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from the first day of the month which will follow the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty.

The present Additional Article shall have the same force and value as if inserted verbatim in the Treaty of this day.

It shall be ratified in one single act, and the Ratifications exchanged at the same time.

In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Additional Article, and affixed their Seals thereunto. Done at Zurich, on the 10th day of the month of November, of the year of Grace, 1859.

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No. 302.-TREATY OF PEACE between France and Sardinia. Signed at Zurich, 10th November, 1859.*

1. Transfer of Lombardy by France to Sardinia. Cession of Lombardy to France, except Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua. Line of Frontier. Military Commission to trace Line of Frontier.

2. Acceptance by Sardinia of Cession of Lombardy. Lombardy to pay part of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Part of National Loan to be paid by Lombardy. Appointment of Commission for payment of Monte Lombardo-Veneto Debt. Division of Assets of Sinking Fund of the Monte. Division of Lands or Mortgages. Proportion to be paid by either Party. Rights and Obligations of Lombardy relative to Austrian Contracts. Reimbursements to be made by Austrian and Lombardo Governments. Recognition and Confirmation by Sardinia of Austrian Railway Concessions. Austrian right of Devolution transferred to Sardinia. Payments still due by Concessionaries to be paid in full to Austria. Austria to pay Credits of Building Contractors and Tradesmen, &c. International Service of Railways to be regulated by Special Convention. Recovery of Credits. 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 to be free from Molestation. Time within which Lombards are to make their choice. Lombard Subjects in Austrian Army to return to their Homes. Lombards free to remain in Austrian Service. Civil Servants free to remain in Austrian Service. Civil and Military Pensions to be paid by Sardinia. Former Civil and Military Pensions to be paid by Sardinia. Archives, &c., belonging to Nonceded part of Lombardy and Venetia to be handed over to Austria. Archives belonging to ceded Territory to be handed over to Sardinia. Documents to be reciprocally communicated. Religious Societies free to dispose of their Moveable and Immoveable Property.

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

4. Reimbursement of 60,000,000 francs by Sardinia to France.

5. Ratifications.

(Translation.†)

In the Name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.

His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, wishing to strengthen their Alliance, and to * See also Treaties between Austria and France, and between Austria, France, and Sardinia, of the same date.

For French version, see "State Papers," vol. xlix, p. 371.

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regulate by a definitive understanding the consequences of their participation in the last War, have determined to sanction by Treaty the Preliminary Arrangements of Villafranca (No. 298), relative to the cession of Lombardy, they have named for this purpose as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

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.;

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

Transfer of Lombardy by France to Sardinia.

ART. I. By a Treaty of this day's date (No. 301), His Majesty the Emperor of Austria having renounced, for himself and all his heirs and successors, in favour of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, to his Rights and Titles over Lombardy, His Majesty the Emperor of the French transfers to His Majesty the King of Sardinia the Rights and Titles accruing to him by Article IV of the above-mentioned Treaty, as follows:

Cession of Lombardy to France, except Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua.

"His Majesty the Emperor of Austria renounces, for himself and all his descendants and successors, in favour of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, his Rights and Titles to Lombardy, with the exception of the Fortresses of Peschiera and Mantua, and of the Territories determined by the new Delimitation, which remain in the possession of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty.

Line of Frontier.

"The Line of Frontier, starting from the southern limit of the Tyrol, on the Lac de Garda, will pass along the middle of the Lake, as high as Bardolino and Manerba, from whence it will rejoin, in a straight line, the point where the circle of defence of the Fortress of Peschiera intersects the Lac de Garda.

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"This circle will be determined by a circumference, of which the radius, 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 where the circumference thus designated intersects the Mincio, the Frontier will follow the thalweg of the River as far as Le Grazie, will extend from Le Grazie in a straight line to Scorzarolo, will follow the thalweg of the Po to Luzzara, from which point there is no change in the present Limits as they existed before the War.

Military Commission to trace Line of Frontier.

"A Military Commission, appointed by the Governments interested, will be charged with the duty of tracing the line on the ground with the least possible delay."

Acceptance by Sardinia of Cession of Lombardy.

ART. II. His Majesty the King of Sardinia, on taking possession of the Territories ceded to him by His Majesty the Emperor of the French, accepts the charges and conditions attached to that cession as they are laid down in Articles VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI of the Treaty of this day's date (No. 301), between His Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, as follows:

Lombardy to pay part of Monte Lombardo- Veneto Debt. a. The new Government of Lombardy will undertake threefifths of the debt of the Monte Lombardo-Veneto.

Part of National Loan to be paid by Lombardy.

It will equally be charged with a portion of the National Loan of 1854, fixed between the High Contracting Powers at 40,000,000 florins (Conventions-münz).

Appointment of Commission for Payment of Monte LombardoVeneto Debt.

b. An International Commission shall be immediately appointed to wind up the affairs of the Monte Lombardo-Veneto ; the creditor and debtor balance to be drawn on the principle of three-fifths to the new Government and two-fifths to Austria.

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Division of Assets of Sinking Fund of the Monte.

Lands or Mortgages.

Division of

Of the assets of the sinking fund of the Monte and its deposits, consisting of public securities, the new Government will receive three-fifths and Austria two-fifths; and as to that part of the assets which consists of lands or mortgages, the Commission will effect the partition with reference to the situation of the real property in question, so as to allot the property, as far as possible, to that one of the two Governments upon whose territory it may be situated.

Proportion to be paid by either Party.

As to the different categories of debts inscribed in the Monte Lombardo-Veneto, and to the capital placed at interest in the Deposit Bank of the Sinking Fund, the new Government undertakes three-fifths and Austria two-fifths, either for the payment of interest or the reimbursement of the capital, in conformity with the regulations hitherto in force. The credits of Austrian subjects will, by preference, form part of the quota of Austria, who will transmit to the new Government of Lombardy specified lists of these papers, in 3 months' time from the exchange of Ratifications, or sooner if possible.

Rights and Obligations of Lombardy relative to Austrian Contracts.

c. The new Government of Lombardy succeeds to the Rights and Obligations resulting from Contracts regularly stipulated by the Austrian Administration for objects of public interest, especially concerning the ceded Territory.

Reimbursements to be made by Austrian and Lombardo Governments.

d. The Austrian Government is charged with the reimbursement of all sums paid by Lombard subjects, communal districts, public establishments, and religious societies, into the Austrian public banks in the shape of caution money, deposits, or consignments. In the same manner Austrian subjects, communal districts, public establishments, and religious corporations, who have deposited sums of money as caution money, deposits, or consignments, in the banks of Lombardy, will be punctually reimbursed by the Sardinian Government.