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(4) Trade can be conducted for ready money or on credit, 

 but in the case of credit transactions the Mongol Princes or the 

 Treasury cannot be held responsible for the credit of private 

 individuals. 



(5) No monopoly can be established either in commerce or 

 manufacture. The Mongolian authorities shall not prevent 

 Mongols or Chinese from doing business with Russian subjects, 

 nor prevent their employment in Russian commercial industrial 

 enterprises. 



(6) Russian subjects shall have the right to lease or buy 

 land in all towns and cities throughout Mongolia and establish 

 commercial enterprises and manufactures, build houses, stores, 

 and go-downs, and lease vacant land for agricultural purposes. 

 Pasture-lands and places set apart for religious purposes are 

 not included. 



(7) Russian subjects are free to arrange with the Mongolian 

 Government concessions regarding mining, forestry, fishing, 

 and other business enterprises. 



(8) The Russian Government shall have the right to establish 

 Consulates in Mongolia wherever it is deemed necessary after 

 consultation with the Mongolian Government. The latter shall 

 have a corresponding right to appoint Mongolian representatives 

 along the Russian frontier. 



(9) Wherever Russian Consulates are established or Russian 

 business is conducted, Russian trade settlements can be estab- 

 lished, which will be under the administration of Russian Consuls, 

 or, where there are no Consuls, under the administration of the 

 senior Russian merchant. 



(10) Russian post offices can be established throughout 

 Mongolia, with postal services to the Russian frontier, at the 

 cost of the Russian Government. 



(11) Russian Consuls shall have the right to use Mongolian 

 post-stations without charge provided that the number of horses 

 to be furnished by the Mongols shall not exceed one hundred 

 monthly nor the number of camels thirty. 



(12) All Mongolian rivers flowing into Russian territory and 

 the branches thereof are open to navigation by Russian subjects 

 with Russian vessels. The Russian Government will assist the 



