J. C. PICKETT, IsEaI-l MANUEL DEL RIO, fsFAL-3
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And whereas the seventh article cf the said convention required tiaat the rstifratsUns of the contracting parties should be sxrhan- Ecd within two years from sts dats which provision was not observed by The said par ties owing lo delays in the ratification reBd- ering such exchange imPrarsicable within tise time ssipulsted And wfcseas ii appears fhai the duly coasaitGied aufhorIties of the repub- lie of Peru did, on the 2lsi of October. lS45, by law approve in all respects the said con- reniion. with the condition, however, tiszi the first annual iRstailmeni of thirty fbo1- saad dollars tsn account of the principal of ,lhe debs recognised thereby, and to which the second aTtcls relates. should begin from the Isl of January lSa6, and the nsinlmeats or flis annual sum, according to article III, should be calculated and paid iron the Isl of January, lS42 Aud whereas fhs said con rentioa and the aforesaid modification fheFe- of have been duly ratified, and the respect i've ratiGcztisns ef the same were exchanged in the city of Lima, on the 3lst dsr o& De- Iobef last, by 4. G. Jeweii on lhe part ofthe United States. and Manuel 6ri Rio on the pari of ihe republic of Peru.

 Now, therefore, be ii known, ilai !. James K Polk, President of the United States of America, hare caused the said convention, and ihe modification thereof. 10 be made puflic, so the cad thai he same, and every a,aieIt and rinuse rsererf, ssuy De oSb-crvrd and fulfilled with good faith, ty the uniied States and lie ciiizrns thereof

 ln witness whereof, have herennto ssi my hand; aud caused the seal of the United States fo be affixed.

 Done a, the City of Washington, this Ssh

 day of January. n the year ai our

 Lord, one thousand eight hundred and IL. s- foriy-seven, and of lhe independence

 of the United Sia.rs, the seventy

 first.

 JAMES K. POLK. By inc President

 JAMES BUCHANAN,

 Secretary Of State. 