and 75 cents per ton of merchandize, over and above the duties collected upon the like articles, also of the growth, produce, or manufacture of France, when imported in vessels of the United States.

3. No discriminating duty shall be levied upon the productions of the soil or industry of France, imported in French bottoms into the ports of the United States for transit or re-exportation.

Nor shall any such duties be levied upon the productions of the soil or industry of the United States, imported in vessels of the United States into the ports of France for transit or re-exportation. 4. The following quantities shall be considered as forming the ton of merchandise for each of the articles hereinafter specified :— Wines four 61 gallon hogsheads, or 244 gallons of 231 cubic inches, American measure.

Brandies, and all other liquids, 244 gallons.

Silks and all other dry goods, and all other articles usually subject to measurement, 42 cubic feet French in France, and 50 cubic feet American measure, in the United States.

Cotton-804lb. avoirdupois, or 365 kilogrammes.

Tobacco-1,600lb. avoirdupois, or 725 kilogrammes.

Ashes, pot, and pearl, 2,240lb. avoirdupois, or 1,016 kilogrammes. Rice-1,600lb. avoirdupois, or 725 kilogrammes.

And for all weighable articles not specified, 2,240lb. avoirdupois, or 1,016 kilogrammes.

5. The duties of tonnage, lightmoney, pilotage, port charges, brokerage, and all other duties upon foreign shipping, over and above those paid by the national

shipping in the two countries respectively, other than those specified in articles 1 and 2 of the present convention, shall not exceed in France, for vessels of the United States, 5 francs per ton of the vessel's American register; nor for vessels of France in the United States, 94 cents per ton of the vessel's French passport.

6. The contracting parties, wishing to favour their mutual commerce by affording in their ports every necessary assistance to their respective vessels, have agreed that the consuls and vice-consuls may cause to be arrested the sailors, being part of the crews of the vessels of their respective nations, who shall have deserted from the said vessels, in order to send them back, and transport them out of the country for which purpose, the said consuls and vice-consuls shall address themselves to the courts, judges, and officers competent, and shall demand the said deserters in writing-proving by an exhibition of the registers of the vessel, or ship's roll, or other official documents, that those men were part of the said crews; and on this demand, so proved (saving, however, where the contrary is proved), the delivery shall not be refused; and there shall be given all aid and assistance to the said consuls and vice-consuls, for the search, seizure, and arrest of the said deserters, who shall even be detained, and kept in the prisons of the country, at their request and expense, until they shall have found an opportunity of sending them back. But if they be not sent back within three months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same cause.

7. The present temporary convention shall be in force for two years from the first day of October next, and even after the expiration of that term, until the conclusion of a definitive treaty, or until one of the parties shall have declared its intention to renounce it; which declaration shall be made at least six months beforehand.

And, in case the present arrangement should remain without such declaration of its discontinuance by either party, the extra duties specified in the first and second articles, shall, from the expiration of the said two years, be on both sides diminished by onefourth of their whole amount, and afterwards by one-fourth of the said amount from year to year, so long as neither party shall have declared the intention of renouncing it, as above stated.

8. The present convention shall be ratified on both sides, and the ratifications shall be exchanged within one year from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible. But the execution of the said convention shall commence in both countries on the 1st of October next, and shall be effective, even in case of non-ratification, for all such vessels as may have sailed, bona fide, for the ports of either nation, in the confidence of its being in

force.

In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, and have thereto affixed their seals, at the

city of Washington, this 24th day

of June, A. D. 1822.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (L. S.) G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (L. S.)

Separate Article.

The extra duties levied on either

side before the present day, by virtue of the act of Congress of the 15th of May, 1820, and of the ordinance of the 26th of July of the same year, and others confirmative thereof, and which have not already been paid back, shall be refunded.

Signed and sealed as above, this 24th day of June, 1822. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (L. S.) G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (L.S.)

Separate Article.

It is agreed that the extra duties specified in the first and second articles of this convention shall be levied only upon the excess of value of the merchandize imported, over the value of the merchandise exported in the same vessel upon the same voyage; so that if the value of the articles exported shall equal or exceed that, of the articles imported in the same vessel (not including, however, articles imported for transit or re-exportation), no such extra duties shall be levied; and if the articles exported are less in value than those imported, the extra duties shall be levied only upon the amount of the difference of This article, however, shall take effect only in case of ratification on both sides; and not until two months after the exchange of the ratifications. But the refusal to ratify this article, on either side, shall in no wise the validity of the preceding arti❤ affect or impair the ratification or

their value.

cles of this convention.

24th day of June, 1822.
Signed and sealed as above, this

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (L. S.)
G. HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (L. S.)

The following is a copy of the report and decision of the commissioners of the United States and of Great Britain, appointed by virtue of the sixth article of the treaty of Ghent :

The undersigned commissioners, appointed, sworn, and authorized, in virtue of the 6th article of the treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic majesty and the United States of America, concluded at Ghent on the 24th of December, 1814, impartially to examine, and by a report or declaration under their hands and seals, to designate "that portion of the boundary of the United States from the point where the 45th degree of north latitude strikes the river Iroquois, or Cataragui, along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said Lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake, until it arrives at the water communication into Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said water communication into Lake Huron; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior;" and to "decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands, lying within the said rivers, lakes, and water communications, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the treaty of 1783;" do decide and declare, that the fol

lowing described line is the true boundary intended by the two before-mentioned treaties; that is

to say

Beginning at a stone monument erected by Andrew Ellicot, esq. in the year 1817, on the south bank, or shore, of the said river Iroquois, or Cataragui (now called the St. Lawrence), which monument bears south 74 deg. 45 min. west, and is 1,840 yards distant from the stone church in the Indian village of St. Regis, and indicates the point at which the 45th parallel of north latitude strikes the said river; thence running north 35 deg. 45 sec. west into the river, on a line at right angles with the southern shore, to a point 100 yards south of the opposite island, called Cornwall island; thence, turning westerly, and passing round the southern and western sides of said island, keeping 100 yards distant therefrom, and following the curvatures of its shores, to a point opposite to the northwest corner, or angle of said island; thence to and along the middle of the main river, until it approaches the eastern extremity of Barnhart's island; thence, northerly, along the channel which divides the last-mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping 100 yards distant from the island, until it approaches Sheik's island; thence, along the middle of the strait which divides Barnhart's and Sheik's islands, to the channel called the Long Sault, which separates the two last-mentioned islands from the Lower Long Sault island; thence, westerly (crossing the centre of the last-mentioned channel), until it

approaches within 100 yards of the north shore of the Lower Sault island; thence, up the north branch of the river, keeping to the north of, and near the Lower Sault island; and also north of, and near the Upper Sault (sometimes called Baxter's) island, and south of the two small islands to the western extremity of the Upper Sault, or Baxter's island; thence passing between the two islands called the Cuts, to the middle of the river above; thence along the middle of the river, keeping to the north of Christler's island, and of the small island next above it, until it approaches the north-east angle of Goose-neck island; thence along the passage which divides the last-mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping 100 yards from the island, to the upper end of the same; thence south of, and near the two small islands called the Nut islands; thence north of, and near the island called Dry or Smuggler's island; thence passing to the north of the island called Isle au Rapid Platt; thence along the north side of the last-mentioned island, keeping 100 yards from the shore to the upper end thereof; thence along the middle of the river, keeping to the south of and near the islands called Cousson (or Tussin) and Presque isle; thence up the river, keeping north of, and near the several Gallop Isles, and also of Tick, Tibbet's, and Caunny islands; and south of Duck, Drummond, and Sheep islands; thence along the middle of the river north of Gull island, Bluff island, and to the south of Grenadier island, until it approaches the east end of Well's island; thence to the north of Well's island, and along the strait

which divides it from Rowe's island, until it approaches the north-east point of Grindstone island; thence to the north of Grindstone island, until it approaches the southern point of Hickory island; thence passing to the south of Hickory island, and of the two small islands lying near its southern extremity; thence to the south of Grand or Long island, keeping near its southern shore, and passing the north of Carlton island, until it arrives opposite to the southwestern point of said Grand island in Lake Ontario; thence passing to the north of Grenadier, Fox, Stoney, and the Gallop islands in Lake Ontario, and to the south of, and near, the islands called the Ducks, to the middle of the said leke; thence, westerly, along the middle of the said lake, to a point opposite the mouth of the Niagara river; thence to and up the middle of the said river, to the Great Falls; thence, up the Falls, through the point of the Horse Shoe, keeping to the west of Tris or Goat island, and of the group of small islands at its head, and following the bends of the river so as to enter the strait between. Navy and Grand islands; thence, along the middle of the said strait to the head of Navy islands; thence, to the west and south of, and near to, Grand and Beaver islands, and to the west of Strawberry, Squaw, and Bird islands, to Lake Erie; thence, southerly and westerly, along the middle of Lake Erie, in a direction to enter the passage immediately south of Middle island, being one of the easternmost of the group of islands lying in the western part of the said lake; thence along the said passage, proceeding to the north

of Cunningham's island, of the three Bass islands, and of the Western Sister, and to the south of the islands called the Hen and Chickens, and of the Eastern and Middle Sisters; thence, to the middle of the mouth of the Detroit river, in a direction to enter the channel which divides Bois-blanc and Sugar islands; thence up the said channel to the west of Boisblanc island, and to the east of Sugar, Fox, and Stony islands, until it approaches Fighting, or Great Turkey island; thence along the western side, and near the shore of said last-mentioned island, to the middle of the river above the same; thence, along the middle of said river, keeping to the south-east of, and near, Hog island, and to the north-west of, and near the island called Isle a la Pêche, to Lake St. Clair; thence, through the middle of said lake, in a direction to enter the mouth or channel of the river St. Clair, which is usually denominated the Old Ship channel; thence, along the middle of said channel, between Squirrel island on the southeast, and Herson's island on the north-west, to the upper end of the last-mentioned island, which is nearly opposite to Point au Chênes, on the American shore; thence along the middle of the river St. Clair, keeping to the west of, and near, the islands called Belle Revieve Isle, and Isle aux Cerfs, to Lake Huron; thence, through the middle of Lake Huron, in a direction to enter the strait or passage between Drummond's island on the west, and the Little Manitou island on the east; thence, through the middle of the passage which divides the two last-mentioned islands; thence, turning northerly and westwardly,

around the eastern and northeastern shores of Drummond's island, and proceeding in a direction to enter the passage between the island of St. Joseph's and the American shore, passing to the north of the intermediate islands. Thence, up the said last-mentioned passage, keeping near to the island of St. Joseph's, and passing to the north and east of Isle a la Crosse, until it strikes a line passing across the river at the head of St. Joseph's island, and at the foot of the Neebish Rapids, which line denotes the termination of the boundary directed to be run by the 6th article of the treaty of Ghent.

And the said commissioners do further decide and declare, that all the islands lying in the rivers, lakes, and water communications, between the before described boundary line and the adjacent shores of Upper Canada, do, and each of them does, belong to his Britannic majesty; and that all the islands lying in the rivers, lakes, and water communications, between the said boundary line and the adjacent shores of the United States, or their territories, do, and each of them does, belong to the United States of America, in conformity with the true intent of the second article of the said treaty of 1783, and of the 6th article of the treaty of Ghent.

In faith whereof, we, the commissioners aforesaid, have signed this declaration, and thereunto affixed our seals.

Done, in quadruplicate, at Utica, in the state of New York, in the United States of America, this 18th day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1822.

PETER B. PORTER, (L. S.)
ANTH. BARCLAY, (L. S.)