The following isthe text of the convention between Grent Britain and China relatin, to Sikkim and Tibet, signed at Calcutta, March 17, 1890, and presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, November 1890.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and boreas Her Majesty the Queen of the
Ireland, Empreas of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, are sincerely de sirous to maintain and perpetuate the relations of friendship and good understanding which now exist between thei respective Empires; and whereas recent occurrences have tended towards a di turbance of the said relations, and it is desirable to clearly define and permanently settle certain matters connected with the boundary between Sikkim and Tibet, Her Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor of China have resolved to concludea Convention on this subject, and have, for this purpose, named Plenipotenflaries, that is to say Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and. Ireland, his Excellency the Most Fiemanron GIN. -L, G.C.M.G., G.M.LE. Honourable Henry Charles Keith Petty
Governor-General of India, luess of Lansdowne, Viceroy and
And His Majesty the Emperor of China, his Excellency Shéog Tai, Imperial Associate Resident: in Tibet, Military Deputy
'Who, having met and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form,' have. agreed upon the following Convention in eight Articles Anmetz I, The boundary of Sikkim and Tibet shall be the crest of the mountain range separating the waters flowing into the Sikkim Teesta and its affluents from the waters flowing into the Tibetan Mochu and northwards into other rivers of Tibet. The line commences at Mount Gipmochi on the Bhutan frontier, and follows the abovementioned water-parting to the point where it meets Nipal territory.
It is admitted that the British Government, whose Protectorate over the Sikkim State is hereby recognised, has direct and exclusive control over the internal administration and foreign relations of that State, and except through and with the permission of the British Government, neither the Ruler of the State nor any of its oticers shall have official relations of any kind, formal or informal, with any other country.
The Government of Great Britain and Ireland and the Government of China en-Gage reciprocally to respect the boundary a defied in Article T, and to prevent acta of aggression from their respective of the frontier.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.