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These considerations induced the Lieu- 
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tenant Governor, soon alter his arrival in 
April 1800, to endeavour to acquire the 
Cession of a Tract of Land on the Con¬ 
tinent, from the King of Queddah. This, 
after much trouble was fortunately accom¬ 
plished, in the month of June following, 
when a District, Eighteen Miles in length, 
and Three in breadth, was ceded to the 
Honourable Company in perpetuity. At 
the same time a new Treaty was formed 
with the King on the basis of the old one: 
by which it had been stipulated, that he 
should receive Six Thousand Dollars an¬ 
nually, exclusive of an additional Pour 
Thousand, subsequently authorized to be 
paid to him by the Supreme Government. 
In the present Treaty, it was agreed that 
the annual Payment should be Ten Thou¬ 
sand Dollars; the same sum that in fact 
had been paid since the year 179 E but in a 
less objectionable form; the other principal 
