Schedule, 1914

        Convention between Great Britain and China relating to Sikkim and Tibet, signed at Calcutta the 17th March 1890.

        Convention between Great Britain and Tibet, signed at Lhasa the7th September 1904.

        Convention between Great Britain and China respecting Tibet, signed at Peking the 27th April 1906.

        The notes exchanged are to the following effect:

        It is understood by the High Contracting Parties that Tibet forms part of Chinese territory.

        2.After the selection and installation of the Dalai Lama by the Tibetan Government, the latter will notify the installation to the Chinese Government, whose representative at Lhasa will then formally communicate to His Holiness the titles consistent with his dignity, which have been conferred by the Chinese Government.

        3. It is also understood that the selection and appointment of all officers in Outer Tibet will rest with the Tibetan Government.

        4. Outer Tibet shall not be represented in the Chinese Parliament or in any other similar body.

        5. It is understood that the escorts attached to the British Trade Agencies in Tibet shall not exceed seventy-five per centum of the escort of the Chinese Representative at Lhasa.

        6. The Government of China is hereby released from its engagements under Article III of the Convention of March 17, 1890, between Great Britain and China to prevent acts of aggression from the Tibetan side of the Tibet-Sikkim frontier.

        7. The Chinese high official referred to in Article 4 will be free to enter Tibet as soon as the terms of Article 3 have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of representatives of the three signatories to this Covention, who will investigate and report without delay.

        Initial of Lönchen Shatra, A.H.M.

        Seal of the Lönchen Shatra

        British Plenipotentiary

        Note

        Whereas the Simla Convention itself after being initialled by the Chinese Plenipotentiary was not signed or ratified by the Chinese Government, it was accepted as binding by the two other parties as between themselves.

From: C. U. Aitchison, ed. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads: Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Vol. XIV.  Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1929, 38.