'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎73r] (150/228)

Memorandum of information received during
the month of August 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to the North*
East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China.
[Note. This memorandum is based upon reports, the
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
accuracy o£
TIBET.
1. (See paragraph 3 of the Memorandum
for July 1905.) On the 30th July 1905, Mr.
White reported that Captain O’Connor had at
first arranged with the headmen of the three
important villages of Guru, Dochen, and Kala
to subsidise them to the extent of Rs. 10 each
a month, but that subsequently, on consulting
the Jongpen, it appeared necessary to include
certain intermediate villages in the arrange
ment. Captain O’Connor informed the Jongpen
that the total subsidies to the village head
men should not exceed Rs. 100, and the
latter has asked him to allow the matter to
remain in abeyance for the present, until he
has had time to arrange all the necessary details,
and to ascertain what the various village bound
aries are. Mr. White has instructed Captain
O’Connor to suspend further action, if no
definite agreement has yet been made, and
has promised to make proposals to Government
on the subject, after his visit to Gyantse.
2. (See paragraph 10 of the Memo
randum for July 1905.) Thakur Jai Chand,
the British Trade Agent at Gartok, has
reported that traders from Badrinath in the
British district of Garhwal import yearly from
Dabazong wool and borax of the approximate
value of Rs. 45,431, and about 21,105 maunds
of salt, while they export to Dahazong coral,
broadcloths, cotton-goods, gur, sugar-candy,
rice, barley, deer-skins, raisins, and porcelain
cups of a value aggregating about Rs. 11,076.
The traders get salt in exchange for rice and
barley; and wool, down, and borax—hut chiefly
the first commodity—for other articles. They
pay cash for down or wool of finer quality.
Thakur Jai Chand has also furnished a report
on the trade transactions of the traders from
the Almora and Garhwal districts, who
visit Gyanema and Taklakot. Wool worth
Rs. 1,70,000 is imported from these two places
to India, ie., Rs. 30,000 worth from Gyanema
and Rs. 1,40,000 worth from Taklakot. Ihe
value of borax imported from these two places
amounts to Rs. 1,00,000. On the 13th August
1905, Thakur Jai Chand reported that no
restrictions were placed on British traders m
the fairs held at Gyanema and Taklakot hut
that recently some traders from Beas had been
stopped by the Barkha Tarjum. The Trade
Agent reported the matter to both Garpons,
who said that the Barkha Tarjum had not seen
theLhasan Convention; that his action was