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In lieu of the deficiency in the originally estimated value of the western districts bordering on the Sholapore and Ahmednuggur Collectorates, transferred to British management, also in lieu of certain Surf-i-khas villages in the Valley of Berar, inserted in the preceding lists, and the jaghire of Bhom, belonging to Rajah Urjoon Bahadoor, all as detailed below.

His Highness the Nizam transferred to the management of the British Resident at Hyderabad the talookas mentioned underneath in the Province of Balaghat, Berar.

List of Pergunnahs, Kusbas, and Muojes in Balaghat, Berar, agreeably to their estimated value in Schedule A of a Treaty between the Honourable East India Company and His Highness the Nizam, ratified on the 18th June 1853, which have been restored to His Highness the Nizam's immediate authority in accordance with instructions conveyed in a Despatch from the Government of India, No. 4409, dated the 18th of October 1853.

Dated at Hyderabad, 22nd November 1853, (20th Suffur 1270).

(Signed) C. DAVIDSON, Officiating Resident.

No. XVII.

SUPPLEMENTAL TREATY between HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN of Great Britain on the one part, and HIS HIGHNESS THE NAWAB UFZUL-OOD-DOWLAH NIZAM-OOL-MOOLK AUSUPH JAH BAHADOOR, on the other part, settled by LIEUTENANT COLONEL CUTHBERT DAVIDSON, C. B., Resident at the Court of His Highness, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in him by HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES JOHN EARL CANNING, G. C. B., Viceroy and Governor General of India, and one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Whereas it will be for the convenience of both the contracting parties to the Treaty of 1853 and will simplify the relations of the two governments, if certain modifications of that Treaty are made, and

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whereas certain matters not dealt with in that Treaty call for adjustment between the two contracting parties, and whereas it is the desire of the Governor General in Council to give all possible solemnity to certain acts No. XVII. marking the high esteem in which His Highness the Nizam is held by Her Majesty the Queen, therefore the following Articles have been agreed upon and determined between the Viceroy and Governor General on behalf of Her Majesty, and the Nawab Ufzul-ood-Dowlah Nizam-oolMoolk Ausuph Jah Bahadoor.

ARTICLE 1.

All Treaties and engagements between the two States and not contrary to the tenor of this engagement are hereby confirmed by it.

ARTICLE 2.

The Viceroy and Governor General in Council cedes to His Highuess the Nizam in full sovereignty the territory of Shorapore.

ARTICLE 3.

The debt of about fifty (50) lakhs of Hyderabad Rupees due by the Nizam to the British Government is hereby cancelled.

ARTICLE 4.

His Highness the Nizam agrees to forego all demand for an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Assigned Districts for the past, present, or future. But the British Government will pay to His Highness any surplus that may hereafter accrue after defraying all charges under Article 6 and all future expenses of administration, the amount of such expenses being entirely at the discretion of the British Government.

ARTICLE 5.

The Viceroy and Governor General in Council restores to His Highness the Nizam all the Assigned Districts in the Raichore Doab and on the western frontier of the dominions of His Highness adjoining the Collectorate of Ahmednuggur and Sholapore.

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ARTICLE 6.

The districts in Berar already assigned to the British Government under the Treaty of 1853, together with all the Surf-i-Khas talooks comprised therein, and such additional districts adjoining thereto as will suffice to make up a present annual gross revenue of thirty-two (32) lakhs of Rupees currency of the British Government, shall be held by the British Government in trust for the payment of the troops of the Hyderabad contingent, Appa Dessaye's chout, the allowance to Mohiput Ram's family, and certain pensions mentioned in Article 6 of the said Treaty.

ARTICLE 7.

The Surf-i-Khas talooks and additional districts mentioned in the foregoing Article are to be transferred to the Resident as soon as this Treaty is ratified.

ARTICLE 8.

His Highness the Nizam cedes to the British Government in full sovereignty all the possessions of His Highness on the left bank of the river Godavery and of the river Wyne Gungah above the confluence of the two rivers, viz., the talooks of Rakapilly, Buddrachellum, Cherla, Albaka, Noogoor, and Siroucha.

ARTICLE 9.

The navigation of the river Godavery and its tributaries, so far as they form the boundary between the two States, shall be free, and no customs duties or other cesses shall be levied by either of the two contracting parties, or by the subjects of either, on goods passing up or down the aforesaid rivers.

ARTICLE 10.

This Treaty, consisting of ten Articles, being this day concluded and settled by Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Davidson, c. B., on behalf of the Viceroy and Governor General of India, with the Nawab Ufzul-oodDowlah Nizam-ool-Moolk Ausuph Jah Bahadoor, Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Davidson has delivered one version thereof in English and Persian, signed and sealed by himself, to the Nawab, who on his part has also