shall be made only in consul- tation with consuls or other functionaries thereto duly authorized in behalf of the United States, and with consent thereof. And if additional advantages or privileges of whatever description be conceded hereafter by China to any other nation, the United States and the citizens thereof shall be entitled thereupon to a complete, equal and impartial participation in the same."
Article II. of the Treaty of Wánghia.
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