STATE PAPERS. 
lition of a commerce so odious, 
so strongly condemned by the 
laws of religion and of nature. 
The present additional Article 
shall have the same force and ef- 
fect as if it were inserted, word 
for word, in the Treaty, signed 
this day. It shall be included in 
the ratification of the said Treaty. 
In witness whereof, the respec- 
tive Plenipotentiaries have signed 
the same, and have affixed there- 
unto the seals of their arms. 
Done at Paris this 20th day 
of November, in the year 
of our Lord, 1815. 
(Signed) 
(L. 8.) CastTLERFEAGH. 
(L.S.) WerELLInGTon. 
(L.S.) RicHELIEv, 
CONVENTION. 
Concluded in conformity to the 
Fourth Article of the Principal 
Treaty, relative to the Payment 
of the Pecuniary Indemnity to 
be furnished by France to the 
Allied Powers. 
The payment to which France 
has bound herself to the Allied 
Powers as an indemnity by the 
Fourth Article of the Treaty of 
- this day, shall take place in this 
form, and at the periods prescribed 
by the following Articles, 
Art. I1.—The sum of seven hun- 
dred millions of francs, being the 
amount of the indemnity, shall be 
discharged day by day, in equal 
portions, in the space of five years, 
by means of Bons au Porteur on 
the Royal Treasury of France, ip 
the manner that shall be now set 
forth, 
If.—The Treasury shall give 
over immediately to the Allied 
Powers fifteen engagements for 
forty-six millions and two-thirds 
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each, forming together the sum 
of seven hundred millions: the 
first engagement payable on the 
3lst of March, 1816, the se- 
cond on the 3lst of July of the 
same year, and so on, in every 
fourth month, during the five, 
successive years. 
IlI.—These engagements shall 
not be negotiable, but they shall 
be periodically exchanged against 
Bons auPorteur,negotiable,drawn 
in the form used in the ordinary 
service of the Royal Treasury. 
IV.—In the month which shall 
precede the four, in the course of 
which an engagement is to be 
paid, that engagement shall be 
divided by the Treasury of France, 
into Bons au Porteur payable 
in Paris, in equal portions, from 
the first to the last day of the 
four months. 
Thus theengagement of forty- 
six millionsand two-thirds, falling 
due the 31st of March, 1816, shall 
be exchanged in the month of. 
November, 1815, against Bons au 
Porteur payable in equal por- 
tions from the Ist of Decem- 
ber, 1815, to the 3rd of March, 
1816; the engagement of forty- 
six millions and two-thirds, which 
will fall due the 31st of July, 
1816, shall be exchanged in the 
month of March, in the same 
year, against Bons au Porteur 
payable in equal portions from 
the Ist of April, 1816, to the 31st 
of July, of the same year; and so 
on, eyery four months. 
V.—No single Bon au Porteur 
shall be delivered for the sum due 
each day, but the sum so due, 
shall be divided into several Cou- 
pures or bills of one thousand, two 
thousand, five thousand, ten thou- 
sand, and twenty thousand frances, 
