A

COMPLETE COLLECTION

OF THE

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS,

AND RECIPROCAL REGULATIONS AT PRESENT SUBSISTING BETWEEN

GREAT BRITAIN AND FOREIGN POWERS:

AND OF THE

LAWS, DECREES, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, &c.,

CONCERNING THE SAME; SO FAR AS THEY RELATE TO

COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, THE SLAVE TRADE,
POST-OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS, COPYRIGHT, &c.:

AND TO THE

PRIVILEGES AND INTERESTS OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE
HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES.

COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS,

BY SIR EDWARD HERTSLET, C.B.,

LIBRARIAN AND KEEPER OF THE PAPERS, FOREIGN OFFICE.

VOL. XV.

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1885.

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Vol. XII (with INDEX of SUBJECTS, Vols. I to XII).... Published 1872

LIST OF TREATIES, &c.

VOL. XV

ADEN.

Pago

Act of Parliament. Slave Trade. East African Courts.

AFRICA (East Coast).

Portaria. Portugal. Emancipation. Free Labourers.
Lorenço Marquez to Natal.

Mozambique, 2nd August, 1875...... 282

Act of Parliament. Slave Trade. East African Courts.

11th August, 1879...... 1 Portaria. Portugal. Emigration from Lorenço Marques. Mozambique, 12th December, 1879...... 804

AFRICA (South).

Agreement. Abaqua Zooloo or Qua Machoban. Friendship.

Cape Town, 3rd March, 1836...... 847 Treaty. Zoolah. Peace. Friendship. (Cession of St.

Lucia Bay) ...... Elapeen, 5th October, 1843...... 848 Convention. Recognition of Independence of the Orange Free State.

Bloemfontein, 23rd February, 1854...... 850 Letters Patent. Annexation of Ichaboe and Penguin Islands to Cape of Good Hope.

Westminster, 27th February, 1867...... 496

Proclamation. Annexation of Basutoland.

12th March, 1868...... 499

Convention. Orange Free State. Affairs of Basutoland.

Aliwal North, 12th February, 1869...... 853

242961

Treaty. Bondelzwartz. Co-operation with Government of
Cape Colony.

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Springbokfontein, 31st January, 1870...... 588 Order in Council. Coasting Trade. Cape of Good Hope. Windsor, 27th November, 1872...... 725 Annexation of Ichaboe and

Act. Cape of Good Hope.
Penguin Islands.

...

....6th July, 1874...... 500

6th July, 1874...... 502

Act. Cape of Good Hope. Customs Laws. Ichaboe and
Penguin Islands.....
Engagement. Portugal. Non-cession of Delagoa Bay, &c.

Tembus. British Subjects.

June, 1875......1040

28th October, 1875...... 859

Conditions.
Letter. Amaquatis. British Protection.

10th December, 1875...... 860

Letters Patent. Annexation of Fingoland, Idutywa Reserve, and Nomansland to Cape of Good Hope.

Westminster, 12th June, 1876...... 502

Agreement. Orange Free State. Frontier Line. Claims,

&c..... London, 13th July, 1876...... 862

Agreement. Orange Free State. Railways.

London, 13th July, 1876...... 863 Act. Cape of Good Hope. Annexation of Fingoland, Idutywa Reserve, and Nomansland..

1877...... 503

Act. Cape of Good Hope. Annexation of Griqualand West.

1877...... 506

Order in Council. Annexation of Griqualand West to the the Cape of Good Hope.

Windsor, 22nd February, 1878...... 516

Proclamation. Annexation of Walfisch Bay.

12th March, 1878...... 516

Order in Council.

Annexation of Fingoland, Idutywa
Reserve, and Nomansland to the
Cape of Good Hope.

Osborne, 18th April, 1878...... 517

Agreement. Pondoland. Cession....... 17th July, 1878...... 864 Conditions. Appointment. Zulu Chiefs.

Proclamation.

1st September, 1879...... 865

322

Protocol. Roumania. Exclusion of South African Colonies from Commercial Treaty of 7th February, 1880........... Bucharest, 5th April, 1880..... Incorporation of Griqualand West with the Cape Colony.. 15th October, 1880...... 518 Notification. Incorporation of Griqualand West with the Cape Colony.

London, 24th January, 1881...... 518 Declaration. Servia. Exclusion of South African Colonies from Commercial Treaty of 7th February, 1880............ London, 4th July, 1881...... 348

Deed. Tembuland. Transfer of Land at Umtata.

Umtata, 1st August, 1882...... 867

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations. Restoration of Cete

wayo to Zululand.

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24th August, 1882...... 869 Ratification by Queen of Great Britain of Treaty between Portugal and Transvaal State of 11th December, 1875....... Lisbon, 7th October, 1882...... 295 Act. United States. Discriminating Duties. Goods produced East of Cape of Good Hope.

23rd December, 1882...... 1096

AFRICA (West Coast).

Agreement. Great Britain and Netherlands. Surrender of
Criminals, &c. Gold Coast.

Treaty.

St. George d'Elmina

Cape Coast Castle, 28th August, 1862...... 269
Ahwoonlah and Addah. Peace. Volta River.
Settlement of Disputes.

Volta River, 30th November, 1868...... 2
Treaty. Ahwoonlah, Accra, and Addah. Peace. Volta River.
Jellah-Coffee, 10th May, 1871......

Charter. Constitution of Gold Coast Colony.

4

Westminster, 24th July, 1874...... 519 Order in Council. Jurisdiction. Countries adjacent to Gold Coast Colony.

Osborne, 6th August, 1874...... 525 Ordinance. Gold Coast. Abolition of Slave-Dealing.

Cape Coast Castle, 17th December, 1874...... 527 Ordinance. Gold Coast. Emancipation of Slaves.

Proclamation.

Charter.

Cape Coast Castle, 17th December, 1874...... 528 Gold Coast. Abolition of Slavery.

Cape Coast Castle, 17th December, 1874...... 530 Constitution of West Africa Settlements.

Westminster, 17th December, 1874...... 531 Ordinance. Gold Coast. Exportation of Arms, &c.

23rd July, 1877...... 537

Agreement. Batanga. Protection of European Traders.

23rd March, 1880......

538

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Decree. Abolition of British and French Postal Agencies.

Buenos Ayres, 29th January, 1873......