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occasion to purchase in Que'dah : and the Siamese should not farm 

 the mouths of rivers or any streams in Quedah, but should levy fair 

 and proper import and export duties. 



The English engaged to the Siamese not only that they would not 

 attack nor disturb Quedah, but that they would not permit its depos- 

 ed sovereign or anv of his followers to attack, disturb, or injure in 

 any manner the territory of Quedah or any other territory subject to 

 Siam. They also engaged that they would make arrangements for 

 the ex-king of Quedah to go and live in some other country*, and not 

 at Pinang or Prt/e, or in Perak, Sulang6re, or any Burmese country. 

 In case the ex-king did not remove, the Siamese were at liberty to 

 levy the export duty upon paddy and rice in Que'dah. 



With Quedah for Pulo-Pinang or Prince -of -Wales Island. — Pulo- 

 Pinang was formally ceded to the British on the 12th September, 

 1786, for the annual sum of 6,000 Spanish dollars, by the father of 

 the present ex-king of Quedah, through the agency of Mr. Light, to 

 whom it had been presented the preceding year as a marriage portion 

 with the Malay king's daughter. 



In 1 802, Sir George Letth finally arranged that the English Com- 

 pany should pay annually to His Majesty of Purlis and Quedah 10,000 

 Spanish dollars, as long as the English should continue in possession 

 of Pulo-Pinang and Province Wellesley. This last is the line of 

 coast, on the opposite shore, on the main, that lies between the river 

 side of Qualla Muda on the north and Qualla Krian on the south ; 

 measuring inland from the sea side 60 orlongs. 



The Company are bound to protect this coast from all enemies, 

 robbers and pirates that may attack it by sea from north or south. 



The treaty consists of fourteen articles, and terminates with the 

 following remarkable paragraph. " These fourteen articles being settled 

 and concluded between his Majesty and the English Company, the 

 countries of Purlis and Quedah and Pulo-Pinang shall be as one 

 country ; and whoever shall depart or deviate from any part of this 

 agreement, the Almighty punish and destroy him ; he shall not pros- 

 per." 



Pinang was formed into a regular government in 1805. 

 Perak. — Perak is the next state, on the west coast, south of Que'dah. 

 A notice of its relations has been already given. 



Salangore. — A treaty of commercial alliance, precisely similar to 

 that entered into with Perak, was concluded with Salangore in 1818 

 by the British Commissioner, Mr. Cracroft. 



* He resided and drew his pension in Malacca till the close of 1835, when he 

 left it ostensibly for Belli in Sumatra. 

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