[Montenegro.] Act of Renunciation to be given by Attorney. ART. XVI. The Attorney shall give the Act of Renunciation to the Rights of Possession, and that Act, signed also by witnesses, shall be as valid as if it bore the signature of the Proprietor himself. New Landmarks to be erected. ART. XVII. All the Landmarks on the Frontier shall be newly erected in masonry in the form of a pyramid. The Turkish and Montenegrin Inhabitants shall supply the necessary conveyance of lime, sand, water, stones, &c. If found necessary, intermediate Landmarks will be erected, and ditches shall be dug in the fields, in order the better to define the line of demarcation, and avoid in future all misunderstanding, complaint, or trouble. The Landmarks shall, on the side of Turkey, be numbered in Turkish, and on the side of Montenegro, the number shall be in French. Commission to explain Provisions of Protocol to Inhabitants. ART. XVIII. The Commission will explain its decision to the Inhabitants on both sides of the Frontier, will make them understand their importance, in order that they may have no excuse in future, and recall them to the respect due to the Acts of the Commission, and to the expediency of the preservation of the Landmarks which they have erected. Done in duplicate at Cettigné, 3rd May, 1864. For and by Order of His Highness the Prince of Montenegro, the Voivode and Senator, GIURO MATANOVICH. The Ottoman Commissioner, HAFIZ. [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] No. 361.-PROTOCOL between the Lord High Commissioner of Great Britain and the Commissioner Extraordinary of Greece, for the Withdrawal of the British Military Forces from the Ionian Islands. Corfu, 28th May, 1864. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 29th March, 1864. 1. Withdrawal of Military Forces, &c., of Great Britain from the Ionian Islands. 2. Form and manner of Withdrawal. 3. Delivery of Fortifications, Archives, &c. 4. Performance of Forms and Ceremonies to be considered as Final Discharge. Performance of Stipulations to be reported to respective Governments. PROCLAMATION of Lord High Commissioner. Protectorate over the Ionian Islands. Cessation of the British Reference to Treaty of 29th March, 1864. "WHEREAS a Treaty was signed in London on the 4th 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, respecting the Union of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece; and whereas his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner of Her Britannic Majesty has received instructions to carry out the stipulations contained in Article IX of the said Treaty; and whereas M. Thrasybulus Zaïmis, Extraordinary Commissioner of the Government of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, has been empowered by his Government to concert measures with his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner as to the manner and form in which such Stipulations shall be carried out, it is hereby stipulated by them as follows: Withdrawal of Military Forces, &c., of Great Britain, from the Ionian Islands. 21st May next, the "ART. I. At 12 o'clock on the morning of the Civil Authorities and Military Forces of Her Britannic Majesty shall be withdrawn from the Territories of the United States of the Ionian Islands. [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] Form and Manner of Withdrawal. “ART. II. The form and manner of the said Withdrawal shall be as follows: 2nd June "On the 21st May next, the Troops of Her Britannic Majesty having been embarked, except the guards, at half-past 11 o'clock his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner will receive at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Government of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, and will then take leave of such persons as may present themselves. "The Lord High Commissioner, accompanied by M. Zaïmis, will then proceed to the Ditch of the Citadel, where a guard of honour composed of a company of infantry of Her Majesty the Queen and another guard of honour composed of a company of infantry of His Hellenic Majesty, will be in waiting to receive the Lord High Commissioner. His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner will then take leave of the Commissioner Extraordinary, and will embark in his barge, and proceed to Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough, carrying the Flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, the usual Salutes being fired by the naval and military forces of Her Britannic Majesty. "After the embarkation of the Lord High Commissioner, the guards of Her Britannic Majesty's troops in the Fortresses will be relieved by guards from the troops of His Hellenic Majesty, and the Flag of Her Britannic Majesty will be lowered on the Citadel, Fort Neuf, and Vido, and marched off under an escort of honour. "Such Greek guards shall be disembarked at the same time as the guard of honour, and shall march to the Citadel, to Fort Neuf, and Vido, so as to arrive at those posts simultaneously with the departure of the British guards. "On the lowering of the British Flag, a Greek Flag will be hoisted on the Citadel. At the same time a British ensign will be hoisted at the main on board Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough, and will be Saluted from the Citadel by a detachment of artillery of His Hellenic Majesty with a Salute of 21 guns. This detachment will be disembarked at the same time as the guard of honour. "The Greek Flag will then be hoisted at the main on board [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] Her Britannic Majesty's ship Marlborough and Saluted with 21 guns from that vessel. "In the Islands of Cephalonia, Zante, Santa Maura, Ithaca, Cerigo, and Paxo, the Civil and Military Authorities will conform as closely to the above ceremonial as circumstances will permit. The British and Greek Flags will be Saluted respectively on being lowered and hoisted in all the Islands, where the means of Saluting are at hand. Delivery of Fortifications, Archives, &c. "ART. III. Whereas it is necessary that certain lists and inventories be drawn up relative to the delivery, on the part of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner to the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Hellenic Government, of the Fortifications, Archives, and other objects of which mention is made hereafter in the present Protocol, they have respectively named for this purpose Sir Peter Braila, K.C.M.G., and M. George Zinopoulos, Director of the Cabinet of the Commissioner Extraordinary, to give and receive the Archives of the Most Illustrious the Senate, including the originals of the Ionian Constitution, and also the Archives of the Legislative Assembly; "Mr. Barr, C.M.G., Assistant Secretary to his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, and M. John Peroglous, Secretary of the first class in the Greek Foreign Office, to give and receive the inventory of the furniture left in the Palace of St. Michael and St. George; "M. Rodostamos, Aide-de-Camp to His Highness the President of the Senate, and M. Andrew Psyllas, Attaché to the Greek Foreign Office, to give and receive the inventories of the Palace of His Highness, and Assistant Commissary-General De Fonblanque, and Major Meason, Barrack Master, and Messrs. Michael Georgantas, Commissary-General, and Nicolas Manos, Major of the Staff, to draw up the inventories and reports of the delivery of the Fortresses and Barracks of Corfu. "And whereas it is necessary that similar measures be adopted for the other Islands, the Local Directors of the respective Islands, on the part of his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, and the Regents, on the part of the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Hellenic Government, have been selected to draw up and sign the necessary documents. [Ionian Islands. Cessation of British Protectorate.] "Such inventories shall be made in duplicate, and exchanged by the said officers within two days after the withdrawal of the Civil Authorities and Military Forces of Her Britannic Majesty. Performance of Forms and Ceremonies to be considered as Final Discharge. "ART. IV. The performance of the Forms and Ceremonies, as stated in Article II, shall be considered as a conclusive and Final Discharge of the Stipulations contained in Article IX of the Treaty aforesaid on the part of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, without any further Protocol, Agreement, or Instrument whatever. Performance of Stipulations to be reported to respective Govern ments. "His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner and the Commissioner Extraordinary shall, however, report to their respective Governments the due performance of the Stipulations herein laid down. "His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner and the Commissioner Extraordinary have signed the present Agreement in duplicate in English and Greek, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. "Done at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, Corfu, on the 14th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, 1864. (L.S.) "H. K. STORKS. (L.S.) "S. ZAIMIS.” After the Protocol had been read and signed, his Excellency made public the following Proclamation: PROCLAMATION of the Lord High Commissioner. Cessation of the British Protectorate over the Ionian Islands. "On the part of his Excellency Sir Henry Knight Storks, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Major-General in Her Majesty's Army, and Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner in and for the United States of the Ionian Islands, &c. "Whereas by a Treaty signed in London on the 29th day of March, 1864 (No. 357), between Her Majesty the Queen of |