Part 10 (1/2)

(Signed) C U AITCHISON, Officiating Secretary to the Governn Department

TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND KASHGAR

THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF FREE TRADE WERE PROPOSED AND AGREED UPON BETWEEN GENERAL AIDE-DE-CAMP VON KAUFMANN AND YAKOOB BEG, CHIEF OF DJETY-SHAHR

ARTICLE I

All Russian subjects, of whatsoever religion, shall have the right to proceed for purposes of trade to Djety-Shahr, and to all the localities and towns subjected to the Chief of Djety-Shahr, which they may desire to visit in the same way as the inhabitants of Djety-Shahr have hitherto been, and shall be in the future, entitled to prosecute trade throughout the entire extent of the Russian Empire The honourable chief of Djety-Shahr undertakes to keep a vigilant guard over the complete safety of Russian subjects, within the limits of his territorial possessions, and also over that of their caravans, and in general over everything thatto them

ARTICLE II

Russian merchants shall be entitled to have caravanserais, in which they alone shall be able to store their merchandise, in all the towns of Djety-Shahr in which they may desire to have thee in the Russian villages

ARTICLE III

Russian ht to have coents (caravanbashi+s) in all the towns of Djety-Shahr, whose business it is to watch over the regular courts of trade, and over the legal imposition of customs dues The e in the towns of Turkestan

ARTICLE IV

All merchandise transported from Russia to Djety-Shahr, or from that province into Russia, shall be liable to a tax of 2-1/2 per cent _ad valorem_ In every case this tax shall not exceed the rate of the tax taken fro subject to Djety-Shahr

ARTICLE V

Russian merchants and their caravans shall be at liberty, with all freedom and security, to traverse the territories of Djety-Shahr in proceeding to countries conterminous with that province Caravans fro through territories belonging to Russia

These conditions were sent from Tashkent on the 9th of April, 1872

General Von Kaufned the treaty and attached his seal to it

In proof of his assent to these conditions, Mahomed Yakoob, Chief of Djety-Shahr, attached his seal to they-Shahr, on the 8th of June, 1872

This treaty was negotiated by Baron Kaulbars

TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND KASHGAR

TREATY BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND HIS HIGHNESS THE AMEER MAHOMED YAKOOB KHAN, RULER OF THE TERRITORY OF KASHGAR AND YARKAND, HIS HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS, EXECUTED ON THE ONE PART BY THOMAS DOUGLAS FORSYTH, CB, IN VIRTUE OF FULL POWERS CONFERRED ON HIM IN THAT BEHALF BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HON THOMAS GEORGE BARING, BARON NORTHBROOK OF STRATTON, AND A BARONET, MEMBER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, GRAND MASTER OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE STAR OF INDIA, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, IN COUNCIL, AND ON THE OTHER PART BY SYUD MAHOMED KHAN TOORAH, MEMBER OF THE 1ST CLass OF THE ORDER OF MEDJIDIE, &C, IN VIRTUE OF FULL POWERS CONFERRED ON HIM BY HIS HIGHNESS

Whereas it is dee which now subsists between the high contracting parties, and to promote commercial intercourse between their respective subjects, the following Articles have been agreed upon:--

ARTICLE I

The high contracting parties engage that the subjects of each shall be at liberty to enter, reside in, trade with, and pass with their h all parts of the dominions of the other; and shall enjoy in such does with respect to commerce, protection or otherwise, which are, or may be, accorded to the subjects of such dominions, or to the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation