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APPENDIX G

*Pages 22 and 23 of "Papers Relating to Tibet, 1904."*

(*Note that while provision is made for correspondence with
the Chinese Imperial Resident, nothing is said as to corre-
spondence directly addressed to the Dalai Lama. Such corre-
spondence, it is plainly assumed, will not exist. The Tibetan
authorities are not parties either to these Regulations or to the
original Convention of 1890.*—O. T. C.)

*Regulations regarding Trade, Communication, and Pas-
turage 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
**Trade.** 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 I. to reside at Yatung. British sub-
jects 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

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