All Russian subjects, of whatsoever religion, shall have the right to proceed for purposes of trade to Djety-Shahr, and to all the localities and towns subjected to the Chief of Djety-Shahr, which they may desire to visit in the same way as the inhabitants of Djety-Shahr have hitherto been, and shall be in the future, entitled to prosecute trade throughout the entire extent of the Russian Empire. The honourable chief of Djety-Shahr undertakes to keep a vigilant guard over the complete safety of Russian subjects, within the limits of his territorial possessions, and also over that of their caravans, and in general over everything that may belong to them. ARTICLE II. Russian merchants shall be entitled to have caravanserais, in which they alone shall be able to store their merchandise, in all the towns of Djety-Shahr in which they may desire to have them. The merchants of Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same privilege in the Russian villages. ARTICLE III. Russian merchants shall, if they desire it, have the right to have commercial agents (caravanbashis) in all the towns of Djety-Shahr, whose business it is to watch over the regular courts of trade, and over the legal imposition of customs dues. The merchants of Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same privilege in the towns of Turkestan. ARTICLE IV. All merchandise transported from Russia to Djety-Shahr, or from that province into Russia, shall be liable to a tax of 2-1/2 per cent. _ad valorem_. In every case this tax shall not exceed the rate of the tax taken from Mussulmans being subject to Djety-Shahr. ARTICLE V. Russian merchants and their caravans shall be at liberty, with all freedom and security, to traverse the territories of Djety-Shahr in proceeding to countries conterminous with that province. Caravans from Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same advantages for passing through territories belonging to Russia. * * * * * These conditions were sent from Tashkent on the 9th of April, 1872. General Von Kaufmann I., Governor-General of Turkestan, signed the treaty and attached his seal to it. In proof of his assent to these conditions, Mahomed Yakoob, Chief of Djety-Shahr, attached his seal to them at Yangy-Shahr, on the 8th of June, 1872. * * * * * This treaty was negotiated by Baron Kaulbars. TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND KASHGAR.