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Archives belonging to ceded Territory to be handed over to Sardinia. Reciprocally the titles of property, and documents connected with administration and civil justice, concerning the ceded Territory, which may be found in the Archives of the Emperor of Austria, shall be handed over to the Commissioners of His Majesty the King of Sardinia.

Documents to be reciprocally Communicated.

The Governments of Sardinia and Austria bind themselves to communicate reciprocally, on the demand of the higher administrative authorities, all the Documents and information relative to matters concerning at once Lombardy and Venetia.

Religious Societies free to dispose of their Moveable and Immoveable Property.

j. The Religious Corporations established in Lombardy, whose existence the Sardinian laws would not authorise, shall be free to dispose of their Property, both Moveable and Immoveable.

Reimbursement to France by Sardinia of Payments to be made to Austria.

ART. III. By the Additional Article to the Treaty, concluded under this day's date (No. 301) between His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the French Government having engaged itself towards the Austrian Government to make, on account of the new Government of Lombardy the payment of the 40,000,000 florins (Conventionsmünz) stipulated by Article VII of the above-mentioned Treaty, His Majesty the King of Sardinia, in accordance with the stipulations accepted by him in the preceding Article, engages to reimburse that amount to France in the following manner:

The Sardinian Government shall make over to that of His Majesty the Emperor of the French Sardinian 5 per Cent. Stock to Bearer, to the amount of 100,000,000 francs. The French Government accepts at the current exchange of the Paris Bourse of the 29th October, 1859. The Interest on this Stock shall begin in favour of France on the day of the delivery of the Title Deeds, which shall take place one month after the exchange of the Ratification of the present Treaty.

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Reimbursement of 60,000,000 Francs by Sardinia to France.

ART. IV. In order to lessen the charges which France undertook during the last War, the Government of His Majesty the King of Sardinia engages to reimburse to the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of the French the sum of 60,000,000 francs, for the payment of which 3,000,000 5 per Cent. Stock shall be inscribed on the Great Book of the Public Debt of Sardinia. The Vouchers shall be made to the French Goverument which accepts them at par. The Interest of that Stock shall begin, to the benefit of France, from the day of the delivery of the Vouchers, which shall take place one month after the exchange of the Ratifications.

Ratifications.*

ART. V. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Zurich within 15 days, or sooner if possible.

In testimony whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms.

Done at Zurich on the 10th day of the month of November, of the year of Grace, 1859.

(L.S.) BOURQUENEY. (L.S.) BANNEVILLE.

(L.S.) DES AMBROIS.

(LS.) JOCTEAU.

* Ratifications exchanged at Zurich, 21st November, 1859.

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No. 303.-TREATY OF PEACE between Austria, France, and Sardinia. Signed at Zurich, 10th November, 1859.*

Preamble. Reference to Preliminaries of Peace of 11th July, 1859. 1. Peace and Friendship.

2. Restoration of Prisoners of War.

3. Boundary between Italian Provinces of Austria and Sardinia. Line of Frontier. Military Commission to trace Line of Frontier.

4. Evacuation of Territories by Austrian and Sardinian Troops.

5. Sardinia to pay part of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Part of National Loan to be paid by Sardinia.

6. Payments to be made by France to Austria. Reimbursements to be made to France by Sardinia.

7. Appointment of Commission for payment of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Division of Debts and Credits; and of Lands or Mortgages. Proportion to be paid by either Party.

8. Rights and Obligations of Sardinia relative to Austrian Contracts. 9. Reimbursements to be made by Austrian and Sardinian Governments. 10. Recognition and Confirmation by Sardinia of Austrian Railway Concessions. Railways. Austrian Right of Devolution transferred to Sardinia. Railways. Payments still due by Concessionaries to be paid in full to Austria. Railways. Austria to Pay Credits of building Contractors and Tradesmen, &c. International Service of Railways to be regulated by New Convention.

11. Austria not to have any right of Control or Surveillance over Railways in Territories ceded.

12. Lombard Subjects free to retire with their Moveables to Austria, and to keep their Immoveable Property in Lombardy. Same liberty to Lombards living in Austria. Lombard Subjects not to be molested on account of their choice. Time within which Lombards are to make their choice.

13. Lombard Subjects in Austrian Army to return to their homes. Lom

bards free to remain in Austrian Service. Civil Servants free to remain in Austrian Service.

14. Civil and Military Pensions to be paid by Sardinia. Former Civil and Military Pensioners to be paid by Sardinia.

15. Archives, &c., belonging to non-ceded part of Lombardy and Venetia to be handed over to Austria. Archives belonging to ceded Territory to be made over to Sardinia.

16. Religious Corporations free to dispose of their Moveable and Immovable

Property.

17. Renewal of Treaties and Conventions. Treaties to be revised. Treaties, &c., to extend to ceded Territory.

See also Treaties between Austria and France, and between France and Sardinia, of the same date.

18. Free Navigation of Lake of Garda. Free Navigation of the Po. Convention for the prevention of Smuggling to be concluded between Austria and Sardinia.

19. Special Act to regulate Bridges, &c., on the Mincio, where it forms the Frontier.

20. Austria and Sardinia to enter into Arrangements relative to the bed and damming up of the Mincio.

21. Facilities on the Banks of the Ticino.

22. Non-molestation in Person or Property of Individuals implicated in late

events.

23. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.*)

In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, wishing to complete the conditions of Peace, the Preliminaries of which, arranged at Villafranca (No. 298), have been converted into a Treaty signed this day (No. 301) between His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, wishing further to lay down in a common Act the Territorial Cessions as they have been stipulated in the abovementioned Treaty, as well as in the Treaty concluded this same day (No. 302) between His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, have named for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the Sieur Alois Count Karolyi of Nagy Karoly, Chamberlain and Minister Plenipotentiary, &c.; and the Sieur Otho Baron de Meysenbug, his Minister Plenipotentiary and Aulic Councillor, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur François Adolphe Baron de Bourqueney, Senator of the Empire, &c.; and the Sieur Gaston Robert Morin Marquis de Banneville, Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, &c. ;

His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Sieur François Louis Chevalier des Ambrois de Nevache, Vice-President of his Council of State, Senator and Vice-President of the Senate of the Kingdom, &c.; and the Sieur Alexandre Chevalier Jocteau, his Minister to the Swiss Confederation, &c.;

*For French version see "State Papers," vol. xlix, p. 377.

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Who, after having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

Peace and Friendship.

ART. I. There shall be from the date of the day of the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, Peace and Amity between His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, their heirs and successors, their respective States and subjects, in perpetuity.

Restoration of Prisoners of War.

ART. II. The Austrian and Sardinian Prisoners of War shall be immediately returned on either part.

Boundary between Italian Provinces of Austria and Sardinia.

ART. III. In pursuance of the Territorial Cessions stipulated in the Treaties concluded this day between His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and His Majesty the Emperor of the French (No. 301), on one side, and His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the King of Sardinia (No. 302) on the other, the Delimitation between the Italian Provinces of Austria and Sardinia shall in future be as follows:

Line of Frontier.

The Frontier, starting from the Southern Boundary of the Tyrol, on the Lake de Garda, will follow the middle of the Lake as far as the height of Bardolino and Manerba, whence it will meet, in a straight line, the point where the circle of defence of the Fortress of Peschiera intersects the Lake of Garda.

It will follow the circumference of this circle, the radius of which, reckoned from the centre of the Fortress, is fixed at 3,500 mètres, plus the distance from the said centre to the glacis of the most advanced Fort. From the point of intersection of the circumference thus designated with the Mincio, the Frontier will. follow the thalweg of the river as far as Le Grazie; will stretch from Le Grazie, in a straight line, to Scorzarolo; will follow the thalweg of the Po as far as Luzzara, beyond which point no change is made in the Boundaries such as they existed before the War.

Military Commission to trace Line of Frontier.

A Military Commission, appointed by the High Contracting