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TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA

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Emperor of China and there confer with a member of the Privy Council or any other high officer of equal rank deputed for that purpose, on matters of common interest and advantage. His visits shall not exceed one in each year, and he shall complete his business without unnecessary delay. He shall be allowed to go by land or come to the mouth of the Pei-ho, in which he shall not bring ships-of-war, and he shall inform the authorities of that place in order that boats may be provided for him to go on his journey. He is not to take advantage of this stipulation to request visits to the capital on trivial occasions. Whenever he means to proceed to the capital he shall èmmunicate in writing his intention to the Board of Rites at the capital, and thereupon the said Board shall give the necessary direction to facilitate his journey, and give him necessary protection and respect on his way. On his arrival at the capital he shall be furnished with a suitable residence prepared for him, and he shall defiay his own expenses; and his entire suite shall not exceed twenty persons exclusive of his Chinese attendants, none of whom shall be engaged in trade.

Art. VI. if at any time His Majesty the Emperor of China shall, by treaty voluntarily mate, or for any other reason, permit the representative of any frien ly nation to reside at his capital for a long or short time, then, without any further consultation or express permission, the representative of the United States in China shall have the same privilege.

Art. VII. The superior authorities of the United States and of China in corresponding together shall do so on terms of equality and in form of mutual communication (chu-kwui). The Consuls and the local officers, civil and military, in e rresponding together shall likewise employ the style and form of mutual communication (chan-hwni). When interior officers of the one government address sup rior officers of the other they shall do so in the style and form of memorial skin chin). Private individuals, in addressing superior officers, shal! employ the ste of petition (pin-ching). In no case shall any terms or style be used or suffered which shall be offensive or disrespectful to either party. And it is agreed that no prent, under any pretext r form whatever, shall ever be demanded of the United States by China, or of China by the United Sta es.

Act. VIII.—In all future personal intercourse between the representative of the United States of America and the Governors-Ge: eral or Governors the interviews shall be ha i at the official residence of the said officers, or at their temporary resi de, or at the residence of the representative of the United States of Am rica, ahhever may be agreed upon between them; nor shall they make any pretext for declining these interviews. Current matters shall be discussed by correspondence, so as not to give the trouble of a personal meeting.

Art. IX.-Whenever national vessels of the United States of America, in cruising ang the coast and among the ports opened or trade for the protection of the com- Keres of their country, or the advancement of science, shall arrive at or near any the ports of China, the commanders of said ships and the superior local authorities of government shall, if it be necessary, hoid intercourse on terms of equality and murtesy, in tok n of the friendly relations of their respective nations; and the said reels shall enjoy all suitable facilities on the part of the Chinese Government in rur.ng provisions or other supplies, and making necessary repairs. And the Cured states of Ameri a agree that in case of the shipwreck of any American vessel and its being pillaged by pirates, or in case any American vessel shall be pillaged or aptured by pirates on the seas adjacent to the coast, without being shipwrecked, the -tional vessels of the United States shall pursue the said pirates, and if captured Seliver them over for tial and punis: ment.

Art. X.-The United States of America shall have the right to appoint Consuls and other commercial agents for the protection of trade, to reside at such places in the leuitions of China as shall be agreed to be opened, who shall hold official intercourse and correspondence with the local officers of the Chinese Government (a Consul or a Fio-Consul in charge taking rank with an intendant of circuit or a prefect), either personally or in writing, as occasion may require, on terms of equality and reciprocal respect. And the Consuls and local officers shall employ the style of mutual

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