[Preliminaries of Nikolsburg.]

having decided upon these Preliminaries, will conclude an Armistice for the Austrian and Saxon armies on the one part, and for the Prussian army on the other part, of which the detailed conditions, from the military point of view, are to be immediately determined. That Armistice shall date from the 2nd of August, the day to which the present Suspension of Arms shall be prolonged.

Conclusion of Armistice with other States.

The Armistice shall, at the same time, be concluded with Bavaria, and General the Baron von Manteuffel will be instructed to conclude with the Kingdom of Wurtemberg and the Grand Duchies of Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt, as soon as those States shall propose it, an Armistice beginning on the 2nd August, and founded on the state of military possession at the time.

In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention, and to it have affixed the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Nikolsburg, 26th July, 1866.

[A Convention of Armistice was concluded between Austria and Prussia at Vienna on the 26th July, 1866; and another Convention between the Austrian and Italian Military Commissioners on the 12th August, 1866.]

[Waldeck-Pyrmont].

years more, unless notice to the contrary be given by one or the other of the Parties at least a year before.

Ratifications.

ART. XII. The present Agreement is to be ratified, and the Ratifications exchanged at Berlin within 4 weeks, subject to the assent of the Representative Bodies of both Countries.

In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Treaty.

Berlin, 18th July, 1867.

(L.S.) BERNHARD KONIG.

(L.S.) CHARLES WILLIAM VON STOCKHAUSEN. (L.S.) LEWIS KLAPP.

[Peace.]

War Indemnity to be paid by Wurtemberg to Prussia.

ART. II. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg binds himself to pay to His Majesty the King of Prussia within two months the sum of 8,000,000 florins, for the purpose of covering a part of the expenses incurred by Prussia in the War.

By the payment of this sum, His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg frees himself from the obligations for damages incurred by him by $$ 9 and 10 of the Armistice Treaty, dated 1st August, 1866, at Eisingen, near Würzburg.

Guarantee for Payment of the Indemnity.

ART. III. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg gives a Guarantee for the payment of this sum by the deposit of 3 per cent. and 4 per cent. Wurtemberg State Obligations to the amount of the sum to be guaranteed. These papers are to be reckoned at the exchange of the day and the Guarantee sum is to be raised 10 per cent.

Discount on earlier Payment of Indemnity.

ART. IV. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg is at liberty to pay the whole or part of the above Indemnity earlier with a discount of 5 per cent. per annum.

Withdrawal of Prussian Troops from Wurtemberg.

ART. V. As soon as the Guarantee is given, according to Article III, or the payment of the War Indemnity is made, the King of Prussia will withdraw his Troops from the Wurtemberg Territory. The provisioning of the Troops during their Withdrawal will be made in accordance with the existing Federal Regulations.

Property belonging to former Germanic Confederation.

ART. VI. The apportionment of the Property belonging to the former Germanic Confederation is reserved for Special Arrangement.

Renewal of Zollverein Treaties.

ART. VII. The High Contracting Powers will enter into negotiations for the arrangement of the Zollverein question as soon as Peace is concluded. In the meantime the Zollverein Treaty of 16th May, 1865, and the Conventions connected therewith, which

[Peace.]

became inoperative by the outbreak of War, shall again come into force on the day of the exchange of the Ratifications of this present Treaty, with the condition that each of the High Contracting Powers may give 6 months' notice of its cessation.

Appointment of a Commission to regulate Railway Traffic. ART. VIII. The High Contracting Powers, as soon as Peace is restored in Germany, will cause the meeting of a Commission for the purpose of establishing the passenger and goods Traffic of the Railways on a proper basis; especially to regulate the state of competition in a proper manner; and to oppose such efforts of separate Boards as are injurious to the general interests of traffic.

Establishment of New Railway Communications.

Inasmuch as the High Contracting Powers are agreed that the establishment of all New Railway communications conducive to the general interest is to be allowed and as far as possible promoted; they will cause the above-named Commission to lay down principles most advantageous to the general interests of traffic in this respect.

Accession of Wurtemberg to Preliminary Treaty of 26th July,

1866.

ART. IX. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg acknowledges the conditions of the Preliminary Treaty of Nicolsburg of 26th July, 1866 (No. 383), between Prussia and Austria, and, as far as the future of Germany is concerned, accedes to the

same.

Ratifications.*

ART. X. The Ratifications of the present Treaty shall take place at the latest on the 21st August this year.

In witness whereof the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have this day signed and affixed their Seals to this Treaty in duplicate.

Done at Berlin, 13th August, 1866.

(L.S.) VARNBULER.

(L.S.) HARDEGG.

(L.S.) v. BISMARCK.

(L.S.) v. SAVIGNY.

* Ratifications were exchanged at Berlin, in August, 1866.

[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