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INDUS AND SUTLEJ TOLLS
XXXn
3^.7
specified that no further reduction of those rates should
be proposed between the two Governments.
On the
visit of that gentleman to the Khalsa Durbar at Amrit(corresponding with sar, in Jith Sambat 1897
May
1840) the difficulties and inconveniences which seemed to result to trade under the system proposed last year, in consequence of the obstruction to boats for the purpose of search, and the ignorance of traders, and the difficulty of adjusting duties according to the different kinds of articles freighted in these boats, were all stated; and that gentleman proposed to revise that system, by fixing a scale of duties proportionate to the measurement of boats, and not on the kind of commodities, if this arrangement should "be approved of by both Governments. Having reported to his Government the circumstance of the case, he now drew up a schedule of the rate of duties on the mercantile boats navigating the rivers Sind and Sutlej, and forwarded it for the consideration of this friendly Durbar; the Khalsa' Government, therefore, with a due regard to the established alliance, having added a few sentences in accordance with the late treaties, and agreeably to ,
what is already well understood, has signed and sealed the schedule; and it shall never be liable to any contradifference, change, or alteration without the concurrence and consent of both Governments, in consideration of mutual advantages, upon condition it does not interfere with the established custom duties at Amritsar, Lahore, and other inland places, or the other rivers in the Khalsa territory. diction,
Article
1.
from duty. Article
2.
—Grain, wood, limestone, will be free —With exception of the above, every
commodity to pay duty according to the measurement of the boat.
Article 3.
— Duty on a boat not exceeding 50 maunds
of freight proceeding from the foot of the Hills, Rupar,
or or
Ludhiana to Mithankot or Rojhan, or from Rojhan Mithankot to the foot of the Hills, Rupar, or
Ludhiana, will be 50 rupees; viz.
From the foot of the Hills to Ferozepore, or back
.
.
.
.20 rupees.
.
From Ferozepore to Bahawalpur, or back From Bahawalpur to Mithankot or Rojhan, or back
.
.
.
.
15
„
15
„
The whole trip, up or down ^0^ rupees.
INDUS AND SUTLEJ TOLLS
XXXn
3^.7
specified that no further reduction of those rates should
be proposed between the two Governments.
On the
visit of that gentleman to the Khalsa Durbar at Amrit(corresponding with sar, in Jith Sambat 1897
May
1840) the difficulties and inconveniences which seemed to result to trade under the system proposed last year, in consequence of the obstruction to boats for the purpose of search, and the ignorance of traders, and the difficulty of adjusting duties according to the different kinds of articles freighted in these boats, were all stated; and that gentleman proposed to revise that system, by fixing a scale of duties proportionate to the measurement of boats, and not on the kind of commodities, if this arrangement should "be approved of by both Governments. Having reported to his Government the circumstance of the case, he now drew up a schedule of the rate of duties on the mercantile boats navigating the rivers Sind and Sutlej, and forwarded it for the consideration of this friendly Durbar; the Khalsa' Government, therefore, with a due regard to the established alliance, having added a few sentences in accordance with the late treaties, and agreeably to ,
what is already well understood, has signed and sealed the schedule; and it shall never be liable to any contradifference, change, or alteration without the concurrence and consent of both Governments, in consideration of mutual advantages, upon condition it does not interfere with the established custom duties at Amritsar, Lahore, and other inland places, or the other rivers in the Khalsa territory. diction,
Article
1.
from duty. Article
2.
—Grain, wood, limestone, will be free —With exception of the above, every
commodity to pay duty according to the measurement of the boat.
Article 3.
— Duty on a boat not exceeding 50 maunds
of freight proceeding from the foot of the Hills, Rupar,
or or
Ludhiana to Mithankot or Rojhan, or from Rojhan Mithankot to the foot of the Hills, Rupar, or
Ludhiana, will be 50 rupees; viz.
From the foot of the Hills to Ferozepore, or back
.
.
.
.20 rupees.
.
From Ferozepore to Bahawalpur, or back From Bahawalpur to Mithankot or Rojhan, or back
.
.
.
.
15
„
15
„
The whole trip, up or down ^0^ rupees.
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