APP SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES XXXV 375 APPENDIX XXXV SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES TO FIRST TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1846 Agreement concluded between the British Government and the Lahore Durbar, on the 11th. of March 1846. Articles of Whereas the Lahore Government has solicited the Governor-General to leave a British force at Lahore, for the protection of the Maharaja's person and of the capital, till the reorganization of the Lahore army, according to the provisions of Article 6 of the treaty of Lahore, dated the 9th instant And whereas the Governor-General has, on certain conditions, consented to the measure And whereas it is expedient that certain matters concerning the territories ceded by Articles 3 and 4 of the aforesaid treaty should be specifically determined; the following eight articles of agreement have this day been concluded between the aforementioned contracting parties. : : — Article 1. The British Government shall leave at Lahore, till the close of the current year, a.d. 1846, such force as shall seem to the Governor-General adequate for the purpose of protecting the person of the Maharaja, and the inhabitants of the city of Lahore, during the reorganization of the Sikh army, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the treaty of Lahore; that force to be withdrawan at any convenient time before the expiration of the year, if the object to be fulfilled shall, in the opinion of the Durbar, have been obtained; but the force shall not be detained at Lahore beyond the expiration of the current year. — i Article 2. The Lahore Government agrees that the force left at Lahore, for the purpose specified in the foregoing article, shall be placed in full possession of the fort and the city of Lahore, and that the Lahore troops shall be removed from within the city. The Lahore Government engages to furnish convenient quarters for the officers and men gf the said force, and to pay the British Government all the extra expenses, in regard to the said force, which may be incurred by the British Government, in consequence of their troops being employed away from their own cantonments, and in a foreign territory. — Article 3. The Lahore Government engages to apply itself immediately and earnestly to the reorgani-