THE BURMAH CONVENTION
SPECIAL ARticle.
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Whereas on the twentieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and pinety-six the Tsung-li Yamên addressed an official despatch to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, informing him that on the thirtieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five they had submitted a Memorial respecting the opening of ports on the West River to foreign trade, and had received an Imperial Decree in approval of which they officially communicated a copy.
It has now been agreed that the following places, namely, Wuchow Fu in Kwacgsi, and Samshui city and Kongkun Market in Kwangtung, shall be opened as Treaty Ports and Consular Stations with freedom of navigation for steamers between Samsbui and Wuchow and Hongkong and Canton by a route from each of these latter places to be selected and notified in advance by the Maritime Customs, and that the following four places shall be established as ports of call for goods and passengers under the same regulations as the ports of call on the Yangtze River, namely, Kongmoon, Komchuk, Shiuhing and Takhing.
It is agreed that the present Agreement together with the Special Article shall come into force within four months of the date of signature, and that the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Peking as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the undersigned duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments have signed the present agreement.
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Done at Peking in triplicate (three copies in English and three in Chinese) the fourth day of February in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
(Sd.) CLAUDE M. MACDONald.
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(Hieroglyphic) LI HUNG-CHANG.
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