treaty tq ithe'Sjrftisk*)-Grownf,*‘in<9rfeba^ ©iteumstances as yelftper-
B%itted,aJjy.^gegMjaj^plan :of- appointments' ,-to supcm
wifefiuggard to it.-v The dnUee, _..acc'ardihg\to ;£he
&tgtionedj ftbej'edjCQnsis.tls.- of, the < 19 th and. 51st regimeiftVvtHreei
na.%ej',:battalioos, and,, about r200 -eivathe^fiepgal.; artillei^^te;«
"sidles ,-the ^Malays ^s^ho. ’finierfed'bntQpour^s^e^(®4soni«li1jlpfi! -»©fpilfre
otigi^^liiiaid.:^ Tfa% ■•^^8^£apagfe0aiseyfefci«^V*ia^ie(^: ■
tro o p e r‘wh^-.-arg -inured ,to.>fthe'“ climate^ andLia^qhainted with*-
the country, promise's .-to^ke productive , of .«the *happresfrd5ffc cis^
and seems;ithe best' that can. be employed- to fie'^irS-a.’dfstaa^t
colony., They /sare r ^ery^properiiy offieeted' r-byB-EurdpefesJ.’ al-
^ t^ ,-,^ 9 ^ ^ |i«® e ^ :^ 4 ? s d s itt^ |fe d h e d to* themydehosettf^fmrii
^beir princes natodtcMefe/ *
^:'ThdbfeBC6»ythough -perhaps sufficient in -tiniesttofinpfMiknd
peace for the • preservation of tranquillity dri^tlicnisJaind ~ lGVHfj;
is by-pp meaps fit dp, be entrusted with' the ?rdefenGe',o f, such
a valuable -colony,'.and far legs , to render cany e%GfcuaUiasS%t4
an0e fe,i our other posses^dns in :the pyeBtt^an^ebnajnotioHg:
The; smallest establishment < which can be rap^ointdd- to ».ibis
island must consist “ of, at; least three Entopean^egfthepts^-.and,
seyente%, eight. battalions of native troops for -rthf^^TBsifeisi^f
Trincomalee, Columbo, and Point de jGalle ^ i^ b y jw ith a u t. in eluding
the. fort of Jafnapatam, Maiiaar, and the tpther -subqr1-
dinate' posts round the island, which will require ^td have garrisons
’proportionate to their importance.. -Ttere -ate ft several
posts which it would be necessary to | strengthen,- and. place' oil
as more respectable footing than they are at .^present,; particularly
Manaar, Calpenteen, f Nigumbo, Galtura and Matpra,
which the Dutch suffered to fail almost to “total decay, but
found much reason to repent their neglect on the. first attempt
made by an enemy a t invasion*
‘■Many ' matQRjaJf^.-|^pr0^e|pflts |havet .b^nflpaade in both the
unlitm y Jdcpa|(t ^ n t ifeg.id S t ^ ' artjkal rofi<rjGovernd|
' Noidh^^pjfchpHMla^ andViid - l ^ id b to]i.M,*.]iodbtfe,d that!by '<$
per^ey^ihce - t wilibs^f^’^without
a i ^ 5€ u $ t i o im ^ |^ b ^ ? t o J |ji|. ' B r it|s ^ ^o^rMnent]. bes Cpkced{
ib|,'s.i|5l]_ a. ^pd|t|^ to f jidefenee yas j^ fc k fe piuv/Xtteinpts WtVan
■ ■ boi(.^a^ttn^|I^tstxmulafe‘’
f®r. go\ to., plaek/.th e -'m ilp ary c establislnn<njt? f W
a^b( Vim ^tta|4(J^ip'( >tn ig„r iq f Hie^Boi tru e st*
r dn |^ p .ntb]^pSe;-immediately ;,4s;
e^idenihfelut btin^sun^si'\^/e ■cpaa^ie-Ji J ^ ^ h $ 3e -na/tipns, -and th e
empire»- in* that', -»quarter '^ jM e ;swdrldf|'
wa's:l'gwM^tei^l'^nsn.fBciency qfwtheir .ibrGes;> .and, ^hp^inegleot'
off .military disci
‘.^Aften the^»securitfe&oMthe isk n d has •{b^en/.^rovided for ’by
an k d ^ q ^ le - military >dstab|khi^eht-, »its*' tranqurMitj|:.and ,«prosperity
mu^.-in b great . measure - depend upon »tbe 'arrangement
of thd ciyit department, »{pid ,thq proper ^dminMratiqn of justice.,
While ;G ^ p n . remained in -.the ;haifds(5of -the Dutch its
,,ga$hpoi:>;was. absolute with.regard, to “the.affairs Jf^ th e island^*
buti-sUbordinate to t ^ t § 9^eSn$!fgbf Batayiayiwho ,was .consider^
.ed as< gdye^nox-general. df all < thp iDutch.i>te^Mements»;in India.'
The governor.>of Ceylon- wp^assisted by a j;cqnhfeil,^co!rnppsed
of,;tthe mosf,jrespeqtable Dutch, gentlemen^tending, at^Columbo.
The? memberS^of this ..courfciL wer^Uominated by thp( governor^
andi^Onfirmed ,in , their -.appointments by the. go%.ferti|nenb of
Holland.'.
For the administration 'of justice, there was ta «high court-
established; at Golumbo, to whom-the-ultimate decision in all
capital eases belonged. At Trincomalee, Jafnapatam, and Point