The thalweg of the Wamba (Uhamba) from the parallel of the point of junction between the Komba (Comba) and the Lola, as far as its confluence with the Uövo (Nuovo); the thalweg of the Uövo (Nuovo) as far as its junction with the N'Kombo (Combo); the thalweg of the N'Kombo and of the Kamanguna (Camanguna) (or the river by which the waters of the river Lué flow into the N'Kombo), as far as the 8th degree south latitude. From this point the boundary shall be the 8th parallel, as far as the thalweg of the Lucaïa, then the thalweg of this river (Lukaï) as far as 7° 55' south latitude; the parallel from this point (7° 55' south latitude) as far as the Kwengo (Cuengo); from this point the thalweg of the Kwengo (Cuengo) as far as the 8th degree; from thence a parallel as far as the river Luita; the thalweg of the Luita as far as its junction with the Kivilu (Cuilu). From thence (7° 34' south latitude approx.) the parallel as far as the thalweg of the Kama Bomba (Camabomba) or Kangulungu (Congulungu); the thalweg of the Kangulungu as far as the junction of its waters with the Loangué, and the thalweg of the Loangué as far as 7° south latitude. From the intersection of the thalweg of the Loangué and of the 7th degree, following this parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the Lovua; the thalweg of the Lovua as far as 6° 55'south latitude. From this point (6° 55' south latitude) the boundary shall be marked out by the parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the Chikapa (Chicapa); the thalweg of this river (Chicapa) as far as 7° 17 south latitude; from this point (7° 17' south latitude) the parallel as far as the thalweg of the Kassaï (Cassai). Done at Loanda, in duplicate original, the twenty-sixth day of the month of June of the year Eighteen hundred and ninety-three. (Signed) (Signed) For the Independent State of the Congo, GEORGE GRENFELL, For Portugal, JAYME LOBO DE BRITO GODINS. To this effect the undersigned, His Excellency Count de Grelle-Rogier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Independent State of the Congo, and His Excellency Monsieur M. Martins d'Antas, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Most Faithful Majesty, duly authorised, have embodied in the present declaration the ratification by their respective Governments of the preceding Act, the said ratification to come into full and entire force on the date of the thirty-first of March, Eighteen hundred and ninety-four. In witness whereof the undersigned have drawn up the present declaration, which they have signed in duplicate, and to which they have affixed their seals. Done at Brussels, the twenty-fourth day of the month of March, Eighteen hundred and ninety-four. The Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Sovereign King of the Independent State of the Congo. CTE DE GRELLE-ROGIER. The Plenipotentiary of His Most Faithful Majesty, MIGUEL MARTINS D'ANTAS. EAST. TREATY between, Great Britain and Portugal defining the spheres of Influence of the two Countries in Africa.-Lisbon, June 11, 1891. [See Section I (L.), Article IV; page 44.] SOUTH. See also Section VII (A.), § 1; (B.) § 2; (D.) § 4. DECLARATION between Germany and Portugal respecting the limits of their respective Possessions and spheres of Influence in South-West and SouthEast Africa.-Lisbon, December 30, 1886. (G.)—ACT (Cape of Good Hope) for the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope of the Territory inhabited by the Tribe of People called Basutos.—August 11, 1871; No. 12 of 1871. That from and after the publication by the Governor of the Colony of a proclamation for bringing this Act into operation, the said territory, bounded as follows, that is to say,-From the junction of the Cornet Spruit with the Orange River along the centre of the former to the point nearest to Olifants Been; from that point by Olifants Been, to the southern point of Langeberg; along the top of Langeberg, to its north-western extremity; from thence to the eastern point of Jammerberg; along the top of Jammerberg to its north-western extremity; from thence by a prolongation of the same to the Caledon River; along the centre of the Caledon River to its junction with the Klein Caledon; along the centre of the Klein Caledon, to the head of the Orange River, at the Mont Aux Sources; thence westward along the Drakensberg, between the watersheds of the Orange River and the St. John's River, to the source of the Tees; down the centre of that river to its junction with the Orange River, and down the centre of the latter river to its junction with the Cornet Spruit, shall be and the same is hereby annexed to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, so that the territory heretofore included in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope shall, for the future, together with the said territory hereinbefore defined, form the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, but the territory herein before defined shall nevertheless be and remain, for the time being, subject to the laws, rules and regulations now in force therein for the Government thereof, and shall not by virtue of such annexation as herein before is mentioned be or become subject to the general law of this Colony. [This Act was repealed by No. 34 of 1883, but the alteration of boundary described above had been confirmed by Order in Council, November 3, 1871.] [G. 81-'98.] TT NORTH AND EAST. Bechuanaland Protectorate. (H.)-PROCLAMATION by His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, &c., &c.-September 30, 1885.* Whereas Her Majesty the Queen has established a British Protectorate over the Territory known as Bechuanaland and the Kalahari, extending over the parts of South Africa situate West of the boundary of the South African Republic, North of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, East of the 20th Meridian of East Longitude, and south of the 22nd parallel of South Latitude, and not within the jurisdiction of any civilised power;† and whereas in the interests of peace, order and good government it has been found necessary that Her Majesty's Sovereignty should be proclaimed over such portion of the said Protectorate as is hereinafter defined; and whereas Her Majesty has been pleased to authorise me to take the necessary steps for giving effect to Her pleasure in the matter: Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare and make known, that from and after the publication hereof that portion of the aforesaid Protectorate which is bounded on the East by the South African Republic, on the South by the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, on the West‡ by the Molopo River and on the North by the said Molopo River to its junction with the Ramathlabama Spruit, and thence by the said Spruit to the frontier of the South African Republic, shall be and shall be taken to be British Territory under the name of British Bechuanaland. And I do further make known that the remainder of the aforesaid Territory not included within the Boundaries of British Bechuanaland, shall continue to be as at present under Her Majesty's Protection. And I hereby require all Her Majesty's subjects in South Africa to take notice of this my Proclamation, and to guide themselves accordingly. SOUTH. (J.)—PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Sir Henry Brougham Loch, &c., &c.-May 5, 1891.§ Whereas in the interests of peace, order and good government it has been found necessary that Her Majesty's Sovereignty should be proclaimed over such portion of the British Protectorate over the territory known as Bechuanaland and the Kalahari to the West of British Bechuanaland as is hereinafter defined; and whereas Her Majesty has been pleased to authorise me to take the necessary steps for giving effect to her pleasure in the matter: Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare and make known that from and after the publication hereof that portion of the aforesaid Protectorate which is bounded on the East by the territory of British Bechuanaland, on the South by the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, on the West by the twentieth meridian of Longitude East of Greenwich, and on the North by the Nosop or Oup River between its intersection by the twentieth meridian of East Longitude aforesaid and its junction with the Molopo River, shall be and shall be taken to be British territory and shall form a portion of British Bechuanaland. And I hereby require all Her Majesty's subjects in South Africa to take notice of this my Proclamation and to guide themselves accordingly. * See British B-chuanaland Proclamations, Vol. I, page 1. + See Order in Council of 9th May, 1891, Section VII, infra. For extension of Western boundary see (J.) infra. WEST. AGREEMENT between the British and German Governments, respecting Africa and Heligoland.-Berlin, July 1, 1890. [See Section VIII (B.), Article III.] This boundary is at present (1st September, 1898) being delimited by a Joint Commission. NORTH-WEST. Cape Colony. AGREEMENT between the British and German Governments, respecting Africa and Heligoland.-Berlin, July 1, 1890. [See Section VIII (B.), Article III.] NORTH. See Bechuanaland Protectorate. (K.)-ACT (Cape of Good Hope) to make provision for the Annexation to this Colony of the Territory of British Bechuanaland.-No. 41 of 1895. From and after the taking effect of this Act the Territory of British Bechuanaland, within the boundaries thereof as then defined,* shall become annexed to and thenceforth be portion of this Colony, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, more especially section sixteen thereof, the law of this Colony shall be of full force and effect in the said Territory, the Governor of this Colony being deemed to be referred to in place of the Governor or Administrator of the said Territory in any law which, after annexation, shall continue to be in force in the said Territory. EAST. (L.)—AWARD of the Referee appointed by the President of the Orange Free State, under Article II of the Convention between Great Britain and the South African Republic of February 27, 1884.--Kunana, August 5, 1885.† Whereas it is stipulated by Article II of a Convention between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic, signed in London on the 27th day of February, 1884, by the Representatives of the respective parties to the said Convention, that "Her Majesty's Government and the South African Republic will each appoint a person to proceed together to beacon off the amended south-west boundary as described in Article I of this Convention, and the President of the Orange Free State shall be requested to appoint a Referee, to whom the said persons shall refer any questions on which they may disagree respecting the interpretation of the said Article," and that "the decision of such Referee shall be final;" And whereas Her Majesty's Government did appoint Captain Claude Reignier Conder, R.E., and the Government of the South African Republic did appoint Tielman Niewoudt de Villiers, Esq., as such persons to proceed together to beacon off the said amended south-west boundary; And whereas thereafter the President of the Orange Free State, being thereunto requested, did on the 5th day of June, 1885, appoint Meluis de Villiers, one of the Judges of the High Court of Justice of the Orange Free State, to be such Referee as aforesaid; And whereas the before-mentioned Captain Claude Reignier Conder, R.E., and Tielman Niewoudt de Villiers, Esq., did refer to the said Referee the following question on which they disagree respecting the interpretation of Article I of the said Convention, namely, what extent of ground to the west of the roads from Lotlakana to Kunana, and from Kunana to Taungs, as such roads have been accepted and agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Governments of Her Majesty and of the South African Republic respectively, was intended to be included in the South African Republic by the words "skirting Kunana so as to include it and all its garden ground, but no more, in the Transvaal;" Now therefore I, the said Referee, do hereby decide and declare that the said words denote the ground included between the said roads and the following boundaries, namely, a straight line from a point on the road from Lotlakana to Kunana, as accepted and agreed upon by the respective Commissioners before-mentioned, 1 mile south-west of the point where that road crosses the spruit, known as "Tlakayeng" to a point on the " "kopje' immediately behind Batubatu's kraal where the line next to be mentioned reaches the summit of that "kopje " thence a straight line to a point 200 yards north-west of an isolated hut whereof compass observations were taken by the British Commissioner in the presence of the Referee and of the Commissioner of the South African Republic, this straight line passing immediately behind the huts of Batubatu's kraal so as to exclude them from the South African Republic; next a straight line from the said point 200 yards from the said hut to the north-western corner of Ramatlane's garden, of which similar observations were taken; thence a straight line skirting the western side of the garden to its south-western corner, that point being very nearly magnetic north of a "kopje " being the northernmost of three "kopjes " forming the termination of a range of hills which is crossed by the road from Kunana to Marebogo, about 6 miles from the former place; next a straight line from the said south-western corner of Ramatlane's garden to the summit of the said "kopje "; thence a line along the ridge of the said range of hills to the point where the hill is crossed by the road last mentioned. Dated at Kunana, this 5th day of August, 1885. MELUIS DE VILLIERS. NORTH-EAST. MEMORANDUM of Agreement between the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon and His Honour President Brand.-July 13, 1876. See Section I (E.), Article I; page 21.] See Orange Free State. See Basutoland. EAST-NORTH-EAST. See Natal. |