ies beyond the limits of British India.

ARTICLE X.

This Treaty, consisting of ten Articles, has this day been concluded by
Thomas Douglas Forsyth, C.B., in virtue of the full powers vested in him
by His Excellency the Right Honourable Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of
Mayo, Viscount Mayo, of Monycrower, Baron Naas of Naas, K.P., G.M.S.I.,
P.C., &c., &c., Viceroy and Governor-General of India, on the part of
the British Government, and by the Maharaja Runbeer Singh aforesaid; and
it is agreed that a copy of this Treaty, duly ratified by His Excellency
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, shall be delivered to the
Maharaja on or before the 7th of September, 1870. Signed, sealed, and
exchanged at Sealkote on the second day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, corresponding with the 22nd
day of Bysack Sumbut, 1927.

Signature of the Maharaja of Cashmere.

(Signed) T. D. FORSYTH,
MAYO.

This Treaty was ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India at Sealkote on the 2nd day of May, 1870.

(Signed) C. U. AITCHISON,
Officiating Secretary to the Government
of India, Foreign 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
that may belong to 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 them. The merchants of
Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same privilege in the Russian villages.

ARTICLE III.

Russian merchants shall, if they desire it, have the ri