TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE KINGDOM OF ANNAM.
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The property of Christians confiscated on account of their religion and still under sequestration shall be restored to them.
All the preceding provisions without exception shall apply to Spanish as well as to French missionaries.
Immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications the liberty accorded by His Majesty to his Christian subjects shall be proclaimed by royal edict in all the
communes.
Art. X. The Annamite Government shall have the right of opening at Saigon a college, to be placed under the surveillance of the Director of the Interior, and in which nothing contrary to morality and the exercise of the French authority may be taught. Religion in it shall be entirely free.
In case of contravention the professor who shall have committed a breach of these prescriptions shall be sent back to his country, and even, if the gravity of the case require it, the college may be closed.
Art. XI. The Annamite Government engages to open to commerce the ports of Thin-nai, in the province of Binh-dinh; of Ninh-hai, in the province of Hai- dzuong; the town of Hanoi, and the passage by the river Nhi-ha from the sea to
Yunnan.
A convention, additional to the treaty and having the same force with it, shall fix the conditions under which this commerce shall be carried on.
The port of Ninh-hai, that of Hanoi, and the transit by the river shall be opened immediately after the exchange of the ratifications, or sooner if possible; the port of Thin-nai a year afterwards.
Other ports or rivers may be afterwards opened to commerce if the number and importance of the relations established show the utility of this measure.
Art. XII.-French or Annamite subjects of France and foreigners in generat may, while respecting the laws of the country, establish themselves, hold property, and freely carry on commercial or industrial operations in the above-named towns. The Government of His Majesty shall place at their disposal the lands necessary for their establishment.
They may in the same way navigate and trade between the sea and the province of Yunnan by the river Nhi-ha, paying the fixed dues, and on the condition that all traffic is interdicted along the banks of the river between the sea and Hanoi and between Hanoi and the frontier of China.
They may freely select and engage for their service compradores, interpreters, clerks, workmen, boatmen, and servants.
Art. XIII.-France shall appoint in each of the ports open to trade a Consul or agent, assisted by a sufficient force, not exceeding one hundred men in number, to assure his security and cause his authority to be respected, and to act as police for foreigners until all fear on this subject shall be dispelled by the establishment of the good relations which cannot fail to be brought about by the loyal execution of the treaty.
Art. XIV.—The subjects of the King may, on their side, freely travel, reside, hold property, and trade in France and in the French colonies while conforming to the laws. To assure their protection His Majesty shall have the right of appointing agents to reside in the ports or towns which he may choose.
Art. XV.-When French subjects, European or Cochin-Chinese, or other foreigners shall desire to establish themselves at any of the places above specified, they shall register themselves with the French Resident, who shall advise the local authority.
Annamite subjects wishing to establish themselves on French territory shall be subject to the same provision.
Frenchmen or foreigners wishing to travel in the interior of the country can only do so when provided with a passport delivered by a French agent and with the consent and visa of the Annamite authorities. All trade is forbidden to them under penalty of confiscation of their goods.
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