RULES FOR VISITORS 



may be granted (in the Form A annexed) by the Resident 

 in Kashmfr. 



II. Information as to the usual routes for entering and 

 leaving Kashmfr may be obtained from the Assistant 

 Resident The route via Jammu and Banihal is private, 

 and may not be used except with the special permission 

 of His Highness the Maharaja obtained through the 

 Resident. 



III. Persons subject to these rules are not allowed to 

 travel from Kashmir to Simla (or vice versa) across the 

 hills, or the plains (or vice versa) via Kishtvvar, Bhadarwar, 

 and Chamba, except with special permission of His 

 Highness the Maharaja obtained through the Resident. 



IV. No request should be preferred to the ordinary 

 officials of His Highness the Mahdraja, except in real 

 emergencies. An officer of the Durbar is appointed by 

 His Highness the Maharaja to attend to the wants of the 

 European community at Sn'nagar, and application may be 

 made to him for assistance in petty matters. All pay- 

 ments must be made at the rates demanded, which, if 

 deemed exorbitant, can be reported to the Resident in 

 Kashmir. 



V. Complaints should be preferred, with statements 

 of the circumstances, to the Resident in Kashmir. 



VI. No present may be accepted from His Highness 

 the Maharaja or his officers. 



VII. Persons subject to these rules, who may be 

 desirous of paying their respects to His Highness the 

 Maharaja, can be introduced by the Resident on suitable 

 occasions ; and all arrangements for official visits to Jammu 

 or Sn'nagar should be made through the Resident. 



VIII. The customs and regulations of His Highness 

 the Maharaja's territory should be carefully observed by 

 persons subject to these rules and by their servants. 



IX. When attending evening entertainments given by 

 His Highness the Maharaja, Military Officers should wear, 



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