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become requisite, the revenues of the estate from the date
of ejection of the lawful proprietor, together with whatever
other losses the inhabitants of that place may sustain from
the march of troops, shall without scruple be demanded,
from the offending party; and for disobedience of the
present orders, a penalty, according to the circumstances of
the case and of the offender, shall be levied, agreeably to
the decision of the British Government.
APPENDIX XXVIII
INDUS NAVIGATION TREATY OF 1832
Articles of a Convention established between the Honourable
the East India Company, and his Highness the 3Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, the Ruler of the Punjab, for the opening of
the Navigation of the Rivers Indus and Sutlej. (Originally
drafted 26th December 1832.)
BY the grace of God, the relations of firm alliance and
indissoluble ties of friendship existing between the Honourable the East India Company and his Highness the Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, founded on the auspicious treaty formerly
concluded by Sir T. C. Metcalfe, Bart., and since confirmed
in the written pledge of sincere amity presented by the
Right Honourable Lord W. G. Bentinck, G.C.B. and G.C.H.,
Governor-General of British India, at the meeting at Rfupar,
are, like the sun, clear and manifest to the whole world, and
will continue unimpaired, and increasing in strength from
generation to generation:-By virtue of these firmly
established bonds of friendship, since the opening of the
navigation of the rivers Indus proper (i. e. Indus below
the confluence of the Panjnad) and Sutlej (a measure
deemed expedient by both States, with a view to promote
the general interests of commerce),-has lately been effected
through the agency of Captain C. M. Wade, Political Agent
at Ludhiana, deputed by the Right Honourable the Governor-General for that purpose. The following Articles,
explanatory of the conditions by which the said navigation
is to be regulated, as concerns the nomination of officers,
the mode of collecting the duties, and the protection of the
trade by that route, have been framed, in order that the
officers of the two States employed in their execution may
act accordingly:
Article 1.-The provisions of the existing treaty relative
to the right bank of the river Sutlej and all its stipulations,
together with the contents of the friendly pledge already
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