[Scheldt Toll.] florins, the duty collected upon the Navigation of the Scheldt and its mouths, in virtue of Section 3 of Article IX of the 19th April, 1839. Indemnity to be paid by Belgium. ART. II. This sum shall be paid to the Netherland Government by the Belgian Government at Antwerp or Amsterdam, at the option of the latter, the franc being calculated at 474 Netherland cents., that is to say: One-third as soon as may be after the exchange of the Ratifications, and the other two-thirds in 3 equal instalments falling due on the 1st May, 1864, the 1st May, 1865, and the 1st May, 1866. The Belgian Government shall be at liberty to anticipate the said days of payment. Date of Cessation of Scheldt Toll. ART. III. From and after the payment of the first third, the Toll shall cease to be collected by the Government of the Netherlands. Interest on Amount not paid. The amount not immediately paid shall bear interest at 4 per cent. per annum for the benefit of the Netherland Treasury. Capitalisation of Toll not to affect previous Engagements. ART. IV. It is understood that the Capitalisation of the Toll shall in no way affect the engagements which result, with regard to the two States, from the Treaties in force concerning the Scheldt. Reduction of Pilotage Dues.* ART. V. The Pilotage Dues now collected in the Scheldt are reduced 20 per cent. for sailing vessels; 30 per cent. for steam vessels. It is, moreover, agreed that the Pilotage Dues in the Scheldt shall never be higher than the Pilotage Dues collected in the mouths of the Meuse. A Convention detailing the reduction in Pilotage Dues was signed between Belgium and the Netherlands on the 29th September, 1863. [Scheldt Toll.] Ratifications.* ART. VI. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the Hague in 4 months, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof, the aforesaid Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their Seal. Done at the Hague, the 12th May, 1863. (L.S.) BARON DU JARDIN. (L.S.) P. VAN DER MAESEN DE SOMBREFF. (L.S.) THORBECKE. (L.S.) BETZ. * Ratifications exchanged at the Hague, 14th July, 1863. [Greek Succession.] No. 343.-PROTOCOL OF CONFERENCE between the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, and Russia, relative to the Termination of the Bavarian Order of Succession to the Throne of Greece. London, 16th May, 1863. TABLE. .Termination of Bavarian Order of Succession in Greece. Invitation to King of Bavaria to send a Plenipotentiary to Conference. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Present: The Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Russia. Termination of Bavarian Order of Succession in Greece. Invitation to King of Bavaria to send a Plenipotentiary to Conference.+ THE Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Her Britannic Majesty opened the sitting by an historical summary of the events which have terminated the order of Succession established in Greece by the Convention concluded at London on the 7th May, 1832 (No. 159), between the Courts of France, Great Britain, and Russia on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Bavaria acting in the character of guardian of his second son, the Prince Frederick Otho of Bavaria, on the other part. The Plenipotentiaries seriously considered those events which have been brought to pass under circumstances entirely foreign to the action of their Courts. Such being the facts, they acknowledged, with an unanimous feeling of regret, that after an experience of 30 years, the order of things established in 1832 has not consolidated itself in Greece under the Dynasty which the Convention of the 7th May (No. 159) called to the Throne, in virtue of the power then delegated by the Greek Nation to the Courts of France, Great Britain, and Russia. Their commission is, therefore, actually at an end; but the negotiations which preceded the signature of the said Convention, as well as of the Explanatory and Supplementary Article of the 30th April, 1833 (No. 166), having been carried on with the participation of the Minister of His Majesty the * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. liii, p. 144. [Greek Succession.] King of Bavaria, the Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Russia deemed it proper to place upon record the intention of their respective Courts to offer to the august Head of the House of Bavaria a due testimony of respect, by inviting him to authorize his Representative at London to take part in their deliberations. And after reading the present Protocol, drawn up by common consent, the Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Russia affixed their signatures thereto. BON. GROS. [Greek Succession.] No. 344.-PROTOCOL OF CONFERENCE between the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, and Russia relative to the Greek Succession. London, 27th May, 1863. TABLE. No Bavarian Minister authorised to take part in Conferences. Reservation of King of Bavaria in favour of younger Branches of Royal Family of Bavaria. Duty of Protecting Powers to replace Greece under system of Monarchial Principles. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Present: The Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Russia. No Bavarian Minister authorised to take part in Conferences. Reservation of King of Bavaria in favour of Younger Branches of Royal Family of Bavaria. Duty of Protecting Powers to replace Greece under system of Monarchial Principles. THE Plenipotentiaries of France, Great Britain, and Russia met for the purpose of taking cognizance of the result of the step taken at Munich by the Representatives of the 3 Protecting Powers, in conformity with the Resolutions adopted by the Conference on the 16th May (No. 343). The Principal Secretary of State of Her Britannic Majesty announced that the Court of Bavaria had not authorised its Minister accredited to Her Britannic Majesty to take part in the deliberations opened at London. In the absence of that Minister, the Principal Secretary of State of Her Britannic Majesty thought it, however, his duty to make mention of the reservations made in the month of April last by the Court of Bavaria in favour of the younger branches of the Royal Family of Bavaria, which Article VIII of the Convention of 7th May, 1832 (No. 159), substituted contingently for His Majesty King Otho, in case that Sovereign should die without direct and lawful issue. It was agreed, by common consent, that such Declaration should be inserted in the present Protocol. Considering, nevertheless, that the impossibility of hencefor For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. liii, p. 145. |