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TRADE REGULATIONS EOR THE TONKIN ERONTIER
JOINTLY DETERMINED ON BY ERANCE AND CHINA
Signed at Peking, 25th April, 1886
[Translated from the French Text]
Whereas in Article VI. of the Treaty between the President of the French Re¬
public and His Majesty the Emperor of China, signed the 9th day of June, 1885, it is
stated that “ Regulations for the conduct of overland trade between Tonkin and the
Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Kwang-si. and Kwang-tung shallbe jointly discussed and
concluded by Commissioners appointed by the two Powers, and will form a supple¬
ment to the present Treaty”; and whereas in Article X. of that Agreement it is
set forth that “provisions of former Treaties and Regulations agreed to by France
and China, except in so far as they are modified by the present agreement, will continue
to retain their original validity,” the two high contracting parties have for this
purpose named as tlieir Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:—
The President of the French Republic, Gf. Cogordan, Minister Plenipotentiary
of France to China, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Crown
of Italy, &e., Ac., together with E. Bruwaert, Consul of the first class, Assistant
Commissioner for Treaty negotiations, Knight of the Order of Gustav of Sweden, and
of the Order of Leopold of Belgium ;
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, Li, Grand Preceptor of the Heir Ap¬
parent, Grand Secretary of State, Superintendent of Trade for the Northern Seaboard,
Joint Commissioner of Admiralty, Governor of Chihli, and a member of the first
degree of the Third Order of the Hereditary Nobility, with the title of Sou-yi;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and
found them to be in due form, have concluded the following Articles:—
Art. I—In accordance with the terms of Article Y. of the Treaty of the 19th
June, 1885, the high contracting parties agree that for the present two places shall
lie opened to trade, one to the north of Langson and the other above Lao-kai. China
will establish Custom-houses there, and France shall have the right to appoint
Consuls, who shall enjoy all rights and privileges conceded in China to the Consuls
of the most favoured nation.
The work of the Commission charged with the delimitation of the two countries
not being completed at the time of the signature of the present Convention, the place
to be opened to trade north of Langson shall be selected and determined in the
course of the present year by arrangement between the Imperial Government and the
representative of France at Peking. As to the place to be opened to trade above
Lao-kai, this will also be determined by common accord when the frontier between
the two countries shall have been defined.
Art. II.—The Imperial Government may appoint Consuls at Hanoi and at
Haiphong. Chinese Consuls may also be sent later on to other large towns in
Tonkin by arrangement with the French Government.