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Public Establishments, in the coffers of the Governments, are to be repaid to them, with deduction of the advances which may have been made to them. The Commissioners of Liquidation are to verify the amount of the said deposits and advances. Nevertheless, should there be lodged any attachments, the repayment of these funds shall not take place until replevin shall have been ordered, by the proper tribunals, or voluntarily allowed by the attaching creditors. The French Government shall be bound to show the justice of the said attachments. It is well understood that such attachments, lodged by creditors who are not Frenchmen, cannot authorise the French Government to detain these deposits.

Funds of Caisse d'Agriculture of Holland.

ART. XII. The Funds belonging to the "Caisse d'Agriculture” of Holland, and which have been lodged as a deposit in the "Caisse d'Amortissement," in the "Caisse de Service," or in any other "Caisse" of Government, shall be restored, as well as all other Deposits, with the exception of such compensations as the said "Caisses" may have to debit the said Funds.

Commissioners of Liquidation and Arbitration to liquidate Claims of Pensions, &c., of Persons no longer French Subjects. Securities. Caisse d'Amortissement, and Caisse de Service, &c.

ART. XIII. The Commissioners of Liquidation and of Arbitration ordained by virtue of Article V of the present Convention, shall also be employed in the liquidation of the objects recited in Articles XXII to XXV of the Treaty of 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), and shall proceed in the same manner, with regard to these points, as that adopted for the other liquidations with which they are charged. The French Government engages to deliver, 4 months after the signature of the present Convention, to the respective Commissioners of Liquidation, exact statements, drawn from the Treasury and other Registers, of all sums and debts alluded to in the aforesaid Articles; and these statements are to be compared with the receipts of the claimants, for the purpose of being thus proved.

Arrears of Pensions.

ART. XIV. Article XXVI of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), which releases the French Government, from the

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1st January, of the same year, from the payments of all Pensions, civil, military, and ecclesiastical, allowances on retiring, and half pay to all individuals no longer subjects of France, is maintained. With regard to the arrears of Pensions to the period above mentioned, the French Government engages to give evidence of them, by furnishing exact statements, drawn from the Pension Registers, which are to be compared with those kept by the local Administrative Authorities.

Restitution of Archives, Maps, &c., of Ceded Countries.

ART. XV. Doubts having arisen upon Article XXXI of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), concerning the restitution of the Maps of the Countries which have ceased to belong to France, it is agreed that all the Maps of the Countries ceded, including those which the French Government has caused to be executed, shall be exactly given up, with the copper plates belonging to them, in the space of 4 weeks after the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty. The same shall be done respecting the Archives, Maps, and Plates taken away from the Countries occupied for a time by the different armies, as it is stipulated in the 2nd paragraph of Article XXXI of the said Treaty.

Limit of Time for Presentation of Claims.

ART. XVI. Governments who have Claims to prefer in behalf of their Subjects, engage to cause them to be presented for liquidation within a year, dating from the day of the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, after which time they are to forfeit all right to claim and recovery.

Payment of Claims Adjudicated.

ART. XVII. Every two months an abstract is to be drawn up of the liquidations finally adjusted, approved, or decided, specifying the name of each creditor, and the amount for which his debt is to be discharged, either in principal or arrears of interest. The sums which are to be paid in cash by the Royal Treasury, either for capital or interest, shall be remitted to the Commissioners of Liquidation of the Government concerned, upon their receipts, signed or approved by the French Liquidators. With regard to the debts which, in conformity to Articles IV and XIX of the present Convention, are to be paid in Inscriptions in the

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Great Book of the Public Debt, they are to be entered in the names of the Commissioners of Liquidation of the Governments concerned, or of those whom they may appoint. These Inscriptions are to be taken from the Guarantee Fund stipulated by Article XX of the present Convention, and in the manner specified by Article XXI.

Interest on Debts.

ART. XVIII. All Debts which bear Interest, either according to law or the Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), are to continue to bear the same. With respect to those to which no Interest appertains, either from their nature or by the said Treaty, they are to bear an interest of 4 per cent. from the date of the signature of the present Convention. All interest is to be paid in cash, and on the amount of the nominal value of the debt. The stipulations relating to interest are to be reciprocal between France and the other Contracting Powers.

Periods for Payment of Claims.

ART. XIX.* The Treaty of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), in regulating the periods within which the payments were to be completed, proclaimed 3 Classes of Debts. In order to make things agree with such an arrangement, it has been resolved to adopt, in like manner, 3 Classes for Reimbursement, as follows:

1. The Deposits legally entrusted to the "Caisse d'Amortissement" are to be refunded in money within 6 months from the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Convention, whenever the delivery of the documents shall have taken place during the first three months of the liquidation. Those cases whereof the documents shall have been delivered in subsequently are to be liquidated within the succeeding 3 months.

2. The Debts arising from the payment of securities, or from funds which were deposited by the "Communes" and Public Establishments in the "Caisse de Service," the "Caisse d'Amortissement,” or any other "Caisse" of the French Government, are to be reimbursed in Inscriptions in the Great Book of the Public Debt, at par, on condition, however, that in the event of the price of the day of settlement being under 75, the French Government is to have the benefit of the difference between the price of the day and 75.

* See Convention of 25th April, 1818.

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3. The Other Debts not comprehended in the two preceding sections are to be likewise reimbursed in Inscriptions at par, with this difference, however, that the French Government guarantees to them only a price of 60, at the same time engaging to make good the difference between the price of the day and 60.

Appointment of Trustees to receive Yearly Revenue.

ART. XX. On the 1st of January next, at latest, shall be inscribed, as a Guarantee Fund, in the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, a Capital producing 3,500,000 French francs yearly revenue, with possession from 22nd March, 1816, in the name of two, four, or six Commissioners, one-half of them subjects of His Most Christian Majesty, and the other half of the Allied Sovereign Powers; which said Commissioners are to be chosen and appointed, namely, one, two, or three by the French Government, and one, two, or three by the Allied Powers.

Income to be Received every Six Months.

They are to receive the said yearly Income every 6 months, of which they are to be the trustees, without power of negotiating the same.

Amount to be Funded.

They are to place the amount thereof in the Public Funds, and receive the accumulated and compound Interest of the same for the benefit of the creditors.

Insufficiency of Interest to be made up to pay Amount of Debts.

In case the 3,500,000 francs of Interest shall be insufficient, there shall be delivered to the said Commissioners, Inscriptions for larger sums, until their amount shall equal what may be necessary to pay the Debts mentioned in the present Convention.

Disposal of Additional Inscriptions.

These Additional Inscriptions, if they are necessary, shall be made over with the Dividends from the same period as the 3,500,000 francs yearly revenue above stipulated, and shall be administered by the same Commissioners, and according to the same principles, so that the Debts which shall remain to be paid shall be paid with the same proportion of Accumulated and Compound Interest as if the Fund of Guarantee had been from the first sufficient.

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Surplus of Inscriptions to be made over to French Government. As soon as the payments due to the creditors shall have been made, the Surplus of the Inscriptions not employed, if there be any, as well as the proportion of accumulated and compound interest which shall belong thereto, shall be given up to the disposal of the French Government.

Examination of Abstracts of Liquidation.

ART. XXI. In proportion as the Abstracts of Liquidation prescribed by Article XVII of the present Convention shall be delivered to the Trustees or Commissioners of Deposit, the latter are to examine the same, in order to their being forthwith entered in the Great Book of the Public Debt, to the debit of their trust, and to the credit of the Commissioners of Liquidation of the reclaiming Governments.

Renewal of Engagements by Sovereigns of Countries which have

ceased to belong to France.

ART. XXII.* The present Sovereigns of the Countries which have ceased to belong to France hereby renew the engagement which they have contracted by Article XXI of the Treaty of the 30th May, 1811 (No. 1), to account with the French Government from the 22nd December, 1813, for such of the Debts of the said Countries as have been converted into Inscriptions in the Great Book of the Public Debt of France. The Accounts relative to all the said Debts shall be drawn up and adjusted by the Commissions appointed by Article V of the present Convention. It is understood that France is to continue the payment of the dividends on these Inscriptions.

Renewal of Engagement to Refund to French Subjects Claims on account of Securities, &c.

ART. XXIII. The Governments aforesaid renew the engagement to refund to French subjects in the service of the ceded Countries the sums which they may have to claim on account of Securities, or Deposits in their respective Treasuries. These reimbursements shall be made in the same manner as that agreed upon in Article XIX of the present Convention towards subjects of the said Countries for payments of a like nature.

Right of French Government to make certain Deductions.

ART. XXIV. It is reserved to the French Government the *See Convention of 25th April, 1818.