CONVENTION AND TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, 1860.
PROCLAMATION.
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., G.C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Special Ambassador in China &c., &c., &c., has much satisfaction in informing Her Majesty's subjects in China that a Convention for the re-establishment of Peace be- tween Great Britain and China was concluded, and the Ratifications of the Treaty of Tientsin of the Year 1858 duly exchanged, at Peking, on 24th of October 1860.
The Earl of Elgin now publishes for general information the text of the said Convention, and Treaty, together with the text of the tariff, and Rules which form part of the Treaty, and were agreed to by him and the Plenipotentiaries of the Emperor of China at Shanghai, on the 8th of November 1858.
The Earl of Elgin trusts that by a considerate treatment of the natives with whom they may come into contact, and a faithful observance of their obligations towards the Chinese Government, Her Majesty's subjects in China will do what in them lies to reconcile the people, and authorities of China, to the changes in their relations with Foreigners which are about to be introduced under the international compacts herewith promulgated-changes which, if they be carried into effect in such a manner as to afford greater scope to the commercial activity of the Chinese people, without doing unnecessary violence to their habits and traditions, will, it may be hoped, proved beneficial to them, and to all who have dealings with them.
Due notice will be given, whenever the arrangements for carrying into execution the provisions of this Convention and Treaty, at the Ports thereby opened to British Trade, shall be completed.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Dated at Tien-tsin, this twentieth day of November, A.d. 1860.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
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