MISSION TO ASHANTEB. 
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protection of the Company^s Forts and Settlements on the Gold 
Coast, and, it is hereby agreed, that there are no palavers now 
existing, and that neither party has any claim upon the other. 
3rd. The King of Ashantee guarantees the security of the people 
of Cape Coast, from the hostilities threatened by the people of 
Elmina. 
4th. In order to avert the horrors of war, it is agreed, that in 
any case of aggression on the part of the natives under British 
protection, the Kings shall complain thereof to the Governor in 
Chief to obtain redress, and that they will in no instance resort to 
hostilities, even against the other towns of the Fantee territory, 
without endeavouring as much as possible to effect an amicable 
arrangement, affording the Governor the opportunity of propitiating 
it, as far as he may with discretion. 
5th. The King of Ashantee agrees to permit a British officer to, 
reside constantly at his capital, for the purpose of instituting and 
preserving a regular communication with the Governor in Chief at 
Cape Coast Castle. 
6th. The Kings of Ashantee and Dwabin pledge themselves to 
countenance, promote, and encourage the trade of their subjects 
with Cape Coast Castle and its dependencies to the extent of their 
power. 
7th. The Governors of the respective Forts shall at all times 
afford every protection in their power to the persons and property 
of the people of Ashantee and Dwabin, who may resort to the 
water side. 
8th. The Governor in Chief reserves to himgelf the right of 
punishing any subject of Ashantee or Dwabin guilty of secondary 
offences, but in case of any crime of magnitude, he will send the 
offender to the Kings, to be dealt with according to the laws of his 
country. 
