cuting an Engagement, never again to offend against the British Government. An attested Copy of this Engagement is furnished to the Rewah Government; and as that Instrument contains nothing inconsisten with the rights derived by the British Government from its Engagements with the Rewah, the Rewah Government declares itself responsible to the British Government for the due execution of the conditions of that Engagement, in the same manner as it is of course responsible for the due execution of the terms of subsisting Treaties on the part of all its Subjects and Feudatories.

VII. This Treaty, consisting of 7 Articles, having this day been concluded between the British Government and the Rewah State, through the Agency of Mr. John Wauchope, in virtue of Powers delegated to him by the Right Honourable the Earl of Moira, Governor General in Council, on the one part; and Rajah Jye Sing Deo, Rajah of Rewah and Mukund pore, and Babao Bishennauth Sing, the Rajali's eldest Son, and associated with him in the administration of the Rewah Government, in person, on the other part;-Mr. Wauchope has delivered to the said Rajah and Babao, one Copy of the Treaty in English and Persian and Hindoo, signed and sealed by himself; and the said Rajah and Babao have delivered to Mr. Wauchope another Copy, duly executed by them; and Mr. Wauchope has engaged to procure and deliver to the accredited Vakeel of the Rewah Government, within the space of 30 days, a Copy ratified by the Seal of the Company, and the Signature of the Governor General in Council; on the delivery of which, the Copy executed by Mr. Wauchope shall be returned, and the Treaty shall be considered from that time to have full force and effect.

Signed, sealed and exchanged at Kurwahee, on this 11th day of March, 1814, corresponding with the 5th of Chyte, 1871.

No. 34.-ENGAGEMENT with the Vizier of Oude.-Lucknow, 12th July, 1814.

THE Friendship and Alliance which so firmly and happily subsisted between his late Excellency the Nawaub Vizier Ool Mamalik, Yemen Ood Dowlah Nazim Ool Moolk Saadut Alee Khan Behauder Mabariz Jung, (whose soul is in Paradise,) and the Honourable Company's Government, are to be considered as perfectly unimpaired, and shall meet with no interruption whatever. All existing Treaties and Engagements likewise that were contracted with the late Nawaub, are in full force to all intents and purposes; and we hereby declare, that we are effectually bound by the Engagements and Treaties aforesaid, and, by the blessing of God, the said Treaties and Engagements shall be duly observed until the end of time.

Signed and sealed on the 12th day of July, A.D. 1814, answering to the 22d of Rujub, A.H. 1229, with the Seal and Signature of His

Highness Refaut Ood Dowlah Rufee Ool Moolk Ghazu Ood Deen Hyder Khan Behauder Shehamut Jung, Nawaub of Oude, and delivered in Duplicate on the day aforesaid, by His Highness's hand, to Emaud Ood Dowlah Afzul Ool Moolk, Major John Baillie, Behauder, and Arsulan Jung, Resident at the Court of Lucknow.

[Seal.]

J. BAILLIE, Resident.

Counterpart of Engagement with the Vizier of Oude.

THE Friendship and Alliance which so firmly and happily subsisted between his late Excellency the Nawaub Vizier Ool Mamalik, Yemeen Ood Dowlah Nazim Ool Moolk Saadut Alee Khan Behauder Mobarez Jung and the Honourable Company's Government, shall be considered to subsist with equal force and sincerity, and shall continue for ever unimpaired, between his late Excellency's Son and Successor, the Nawaub Refaut Ood Dowlah Rufee Ool Moolk Ghazee Ood Deen Hyder Khan Behauder Shahamut Jung, and the Honourable Company; and all Treaties and Engagements which subsisted between his late Excellency and the Honourable Company's Government shall be considered to be in full force, to all intents and purposes; and his Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor General hereby declares, on the part of the Honourable Company, that the British Government is especially bound by the said Engagements and Treaties, and that the said Engagements and Treaties shall be duly observed until the end of time.

Given under the Seal and Signature of his Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor General, at Moongheer, in the Province of Bengal, this 3rd day of August, in the year of our Lord 1814.

[Seal.]

MOIRA.

No. 35.-TREATY with the Rajah of Nepaul.-Segowley, 2nd

December, 1815.

Treaty of Peace between the Honourable East India Company and Maharajah Bikram Sah, Rajah of Nepaul, settled between Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshaw, on the part of the Honourable Company, in virtue of the Full Powers vested in him by His Excellency the Right Honourable Francis, Earl of Moira, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, one of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, appointed by the Court of Directors of the said Honourable Company to direct and controul all their Affairs in the East Indies, and by Seree Gooroo Gujraj Misser, and Chunder Seekur Opedeeah, on the part of the Maharajah Girmaun Jode Bikram Sah Behauder Shumsheer Jung, in virtue of the Powers to that effect vested in them by the said Rajah of Nepaul.

WHEREAS War has arisen between the Honourable East India Company and the Rajah of Nepaul; and whereas the Parties are mutually

disposed to restore the relations of peace and amity which, previously to the occurrence of the late differences, had long subsisted between the 2 States; the following terms of Peace have been agreed upon:

ART. I. There shall be perpetual Peace and Friendship between the ionourable the East India Company and the Rajah of Nepaul.

II. The Rajali of Nepaul renounces all claim to the Lands which were the subject of discussion between the 2 States before the War, and acknowledges the right of the Honourable Company to the Sovereignty of those Lands.

III. The Rajah of Nepaul hereby cedes to the Honourable East India Company, in perpetuity, all the under-mentioned Territories, namely:

1st. The whole of the Low-lands between the Rivers Kali and Rapti.

2nd. The whole f the Low-lands (with the exception of Bootwal Klass) lying between the Rapti and the Gunduck.

3rd. The whole of the Low-lands between the Gunduck and Coosah, in which the authority of the British Government has been introduced, or is in actual course of introduction.

4th. All the Low-lan-ls between the River veitchee and the Teestah. 5th. All the Territories within the Hills eastward of the River Meitchee, including the Fort and Lands of Nagree, and the Pass of Nagarcote, leading from Morung into the Hills, together with the Territory lying between that Pass and Nagree. The aforesaid Territory shall be evacuated by the Goorkah Troops within 40 days from this date.

IV. With a view to indemnify the Chiefs and Barahdars of the State of Nepaul, whose interests will suffer by the alienation of the Lands ceded by the foregoing Article, the British Government agrees to settle Pensions, to the aggregate amount of 2 lacs of rupees per annum, on such Chiefs as may be selected by the Rajah of Nepaul, and in the proportions whic: the Rajah may fix. As soon as the selection is made, Sunnuds shall be granted, under the Seal and Signature of the Governor-General, for the Pensions respectively.

V. The Rajab of Nepaul renounces for himself, his Heirs and Successors, all claim to, or connection with, the Countries lying to the West of the River Kali, and engages never to have any concern with those Countries, or the Inhabitants thereof.

VI. The Raja of Nepaul engages never to molest or disturb the Rajah of Siccem in the possession of his Territories, but agrees, if any differences should arise between the State of Nepaul and the Rajah of Siccem, or the Subjects of either, that such differences shall be referred to the ar! itration of the British Government, by whose award the Rajah of Nepaul engages to abide.

VII. The Rajah of Nepaul hereby engages never to take or retain

in his service any British Subject, nor the Subject of any European or American State, without the consent of the British Government.

VIII. In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the 2 States, it is agreed that accredited Ministers from each shall reside at the Court of the other.

IX. This Treaty, consisting of 9 Articles, shall be ratified by the Rajah of Nepaul within 15 days from this date, and the Ratification shall be delivered to Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshaw, who engages to obtain and deliver to the Rajah the Ratification of the GovernorGeneral within 20 days, or sooner if practicable.

Done at Segowley, on the 2nd day of December, 1815.

(L.S.) (L.S.)

(L.S.)

[Rajah of Nepaul's Seal.]

PARIS BRADSHAW, Lieutenant-Col.
GOORO GUJRAJ MISSER.

CHUNDER SEEKUR OPEDEEAH.

No. 36.-TREATY with the Rao of Cutch.-Bhooj, 16th January, 1816.

Articles of a Treaty of Alliance between the Honourable English East India Company, and His Highness Maharaj Mirza Rao Bharmuljee, of Cutch; agreed to by both Governments.

ART. I. A firm and lasting Peace and Amity shall hereafter exist between the Contracting Governments.

II. The People of the Cutch District of Wagur having committed unprovoked depredations in the Mahals of their Highnesses the Peshwah and Guicowar, in the Peninsula of Cattywar, the Maha Rao engages to reimburse the losses sustained by their aggressions, and also to defray the military expenses incurred in consequence, according to a Separate Deed, by which the Maha Rao engages to abide.

III. His Highness the Maha Rao engages to become responsible to the Peshwah's and Guicowar's and Honourable Company's Governments, for any loss which their Subjects may hereafter sustain by depredations from Subjects of the Cutch State.

IV. The Subjects of the Cutch State shall on no account cross the Gulph or Runn for hostile purposes, neither shall they cross to act against the Subjects of the Honourable Company, or those of Shrimunt Peshwah or the Guicowar. The Subjects of the aforesaid 3 Governments shall (in like manner) not cross the Gulph or Runn for hostile purposes against the Rao's Subjects. The Fort of Anjar, &c. having been ceded to the Honourable Company, no objections exist to Troops and stores crossing the Gulph or Runn for that Place.

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V. His Highness the Rao binds himself to suppress, in the most effectual manner, the practice of Piracy throughout his Dominions and Coasts, and engages to make good any losses sustained by Vessels sailing under the pass of the Honourable Company, by Piracies committed from the Ports in Cutch. The practice of confiscating property wrecked on the Coast shall from this date be suppressed, and His Highness engages to cause all property thus sequestrated to be returned to the legal Owner.

VI. His Highness the Rao engages, that no Foreign European or American Force of any description, or Agent of any of those Powers, shall be permitted to pass through or reside in the State of Cutch.

VII. The Rao binds himself to prohibit the admission of Arab Mercenaries into Cutch; Arabs resorting for mercantile purposes shall not be permitted to leave any of their Followers. They shall return with the Merchants. This shall be particularly attended to. In consideration, however, of the situation of Luckput, on the borders of Scind, and for the object of keeping the District of Wagur in subjection, the Rao shall retain in his service Arab Sebundy, not exceeding in number 400 men.

VIII. The Honourable Company, in consideration of the distracted state of the Government of Rao Bharmugee, and its inability to fulfil the above obligations without aid, engage to cause such Possessions as have been alienated by the treachery of his Servants, to be restored to His Highness's authority; any of the Servants above alluded to returning to their allegiance, through the mediation of the Honourable Company, shall have their affairs arranged in a manner meeting the wishes of both Governments.

IX. The District of Wagur, a Dependency of the Cutch State, will require to undergo a thorough reform. The prohibition which exists to the Rao entertaining Arab Sebundy beyond a limited number, disables him from effecting a settlement of that District satisfactorily to the Honourable Company. The latter, therefore, agree to aid His Highness with a Force, to arrange this Talooka in a manner suitable to the objects of both Governments, so that it remain obedient to the Rao's authority, who binds himself, as in Article III, to be responsible for the future acts of the People.

X. As a friendly return for the essential services thus engaged to be performed, His Highness the Rao agrees to cede to the Honourable Company, in perpetuity, the Fort of Anjar, with Villages, including Tooreea Bunder, and, in addition, engages to pay in perpetuity an annual sum of 2 lacs of cowries in cash to the Honourable Company. The particulars of this Article are contained in a Separate Deed.

XI. The slaughter of cows and bullocks being directly at variance with the religion of the Jahrijahs, and the greater portion of the Na