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Vertrag zwischen Frankreich und China. 
Convention between France and China. 
Signed at Peking, October 25th 1860. — (Übersetzung des chinesischen Textes.) 
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JLheir Imperial Majesties, the Emperors of China and France, being desirous to resume the amicable rela- 
tions that of yore existed, and to effect a peaceable Settlement of the points in which their Governments disagree, 
have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: — His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, 
His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of France, Baron Gros, -vvho, 
having communicated to each other their full powers, and Unding the same to be in proper Order, now append the 
Articles of the Convention, as by them determined. 
Art. I. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China deeply regrets that the Representative of His Imperial 
Majesty the Emperor of France, when on his way, in 1859, to Peking for the purpose of exchanging Treaty Ratifi- 
cations, should have been obstructed on his arrival at Taku by the soldiers that were there. 
Art. II. The Representative of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of France, -when visiting Peking to exchange 
Treaty Ratifications, shall whether on the way or at the capital, be treated by all Chinese officials with the 
highest consideration. 
(Literally: shall receive from all Chinese officials the most polite and most considerate treatment due to an 
Ambassador, so that he may without prejudice assert his position, authority, or rights.) 
Art. III. The provisions of the Tientsin Treaty of 1858 and of the Supplementary Articles, except in so far 
as modified by the Present Convention, shall, without delay, come into Operation, as soon as the Ratifications of the 
Treaty aforesaid shall have been exchanged. 
Art. IV. The fourth Article of the Treaty concluded at Tientsin in the year 1858, by which it was provided 
that an Indemnity of Two Millions of Taels shall he paid by the Chinese Government, is hereby annulled; and it 
is agreed, in the stead thereof, that the amount of the Indemnity shall be Eight Millions of Taels. (Of that sum) the 
Canton Customs last year paid Three hundred and thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty three taels; the 
remainder (Tis. 7,666.667) shall be collected from the various Custom-houses, which shall pay quarterly one-fifth of 
the duties received by them, and the first quarterly payment shall be due on the 3 Ist December 1860. The payments 
may be in either Hae-kwan Sycee or foreign coin, and shall be made to either the Representative of France resident 
in China, or the officer by him deputed. But, on or before the 30th Kovember, there shall be paid at Tientsin a sum 
of Five hundred thousand Taels. The French Representative and the Chinese High Officers shall, hereafter, 
respectively appoint deputies to consult together, and arrange the manner in which the instalments are to be 
paid and receipts granted. 
