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TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN

Art. III.-The Government of Japan concedes the right of the Chinese Govern- ment to impose upon articles manufactured by Japanese subjects in China such & tax as may seem expedient, provided that the said tax shall not differ from, or exceed, the tax paid by Chinese subjects; and provided that the Chinese Govern- ment shall, when the Japanese Government so desires, immediately provide sites for the formation of special Japanese Settlements in Shanghai, Tientsin, Amoy, and Hankow.

Art. IV.-Instructions shall be issued in Sunfu, in Shantung, that no Chinese troops shall approach, or take possession of any position, within 5 Japanese ri. that is to say, about 40 Chinese li, of the limits of any positions held by Japanese forces in accordance with treaty stipulations.

The above Protocol shall be drawn up in the Chinese aud Japanese languages and after comparison, the two copies shall be signed and sealed, each side taking one of the copies.

[Signed]

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HAYASHI TADASU. PRINCE KING. YIN LU.

CHANG YIN-WHAN.

Nineteenth day, tenth month, twenty-ninth year of Meiji; thirteenth day, nineth month, twenty-second year of Kuang Hsü.

SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN

[Translation.]

Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article XI. of the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the 7th of September, 1901, His Majesty the Emperor of China and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, being desirous of drawing up a supplemen- tary Treaty of Commerce and Navigation for the benefit of the commercial relations between China and Japan, have, therefore, named as their Plenipotentiaries:—

His Majesty the Emperor of China :-

Lu Hai-huan, President of the Board of Public Works.

Sheng Hsuan-huai, Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent; formerly Senior

Vice-President of the Board of Public Works.

Wu Ting-fang, Vice-President of the Board of Commerce.

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:-

Eki Hioki, First Secretary of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Legation at

Peking.

Masunosuke Odagiri, His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Consul General at

Shanghai.

Who having met and duly exchanged their full powers which were found to be

in proper form bave agreed upon the following articles:-

Art. I.-In order to compensato for the shortage in the revenue caused by the total abolition of lekin, the Chinese Government, in the reform of its fiscal administration, is desirous of levying a surtax in excess of the tariff rates upon goods passing through the maritime and land Custom Houses. The Japanese Government approves and recognizes such surtax in exactly the same way as agreed upon between China and the Foreign Powers which have treaty relations with China, and also the export tariff, consumption tax, excise, as well as opium and salt dues and other dues or duties, which shall not be different from those agreed upon between China and the Foreign Powers which have treaty relations; and it is hereby agreed that the commercial as well as the other interests and rights of Japanese subjects shall in no case be inferior to those of any other power.