Article IV.
All merchandise transported from Russia to Djety-Shahr, or from that province into Russia, shall be liable to a tax of 2½ per cent. ad valorem. In every case this tax shall not exceed the rate of the tax taken from Mussulmans being subject to Djety-Shahr.
Article V.
Russian merchants and their caravans shall be at liberty, with all freedom and security, to traverse the territories of Djety-Shahr in proceeding to countries conterminous with that province. Caravans from Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same advantages for passing through territories belonging to Russia.
These conditions were sent from Tashkent on the 9th of April, 1872.
General Von Kaufmann I., Governor-General of Turkestan, signed the treaty and attached his seal to it.
In proof of his assent to these conditions, Mahomed Yakoob, Chief of Djety-Shahr, attached his seal to them at Yangy-Shahr, on the 8th of June, 1872.
This treaty was negotiated by Baron Kaulbars.