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THE SIKKIM TREATY.
achable according to the system of penalties already provided ach of Customs regulations at other open ports, and a second imble by the withdrawal of the Customs certificate and flag and the on of the privileges accorded of trading between Ichang and Chungking. V.-As soon as Chinese steamers shall convey cargo to Chungking and back, British steamers may proceed to Chungking on the same footing.
VI.The present supplementary Regulations are to be regarded as equally binding with the Chefoo Convention, and may hereafter be incorporated with that instrument. They will require to be ratified by the Governments of both countries, and will come in force in six months after the exchange at Peking of the copies of the Convention, provided that within that time the ratification has been effected. Should the ratification not be effected within six months after the exchange of the signed copies of this Convention, its regulations come in force from such subsequent date as the ratification may bear.
VII. The present Convention has been made at Peking in six copies, namely, three in the English language and three in Chinese.
THE SIKKIM TREATY.
SIGNED AT CALCUTTA, 17TH MARCH, 1890.
Ratified at London, 17th August, 1890.
Art. I. The boundary of Sikkim and Thibet shall be the crest of the mountain range separating the waters flowing into the Sikkim Teesta and its affluents from the waters flowing into the Thibetan Machu and northwards into other rivers of Thibet. The line commences at Mount Gipmochi on the Bhutan frontier, and follows the above-mentioned water-parting to the point where it meets Nepaul territory.
Art. II.—It is admitted that the British Government, whose protectorate over the Sikkim State is hereby recognised, has direct and exclusive control over the internal administration and foreign relations of that State, and except through and with the permission of the British Government neither the ruler of the State nor any of its officers shall have official relations of any kind, formal or informal, with any other country.
Art. III. The Government of Great Britain and Ireland and the Government of China engage reciprocally to respect the boundary as defined in Article I. and to prevent acts of aggression from their respective sides of the frontier.
Art. IV.--The question of providing increased facilities for trade across the Sikkim-Thibet frontier will hereafter be discussed with a view to a mutually satis- factory arrangement by the high contracting powers.
Art. V. The question of pasturage on the Sikkim side of the frontier is reserved
for further examination and future adjustment.
Art. VI.—The high contracting powers reserve for discussion and arrangement the method in which official communications between the British authorities in India and the authorities in Thibet shall be conducted.
Art. VII.-Two Joint Commissioners shall within six months from the ratification of this convention be appointed, one by the British Government in India, the other by the Chinese Resident in Thibet. The said Commissioners shall meet and discuss the questions which by the last three preceding articles have been reserved.
Art. VIII. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London, as soon as possible after the date of the signature thereof.
Dated Calcutta, 17th March, 1890.
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