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APPENDIX B.
sum of dollars (541) five hundred and forty-one is under the before-
mentioned treaty payable monthly to the said Sultan ’AH Mohsin
Fadthl, his heirs and successors so long as he or they continue to act
with sincerity, truth and friendship towards the British, and adhere
strictly to the terms of the aforesaid treaty ; and whereas Sultan
Fadthl bin ’AH Mohsin Fadthl for himself, his uncles and his and
their heirs and successors has agreed to sell to the British Govern
ment for a sum of dollars (25,000) twenty-five thousand only and
an increase, to the present subsidy of dollars (541) five hundred and
forty-one, of dollars (1,100) one thousand and one hundred per
mensem, of which (600) six hundred are for the profit of water and
(500) five hundred for that of salt, making in all dollars (1,641) one
thousand six hundred and forty-one per mensem, all that (tract of)
land lying to the north of the peninsula of Aden, and bounded by a
line commencing from a point on the sea-shore one and five-
sixteenths of a mile due east of the north end of the Khor Maksar
causeway and running north-east by .north seven and a quarter miles
to a point on the coast line. From hence the boundary passes from
the sea westward three and a quarter miles to a point near Imad.
From this point the boundary line after passing through an imagi
nary point one mile north of the Wali of Shaikh ’Othman extends to
a mark on the bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Toban situated one mile inland.
From this point the boundary runs south, south-west to the sea.
Article I.
This therefore witnesseth that the said Sultan Fadthl bin ’AH
Mohsin Fadthl, in pursuance of the conditions of this treaty and in
consideration of the sum of dollars (25,000) twenty-five thousand
already received and the monthly increase of the subsidy of dollars
(1,100) one thousand one hundred agreed to be paid to him by the
British Government, doth hereby for himself, his uncles and his and
their heirs and successors cede and confirm unto the (hands of the)
said British Government all that portion of territory as hereinabove
described to be retained by the said British Government for ever as
a part of its territories, and the said Sultan Fadthl bin ’AH Mohsin
Fadthl does further bind himself, his uncles and his and their heirs
and successors to make no claim hereafter on the said (tracts of)
land or any revenue derived from them.
Article II.
And the said Major-General Francis Loch, C.B., Political Resi
dent of Aden, being duly authorized does hereby solemnly promise
in the name of His Excellency the Governor General in Council to
pay to the said Sultan Fadthl bin ’AH Mohsin Fadthl, his heirs and
successors the sum of dollars (1,641) one thousand six hundred and
forty-one made up as aforesaid per mensem.
Article III.
And the said Sultan Fadthl bin ’AH Mohsin Fadthl on the one
part, and the said Major-General Francis Loch, C.B., Political Resi-