The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

ARTICLE IV.

It is agreed that on the day on which this con-
vention is signed, his Imperial Majesty the Em.-
peroc of China shall open the port of Tientsin to
trade, and it shall be thereafter competent to
British subjects to reside and trade there under the
same conditions as at any other port of China by
treaty open to trade.

ARTICLE V.
As soon as the ratification of the treaty of 1858
shall have been exchanged, his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor of China will, by decree, command the
high authorities of every province to proclaim
throughout their jurisdiction, that Chinese choosing
to take service in the British colonies, or other parts
beyond sea, are at perfect liberty to enter into
engagements with British subjects for that purpose,
and to ship themselves and their families on board
any British vessel at any of the open ports of China;
also that the high authorities aforesaid shall, in con-
cert with her Britannic Majesty's representative in
China, frame such regulations for the protection of
Chinese emigrating, as above, as the circumstances
of the different open ports may demand.

ARTICLE VI.
With a view to the maintenance of law and order
in, and about the harbour of Hong Kong, his Im-
perial Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to
cede to her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland, and to her heirs and successors, to
have and to hold as a dependency of her Britannic
Majesty's colony of Hong Kong, that portion of
the township of Cowloon, in the province of Kwang
Tung, of whioh a lease was granted in perpetuity
to Harry Smith Parkes, Esq., Companion of the
Bath, a member of the Allied Commission at Can
ton, on behalf of her Britannic Majesty's Govern-
ment, by Lan Tsung Kwang, Governor-General of
the Two Kwang.

It is further declared that the lease in question
is hereby cancelled; that the claims of any Chinese
to property on the said portion of Cowloon shall
be duly investigated by a mixed commission of
British and Chinese officers; and that compensa.
tion shall be awarded by the British Government
to any Chinese whose claim shall be by the said
commission established, should his removal be
deemed necessary by the British Government.

ARTICLE VII.
It is agreed that the provisions of the treaty of
1858, excbpt in so far as they are modified by the
present convention, shall without delay come into
operation as soon as the ratifications of the treaty
aforesaid shall have been exchanged.
It is further agreed that no separate ratification
of the present convention shall be necessary, but
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that it shall take effect from the date of fleation
, end be equally binding with
above-
mentioned on the high contractingparties.
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ARTICLE
It is agreed that aspitioona shall
have been exchangeds the ratification of the
treaty of the year 18e3
his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor of China shall,
man
by decree, command the high authorities in the
capital and in the pdroNinces to print and. publish
the aforesaid treaty and the present convention, for
general information.
ARTICLE IX.
It is agreed that as soon as this Convention shall
have been signed, the ratifications of the treaty
of the year 1858 shall have been exchanged, and
an Imperial decree, respecting the publication of
the said Convention and treaty shall been promul-
gated as provided for by Article VIII. of this Con-
vention, Chusan shall be evacuatjd by her Bri-
tannic Majesty's troops there stationed, and
hell Britannic 'Majesty's force now before
Pekin shall commence its march towards the city
of Tien-tsin, the forts of Taku, the north coast of
Shang-tung, and the city of Canton, at each or all
of which places it shall be at the option of her Ma-
jesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to
retain a force until the indemnity of eight millions
of feels guaranteed on Article 111. shall have been
paid.

Done at Pekin, in the Court of the Board of
Ceremonies, on the 24th day of October, in
the year of our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
(L. S.) &GIN AND KINCARDINE.

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