AVES ISLAND. 459 



Aeticle 2. The said sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars 

 shall be paid in the following terms : 



For Sheltoa, Sampson & Tappan. For Lang & Delano. 



fJunel $2,500 



.^,. J August 1 2,500 



^^^^- ] October 1 2,500 



[ December 1 2,500 



$10,000 



June 30 $7,500 $2,000 



December 31 7,500 2,000 



$15,000 . $4,000 



June 30 $10,000 $2,000 



December 31 10,000 2,000 



$20,000 . . $4,000 



June 30 $10,000 $2,500 



December 31 10,000 2,500 



$20,000 $5,000 



-.Q.o S J^^i^e 30 $10,000 $3,000 



^^^''- ^December 31 10,000 3,000 



$20,00.0 $6,000 



-.Q., { June 30 $10,000 $3,000 



^^^*- J December 31 10,000 3,000 



$20,000 $6,000 



1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 



$105,000 $25,000 



Interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum shall be paid on the 

 gross amount of indemnity, commencing on the first day of this pres- 

 ent month, January, 1859, and being added to the several installments 

 as they fall due, the interest being always computed on the amount of 

 indemnity remaining unpaid at the time of the payment of the several = 

 installments. 



Article 3. In consideration of the above agreement and indemnifi- 

 cation, the government of the United States, and the individuals in 

 whose behalf they have been made, agree to desist from all further 

 reclamation [for] the Island of Aves, [abandoning to the republic of 

 Venezuela whatever rights might pertain to them.] 



Article 4. This agreement shall be submitted to present national 

 convention, and in case it should not be ratified by it before the closing 

 of the present session, then it shall be considered null and void. 



E. A. TUKPIN. 

 LUIS SANOJO. 



Valencia, Januarij 14, 1859. 



