TREATY
OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGA-
TION, BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
Signed at TIENTSIN, 26TH JUNE, 1858.
Ratifications exchanged at Peking, 24th October, 1860.
Her 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 as their
Plenipotentiaries, that is to say :—
•
Her 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 ;
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, the High Commissioners Kweiliang, a Senior Chief Secretary of State, styled of 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;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in good and due from, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles ; Art. I.-The Treaty of Peace and Anity between the two nations, signed at Nankin on the twenty-ninth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, is hereby renewed and confirmed.
The 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.
Art. 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.'
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