[Boundary.] Powers, shall be entrusted with the execution of the tracing on the spot within the shortest possible delay." In pursuance of this last stipulation, their Royal and Imperial Majesties have appointed as Commissioners, His Majesty the King of Italy, Count Charles Felix Nicolis di Robilant, Major-General, &c., Baron Adrian Nicholas Mazza, Major on the Staff, &c., and Alexander de Charbonneau, Knight, his Orderly Officer, &c.; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Julius Mauger von Kirchsberg, Major-General, &c., Eugene Kopfinger von Trebbienan, Colonel of Infantry, &c., and Emanuel Korwin, Knight, &c. ; Who, having assembled at Venice, after they had exchanged their Full Powers, and found them in good and due form, constituted themselves an International Commission, under the Presidency of Major-General Count di Robilant. Major de Charbonneau was nominated to act as Secretary. The Commission at once proceeded to consider the mode of performing its task, and agreed to the following conclusions: That the Frontier of the ceded Territory within the Limits indicated by Article IV of the Treaty of 3rd October, 1866 (No. 392), ought to be considered in general as sufficiently determined by the existing Termini and Boundary marks, good part of which had not been altered for a long time. That the practice followed by the Austrian Government, of having partial revisions of the Boundaries at stated periods, had largely contributed to render them more certain, by removing from time to time the doubts which had arisen. That in following out this principle, and by the existence of the special assessment books of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom and of the contiguous Provinces, the Territorial separation of the one from the others had always been in progress of confirmation in fact and in practice. That therefore a new and general revision of the Frontier under the circumstances above mentioned would not have yielded an advantage proportionate to the expense, whether the intention had been to make a topographical sketch, or only to draw up a complete description of it, on which account the stipulation of the second paragraph of Article IV of the Treaty of 3rd October, 1866 (No. 392), might be considered as sufficiently fulfilled, if the Commission undertook to pay special attention to those points [Boundary.] only where doubt existed respecting the precise track of the Frontier, as well as to those others where some operation might be necessary to render the State separation more manifest. In order to obtain the most precise information respecting the points of both classes, the Italian Commission applied to the political Boundary Authorities, requesting them to call for the particulars required from the Communes interested therein. It also applied to the Financial Authorities in order to procure information from them respecting those points where it may be expedient to denote the Boundary by new or more apparent marks, for the greater convenience and security of the service. The result of these measures, and others taken at the same time, by the Austrian Commissioners with their own Political Authorities, as well as information obtained from several sources, led the Commission to examine specially the tracts separately indicated below, with respect to which there might be reason to doubt: 1. The part of the Frontier between the left bank of the Lake of Garda and the signal of the Bocchetta, on the heights of Mount Baldo. 2. In the Territories of the Communes of Arsiè and Grigno, the divisional line in the region called the Scaffe Rosse, left undecided on account of a long standing question; 3. The tract of Frontier next the Commune of Ampezzo, to decide to which party the wood called Antipetto di San Marco belonged. 4. The tract of Boundary between Monte Maggiore and the sources of the Indrio, to arrange about the Provisional Boundary line decreed by the Austrian Government in the year 1841. 5. Finally, the tract from the meeting of the Rivulet Ausa with the Canal Medadola, up to the Port of Buso. The Minutes of the Commission, and their extracts, a copy of which is annexed to this Act, show the arrangements and resolutions of the Commission on each of the points indicated. With respect to the other points of the Boundary hereafter described, it was found necessary to do something to such of the existing termini and marks as were not sufficiently clear, or could no longer be found, as well as to set up new ones for the better determination of the track, viz. : (a.) On the Lake of Garda it was found to be convenient that. a very visible and plain mark should be set up at the point of the [Boundary.] Boundary which touches the right bank, so that, together with the one already existing on the left bank, it should be sufficient to remove any doubt as to the separation of the Waters between the two States. (b.) In the Territories of the adjoining Communes of Malcesine, Brentonico, Belluno, and Avio, it was found to be convenient that the ancient termini should be renovated, the better to show the track of the Boundary. (c.) It was found expedient to do the same for the tract of the Boundary between the crest of the Sparavieri and that of the Tre Croci, as well as for the portion of Frontier next the Italian Commune of Pecolaro. (d.) In the Territory of the Commune of Bagnaria it was agreed to adopt some modification, so as to do away with the inconvenience of dividing a house by the Boundary line. (e.) Finally, it was held to be necessary, to place marks at those points of the principal roads passing from one State to the other, where the separation was not made clear by the existing marks. The Commission entrusted to two of its delegates, that is, to Major Baron Mazza for Italy, and to Major Korwin, Knight, for Austria, the task of proceeding to the execution of these last operations, and of such others as had become necessary after its resolutions on the mixed affairs mentioned above. The minutes of the aforesaid Commissioners, and the extract from them, of which a copy is annexed to the present Act, show the execution of the operations entrusted to them, and vouch for the new Marks set up in the separate localities. Those last documents, like the copies of the minutes of the Commission, mentioned above, with the accompanying drawings, are declared to be an integral part of the present Act, and are as follows: Copy of the Minutes No. 3 of the Commission. Extract from the Minutes No. 12 of the Commission, with a drawing annexed. Extract from the Minutes No. 15 of the Commission, with a drawing annexed. Copy of the Minutes No. 16 of the Commission. Extract from the Minutes No. 19 of the Commission, with a drawing annexed. Copy of the Minutes No. 21 of the Commission. [Boundary.] Copy of the Report No. 5 of the Commissioners delegated for the operations. Extract from the Reports of the same Commissioners, with two drawings annexed. Ten sheets of the special Map of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom to a scale of 100, issued by the Geographical Institute of the Imperial and Royal Austrian-General Staff, are also annexed to the present Act, and declared to form an integral part of it; the general track of the Boundary is laid down thereon by a double line, blue and carmine. The Commission has moreover agreed upon the following definitive dispositions, which provide for specialities of the Frontier: ARTS. I to XIII. (See Table.) Ratifications. Done and concluded at Venice, the 22nd of December, 1867. A. MAZZA. C. ROBILANT. A. DE CHARBONNEAU. J. KIRCHSBERG. KORWIN. * Ratifications exchanged at Florence, 17th March, 1868. [Danube Works Loan.] No. 410.-CONVENTION between Great Britain, Austria, France, Italy, Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation, and Turkey, for the Guarantee of a Loan to complete the Works at the Sulina Mouth and Branches of the Danube. Signed at Galatz, 30th April, 1868. [This Convention will expire on the 24th April, 1883. See No. 439]. Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 30th March, 1856; and to Protocols of 28th March and 21th April, 1866. 1. Guarantee of Loan of £135,000. 2. Interest on and Redemption of Loan. 3. Power to pay Deficiency when Net Produce of Tolls is insufficient to pay Interest and Sinking Fund. 4. British Government to deposit at Bank of England sum necessary for payment of Interest and Sinking Fund. Other Powers to remit their Share. 5. Priority of Claim on produce of Tolls on the Danube. Rights of other Creditors. 6. Joint and Several Guarantee. 7. Ratifications. (Translation as laid before Parliament.*) Reference to Treaty of 30th March, 1856; and to Protocols of 28th March and 24th April, 1866. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Having recognised the necessity of putting the European Commission of the Danube in a position to contract a Loan on advantageous terms, and by this means to complete the Works of improvement undertaken, or to be undertaken, at the Mouth. and in the Branch of the Sulina, without imposing too heavy burdens on the Vessels of all nations which frequent the Lower Danube ; And taking into consideration Articles XVI to XVIII of the Treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th March, 1856 (No. 264), * For French version, see "State Papers," vol. lviii, p. 7. |