STATE PAPERS. 



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properties within the limits of the 

 British sovereignty on the conti- 

 nent of India, the same facilities, 

 privileges, and protection, which 

 are at present granted to the most 

 favoured nations. On his side, his 

 most Christian Majesty having 

 nothing more at heart than the 

 perpetuity of the peace between 

 the two Crowns of France and 

 England, and wishing to contri- 

 bute, as much as in him lies, to 

 romove henceforward such points 

 of contart between the two na- 

 tions as might one day alter a 

 good mutual understanding, en- 

 gages not to erect any work of 

 fortification in the establishments 

 to be restored to him, and which 

 are siluated within the limits of 

 Britisli sovereignty on the conti- 

 nent of India, and to place in 

 those establishments only the num- 

 ber of troops necessary for the 

 maintenance of the police. 



Art. XIII. As to the French 

 right of fishery on the grand bank 

 of Newfoundland, on the coasts of 

 the isle of that name, and the ad- 

 jacent isles, and in the Gulph of 

 St. Lawrence, every thing shall be 

 restored to the same footing as in 

 1792. 



Art. XIV. The colonies, fac- 

 tories, and establishments to be re- 

 stored to his Most Christian Ma- 

 jesty by his Britannic Majesty or 

 his Allies, shall be given up, viz. 

 those in the Seas of the North, or 

 in the Seas and on the Continents 

 of America and Africa, within 

 three mouths, and those beyond 

 the Cape of Good Hope within 

 six months, after the ratification 

 of the present treaty. 



Art. XV. The high contracting 

 parties having reserved to them- 

 selves by the 4th Art. of the Con- 



vention of April 23, the regula- 

 tion in the present Definitive 

 Treaty of Peace, of the fate of the 

 arsenals and vessels of war, armed 

 and not armed, which are in ma- 

 ritime fortresses, surrendered by 

 France in execution of Art. 2, of 

 the said Convention, it is agreed 

 that the said vessels and ships of 

 war, armed and not armed, as also 

 the naval artillery, the naval stores, 

 and all the materials of construc- 

 tion and armament, shall be di- 

 vided between France and the 

 country where the fortresses are 

 situated, in the proportion of two- 

 thirds to France, and one-third to 

 the powers to whom such fortresses 

 shall appertain. 



The vessels and ships which are 

 building, and which shall not be 

 ready for launching in six weeks 

 after the present treaty, shall be 

 considered as materials, and as 

 such divided in the proportion 

 above assigned, after being taken 

 to pieces. 



Commissairies shall be mutually 

 appointed to arrange the division, 

 and draw up a statement thereof, 

 and passports shall be given by 

 the Allied Powers, to secure the 

 return to France of the French 

 workmen, seamen, and agents. 



The vessels and arsenals existing 

 in the maritime fortresses which 

 shall have fallen into the power 

 of the Allies, anterior to the 23rd 

 of April are not included in the 

 above stipulations, nor the vessels 

 and arsenals which belonged to 

 Holland, and in particular the 

 Texel fleet. 



The French Government binds 

 itself to withdraw, or cause to be 

 sold, all thai shall belong to it 

 by the above stated stipulations, 

 within the period of three months 



