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Kattang on the east ; and interiorly as far as cannon-shot range all 

 round the factory. The council for the government of the island to 

 bz composed of the British Resident, the Sultan and the Tumungong. 



This state of affairs continued with little alteration until 1824, when 

 final arrangements for the entire cession of the island to the British 

 were made, and a treaty of friendship and alliance concluded by the 

 then Resident, Mr. Crawfurd, on the part of the Company, with their 

 highnesses the Sultan and Tumungong of Johdre. This took place on 

 the 2nd of August. By it the island of Singapore, together with the 

 adjacent seas, straits and islets to the extent of ten geographical 

 miles from the coast of Singapore, were given up in full sovereignty 

 and property to the East India Company, their heirs and successors 

 for ever. 



The Company agreed, in consideration of this cession, to pay to the 

 Sultan the sum of 33,200 Spanish dollars, together with a stipend dur- 

 ing his natural life of 1,300 Spanish dollars per mensem ; and to the 

 Tumungong the sum of 26,800 Spanish dollars, with a monthly stipend 

 of 700 Spanish dollars during his natural life. 



In event of the Sultan and the Tumungong, their heirs or successors, 

 preferring to reside permanently in any portion of their own estates, 

 and to remove for that purpose from Singapore, the Company agreed 

 to pay the Sultan, his heirs or successors, the sum of 10,000 Spanish 

 dollars ; and to the Tumungong, his heir or successor, the sum of 

 15,000 Spanish dollars. The Sultan and the Tumungong, in return, 

 relinquishing for themselves, their heirs and successors, to the Com- 

 pany, their heirs, &c. for ever, all right and title to every description 

 of immovable property, whether in land, gardens, houses, &c. of 

 which they might be possessed within the island or its dependencies 

 at the time of their withdrawal from Singapore, for the purpose of re- 

 siding permanently within their own states. 



It was also mutually stipulated, that neither party should be bound 

 to interfere in the internal concerns of the other Government, or in 

 any political dissensions or wars which might arise within their re- 

 spective territories, nor to support each other by force of arms against 

 any third party whatsoever. The Sultan and Tumungong bound them- 

 selves that, as long as they continued to reside within the island of 

 Singapore, or drew their respective monthly stipends from the Com- 

 pany, they would not enter into any alliance, nor maintain correspon- 

 dence with any foreign power or potentate without the knowledge and 

 consent of the Company, its heirs, &c. ; to maintain a free and un- 

 shackled trade every where within their dominions, and to admit the 

 trade and traffic of the British nation into all the ports and harbours of 



