NHE. Publication of this Work has been undertaken in order to meet a requitement long expressed Lo and"widely recognised. The present collection brings together and renders available for, general urposes.of reference all the TREATIES that have been concluded between CHINA and FOREIG! OWERS, together with the greater portion of the various REGULATIONS which have; been successively agreed upon during the last sixteen years; and the TREATY of Peace;''&é between JAPAN and COREA (Cuoszn.) Several instruments, though not now in force," find lace in the'work, as the French Treaty of 1844, and the U.S. Treaty of-same years also,' the migration.. Convention of 1866, and the Articles of Revision negotiated' 1868-1869, ty Sir Ruraerrorp Atcock, K.C.B. The work will be in a handy form. a PRICE—FIVE DOLLARS PER COPY...
PUBLISHED BY J. BROADHURST TOOTAL, AND PRINTED AT THE "NORTH-OHINA HERALD" OFFIOB, PROCURABLE IN LONDON..FROM MESSRS. TRUBNER '&€o., 57 & 59, LUDGATH HILL, OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. eng tit am!
We acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of a copy of a work entitled "Treaties between the 'Efnpiro of China' and' Forei Powers," edited by Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary to Her Britannic Majesty's Legation at Peking, and published.at the North-China Herald office Shanghai. - Among various treaties fiven, it contains several which hive bééh abrogated and others which have never been ratified but which are historically interesting. The volume is well printed and bound and reflects great credit, on the publisher.—Daily Press.. of is A "We have received from the North-China Herald office of a copy of the "Treaties between the Empire, of Ching and Foreign, than 230 pages. It contains all the Treaties that have been concluded between China and Foreign Powers, together with the groater: Powers" just published by our contemporary, The book is convenient in size, neatly and strongly bound, bid conaata of no lous Treaty between Japan and Corea, Several instruments, though not now in fore, ind place in the worl, the Breuoh Treaty: of portion of the various Regulations which have been successively upon during the last sixteen years, and the récently, concluded 1844 and the United States Treaty of the same year; also, the Emigration Convention of 1866, and the Articles of Revision negotiated in 1809 by Six Rutherford Alcock. This ip, we believe the only complete work of this kind that has been published, and it reGecta considerable credit upon the enterprising office in question.—China Mail.
'Many of our readers will have felt, at one time or another, the inconvenience of not having at.hand for reference' s copy: of such and such a foreign Treaty with China. Several of these had never been printed. Others had been separately printed after' negotiation, for semi-private uso 5 others have aeon the light in the columns of newspapers, and others again have bes recorded. in European publications such as the British and Foreign State Papers, compiled in London by Mr. Edward Hertslet, or Archives Diplomatiques, the corresponding Parisian work; but for all general purposes they have remained! virtually inaccessible: Under the editorship of Mr. W."F.. Mayers, all the several treaties and agreements which have been from'to time'concluded to China with other nations, have now been collected and printed at the North-China Herald office in a convenient volume of some 250 pages. The large number of copies which have been subscribed for beforehand proves that the work will be especially welcome at Consulates, Legations, and Customs Offices, and we have no doubt it will be found a necessary book of reference by many private readers, ~'Thére subscription copies of which will, we understand, be distributed next week, as quickly as they can be profared.——W.-0. Herald. are some documents in it which will bye-and-bye call for especial notice. In the meantime we merely, sclnowledge the book, the We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the much needed volume, " Treaties between the Enipire of China and Foreign Powers, &c.," which, under the editorship of Mr. W. F. Mayers, Chinese Secretary of H.B.M.'s Legation at Peking, has been portion of the various Treaties and Regulations which have been successively agree upon since that period. The object of. he A published at the North-China Herald office. Since 1860, the editor tells us, no attempt has been made to bring together the greater
Treaty between England and China signed in 1842; and a complete compendium of all the provisoes under. which the- internat present volume is to tupply in s form adapted for easy reference, all treaties and regulations actually in forces from the' Nank relations of the Chinese Government are conducted are now within reach. The whole are bound in a well-printed, compact volume, with an elaborate index of subjects, which will render it most useful... All foreigners in the far-east must have it, if; they' would know the precise terms of their residence and trading in China.—Shanghai Courier es Hrening Gazette,'
"The Treaties between the Empire of China and Foreign: Powers. "Shanghai: The North-China Heréld Office; London: Tribner and Co.—This work, to which we have already directed attention, will supply a want much felt atthe present time. It collects together all the treaties between China and Foreign Powers, and thus makes it easy to refer to our actual position upon any. given point, which it is impossible to ascertain without consulting other treaties asin some cases we are entitled to more than is expressed in our own treaty, by virtue of the most favoured nation The present collection gives, in addition to the different treaties, the various regulations agreed upon from time to time; and has also Sir Rutherford Aleock's Convention of 1869,: and the Chefoo Agreement, now under consideration of the Government.—London and China Ezpress. Bsr Ser "NORTH-CHINA HERALD" OFFICE, Suamouar, 17th October, 1877.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.