Liquidation A.-Distribution of the funds of the Laguna Seca Con

ducta.....

113

Document B.-Assignments for the payment of the funds taken at La

127

Document A.-Propositions of Davidson for the loan of $700.000.... 125
Do. B.-List of houses obtained by Davidson from the Clergy..
C.-Compensations to claimants to the houses obtained by
Davidson....

Do.

Barron Affair.-Extract....

131

133

Document. A.-List of Houses obtained by Barron, Forbes & Co.... 137 B.-Indemnities to claimants to do......

Do.

139

Do.

B.-List of claims that ought not to be included in the

Second Spanish Convention.--Credits of the Padre Moran.-Historical

extract...

181

Document.

A.-Convention of the 7th of November 1844.......

187

Do.

Do.

Do.

B.-Report on the Bequests of Doña Juana Arguelles.... 189
C.-Bases of arrangement proposed by the Padre Moran..
D.-Convention of the 6th. of December 1851...

193

197

Do.

E-Account of sums paid for the Convention of the Filipi

First Convention.-Claim of Serment P. Fort & Co..........
Second Convention.-Claims of Jecker Torre & Co.....

209

213

Do. C.--Capital of the 3rd Convention, redemption &c...... 233 Jecker Bonds. - Extract....

Document.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

A.-Jecker's Contract for $ 15.000,000 of Bonds.......
B.- Do.

Do. for "refaccion" 27th Oct. 1859....

C.-2nd. Contract with Jules Borneque, 26th Jany. 1860.
D.-3rd. Contract with Do. 13th March. 1860......
E. Decree of 9th. November 1859. Jecker Bonds......
F.-Modification of Contract. do. 30th Jany. 1860.......
G.-Account presented by Jecker of the distribution and

"refaccion" of 15.000,000 of Bonds.......

H.-Account of Bonds redeemed in the year 1860....... PEZA BONDS.-Extract....

...

Account of the Bonds redeemed in the year 1860...
General Summary of the amounts paid to England, Spain and France...
of the amounts owing by the Mexican Republic to sundry
English, Spanish and French subjects to the end of June
1862 ...

Do.

Observations on the preceding Summary...

235

253

257

259

261

263

265

267

269

271

281

283

285

289

Sundry Claims of English, Spanish and French subjects in 1861 & 1862. 293 English Claims.....

Document A.- Decree for a special fund for the payment of claims....

315

Do. B.-Losses & Damages in the Revolution....

317

Distribution of the Maritime revenues of the Republic, for the payment of Diplomatic Conventions &c.....

321

Conclusion...

224

APPENDIX.

DEBT CONTRACTED IN LONDON.

INDEX

OF THE DECREES AND LAWS IN RELATION TO THE LOANS CONTRACTED BY THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.

PAGE.

Number 1-Decree of the 25th. of June 1822, empowering the Govern-
ment to contract a loan of 25 to 30 millions.....
2.--Decree of the 1st. of May 1823, annulling the power conce-
ded to Sor. Iturbide by the decree of 25th. June 1822...
3. Decree of the 27th. of August 1823 for contracting a loan
of 20 millions....

4.-Government is empowered to contract a loan with Mr. Ro

bert Staples. January 31st. 1824.....

7. Decree of the 2nd. of October 1830, on the Capitalization of
dividends.....

5.-Assignments for the payment of dividends 23rd. May 1828.
6. On the capitalization of credits for dividends due in London
28th. October 1828....

8. Decree of the 20th. of May 1831 on the issue of Bonds.... 8 9.-Law of the 4th. of April 1837, empowering the Government

to mortgage lands..

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9

10.-Government Decree, of the 12th. of April 1837, establishing
a national Consolidated Fund...
11.-Convention entered into on the 15th. September 1837, be-
tween the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic and
its Agents in London and the Mexican Bondholders.... 12
12.-Lizardi & Co's. Commission....

21

21

22

23

36

36

36

21.-Decree of 14th. October 1850, regulating the Debt...

22.-Lizardi Bonds...

23.-Agents of the Bondholders..

40

42

43

24.-Dunlop Convention.....

45

14.- Arrangement made with the Department of Finance......

15.-Bonds of the 26 per Cent. introduced into the Convention.

84

84

20.-Approbation thereof by the English Government.... ..... 91

PAGE.

99

... 100

Number 24.-Repeal of the law for suspending payments..
25.-Treaty of England, France & Spain for the intervention in
Mexico....

SPANISH CONVENTIONS.

Number 1.-Treaty of Madrid.....

105

2.-Law of the 28th. June 1824, respecting the recognition of

6.-Secret Article....

7.—Note from Don José Miguel Arroyo, admitting the "Credits"

... 114

Number 1.-Treaty with the Kingdom of France......

2.-Contract with Serment & Drusina......

134

135

3.-Arrangement for the payment of Serment & Drusina..... 137 4.-First French Convention.-Credits of Serment P. Fort y Co. 139 5.-Second French Convention.-- Credits of Jecker, Torre y Co. 139 6.-Third French Convention.-Various Claims...

141