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III. The ambassador of his Majesty Louis XVI. to the Court 
of Cochiuchina shall be allowed to fell such timbcj-, in any 
of the forests, as mav be found convenient and suitable for 
building ships, frigates, or other vessels. 
IV. The King of Cochinchrna and the Council of State shall 
cede in perpetuity to his most Christian Majesty, his heirs, 
and successors, the port and territory of Ilan-san (bay of 
Turon and the peninsula), and the adjacent islands from 
Faifo on" the south to Hai-wen on the north. 
V. The King of Cochinchina engages to furnish men and 
materials necessary for the construction of forts, bridges, 
high-roads, tanks, &c. as far as may be judged necessary 
for the protection and defence af the cessions made to his 
faithful ally the King of France. 
VI. In case that the natives shall at any time be unwilling to 
remain in the ceded territory, they will be at liberty to 
leave it, and will be reimbursed the value of the property 
they may leave upon it. The civil and criminal juris- 
prudence shall remain unaltered ; all religious opinions 
shall be free ; the taxes shall be collected by the French in 
the usual mode of the country, and the collectors shall be 
appointed jointly by the ambassador of France and the 
King of Cochinchina ; but the latter shall not claim any 
part of those taxes, which will belong properly to his 
most Christian Majesty for the support of his terii- 
tories. 
