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the elector Palatine, as proprietor 

 of Ravenstein, Megen and other 

 places ; the house of Zalsback, com- 

 prising the seigniory of Bonnier ; 

 the house of Salm, comprising the 

 seigniory of Anholt, in the canton of 

 Zutphen; and in general on all the 

 property (biens) of all the other 

 princes and barons of the empire, 

 who, having possessions in Holland 

 before the present war, have lost 

 there, in consequence of the war, 

 all pretension to the exercise of their 

 rights, and to theenjoymentof their 

 properties. 



The little city of Husser, situate 

 in the isle of Betau, on the left 

 bank of the Rhine, and its territory, 

 comprising Melbergen and Hulhuy- 

 sen, as also some villages in the 

 country of Kuyck, contained within 

 the territory of the Batavian repub- 

 lic, constitute part of the present 

 cession. 



The renunciation of ecclesiastical 

 properties (Mens) agreed to in fa- 

 vour of the Batavian republic, shall 

 extend equally in proportion as the 

 reform shall be effected on those 

 which depend upon the four new 

 departments acquired on the left 

 bank of the Rhine, and which are 

 situated on the Batavian soil, and 

 also upon all the rights which might 

 appertain to the French republic on 

 the said territory in consequence of 

 the definitive union of these same 

 four departments, in such a manner 

 that it shall not afford any pretence 

 for any repetition whatever. 



The present concession involves 

 in it, to the advantage of the Bata- 

 vian republic, the abandonment of 

 the rents and revenues in arrear, 

 and now due out of the proi)erties 

 of which this transaction assures it 

 the right and possession. 



Art. 2. The French republic, in 



transferring from the French to the 

 Batavian republic the occupation 

 and possession of all the properties 

 (biens) and rights which belonged 

 to the elector Palatine, and all the 

 other princes and barons of the 

 empire with whom it has been at 

 war, and which are situated within 

 the extent of the Batavian republic, 

 promises and engages farther, on a 

 general peace with the empire, to 

 procure for it the abandonment of 

 the absolute and irrevocable pro- 

 perty by the parties interested, to 

 interpose for this purpose its good 

 offices, and to employ for this effect 

 aU the means which it shall use to 

 secure for itself the free and peace- 

 able possession of such countries as 

 it shall think fit to retain. 



Art. 3. The cession of the sei- 

 gniory of Ravenstein, stipulated in 

 the first article, comprises only the 

 part of it within the Batavian ter- 

 ritory. 



Art. 4. The pi-esent cession car- 

 ries with it the whole of the rights 

 belonging to the French republic 

 within the extent of the Batavian 

 possessions, with the exception of 

 the house of France at the Hague, 

 which formerly belonged to the 

 French legation. 



Art. 5. In consideration of the 

 concessions stipulated by the prece- 

 ding articles, the Batavian republic 

 shall pay to the French republic, 

 after the exchange of the respective 

 ratifications of the present treaty, 

 and in the terms agreed upon be- 

 tween the two governments, a sum 

 of 6,000,000 francs. 



Art. 6. The present transaction 

 shall not take effect until after ha- 

 ving been ratified by the contract- 

 ingparties, and tlie ratification shall 

 be exchanged at Paris with the least 

 possible delay, reckoning from the 



