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Goterno(Peneral, in Council, and by the Burman
et nment, the Right Hon. the Governor General, in
touncil,itereby publicly notifies the same.
'hefty Of Peace between the Hon. the East India Company on the
one part, and his Majesty the King of Ara on the other, settled
by Major Gesell Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C. B. and K.C.T.S.
'commanding *expedition, and Senior Commissioner in ilegu
and Ava, Thos. Campbell Robertson, Esq. Civil Commissioner
in Pegs and Ava, and Henry Dude Chads, Esq. Captain com-
manding his Britannic Majesty's and the Hon. Company's naval
force on the Irrawaddy River, on the part of the Honourable
Company; and by Mengyee-Mafia-men blahkyanteu Woongyee,
Lord of Lay.kaingsand Mengyee,Mabah-men Mad.thu-hah•thoo-
Atwen-woon, Lard of the Revenue, on the part of the King of
Ava, who have each communicated to the other their full powers
agreed to, and executed at Yandaboo, in the kingdom of Ava, on
this 24th day of February, in the year of our LORD 1826, cor-
responding with the fourth day of the decrease of the Moon Ta-
boong, in the year 118'7, Gaudita zra.
Article I. There shall be perpetual peace and friend-
ship between the Hon, Company on the one part, and
bis Majesty the King of Ava on the other.-*2. His
Majesty the King of Ave renounces all claims, and will
abstain from all future interference with the principality
of A,sam, and its dependencies, and also with the con-
tiguous petty states of Cachar and 3ynteea. With regard
to Munnipores- it is stipulated, that should Ghumbeer
-Singh desire to return to that country, he shall be re-
cognised by the King of Ara as Rajah thereof.-3. To
prevent all future disputes respecting the boundary line
`between the two great nations, the British Government
will retain the conquered provinces of Aracan, including
the four divisions of Aracan, Ramree, Cheduba, and
Sandoway, and his Majesty the King of Ava, cedes all
right thereto. The Unnoupectowmien, or Aracan
Mountains (known in Aracan by the name of Yeoma-
toung or Pokhingloung range), will henceforth form the
boundary between the two great nations on that side.
Any doubts regarding the said line of demarcation will be
settled by Commissioners appointed by the respective Go-
vernments for that purpose, such Commissioners from
kris Powers to be suitable and corresponding in rank.-
4. His Majesty the King of Ave cedes to the British
Geqernment, the conquered Provinces of Yeh, Tavoy,
an.l Mergui, and Tenassarim, with the Islands and De-
pendencies thereunto appertaining, taking the Salucta
River as the line of demarcation on that frontier; any
doubts regarding their boundaries, will be settled as
specified in the concluding part of Art. 3.-5. In proof
of the sincere disposition of the Burman Government
to maintain the relations of peace and amity between
the nations, and as part indemnification to the British
Government, for the expenses of the war his Majesty
the King of Ava agrees to pay the sum of one crone
of rupees.--. 6 No person whatever, whether native or
foreigner, is hereafter to be molested by either party,
on account of the part 'which he may have taken, or
have been compelled to take, in the present war.-
7. In order to cultivate and improve the relations of
amity and peace hereby established between the two
Governments, it is agreed that accredited Ministers
retaining an escort, or safeguard of fifty men from each,
shall re,icie at the Durbar of the other, who shall be
permitted to purchase, or to build a suitable place of
residence, of permanent materials, and a Commercial
Treaty upon principles of reciprocal advantage will be
entered into by the two high contracting powers.-8.
All public or private debts contracted by either Govern-
ment, or by the subjects of either Government, with the
others previous to the war, to be recognized and liqui-
dated upon the same principles of honour 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 pe:iod that may have elapsed since the debts *ere
incurred, or in consequence of the war ; and according to
the universal law of nations, it is further stipulated, that
the propeity of all British subjects, who may die in the
dominions of his Majesty the King of Ava, shall, in the
absence of legal heirs, be placed in the hands of the
British Resident, or Consul in the said dominions, who
will dispose of the same according to the tenor of the
British Law. In like manner, the property of Burmese
subjects, dying under the same circumstances, 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. —9 The
King of Ave will abolish all exactions upon British
ships er vessels in Burman ports, that are not required
from Burman ships or vessels in British ports, nor shall
ships or vessels, the property of British subjects, whe-
-ther European or Indian, entering the Rangoon River,
or other Burman Ports be required to land their guns,
Or unship their rudders, or to do any otluir act not
required of Burmese ships or vessels in British Potts.
—lO. The good and faithful ally of the British Govern-
ment, his Majesty the King of Siam having taken a
part in the present war, will, to the fullest extent, as far
as regards his Majesty and his subjects, be included in
the above Treaty.-11. This Treaty to be ratified by
the Burmese authorities competent in the like cases, and
the ratification to be accompanied by all British,whether
European, native, or American Bnd other prisoners, who
will be delivered over to the British Commissioners;
the British Commissioners, on their part, engaging that
the said Treaty shall be ratified by the Right Hon. the
Governor General, in Council, and the ratification shall
be delivered to his Majesty the King of Ava in four
months, or sooner, if possible, and all the Burmese pH-
soners shall, in like manner, be delivered over to their
own Government as soon as they arrive from Bengal.
(Signed) (Signed)
LARGERN MAONGA A. CAMPBELL, Major-Ge-
WOONGER (LS.) neral and Senior Commis-
Seal of the Lot o. sioner.
(Signed) (Signed)
SHWAG UNI WOON ATA- T. C. ROBERTSON, Civil
WOON (LS.) Commissioner. (L S.)
(Signed)
H. D CHADS, Capt. R.N.