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GREAT BRITAIN,

ARTICLE VII.

It is agreed that the Total amount of Twenty-one

Millions of Dollars, described in the three preceding

Articles, shall be paid as follows:-

Six Millions immediately.

Six Millions in 18.43. That is -Three Millions

on or before the 30th of the month of June, and Three

Millions on or before the 31st of December.

Five Millions in 1844. That is :---- -Two Millions

and a Half on or before the 30th of June, and Two

Millions and a Half on or before the 31st of December.

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Four Millions in 1845. That is :----Two Millions

on or before the goth of June, and Two Millions on

or before the 31st of December; and it is further

stipulated, that Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per

annum, shall be paid by the Government of China on

any portions of the above sums that are not punctually discharged at the periods fixed.

ARTICLE VIII.

此時交銀六百萬員 員應如何分期交清開列於左 一以上三條酌定銀數共貳干壹百萬

六分

萬間百

銀員清

萬員 二月間交銀二百五十萬員共銀五百 間交銀三百萬員共銀六百萬員 甲辰年六月間交銀二百五十萬員十 癸卯年六月間交銀三百萬元十二月

+

數則酌定每年每百加息五員 二千一百萬員倘有按期未能交足之 周交銀二百萬員共四百萬員 自壬寅年起至乙已年止四年共交銀 乙已年六月間交銀二百萬員十二月

息未

The Emperor of China agrees to release uncon- ditionally all Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty

者地

(whether Natives of Europe or India) who may be in

confinement at this moment, in any part of the Chinese Empire.

ARTICLE IX.

The Emperor of China agrees to publish and promulgate, under His Imperial Sign Manual and Seal, a full and entire amnesty and act of indemnity,

to all Subjects of China on account of their basing resided under, or having had dealings and intercourse with, or having entered the Service of Her Britannie

Majesty, or of Her Majesty's Officers, and His Im-

perial Majesty further engages to release all Chinese

Subjects who may be at this moment in confinement for similar reasons.

放受為

真者者英

-

或或 凡

IL

加被係恩

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