articles of the Treaty, (which was in due 
time ratified by the Supreme Government) 
consisted in the cession in perpetuity of 
the Island, and the above district; the 
exclusion of all other European Powers, 
as Settlers from the Queddah Dominions; 
the free importation of all kinds of pro- 
visions; and the mutual delivery of all 
Murderers and Slaves. 
The immediate advantages arising from 
the acquisition were, the obtaining of the 
entire command of the Harbour, which 
before we never possessed; the reducing 
of the People of Prya into some degree 
of order; and a considerable increase in 
the value of the Opium, and Arrack 
Farms. A number of people have already 
settled on the opposite shore, in the ceded 
District, and begun the cultivation of 
Paddy * more are daily resorting thither. 
It may therefore be reasonably hoped. 
