‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎291] (308/578)

AFGHANISTAN—NO. XXIV—1921.
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ported to Afghanistan by routes to be agreed upon between the two Governments
of a rebate at the time and place of export of the full amount of Customs duty
levied upon such goods, provided that such goods shall be transported through
India in sealed packages which shall not be opened or sub-divided before their ex
port from India.
And also the British Government declares that it has no present intention ot
levying Customs duty on goods or livestock of Afghan origin or manufacture,
imported by land or by river into India or exported from Afghanistan to other
countries of the world through India and the import of which into India is not
prohibited by law. In the event, however, of the British Government deciding
in the future to levy Customs duties on goods and livestock imported into India
by land or by river from neighbouring States, it will, if necessary, levy such duties
on imports from Afghanistan; but in that event it agrees that it will not levy
higher duties on imports from Afghanistan than those levied on imports from
such neighbouring States. Nothing in this Article shall prevent the levy on im
ports from Afghanistan of the present Khyber tolls and of octroi in any town of
India in which octroi is or may be hereafter levied, provided that there shall be
no enhancement over the present rate of the Khyber tolls
Article VIII.
The British Government agrees to the establishment of trade agents by the
Afghan Government at Peshawar, Quetta and Parachinar, provided that the per
sonnel and the property of the said agencies shall be subject to the operations o
all British laws and Orders and to the jurisdiction of British Courts; and that
they shall not be recognised by the British authorities as having any official or
special privileged position.
Article IX.
The trade goods coming to (imported to) Afghanistan under the provisions ot
Article VII from Europe, etc., can be opened at the railway terminuses at Jamru
in the Kurram and at Chaman for packing and arranging to suit the capacity ot
baggage animals without this being the cause of reimposition of Customs duties ;
and the carrying out of this will be arranged by the trade representatives men
tioned in Article XII.
Article X.
The two High Contracting Parties agree to afford facilities of every descrip
tion for the exchange of postal matter between their two countries, provided that
neither shall be authorised to establish post offices within the territory of the other.
In order to give eflect to this Article, a separate Postal Convention shall be con
cluded, for the preparation of which such number of special officers as the A g an
Government may appoint shall meet the officers of the British Government and
consult with them.