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in salt petre.5 cannon, musqiiets, and other military 
stores. 
V. From the moment the French troops shall have entered 
the dominions of the King of Cochinchina, they and their 
generals, both by sea and land, shall receive their orders 
from the King of Cochinchina. To this effect the com- 
manding officers shall be fm-nished witlj instructions from 
his Catholic Majesty to obey in all things^ and in all places, 
the will of his new ally. 
On the other hand, 
I. The King of Cochinchina, as soon as tranquillity shall be 
re-established in his dominions, shall engage to furnish, for 
fourteen ships of the line, such a quantity of stores and 
provisions as will enable them to put to sea without delay, 
on the requisition of the ambassador from the King of 
France.; and for the better effecting this purpose, there 
shall be sent out from Europe a corps of officers and petty 
officers of the marine, to be put upon a permanent esta- 
blishment in Cochinchina. 
II. His Majesty Louis XVI. shall have resident consuls on 
every part of the coast of Cochinchina, wherever he may 
think fit to place them. These consuls shall be allowed 
the privilege of 'building, or causing to be built, ships, fri- 
gates, and other vessels, without molestation, under any 
pretence, from the Cochincliinese government. 
