ARTICLE XXIX. Religious toleration. The principles of the Christian religion, as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them. Hereafter those who quietly profess and teach these doctrines shall not be harassed or persecuted on account of their faith. Any person, whether citizen of the United States or Chinese convert, who, according to these tenets, peaceably teach and practice the principles of Christianity, shall in no case be interfered with or molested. ARTICLE XXX. The contracting parties hereby agree that should at any time the Ta Tsing Empire grant to any nation, or the inerchants or Most favored nation. citizens of any nation, any right, privilege, or favor, connected either with navigation, commerce, political or other intercourse, which is not conferred by this treaty, such right, privilege, and favor shall at once freely inure to the benefit of the United States, its public officers, merchants, and citizens. The present treaty of peace, amity, and commerce shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, within one year, or sooner, if possible, and by the August Sovereign of the Ta Tsing Empire forthwith; and the ratifications shall be exchanged within one year from the date of the signatures thereof. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and of the Ta Tsing Empire, as aforesaid, have signed and sealed these presents. Done at Tien-tsin this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and the independence of the United States of America the eighty-second, and in the eighth year of Hienfung, fifth month, and eighth day. [L. S.] L. S. [L. S.] WILLIAM B. REED. NOTE TO ARTICLE XIX.-On the 17th July, 1867, it had been agreed between the Chinese Government and Mr. Burlingame, United States Minister at Pekin, that, subject to ratification by the Government of the United States, Article XIX should be modified as hereinafter stated. The proposed modification having been submitted to the Senate, that body, by its resolution of January 20, 1868, did "advise and consent to the modification of the treaty between the United States and China, concluded at Tien-tsin, on the 18th of June, 1858, so that the nineteenth article shall be understood to include hulks and storeships of every kind under the term merchant vessels; and so that it shall provide that if the supercargo, master, or consignee shall neglect, within forty-eight hours after a vessel casts anchor in either of the ports named in the treaty, to deposit the ship's papers in the hands of the Consul, or person charged with his functions, who shall then comply with the requisitions of the nineteenth article of the treaty in question, he shall be liable to a fine of fifty taels for each day's delay. The total amount of penalty, however, shall not exceed two hundred taels." NOTE TO ARTICLE XXI.-On the 7th April, 1863, it was agreed between Mr. Burlingame, United States Minister at Pekin, and the Government of China, that, subject to the ratification of the Government of the United States, the twenty-first article of the treaty of June 18, 1858, "shall be so modified as to permit duties to be paid, when goods are reëxported from any one of the free ports of China, at the port into which they are finally imported; and that drawbacks shall be substituted for exemption certificates at all the ports, which drawbacks shall be regarded as negotiable and transferable articles, and be accepted by the custom-house from whatsoever merchant who may tender them, either for import or export duty to be paid by him." The Senate advised and consented to this modification by resolution of February 4, 1864; and it was accepted, ratified, and confirmed by the President February 22, 1864. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA FOR THE REGULATION OF TRADE; CONCLUDED NOVEMBER 8, 1858; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT PETANG AUGUST 15, 1859. Preamble. Whereas a treaty of peace, amity, and commerce between the Ta Tsing Empire and the United States of America was concluded at Tien-tsin, and signed at the Temple of Hai-Kwang on the eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, corresponding with the eighth day of the fifth moon of the eighth year of Hienfung; which said treaty was duly rati fied by His Majesty the Emperor of China on the third day of July following, and which has been now transmitted for ratification by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate; and whereas in the said treaty it was provided, among other things, that the tariff of duties to be paid by citizens of the United States on the export and import of goods from and into China shall be the same as was agreed upon at the treaty of Wang-hia, except so far as it may be modified by treaties with other nations, it being expressly agreed that citizens of the United States shall never pay higher duties than those paid by the most favored nations; and whereas since the signature of the said treaty material modifications of the said tariff and other matters of detail connected with and having relation to the said treaty have been made under mutual discussions by commissioners appointed to that end by the Plenipotentiaries of China, Great Britain, and France, to which the assent of the United States of America is desired and now freely given, it has been determined to record such. assent and agreement in the form of a supplementary treaty, to be as binding and of the same efficacy as though they had been inserted in the original treaty. ARTICLE I. Tarif. The tariff and regulations of trade and transit hereunto attached, bearing the seals of the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States and the Ta Tsing Empire, shall henceforward and until duly altered under the provisions of treaties be in force at the ports and places open to commerce. Contracting parties. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and of the Ta Tsing Empire, to wit, on the part of the United States, William B. Reed, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; and on the part of the Ta Tsing Empire Kweiliang, a member of the Privy Council, Captain General of the Plain White Banner Division of the Manchu Bannermen, and Superintendent of the Board of Punishments; and Hwashana, Classical Reader at Banquets, President of the Board of Civil Office, Captain General of the Bordered Blue Banner Division of the Chinese Bannermen, both of them Plenipotentiaries; with Ho Kwei-tsing, Governor General of the two Kiang Provinces, President of the Board of War, and Guardian of the Heir-Apparent; Mingshen, President of the Ordnance Office of the Imperial Household, with the Insignia of the Second Grade; and Twan, a titular President of the Fifth Grade, member of the Establishment of the General Council, and one of the junior under Secretaries of the Board of Punishments, all of them special Imperial Commissioners deputed for the purpose, have signed and sealed these present. Signatures. Done at Shanghai this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-third, and in the eighth year of Hienfung, the tenth month and third day. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] WILLIAM B. REED. HWASHANA. HO KWEI-TSING. MINGSHEN. Camphor, baroos, refuse, per catty. 07 Canvas and cotton duck, not exceeding 50 yards long, per piece.. 0 4 Cardamoms, superior, per 100 catties 1 0 Cardamoms, inferior, or grains of paradise, per 100 catties 050 Cinnamon, per 100 catties.. T. M. C. C' 0 1 5 0 65 Clocks, 5 per cent. ad valorem. Cloves, per 100 cattles. Cloves, mother, per 100 catties. Coal, foreign, per ton. Cochineal, per 100 catties Coral, per catty Cordage, Manila, per 100 catties. Cornelians, per 100 stones.. 0 1 0350 0 3 Cornelians, beads, per 100 catties. 7 0 Cotton, raw, per 100 catties 0 3 150 05 018 0 0 0 50 005005001 0 0 0 0 Cotton piece goods, gray, white plain, and twilled, exceeding 34 inches wide, and not exceeding 40 yards long, per piece 0080 Cotton piece goods, exceeding 34 inches wide, and exceeding 40 yards long, per every 10 yards.. 0020 Cotton piece goods, drills and jeans, not exceeding 30 inches wide, and not exceeding 40 yards long, per piece 0100 Cotton piece goods, drills and jeans, not exceeding 30 inches wide, and not exceeding 30 yards long, per piece.. 007 5 Cotton piece goods, T cloths, not exceeding 34 inches wide, and not exceeding 48 yards long, per piece . 0080 Cotton piece goods, T cloths, not exceeding 34 inches wide, and not exceeding 24 yards long, per piece.... 0040 Cotton, dyed, figured, and plain, not exceeding 36 inches wide, and not exceeding 40 yards long, per piece............ 0150 Cotton, fancy, white brocade and white spotted shirtings, not exceeding 0100 0070 Cotton cambrics, not exceeding 46 inches wide, and not exceeding 24 yards long, per piece 0070 Cotton cambrics, not exceeding 46 inches wide, and not exceeding 12 yards long, per piece... 0035 Cotton muslins, not exceeding 46 inches wide, and not exceeding 24 yards long, per piece..... 0075 Cotton muslins, not exceeding 46 inches wide, and not exceeding 12 yards long, per piece Cotton damasks, not exceeding 36 inches wide, and not exceeding 40 yards long, per piece Cotton dimities, or quiltings, not exceeding 40 inches wide, and not exceeding 12 yards long, per piece... Cotton ginghams, not exceeding 28 inches wide, and not exceeding 30 Cotton handkerchiefs, not exceeding one yard square, per doezn Cotton velveteens, not exceeding 34 yards long, per piece... Cotton thread, per 100 catties.. Cotton yarn, per 100 catties.. Cow bezoar, Indian, per catty Elephants' teeth, whole, per 100 catties. Feathers, kingfisher's, peacock's, per 100 Fish-skin, per 100 catties Ginseng, American crude, per 100 catties.. Gold thread, real, per catty. Gold thread, imitation, per catty. Gam benjamin, per 100 catties... Gum benjamin, oil of, per 100 catties.. Hides, buffalo and cow, per 100 catties. Horns, rhinoceros, per 100 catties. Indigo, liquid, per 100 catties Lacquered ware, per 100 catties Leather, per 100 catties.... Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch, not exceeding 50 yards long, per piece.... Linen, coarse, as linen and cotton, or silk and linen mixtures, not exceed ing 50 yards long, per piece Lucraban seed, per 100 catties.. Mace, per 100 catties Mangrove bark, per 100 catties... Metals, copper, manufactured, as in sheets, rods, nails, per 100 catties. 10 Metals, copper, yellow-metal sheating and nails, per 100 catties.. 0 Metals, iron, manufactured, as in sheets, rods, bars, hoops, per 100 catties.. 0 Metals, quicksilver.. Metals, spelter, saleable only under regulations appended, per 100 catties. 0 2 3 0100000001000 25 0 7 5 Opium, per 100 catties. ... Saltpetre, saleable only under regulation appended, per hundred catties.. Sapan wood, per hundred catties Rose maloes, per catties... Salt fish, per 100 catties... Sandal wood, per 100 catties.. Sea-horse teeth, per 100 catties. Sharks' fins, black, per 100 catties Sulphur and brimstone, (saleable only under regulation appended,) per 100 catties Telescopes, spy and opera glasses, looking-glasses, mirrors, 5 per cent. ad valorem. Tigers' bones, per 100 catties..... Timber, masts and spars, hard-wood, not exceeding 40 feet, each... Timber, beams, hard-wood, not exceeding 26 feet long, and under 12 inches Timber, planks, hard-wood, not exceeding 24 feet long, 12 inches wide, and 3 inches thick, per 100... Timber, planks, hard-wood, not exceeding 16 feet long, 12 inches wide, and 3 inches thick, per 100.. Timber, plank, soft-wood, per 1,000 square feet.. Tinder, per 100 catties.. Timber, plank, teak, per cubic foot Tortoise-shell, per catty Tortoise-shell, broken, per catty. Umbrellas, each.. Velvets, not exceeding 34 yards long, per piece. 0 Watches, per pair.. Watches, émaillées à perles, per pair. Wax, Japan, per 100 catties... Woods, camagon, per 100 catties.. Woods, ebony, per 100 catties Woods, garroo, per 100 catties.... Woods, fragrant, per 100 catties.. Woods, kranjee, 35 feet long, 1 foot 8 inches wide, and 1 foot thick, each. 0 8 0 0 Woods, laka, per 100 catties.. Woods, red, per 100 catties.. Woollen manufactures, viz, blankets, per pair Woollen broadcloth and Spanish stripes, liabit and medium cloth, 51 a 64 inches wide, per chang Woollen, long ells, 31 inches wide, per chang. 0 1 4 5 0 115 0 2 0 0 0120 0045 |