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Britischer Vertrag* mit China. 
Treaty of Peace, Friendship , Commerce and Navigation, between Her Majesty and the 
Emperor of China, 
Signed at Tien-Tsin, June 26th, 1858. — Ratifications exchanged at Peking, Oetober 24th, 1860. 
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor 
of China, being desirous to put an end to the existing misunderstanding between the two countries, and to place 
their relations on a more satisfactory footing in future, have resolved to proceed to a revision and improvement of 
the Treaties existing between them ; and, for that .purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: — 
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and 
Kincardine, a Peer of the United Ivingdom, and Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle; 
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, the High Commissioners Kweiliang, a Senior Chief Secretary of 
State, styled of the East Cabinet, Captain General of the Plain White Banner of the Machu Banner Force, 
Superintendent General of the Administration of Criminal Law; and Hwashana, one of His Imperial Majesty’s 
Expositors of the Classics, Manchu President of the Office for the regulation of the Civil Establishment, Captain 
General of the bordered blue Banner of the Chinese Banner Force, and Visitor of the Office of Interpretation ; 
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and 
due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: — - 
Treaty of Nanking confirmed, and Treaty of tlie Bogue abrogated. 
Art. I. The Treaty of peace and Amity between the two nations, signed at Nanking on the twenty-ninth day 
of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, is hereby renewed and confirmed. 
The Supplementary Treaty and General Regulations of Trade having been amended and improved, and the 
substance of their provisions having been incorporated in this Treaty, the said Supplementary Treaty and General 
Regulations of Trade are hereby abrogated. 
Ministers to be reciprocally acc-redited between the Courts. 
(French Treaty, Art. II.) 
Art. II. For the better preservation of harmony in future, Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and His 
Majesty the Emperor of China mutually agree that, in accordance with the universal practice of great and friendly 
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