delayed, but shall be forwarded on the day they are handed in for despatch. In the event of any delay or 
neglect, the culpable parties sball be visited witb severe punishment. 
Couriers, in Charge of letters or parcels between Kiachta and Peking, shall call at the Koo-lun consulate, 
and deliver to the Consul all letters or parcels to his address, and they shall likewise take Charge of whatever 
despatches or parcels the Consul may hand to them. 
Whenever parcels are despatched from Kiachta or Koo-lun , the High officer at Koo-lun must be supplied 
with a list of the same ; and, in like manner, when despatching parcels from Peking, the foreign Office shall be 
supplied with a list. Such lists shall specify the number and weights of the packages, as also the date of 
their being despatched; and on the outside of each package shall be written, in Russian and Manchurin or Chinese 
characters, its weigth, &c. 
Merchants forwarding letters and parcels for purpose of trade , if willing to hire porters themselves and 
to make other arrangements , shall be at liberty to do so on having obtained permission , after due report of 
the circumstances , from the local authorities , to obviate the (undue) incurring of espense on the part of the 
government. 
Art. XIII. Official Communications passing between the Russian Minister for Foreign affairs and the Chinese 
Privy Council, or between the Governor general of Eastern Siberia and the Privy Council or Foreign Office, shall 
be forwarded by the regulär post, and shall be under no restrictions in respect of time ; and should any’- delay or 
detention be apprehended, in cases of importance, trustworthy Russian Officers may be charged with the speedy 
conveyance of such despatches. 
Vfhile resident at Peking, despatches on important business , for or from the Russian Minister , may be 
transmitted by officers appointed by the Russian Government. Officers conveying such despatches shall not at any 
place be delayed or detained, and, in every instance, such bearers of despatches shall be Russians. 
As regards the movement of such despatch bearers, if travelling from Kiachta to Peking, the Ko-me-sa-urh 
shall notify the officer of the Board on the day preceeding their departure. In like manner , if starting from 
Peking, a day’s notice shall be given to the Board of War. 
Art. XIV. Should any of the arrangements in respect of land-commerce hereafter prove inconvenient to 
both parties, the Governor General of Eastern Siberia and the Chinese High officer of the Frontiers shall con- 
sult together and determine the matter in accordance with the articles of the Convention; but new demands 
must not be prefered. There shall be no further departure from the provisions of the Twelfth article of the 
Tientsin Treaty. 
Art. XY. On the termination of the. present Conference, the Chinese Minister Plenipotentiary shall translate 
the original text of this Convention into the Chinese language, and shall furnish the Russian Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary with a copy of the Chinese translation, duely authenticated by signature and seal, who , on his side, 
shall likewise translate into Chinese the original text of the convention , and shall supply the Chinese Minister 
Plenipotentiary with a copy of the same, in like manner duely authenticated by seal and signature. 
The Articles of the present convention, without waiting for the ratification of the same by their Imperial 
Majesties, the Emperors of the two Countries, shall be in force, and for ever observed, from the day on wliich 
the translations into Chinese of the original text shall have been interchanged by T the Ministers Plenipotentiary, 
who shall each fortwith issue whatever commands may be necessary for the carrying into effect of the provi- 
sions of the convention. 
Signed and sealed by His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung, Chinese Minister Plenipotentiary, and 
His Excellency the Privy Councillor, the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary, on the 2nd day of the lOth month of 
he lOth year of Hien Fung, i. e. the 2nd day of the month No-ya-poo-urh, in the year, 1860. (14th November, 1860). 
