1. Later, the nationals of the Qing Dynasty and the United States, no matter where they are, should love each other, be sincere and reconciled, and live in peace for ten thousand years.
1. The taxes paid by the American people who trade in import and export goods in China shall be in accordance with the current code and shall not exceed the taxes of other countries. All charges of the whole bank will be cancelled. If there is any demand for customs professional services, China will be punished as usual. If China wants to change its tax regulations in the future, it must negotiate with American consuls and other officials. If all countries have other interests, American citizens should share them all and make use of Zhao.
1. Since then, all He Zhong citizens have been allowed to take their families to live and trade in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai, and ships from five ports have been allowed to carry goods and interact with each other. However, outside the five ports, no vessel may sail into other ports, cruise without authorization, or trade with coastal traitors or private parties. In case of violation, the ships and goods will be shipped back to China according to the current regulations.
First, United nationals are allowed to trade in five ports. Consuls and other officials should be set up to manage state affairs, and local officials in China should pay more. In case of negotiation, official correspondence, or meeting a businessman, it is necessary to get even. If local officials bully consular officials, consular officials will be allowed to complain to China Daxian and conduct a fair investigation. However, consuls and other officials are not allowed to be willful, which leads to more conflicts with China officials and people.
1. Goods whose import and export are prohibited by the international China regulations when United Nations nationals trade in the five ports, the rest of the goods are allowed to be imported and sold by their own country or other countries, and the goods allowed to be exported from China to their own country or other countries are paid according to the existing regulations, and no other fees are allowed.
1. Where an American ship conducts trade in five ports, the consul and other blind inspectors shall declare to the customs, and count the goods according to the tonnage of the banknotes on board. If it exceeds 150 tons, it will cost five yuan per ton of banknotes, and if it is less than 150 tons, it will cost one yuan per ton of banknotes, and all previous large amounts and various fees will be reduced or exempted. Or a ship has been imported, the money has been collected at the local customs, and the goods have not been completely sold, so it is reloaded to another port for resale. Consuls and other officials report to the customs that when the ship is exported, the place where the money has been collected is marked with a red card, and the documents are checked by the customs at another port; As long as the ship enters another port, it must pay the goods tax, and the paper money on board will not be lost to avoid re-collection.
A, where joint nationals, in various ports, take their own three-board boats with businessmen to carry luggage, letters and sporadic food without paying taxes, their boats do not have to pay the bill. If they carry goods, they should pay silver dollars per ton. If you rent a mainland ship, it is not a case to collect money by ton.
1. All United Nations national trade vessels are allowed to engage in self-employed water diversion, go to the pass, report and bring in; Once all the tax bills are used up, the water diversion will still be taken out at any time. It is necessary for them to hire attendants, comprador, clerks, mainland ships, cargo handlers, merchants, or craftsmen, waiters, sailors, etc. All salaries are decided by the businessmen themselves or by consular officials, and local officials in China are not allowed to be managers.
First, once the American trade ship reaches the estuary, once the water is brought in, the customs will send appropriate service personnel to take care of it. The service personnel will either go with it in a merchant ship or a self-operated boat and listen to it. The customs shall pay the silver needed for food on a daily basis, without charging any fees to merchant ships. Offenders will be charged with stolen goods.
1. When American merchant ships are imported, or owners, owners, or agent ships have two days to submit ship licenses, manifests, etc. Give it to the local consul and other officials for safekeeping. The consul will inform the customs of the ship's name, ship's name, tonnage, cargo and other details, and then allow him to get a license and open the warehouse for loading. Those who take delivery without a license will be fined 500 yen, and all the unloaded goods will be returned to China officials. Or if a merchant ship imports and stops loading a cargo, it will be taxed according to that cargo, and the unloaded cargo will be allowed to be transported to other ports for sale. If you want to go somewhere else before opening the cabin, you can export it within two days, and you are not allowed to stay, and you are not allowed to pay taxes or bills. Once sold in another port, it will be delivered as usual. If the import cargo ship has exceeded the two-day limit, that is, it needs to deliver the banknotes on board, the customs will still fill in a red card to avoid re-levy.
First, American merchant ships will report the loading and unloading date to consular officials, who will report to the customs, and the official will serve it to the owner, consignor or agent. , impartial inspection, in order to pay taxes according to regulations. If there are goods valued and taxed in it, or the bargaining is different, and the amount of peeling is uneven, so that the argument can't be concluded, the merchants are limited to blindly report to the consul on the same day, so as to inform the customs, and the merchants will detain them at their discretion. If the report is delayed, it will not be allowed.
A, the U.S. consulate, should be issued by the China customs a ruler, a pair of scales, in order to prepare a large number of length, weight, that is, according to the Guangdong customs issued lettering, all five squares, so as to avoid uneven.
After import, American merchant ships should pay immediately when they get the permission to take delivery. Imported goods are paid when loading, and exported goods are paid when unloading. Once all the tax bills are collected, the customs will issue a red form, which will be verified by consular officials, and then return the ship certificate to allow merchant ships to export to China. The final tax shall be paid by the official bank of China, or in the form of phoenix tree, or exchanged in foreign currency, which shall be handled in accordance with the current articles of association. China businessmen who resell imported goods to the mainland will be taxed as usual after going through various customs, and no additional increase is allowed.
First, American merchant ships are not allowed to strip each other at the port of call. If it is necessary to strip other ships, the merchant shall report to the consular officer and the customs, and the members shall check it clearly before stripping. If you don't tell the people who need to be inspected and stripped, the stripped goods will be shipped back to China Customs.
First, the old practice of international trade belongs to the manager of Guangzhou official foreign firm. It is now agreed to cancel the name of the foreign firm and allow all United nationals to trade with Chinese businessmen at will, without restrictions, and Du will take all the disadvantages of control.
A, China businessmen, in case of debt owed to Americans, or defrauding property, listen to the Americans for, rather than the official compensation. If the complaint is directed at an official, the local official in China should find out the situation fairly and recover the arrears after receiving the note from the consular official. If the debtor has died and lost everything, and the swindler has escaped without a trace, Americans may not apply for compensation on behalf of foreign companies. If Americans default on or defraud China businessmen of their property, they will follow suit, and consular officials will not guarantee compensation.
1. He Zhong citizens who trade in five ports, reside or stay temporarily for a long time can rent private houses, or rent land to build their own buildings, and set up Yiguang, a chapel and a funeral home. China local officials, together with consuls and other officials, must check the people's feelings and choose the basis; Listen to the fair negotiation of rent rates between Americans and citizens. Citizens are not allowed to raise prices or reduce rents. People from afar are not allowed to forcibly collect rents and seize them. They must do so on their own to show fairness. If graves are destroyed or dug by China people, local officials in China will be punished as usual. Americans stop and stay, businessmen, sailors, etc. Don't walk near, don't go far to inland villages, don't wander around at will, especially don't go to towns for private trade; According to the people's feelings and topography, the local officials of the five ports agreed with the consular officers on the border, and they were not allowed to cross it, so as to live in peace forever.
First, quasi-American officials and people invited all parties in China, such as scholars, to teach their voices and help with the Mo Wen incident. No matter what kind of people are invited, the local officials and people in China are not allowed to be slightly obstructed or framed. And allowed to buy books from China.
1. After that, United Nations nationals settled their trade in China, and they loved each other with the people of China. Local officials protect them from time to time to ensure their personal safety and prohibit gangsters from bullying and harassing them. If there are criminals in the mainland who attempt violence, set fire to foreign buildings and plunder property, the consular officer will immediately notify local officials and send military service to suppress the investigation, and cases of burning, killing and looting criminals will be dealt with strictly.
A, United nationals imports goods, that is, after paying taxes and rates, if it wants to sell the unloaded goods to other ports, it should notify the consular officer to declare to the customs, check that the goods tax book is in conformity, and the members verify that it is the original package and the original goods, and there is no tax refund for dismantling or returning the goods, that is, fill in the license plate of a certain goods and send it to the merchants for signing and inspection at other ports. Once the ship is imported and inspected, it is allowed to open the cabin for sale and is exempt from paying taxes again. If there is any innuendo, it will be detected by the customs and the goods will be fined to the customs.
1. Later, there were disputes, lawsuits and negotiations between China citizens and He Zhong citizens, and China citizens were arrested and tried by local officials in China, and were punished according to the example of China; He Zhong nationals were arrested and tried by consuls and other officials and punished according to their own laws. However, it must be resolved fairly and justly, and disputes cannot be caused by favoritism.
1. The United States and China have now agreed to make peace, and five ports will monitor the trade of their ships. In the future, if other countries are at odds with China, China will ban the discordant countries from trading for five times. Americans in the United States have been to five ports since they went to other countries for trade or trafficked goods from other countries. China should identify the American travel number and enter the port; However, American merchant ships are not allowed to import a single soldier from other countries without permission, nor are they allowed to accept bribes from businessmen from other countries and exchange them for flags to import goods on their behalf. If anyone violates this ban, listen to China and find out what to do.
First, at the end of each session in China, the consular officials stationed in five ports should report in detail the number of ships and goods imported and exported by the United States in one year and their evaluation values to the provincial governors for inspection by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
1. When defending an important matter to a local official in China, a joint national shall first report to the consul and other officials to find out whether the words used in the report are clear and reasonable, and then hand them over to the local official for investigation. Chinese businessmen complained to the consul and other officials blindly because of their great importance. They first reported to local officials and found that the words in the report were clear and reasonable, so they transferred Lang to the consul and other officials for investigation. If there is a dispute between the people of China and the people of the United States that cannot be mediated through peaceful means, officials of the two countries must find out and discuss the dispute.
First, the joint nationals in the port of China, because of property-related litigation, handled by their consulates and other officials. If nationals of the United Nations trade with other countries in China because of disputes, they have to listen to the investigations of the two countries and deal with the treaties formulated by various countries, and China officials are not allowed to ask.
First, American trade ships entering the five ports and bays in China are still under the management of consuls and other officials and ship owners, and China has no sovereignty. In case foreign countries bully American trading people, China can't avenge them. If an American merchant ship is stolen and robbed in China, the local civil and military officials in China will slap the robber severely after hearing the news, punish him as usual, catch the original thief, no matter how much, and hand it over to the near-earth consul and other officials. However, China is vast and densely populated. In case the thief can't be caught, or there is a thief without a thief, and the thief is incomplete, the China local official will punish him, and he can't compensate the thief.
1. If American trading vessels are damaged due to wind, grounding and theft off the ocean surface of China, coastal local officials should try their best to save them after finding out, and give them a pension as appropriate so that they can sail to the port for repair. All purchases of rice and fresh water are not allowed to be slightly prohibited. If a merchant ship is damaged in a foreign ocean and drifts to China's coastal areas, it should also be paid as a whole, and it should be properly handled after the official investigation.
1. When United Nations nationals buy and sell vessels and property at five ports in China, local officials are not allowed to blackmail them. If vessels are closed for public use, they should listen to their safe transactions to avoid hardship.
A, American nationals have restless behavior on the ship, escape from the ship, to the mainland to hide, China local officials immediately sent servants to send the consul and other officials to be punished. If any criminals from China fled to American residences and merchant ships to hide, they were discovered by local officials in China, that is, officials such as the writing consul arrested them and sent them back, and they were not allowed to hide at all. Businessmen, sailors, etc. Taiwan Province people from many countries are subject to inspection and restriction by consular officials at any time. If the people of the two countries bully and make trouble, they will use firearms to hurt people, which will lead to serious murders. Officials of the two countries should strictly enforce the law and not be partial, which will make the people dissatisfied.
First, the official communication between Secretary of State China and Secretary of State of the United States should be treated as a parallel ceremony with the word "note". Consular officials and other officials also use the word "note" when communicating with local officials in China. To announce the Great Immortal, use the word "Chen Shen". If civilians report to the official constitution, the word "present" is still used. No one should bully or disrespect others, which will hurt public friendship. Neither country can ask for gifts from the other.
A, the United States in the future, if there is a credential to China court, should be handled by an imperial envoy from China foreign affairs, otherwise, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang Liangjiang governors and other ministers will play the original book.
First, at that time, if the United States had warships to patrol the ports in China, the naval prefects and officers of these warships and Wu Wen Daxian of China Port were treated equally as a gesture of reconciliation. China must not stop this ship from buying food or drawing fresh water. If the warship is damaged, it will be repaired.
1. Any American citizen who engages in private trade, smuggling, tax evasion, or brings opium and other prohibited items into China without authorization will be punished by local officials in China, and American officials and citizens cannot be slightly partial. If ships from other countries engage in illegal trade under the banner of the United States, the United States should try to ban it.
1. Once the peace treaty is reached, both countries should abide by it without any changes. The situation varies from port to port, and all trade and sea areas have some minor modifications. 12 years later, the two countries should send personnel to handle it fairly. After the peace treaty is approved, officials and people of both countries should abide by it. All countries in the United States are not allowed to send personnel, and there are other objections The above-mentioned treaties on peace, reconciliation, trade and plum blossom should be approved by the ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and the ministers of the United States Congress have agreed to ratify them. The treaties ratified by the two monarchs will be exchanged within 18 months. If it can be exchanged early, it will be very good and beautiful. This is to certify that the existing treaty will be handled by the Qing imperial envoy Prince Shao Bao, the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Prime Minister, and will be sealed by the American imperial envoy Gu Sheng in China. Those who need peace.
On May 18th, 24th year of Daoguang, that is, the third day of July in 1844, that is, the second year after my Lord Jesukili was born, he built a pass in Wang Xia.