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Russian words „ A-fä-wa-Mh-ta-yay~jene-keae-e-yih-gih-la-ma-na-wo-pa-la-sa-too-woo ,“ in Order to facilitate accurate 
reference: and the said charts shall be duly authenticated by the seals and signatures of the High Ministers of 
the two countries. 
Tbe tract of country above ref.'rred to is unoccupied waste länd. Should Chinese squatters be found in 
any part of it, or should any portions be used by Chinese as fishing or hunting grounds, Russia shall not take 
possesion of such, but the Chinese shall be allowed to fish and' to hunt as they bave been wont' to do. 
From the time of settirig üp the boundary marks there shall never be any changes made; and Russia 
engages, not to encroaoh upon the Chinese territory in the vicinity of the frontiers, nor will ground be seized 
in any other part of China. 
Art. II. Following the ränge of hills along the Amoor’s course, the long established Chinese frontier posts, 
and the marks put down in the 6th year of Yung-ching’s reign (1728), -at Sha-peen Ta-pa-ha (in the vicinity of 
Tarbagatai), it is' agreed. that, where these marks terminate, the Western boundaries, not yet laid down, shall 
commence; they shall extend westward to Lake Tse-sang-cho-urh, from which, after running in a southwesterly 
direction along the Tih-mih-urh-too-cho-’rh of the Teen-shan ränge, they shall go southwards to Khokand. 
Art. III. Should there hereafter occur disputes or misunderstanding in respect of frontier boundaries, it 
is agreed that they shall be determined by the two articles that precede. With reference to the plaeing of 
boundary marks in the tracts of country lying on the East, between Lake Hin-ka and the Toumen, and, .on the 
'West, between Sha-peen Ta-pa-ha and Khokand, it is agreed that trustworthy offic.ers shall be appointed by the 
two governments for that pUrpose. For the plaeing of the marks along the eastern frontiers, the officers ap- 
pointed shall meet attlie mouth of- the IJsuri in May, 1861; and for similar duty on the Western frontiers, officers 
shall meet at Tarbagatai , — but the time of meeting , it is unnecesfary to fix. The officers appointed for the 
above work, shall act with all fairness and justice; and, as in accordance with the boundaries indicated in the 
First and Second articles of this eonvention, they shall malte four charts, two of which shall be Russian and 
two either Manchurian or Chinese, and the said charts having been duly signed and sealed by the officers in 
question, shall be deposited, two (one in Russian and one in Manchurian or Chinese) in Russia, and two (one in 
Russian and one in Manchurian or Chinese) in China. On the interchange of these charts, they shall be officialised 
by being duly signed and sealed, and shall be appended hereto as formifig part of this article. 
Art. IV. At all places along the frontier agreed upon in the First Article of this Convention, Russian and 
Chinese subjects may hold . intercourse at pleasure. There shall not, in any case, be duties levied; and all 
frontier officers shall afford protection to merchants quietly carrying on trade. 
In order to greater precision , the substance of the second article of Gae-hwan (Aykom) , is hereby again 
enuBciated. 
Art. V. Russian merchants, in addition to trading in Kiachta, may, when passiug in the old established manner 
from Kiachta to Peking, dispose of sundries at Koo-lun and Chan-Kia-How. A (Russian) eonsul with a limited 
retinue may be stationed ät Koo-lun; he shall himself supervise the building of a.consulate, but the site, the number 
of buildings, and the' land for pas.turage of cattle, shall all be determined by the High officer stationed at Koo-lun. 
Chinese merchants, desirous of so doing, are at liberty to repair to Russia, and there carry on trade. 
Russian merchants yisiting the Chinese marts shall be under no restrictions , whether as to the time 
■at which they may yisit such pdaces or the duration of their stay; but the number of merchants at 
any one place shall not exceed -two hundred. The Russian officers stationed on the frontiers shall supply 
each party of merchants with a Passport, in which shall be specified the name of the chief merchant, the num- 
ber of people that accompany him, and the place about to be yisited by them for trade. The merchants shall 
themselves provide funds for the exjpenditure attendant on their business, and for the purchase of food and cattle. 
Art. VI. In the establishment of trade , the same regulations shall be applied at Kashgar as at I-li and 
Tarbagatai. At Kashgar., China agrees to make a grant of land whereon to build residenees, warehouses and 
churches, in Order to the conyenience of such Russian merchants as may live there ; ground shall lilcewise be 
granted for burial purposes, and, as at I-li and Tarbagatai, a tract of pasture land for cattle. The High officer 
stationed at Kashgar shall be officially direeted to determine the amount of ground to be granted for the above 
purposes, and to make the other requisite arrangements. 
