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l"ཁ--ནས་
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sittings of the Commission were terminated), that the Chinese Govern- ment shall agree to the above conditions.
The Undersigned are of opinion that if these arrangements are fully carried out a fairly satisfactory solution of the questions connected with the so-called "Hongkong blockade" will have been arrived at.
Signed in triplicate at Hongkong this 11th day of September, 1886.
Duties and
li-kin on
goods carried
5.-MACKAY COMMERCIAL TREATY.
TREATY between Great Britain and China respecting Commercial Re-
lations, &c. Signed at Shanghai, September, 1902.
[Ratifications exchanged at Peking, July 28, 1903.]
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, having resolved to enter into negotiations with a view to carrying out the provision contained in Article 11 of the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the 7th September, 1901, under which the Chinese Government agreed to negotiate the amendments deemed useful by the foreign Governments to the Treaties of Commerce and Navigation and other subjects concerning commercial relations with the object of facilitating them, have for that purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say;
His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty's Special Commissioner, Sir James Lyle Mackay, Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, a Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, &c.
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, the Imperial Commissioners Lü Hai-huan, President of the Board of Public Works, &c., and Shêng Hsüan-huai, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, Senior Vice-President of the Board of Public Works, &c.
Who having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form have agreed upon and con- cluded the following articles:-
III. China agrees that the duties and li-kin combined levied on goods by junks from carried by junks from Hongkong to the Treaty Ports in the Canton Hongkong to Province and vice versâ, shall together not be less than the duties charged Treaty Ports
in the Can- by the Imperial Maritime Customs on similar goods carried by steamer.
ton Province.
Chinese
investments
in non- Chinese enterprises
and com- panies
IV. Whereas questions have arisen in the past concerning the right of Chinese subjects to invest money in non-Chinese enterprises and com- panies, and whereas it is a matter of common knowledge that large sums of Chinese capital are so invested, China hereby agrees to recognise the legality of all such investments past, present, and future,
་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་-------、——-
l"ཁ--ནས་
48
OPIUM CONVENTION.
sittings of the Commission were terminated), that the Chinese Govern- ment shall agree to the above conditions.
The Undersigned are of opinion that if these arrangements are fully carried out a fairly satisfactory solution of the questions connected with the so-called "Hongkong blockade" will have been arrived at.
Signed in triplicate at Hongkong this 11th day of September, 1886.
Duties and
li-kin on
goods carried
5.-MACKAY COMMERCIAL TREATY.
TREATY between Great Britain and China respecting Commercial Re-
lations, &c. Signed at Shanghai, September, 1902.
[Ratifications exchanged at Peking, July 28, 1903.]
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, having resolved to enter into negotiations with a view to carrying out the provision contained in Article 11 of the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the 7th September, 1901, under which the Chinese Government agreed to negotiate the amendments deemed useful by the foreign Governments to the Treaties of Commerce and Navigation and other subjects concerning commercial relations with the object of facilitating them, have for that purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say;
His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty's Special Commissioner, Sir James Lyle Mackay, Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, a Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, &c.
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, the Imperial Commissioners Lü Hai-huan, President of the Board of Public Works, &c., and Shêng Hsüan-huai, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, Senior Vice-President of the Board of Public Works, &c.
Who having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form have agreed upon and con- cluded the following articles:-
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III. China agrees that the duties and li-kin combined levied on goods by junks from carried by junks from Hongkong to the Treaty Ports in the Canton Hongkong to Province and vice versâ, shall together not be less than the duties charged Treaty Ports
in the Can- by the Imperial Maritime Customs on similar goods carried by steamer.
ton Province.
Chinese
investments
in non- Chinese enterprises
and com- panies
IV. Whereas questions have arisen in the past concerning the right of Chinese subjects to invest money in non-Chinese enterprises and com- panies, and whereas it is a matter of common knowledge that large sums of Chinese capital are so invested, China hereby agrees to recognise the legality of all such investments past, present, and future,
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