nor will I ever allow them any more to settle in the three provinces. — IV. In consideration of the losses which the English company have sustained by the capture and plunder of Calcutta by the Nabob, and the charges occasioned by the maintenance of the forces, I will give them one crore of rupees. — V. For the effects plundered from the English inhabitants at Calcutta, I agree to give fifty lacks of rupees. — VI. For the effects plundered from the Gentoos, Moors, and other inhabitants of Calcutta, twenty lacks of rupees shall be given. — VII. For the effects plundered from the Armenian inhabitants of Calcutta, I will give the sum of seven lacks of rupees. The distribution of the sums allotted to the English, Gentoo, Moor, and other inhabitants of Calcutta, shall be left to Admiral Watson, Colonel Clive, Roger Drake, William Watts, James Kilpatrick, and Richard Becher, Esquires, to be disposed of by them, to whom they think proper. — VIII. Within the ditch, which surrounds the borders of Calcutta, are tracts of land belonging to several Zemindars: besides these, I will grant to the English company 600 yards without the ditch. — IX. All the land lying south of Calcutta, as far as Culpee, shall be under the Zemindary of the English company; and all the officers of these parts shall be under their jurisdiction. The revenues to be paid by the company in the same manner as other Zemindars. — X. Whenever I demand the assistance of the English, I will be at the charge of the maintenance of their troops. — XI. I will not erect any new fortifications near the river Ganges, below Hughley. — XII. As soon as I am established in the three provinces, the aforesaid sums shall be faithfully paid. Dated the 15th of the month of Ramazan in the fourth year of the present reign." The treaty, written and signed by the English, contained the sense of all these articles, but not expressed in the same words; and it likewise had one more of the following tenor: — "XIII. On condition Meer Jaffier Cawn Bahadar solemnly ratifies and swears to fulfil the above articles, We the underwritten do, for and in the behalf of the honourable East India company, declare on the holy evangelists, and before God, that we will assist Meer Jaffier
