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Page 183 - to be the medium of communication between the Chinese authorities and the said merchants, and to see that the just duties and other dues of the Chinese Government as hereafter provided for are duly discharged by Her Britannic Majesty's subjects." The supplementary treaty of Hoomunchai (1843) contains provisions for extradition,
Page 184 - the laws of the United States ; and in order to the prevention of all controversy and disaffection, justice shall be equitably and impartially administered on both sides." The French treaty of Whampoa, signed in October 1844, contained a similar provision that French subjects accused of any crime should be
Page 194 - La religion Chrétienne ayant pour objet essentiel de porter les hommes à la vertu, les membres de toutes les communions Chrétiennes jouiront d'une entière sécurité pour leurs personnes, leurs propriétés et le libre exercice de leurs pratiques religieuses, et une protection efficace sera donnée aux missionnaires qui se rendront pacifiquement dans l'intérieur du pays, munis des passeports réguliers
Page 195 - British subjects, whether at the Ports or at other places, desiring to build or open Houses, Warehouses, Churches, Hospitals, or Burial-grounds, shall make their agreement for the land or buildings they require, at the rates prevailing among the people, equitably and without exaction on either side.
Page 357 - RULE 10. Collection of Duties under one System at all Ports. It being, by Treaty, at the option of the Chinese Government to adopt what means appear to it best suited to protect its Revenue, accruing on British trade, it is agreed that one uniform system shall be enforced at every port. The High Officer appointed by the Chinese
Page 194 - il est parlé dans l'Article huit. Aucune entrave ne sera apportée par les autorités de l'Empire chinois au droit qui est reconnu à tout individu en Chine d'embrasser, s'il le veut, le Christianisme et d'en suivre les pratiques sans être passible d'aucune peine infligée pour ce fait. "Tout ce qui a été précédemment écrit, proclamé ou publié en Chine par ordre du Gouvernement
Page 184 - Regarding the punishment of English criminals, the English Government will enact the laws necessary to attain that end, and the Consul will be empowered to put them in force ; and regarding the punishment of Chinese criminals, these will be tried and punished by their own laws, in the way provided for by the correspondence which took place at Nanking after the concluding of the peace.
Page 153 - to 589 grains. The only outside authority to which appeal can be made is in the Treaties. By the Trade Regulations annexed to the British Treaty of 1858 the " picul of one hundred catties is held to be equal to one hundred and thirty-three and one-third pounds, avoirdupois,
Page 144 - the Throne has received the Imperial sanction for the issue of government notes of the Ming Empire, to circulate on the same footing as standard cash. To counterfeit is death. The informant will receive 250 taels of silver and in addition the entire property of the criminal. Hungwu year month day.
Page 146 - grains ; and between these two extremes are at least ten topical weights of tael, all " current " at Chungking. In addition to these twelve topical " currencies," there are others connected with commodities. One of the most important products of Szechwan is salt, and dealings in this are settled by a tael of