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scribed to, and in the great book of Belgium, in pursuance
of the preceding paragraph, to the amount of 8,400,000
florins of annual rente shall be considered as forming part
of the Belgian national debt ; and Belgium undertakes that
tthere shall be no distinction between that and any other
porion of her national debt.
Section 4. The payment of the annual rentes of
8,400,000 florins shall take place half-yearly, either at
Brussels or Antwerp, in ready money, without any deduc-
tion whatever.
Section. 5. On the creation of the said sum of annual
rentes of 8,400,000 florins of the Netherlands, Belgium
shall be discharged with regard to Holland, from all obli-
gation with reference to the public debts of the kingdom of
the Netherlands.

Section u. The Commissioners mentioned in section 2
of the present article, shall proceed to the arrangement of
the sinking fund, and of the Bank of Brussels, so far as
these establishments are connected with the treasury of
the kingdom of the Netherlands. This measure is only
to he considered as a question of arrangement.
Section 7. The Commissioners shall regulate the divi-
sions of the credits on the domains called Domein los-
renten, according to equitable principles, and as much as
possible, according to the tenor of the laws which consti-
tuted them. They shall proceed, also, to the reciprocal
partition of all archives, charts, plans, and documents
whatever belonging to the two countries or concerning
their administration.

Proposed modifications.--Section 6, lines 4 and 5, in-
stead of " so far as these establishments were appropriated
to the service," read " are appropriated."
Observations.—The sinking fund was not appropriated
to the service of the treasury of the kingdom of the Ne-
therlands.

ART. XI.---The Belgian treasury shall pay into
the Netherlands treasury the sum of 9,000,000 of
florins of the Netherlands, in order to reimburse all the
advances made exclusively by Holland for the service of
the whole of the public debt of the kingdom of the Ne-
therlands.

The first third of the said sum of 9,000,000 florins,
shall be paid three months after the exchange of the rati-
fications of the present treaty ; the second third, three
months after the payment of the first ; and the third, three
months after the payment of the second.
There shall be payable to Holland interest at the rate of
five per cent. per annum, from the Ist of July, 1832, till
the sum is entirely paid.
Proposed modifications.—Lines 2 and 7, instead of
" nine" read " twelve."

Awr. Xll.—The port of Antwerp, conformably to the
stipulations of Art. 15 of the Treaty of Paris, of the 20th
of May, 1814, shall continue to be solely a commercial
port.

ART. XIII.—The works of public or private utility,
such as canals, roads, or others of a similar nature, con-
structed in whole or in part at the expense of the united
kingdom of the Netherlands, shall belong, with the ad-
vantages and the charges attached to them, to the country
where they are situated.
It remains understood that the capitals borrowed for
the construction of these works, and which were specially
appropriated, shall be comprised in the said charges so far
as they are not yet reimbursed, or where the reimburse-
ment already made has not effected a liquidation.
Proposed modification.—Line 4, erase the word
" united."

ART. MV.—The sequestrations placed in Belgium
during the disturbances for political causes, on any pro-
perty or patrimonial domains whatever shall be taken off
without any delay, and the possession of the said property
and domains shall be immediately restored to the lawful
proprietors.
ART. XV.—ln the two countries whose separation has
taken place i❑ consequence of the present articles, the in-
habitants and proprietors wishing to transfer their domicile
from one to the other, shall he at liberty, (luring two
years, to dispose of their property, moveable and immove-
able, of whatever nature, and to convey away the money
or produce of the said sales, without payment of any other
duty than that in force in both countries for changes and
transfers.

It is understood that the renunciation is made for the
present and the future of the levying of all d, oit d'aubaine
and detraction in the persons or property of the Dutch in
Belgium, or the Belgians in Holland.

ART. XVI. —The quality of mixed subjects, as to
property, shall be recognised and maintained.
ART. XVIL—The arrangements from Article 11 to 21
inclusive, of the treaty concluded between Austria and
Russia, the 3d of May 1815, which form an integral part
of the general act of the Congress of Vienna, arrange-
ments relative to mixed property, the choice of domicile,
the rights of subjects respectively, and the relations of
neighbourhood regarding property divided by frontiers,
shall be applied to proprietors who hold property in
Holland, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, or Belgium, in
the cases provided fur by the said act of the Congress
of Vienna. The droits d'aubaine and detraction being
abolished henceforth between Holland, the Grand Duchy
of Luxemburg, and Belgium, it is understood that amongst
the arrangements above mentioned, those which relate to
the droite d'aubaine and detraction shall be null, and
without effect, in the three countries.

ART. X VIII.—No persons in the countries which
change dominion shall be in any manner molested on ac-
count of participation direct or indirect in political events.
ART. XlX.—The pensions and allowances shall be paid
in future on both sides to all persons, civil and military,
who are entitled to them under the laws in force previous
to the Ist of November, 18:30.
It is agreed that the said pensions and salaries of per-
sons born in the territories which now constitute Belgium
shall remain charged to the Belgian territory, and the
pensions and allowances of the persons born in the terri-
tories now constituting Holland to the Dutch treasury.
Proposed modifications.—Line 12, instead of " Dutch"
read "Netherlands."

ART. XX.—All the claims of the Belgian subj, cts on
private establishments, such as widows' funds, and funds
known under the denomination of Fonds de Leges, and
of the chest of civil and military retraites shall be exa-
mined by the mixed Commission of Liquidation men-
tioned i❑ another article, and decided upon according to
the tenor of the rules which regulate such funds or chests.
The securities given, and also the payments made by
Belgian accountants, the judiciary depots, and the con-
signations, shall be also restored to the parties entitled, on
the presentation of their titles.

If
the chief of the liquidations called French has still
claims to make upon the Belgian subjects, with reference
to droits d'inscriptions, such claims shall be also exa-
mined and liquidated by the said Commission.
ART. X XI. —lrnmediately after the exchange of the
ratifications of the treaty shall have taken place between
the two parties, the necessary orders shall be sent to the
Commandants of the respective troops for the evacuation
of the territories, towns, fortresses, and places, which
change dominion. The civil authorities shall also receive,
at the same time, the necessary orders for the surrender of
such territories, towns, fortresses, and places to the
Commissioners who shall be appointed for that purpose
by both parties. This evacuation and this surrender shall
be effected in such a manner that it may be terminated
within a fortnight, or sooner, if possible.
ART. XXII. —The Articles 5,9, 14, 20, and 21, shall
be understood and executed conformably to the explana-
tions included in the memorandum of the Conference of
London, dated the 4th of January, 1832, respecting the
objects to which the said articles relate.
N. it is thought preferable that these explana-
tions should be textually added to each of the articles to
which they relate, nothing appears to oppose it.
Proposed modification.—Omit this article.
Observation.—ln pursuance of the observation added
to this article, it is thought preferable that the explanations
included in the memorandum of the Conference of Lon-
don, dated the 4th of January, 1832, should be textually
added to Articles 5,9, 14, 20, and 21, so far at concei ns
each respectively.
ART, XXIII.eesEx change of ristificatioa,