of the Parish of Hjortlund. Starting from that point, it shall follow the same Limit, and its continuation as far as the projecting angle to the north of the Village of Obekjär, and then the Eastern Frontier of that Village as far as the Gjels-Aa. From thence the Eastern Frontier of the Parish of Seem and the Southern Limits of the Parishes of Seem, Ribe, and VesterVedsted shall form the new Frontier, which, in the North Sea, shall pass at equal distances between the Islands of Mance and Romo. Rights of New Sovereign Power. In consequence of this new Delimitation, all Titles and Mixed Rights are declared to be extinct, secular as well as spiritual, which have heretofore existed within the enclosures, in the Islands, and in the Mixed Parishes. The new Sovereign Power, therefore, in each of the Territories separated by new Frontiers, shall enjoy in that respect its full Rights. ARTS. VI to XXI. (See Table.) Evacuation of Jutland. ART. XXII. The Evacuation of Jutland by the Allied Troops shall be effected within the shortest possible delay, at latest within 3 weeks after the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty. Ratifications. ART. XXIII. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Vienna within 3 weeks, or sooner if possible. In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Vienna, the 30th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, 1864. (L.S.) QUAADE. (L.S.) KAUFFMANN. (L.S.) WERTHER. (L.S.) BALAN. ANNEX. PROTOCOL relative to the Evacuation of Jutland by the Allied Troops. [A Protocol, dated 1st April, 1865, was signed between Austria and Prussia, relative to the Indemnities, &c., to the Duke of Augustenburg.] [Geneva Convention. Wounded in Armies in the Field.] No. 368.-ACCESSION of the British Government to the Convention signed at Geneva, 22nd August, 1864, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Signed at London, 18th February, 1865. THE President and Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation having communicated to the Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a Convention signed at Geneva on the 22nd August, 1864 (No. 365), between the Swiss Confederation, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, His Majesty the King of Denmark, Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, His Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, for the amelioration of the condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, which Convention is word for word as follows: [Here follows the Convention (No. 365).] And the Swiss Confederation having, in virtue of Article IX of the said Convention, invited the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to accede thereto; The Undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, duly authorised for that purpose, hereby declares that the Government of Her Britannic Majesty fully accedes to the Convention aforesaid. In witness whereof he has signed the present Act of Accession, and has affixed thereto the Seal of his Arms. Done at London, the 18th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, 1865. (L.S.) RUSSELL. Wounded in Armies in the Field.] [Geneva Convention. ACT of Acceptance of the British Accession of 18th February, 1865, by the Swiss Confederation in the name of all the Contracting Parties. Signed at Berne, 3rd March, 1865. (Translation.) THE Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation: Having seen the Act signed at London on the 18th February, 1865, whereby his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in exercise of the power reserved by Article IX of the International Convention concluded at Geneva on the 22nd August, 1864 (No. 365), for the amelioration of the condition of Soldiers Wounded in Armies in the Field, declares that the Government of Her Britannic Majesty fully accedes to that Convention; which Act of Accession is as follows: [Here follows the Act of Accession.] Declares by these presents: In virtue of the final stipulation of the procès-verbal of the exchange of the Ratifications of the said Convention, signed at Berne on the 22nd December, 1864, that the Federal Council accepts such Accession, as well in the name of the Swiss Confederation as in that of the other High Contracting Parties, to whom official communication thereof is given by the present Declaration. In witness whereof these presents have been signed by the President and the Chancellor of the Confederation, and furnished with the Seal of the Federal Council, at Berne, the 3rd March, 1865. In the name of the Swiss Federal Council, The Chancellor of the Confederation, SCHENK. SCHIESS. [Union of Ionian Islands to Greece.] No. 369. ACT of Accession of the Sultan of Turkey to the Treaty between Great Britain, France, Russia, and Greece, of 29th March, 1864, for the Union of the Ionian Islands to Greece. Constantinople, 8th April, 1865. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) In the Name of Almighty God. THEIR Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, and the Emperor of All the Russias, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes on the other part, having concluded between them on the 29th March, 1864, a Treaty for the Union of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece (No. 357); and their said Majesties, with reference to the Act under date of the 24th April, 1819 (No. 91), whereby the Sublime Ottoman Porte recognised the Protectorate of Great Britain over the Ionian Islands, having proposed to His Imperial Majesty the Sultan to accede to the aforesaid Treaty; and His Imperial Majesty having accepted that proposal, the Plenipotentiaries of the High Powers, that is to say: On the part of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Honourable William Stuart, her Chargé d'Affaires to the Sublime Ottoman Porte; On the part of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Lionel, Marquis de Moustier, Ambassador of His Majesty the Emperor of the French to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, &c.; On the part of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, the Sieur Nicholas Ignatieff, Major-General and Aide-de-Camp General of His Imperial Majesty, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, &c.; On the part of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, the Sieur Peter Delyanni, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, &c.; And on the part of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, His Highness Mohammed Emin Aali Pasha, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c.; *For French version see State Papers" vol. lv, p. 48. [Union of Ionian Islands to Greece.] Met together for the purpose of recording in due form the Accession of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and the Acceptance of that Accession by the 4 Courts Parties to the Treaty. In consequence the Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Sultan declares, in virtue of his Full Powers, that the Sublime Porte formally accedes to the above-mentioned Treaty signed at London on the 29th March, 1864 (No. 357), between their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, and the Emperor of All the Russias, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes on the other part, for the Union of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece, which Treaty is, word for word, as follows: [Here follows the Treaty, No. 357.] The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Greece, in virtue of their Full Powers, formally accept, in the name of their respective Courts, the said Accession of the Sublime Ottoman Porte. The present Act of Accession and Acceptance shall be ratified, and the acts of Ratification* thereof shall be exchanged at Constantinople in two months from this date, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. Done at Constantinople, the 8th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, 1865. (L.S.) W. STUART. (L.S.) MOUSTIER. (L.S.) AALI. (L.S.) N. IGNATIEFF. (L.S.) P. DELYANNI. * Ratifications exchanged at Constantinople 15th June, 1865. |