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XXIII. It is agreed and concluded (in order that there be no excufe made, or ignorance pretended of this peace) that the twenty-five articles following and before mentioned, fhall be declared and publifhed to all the fubjects of each Power, which declaration shall be figned by each party, and fhall be obferved by them, to avoid difputes; and that they fhall be tranflated immediately, by the Emperor's order, into the Arabic language; that copies of them fhall be fent to all the Alcaides and officers of all the ports of the dominions of his Imperial Majefty, to be read publicly by the judge, and afterwards to remain depofited in the hands of the faid judge, or the Alcaide of the port, for occafions that may offer; and, to prevent all other troubles, that every captain of a fhip of war, or cruizer, of the Emperor of Fez and Morocco, fhall be provided with a copy of them, which copy fhall be actually on board the said ship or cruizer, in order to make this peace the more inviolable; and that the ratification of the faid articles fhall be in the Spanish language, which fhall be received, and of equal force, as if it was in either language of the two nations.

XXIV. And lastly, it is agreed and concluded, that when his Excellency Mark Milbanke, Efquire, his Britannic Majefty's ambaffador, arrives at court, or where he shall receive his audience, or during the time he ftays in the dominions of the Emperor, he fhall never, in any manner, be afked or interrogated by the Emperor, his fervants, or any other perfon, either Christian, Moor, or Jew, relating to any prize or prizes made by his Britannic Majefty's fhips of war, or privateers, neither fhall he meet with any infults or affronts, by applications on that or any other matter; it being clearly understood, that the twenty-five thoufand pefos duros, which are paid (exclufive of the two hundred thoufand pefos duros for the redemption) are for the entire fatisfaction of all difficulties, differ

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ences, pretenfions, difputes, of any forts, depending. between their Imperial and Britannic Majefties, their fubjects, or the inhabitants of their dominions, and to cement a true and inviolable peace and friendship between-the two nations. And it is further agreed, that the conful or confuls of his Britannic Majefty fhall not pay any duties for their furniture, cloaths, or baggage, or any other neceffaries, which they fhall at times have occafion to bring to the Emperor's dominions, for the confumption of them, or their families, in their houfes,

Additional Article.

IT is moreover agreed, that if any of the governors of Gibraltar, or Minorca (when it fhall be again in the poffeffion of the English) fhall defire flour or wheat, for the troops of the faid garrifons, that his Imperial Majefty permits them to buy the fame, in any places of his Imperial Majefty's dominions, and to carry them away, paying a fixed duty; but it is understood, that the Emperor does not grant the faid privilege to any merchant to carry away the faid articles to fell. And it is permitted, that the fhips of war may buy the faid articles, for their own ufe, in any port of his Imperial Majefty's dominions, without paying any duty or impofition. Given and figned in our Royal court of Fez, the 28th of July, 1760.

WE having feen and confidered the above-written treaty, have approved, ratified, and confirmed the fame, in all and fingular its claufes, as, by thefe prefents, we do approve, ratify, and confirm the fame, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, engaging and promifing, on our Royal word, facredly and inviolably to perform and obferve all and fingular its contents, and never to fuffer, as far as in us lies, any perfon to violate the fame, or in any manner to act contrary thereto. In witnefs whereof, we have caufed our great feal of Great Britain to be affixed to thefe prefents, figned with our Royal hand. Given at our palace at St. James's, the A a 2

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GEORGE R.

[The following is printed from the original tranf lation.]

A Copy of the Additional Articles of Friendship and Commerce, made by the Emperor of Morocco with the King of Great Britain; concluded with Sir Roger Curtis, his Britannic Majefty's Ambassador to Morocco, 24th May, 1783.

In the name of God, Amen. Nothing can be done but with the help of God. From the flave of God, Mahomet Ben Abdallah. God is his master.

(L, S.) THESE are the articles of friendship and peace made and concluded between us and the great King of the English, George the Third, through the hands of his Excellency Sir Roger Curtis, the ambaffador which he fent unto us.

I. There is peace and friendship between us, agreeable to former treaties, nor has it been otherwise, The English merchants have free liberty to come to all our ports, there to trade, and to buy, and to fell, like other nations and we alfo give leave to the merchants, our fubjects, to repair to and trade at all English ports. These are our orders. Dated the 23d day of the month Jumet, the 2d in the year of God 1197. Thanks be to God alone.

(L. S.)

II. All English subjects, who have debts or demands in our dominions or ports, have free liberty to come and recover the fame, and to be paid even to the laft blanquin. But if any have claims upon fuch as are bankrupt and unable to pay, their money is unavoidably loft; for we have heretofore often fignified, to all

the merchants who traded to our ports, not to fell their goods but for ready money, or to perfons of eftablished credit. And these are still our orders. And we also give the fame orders to our merchants who trade to foreign ports, not to fell but for ready money, or with people of credit; and if they dealed with infufficient perfons, they must lose their money. Thefe are our orders. The 23d of the month Jumet, the 2d in the year of God 1197.

Thanks be to God alone.

(L. S.

III. We grant to the English the house at Tangier, where the English vice-conful used to live; but as to the house of Elihu, the Jew, where Logie used to live, it is agreed with the faid Elihu, that if he fuffered any Christian, of whatsoever nation, to live in the faid house, it fhall be taken from him and forfeited to the public treasury of the Muffulmen; and all the furniture and other effects of Logie, which was in the faid house, we have ordered to be restored again, without any thing being loft; and if any thing fhall be miffing, our fervant Alcaide Mahomet Ben Abdelmaleek, the governor of Tangier, is to pay for it. These are our orders. The 23d of the month Jumet, 2d in the year of God 1197.

Thanks be to God alone.

(L. S.)

*IV. We grant to the English our house at Tangier, where Benido ufed to live, and after him our fervant Alcaide Abdelhazed Fenifh. We give it to you.

* V. We promise to build a house for the English agent at Marteen. The rooms on the ground-floor fhall be for lodging the ftores of our fhips, and the upper part shall be for the habitation of whoever the English fends. These are our orders. The 23d of the month Jumet, in the year of God 1197.

Thanks be to God alone.

(L.S.)

These two articles are under the fame feal.

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VI. The English fhall load provifions and refreshments from all cur ports for one year, the faid year to commence on the first day of the month Jumet, the ift in the year 1197, and to end on the laft day of the month Rabere, the 2d, 1198 +; during which year they are to pay no duty, no ounce, nor anchorage, fee. And from the first of the month Jumet, ift 1198, the English shall have the ufe of all our ports, Safie, Willideeah, New Teet, Tadallah, Dalbydah, Arabat (the beginining of goodnefs) Sallee, Mamora, Tangier, Larache, and Tetuon, to load the aforefaid provifions and refreshments: to pay the following duties:

For every ox
For a fheep

For a dozen fowls

4 cobbs.

7 ounces.
6 ounces.

And all other articles to pay the fame duty as formerly; except at the port of Magodor, where the English are to pay the fame duties, for provifions or refreshments, as the merchants of other Chriftian nations. And we grant the English leave to take on board mules from all our ports, paying ten cobbs duty for every mule; and they are allowed 300 weight of barley for each mule. Thefe are our orders. The 23d day of the month Jumet, 2d in the year of God 1197. Thanks be to God alone. (L. S.) ·

VII. The master of every veffel, which comes from Gibraltar to load provifions or refreshments, is to bring a clearance, in which is to be inferted, upon the oath of the mafter, the fize of the veffel.

A veffel of 200 quintals, or 10 tons bur-
then, is to pay for anchorage fee
From 200 quintals to 400, or 20 tons
From 400 D° to 600, or 30 tons
From 600 D° to 800, or 40 tons

1ft April, 1783. † 28th March, 1784.
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5 cobbs.

8 D°.. 10 D°.

1ft April, 1784.

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