80 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



at war with Great Britain ; such 

 property only excepted as was on 

 board the vessels in the harbour of 

 the 10th instant. 



Answer. — Agreed to. 



Art. III. All ships and vessels of 

 war that maybe in the harbour, and 

 all artillery, warlike stores, ammu- 

 nition, &c. that may be found in the 

 forts and public magazines, and all 

 property, of whatsoever nature it 

 may be, belonging to the Batavian 

 republic, shall be delivered up to 

 his Britannic majesty in the state in 

 which they now are, and officers 

 shall be appointed on each side by 

 the joint parties to take inventories 

 thereof. 



Answer. — Agreed to. 



Art. IV. All debts due by the 

 government of this island shall be 

 punctually paid out of the revenue 

 of the said island. 



Answer. — Agreed to. 



Art. V. No alteration shall be 

 made in the established laws of the 

 said island, except such as in fu- 

 ture may be found necessary for 

 mutual benefit or safety, and which 

 must be regulated by the concur- 

 rence of both parties. 



Answer. — Agreed to. 



Art. VI. During the time this 

 island may remain under the protec- 

 tion of his Britannic majesty, or, in 

 case this island and its dependencies 

 should, at the conclusion of the war, 

 remain in the possession of Great 

 Britain, the inhabitants of the said 

 island and its dependencies shall 

 enjoy the same rights and privileges 

 as his majesty's subjects in the 

 West Indies. 



Answer. — Agreed to. 



Art. VII. The laws heretofore 

 observed, respecting property, shall 

 remain in full force. 



Private. — As it is impossible for 



the inhabitants of the said island 

 and its dependencies to subsist 

 without a free intercourse with the 

 Spanish main, the ports of Curasao 

 and its dependencies shall be open 

 to all Spanish vessels. 



Answer. — Agreed to be allowed 

 the same free trade as the island of 

 Jamaica. 



Signed, sealed, and ratified, in 

 the presence of Cornelius 

 Spencer and E. A. Van Eck, 

 on the part of JohanRudolph 

 Lauffer; and in the presence 

 of John Lewis March, on 

 the part of Frederick Wat- 

 kins; at the port of Amster- 

 dam, in the island of Cura- 

 cao, this 13th of Septem- 

 ber, 1800. 



(Signed) Joh. Rud. LaufFer. 

 Fred. Watkins. 

 W. Ridley, sec. 



Here follows also a list of the ex- 

 isting guns, ammunition, &c. deli- 

 vered in some months ago, and 

 which were really existing before 

 the present siege, viz. two brass 

 24-pounders and two brass 18- 

 pounders, with four defective, five 

 iron 24-pounders, ninety-eight iron 

 1 8-pounders, forty-six 1 2-pounders, 

 forty-four S-pounders, twenty-four 

 (i-pounders, two -l-pounders, twen- 

 ty o-pounders, and two 2-pounders, 

 besides thirty-eight of different 

 calibre defective. On the batteries, 

 not including Fort Piscadera, Fort 

 St. Michael, the Hill St. Michael, 

 and False Bay, five 24-pounders, 

 sixty-three 1 8-pounders, many of 

 their ships' guns, twenty-eight 12- 

 pounders, twenty-six S-pounders, 

 and twenty-seven of less calibre ; 

 upwards of 26,000lb. of powder, 

 besides a powder magazine at the 



