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as in Bengal, Bahar, and Orixa *, in the northern circars, and in gener- 

 al in all the Britifh pofTeflions on the coafls of Orixa, Coromandel, and 

 Malabar. 



2) The French were reftrided from importing more than 200,000 

 maunds of fait annually, which is to be delivered to them at a place ap- 

 pointed by the government of Bengal at the fixed price of 120 rupees 

 for every 100 maunds. 



3) 18,000 maunds of faltpetre and 300 cherts of opium are to be de- 

 livered annually for the commerce of the French on the demand of 

 their agent in Bengal at the price eftablifhed before the late war. 



4) The fix antient factories of Chandernagore, Coflimbazar, Dacca, 

 Jugdea, Balafore, and Patna, with the territories belonging to them, 

 are acknowleged to be under the protedion of the French flag, and 

 fubjed to French jurifdiction. 



5, 6, 7, 8) The antient houfes of Soopore, Keerpoy, Cannicole, Mo- 

 hunpore, Serampore, and Chittagong, as well as the dependencies on 

 Soopore, viz. Gautjurat, Allende, Chintzabad, Patorcha, Monepore, and 

 Dolobody, were alfo fecured to France, together with the faculty of 

 cftablifhing new houfes of commerce; but without any jurifdiction, or 

 exemption from the ordinary juftice of the country exercifed over Brit- 

 ifh fubjedls. The French without the limits of thofe fadories were en- 

 titled to an impartial adminiflration of juftice in all cafes : and delin- 

 quents flying from juftice, whether Europeans or natives, were to be 

 reciprocally delivered up. 



9) The reftitution of Yanam, already delivered to the French, is con- 

 firmed. 



Notwithftanding all thefe friendly communications in this and the 

 preceding year, the two countries were at the point of plunging into a 

 war on account of a contefl between the Dutch and their fladtholder. 

 France marched an army towards Holland ; Great Britain engaged for 

 a body of 12,000 men to be furniflied by the prince of Heffe-Caflel : 

 and both nations adually put their fleets in a condition for adlion. But 

 happily the threatening florm blew over ; and the ambafTadors on both 

 fides iigned pacific declarations, (27"' Oftober.) 



In the new conftitucion of the United ftates of America, which was 

 confirmed by the deputies of the feveral fiates aflembled at New York 

 on the 17"" of September, the following are the articles affeding their 

 commercial fyftem. 



By article I, § 8, the congrefs are vefted with authority to lay and 

 collect taxes, duties, imports, and excifes, which mufl; be uniform 

 throughout all the United ftates ; to regulate commerce with foreign 



* So the name is fpelled in this treaty ; it is alfo fpelled OrifTa ; and the later, I fee, is pre- 

 ferred by Major Rennell in his Map of Hindoollan. 



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