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may require; and as the troops are to be employed for the pur- 
pose of securing the King on his throne, and defending him against 
all his enemies, foreign and domestic, his Candian Majesty agrees 
to defray the expense of four hundred men, with a proportion of 
officers of the said force : that is to say, to pay the usual allowances 
of subsistence, batta, and provisions, to the officers and soldiers, 
which shall be issued by his Majesty's orders, in money, rice, and 
grain of various sorts, pepper, coffee, areka, elephants, ivory, wax, 
cardamums, and other produce of the island, to be appraised at a 
fair valuation, by persons appointed by both the high contracting 
parties. As soon as the number of the troops is fixed, a statement of 
the monthly expence shall be delivered to the ministers, to be laid 
before the King ; and as the English nation desire to prove to the 
King, and Nobles, the sincerity of the present professions, and of the 
great respect and attachment which are felt for the King's person 
and dignity, the troops which are stationed in his dominions shall 
only be considered as the defenders of him and his successors, 
and to support and maintain them in all their rights and prero- 
gatives. 
IV. His Candian Majesty, and the Nobles of his Court, acknow- 
ledge the full and entire sovereignty of his Britannick Majesty, over 
all such territories on the Island of Ceylon as were in the possession 
of the Dutch. 
V. The English Governor on Ceylon is permitted to send 
cinnamon peelers into all the districts of his Candian Majesty's 
dominions lying below Ballanic Hill, whenever he may choose so 
to do ; and his Candian Majesty will, upon application from the 
Governor, at all times grant his permission to send the peelers to 
