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nour and good faith, as if 
hostilities had not taken place 
between the two nations; and 
no advantage shall be taken 
by either party of the period 
that may have elapsed since 
the debts w 7 ere incurred, or 
in consequence of the war ; 
and according to the univer¬ 
sal law of nations, it is far¬ 
ther stipulated, that the pro¬ 
perty of all British subjects 
who may die in the domi¬ 
nions of his Majesty the King 
of Ava, shall, in the absence 
of legal heirs, be placed in 
the hands of the British Re¬ 
sident or Consul, in the said 
dominions, who will dispose 
of the same according to the 
tenour of the British law. 
In like manner, the proper¬ 
ty of Burmese subjects dy¬ 
ing, under the same circum¬ 
stances, in any part of the 
British dominions, shall be 
made over to the Minister 
or other Authority delegated 
by his Burmese Majesty to 
the Supreme Government of 
India. 
Art. 9th.—The King of 
Ava will abolish all exact- 
tions upon British ships or 
after the debt was contract¬ 
ed ; nor shall either party 
confiscate the property of the 
other in consequence of the 
war. Moreover, when Bri¬ 
tish subjects die in the King¬ 
dom of Burma, and there be 
no heir, all the property left 
shall, according to the usages 
of white Ku-las, be delivered 
to the English Government 
person residing in Burma; 
and in like manner, when 
Burmese subjects die in the 
British Kingdom, and there 
be no heir, all the property 
left shall be delivered to the 
Burmese Government person 
residing there. 
Art. 9th.—When British 
vessels come to Burmese 
ports, they shall remain 
