levy the duty by taking a portion of the goods, or if
the goods should not admit of being so divided, then the point in
dispute shall be referred to two competent persons, one chosen by the
aforesaid officer, and the other by the importer, and a valuation of the
goods shall be made, and if the referees shall differ in opinion, they
shall appoint an arbitrator whose decision shall be final, and the duty
shall be levied according to the value thus established.

ARTICLE VI.

The British Government shall be at liberty to appoint a Representative
at the Court of His Highness the Ameer, and to appoint a Commercial
Agent, subordinate to him in any town or place considered suitable
within His Highness's territories. His Highness the Ameer shall be at
liberty to appoint a Representative with the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India, and to station Commercial Agents at any
places in British India considered suitable. Such Representatives shall
be entitled to the rank and privileges accorded to ambassadors by the
law of nations, and the Agents shall be entitled to the privileges of
Consuls of the most favoured nation.

ARTICLE VII.

British subjects shall be at liberty to purchase, sell, or hire land, or
houses, or depots for merchandise, in the dominions of His Highness the
Ameer, and the houses, depots, or other premises of British subjects,
shall not be forcibly entered or searched without the consent of the
occupier, unless with the cognizance of the British Representative or
Agent, and in presence of a person deputed by him.

ARTICLE VIII.

The following arrangements are agreed to for the decision of Civil Suits
and Criminal Cases within the territories of His Highness the Ameer, in
which British subjects are concerned:--

(_a._) Civil suits in which both plaintiff and defendant are
British subjects, and Criminal Cases in which both
prosecutor and accused are British subjects, or in which the
accused is a European British subject, mentioned in the
Third Article of this Treaty, shall be tried by the British
Representative or one of his Agents, in the presence of an
Agent appointed by His Highness the Ameer;

(_b._) Civil suits in which one party is a subject of His Highness
the Ameer, and the other party a British subject, shall be
tried by the Courts of His Highness, in the presence of the
British Representative or one of his Agents, or of a