TREATY. 



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of the island, as well as of all the seas, straits, 

 nn4 Msn^ lying within tm miled ^ U& coasts^ 

 tW^tukt sixty #i^umd S{mtiisli ^oiI«£rs, mth m 



annuity of twenty-four tliousand Spanish dollars 

 dtiriiis>' their natural lives; and it wa^ farther 

 guaranteed that they or their successors should 

 receive a donatipn of thirty-fiv$:ti<5mJii 

 dolkrS) shid^dtb:<^y he dmmm ^ time of 



quitdng tb© Briti^ temtory and retiring into 

 their own dominions. Other artieles of the 

 treaty provided that neither party should inter- 

 fere in the doinestic quarrisb of the other ; that 

 thdi' hi^Aess^i&s^b^ld d,i M 6tx)^ an 



as\ luui and a hospitable reception at Singapore, 

 should they he distressed in their own domi- 

 nions ; and that slavery, under whatever naiue 

 or modification, shoxdd Mts |ki ^^eiit^ee withm 

 Bndsii territories. 



This last suhject had heen a soui'ce of great 

 annoyance, l)oth to the native cliiefs and to the 

 local adniinistratiou. Their highnesses claimed 

 as slaves, not only their oym retainers, but every 

 Malay, eoiltiiig^ teum whttefv^lr f^*t 6t the state 

 of Johoffi* Their followers, where every one 

 else was free, and labour well rewarded, were 

 naturally impatient of this assunijitiou ; and the 

 disputes which arose were the frequent cause of 

 sei'iicms diffi&]|d.tf<^ lK>ttiiQ naaintainingthe peace 



