The plenipotentiaries of the high powers who signed the convention

“ ART. II. The Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, holders of permanent Stock under the French Government, and who on that account have, since the 1st of January, 1793, suffered by the Confiscations 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ ART. VIII. The amount of the Inscriptions arising to each Creditor, from his Claims liquidated and allowed, shall be divided by the Commissioners of Deposit into 5 equal portions; the first of which shall be delivered immediately after liquidation ; the second, 3 months after, and so on with respect to the other portions, every 3 months; the Creditors will, nevertheless, receive the interests of the whole of their debts liquidated and allowed, from the 22nd of March, 1816, inclusive, as soon as their respective Claims shall have been allowed and admitted. ”