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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
360
^^p XXIX
boats coming from the sea towards Rupar, and in the vicinity of Harike-Pattan on boats going
towards the sea, and at no other place In right of territory on the right bank of the rivers Indus and Sutlej, 155 Rs. 4 ans.
:
—
from Rupar
In right of territory on the left
bank
of the
river?
Indus and Sutlej, the Maharaja's share, of 67 Rs. 15 ans. 9 pie.
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Article 3. In order to facilitate the realization of the toll due to the different States, as well as for the speedy and satisfactory adjustment of any disputes which may arise connected with the safety of the navigation and the welfare of the trade by the new route, a British officer will reside opposite to Mithankot, and a native agent on the part of the British Government opposite to Harike-Pattan. These officers will be subject to the orders of the British agent at Ludhiana; and the agents who may be appointed to reside at those places on the part of the other States concerned in the navigation, viz. Bahawalpur and Sind, together with those of Lahore, will co-operate with them in the execution of their duties. Article 4. In order to guard against imposition on the part of merchants in making false complaints of being plundered of property which formed no part of their cargoes, they are required, when taking out their passports, to produce an invoice of their cargo, which being duly authenticated, a copy of it will be annexed to their passports; and wherever their boats may be brought to for the night, they are required to give immediate notice to the Thanedars or officers of the place, and to request protection for themselves, at the same time showing the passports they may have received at Mithankot or Harike, as the case may be. Article 5.— Such parts of the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th articles of the treaty of the 26th of December' 1832 as have reference to the fixing a duty on the value and quantity of merchandise, and to the mode of its collection, are hereby rescinded, and the foregoing articles substituted in their place, agreeably to which and the conditions of the preamble the toll will be levied.
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N.B. A distribution of the shares due to the Briprotected States and the feudatories of the Maharaja on the left bank of the Sutlej will be detertish
mined hereafter.
360
^^p XXIX
boats coming from the sea towards Rupar, and in the vicinity of Harike-Pattan on boats going
towards the sea, and at no other place In right of territory on the right bank of the rivers Indus and Sutlej, 155 Rs. 4 ans.
:
—
from Rupar
In right of territory on the left
bank
of the
river?
Indus and Sutlej, the Maharaja's share, of 67 Rs. 15 ans. 9 pie.
—
Article 3. In order to facilitate the realization of the toll due to the different States, as well as for the speedy and satisfactory adjustment of any disputes which may arise connected with the safety of the navigation and the welfare of the trade by the new route, a British officer will reside opposite to Mithankot, and a native agent on the part of the British Government opposite to Harike-Pattan. These officers will be subject to the orders of the British agent at Ludhiana; and the agents who may be appointed to reside at those places on the part of the other States concerned in the navigation, viz. Bahawalpur and Sind, together with those of Lahore, will co-operate with them in the execution of their duties. Article 4. In order to guard against imposition on the part of merchants in making false complaints of being plundered of property which formed no part of their cargoes, they are required, when taking out their passports, to produce an invoice of their cargo, which being duly authenticated, a copy of it will be annexed to their passports; and wherever their boats may be brought to for the night, they are required to give immediate notice to the Thanedars or officers of the place, and to request protection for themselves, at the same time showing the passports they may have received at Mithankot or Harike, as the case may be. Article 5.— Such parts of the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th articles of the treaty of the 26th of December' 1832 as have reference to the fixing a duty on the value and quantity of merchandise, and to the mode of its collection, are hereby rescinded, and the foregoing articles substituted in their place, agreeably to which and the conditions of the preamble the toll will be levied.
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—
N.B. A distribution of the shares due to the Briprotected States and the feudatories of the Maharaja on the left bank of the Sutlej will be detertish
mined hereafter.
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