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of the Netherlands, and in aid of 
. an equal sum to be furnished by 
him towards augmenting and im- 
proving the defences of the Low 
Countries. 
3rdly. To bear, equally with 
Holland, such further charges as 
may be agreed upon between 
the said High Contracting Par- 
ties and their Allies, towards 
the final and satisfactory settle- 
ment of the Low Countries in 
union with Holland, and under 
the dominion of the House of 
Orange, not exceeding in the 
whole, the sum of three millions, 
to be defrayed by Great Britain. 
In consideration of the above 
engagements, the Cape of Good 
Hope, Demerara, Essequibo, and 
Berbice are ceded to Great Britain, 
but with condition that the Dutch 
proprietors have liberty undercer- 
tain regulations to trade with 
Holland. It is also agreed that 
Dutch ships may resort freely to 
the Cape of Good Hope for the 
purposes of refreshment and re- 
pairs, without being liable to other 
charges than such as British sub- 
jects are required to pay. 
Second Additional Article.— 
The small district of Bernagore, 
situated close to Calcutta,is ceded 
to his Britannic Majesty, upon a 
payment of such sum annually to 
his Royal Highness, as may be 
considered by Commissioners to 
be appointed by the respective 
Governments, to be just and rea- 
sonable. 
Declaration against the Rajah of 
Nipaul. 
His Excellency the Vice Pre- 
sident in Council, is pleased to 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
publish the following Declaration 
of the causes of the war in which 
the British Government is en- 
gaged with the State of Nipaul, 
for general information. 
The British Government having 
been compelled to take up arms 
against the Nipaulese, his Excel- 
lency the Right Hon. the Gover- 
nor-General has judged it proper 
to make known to the powers in 
alliance and friendship with the 
Hon. Company, the origin and 
progress of the transactions which 
have terminated in this crisis; in 
the full conviction that the ex- 
position will establish beyond dis- 
pute the extraordinary modera- 
tion and forbearance of the Bri- 
tish Government, and the injus- 
tice, violence, and aggression of 
the State of Nipaul. 
The course of the Gorkah con- 
quests having approximated their 
frontier to that of the Honourable 
Company, and of its ally the 
Nawaub Vizier, and the protect- 
ed Sikh Chieftains, throughout an 
extent of country stretching from 
the eastern border of Morung to 
the banks of the Sutlege, it was 
scarcely to be expected that dif- 
ferences should not occasionally 
arise between the inhabitants of 
the contiguous districts belong- 
ing to the two States, and even 
among the local public officers of 
each government; but a just and 
firm line of condact on the part of 
the two governments, combined 
with asincere disposition to main- 
tain uninterrupted the relations 
of amity, and to respect the rights 
of each other, could not have 
failed to arrest the progress of 
those unhappy disputes which 
have terminated in war. 
While the conduct of the Bri 
