Editing Treaty of Nanking (section)

===Reparations and demobilisation===
[[File:Treaty of Nanking (part of).png|left|thumb|Chinese and English Pages, Treaty of Nanking]]
The Qing government was obliged to pay the British government 6 million silver dollars for the opium that had been confiscated by [[Lin Zexu]] in 1839 (Article IV), 3&nbsp;million dollars in compensation for debts that the merchants in Canton owed British merchants (Article V), and a further 12&nbsp;million dollars in [[war reparations]] for the cost of the war (Article VI). The total sum of 21&nbsp;million dollars was to be paid in instalments over three years and the Qing government would be charged an annual interest rate of 5 percent for the money that was not paid in a timely manner (Article VII).<ref name="treaty" />

The Qing government undertook to release all British prisoners of war (Article VIII), and to give a general amnesty to all Chinese subjects who had cooperated with the British during the war (Article IX).<ref name="treaty" />

The British on their part, undertook to withdraw all of their troops from Nanjing, the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]] and the military post at [[Zhenhai District|Zhenhai]], as well as not to interfere with China trade generally, after the emperor had given his assent to the treaty and the first instalment of money had been received (Article XII). British troops would remain in [[Gulangyu]] and [[Zhaobaoshan]] until the Qing government had paid reparations in full (Article XII).<ref name="treaty" />