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Rh Art. 18. By the definitive Treaty, all those which have existed till now between the two high contracting parties, and which shall not have been derogated from, either by the said Treaty, or by the present preliminary Treaty, shall be renewed and confirmed; and the two courts shall name commissioners to enquire into the state of commerce between the two nations, in order to agree upon new arrangements of trade, on the footing of reciprocity and mutual convenience. The said two courts shall together amicably fix a competent term for the duration of that business.

Art. 19. All the countries and territories which may have been or which may be conquered, in any part of the world whatsoever, by the arms of his Britannic Majesty, or by those of his most Christian Majesty, and which are not included in the present Articles, shall be restored without difficulty, and without requiring compensation.

Art. 20. As it is necessary to assign a fixed epoch for the restitutions and the evacuations to be made by each of the high contracting parties, it is agreed, that the King of Great Britain shall cause to be evacuated the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, three months after the ratification of the definitive Treaty, or sooner if it can be done; St. Lucia, in the West Indies, and Gorée in Africa, three months after the ratification of the definitive Treaty, or sooner if it can be done. The King of Great Britain shall, in like manner, at the end of three months after the ratification of the definitive Treaty, or sooner if it can be done, enter again into possession of the islands of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, Dominica, St., Christopher's, Nevis, and Montserrat. France shall be put into possession of the towns and comptoirs which are restored to her in the East Indies, and of the territories which are procured for her, to serve as dependencies round Pondicherry, and round Karical, six months after the ratification of the definitive Treaty, or sooner if it can be done. France shall, at the end of the same term of six months, restore the towns and territories which her arms may have taken from the English, or their allies, in the East Indies. In consequence whereof, the necessary orders shall be sent by each of the high contracting parties, with reciprocal passports for the ships which shall carry them, immediately after the ratification of the definitive Treaty.

Art. 21. The prisoners made respectively by the arms of his Britannic Majesty, and his most Christian Majesty, by land and by sea, shall be restored reciprocally and bonâ fide, immediately after the ratification of the definitive Treaty, without ransom, and on paying the debts they may have contracted during their captivity; and each crown shall respectively reimburse the sums