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EMIGRATION CONVENTION BETWEEN SPAIN AND CHINA.
Likewise all the Chinese subjects who might have been detained in the Govern- ment depô s on the island of Cuba will be set at liberty as soon as the present co.vention comes into force; they will be furnished with such documents as the regulatious provide for, and treated in the same way as other Chinese.
Erom the preceding clause are excepted all those who are found in the Govern- ment prisons ther mi consequence of a juugment or of an accusation.
Art. XV. -The Government of His Majesty the Emperor of China and the Go- vernm nt of His Majesty the King of Spain agree that if bereafter one of them thinks i conven ent to make mo lifications of some of the articles of the present con- vention or to cancel them, neg tia ions to this effect can only be opened at the expira- tion of at least one year after the notification of such wish shall have been made by one of the high contracting parties to the other.
It is also understood that, if her after the Chinese Government shall grant to any other power advant ges not mentioned in the present convention regarding the em gration of Chinese subjects, such advantages will also be acquired by the Spanish Govrument.
Art. XVI. The present convention will be ratified and the ratifications ex- changed in Peking within a period of eight months, or sooner if possible.
The present convention is made in Spanish, French, and Chinese, in two copies, which have be n compared and found correct.
Signed and seale l, on the 13th day of the 10th moon of the 3rd year of Kwang Sü (17th November, 1877).
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