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SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN

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Art. II.-Japanese steamship owners or companies shall be allowed to establish, with their own capital, a system of bringing vessels over the rapids in the waterway between Ichiang and Chung-king in the Yangtze river, but having regard to the important interests of the riverine population in Szechuen, Hupeh and Hunan, it is understood that no work shall be started until sanction has been given by the Maritime Customs. Both native crafts and steamers may use the system at th ir convenience, but the system must not obstruct the said waterway nor give any hindrance to the passage of native crafts or the passage of travellers along the banks of the river, and in all respects shall be subject to the regulations of the Maritime Customs.

Art. III-The Chinese Government agrees that Japanese steamships of all kinds shall have the right to navigate and trade between inland ports, after reporting to the Maritime Customs at the Treaty ports their destination, according to the conditions stipulated in the Special Regulations and supplement agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties.

Art. IV.-Any Chinese subject or subjects, voluntarily entering into an agree- ment with a Japanese subject or subjects, in any enterprise, either as a joint stock company or as a partnership, shall be bound to observe the terms of such contract, and any complaint or complaints as to non-observance thereof shall be dealt with by the Chinese Courts. On the other hand, Japanese subjects concerned in any contract under the same conditions as above, shall likewise observe the terms of the contract, and any failure shall be dealt with by the Japanese Courts.

Art. V.-The Chinese Government undertakes to prevent any Chinese subject or subjects from fraudulently imitating any registered business name or trade-mark owned by Japanese subjects, and there shall be special regulations for its prevention.

All books, maps and charts, compiled by Japanese subjects, in the Chinese language, and useful to China, having obtained copy-rights, such rights shall be given due protection by the Chinese Government, so that there may be no damage whatever to the owner of said rights.

The Chinese Government consents to organize a registration department where foreign trade-marks and copy-rights may be protected and registered in accordance with regulations to be drawn up.

The Japanese Government likewise consents to protect the trade-marks and copy-rights of Chinese subjects from infringement in Japan according to the laws

on such matters.

All Chinese and Japanese authors, proprietors, or sellers of such books, papers, etc., as are deemed dangerous to China, shall in no wise seek protection under the provision of this article, but shall be dealt with according to the laws of their respective countries.

Art. VI.-The Chinese Government agrees to adopt as soon as possible an uniform national coinage, which shall be legal tender throughout the Empire, in payment of all duties, taxes, and other obligations by Chinese and Japanese subjects within the Empire of China. All Customs duties shall continue to be reckoned on the basis of the Haikwan Tael.

Art. VII. Since there is no uniform system of measures and weights used by the merchants in the different provinces of China, and since the merchants have not adopted the standards of the Board of the Chinese Government, thereby causing obstruction to commerce between Chinese and foreign merchants, the governors and viceroys of the different provinces shall make investigation into the matter with a view to the ad ption of an uniform system of measures and weights to be used by all the officials and people in all the provinces. They shall then obtain the Imperial sanc- tion for the system and bring it into effect, first in the treaty ports, and shall then gradually enforce the use of the same in the interior. The difference between the present systems of weights and measures and the new uniform system, either decrease or increase, shall be scheduled for the purpose of comparison and t'e avoidance of

errors in calculation.