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FOREIGN STATE PAPERS. 
Convention between Great Britain 
and the United Netherlands, 
signed at London on the 13th 
of August, 1814. 
Article I. Great Britain agrees 
to restore the Dutch Colonies, 
with the exception of the Cape 
of Good Hope, Demerara, Esse- 
quibo, and Berbice, to be dis- 
posed of in a supplementary Con- 
vention. 
2 and 3. Great Britain cedes to 
the Netherlands the Island of 
Banca, in the Eastern Seas, in 
exchange for Cochin and its de- 
pendencies, on the coast of Ma- 
Jabar. The places and forts in the 
respective settlements to be ex- 
changed in the state in which they 
were at the signing of the present 
Convention. 
4. Grants the same privileges 
to the subjects of the Netherlands 
in British India as are granted 
to the most favoured nations. No 
forts to be erected in the Dutch 
settlements which are within the 
limits of the British Sovereignty 
in India, and only the number of 
troops necessary for the mainte- 
nance of police to be maintained. 
5. The places to be restored on 
the AmericanContinenttobe given 
up within three months; those 
beyond the Cape of Good Hope 
within six, from the date of the 
Convention, 
6. No person in the places to 
be restored to be questioned for 
their former political opinions. 
7. The natives and aliens in 
the countries in which a change 
of sovereignty takes place are al- 
lowed six years for the disposal 
of their property, and retiring if 
they think fit. 
8. The Sovereign of the Nether- 
lands engages to prohibit all his 
subjects, in the most effectual man- 
ner, and by the most solemn laws, 
from taking any share whatso- 
ever in that inhuman traffic, the 
Slave Trade. 
9. Stipulates for the ratifica- 
tion within three weeks, or sooner 
if possible. 
The first additional article sti- 
pulates, that to provide for 
the defence and incorporation of 
the Belgic provinces with Hol- 
land, and also a compensation in 
virtue of the 9th article of the 
treaty of Paris, for the cessions 
made by Sweden, which Hol- 
land should furnish, Great Britain 
engages to defray the following 
charges :— 
lst. The payment of one mil- 
lion sterling to Sweden, in satis- 
faction of the claims aforesaid, and 
in pursuance of a Convention 
executed with his Swedish Ma- 
jesty’s Plenipotentiary to that ef- 
fect. 
Qndly. The advance of two mil- 
lions sterling, to be applied in 
concert with the Prince Sovereign 
