| Show ACCEPTS TREATY t I Agrees to t Open Four New Treaty Ports Other Con Conditions Conditions Conditions Shanghai July 27 The draft of or the commercial treaty treat between Great Brit Britain ala ain In and China has been conditionally accepted by the Chinese government but ut clause eight dealing with the abolition of or the still sUJI awaits the approval of f the th British government t This clause claue provides that In return for or a surtax equivalent to one and a B half times the duty under the protocol of 1901 1301 China shall hall abolish b U h all ikin likin duties stations and barriers and very every form of internal taxation on British goods guaranteeing them against exactions and delays delas Other articles deal with the registration ton lion of trade marks the navigation the he and Canton rivers bond bonded bonded bonded ed warehouses the equalization of du duies duties duties ties ies on junks and steamers facilities for tor or the establishment of a national currency the revision of f the I mining regulations new regulations for or the navigation of inland waters the opening of Kong I ong Iun as a treaty port of oC the th West river rier and the ap appointment appointment of joint commission to set settle settie tie tle le disputes In article twelve Great agrees to ta o relinquish her extra territorial rights when the reform of the Chinese judIcIal system and the establishment of oC an effective administration shall warrant so doing By article thirteen Great Britain agrees hereafter to participate In a joint commission if It such be formed representing China and the treaty powers with the object of Lag Ing ng the missionary question and de devising Ising means to secure peaceful re Te lations between Christians and non converts Article eight shall become effective In n January 1004 1904 subject to the other powers entering similar agreements agree and hina agrees on the same date to open four lour new treaty tr y g Sha Wan Van Hsien and arid Val Wai Chou China retains unimpaired the right to tax salt native opium and native produce for Internal consumption consumption consumption tion |
