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TBNGYUEH (MOMEIN) .
86. In a letter dated the 23rd November, 1895, the Foreign
Office drew th^ attention of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. to the provisions
of Article XIII of the ’’Convention between Great Britain and
China giving effect to Article III of the Convention of July 24th,
1886, relative to Burmah and Thibet”, which had been signed in
London on March 1st and ratified on August 23rd, 1894, and
suggested that as the proposed establishment of a Consulate at
Manwyno was largely on account of Indian interests, the Government
of India might equitably be invited to bear a moiety of all the
expenditure involved. They added that Her Majesty's Minister,
Peking, had recommended a salary of £800 Per annum for the post and
allowances for wages and contingencies of £100 and £50 respectively.
. December. 87. In their reply to this letter, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. quoted
the following extract from a Report by Captuin H.R. Davies on a
journey he had made in Yunnan in 1894-5:- ’’There is one point in
the recent Convention between Great Britain and China which calls
for notice. By this Convention it is agreed that a British
Consul shall be placed at Manwyne (Manwaing) • This place must
have boon decided on as the residence of a Consul under a
misapprehension as to its importance. It is a village of only
100 houses, which has no trade in itself. Momein is the place
from which nearly all the trade from Bhamo comes”. It was
therefore suggested that as negotiations were in progress for
the amendment of the Convention, an attempt should be made to
have Article XIII modified so as to enable the proposed Consulate
to be established at Momein instead of at Manwyne.
88. The insertion of Manwyne in the Convention had, as a
matter of fact, not been due, as suggested by Captain Davies, to
a misapprehension as to its importance, for it appears that at
one time during the negotiations preceding the conclusion of the
Convention, the Chinese Government had agreed to the establishment
of Consulates both at Momoin and at Yungchang Fu, but that they
had later withdrawn! their consent in respect of these places.
* ”It is agreed that His Majesty the Emperor of China may
appoint a Consul in Burmah, to reside at Rangoon; and that
Her Britannic Majesty may appoint a Consul to reside at Manwyne; w
and that the Consuls of the two Governments shall each within the
territories of the other enjoy the same privileges and immunities
as the Consuls of the most-favoured nation.
Further, that in proportion as the commerce between Burmah
and China increases, additional Consuls may be appointed by
mutual agreement, to reside at such places in Burmah and Yunnan
as the requirements of the trade may seem to demand.
The correspondence between the British and Chinese Consuls
respectively, and the chief authority at the place where they
reside, shall be conducted on terms of perfect equality*”