Negotiations resumed on 15 December 1823 and discussions focused on the creation of clear spheres of influence in the region. The Dutch understood that Singapore`s growth could not be curbed and insisted that they exchange their claims north of the Strait of Malacca and its Indian colonies in exchange for confirmation of their claims south of the strait, including the British colony of Bencoolen. The final contract was signed on 17 March 1824 by Fagel and Canning. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, considered the end of the Spanish war of succession, made peace with France in the treaties of Rastatt and Baden (March 6, 1714 and September 7, 1714; see Rastatt and Baden, treatises of). Peace between the emperor and Spain was not concluded until after the Treaty of The Hague (February 1720). Negotiations between Canning and Fagel began on July 20, 1820. The Dutch insisted on the British abandonment of Singapore. Indeed, Canning was unsure of the exact circumstances in which Singapore was acquired and, initially, only undisputed topics such as free navigation rights and the elimination of piracy were agreed upon. Discussions on this subject were suspended on 5 August 1820 and did not resume until 1823, when Singapore`s commercial value had been recognized by the British. The British creation of Singapore on the Malay Peninsula in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles exacerbated tensions between the two nations, especially since the Dutch claimed that the contract signed between Raffles and the Sultan of Johor was invalid and that Sultan Johor was under the Dutch sphere of influence. Issues relating to the fate of Dutch trade rights in British India and the former Dutch possessions in the region have also become a point of disagreement between Calcutta and Batavia. In 1820, under pressure from British traders, interest negotiations in the Far East began to clarify the situation in Southeast Asia.
Anyone living in the Netherlands must have a civic service number, often called BSN (burger service number). You must register with your municipality (gemeente) and you will receive a Citizen Service Number (BSN). The treaty re-established most of the Malaya territories that Britain had conquered in the Napoleonic Wars.