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0458 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
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exact reparation for breaches of treaty obligations, and for
the insults offered to and attacks upon the British Commis-
sioner and his following and escort, the Tibetan Government
engages to pay a sum of pounds, five hundred thousand—
equivalent to rupees seventy-five lakhs—to the British
Government.
The indemnity shall be payable at such place as the Brit-
ish Government may, from time to time, after due notice,
indicate, whether in Tibet or in the British districts of Dar-
jeeling or Jalpaiguri, in seventy-five annual instalments of
rupees, one lakh each on the 1st January in each year, begin-
ning from the 1st January, 1906.

VII

As security for the payment of the above-mentioned in-
demnity, and for the fulfilment of the provisions relative to
trade marts specified in Articles II, III, IV, and V, the
British Government shall continue to occupy the Chumbi
Valley until the indemnity has been paid and until the trade
marts have been effectively opened for three years, which-
ever date may be the later.

VIII

The Tibetan Government agrees to raze all forts and
fortifications and remove all armaments which might impede
the free communication between the British frontier and the
towns of Gyangtse and Lhasa.

IX

The Government of Tibet engages that, without the pre-
vious consent of the British Government,—
(a) No portion of Tibetan territory shall be ceded, sold,
leased, mortgaged, or otherwise given for occupation,
to any Foreign Power;
(b) No such Power shall be permitted to intervene in
Tibetan affairs;
(c) No Representative or Agents of any Foreign Power
shall be admitted to Tibet;
(d) No concessions for railways, roads, telegraphs, mining
or other rights, shall be granted to any Foreign