[Servia.] Tribute to be paid to the Porte. Servians to manage their ou Revenues. own Considering the effective amount of Taxes which the Servians used annually to pay into my Imperial Treasury till now, according to the orders contained in the above Imperial Firman; and considering also that the giving up to them the interior Administration of the Country must cause an increase of their expenses, we have, for these considerations, decreed that the Annual Tribute should be definitively consolidated for the future into the sum of 2,300,000 piastres; in this sum are included the Custom-house Duties, which are to be placed under your direction, the Revenues of Zaimats [privileged military fiefs], and the Mookatas [farming of the Crown lands], the Administration of which will be entrusted to the Servians; and also the Kharadgiat [capitation taxes], as well as all other sorts of contributions in general, which hitherto have been paid either in ready money or in goods. But this consolidated tribute shall be hereafter paid in two equal instalments, every 6 months, at Belgrade, commencing from the day of St. Dimitrius of the present year (26th of October, old style). The Servians shall have the management of all the Revenues of their country, and the produce of their Lands. Fortresses to be Demolished. With the exception of the Imperial Fortresses which anciently existed in Servia, all those that have been erected since, such as that of Kupri Palanka, and others, shall be demolished. As the Articles of the present Firman form the execution and accomplishment of the former ones, whose provisions are hereby confirmed, my authorised Ministers, and those of the Russian Embassy, have agreed accordingly. Execution of Firman. And it being my sovereign will and pleasure that the Articles consolidated in the present Firman should take effect, and be put into execution, in the manner above prescribed, I have, for that purpose, issued and promulgated this noble Mandate; I have also sent another for the same purpose to the Pasha of Belgrade, in order that they may unite with you upon the execution of the said Articles; and an Imperial Firman has been likewise forwarded to the Pasha of Vidin, concerning the exact limitation of the Boundaries of the Districts before mentioned, with the neces [Servia.] sary instructions as to the other provisions of this present Firman, which has been issued to you expressly for your own information and guidance, according to the actual state of affairs. Thus my Sovereign Will and pleasure is, that you will unite and agree with the above-named two Pashas, as to the putting regularly into execution the orders herein contained. And as a proof of gratitude for the benefits which I have bestowed upon the Servian Nation, you will do all in your power to render your conduct, in all respects, agreeable and pleasing to my Imperial wishes; and you will also take great care not to oppress, in any case whatever, my subjects who are intrusted to your government; you will likewise endeavour to draw towards my Imperial person and towards yourself, their love and their blessings; and I hope that for the future you will behave so as to deserve well of my Sublime Porte and my Imperial favour, and that you will act in conformity with the duties of a faithful subject without deviation or abuse. Issued from our Imperial Divan, the beginning of Rejib, 1249, A.II. (About the end of December, 1833.) [Moldavia and Wallachia.] No. 170.-TREATY between Russia and Turkey respecting Moldavia and Wallachia. Signed at St. Petersburgh, 29th January, 1834.* Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 14th September, 1829. 1. Map of Boundary. Line of Boundary. Commissioners to erect Posts defining Boundary. 2. Recognition by Turkey of Constitution of Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. Appointment of Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia. Evacuation of Principalities by Russia. Tribute to be paid to Turkey by Wallachia and Moldavia. Number of Troops in Principalities to be fixed by Turkey. Colours to Garrisons, and Flag to Moldo-Walla chian Merchant Vessels. 3. Turkish Engagements Modified. Payment of Indemnity to Russia. Reduction of Indemnity. Periods of Payment. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.†) Reference to Treaty of 14th September, 1829. THE Most High and Most Powerful Ottoman Emperor, my benefactor and master, on the one part, and the Most High and Most Magnanimous Emperor of All the Russias, on the other, animated by the desire with which they are inspired by the sincere friendship, cordiality, and confidence that happily subsist between them, to arrange definitively certain points of the Treaty concluded between the two High Powers at Adrianople (No. 145), which have not been hitherto carried into execution, have named for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Majesty the Ottoman Emperor, his Excellency Mouchir Ahmed Pacha, Military Counsellor of the Seraglio, Ambassador Extraordinary of the Sublime Port at the Imperial Court of Russia, &c.; and His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, their Excellencies the Count Nesselrode, Vice-Chancellor of the Empire, and the Count Alexis Orloff, General of Cavalry, Aide-de-camp of the Emperor, &c.; who, after having reciprocally exhibited their Full Powers, have agreed on the following Articles: Map of Boundary. ART. I. The two High Courts having deemed it necessary to establish, as has been stipulated in the Treaty of Adrianople, a Line of Demarcation between the two Empires in the East, such as may henceforth prevent every species of dispute and discussion, it *See also General Treaty of 30th March, 1856, and Convention of 19th August, 1858. For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xxvi, p. 1245. [Moldavia and Wallachia]. has been agreed that a Line shall be traced that shall completely prevent the depredations which the neighbouring tribes have been in the habit of committing, and which have more than once compromised the relations of neighbourhood and friendship between the two Empires. Therefore, after the Commissioners on both sides have examined the localities, and obtained the necessary information for this purpose, the two Contracting Parties have resolved to proceed to the settlement of the Frontiers, in such manner that the object judicially proposed in the Treaty of Adrianople should be completely fulfilled; and with that view they have adopted, by common consent, the Line which may be seen traced in red on the Map which is annexed to the present Treaty. Line of Boundary. Conformably to Article IV of the Treaty of Adrianople (No. 145), this Line departs from Port St. Nicholas on the coast of the Black Sea, follows the existing Frontiers of the Province of Gouriel, ascends up to the Limits of Juira, thence traverses the Province of Akhiskha [Akhaltzik], and terminates at the point where the Provinces of Akhiskha and of Kars join the Province of Georgia. Thus the greatest part of the Province of Akhiskha remains, together with the other Countries and Territories referred to in the said Treaty, under the dominion of the Sublime Porte, as may be seen by the Map, of which two copies have been made and compared by the Plenipotentiaries of the two Powers, and which, considered as forming part of the present Treaty, are to be annexed to it, as evidence of the manner in which the future Limits of the two Empires have been settled. Commissioners to erect Posts defining Boundary. After the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, and so soon as Posts shall have been erected by the Commissioners named on both parts, according to the Line traced on the Map, from one side to the other, the Russian troops shall evacuate the Territories situate beyond that line, and retire within the Limits which it prescribes. So also the Mussulmans who inhabit the inconsiderable Territories which are comprised within the line that passes in front of the district of Ghroubhan and the extremities of the districts of Ponskron and of Djildir, and who may wish to establish themselves within the Territories of the Sublime Porte, shall be at liberty, within the term of 18 months, [Moldavia and Wallachia.] from the date of the exchange of the Ratifications of the Treaty, to settle the affairs which connected them with the country, and to remove to the Turkish States without molestation. Recognition by Turkey of Constitution of Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. ART. II. By the instrument executed separately at Adrianople (No. 145) relative to the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, the Sublime Porte undertook to recognise formally the Regulations made, while the Russian troops occupied those Provinces, by the principal inhabitants for their internal administration; the Sublime Porte finding nothing in the Articles of that Constitution which can affect its Rights of Sovereignty, consents henceforth formally to recognise the said Constitution. It engages to publish for that purpose a Firman, accompanied by a Hatti-sheriff, two months after the exchange of the Ratifications, and to give a copy of the same to the Russian Mission at Constantinople. Appointment of Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia. After the formal recognition of the Constitution, the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia shall be named, but for this time only, and as a special case, in the manner which was agreed upon some time since between the two Contracting Powers, and they will proceed to govern the two Provinces conformably to the Constitution, which is a consequence of the Stipulations above mentioned. Evacuation of Principalities by Russia. Tribute to be Paid to Turkey by Wallachia and Moldavia. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, wishing to afford a new proof of the esteem and consideration which he entertains towards His Highness, and to hasten the moment when the Sublime Porte shall exercise the rights which the Treaties secure to it over the two Provinces, will order his troops, so soon as the Princes shall have been named, to retire from the two Provinces. This measure shall be executed two months after the nomination of the Princes. And as compensation is justly due for the advantages which the Sublime Porte grants in favour of the Wallachians and Moldavians; it is agreed and ordained that the annual Tribute, which |