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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
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APP.
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Mithankot; and that the duty be levied on the merchandise, and not on the boats, as follows :
Pashmina
per maund
.
.
Opium
—
10
rupees, rupees, 21/2 rupees, 1 rupee. 71/2
Indigo
Dried fruits Superior silks, muslins broad-cloth, &c. Inferior silks, cottons chintzes
6
annas.
4
annas.
On Exports from the Punjah Sugar, ghi, ginger,
cotton
Madder Grain
oil,
drugs,
saffron,
and
..." ..."
4 8 2
annas, annas, annas.
On Imports from Bombay per maund
4
annas.
.
.
All imports whatever
per maund
.
.
APPENDIX XXXII INDUS AND SUTLEJ TOLL AGREEMENT OF 1840 Treaty hetioeen the Lahore and British Governments, regarding the levy of Transit Duties on Boats navigating the Sutle'j and Indus. (Dated 27th June 1840.)
Formerly a treaty was executed by the Right Honourable Lord W. Cavendish Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, on the 14th of Pus Sambat 1889 (corresponding with a.d. 1832) through Colonel, then Captain, Wade, concerning the navigation of the Sutlej and the Sind rivers in the Khalsa territory, in concurrence with the wishes of both the friendly and allied Governments. Another treaty on the subject was subsequently executed, through the same officer, in Sambat 1891 (corresponding with a.d. 1834), fixing a duty on every mercantile boat, independent of the quantity of its freight and the nature of its merchandise. A third treaty was executed on this subject, in accordance with the wishes of both Governments, on the arrival of Mr. Clerk, Agent to the Governor-General at the Durbar, in May 1839, adjusting the rate of duties on merchandise according to quantity and kind; and it was also