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Eighth Article. 



In like manner, the Company will be permitted to peel cinnamon 

 from the whole extent of the Low country belonging to the Kandyan 

 King, to wit, from Sabaragamuwa Disava, the Four Korales, the 

 Three Korales, and the Seven Korales, as far as Balana. 



Ninth Article. 



The cinnamon growing to the east beyond Balana-kanda in the hill- 

 country, His Majesty will cause to be peeled by His Majesty's 

 subjects, and deliver it solely to the Company at Galle, Colombo, and 

 Matara. Good, fine cinnamon will be paid for at the rate of five 

 pagodas for each parduva : each parduva must weigh 88 lb. 



Tenth Article. 



Ivory, pepper, cardamoms, coffee, arecanuts, beeswax : the Company 

 will have the monopoly of purchasing these articles : — 



1 lb. pepper at 4 stuivers, or ^ part of a pagoda, but subject to 

 a deduction of 5 lb. on every 100 lb. on account of the drying. 



1 lb. coffee at 2 stuivers, or 4V of a pagoda, similarly deducting 

 5 lb. on every 100 lb. 



1 amuna of 26,000 well-dried arecanuts at 3 rixdollars, or 1| pagoda. 



100 lb. of well-cleaned beeswax at 25 rixdollars, or 12§ pagodas. 



Eleventh Article. 



The Company not having traded at any time here in ivory, and 

 being unaware of its value, an arrangement will hereafter be come to in 

 respect of this Article. 



Twelfth Article. 



Further, in future if the Company requires anything from any part 

 of the Kandyan King's territory, a fair price will be fixed for the same. 



Thirteenth Article. 

 All lawful trade of every kind may be carried on between the 

 subjects of the two parties. The subjects within His Majesty's 

 dominions may come to Colombo, Galle, and every other place and 

 buy and sell without prohibition, and with the same permission, 

 tranquillity, and liberty that is enjoyed by the Company's subjects : 

 in like manner the Company's subjects may trade within His Majesty's 

 dominions. Thus the people of one nationality will not possess 

 privileges greater than those of the other nationality : henceforth the 

 people of the two nationalities will be regarded as one. 



Fourteenth Article. 

 It being conducive to the benefit of both parties to endeavour 

 to increase native products and to interdict illicit trade, His Majesty's 

 Government and the Company undertake to do both, and pledge 

 their word to assist each other. Further, should anything belonging 

 to any of the Company's subjects happen to 'be seized within the 

 Kandyan King's territory, it shall be confiscated for the use of the 

 Kandyan King's Treasury without question ; contrary wise should 



