The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-22 00:00:00

INDEMNITY FROM FRANCE.

An Account of all Sums receiVed.by Great Britain since the
20th November; 1815, as Portions of he 'lndemnity Of be
paid by France, by the Treaty of that date ; speCifying the
mode in which•such sums have been applied, and what part
of them has been paid into the Exchequer.
Under the Convention -concluded in eon-
formity to the 4th Artide of the principal
Treaty, France was to pay Great Britain
125,000,000 francs, at the periods hereafter
specified, viz.— Fr. C.
In the Year 181 G,

1817
1818
1819 -
1830 • 27,500,000 -

125,000,000.

In pursuance of this Conrention, the fol-
.owing Sums have been actuitily paid, viz.—
Fr. C.
615,000
749,00 J •
3,636,000
1,666,666 6ri
8,333,833

1815—Dec. 22
Jan. 2

April 8
Aug. 1

Nov. 28
-1817—April 7
14
21

9,166,666 66
458,000 --
524,000
624,003
524,000 -
524,000
624,000
.524,000
514,000 --
457,000 .**
4,583,666 ,66
4,583,000 --
4,59,66 ti 68

May 5
- 12
1b
- 26
June 2
Oct. eo
;N:or. ;o
-- 30 -

27
1818-Marcia 3G

An agreement was subs-quently made with
France, fur postponing the payment of one
halt, the quadremetre, becoming due from
Ist April to 31st July, 1317, to the 40th Oc-
tober, 1817; and for postponing the whole of
the quadremetve becoming. due from the
Ist August to the 30th November, 1817, to
the 10th and 30th November, 1817; and In-
tetest was charged to France for such post-
ponement, anion ing to 133, 106 f. 52 c. ; and
which was paid as follows, viz.—

Fr. C.
ISI7-.-Oct. 27
N0v..13
Dec, ti.o -

15,000,000

27,500,000

18,333,333

133,106

Making the total received from • •
• France to the Ist May, 1818 60,966,439. 64
This Sum has been applied as follows:
Retained by the British. Commisioners on
account of the Expences of his Establishment 555,666 66
Paid into the Military Chest in France to- .
wards the Expences of the Army of Occupa-
tion, over and above the. Sums received from
France on account of that Army
Paid to his Grace the Duke of Wellington,
in _ Paris, towards the Sun► of 25,000,000
francs, granted by Parliament as Prize-money
to the Troops under his Grace's command .. 8,009,000
Remitted to E•►glandt and which, produced
the sum of 1,406,9,161. rls. I Id. sterling .... 31,886,833 ►94

.'. 14,534,277 29

Total applied
Remaining in the badernnitv Chest in Paris)
in Mandats, becoming due between the Ist
May and Ist August

Total Amount received from France.. 60,966,439 84

The Sum of 1,906,0161.'115. 11a. sterling, the
Proceeds of the 31,886,833 f. 34c. remitted
from France, as above stated, was applied
as follows;---
Towards coinpletirig the Grant of the Suns
of 25,000,000 francs, as Prize-looney to the
Army under the- command of his Grace the
Duke or Wellington , ,c 707,263 10 5
To the Paymaster-General- of the Forces,
in repayment of Sums advanced arid paid out
of the Extraordinaries of the Army in Eng-
land, for the use of the Troops serving in
France in_lBl6 and 1817 • 10-1,579 0 0
To the-Paymaster-General of the Forces,
in repayment Of Sifms advanced and .paid in'
England, out of the Sums granted for the
Ordinary Service of the Army, on account
of the Troops serving in France in 1816 and
1817

£1,406,916 II 11

Whitehall Treasury Chambers,
14th May, IBM

C. ARBUTHNOT.