The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-02-02
THE COMMERCIAL TREATY.
No Importation Of Opium Tonnage Duties.

NO Importation u W pun ACnuaSe Out1eSs
WASHINGTON, January 13.-The CONNER
cial treaty with China reads as follows:
The President of the United States of Amer
lea and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
China, because of certain points of incom-
pleteness in the existing treaties between the
two Governments, have named as their Com
missioners Plenipotentiary The President of
the United States of America, James B.
Angel of Michigan, John F. Swift of Califor-
MIA and William II. Trescott Of South Caro-
lima as his Commissioners Plenipotentiary,
and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Of
China has appointed Pao Chun, member of
his Imperial Majesty's Privy Council and Su-
periniendent of the Board of Civil Office, aud
III Hung Tsao, a member of his Imperial
Majesty's Privy Council, as his Commissioners
Plenipotentiary, and the said Commissioners
Plenipotentiary having conformity examined
their full powers and having discussed the
points of possible modification in existing
treaties, have agreed upon the following addi-
tional articles:
Article 1.-The Governments of the United
States and China, recognizing the benefits of
their past commercial relations, and in order
to still further promote such relations between
the citizens and subjects of the two Powers,
mutually agree to give the most careful and
favorable attention to the representations of
either as to such special extension of CONNER
cial intercourse as either may desire.
Article 1.-THE Governments of China and
of the United States mutually agree and un-
dertake that Chinese subjects shall not be
permitted to import opium in any Of the ports
of the United States, and citizens of the United
States shall not be permitted to import
opium into any of the open ports of China, or
to transport from one open port to any other
open port, OF TO buy and sell opium in any of
the open ports of China. This absolute pro-
hibition, which extends to vessels owned by
the citizens or subjects of either Power, to
foreign vessels employed by them, or to vessels
owned by The citizens or subjects Of either
Power, and employed by other persons for
transportation of opium, shall be enforced by
appropriate Legislation on the part of China
aud the United States, and the benefits OF the
favored claims i'll existing treaties shall not be
claimed by the citizens or subjects of either
Power as against the provisions of this article
Article Hills Imperial Majesty, the
Emperor of China, hereby promises and
agrees that no other kind of higher rate OF
tonnage dues OF duties for imports OF exports,
or coastwise trade, shall be imposed or levied
in the open ports of China upon vessels
wholly belonging to citizens Of the United
States, or upon the produce manufactures or
merchandise imported on the same from the
United States or from any foreign country, or
upon the produce, manufactures OF merchant.
disc exported in the same to the United States,
or to any foreign country, or transported
in the same from one open port of China to
another, than are imposed or levied OF vessels
or cargoes of any other nation, OF on those of
China subjects. The United States hereby
promises and agrees that no other kind or
higher rate Of tonnage duties or dues for i'm
ports shall be imposed or levied in the ports
of the United States upon vessels wholly
belonging to the subjects Of his Imperial
Majesty, coming either directly or by way Of
any foreign port from any Of the ports of China
which are open to foreiga trade 10 the ports Of
the United States, or returning theyefrom
either directly or By way of any foreign port