development and security of trade with
Eastern Turkestan, the following Articles have with this object been
agreed upon:--

ARTICLE I.

With the consent of the Maharaja, officers of the British Government
will be appointed to survey the trade routes through the Maharaja's
territories from the British frontier of Lahoul to the territories of
the Ruler of Yarkand, including the route _via_ the Chang Chemoo Valley.
The Maharaja will depute an officer of his Government to accompany the
surveyors, and will render them all the assistance in his power. A map
of the routes surveyed will be made, an attested copy of which will be
given to the Maharaja.

ARTICLE II.

Whichever route towards the Chang Chemoo Valley shall, after examination
and survey as above, be declared by the British Government to be the
best suited for the development of trade with Eastern Turkestan shall be
declared by the Maharaja to be a free highway in perpetuity, and at all
times for all travellers and traders.

ARTICLE III.

For the supervision and maintenance of the road in its entire length
through the Maharaja's territories, the regulation of traffic on the
free highway described in Article II., the enforcement of regulations
that may be hereafter agreed upon, and the settlement of disputes
between carriers, traders, travellers, or others using that road, in
which either of the parties or both of them are subjects of the British
Government or of any foreign State, two Commissioners shall be annually
appointed, one by the British Government, and the other by the Maharaja.
In the discharge of their duties, and as regards the period of their
residence, the Commissioners shall be guided by such rules as are now
separately framed, and may, from time to time, hereafter be laid down by
the joint authority of the British Government and the Maharaja.

ARTICLE IV.

The jurisdiction of the Commissioners shall be defined by a line on each
side of the road, at a maximum width of two statute _koss_, except where
it may be deemed by the Commissioners necessary to include a wider
extent for grazing grounds. Within this maximum width the surveyors
appointed under Article I. shall demarcate and map the limits of
jurisdiction which may be decided on by the Commissioners as most
suitable, including grazing grounds; and the jurisdiction of the
Commissioners shall not extend beyond the limits so demarcated. The land
included within these limits shall remain in