Note XXVIII-9 — Chapter XXVIII · THE PEOPLE OF COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, AND SALVADOR. 1800-1887.
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It stipulated a conditional sale of the lands lying between the left bank of the river Motagua and the right bank of the river Cahabon to where it runs into the Polochic, including all the coast and neighboring islands within these limits; and inland as far as Gualan, and the interior limits of the province of Santo Tomás. The company was to pay for the computed 8,000 caballerías at the rate of $20 for each caballería, in ten yearly instalments of $16,000. It was also to present the Guat. govt 2,000 muskets, similar to those used by the Belgian army, and four large guns; likewise pay one fifth the expense of erecting a city at Santo Tomás, make a cart road to the river Motagua, and introduce steamers for navigating the river. Guat., Recop. Ley., i. 824-38; Reichardt, Cent. Am., 239-43; Belly, Nic., ii. 36-7; Dunlop's Cent. Am., 303-6; Crowe's Gospel, 169-70; Amerique Cent. Cie. Belge, pt i. 5-64, pt ii. 110-13; Valois, Mexique, 438-42; Claquet, Rapport S. Tomás, 7-9; Cuelebrouk, Blondeel van, Colonie de Santo Tomas, 1-240 pp., with maps and plans; Laferrière, De Paris á Guatém., 250-1; Brouez, Colonie Belge, 103-29.