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right to prescribe, by common consent, such conditions of Peace as shall hold out to Europe a sufficient guarantee against the recurrence of a similar calamity.

Duration of Engagements.

ART. V. The High Contracting Parties having agreed to the dispositions laid down in the preceding Articles, for the purpose of securing the effect of their engagements during the period of the temporary occupation, declare, moreover, that even after the expiration of this measure, the said engagements shall still remain in full force and vigour, for the purpose of carrying into effect such measures as may be deemed necessary for the maintenance of the stipulations contained in Articles I and II of the present Act.

Renewal of Meetings of the Allies for Maintenance of Peace of

Europe.

ART. VI. To facilitate and to secure the execution of the present Treaty, and to consolidate the connections which at the present moment so closely unite the Four Sovereigns for the happiness of the world, the High Contracting Parties have agreed to renew their Meetings at fixed periods, either under the immediate auspices of the Sovereigns themselves, or by their respective Ministers, for the purpose of consulting upon their common interests, and for the consideration of the measures which at each of those periods shall be considered the most salutary for the repose and prosperity of Nations, and for the maintenance of the Peace of Europe.

Ratifications.

ART. VII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged within two months, or sooner, if possible.

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

Done at Paris, the 20th of November, in the year of Our Lord, 1815.

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH.

(L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) METTERNICH. (L.S.) WESSENBERG.

[NOTE.-Separate Treaties were signed on the same day by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Russia, and Prussia, respectively.]

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No. 45.-CONVENTION between Great Britain* (Austria, Prussia, and Russia), and France, relative to the Claims of the Subjects of the Allied Powers upon France. Signed at Paris, 20th November, 1815.

[This Convention was annexed to the Definitive Treaty of the same date. See Arts. IX, XII.]

Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity to Article IX of the Principal Treaty, relative to the Examination and Liquidation of the Claims upon the French Government.

1. Confirmation of Articles XIX to XXVI, XXX, and XXXI of Treaty of 30th May, 1814.

2. Liquidation by France of Claims of Subjects of Allied Powers. Particular Claims to which Liquidation Extends. Supplies and Deliveries. Production of Vouchers. Regulation of Prices. Arrears of Pay and Allowances, &c. Production of Vouchers. Vouchers for Claims of Civil Hospitals. Restitution of Funds by French Post Office. Exceptions. Loans to French Authorities. National Domains. Indemnities. Reimbursement of Advances. Loss of Ground and Demolition and Destruction of Buildings.

3. Hamburgh Bank Claims.

4. Claims for Seizure of Colonial Goods in 1813.

on Great Book of the Public Debt.

Payment in Inscriptions

5. Appointment of Commissioners of Liquidation and Arbitration. Appointment of Commissioners. Duties of Commissioners of Liquidation. Duties of Arbitrators. Appointment of Record-keepers and Clerks. Commissioners of Arbitration to decide Cases in which Commissioners of Liquidation disagree. Composition of Commission of Arbitration. Arbitrators to be Summoned by Record-keeper. Notification of Judgment to Commission of Liquidation. Limit of Duties of the Commission.

6. Reimbursement to France of Debts in Countries no longer belonging to France. France to pay Dividends on Inscriptions for Debts on Mortgage on Immovables. Countervailing Accounts to be settled by

Mutual Consent.

7. Reductions from Countervailing Accounts.

8. Commission of Arbitration to be appointed to Settle Claim of Netherlands to Interest of Debt of Holland. Composition of Commission. Oath to be taken by Commissioners. Commissioners of Liquidation to submit their opinions to the Arbitrators for decision.

*The Stipulations of the Conventions upon this subject, concluded at the same time, between Great Britain and Austria, Prussia, and Russia, were, verbatim, the same as this Convention; which was distinguished as Convention "No. 13" in the Papers laid before Parliament.

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TABLE (continued).

9. Liquidation of Debts of Countries ceded to France. Basis on which Commissioners of Liquidation are to regulate themselves.

10. Reimbursement of Securities.

11. Funds deposited by Communes and Public Establishments.

12. Funds of Caisse d'Agriculture of Holland.

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

14. Arrears of Pensions.

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

16. Limit of Time for Presentation of Claims.

17. Payment of Claims Adjudicated.

18. Interest on Debts.

19. Periods for Payment of Claims.

20. Appointment of Trustees to receive yearly Revenue. Income to be received every 6 months. Amount to be Funded. Insufficiency of Income to be made up. Disposal of Additional Inscriptions. Surplus of Inscriptions to be made over to French Government.

21. Examination of Abstract of Liquidation.

22. Renewal of Engagement by Sovereigns of Countries which have ceased to belong to France.

23. Renewal of Engagement to refund to French Subjects claims on Account of Securities, &c.

24. Right of French Government to make certain Deductions.

25. Proceedings against Persons for Non-payment of Bills Accepted by them previous to May 30, 1814.

26. Rules laid down to apply to Debts which France may claim from Governments of Countries Detached from France.

Additional Article.

Claim of Counts of Bentheim* and Steinfurth.

Separate Article. France and Russia.

Accession of France to the Arrangements of 1814 respecting the Duchy of Warsaw.

*See Prussian Patent, 3rd October, 1866.

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(Translation as laid before Parliament.*)

Convention between Great Britain, &c., and France concluded in conformity to Article IX of the Principal Treaty, relative to the Examination and Liquidation of the Claims upon the French Government.t

In order to remove the Difficulties which have arisen in the execution of divers Articles of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), and especially of those relating to the Claims of Subjects of the Allied Sovereign Powers, the High Contracting Parties, being desirous of enabling their respective subjects speedily to enjoy the rights which those Articles ensure to them, and at the same time prevent as much as possible all controversy which might arise on the interpretation of some of the dispositions of the said Treaty, have agreed upon the following Articles:

Confirmation of Articles XIX to XXVI and XXX and XXXI of Treaty of 30th May, 1814.

ART. I. The Treaty of Paris of the 30th May, 1814 (No. 1) being confirmed by Article XI of the Principal Treaty (No. 40), to which the present Convention is annexed, this confirmation extends principally to Articles XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXX, and XXXI of the said Treaty (No. 1) so far as the Stipulations contained in the said Articles have not been altered or modified by the present Act; and it is expressly agreed that the explanations and developments which the High Contracting Parties have thought advisable to give them by the following Articles, shall in no wise prejudice the Claims of any other nature, which may be authorised by the said Treaty, though not specially stipulated by the present Convention.

Liquidation by France of Claims of Subjects of Allied Powers. ART. II. In conformity to this resolution, His Most Christian

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For French version, see "State Papers," vol. iii, The Stipulations of the Conventions upon this subject, concluded at the same time, between Great Britain and Austria, Prussia, and Russia, were, verbatim, the same as this Convention, which was distinguished as Convention" No. 13" in the Papers laid before Parliament. See also Convention of 25th April, 1818, and Additional Arts. of 4th July, 1818.

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Majesty engages to cause to be liquidated, in the manner hereinafter specified, all Sums which France may be found to owe, in countries out of her territory, as fixed by the Treaty to which the present Convention is annexed, by virtue of Article XIX of the Treaty of Paris of 30th May, 1814 (No. 1), either to Individuals, or to "Communes," or to Private Establishments the revenues of which are not at the disposal of Government.

Particular Claims to which Liquidation extends,

This liquidation shall extend particularly to the following Claims:

Supplies and Deliveries.

To those arising from Supplies and Deliveries of all kind, furnished by Communes," or Individuals, and in general by all others but the different branches of the Government, by virtue of Contracts or Arrangements made by the French Administrative Authorities, under promise of payment; whether the said supplies and deliveries may have been furnished, either to or for the use of military magazines in general, or for the provisioning of towns and fortresses in particular, or, in short, to the French Armies, to detachments of troops or of "Gendarmerie," to the French Administrations, or the Military Hospitals, or, in fine, for any public service whatsoever.

Production of Vouchers.

These deliveries and supplies are to be vouched by Receipts from the storekeepers, officers, civil or military, commissaries, agents or inspectors, the validity of which shall be acknowledged by the Commission of Liquidation described in Article V of the present Convention.

Regulation of Prices.

The Prices shall be regulated by the contracts or other engagements of the French authorities, or in failure thereof, by the market prices of the places, the nearest to that where the delivery shall have taken place.

Arrears of Pay and Allowances, &c.

2. To Arrears of Pay and Allowances, travelling expenses, gratuities, and other indemnifications, due to military or other persons