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II. That the exclusive right of 

 trading to China, and of trafficking 

 in tea, as now exercised by the 

 Company, shall be continued to it. 



III. A proviso that on the ex- 

 piration of three years notice, to be 

 given by parliament after April 

 10, 1831, and the payment of the 

 debt from the public to the com- 

 pany, the said term granted to it, 

 and its exclusive trade, shall cease 

 and be determined. 



IV. That nothing in this pro- 

 viso, or in other acts and charters, 

 shall, however, determine the cor- 

 poration of the company, or pre- 

 vent it from carrying on a free 

 trade, in common with other sub- 

 jects. 



V. Notice in writing signified 

 by the Speaker of the House of 

 Commons, to be regarded as a due 

 parliamentary notice. 



VI. From April 10, 1814., any 

 of his majesty's subjects may trade 

 to and from any port within the 

 United Kingdom, to and from all 

 ports within the company's pre- 

 sent limits, China excepted, in 

 ships navigated according to law, 

 subject to the conditions hereafter 

 mentioned. 



VII. The navigation act is not 

 to prevent the importation of goods 

 the produce of any places within 

 the charter, China excepted. 



VIII. IX. None but the com- 

 pany, or those whom it may li- 

 cence, shall import tea from any 

 place whatsoever, or export mili- 

 tary stores to its possessions. 



X, Ships in private trade to the 

 company's limits shall only clear 

 out from, or import into, such 

 ports of the United Kingdom, as 

 shall be declared fit for the purpose 

 by an order of council. 



XI. Ships in private trade shall 



not proceed to any place within 

 the limits of the company's char- 

 ter on the continent of Asia, from 

 the river Indus to the town of 

 Malacca inclusive, or to any island 

 within its government lying to the 

 north of the equator, or to the fac- 

 tory of Bencoolen, and its depen- 

 dencies, without a licence from 

 the Court of Directors ; and no 

 such ship, unless specially autho- 

 rized, shall proceed to any place 

 within the said limits, except to 

 one or more of the principal settle- 

 ments of Fort William, Fort St. 

 George, Bombay, and prince of 

 Wales's island. The directors are 

 required to grant licences upon 

 application, to the settlements 

 above-mentioned ; and when ap- 

 plication is made for a special li- 

 cence to other parts, it shall be 

 at the discretion of the directors 

 whether or not to grant it ; but in 

 case of their refusal, they are sub- 

 ject to the control of the board of 

 commissioners for India (Board of 

 control), who may oblige them 

 to issue the licence, recording their 

 reasons for so doing. 



XII. No ship in private trade 

 shall proceed to any place more to 

 the north than eleven degrees south 

 latitude, and between the G-tth 

 and l,50th degree of east longitude 

 from London (except the ports 

 within the company's limits above 

 stated), without a licence from the 

 board of commissioners, who are 

 to frame rules for granting the 

 same ; and in cases not falling 

 under the rules, they are to record 

 the special circumstances under 

 which the licence is granted, and 

 communicate them to the direc- 

 tors. 



XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. No ship 

 in the private trade within thclimits 



