634 APPENDIX 



Mongolian Government in the conservation of these rivers and 

 the improvement of navigation by buoying and lighting, and 

 Russian subjects shall, in accordance with Article 6, be granted 

 areas on river frontages as stopping-places for Russian vessels, 

 and can there build wharves and go-downs. 



(13) Russian subjects desiring to transport goods and live 

 stock shall have the right to use rivers and roads in Mongolia, 

 and with their own money can build bridges, and establish ferries, 

 and collect fees from the people using these bridges and ferries. 



(14) Grazing-lands in Mongolia shall be reserved for the use 

 of liocks belonging to Russian subjects when migrating, and 

 such lands can be used for three months without payment, after 

 which period charges can be made. 



(15) All rights and privileges enjoyed hitherto by Russian 

 subjects along the frontier for hunting, fishing, and the cutting 

 of grass in Mongolia are confirmed. 



(16) In regard to the procedure to be followed in connexion 

 with business and other agreements between Russian subjects 

 and Mongols and Chinese, it is provided that property transfers 

 must be written and that the contracts must be submitted to 

 MongoHan officials and the Russian Consuls for approval. If a 

 dispute arises in a case it must be submitted to arbitration. If 

 it is still unsettled, the case must be sent before a mixed tribunal, 

 which shall be permanent where a Russian Consul is stationed. 

 In other places a temporary tribunal shall be organized by a 

 Russian Consul and the Mongolian Prince in whose territory the 

 defendants reside, each side engaging to execute the findings of 

 the Court, the Russian Consul on Russian subjects, and the 

 Mongol Prince on the Mongols or Chinese. 



(17) The protocol takes effect from the date of signature. 



The protocol is drawn up in Russian and ]\IongoHan in dupli- 

 cate, and the copies were signed, sealed, and exchanged at Urga 

 on the 24th day of the last month of autumn of the second year 

 of the Mongohan Sovereign, or November 3rd, 1911. 



