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fixed at 5 years. It may terminate before that period if, at the end of 3 years, the Allied Sovereigns, after having, in concert with His Majesty the King of France, maturely examined their reciprocal situation and interests, and the progress which shall have been made in France in the re-establishment of order and tranquillity, shall agree to acknowledge that the motives which led them to that measure have ceased to exist.* But whatever may be the result of this deliberation, all the Fortresses and Positions occupied by the Allied troops shall, at the expiration of 5 years, be evacuated without further delay, and given up to His Most Christian Majesty, or to his heirs and successors.

Evacuation of French Territory.

ART. VI. The Foreign Troops, not forming part of the Army of Occupation, shall evacuate the French Territory within the term fixed by Article IX of the Military Convention annexed to the present Treaty (No. 41).

Period fixed for Emigration and Disposal of Property in ceded Territories.

ART. VII. In all Countries which shall change Sovereigns, as well in virtue of the present Treaty as of the arrangements which are to be made in consequence thereof, a period of 6 years from the date of the exchange of the Ratifications shall be allowed to the inhabitants, natives or foreigners, of whatever condition and nation they may be, to dispose of their Property, if they should think fit so to do, and to retire to whatever country they may choose.

Ceded Countries. Application of Treaty of 30th May, 1814, to

present Treaty.

ART. VIII. All the dispositions of the Treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), relative to the Countries ceded by the Treaty, shall equally apply to the several territories and districts ceded by the present Treaty.

Conventions of Claims.

ART. IX. The High Contracting Parties having caused representation to be made of the different Claims arising out of the

See Convention between the 4 Powers and France, for the evacuation of the French Territory by the Allied Troops at the end of the 3rd year of occupation, of 9th October, 1818.

non-execution of Articles XIX and following of the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), as well as of the Additional Articles of that Treaty signed between Great Britain and France, desiring to render more efficacious the stipulations made thereby, and having determined, by two Separate Conventions, the line to be pursued on each side for that purpose (Nos. 45, 46), the said two Conventions, as annexed to the present Treaty, shall, in order to secure the complete execution of the above-mentioned Articles, have the same force and effect as if the same were inserted, word for word, herein.*

Restoration of Prisoners.

ART. X. All Prisoners taken during the hostilities, as well as all hostages which may have been carried off or given, shall be restored in the shortest time possible. The same shall be the case with respect to the prisoners taken previously to the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), and who shall not already have been restored.

Maintenance of Treaty of 30th May, 1814, and of Final Act of Vienna Congress of 9th June, 1815.

ART. XI. The Treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1) and the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th of June 1815 (No. 27), are confirmed, and shall be maintained in all such of their enactments which shall not have been modified by the Articles of the present Treaty.

Ratifications.

ART. XII. The present Treaty, with the Conventions annexed thereto, shall be ratified in one Act, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged in the space of two months, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms.

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

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH.

(L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) RICHELIEU.

* See also Treaties of 25th April, 1818, and Additional Articles of 4th July, 1818.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Paris, 20th November, 1815.

The High Contracting Powers, sincerely desiring to give effect to the measures on which they deliberated at the Congress of Vienna relative to the complete and universal abolition of the Slave Trade, and having, each in their respective dominions, prohibited, without restriction, their Colonies and Subjects from taking any part whatever in this traffic, engage to renew conjointly their their efforts, with the view of securing final success to their principles which they proclaimed in the Declaration of the 4th (8th) of February, 1815 (No. 8), and of concerting, without loss of time, through their Ministers at the Courts of London and of Paris, the most effectual measures for the entire and definitive abolition of a Commerce so odious, and so strongly condemned by the laws of Religion and of Nature.

The present Additional Articles shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day. It shall be included in the Ratification of the said Treaty.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Paris, this 20th day of November, 1815.

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH.

(L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) RICHELIEU.

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No. 41.-CONVENTION between Great Britain (Austria, Prussia, and Russia) and France, relative to the Pecuniary Indemnity to be paid by France to the Allied Powers. Signed at Paris, 20th November, 1815.

[This Convention was annexed to the Definitive Treaty of the same date, see Art. IV.]

Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity with Article IV of the Principal Treaty, relative to the payment of the Pecuniary Indemnity to be furnished by France to the Allied Powers.

1. Payment of Indemnity in five years.

2. Mode of paying Indemnity.

3. Engagements to be exchanged by Bons au Porteur.

4. Time at which engagements are to be exchanged for Bons au Porteur.

5. Issue of Bons au Porteur in Coupures or Bills.

6. Limit to amount of Bons au Porteur.

7. Non-payment of Interest.

8. Guarantee to be made over by France to Allied Powers.

9. Persons in whose name the Fund of Interest is to be inscribed. Right of Allies to transfer Inscriptions in other Names.

10. Deposit of Inscriptions.

11. Appointment of Mixed Commission. Payments. Arrears. Bons unpaid to be given up to French Commissioners, and paid over to Allied Commissioners.

12. Full amount of Inscriptions to be always in hands of Treasurers.

13. Interest on Bons au Porteur not paid when presented.

14.1

14. Facilities for payment of last 100,000,000 francs Indemnity.

16. Fulfilment by France of Engagements relative to Clothing and Equipment of Allied Armies.

(English version.*)

Convention between Great Britain and France, concluded in conformity with Article IV of the Principal Treaty (No. 40), relative to the Payment of the Pecuniary Indemnity to be furnished by France to the Allied Powers.†

THE payment to which France has bound herself to the Allied Powers, as an Indemnity, by Article IV of the Treaty of this * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. iii, p. 293.

The Stipulations of the Convention upon this subject, concluded on the same day, between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and France, were, verbatim the same as those of this Convention.

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day, shall take place in the form and at the periods prescribed by the following Articles :

Payment of Indemnity in Five Years.

ART. I. The sum of 700,000,000 of francs, being the amount of the Indemnity, shall be discharged, day by day, in equal portions, in the space of 5 years, by means of Bons au Porteur on the Royal Treasury of France, in the manner that shall be now set forth.

Mode of Paying Indemnity.

ART. II. The Treasury shall give over, immediately, to the Allied Powers, 15 Engagements for 46,000,000 and two-thirds each, forming together the sum of 700,000,000; the first Engagement payable on the 31st March, 1816, the second on the 31st of July of the same year, and so on in every fourth month during the five successive years.

Engagements to be exchanged for Bons au Porteur.

ART. III. These Engagements shall not be negotiable, but they shall be periodically exchanged against Bons au Porteur, negotiable, drawn in the form used in the ordinary service of the Royal Treasury.

Time at which Engagements are to be exchanged for Bons au

Porteur.

ART. IV. In the month which shall precede the four, in the course of which an Engagement is to be paid, that Engagement shall be divided by the Treasury of France, into Bons au Porteur payable in Paris, in equal portions, from the first to the last day of the four months.

Thus the Engagement of 46,000,000 and two-thirds, falling due the 31st of March, 1816, shall be exchanged in the month of November, 1815, against Bons au Porteur, payable in equal portions from the 1st of December, 1815, to the 31st of March, 1816.

The Engagement of 46,000,000 and two-thirds, which will fall due the 31st of July, 1816, shall be exchanged in the month of March of the same year, against Bons au Porteur, payable in equal portions from the 1st of April, 1816, to the 31st of July of the same year, and so on every four months.