the Ameer
his movable and immovable property situate therein shall be vested in
his heir, executor, administrator, or other representative on interest
or (in the absence of such representative) in the Representative of the
British Government in the aforesaid territory. The person in whom such
charge shall be so vested shall satisfy the claims outstanding against
the deceased, and shall hold the surplus (if any) for distribution among
those interested. The above provisions, _mutatis mutandis_, shall apply
to the subjects of His Highness the Ameer, who may die in British India.

ARTICLE XII.

If a British subject residing in the territories of His Highness the
Ameer becomes unable to pay his debts or fails to pay any debt within a
reasonable time after being ordered to do so by any Court of Justice,
the creditors of such insolvent shall be paid out of his goods and
effects; but the British Representative shall not refuse his good
offices, if needs be, to ascertain if the insolvent has not left in
India disposable property which might serve to satisfy the said
creditors. The friendly stipulations in the present Article shall be
reciprocally observed with regard to His Highness's subjects who trade
in India under the protection of the laws.

This treaty having this day been executed in duplicate and confirmed by
His Highness the Ameer, one copy shall, for the present, be left in the
possession of His Highness, and the other, after confirmation by the
Viceroy and Governor-General of India, shall be delivered to His
Highness within twelve months in exchange for the copy now retained by
His Highness.

Signed and sealed at Kashgar on the second day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, corresponding
with the fifteenth day of Zilhijj, one thousand two hundred and ninety
Hijree.

(Signed) T. DOUGLAS FORSYTH,
Envoy and Plenipotentiary.

Whereas a Treaty for strengthening the good understanding that now
exists between the British Government and the Ruler of the territory of
Kashgar and Yarkand, and for promoting commercial intercourse between
the two countries, was agreed to and concluded at Kashgar, on the second
day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, corresponding with the fifteenth day of Zilhijj, twelve
hundred and ninety Hijree, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the
Government of India and of His Highness the Ameer of