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TIENTSIN TREATY, 1858
Art. LYI.—The ratifications of this Treaty, under the hand of Her Majesty the-
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and of His Majesty the Emperor of China, re¬
spectively, shall be exchanged at Peking, within a year from this day of signature.
In token whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this
Treaty. Done at Tientsin, this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord ono=
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight; corresponding with the Chinese date, the
sixteenth day, fifth moon, of the eighth year of Hien Fung.
[l.s.] Elgin and ICincakdine.
Signature or 1st Chinese Plenipotentiary. Signature of- 2nd Chinese Plenipotentiary^
Separate Article annexed to the Treaty concluded between Great Britain and China on the-
twenty-sixth day of June, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-eight.
It is hereby agreed that a sum of two millions of taels, on account of the losses sus¬
tained by British subjects through the misconduct of the Chinese authorities at Canton,
and a further sum of two millions of taels on account of the Military expenses of the ex¬
pedition which Her Majesty the Queen has been compelled to send out for the purpose of
obtaining redress and of enforcing the observance of Treaty provisions, shall be paid
to Her Majesty’s Representatives inChinabythe authorities ofthe Kwangtung Province.
The necessary arrangements with respect to the time and mode of effecting
these payments shall be determined by Her Majesty’s Representative, in concert with
the Chinese authorities of Kwangtung.
When the above amounts shall have been discharged in'full, the British forces
will be withdrawn from the city of Canton. Done at Tientsin this twenty-sixth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eiglit, corresponding
with the Chinese date, the sixteenth day, fifth moon, of the eighth year of Hien Fung.
[l.s.] Elgin and Kincardine.
Signature of 1st Chinese Plenipotentiary. Signature of 2nd Chinese Plenipotentiary.
AGREEMENT IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLES XXVI.
AND XXVIII. OF THE TREATY OF TIENTSIN *
Signed at Shanghai, 8th November, 1858
Whereas it was provided, by the Treaty of Tientsin, that a conference should be
held at Shanghai between Officers deputed by the British Government on the one part
and by the Chinese Government on the other part, for the purpose of determining the
amount of tariff duties and transit dues to be henceforth levied, a conference has been
held accordingly; and its proceedings having been submitted to the Right Honourable
the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary of Her
Majesty the Queen on the one part; and to Kweiliang, Hwashana, Ho Kwei-tsing,
Ming-shen, and Twan Ching-shih, High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries of His
Imperial Majesty the Emperor, on the other part, these High Officers have agreed
and determined upon the revised Tariff hereto appended, the rate of transit dues
therewith declared, together with other Rules and Regulations for the better explana¬
tion of the Treaty aforesaid ; and do hereby agree that the said Tariff and Rules—
the latter being in ten Articles, thereto appended—shall be equally binding on the
Governments and subjects to both countries with the Treaty itself.
In witness whereof they hereto affix their Seals and Signatures.
Done at Shanghai, in the province of Kiangsu, this eighth day of November, in
the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, being the third day of the
tenth moon of the eighth year of the reign of Hien Fung.
[l.s.] Elgin and Kincardine.
Seal of Chinese Plenipotentiaries. Signatures of the Five Chinese Plenipotentiaries,