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IV. 
Vertrag zwischen Russland und China. 
Convention between Russin and China. 
Signed at Pecking, on the 14th November 1860. 
jTheir Imperial Majesties the Emperors of China and Eussia, having made themselves fully acquainted with 
the terms of the Treaty concluded in the year 1858, propose to establish certain regulations with a view to the 
consolidation of amity , commerce , and alliance hetween the two States , . and in Order .to provide against all 
misunderstandings and disputes , and for this purp'ose , have appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: — His 
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung; His Imperial Majesty the Empe- 
ror of Eussia , His Excellency , Privy Councillor, E-ho-na-te-yoy-fuh — who , after communicating to each other 
their full powers, have conjointly agreed upon the following convention. 
Art. I. In accordance with the first articles of the Treaty concluded at Gae-hwan (Ay-kom, on the Amoor) 
on the 2d of June. 1858, and the ninth article of the Treaty concluded at Tientsin on the 13th of June of the 
same year, it is agreed that the eastern boundaries, separating Eussia from Chinese.territory, shall be as follows : 
— from the junction of the rivers Shih-lih-ngih urh (Songary Eiver) and Ivoona, — that is to say, down the Amoor 
to its junction with the Usuri, the country to the north belongs to Eussia , and that to the south , as far as the 
mouth of the Usuri, to China; from the mouth. of the Usuri, southwards, to Lake Hin-ka, the rivers Usuri and 
Songatchan shall be the boundaries, — • that is to say, the tract of country east of the said rivers belongs to 
Eussia, and that west of the same to China; from the source of the Songatchan, the boundary shall traverse 
Lake Hin-ka in a right line from the Songatchan to the Pih-ling; and from the mouth of thePih-ling, it shall 
follow the ränge of mountains to the Houptou’s mouth , from which it shall pass to the mouth of the Toumen, 
running along the Houchun and the Hae-chung-kien. ränge, — that is to .say, the country east of thö boundary 
line thus indicated (from Lake Hin-ka to the mouth of the Toumen) belongs to Eussia, and that lying to the 
west thereof to China. From the point at which the frontiers of the two countries meet at the Toumen to the 
mouth of the said river , there shall be neutral territory, separating the Eussian from the Chinese possessions 
20 li in width. Further , in accordance with the ninth article of the Tientsin Treaty, it is agreed that a chart 
shall be made in which the portion coloured red shall indicate the frontiers, ‘ and on which shall be written the 
1 Der chinesische Name für IgnatiefF, den russischen Bevollmächtigten. 
