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States shall be sent thither from 
the Netherlands. 
VI. By Dutch proprietors must 
be understood, Ist, all subjects 
of his Majesty the King of the 
Netherlands, residing in his Eu- 
ropean States, and now being 
landed proprietors in the afore- 
said colonies, 
2nd. All subjects of his said 
Majesty who, in course of time, 
may come into possession of plan- 
tations in them, now belonging 
to Dutch proprietors. : 
3rd. All such landed proprietors 
as now residing in the said co- 
lonies, were born in the Nether- 
jands, and who, in conformity to 
Art. VIII. of this Convention, 
may declare, that they wish to be 
considered as Dutch proprietors 
in future; and 
4th. All subjects of his said 
Majesty who may be holders of 
mortgages on plantations in the 
said colonies before the date of the 
ratification of this convention ; 
and who, in consequence of their 
deed of mortgage, possess the 
right of exporting the produce of 
the said plantations to the Ne- 
therlands, under the restriction 
stated in Art, IX. 
VII. In all cases where the 
right of supplying the wants of 
mortgaged plantations, and the 
right of exporting the produce of 
. the same to the Netherlands is not 
actually secured to the mortgage- 
holder, the latter shall be per- 
mitted to export from the colonies 
only such quantity of produce 
as, estimated by the price current 
of the colony, shall be sufficient 
to pay the amount of interest or 
capital yearly due to him, and on 
the other hand to introduce into 
the colouy articles of necessity 
tn the sathe proportion. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818 
Vill. All proprietors, being 
subjects of his Majesty the King 
of the Netherlands, now resident 
in these colonies, shall be bound, 
in order to_be entitled to the be- 
nefits of this Convention, within 
three months after its publication 
in the said colonies, to declare 
whether they are satisfied to be 
considered as such in future. 
IX. In all cases where both 
Dutch and British subjects shall 
havea mortgage on-the same plan- 
tation, in the said colonies, the 
amount of the produce to be con- 
signed to the different mortgage- 
holders, shall be in proportion to 
the amount of the debt due to 
each respectively. 
X. In order that the disposi- 
tions of the present Convention 
may be the more readily brought 
into and kept in operation, it is 
determined that, every year, by 
order of the King of the Nether- 
lands, correct and specific lists 
shall be made out, containing the 
names and places of residence of 
proprietors residentin the Nether- 
lands, together with the names 
and descriptions of the plantations 
to them respectively belonging, 
with the addition cf whether the 
last-mentioned be sugar or other 
kind of plantations, and whether 
the first-mentioned are Owners in 
whole or only in part of the plan 
tations. Similar lists shall also be 
made out of the mortgages vested 
on the plantation, in so far as 
these mortgages are in the pos- 
session of Dutch subjects, speci- 
fying the amount of the debt or 
mortgage, as they at present ex- 
ist, or as they are to be paid in 
virtue of Art. IV. 
These lists shall be given to the 
British Government, and sent to 
the aforesaid colonies, iff order 
