1 248 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 . Brevet-Major Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting
3 under the orders of the Right Honourable Sir _
4 Henry Hardinge, G.C.B., one of Her Britannic
5 Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Gover-
6 nor-general appointed by the Honourable Com-
7 pany to direct and contro] all their affairs in the East
8 Indies, and by Maharajah Goolab Singh in person.
9 “ Article 1—The British government transfers
10 and makes over for ever, in independent possession,
11 _ to’ Maharajah Goolab Singh and the heirs male of
12 his body, all the hilly or mountainous country with
13 its dependencies, situated to the eastward of the
14 river Indus, and westward of the river Ravee, in-
15 cluding Chumba, and excluding Lahool, being part
16 of the territory ceded to the British government by
17 the Lahore State, according to the provisions of
18 Article IV. of the treaty of Lahore, dated 9th
19 March, 1846. 7
20 « Article 1J.—The eastern boundary of the tract
21 transferred by the foregoing article to Maharajah
22 Goolab Singh, shall be laid down by commissioners
23 appointed by the British government and by
24 Maharajah Goolab Singh respectively for that pur-
25 pose, and shall be defined in a separate engage-
26 ment after survey. ,
27 « Article I1].—In consideration of the transfer
28 made to him and his heirs, by the provisions of
29 the foregoing articles, Maharajah Goolab Singh
30 will pay to the British Government the sum of
31 seventy-five lakhs of rupees,(nanukshahee) fifty lakhs
32 te he naid on the ratification of this treatv. and