The Archive · 1901

In an Imperial Edict of 29th May, 1901

ARTICLE VI

HIM. the Bmperor of China has' undertaken to pay the Powers an indemnity of 450 millions Haikuan taels.

This sum represents the total of the for the States, societies, individuals and Chinese which are mentioned in Article 6 of the note of 22nd December.

(a) These 450 million taels form a debt in gold in which the rate of the Hai Tael is calculated in the gold currenc} each country in the following manner 1 Haikwan Tael=Mark

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account