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fiscations or Sequestrations decreed in France, shall themselves, their heirs or assigns, Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, be inscribed in the Great Book of the Consolidated Debt of France, for an amount of Stock equal to the amount of the Stock they possessed prior to the Laws and Decrees of Sequestration or of Confiscation above-mentioned.

Conditions in favour of Creditors to be added to amount of Stock.

In the cases in which the Edicts or Decrees constituting the above-mentioned Stock shall have added thereto profitable conditions or favourable chances, account shall be had thereof in favour of the Creditors, and an addition, founded upon a just evaluation of such advantages, shall be made to the amount of the Stock to be inscribed.

Date of New Inscriptions.

The New Inscriptions shall bear date, and bear Interest, from the 22nd of March, 1816.

Exceptions.

Such Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, who, by receiving their annuities at a 3rd, after the 30th of September, 1797, have submitted themselves by their own act to the Laws existing upon this subject, are excepted from the above-mentioned dispositions.

Life Annuity Claims.

ART. III. Such of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, or their heirs or assigns, subjects of His Britannic Majesty, as possessed Life Annuities from the French Government, before the Decrees of Confiscation or Sequestration, shall equally be inscribed upon the Great Book of the Life Annuities of France, for the same sum of Life Annuities as they enjoyed in 1793. Such of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, however, as have changed the nature of their Claims, by receiving their Annuities at a 3rd, and thus by their own act have submitted themselves to the Laws existing upon this subject, shall be excepted from the above dispositions.

Date of New Inscriptions.

The New Inscriptions shall bear date, and bear Interest, from the 22nd March, 1816.

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Claimants to Produce Vouchers.

Prior to the delivery of the New Inscriptions, the Claimants shall be bound to produce Certificates, according to the usual forms, declaring that the persons in whose names their Life Annuities were constituted are still alive.

Certificates of Death of Deceased Annuitants.

With respect to those of the above-mentioned subjects of His Britannic Majesty possessing Life Annuities in the names of persons who are dead, they shall be bound to produce Certificates of Demise, in the usual forms, stating the period of the decease: and in that case the Annuities shall be paid up to such period.

Arrears of Perpetual and Life Annuities to be inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt.

ART. IV. Such arrears of the Perpetual and Life Annuities as shall have been liquidated and allowed, and as shall be due up to the 22nd March next exclusively, save the cases of exception specified in Articles II and III, shall be inscribed in the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate which shall be the medium price between par and the current market price of the day, at the date of the signature of the present Treaty.

Date of New Inscriptions.

The Inscriptions shall bear date, and bear Interest, from the 22nd March, 1816, inclusively.

Rules for determining Capital due on Immovable Property.

ART. V. In order to determine the capital due on Immoval le Property which belonged to Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, to their heirs or assigns, equally Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, and which was Sequestrated, Confiscated, and Sold, the following process shall be had:

Proofs to be produced by British Subjects.

The said Subjects of His Britannic Majesty shall be obliged to produce: 1st, the Deed of Purchase, proving their proprietorship; 2ndly, the Acts proving the facts of the Sequestration, and of the Confiscation against themselves, their ancestors, or assignors, subjects of His Britannic Majesty. In default, however, of all proofs in writing, considering the circumstances under

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which the Confiscations and Sequestrations took place and those which have since arisen, such other proof shall be admitted as the Commissioners of Liquidation hereafter mentioned shall judge sufficient in lieu thereof.

Facilities to be afforded by French Government.

The French Government further engages to facilitate, by every means, the production of all Titles and Proofs serving to substantiate the Claims to which the present Article refers, and the Commissioners shall be authorised to make all search, which they shall judge necessary, to arrive at such information, and to obtain the production of such Titles and Proofs; they shall also be empowered to examine upon oath, in case of need, such persons employed in the public offices as may have it in their power to point them out or to furnish them.

Determination of Value of Immovable Property.

The value of the said Immovable Property shall be determined and fixed by the production of an extract of the "Matrice" of the "Rôles" of the "Contribution Foncière" for the year 1791, and at the rate of twenty times the revenue mentioned in the said "Rôles."

If the "Matrices" should no longer exist, and that it should therefore be impossible to produce the extracts, the claimants shall be authorised to furnish such other proofs as shall be admitted by the Commission of Liquidation mentioned in the following Articles.

Capital to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt.

The Capital thus liquidated and allowed shall be inscribed upon the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate which has been fixed in Article IV for the Inscription of the arrears of the Annuities; and the Inscriptions shall bear date, and shall bear Interest, from the 22nd of March next inclusively.

Interest on Arrears due upon Capital.

The Arrears upon the said Capital, from the period of its Sequestration, shall be calculated at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, without deduction, and the whole amount of those arrears, up to the 22nd March next exclusively, shall be inscribed in the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate above

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mentioned, and shall bear Interest from the 22nd March next inclusively.

Rules determinining Capital due on Arrears.

ART. VI. In order to fix the Capital as well as the Arrears which shall be due to such of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, whose Movable Property in France has been Sequestered, Confiscated, and Sold, or to their heirs or assigns, Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the following process shall be had:

Proofs to be produced by Claimants.

The Claimants shall be obliged to produce: 1st, the Procèsverbal, containing the inventory of the movable effects seized or sequestrated; 2ndly, the Procès-verbal of the sale of the said effects, or in default of proofs in writing, such other proof as the respective Commissioners of the two Powers shall judge sufficient in lieu thereof, according to the principles established in the preceding Article; the French Government engaging, in this respect, to give the same facilities, and the Commissioners are authorised to make the same search, and to take the same measures, as have been detailed in the foregoing Article with respect to immovable property. The amount of the Stock arising from the seizures and sales of the Movable Property shall be thus determined; regard being always had to those periods during which paper money was in circulation and to the fictitious augmentation of prices resulting therefrom.

Capital allowed to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt.

The Capital liquidated and allowed shall be inscribed upon the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate which has been fixed by the preceding Articles, and the Inscriptions shall bear date, and shall bear Interest, from the 22nd of March next inclusively.

Arrears of Interest to be Inscribed in Great Book of Public Debt.

The Arrears liquidated and allowed, due upon the said Capital, from the period at which the Claimant was deprived of the possession of his or her Movable Property, shall be calculated at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, without deduction, and the whole amount of the said Arrears, up to the 22nd of March next exclusively,

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shall be inscribed upon the Great Book of the Public Debt of France, at the rate above-mentioned, and shall bear Interest from the 22nd March next inclusively.

Vessels, Ships, Cargoes, and Movable Property not to be admitted to Liquidation.

The Vessels, Ships, Cargoes, and other Movable Property which shall have been Seized and Confiscated, either to the profit of France or to the profit of the Subjects of His Most Christian Majesty, in conformity with the Laws of War and the prohibitory Decrees, shall not be admitted to the liquidation, nor to the payments mentioned in the present Article.

Claims for Loans and Mortgages on Sequestered Property.

ART. VII. The Claims of the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, arising from the different Loans made by the French Government, or from Mortgages upon Property Sequestered, Seized and Sold by the said Government, or any other Claim whatsoever, nor comprised in the preceding Articles, and which would be admissible according to the terms of Additional Article IV of the Treaty of Paris of 1814 (No. 1), and of the present Convention, shall be liquidated and fixed; adopting with respect to each Claim the modes of admission, of verification, and of liquidation, which shall be conformable to their respective natures, and which shall be defined and fixed by the Mixed Commission mentioned in the following Articles, according to the principles laid down in the above Articles.

Claims to be Paid in Inscriptions on the Great Book.

These Claims thus liquidated shall be paid in Inscriptions in the Great Book at the rate above-mentioned, and the Inscriptions shall bear date, and shall bear Interest, from the 22nd of March next, inclusively.

Advantages secured to Claimants by Edicts or Decrees.

In the cases wherein the Edicts or Decrees constituting the Claims above-mentioned shall have assured to the Creditors the reimbursement of the capitals, and other profitable conditions or favourable chances, account shall be had thereof to the benefit of the Claimants, as detailed above in Article II.