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ARTICLE VII.

They ſhall pay no other duties to his moſt Chriſtian Majeſty, than what they paid to his Britannic Majeſty, nor other duties or impoſts. The expences for adminiſtration of juſtice, the ſalaries of miniſters, and other ordinary expences, to be paid out of the revenues of his moſt Chriſtian Majeſty, as during the government of his Britannic Majeſty.

Granted; but the inhabitants of Dominica, for the liberty of exporting their produce, muſt pay the office of the Domains the ſame duties that the inhabitants pay in the French iſlands, or in Europe; but the expences for adminiſtration of juſtice are to be paid by the colony.

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