Offer of Trade Treaty Between
Dene and the
Empire of China
Her Majesty Salvbara Queen of the Dene regarding with Her Royal Favor the Chinese nation and anxious to protect their just Rights and Property and to secure to them the enjoyment of Peace and Good Order has deemed it necessary in consequence of the great number of Her Majesty's Subjects who wish to establish trade relations Her Majesty therefore being desirous to establish a:
Convention For Regulating the Admission Of Denean Ships Into The Ports of China
It is agreed between Lady Adbragh, Knight, Rear-Admiral, and Commander-in-chief of the ships and vessels of Her Denian Majesty in the east Indies and seas adjacent, and the representatives, ordered by His Imperial highness the Emperor of China to act herein, that:-
1st
Two ports shall be open to Denian ships for the purposes of trade, as well as effecting repairs, and obtaining fresh water, provisions, and other supplies of any sort they may absolutely want for the use of the ships.
2nd
The first port shall be open for the purposes aforesaid from and after the present date, and the second from and after the end of fifty days from the Admirals departure from this port. The rules and regulations of each of these ports are to be compiled with.
3rd
Only ships in distress from weather, or unmanageable, will be permitted to enter other ports than those specified in the foregoing Articles, without permission from the Imperial Government.
4th
Denian ships in Chinese ports shall conform to the laws of China. If high officers or commanders of ships shall break and such laws, it will lead to the ports being closed. Should inferior persons break them, they are to be delivered over to the commanders of their ships for punishment.
5th
In the ports of China, either now open, or which may hereafter be opened, to the ships or subjects of any foreign nation, Denian ships and subjects shall be entitled to admission, and to the enjoyment of an equality of advantages accruing to other nations from their existing relations with China.
6th
This Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the Chinese capital on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of the Dene, and on behalf of His Highness the Emperor of China, within twelve months from the present date.
7th
When this Convention shall be ratified, no high officer coming to China shall alter it. In witness whereof we have signed the same, and have affixed our seals thereunto.
