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THE TREATY OF 13TH JULY, 1863.
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from the Powers.Art. X. Each of the three Courts will give up in favour of Prince William of Denmark four thousand pounds a year out of the sums which the Greek Treasury has engaged to pay annually to each of them, in pursuance of the arrangement concluded at Athens by the Greek Government, with the concurrence of the Chambers, in the month of June, 1860[1].

It is expressly understood that these three sums, forming a total of twelve thousand pounds sterling annually, shall be destined to constitute a personal dotation of His Majesty the King, in addition to the civil list fixed by the law of the State[2].

The guaranteed loan.Art. XI. The accession of Prince William to the Hellenic Throne shall not involve any change in the financial engagements which Greece has contracted by Article XII of the Convention signed at London on the 7th of May, 1832, towards the Powers guarantees of the loan[3].

It is equally understood that the Powers will in concert watch over the execution of the engagement taken by the Hellenic Government in the month of June, 1860, upon the representation of the three Courts[4].

Art. XII. The three Courts shall, from this moment, use their influence in order to procure the recognition of Prince William of Denmark in the character of King of the Greeks[5] by all the Sovereigns and States with whom they have relations.

Art. XIII. His Majesty the King of Denmark reserves to himself to take the measures which may be most proper for facilitating the arrival of King George I in his dominions as soon as possible[6].

Art. XIV. The three Courts will bring the present Treaty to the knowledge of the Greek Government, and will afford to that Government all the support in their power, while awaiting the speedy arrival of His Majesty the King.

  1. Effected by the Treaty of 29th March, 1864, Art. 6 (Texts, No. IX).
  2. Under the Constitution of 28th November, 1864, a Civil List of £40,178 was settled on King George, in addition to the £12,000 released by the Powers.
  3. Vide supra, p. 28 n.
  4. Vide supra, pp. 21, 38 n.
  5. See Protocol of 13th October, 1863 (Texts, No. VI).
  6. The King arrived on 1st October, 1863.