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Rh of the said convention, or from any other concession which may at any time have been made by the King of Spain or his predecessors to British subjects and settlers residing and following their lawful occupations within the limits aforesaid; the two contracting parties reserving, however, for some more fitting opportunity, the further arrangements of this article.

The government of Mexico engages to cooperate with his Britannic Majesty for the total abolition of the slave-trade; and to prohibit all persons inhabiting within the territories of Mexico; in the most effectual manner, from taking any share in such trade.

The two contracting parties reserve to themselves the right of treating and agreeing hereafter, from time to time, upon such other articles as may appear to them to contribute still further to the improvement of their mutual intercourse, and the advancement of the general interests of their respective subjects and citizens: and such articles as may