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BROUS XI Provides for the Braish Forcer being w san (Tinghae), and Koo-lung-soo, and for those Posts being restored to the Chinese Government, agreeable to the Treaty of perpetual Peace and Friend- ship, the moment all the monies stipulated for, in that Treaty, shall be paid, and the British Plenipotentiary, distinctly and voluntarily, agrees that, all J dwelling Houses, Store-houses, Barrack and other Buildings, that the "British Troops or People may have occupied, or intermediately built or res paired, shall be handed over, on the evacuation of the Posts, exactly as they
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gried upon all have been paid, the troops garrison money Kulang sú shall retire, and yield up those places to the government of Cair with reference thereto it is now agreed that on the retirement of the troops all those houses inhabited by the English officers, together with the temporary buildings and barracks, whether built or repured by the English, shall not be broken down, but delivered over to the Chinese officers, to be given to the original owners of the Land or tenements, while the English shall not require any payment, in order to avoid delays in the evacuation of the place, and disputes of every kind, by which
means the amicable relations now subsisting may be preserved...
XII The amount of duties and port charges having now been arranged, in future all offences of British merchants connecting themselves with Chinese traders for the purposes of smuggling or evading the duties, or getting screened by thu Custom house officers in order to share the spoila, stuff be done way with, the envoy of the British nation has already issued a proclamation forbidding the English merchants from smuggling in the least degree, and commanding the consuls under his authority to exort themselves in restraining the English more chants who resort to the various ports for the purposes of trade, whilst they make every inquiry to eradicate the aforesaid evils) armule such nonsuls on examination discover any cases of smuggling, they shall immediately report then to the Chis nese officers, in order that the suggled goods may be confisented, whatever their description or value may be ; while the merchant vessels engaged in such tran.
ARTICLE XII.-Provides for the British Plenipotentiary instructing the different Consuls, (in addition to the Froclamation, the Plenipotentiary has already issued) to strictly watch over and carrefully scrutinize the conduct of all Persons, baing British Subjects, trading under their Superintend- "enco”—and, in the event of any smuggling transactions coming to their knowledge, they are to apprize the Chinese Authorities who will proceed *to seize, and confiscate, all goods, whatever their value or nature-that may "have been so smuggled," and will likewise be at liberty to prohibit the Vessel, from which the smuggled goods were landed, from trading further and to send her Away, as soon as hur accounts are adjusted and paid All Chinese Subjects, whether Custom House Officers or others, who may be discovered to be concerned in smuggling, are, by this Article, to be pu ̈ ̈suctions shall either be prohibited from trading, or when their accounts are closed, nished as the Chinese Authorities shall think fit,
ARTICLE XIII-Provides for all Persons, whether Natives of China or otherwise, conveying goods to Hongkong for sale on obtaining a Pass or Port Clearance from one of the five Ports, named in Article 1; and paying the duties agreeable to the Tariff on such Goods. It also provides for Na tives of China repairing to Hongkong to purchase Goods, and for their ob- taining a Pass from the Custom House of one of the five Ports, should they require a Chinese Vessel to carry away their purchases. These Passes to be restored at the expiration of each trip.
ARTICLE XIV-Provides for an Officer of the British Government ex- amining the Registers and Passes of all Chinese Vessels visiting Hongkong to buy or sell Goods; and, for any Vessel which may not have a Register or Pass being considered an unauthorized, or snuggling Vessel" and not being allowed to trade, By this arrangement it is to be hoped, that Piracy and illegal traffic will be effectually prevented.”
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be strictly required to depart, without the list favor of screening the Chinese officers also shall take such native traders as have been engaged in smuggling, or such custom-house officers us have been sharing the spoils, and after severe inves
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XIII Hereafter, whenever Chinese traders shall wish to take goods to Hong- kong for sale, they must first pay the duties, according to the new regulations at the respective ports of Canton, Puchan, Amoy. Niegpo, and Shanghai, whilst they obtam permits from the various custom-houses, after which they may depart wit
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Shau the Chinese authorities at the ports of Canton, Puolaui, à moy, Niugpo, and ghaj, and usk for a passport, taking caro to pay the duties on the importation of their goods. But Chinese merchants purchasing govis ut Hongkong must ship them on board of Chinese vessels, which vessel must request a port clearance from Bong- kong, just as they obtain a permit from the five parts above mentioned, to proceed to Hongkong. All ships and merchants provided with such permits must exhibit them to the Chinese officers every time of their arrival for inspection and examination, in or- der to avoid mistakes. At other ports in Kwangtung, Fukien, Chektùng, Kiàngsd, such as Chápu, &c., they not being places of constant intercourse, the Chinese traders are not permitted to ask for permits to go to Hongkong ; and if they sull the revenue Cutlers must combine with the English olleers to inquire into
and report.
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XIV. At Hongkong, an English officer must be appointed, who, on the arri val of Chinese vessels it that port for the purpose of purchasing goods, most strice tly oxamine their and should there be any Chineso Tessula or traders not provided with passes, or with preses not furnished at Canton, Fachau, Amoy, Ning- po, and Shanghai, shall consider them as smugglers and evaders of the duties, while. a report of the circumstances shall be sent to the
Ento the affair; under such an arrangement not only, Ofcers in order to inquire
will pirates be stopped in their
progress all kinds of smuggling will be prevented.
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the IV clasice. ports, and as there are no Chinese officers stationed there, should Chinese traders
ARTICLE XV-Provides for debts, incurred by Chinese chants at Hongkong being recovered through the English Should the debtor fly from Hongkong to the Chinese
and be known or found to have property, real or personal, the
of the General Regulations will be applicable to the case, on application being made by the Consul. In like manner, should a British Merchant incur debts at any of the five Ports and fly to Hongkong, the British Authorities will, on receiving an application → from the Chinese Officers, institute an investigation into the * Claims, and, when established, oblige the defaulter or debtor to settle them,
to the utmost of his means.
ARTICLE XVI-Provides for a monthly Return of Passos granted to Chinese Vessels to visit Hongkong, being furnished to the British Officer ro- ferred to in Article XIV, by the Hoppo of Canton, and for a similar return being made by the said officer,
the arrangements at Fongkong are certainly not like those at
get in debt to the merchants of other nations, the English cheers must settle the affair, but if Chinese debtors estape from Hongkong, and return to their native districts, where they have property and inheritances, the English consula shall draw up un account of the matter, and report to the Chinese offiders, who shall prosecute the parties.
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a. Should Laughsh: mers chants without inquiring accurately be deceived by them, the officers cannot in quire farther With respect to English merchants at the five ports getting ivin. debt in Chinese traders, and escaping to Hoogkong -on the Chinese officers inak, ing a clear statement accompanied by all the proof to the English officers, the lat Ter shall set according to the Vth clause of the present supplementary treaty, in order to put the parties on an equal footing.
some fictory or persons who stand as securing abroad must also baro:
XVI In a former section, it is clearly stated, that whenever Chinese carry goods to Hongkong for sale, or convey goals from Hongkong to the five ports, they must obtain permits from the various custom-houses; now it is agreed upon that the officers of customs at the five ports shall monthly make a statement of the number of permits granted, and of the names of the vessels and merch ints receiving them, together with the description of goods therein specified, whether conveyed from Hongkong to the various parts or from the various ports to Hongkong, dich report shall be sent in to the superintendent of customs at Canton, who shall agam inform the presiding officer at Hongkong, to examine and verify The English officer shall also make a monthly report of the merchant vessels, resorting thither with their cargoes, to the superintenden of customs at Canton, who shall immediately communicate it to the various custom houses for examination and verification. This mutually examinig and comparing, we may possibly be able to prevent the use of false permits, vain pretences, and smuggi- ing transactions, while matters will be kept in the right channel.
XVIL Small English vessels, such as schoonors and cutters, yawls, or fastbonts, of every kind, have hitherto been subject to no daties; it is now agreed upon, that all such vessels going from Hongkong to Canton, or from Canton to Macao, with the exception of the letters and packages, and passenger's baggage, which nedard- ntable
ARTICLE XVII also termed "Additional Article."--Provides for all Cutters, Schooners, Lorchas, and such small vessels, that ply between Canton and Hongkong or between Canton and Macao, passing as they have hitherto done, free of all Port Charges, "if they only carry Passengers, letters, or baggage, but, if they carry any durable articles, however small the quanting to the old regulations were exempted from dates, ladon with murch tity, they are to pay tonnage dues at the inte of one made per ton Register Foods, whether to import or export, or whether with fell or half lading, ov This Articles further provides for the smallest of such Vessels being consider hundred weight of cargo, such vessels, cording to their tonungs shall hay. ed to be 75 tons burthen and the largest 150 tons burthen, beyond which need upon. But these small vessels are not to be put upon the same scale last size they are to be classed as foreign Stips and to be charged Tonnage
larga foreign ships; moreo My clear out and in several times in the et dues according to article V, of the General Regulations,
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the large foreign ships which anclio: only so that if they should be called upon to pay duties like, the hirge Jorrigu ships, it would necessamly be mu
Verlent and improper. Henceforth, therefore, these vessels had be classed to the following mander the smudest of the rated at 75 tous, and the largest of them at 150 tons, and every time they they shall pay one mace for every ton those which do not amount to: 76 long goall be reckoned at that mate and those above 150 tong shall
The following three Rules were further laid down in this Article, which is only applicable to the Port of Canton, for the guidance of these small Vessels, Is Every British Schooner, Cutter, Lorcha, &c. shall have a sailing letter or Register, in Chinese and English, under the Seal aut Signature "of the Chief Superintendent of Trade, describing her appearance, " burthen, &c. &c.”
2NDvory Schooner, Cutler, Lorcht, and such Yessol chill report
barself as large Vessels are required to do at the Bocch
foreign vessels, and according to the new regulat
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