When was the treaty of tianjin signed

These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the localities passed through. If the passport be not irregular, the bearer will be allowed to proceed, and no opposition shall be offered to his hiring persons, or hiring vessels for the carriage of his baggage or merchandise. If he be without a passport, or if he commit any offence against the law, he shall be handed over to the nearest Consul for punishment, but he must not be subjected to any ill- usage in excess of necessary restraint.

No passport need be applied for by persons going on excursions from the ports open to trade to a distance not exceeding li, and for a period not exceeding five days. The provisions of this Article do not apply to crews of ships, for the due restraint of whom regulations will be drawn up by the Consul and the local authorities. To Nanking, and other cities disturbed by persons in arms against the Government, no pass shall be given, until they shall have been recaptured.

British merchant ships shall have authority to trade upon the Great River Yangytsze. The Upper and Lower Valley of the river being however, disturbed by outlaws, no part shall be for the present open to trade, with. They are permitted to carry on trade with whomsoever they please, and to proceed to -and fro at plcasure, with their vessels and merch- andise. They shall. 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 buildinas they require, at the rates prevailing among the people, equitably and without exaction on either side.

The Chinese Government will place no restrictions whatever upon. British subjects may hire whatever boats they- please for the transport of goods or passengers, and the sum to be paid for such boats shall be settled between the parties themselves, without the inter- ference of the Chinese Government.

The number of these boats shall not be limited, nor shall a monopoly in respect either of the boats, or Of the porters or coolies engaged in carrying the goods, be granted to any parties. If any smuggling takes place in them, the offenders will, course, be punished according to law. All questions in ragard to rights, whether of property or person, arising between British subjects, shall be subject to the jur- isdiction of the-British authorities.

Chinese subjects who may be guilty of any criminal act towards British subjects shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China. British subjects who may commit any crime in China shall be tried and punished by the Consul, or other public functionary authorised thereto, according to the laws of Great Britain.

Justice shall be equitably and impartially administered on both sides. A British subject, having reason to coniplain of a Chinese must proceed to the Consulate and state -his grievance the Consul will inquire into the merits of the case, and do his utmost to arrange it amicably. In like manner, if a Chinese has reason to complain of a British subject, the Consul shall no less listen to his Complaint, and endeavour to settle it In a friendly manner.

If disputes take place of such a nature that the Consul cannot arrange them amicably then he shall request the assistance of the Chinese authorities, that they may together examine, into the merits of the case, and decide it equitably.

The Chinese authorities shall at all times afford the fullest protection to the persons and property of British subjects, whenever these shall have been subjected to insult or violence. In all cases of incendiarism or robbery, the local authorities shall at once take the necessary steps for the recovery of the stolen property, the suppression of disorder, and the arrest of the guilty parties, whom they will punish according to law. If any British merchant vessel, while within Chinese waters be plundered by robbers or pirates, it shall be the dutly of the Chinese authorities to use every endeavour to capture and punish the said robbers or pirates, and to recover the stolen property, that it may be handed over to the Consul for restoration to the owner.

If any British vessel be at anY time wrecked or stranded on the coast of China, or be compelled to take refuge in any port with- in the dominions of the Emperor of China, the Chinese authorities, on being apprised of the fact, shall immediately adopt measures for its relief and security; the persons on board shall receive friendly treat- ment, and shall be furnished, if necessary, with the means of con- vevance to the nearest Consular station.

If criminals, subjects of China, shall lake refuge in Hong- kong or on board the British ships there, they shall, upon due requisition by the Chinese authorities, be searched for, and, on proof of their guilt, be delivered up. In like manner, if Chinese offenders take refuge in the houses or on board the vessels of British subjects at the open ports, they shall not be harboured or concealed, but shall be delivered up, on due requisition by the Chinese authorities, addressed to the British Consul.

Should any Chinese subject fail to discharge debts incurred to a British subject, or should he fraudulently abscond, the Chinese authorities will do their utmost to effect his arrest and enforce recovery of the debts.

The British authorities will likewise do their utmost to bring to justice any British subject fraudulently absconding or falling to discharge debts, incurred by hint to a Chinese subject. Should natives of China who may repair to Hongkong to trade incur debts there, the recovery of such debts must be arranged for by the English Court of Justice on the Spot ; but should the Chinese debtor absconds, and be known to have propertY, real or perbonal, within the Chinese territory, it shall be the duty of the Chinese authorities, on application by, and in concert with, the british Consul, to do their utmost to see justice done between the parties.

It is agreed that British subJects shall pay, on all merchandise imported or exported by theni, the duties prescribed bY the Tariff, but in no case shall they be called upon lo pay other or higher duties than are required of the subjects of any other foreign nation. Import duties shall be considered payable on the landing of the goods, and duties of export on the shipment of the same XXVI. Whereas the Tariff fixed by Article X of the Treaty of Nanking, and which was estimated so as -to impose on imports and exports a duty of about the rate of 5 per cent.

It is agreed that either of the high Contracting Parties to this Treaty may demand a further revision of the Tariff, and of the Commercial Articles of this Treaty, at the end of 10 years but if no demand be made on either side within 6 months after the the end of the first 10 years, then the Tariff shall remain in force for 10 years more, reckoned from.

Whereas it was agreed in Article X of the Treaty of Nan- king that British imports, having paid the Tariff duties, should be conveyed into the interior, free of all further charges, except a transit ditty, the amount whereof was not to exceed a certain percentage on tariff value; and whereas, no accurate information having been furnished of the amount of such duty, British merchant. The amount of this charge shall be leviable on exports at the first barrier they may have to pass, or, on imports, at the port at which they are landed ; and on payment thereof a certificate shall be issued, which shall.

It is further agreed that the amount of this charge shall be calculated, as nearly as possible, at the rate of two and a half per cent, ad valorem, and that It shall be fixed for each article at the conference to be held at Shanghai for the revision of the Tariff. XXIX British merchant vessels, of more than tons burden, shall be charged tonnage dues at the rate of 4 mace per ton; if of tons and under, they shall be charged at the rate of 1 mace per ton.

Any vessel clearing from any of the open ports of China for any other of the open ports, or for hong kong shall be enlitled, on application of the master, to a special certific, the from the Customs, on exhibition of which she shall be cKenipted from all further payment of tonnage dues in any open ports of China, for a period of 4 months, to be reckoned from the date of her port clearance.

XXX The master of any British merchant vessel may, within 48 hours after the arrival of his vessel, but not later, decide to -depart without breaking bulk, in which case he will not be subject to pay tonnage dues.

But tonnage dues shall be held due after the expiration of the said 48 hours. You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Search within work. All rights reserved. Sign in to annotate. Delete Cancel Save. After more fighting, in the Chinese agreed to observe the treaties. Months Past. China Economic History. When inferior officers of the one Government address superior officers of the other, they shall do so in the style and form of memorial.

Private individuals, in addressing superior officers, shall employ the style of petition. In no case shall any terms or style be used or suffered which shall be offensive or disrespectful to either party. And it is agreed that no presents, under any pretext or form whatever, shall ever be demanded of the United States by China, or of China by the United States.

In all future personal intercourse between the representative of the United States of America and the Governors-General or Governors, the interviews shall be had at the official residence of the said officers, or at their temporary residence, or at the residence of the representative of the United States of America, whichever may be agreed upon between them; nor shall they make any pretext for declining these interviews.

Current matters shall be discussed by correspondence, so as not to give the trouble of a personal meeting. Whenever national vessels of the United States of America, in cruising along the coast and among the ports opened for trade for the protection of the commerce of their country or for the advancement of science, shall arrive at or near any of the ports of China, commanders of said ships and the superior local authorities of Government, shall, if it be necessary, hold intercourse on terms of equality and courtesy, in token of the friendly relations of their respective nations; and the said vessel shall enjoy all suitable facilities on the part of the Chinese Government in procuring provisions or other supplies and making necessary repairs.

And the United States of America agree that in case of the shipwreck of any American vessel, and its being pillaged by pirates, or in case any American vessel shall be pillaged or captured by pirates on the seas adjacent to the coast, without being shipwrecked, the national vessels of the United States shall pursue the said pirates, and if captured deliver them over for trial and punishment.

The United States of America shall have the right to appoint Consuls and other Commercial Agents for the protection of trade, to reside at such places in the dominions of China as shall be agreed to be opened; who shall hold official intercourse and correspondence with the local officers of the Chinese Government.

And the Consuls and local officers shall employ the style of mutual communication. If the officers of either nation are disrespectfully treated or aggrieved in any way by the other authorities, they have the right to make representation of the same to the superior officers of the respective Governments, who shall see that inquiry and strict justice shall be had in the premises.

And the said Consuls and Agents shall carefully avoid all acts of offence to the officers and people of China. On the arrival of a Consul duly accredited at any port in China, it shall be the duty of the Minister of the United States to notify the same to the Governor-General of the province where such port is, who shall forthwith recognize the said Consul and grant him authority to act.

All citizens of the United States of America in China, peaceably attending to their affairs, being placed on a common footing of amity and good will with the subjects of China, shall receive and enjoy for themselves and everything appertaining to them, the protection of the local authorities of Government, who shall defend them from all insult or injury of any sort.

If their dwellings or property be threatened or attacked by mobs, incendiaries, or other violent or lawless persons, the local officers, on requisition of the Consul, shall immediately despatch a military force to disperse the rioters, apprehend the guilty individuals, and punish them with the utmost rigor of the law. Subjects of China guilty of any criminal act toward citizens of the United States shall be punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China; and citizens of the United States, either on shore or in any merchant vessel, who may insult, trouble or wound the persons or injure the property of Chinese, or commit any other improper act in China, shall be punished only by the Consul or other public functionary thereto authorized, according to the laws of the United States.

Arrests in order to trial may be made by either the Chinese or the United States authorities. Citizens of the United States, residing or sojourning at any of the ports open to foreign commerce, shall be permitted to rent houses and places of business, or hire sites on which they can themselves build houses or hospitals, churches and cemeteries. The parties interested can fix the rent by mutual and equitable agreement; the proprietors shall not demand an exorbitant price, nor shall the local authorities interfere, unless there be some objections offered on the part of the inhabitants respecting the place.

The legal fees to the officers for applying their seal shall be paid. The citizens of the United States shall not unreasonably insist on particular spots, but each party shall conduct with justice and moderation.

Any desecration of the cemeteries by natives of China shall be severely punished according to law. At the places where the ships of the United States anchor, or their citizens reside, the merchants, seamen or others, can freely pass and repass in the immediate neighborhood; but, in order to the preservation of the public peace, they shall not go into the country to the villages and marts to sell their goods unlawfully, in fraud of the revenue.

If any vessel of the United States be wrecked or stranded on the coast of China, and be subjected to plunder or other damage, the proper officers of Government on receiving information of the fact, shall immediately adopt measures for its relief and security; the persons on board shall receive friendly treatment, and be enabled to repair at once to the nearest port, and shall enjoy all facilities for obtaining supplies of provisions and water.