ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
by the native powers hostile to your Capitulation agreed upon betweeit 
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interests. 
We have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) Hosarr. 
ALURED CLarke.- 
Epw. SaunpDers. 
G. W. FaLiorieyp. 
Capitulation of Amboyna, trans- 
Jated from the original Dutch, 
Feb. 16, 1796. 
NOT finding ourselves equal to 
withstand the great force with 
which we have been surprised, we 
the undersigned governor and coun- 
cil do hereby give up this settle-, 
ment, with all its dependencies, 
and place the same under the pro- 
tection of his Britannic majesty, 
upon the conditions mentioned to 
us in the letter of the right hon. 
the governor of Madras; and that 
is, upon condition that we may 
keep all our private property, and 
be allowed a reasonable subsistence ; 
that the inhabitants be guaranteed 
in the secure possessiong of their 
private properties; and that the 
senior and junior servants of the 
civil establishment, the clergy, the 
military, and marine, receive their 
usual pay. 
{tis upon the above conditions 
that we shall, to-morrow morning, 
give over all the guards of the fort 
to the troops of his Britannic ma- 
jesty, after receiving the ratifica- 
tion of this instrument by his excel- 
lency the commodore. 
Done at Amboyna, in the castle 
of Viétoria, on the above date. 
(Signed) A. CornnaBE. 
B. Smissarr. 
{Dutch co-seal) T. OstRowsk1. 
Eneas Mackay. 
Eron Fyzanat. 
Approved of and acceded to, 
(Signed) P, Rarer. 
(English seal) W.C. Lennon, 
Secretary, 
A 
— 
his excellency Peter Rainier, 
esq. commodore, commanding 
the sea and land forces of his 
Britannic majesty in these seas, 
and F. Van Boeckholtz, governor 
of Banda, &c, &c. 
IN consideration of our great 
want of provisions, and the great 
force with which the British have 
appeared before this settlement, 
and to resist which would bring de- 
struction and desolation on the 
harmless inbabitants of this place, 
we therefore think it prudent, for 
the sake of humanity, and from our 
confidence in the honour and ges 
nerosity of the English, to accept 
ofthe terms offered to us, and to 
deliver into their hands this fort 
and settlement, with all its depen- 
dencies, upon the following condi- 
tions, Viz. 
That private property be kept 
secure to every individual of this 
settlement, whether in or out of the 
company’s service; that the ser- 
vants of the company, civil and 
military, be kept in their respective 
stations; as far as may be thought 
necessary for the administration of 
justice; and the civil government 
of the place, the governor alone 
particularly excepted, as the go- 
vernment must, of course, be vest- 
ed in the English; that the mili- 
tary continue to receive their pay, 
and are not to be forced into the 
British service contrary to their 
wishes; and the civil servants also 
to be continued on their present 
pay ; and such an allowance made 
for the provision of the governor as 
his excellency the commander of 
the British forces may think ade- 
quate. ‘The governor, however; 
and any other servants of the com- 
pany, 
