the Maharaja's independent
possession, and, subject to the stipulations contained in this Treaty,
the Maharaja shall continue to possess the same rights of full
sovereignty therein as in any other part of his territories, which
rights shall not be interfered with in any way by the Joint
Commissioners.

ARTICLE V.

The Maharaja agrees to give all possible assistance in enforcing the
decisions of the Commissioners, and in preventing the breach or evasion
of the regulations established under Article III.

ARTICLE VI.

The Maharaja agrees that any person, whether a subject of the British
Government, or of the Maharaja, or of the Ruler of Yarkand, or of any
foreign State, may settle at any place within the jurisdiction of the
Commissioners, and may provide, keep, maintain, and let for hire at
different stages the means of carriage and transport for the purposes of
trade.

ARTICLE VII.

The two Commissioners shall be empowered to establish supply depots, and
to authorize other persons to establish supply depots, at such places on
the road as may appear to them suitable; to fix the rates at which
provisions shall be sold to traders, carriers, settlers, and others, and
to fix the rent to be charged for the use of any rest-houses or serais
that may be established on the road. The officers of the British
Government in Kullu, &c., and the officers of the Maharaja in Ladakh
shall be instructed to use their best endeavours to supply provisions on
the indent of the Commissioners at market rates.

ARTICLE VIII.

The Maharaja agrees to levy no transit duty whatever on the aforesaid
free highway, and the Maharaja further agrees to abolish all transit
duties levied within his territories on goods transmitted in bond
through His Highness's territories from Eastern Turkestan to India and
_vice versa_, on which bulk may not be broken within the territories of
His Highness. On goods imported into or exported from His Highness's
territory, whether by the aforesaid free highway or any other route, the
Maharaja may levy such import or export duties as he may think fit.

ARTICLE IX.

The British Government agree to levy no duty on goods transmitted in
bond through British India to Eastern Turkestan or to the territories of
His Highness the Maharaja. The British Government further agree to
abolish the export duties now levied on shawls and other textile fabrics
manufactured in the territories of the Maharaja, and exported to
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