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enjoyment of all private properties (as distinct from State properties) belonging to him on the date of this agreement.

(2) The Maharaja will furnish to the Government of India before the twenty third day of January, 1950, an inventory of all the immoveable property, securities and cash balances held by him as such private property.

(3) If any dispute arises as to whether any item of property is the private property of the Maharaja or State property, it shall be referred to such person as the Government of India may nominate and the decision of that person shall be final and binding on all concerned.

The Maharaja and the members of his family shall be entitled to all the personal privileges, dignities and titles enjoyed by them whether within or outside the territories of the State immediately before the fifteenth day of August 1947.

The Government of India guarantees the succession according to law and custom to the gaddi of the State and to the personal rights, privileges, dignities and titles of the Maharaja.

In confirmation whereof, I, Vappal Panguni Menon Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of States has appended his signature on behalf and with the authority of the Governor-General of India and His Highness Sir Sri Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, has appended his signature on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors.