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TREATY BETWEEN PERU AND CHINA.
In like manner, the Government, Public Officers, and subjects of the Empire of China, shall enjoy in Peru all the rights, privileges, immunities, and advantages of every kind which in Peru are enjoyed by the Government, Public Officers, citizens, or subjects of the most favoured nation.
Art. XVII.-In order to prevent for the future any discussion, and considering that the English language, among all foreign languages, is the most generally known in China, the Treaty is written in the Spanish, Chinese, and English languages, and signed in nine copies, three in each language. All these versions have the same sense and signification, but whenever the interpretation of the Spanish and Chinese versions may differ, then reference shall be made to the English text.
Art. XVIII.-If in future the High Contracting Parties desire a modification of any stipulation contained in this Treaty, they shall be at liberty after the lapse of ten years, dated from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty, to open negotiations to that effect. Six months before the expiration of the ten years, either of the Contracting Parties may officially notify to the other, that modifications of the Treaty are desired, and in what these consist. If no such notification is made, the Treaty remains in force for another ten years.
Art. XIX.-The present Treaty shall be ratified by His Excellency the Pre- sident of Peru after being approved by the Peruvian Congress, and by His Majesty the Emperor of China; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Shanghai or Tientsin, as soon as possible.
In token whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this
Treaty.
Ďone at Tientsin, this twenty-sixth day of the month of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-four, corresponding to the Chinese date, the thirteenth day of the fifth moon of the thirteenth year of Tung Chi.
AURELIO GARCIA Y GARCIA. LI HUNG-CHANG.
[L.S.] [L.S.]
(Signed)
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