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X.—In witness whereof the negotiators have signed the same, and affixed
thereunto the seals of their arms.
Done in quintuplicate at Lhasa this 7th day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, corresponding with the Tibetan date,
the 27th day of the seventh month of the Wood Dragon year.
DECLARATION SIGNED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-
GENERAL OF INDIA, AND APPENDED TO THE RATIFIED CONVENTION OF
7TH SEPTEMBER, 1904.
His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, having ratified
the Convention which was concluded at Lhasa on 7th September, 1904, by Colonel
Younghusband, C.I.E., British Commissioner for Tibet Frontier Matters, on
behalf of His Britannic Majesty's Government; and by Lo-Sang Gyal-Tsen, the
Ga-den Ti-Rimpoche, and the representatives of the Council, of the three
monasteries Sera, Dre-pung and Ga-den, and of the ecclesiastical and lay officials
of the National Assembly, on behalf of the Government of Tibet, is pleased to
direct as an act of grace that the sum of money which the Tibetan Government
have bound themselves under the terms of Article VI. of the said Convention to
pay to His Majesty's Government as an indemnity for the expenses incurred by
the latter in connection with the despatch of armed forces to Lhasa, be reduced
from Rs. 75,00,000 to Rs. 25,00,000; and to declare that the British occupation
of the Chumbi Valley shall cease after the due payment of three annual instal-
ments of the said indemnity as fixed by the said Article, provided, however, that
the trade-marts as stipulated in Article II. of the Convention shall have been
effectively opened for three years as provided in Article VI. of the Convention;
and that, in the meantime, the Tibetans shall have faithfully complied with the
terms of the said Convention in all other respects.
CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, DATED
27TH APRIL, 1906. (RECEIVED IN LONDON, 18TH JUNE, 1906.)
(Ratifications exchanged at London, July 23, 1906.)
Whereas His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the
British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the
Emperor of China are sincerely desirous to maintain and perpetuate the relations
of friendship and good understanding which now exist between their respective
Empires;
And whereas the refusal of Tibet to recognize the validity of or to carry into
full effect the provisions of the Anglo-Chinese Convention of the 17th March, 1890,
and Regulations of the 5th December, 1893, place the British Government under
the necessity of taking steps to secure their rights and interests under the said
Convention and Regulations;
And whereas a Convention of ten Articles was signed at Lhasa on the 7th Sep-
tember, 1904, on behalf of Great Britain and Tibet, and was ratified by the Viceroy
and Governor-General of India on behalf of Great Britain on the 11th November,
1904, a Declaration on behalf of Great Britain modifying its terms under certain
conditions being appended thereto;
His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor of China have resolved
to conclude a Convention on this subject, and have for this purpose named
Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Ernest Mason Satow,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order, St. Michael and St. George,
His said Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His
Majesty the Emperor of China; and His Majesty the Emperor of China; His
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