of duties, etc.; and after that the officers of the British 1835 Government who are versed in affairs of traffic will examine the said statement. Should the statement seem to them to be fair and equitable and agreeable to custom, it will be brought into operation, and will be confirmed; but should it appear too high, his. Highness Meer Moorad Alee Khan, on hearing from the British Government to this effect through Colonel Pottinger, will reduce the said duties. wid Art. II. It is as clear as noonday that the punishment and suppression of the plunderers of Parkur, the Thale, etc. etc., is not to be effected by any one..go vernment: ad as this measure is incumbent on and becoming the States, as tending to secure the welfare and happiness of their respective subjects and countries, it is hereby stipulated that, on the commencement of the ensuing rainy season, and of which Meer Moorad Alee Khan shall give due notice, the British, Sinde and Joudpore Governments shall direct their joint and simultaneous efforts to the above object. Art. III. The Governments of the Honourable East India Company and of Khyrpoor, namely, Meer Roo+ stum, have provided, in a Treaty concluded between the States, that whatever may be settled regarding the openings of the Indus at Hyderabad, shall be binding on the said contracting Powers: it is, therefore necessary, that copies of the Treaty should be sent by the British and Hyderabad Governments to Meer Roostum Khan; for his satisfaction and guidance. Written on the 20th of Zeekaud, 1247 Hegira, corresponding with the 22d of April 1832. III. Treaty between the Honourable East India Company and His Highness Maharajah Runjeet Sing, the Ruler of the Punjaub, dated 26th December 1832. By the grace of God, the relations of firm alliance and indissoluble ties of friendship existing between the Honourable the East India Company and his Highness the Maharajah Runjeet Sing, founded on the auspicious 1835 Treaty formerly concluded by Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., and since confirmed in the written pledge of sincere amity presented by the Right honourable Lord William Bentinck, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Governor-general of British India, at the meeting at Rooper, are, like the sun, clear and manifest to the whole world, and will continue unimpaired, and increasing in strength, from generation to generation. By virtue of these firmly established bonds of friendship, since the opening of the navigation of the Rivers Indus proper (i. e. Indus below the confluence of the Penjnud) and Sutledgea measure deemed expedient by both States, with a view to promote the general interests of commerce, has lately been effected through the agency of Captain Claud Wade, political agent at Loodiana, deputed by the Right honourable the Governor-general for that purpose, the following Articles, explanatory of the conditions by which the said navigation is to be regulated, as concerns the nomination of officers, the mode of collecting the duties, and the protection of the trade by that route, have been framed, in order that the officers of the two States employed in their execution may act accordingly. 113 Art. I. The provisions of the existing Treaty relative to the right bank of the River Sutledge, and all its stipulations, together with the contents of the friendly pledge already mentioned, shall remain binding, and a strict regard to preserve the relations of friendship between the two States be the ruling principle of action. In accordance with that treaty the honourable Company has not, nor will have, any concern with the right bank of the River Sutledge. 3 Art. II. The tariff which is to be established for the line of navigation in question, is intended to apply exclusively to the passage of merchandize by that route, and not to interfere with the transit duties levied on goods proceeding from one bank of the river to the other, nor with the places fixed for their collection they are to remain as heretofore. Art. III. Merchants frequenting the said route, while within the limits of the Maharajali's government, are required to show adue regard to his authority, as is done by merchants generally, and not to commit any acts offensive to, the civil and religious institutions 1835 of the Sikhs. Art.. IV. Anyone purposing to go by the said route, will intimate his intention to the agent of either State, and apply for a passport, agreeably to a form to be laid down; having obtained which, he may proceed on his journey. The merchants coming from Umritsir, and other parts on, the right bank of the River Sutledge, are to intimate their intentions to the agent of the Maharajah at Hurreekee, or other appointed places, and obtain a passport through him; and merchants coming from Hindoostan', or other parts on the left bank of the River Sutledge, will intimate their intentions to the honourable Company's agent, and obtain a passport through him, As foreigners, and Hindoostanees, and Sirdirs of the protected Sikh states, and elsewhere, are not in the habit of crossing the Sutledge, without a passport from the Maharajah's officers, it is expected that such persons will hereafter also conform to the same rule, and not cross without the usual passports. .. Art. V. A. tariff shall be established, exhibiting the rate of duties leviable on each description of merchandize, which, after having been approved by both Governments, is to be, the standard by which the su perintendents and collectors of customs are, to be guided. Art. VI. Merchants are invited to adopt the new route with perfect confidence. No one shall be suffe red to molest them, or unnecessarily to impede their progress, care being taken that they are only detained for the collection of the duties in the manner stipulated, at the established stations. Art. VII. The officers to be intrusted with the examination of the goods and collection of the duties on the part of Maharajah Runjeet Sing, shall be stationed at Mitthun - Kote and Hurreekee. At no other places but those two, shall boats in transit on the river be liable to examination or stoppage. : Art. VIII. When the persons in charge of boats stop of their own accord to take in or give out cargo, the goods will be liable to the local transit duty of the Maharajah's government, previously to their being embarked, and subsequently to their being landed, as provided in Article II. Art. IX. The superintendent stationed at Mitthun 1835 Kote, having examined the cargo, will levy the Bestablished duty, and grant a passport, with a written account of the cargo and freight. On the arrival of the boat at Hurreekee, the superintendent at that station will compare the passport with the cargo, and whate ver goods are found in excess, will be liable to the payment of the established duty, while the rest, having already paid duty at Mitthun - Kote, will pass on free. Art. X. The same rule will be observed in respet marchandize conveyed from Hurreekee by the way of the rivers towards Sinde. Art. XI. Whatever may be fixed as the share of duties on the right bank of the River Sutledge, in right of the Maharajah's own dominions, and of those in allegiance to him, the Maharajah's officers will collect it at the places appointed. Art. XII. With regard to the security and safety of merchants who may adopt this route, the Maharajah's officers shall afford them every protection in their power; and merchants, on halting for the night on either bank of the Sutledge, are required, with reference to the Treaty of friendship which exists between the two States, to give notice and to show their passports to the Thannadar, or officers in authority at the place, and request protection for themselves. If, notwithstanding this precaution, loss should at any time occur, a strict inquiry will be made, and reclamation sought from those who are blameable. Art. XIII. The Articles of the present Treaty for opening the navigation of the rivers above mentioned, having, agreeably to subsisting relations, been approved by the Right honourable the Governor-general, shall be carried into execution accordingly. Dated at Lahore, the 26th of December 1832. IV. Treaty concluded between the Honourable the By the blessing of God, the friendly connexion between the Honourable the East India Company and " the state of Bahawulpore, which commenced on the 1835 occasion of the Honourable Mr. Elphinstone's visit to Cabool in 1808-9, has continued uninterrupted to the present time; and now that Captain Claud Wade, Po lical Agent at Loodiana, has arrived at Bahawulpore, on the part of the Right honourable Lord William Bentinck, G. C. B. and G. C. H. the Governor-general of British India, in order to improve these amicable relations, and concert the opening of the navigation of the Rivers Indus and Sutledge, with a view to promote the general interests of commerce, which is pleasing to God and the prosperity of the surrounding states, the following are the Articles of a Treaty which has been concluded, through the agency of that officer, between the Honourable the East India Company on the one part, and Nawab Ruken- ud - Dowlah Hafiz - al - Moolk Mutchuz-ud-Dowlah Mahommed Bahawul Khan Abbassee Nusset Jeng Bahadoor, the chief of the Daoodpootrahs, on the other, for the purpose of confirming the friendship of the two states, the opening of the trade by the abovementioned rivers, and regulating the manner in which the arrangements connected with it are to be carried into effect. Art. I. There shall be eternal friendship and alliance between the Honourable the East India Company and Nawab Mahommed Bahawul Khan and his heirs and successors. Art. II. The Honourable the East India Company engage never to interfere with the hereditary or other possessions of the Bahawulpore government. Art. III. As regards the internal administration of his government, and the exercise of his sovereign rights over his subjects, the Nawab shall be entirely independent as heretofore. Art. IV. The officer who may be appointed on the part of the British Government to reside in the Bahawulpore state, shall, in conformity with the preceding Article, abstain from all interference with the Nawab's government, and respect the preservation of the friendly relations of the two contracting Parties. Art. V. The Honourable the East India Company having requested the use of the Rivers Indus and Sutledge, and the roads of Bahawulpore, for the merchants of Indoostan, etc., the government of Bahawulpore |