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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
in gold or silver of the legal currency of the Go¬ 
vernment for the time being. 
“If it shall happen that the annual quit-rent 
above specified, or the tax of one-tenth upon the 
rental, shall fall in arrears, or be unpaid, in part 
or in whole, after the period limited and appoint¬ 
ed for payment, it shall be lawful for the United 
Company, their successors, &c. to distrain for such 
quit-rent or tax as above, in whole or in part. 
“ The leases granted, as above, shall not com¬ 
prise natural forests of teak timber of whatever 
extent, nor lakes, tanks, rivers, water-courses, 
roads, or pathways, all of which are hereby re¬ 
served in full property to the Honourable East 
India Company, their successors, &c. 
“ The Honourable East India Company farther 
reserves to itself, its successors, &c. in full pro¬ 
perty, the banks of all rivers, lakes, ponds, and 
water-courses, to the extent of fifty feet from the 
high water-mark of such rivers, lakes, ponds, and 
water-courses. 
“ Lands granted on lease, as above, shall not be 
alienated or mortgaged in whole or in part, unless 
such alienation shall be registered in a book of 
registry,- to be kept for that purpose by the 
Honourable East India Company, their successors, 
&c.; and failing this condition, such alienation or 
mortgage shall be considered void and of no 
effect. 5 ’ 
“ In regard to the collection of the revenue, no 
