VIII.-Foreign Trade under Passport.

It is agreed that Article IX. of the Treaty of Tien-tsin, shall not be interpreted as authorising British subjects to enter the capital city of Pekin for purposes of trade.

IX.-Abolition of Meltage Fee.

It is agreed that the per-centage of one tael two mace, hitherto charged in excess of duty payments, to defray the expenses of melting by the Chinese Government, shall be no longer levied on British subjects.

X.-Collection of Duties under one System at all Ports.

It being, by treaty, at the option of the Chinese Government to adopt what means appear to it best suited to protect its revenue, accruing on British trade, it is agreed that one uniform system shall be enforced at every port.

The high officer appointed by the Chinese Government to superintend foreign trade will, accordingly, from time to time, either himself visit, or will send a deputy to visit, the different ports. The said high officer will be at liberty, of his own choice, and independently of the suggestion or nomination of any British authority, to select any British subject he may see fit to aid him in the administration of the Customs revenue; in the prevention of smuggling; in the definition of port boundaries; or in discharging the duties of harbour-master; also in the distribution of lights, buoys, beacons, and the like, the maintenance of which shall be provided for out of the tonnage dues.

The Chinese Government will adopt what measures it shall find requisite to prevent smuggling up the Yang-tze-kiang, when the river shall be opened to trade.

Done at Shanghae, in the province of Kiang-su, this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fiftyeight, being the third day of the tenth moon of the eighth year of the reign of Hien-fung. ELGIN and KINCARDINE

(Signed)