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 '1`REATY-CORBA. MAY 22, 1882. 723 cations within the limits of the port, and to traffic in all merchandise, raw and manufactured. that is not declared contraband by law. No eoereion or intimidation in the acquisition of land or buildings shall Rights of prop be permitted, and the land rent as iixed by the authorities of Chosen ‘*"Y· shall be paid. And it is expressly agreed that land so acquired i11 the open ports of Chosen still remains an integral part of the Kingdom, and that all rights of jurisdiction over persons and property within such areas remain vested in the authorities of Chosen, except in so far as such rights have been expressly relinquished by this treaty. American citizens are not permitted either to transport foreign im· Trading. ports to the interior for sale, or to proceed thither to purchase native produce. N or are they permitted to transport native produce from one open port to another_open port. Violations of this rule will subject such merchandise to coniiscation, and the merchant offending will be handed over to the consular authorities to be dealt with. _ Anrrcnn VII. The Governments of the United States and of Chosen mutually agree Opium tmmc. and undertake that subjects of Chosen shall not be permitted to import opium into any of the ports of the United States, and citizens of the United States shall not be permitted to import opium into any of the open ports of Chosen, to transport it from one open port to another open port, or to traflic in it in Chosen. This absolute prohibition which extends to vessels owned by the citizens or subjects of either power, to foreign vessels employed by them, and to vessels owned by the citizens or subjects of either Power and employed by other persons for the transportation of opium, shall be enforced by appropriate legislation on the part of the United States and of Chosen, and offenders against it shall be severely punished. Airrrcnm VIII. Whenever the Government of Chosen shall have reason to apprehend Scarcity of food, a scarcity of food within the limits of the Kingdom, His Majesty may by decree temporarily prohibit the export of all breadstuiis, and such decree shall be binding on all citizens of the United States in Chosen upon due notice having been given them by the authorities of Chosen through the proper officers of the United States; but it is to be understood that the exportation of rice and breadstujis of every description is prohibited from the open port of Yin-Chuen. _ _ Chosen having of old prohibited the exportation of red ginseng, 1f G*P¤°¤8. expert citizens of the United States clandestine1y purchase it for export, it °£ shall be confiscated and the offenders punished. Airrionn IX. The purchase of cannon, small arms, swords, gunpowder, shot and all Muuiticus ofwar. munitions ot war is permitted only to officials of the Government of Chosen, and they may be imported by citizens of the United States only under a written permit from the authorities of Chosen. If these articles are clandestinely imported, they shall be confiscated and the offending party shall be punished. Anrrcnn X. The officers and people of either nation residing in the other, shall fimplgyfuent <>f have the right to employ natives for all kinds of lawful work. ”““"° ° P· _ Should, however, subjects of Chosen, guilty of violation of the laws Qopcinlmvnt of of the Kingdom, or against whom any action has been brought, conceal °“”“““ °· themselves in the residences or warehouses of United States citizens,