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SECOND PEKING CONVENTION
In order to restore peace to the Asian continent, and restore Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Chinese relations and trade, the signatories agree to the following:
Article I: Re-Affirmation of Past Treaties
i. The signatories re-affirm the provisions of the Peking Convention of 1860, with the following exceptions:
a. The Qing shall be allowed to regulate the consumption of opium within its borders.
b. The Qing shall be allowed to regulate the purchase of opium within its borders.
c. The Qing shall not be allowed to regulate the sale of opium within its borders.
ii. The signatories re-affirm the provisions of the Treaty of Ili, without exception.
iii. The signatories re-affirm the provisions of the Treaty of Kabul, without exception.
a. The Russian Republic further renounces any alliance with the Barakzai Empire.
b. The Russian Republic further guarantees that it shall provide absolutely no support nor aid of any kind to the Barakzai Empire.
iv. The signatories recognize that the provisions of these three treaties may only be changed via a good-faith agreement between the parties that the agreements originally concern.
Article II: Qing leases to the United Kingdom
i. The Qing shall lease the complete municipality of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom.
ii. The Qing shall lease the complete municipality of Weihai to the United Kingdom.
iii. The Qing shall lease the complete island of Formosa to the United Kingdom.
iv. These leases shall last 100 years, and at the expense of 400,000 British pounds per year.
Article III: Additional Clauses on Trade and Concessions in the territory of the Qing
i. All signatories agree that the concessions of Macao, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ryojun, Weihai, and Formosa are the only Chinese concessions to foreign powers, and that all further concessions must have the good-faith approval of the Qing as well as the Russian Republic and the United Kingdom.
ii. The United Kingdom and her merchants shall receive the right to construct railroads within the lands owned by the Qing, and shall be allowed to trade in any town or city served by these railroads.
a. These rights shall be continued provided that the Chinese are allowed to use these railroads.
b. These railroads must be sold to the Qing within two decades of their construction for a fair price, as jointly defined by the owners, the Qing, and the United Kingdom.
c. Following their sale, the United Kingdom and her merchants shall retain favorable rights to these railroads.
iii. The signatories agree the Qing may contract British or Russian companies' services, provided their respective governments' approval.
Article IV: The Canadian Territory of Alaska
i. All Russians in Alaska shall receive a full pardon for any wartime activities.
ii. All Russians in Alaska shall be permitted to emigrate from Canada to Russia should they choose to.
iii. The Government of Canada shall make no move to abridge the Russian Canadians' right of free travel.
iv. All Russians who stay in Alaska must take an Oath of Loyalty to the Government of Canada and Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.
[X] Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on behalf of Her Majesty's Empire, Her Dominions, and Her Protectorates
[X] Alexander Gorchakov, Chancellor of the Russian Republic
[ ] Representative of the Qing
The Transatlantic Trade and Cooperation Treaty
In order to improve the economic and military statuses of the Confederate States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the following agreement is proposed:
1. Six ironclads, produced by the Dutch naval industry and due for finishing in the first half of the year 1877, are to be transferred to the Confederate Navy.
2. The Confederate States of America will make three yearly payments to the Dutch Royal Bank (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Bank) consisting of £1 500 000 each once the Ironclads are transferred.
3. The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Confederate States of America will from now on introduce nominal tariff rates to ensure free trade across the Atlantic and the gradual improvement of both economies.
Signed:
[X] King William the Third of the Netherlands
[X]President James Longsteet of the Confederate States of America
[R] Ronald van der Paulson, Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch Royal Bank