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Mi-pam-wang-po's stipulations were to this 

 effect : It shall be set apart to meet the 

 expenses of sacred lamps and prayers at 

 Lhassa, but at Minsar the King shall be his 

 own master, so that the Kings of Ladak 

 may have wherewithal to pay for lamps and 

 other sacrifices at Kailas ; and the lake, it 

 shall be his private domain. With this 

 exception the boundary shall be fixed at the 

 Lhari stream at Demjok. From Tibet the 

 Government trader shall come with two 

 hundred loads of tea, and nowhere but by 

 Ladak shall rectangular tea-bricks be sent 

 across the frontier. The King of Ladak, on 

 the other hand, shall send once in three years 

 a mission conveying presents to the clergy 

 of Bod. As regards presents to ordinary 

 lamas, the quantity and quality is not fixed ; 

 but to the Labrang steward shall be given 

 ten zho of gold, ten shang of scent, six pieces 

 of calico, and one piece of cotton cloth. 

 Throughout their sojourn, the mission shall 

 receive daily rations; for the road, beasts of 

 burden shall be supplied to carry two hundred 

 loads, fifteen baggage, and ten riding, 

 ponies ; private ponies shall have as much 

 fodder as they like for the steppe districts." 



