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Art. IV. In Order further to perpetuate friendship, the minister or commission er, or the highest diplomatic 
representative of the United States of America in China, sliall at all times have the right to eorrespond on terms of 
perfect equality and confidence with the officers of the Privy Council at the Capital, or with the governors-general of 
the Two Kwangs, the provinces of Fuhkien and Chehkiang, or of the Two Kiangs ; and whenever he desires to 
have such correspondence with the Privy Council at the Capital, he shall have the right to send it through either of 
the said governors-general or by the general post; and all such Communications shall be sent under seal, which 
shall be most carefully respected. The Privy Council and governors-general, as the case may be, shall in all cases 
consider and acknowledge such Communications promptly and respectfully. 
Art. V. The minister of the United States of America in China, whenever he has business, shall have the 
right to visit and sojourn at the Capital of his Majesty the Emperor of China, and there confer with a member 
of the Privy Council, or any other high officer of equal rank deputedfor that purpose, on matters of common interest 
and advantage. His visits shall not exceed one in each year, and he shall complete his business without unneeessary 
delay. He shall be allowed to go by land or come to the mouth of the Peiho, into which he shall' not bring sliips-of- 
war, and he shall inform the authorities at that place in Order that boats may be provided for him to go on his 
journey. He.is not to ta'ke advantage of this stipulation to request visits to the Capital on trivial occasions. When- 
ever he means to proceed to the Capital he shall communicate, in writing, his intention to the Board of Rites at the 
Capital, and there upon the said Board shall give the necessary dlrections to facilitate his journey and ,give him 
necessary. protection and respect on his way. On his arrival at the Capital he shall be furnished with - a suitable 
residence prepared for him, and he shall defray his own expenses; and his entire suite shall not exceed twenty 
persons, exclusive of his Chinese attendants, none of whom shall be engaged in trade. 
Art. VI. If at any time his Majesty the Emperor of China shall, by treaty voluntarily made, or for any 
other reason, permit the representative of any friendly nation to reside at his Capital for a long or short time, 
then, without any' further consultation or express pertnission, the representative of the United States in China 
shall have the same privilege. 
Art. VII. The superior authorities of the United States and of China in correspondence together, shall 
do so on terms of equality and in form of mutual communication (chäu-hwui). The Consuls and the local offi- 
cers, civil and military, in’ corresponding together shall likewise employ the style and form of mutual commu- 
nication (chäulnaui). When inferior officers of the one government address superior officers of the other, they 
shall do so in the Style and form of memorial (shin-ching) . Private individuals, in addressing superior officers, 
shall employ the style of petition (pin-ching). ln 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. 
Art. VIII. In all future personal intercourse between the representative of th’e 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. 
Art. IX. 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 vessels 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 shipwfeck 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. 
Art. X. 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 
