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-the sovereignty of the Republic of Honduras, shall be at 
liberty to remove, with their property, from the territory of 
the Republic, and to proceed whithersoever they may desire; 
and such of the Mosquito Indians who remain within the 
said district shall not be disturbed in the possession of any 
lands or other property which they may hold or occupy, and 
shall enjoy, as natives of the Republic of Honduras, all 
rights and privileges enjoyed generally by the natives of the 
Republic. 
The Republic of Honduras being desirous of educating 
the Mosquito Indians, and improving their social condition in 
the district so occupied by them, will grant an annual sum 
of five thousand dollars in gold or silver, for the next den 
years, for that purpose, to be paid to their headman in the 
said district; the payment of such annual sum being 
guaranteed to them by a mortgage on all woods and other 
natural productions (whatever they may be) of the State 
lands in the Bay Islands and the Mosquito territory. 
These payments shall be made in haif-yearly instalments 
of two thousand five hundred dollars each, the first of which 
payments shall be made six months after the exchange of 
the ratifications of the present Treaty. 
Article IV. Whereas British subjects have by grant, 
lease, or otherwise, heretofore obtained from the Mosquito 
Indians, interests in various lands situated within the district 
mentioned in the preceding Article, the Republic of Hon¬ 
duras engages to respect and maintain such interests; and 
it is further agreed that Her Britannic Majesty and the 
Republic shall, within twelve months after the exchange of 
the ratifications of the present Treaty, appoint two Com¬ 
missioners, one to be named by each party, in order to 
investigate the claims of British subjects arising out of such 
grants or leases, or otherwise; and all British subjects 
whose claims shall by the Commissioners be pronounced well 
founded and valid, shall be quieted in the possession of their 
•respective interests in the said lands. 
Article V. It is further agreed between the Contracting 
