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other by the Chinese Resident in Tibet. The said Commissioners shall meet and discuss the questions which by the last three preceding Articles have been reserved.

VIII.—The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratification shall be exchanged in London as soon as possible after the date of the signature thereof.

REGULATIONS REGARDING TRADE, COMMUNICATION, AND
PASTURAGE TO BE APPENDED TO THE SIKKIM-TIBET CONVENTION

OF 1890.

I.—A trade-mart shall be established at Yatung, on the Tibetan side of the frontier, and shall be open to all British subjects for purposes of trade from the first day of May, 1894. The Government of India shall be free to send officers to reside at Yatung to watch the conditions of British trade at that mart.

II.—British subjects trading at Yatung shall be at liberty to travel freely to and fro between the frontier and Yatung, to reside at Yatung, and to rent houses and godowns for their own accommodation, and the storage of their goods. The Chinese Government undertake that suitable buildings for the above purposes shall be provided for British subjects, and also that a special and fitting residence shall be provided for the officer or officers appointed by the Government of India under Regulation 1. to reside at Yatung. British subjects shall be at liberty to sell their goods to whomsoever they please, to purchase native commodities in kind or in money, to hire transport of any kind, and in general to conduct their business transactions in conformity with local usage, and without any vexatious restrictions. Such British subjects shall receive efficient protection for their persons and property. At Lang-jo and Ta-chun, between the frontier and Yatung, where rest-houses have been built by the Tibetan authorities, British subjects can break their journey in consideration of a daily rent.

III.—Import and export trade in the following Articles—

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arms, ammunition, military stores, salt, liquors, and intoxicating or narcotic drugs,

may at the option of either Government be entirely prohibited, or permitted only

on such conditions as either Government on their own side may think fit to   t
impose.

IV.—Goods, other than goods of the descriptions enumerated in Regulation

III., entering 'Tibet from British India, across the Sikkim-Tibet frontier, or   h

vice versâ, whatever their origin, shall be exempt from duty for a period of five   0

years commencing from the date of the opening of Yatung to trade, but after the   ii

expiration of this term, if found desirable, a tariff may be mutually agreed upon   ti

and enforced.   01

Indian tea may be imported into Tibet at a rate of duty not exceeding that at   ii

which Chinese tea is imported into England, but trade in Indian tea shall not be   it

engaged in during the five years for which other commodities are exempt.   01

V.—All goods on arrival at Yatung, whether from British India or from   h

Tibet, must be reported at the Customs Station there for examination, arid the

report must give full particulars of the description, quantity, and value of the   il
goods.

V1.—In the event of trade disputes arising between British and Chinese or   i

Tibetan subjects in Tibet, they shall be enquired into and settled in personal   !h

conference by the Political Officer for Sikkim and the Chinese frontier officer.   I

The object of personal conference being to ascertain facts and do justice, where   ti

there is a divergence of views the law of the country to which the defendant   1i

belongs shall guide.   h

VII.--Despatches from the Government of India to the Chinese Imperial   4

Resident in Tibet shall be handed over by the Political Officer for Sikkim to the   h

Chinese frontier officer, who will forward them by special courier.   0

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