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maintain no greater nximber of 

 troops than may be necessaiy for 

 the purposes of police ; his Bri- 

 tannic Majesty on his part, in 

 order to give every secuiity to 

 the subjects of his Most Christian 

 Majesty residing in India, en- 

 gages, if at any time there sliould 

 arise between the High Contract- 

 ing Parlies any misunderstanding 

 or rupture, (which God forbid,) 

 not to consider or treat as pri- 

 soners of war, those persons wlio 

 belong to the civil establishments 

 of his most Chiistian Majesty in 

 India, nor the officers, non-com- 

 missioned officers, or soldiers, 

 who, according to the terms of 

 the said Treaty, shall be necessary 

 for the maintenance of the police 

 in the said establishments, and to 

 allow them to remain three 

 months to settle tlieir personal 

 affaiis, and also to grant them the 

 necessary facilities and meaiis of 

 conveyance to France with tiieir 

 families and pri\ate pro| erty. 



His Britannic Majesty further 

 engages to permit the sulijccts of 

 his most Christian Majesty in 

 India to continue their residence 

 and commerce so long as they 

 shall conduct themselves peace- 

 ably, and shall do notliing con- 

 trary to the laws and regulations 

 of the government. 



But in case their conduct should 

 render them suspected, and the 

 British Government should judge 

 it necessary to order tliem to quit 

 India, they shall be allowed the 

 ))eriod of six months to retiie 

 with their effects and property to 

 France, or to any other country 

 they may choose. 



At the same time it is to be 

 andeistood, that this favour is 



not to be extended to those who 

 may act contrary to the laws and 

 regulations of the British Govern- 

 ment. 



Art. 9. All Europeans and 

 others whosoever, against whom 

 judicial proceedings shall be in- 

 stituted within the limits of the 

 settlements or factories belonging 

 to his Most Christian Majesty, 

 for offences committed, or for 

 debts contracted, within the said 

 limits, and who shall take refuge 

 out of the same, shall be deliver- 

 ed up to the chiefs of the said 

 settlements and factories; and all 

 Europeans and others whosoever, 

 against whom judicial proceedings 

 as afoiesaid shall be instituted 

 without the said limits, and who 

 shall take lefuge within the same, 

 shall be delivered up by the chiefs 

 of the said settlements and facto- 

 ries, upon demand being made of 

 them i)y the British Govtinment. 



Art. 10. For the purpose of 

 Tendering this agreement perma- 

 nent, the High Contracting Par- 

 ties hereby engage, that no al- 

 teration shall he made in the con- 

 ditions and stipulations in the 

 foregoing articles, without the 

 mutual consent of his Majesty tne 

 King of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, and of 

 his Most Christian Majesty. 



Art. 1 1 . Tlie present Conven- 

 tion shall be ratified, and the ra- 

 tifications bhali be exchanged at 

 Ltmdon in the space of one month 

 from the date hereof, or sooner 

 if possible. 



In witness whereof the respec- 

 tive Plenijotentiaries have signed 

 it, and have thereunto affixed the 

 seals of their arms. 



Done at London this 7 th day 



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