TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND ANNAM.
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French authorities shall adjudicate on disputes of any kind which may arise between Annamites and foreigners, as also between foreigners.
Art. XI.-In Annam proper, the Quan-Ho shall levy the old tax without the control of French officials, and on behalf of the Court of Hué.
In Tonquin the Residents shall, with the concurrence of the Quan-Ho, concen- trate the levy of the same tax, and shall superintend its collection and use. A Commission composed of French and Annamite Commissioners shall determine what sums shall be assigned to the various branches of the Administration and to the public service. The remainder shall be deposited in the treasury of the Court of Hué. Art. XII.-Throughout the kingdom the reorganized custom-houses shall be in- trusted solely to French Administrators. There shall only be maritime and frontier custom-houses, which shall be established wherever the need for them may show itself. No complaint shall be admitted in Customs questions on the subject of measures taken up to the present time by the military authorities.
The Laws and Regulations concerning indirect taxation, the Customs system and tariff, and the sanitary system of Cochin China, shall be applicable to the territories of Annam and Tonquin.
Art. XIII.-French citizens or "protégés
protégés" shall have the right, throughout the whole extent of Tonquin and in the open ports of Annam, to move freely from place to place, to trade, to acquire personal or real property, and to dispose of it. His Majesty the King of Annam expressly confirms the guarantees accorded by the Treaty of the 15th March, 1874, in favour of the missionaries and of the Christians. Art. XIV.-Persons desiring to travel in the interior of Annam shall only be able to obtain permission to do so through the Resident-General at Hué or the Government of Cochin China.
Art. XV.-France engages henceforth to guarantee the integrity of the States of His Majesty the King of Annam, and to protect that Sovereign both against external invasions and internal rebellion.
With that object the French authorities shall have the right to order a military occupation of such points in the territory of Annam and Tonquin as they shall deem necessary, in order to secure the exercise of the Protectorate.
Art. XVI.-His Majesty the King of Annam shall continue, as heretofore, to direct the internal administration of his States, except for the restrictions arising out of the present Convention.
Art. XVII. The present debt of Annam to France shall be liquidated by means of payments, the manner of which shall be subsequently determined. His Majesty the King of Annam agrees not to contract any foreign loan without the sanction of the French Government.
Art. XVIII.—Subsequent conferences shall determine the limits of the open ports and of the French concessions in each of such ports, the establishment of light- houses on the coasts of Annam and of Tonquin, the regulation and working of mines, the monetary system, the share to be assigned to the Annamite Government of the amount produced by the Customs, Excise, Telegraphs, and other revenues not mentioned in Article XI. of the present Treaty.
The present Convention shall be submitted for the approval of the Government of the French Republic and of His Majesty the King of Annam, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged as soon as possible.
Art. XIX.-The present Treaty shall replace the Conventions of the 15th March, 31st August, and 23rd November, 1874.
In case of dispute the French text shall alone be binding.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done at Hué in duplicate, the 6th June, 1884.
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