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right bank of the said rivulet. At the aforesaid distance of 65 metres on the right of the rivulet, ascending, is the Landmark No. 1.

From No. 1 in a straight line for 60 metres to a rock which rises by itself above the continuous ridge, and is called the Mitre of St. Ambrose. On this rock is cut the No. 2. The adjacent Swiss Territory from No. 1 to No. 2, as well as subsequently up to the last No. (14) is always that of the Commune of Arogno.

From No. 2, following the ridge of the mountain along the rocks called del Cane, and almost in a straight line for the length of 702 metres, one comes to the Landmark No. 3, which is of granite, fixed in the place called Pian Boffino, or Piano di Pugierna.

At 75 metres 50, from this Boundary, and in a straight line, is found the granite Landmark No. 4, set up on the road which leads to the plain Boffino and the Pugierna.

At 78 metres 60, in a straight line from No. 4, in the vicinity of the valley under St. Evasio, is found the granite Landmark No. 5.

At 143 metres, in a direct line from No. 5 to the Boundary of the property of the parochial prebend of Arogno, is found the old granite Landmark bearing the No. 6.

At 154 metres from the above-mentioned Landmark No. 6, and following always the Boundary line of the property of the parochial prebend of Arogno, is found the new granite Landmark with the No. 7.

At 179 metres from the said No. 7, and still following the Boundary of the said property belonging to the prebend of Arogno, there is another new Landmark placed in the valley of Ghiarone, and marked No. 8.

At 56 metres from that Landmark there is another new one placed at the side of the wood called Cugnoli, in a direct line from the above-mentioned one; it has the No. 9 cut upon it.

At 216. metres 50, in a direct line from No. 9, there is a large isolated mass, which is called the Rock of Cornarè, upon which is cut the No. 10.

At 78 metres 60, in a direct line from the aforesaid, is another granite Landmark, on which is cut the No. 11.

At 238 metres, in a direct line from the aforesaid, there is another Landmark with the No. 12 cut thereon.

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At 223 metres, in a direct line from No. 12, there is another new granite Landmark with the No. 13 cut thereon.

At 243 metres, in a direct line from the aforesaid, there is another new Landmark, with the No. 14 cut thereon.

Continuing the line traced between the Nos. 13 and 14, in the same direction for 7 metres further, it reaches the valley called Valle della Punta, and this marks the last Boundary with the Commune of Arogno, and begins that with the Territory of the Swiss Commune of Bissone.

From this point the valley itself marks the Boundary up to where it meets the new cart-road between Campione and Bissone, at a place where there is a small chapel; the distance being 610 metres measured along the winding of the valley.

At the point where the aforesaid road is reached the Boundary follows the ridge towards the lake thereof for the distance of 92 metres, running from south to north, thence it turns at a right angle to the west, and following the low pasture ground belonging to the church of the Madonna dei Guirli, it arrives at the lake after traversing a length of 63 metres.

All the new Landmarks have the letters C. I. cut in them upon one side, which signify Campione Italia, and A. S. on the other, which signify Arogno Svizzera.

They are fixed with their respective evidences, and so that the initial letters face the Italian and Swiss Territory respectively.

The Coast of S. Martino hitherto possessed by the Commune of Campione as part of its Territory and by private right on the opposite western shore of the Lake of Lugano, is now ceded to the Swiss Confederation, and with it the jurisdiction over the moiety of the intervening Lake, on the same conditions as in general hold good where the two shores of the Lake are respectively Italian and Swiss property.

At the same time it is declared that this fact of the Cession of the Coast of S. Martino to Switzerland shall never be appealed to of itself to overburden the present Custom-house relations between the Commune of Campione and Switzerland.

The Frontier having been thus definitively established, and the fixing of the new Landmarks arranged, the Commission again repaired to the localities, to examine and verify the work; and it was found that all had been properly done.

The Commissioners of the two States having thus completed

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the work of Delimitation, which it was their business to do, have subscribed the present Convention, which is to be of no force or validity until it shall have been ratified by the Supreme Powers of the Contracting States.

To this Convention are attached the following annexes:

No. 1, the text of the Treaty of Varese, with the specifications which complete it;

No. 2, a synoptical table and 16 plans of details illustrating the said Treaty;

No. 3, 7 plans in detail, showing some of the most important places in dispute on a large scale, with the respective decisions traced thereon;

No. 4, 10 reports on the discussions and the operations in the country, occasioned by the various Questions resolved by the Commission.

Done in duplicate originals at Lugano, on the 5th day of October, 1861.

Italian Commissioners.

LUIGI TORELLI.

E. DE-VECCHI.

PAOLO TURCONI.

Swiss Commissioners.

BOURGEOIS-DOXAT.
C. BATTAGLINI.

* Ratifications exchanged at Turin, 11th April, 1862.

[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.]

No. 334.-FIRMAN of the Sultan, respecting the Administrative and Legislative Organisation of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. 6th December, 1861.*

1. Union of Hospodariats under Prince Couza.

2. Elective Assemblies to be merged into one Presidency of Assembly.

3. Suspension of Central Commission of Fokschani. Proposal for a Senate to be considered by the Porte.

4. Administration of Principalities.

5. Provincial Council to be convoked in each Principality.

6. On a Vacancy of the Hospodariat, former Arrangements to be resumed. Administration to devolve on Council of Ministers. Elective Assembly to be Suspended. Elections for Elective Assembly of Moldavia and Wallachia. Election of Separate Hospodar for each Principality. 7. Convention of 18th August, 1858, and Protocol of 6th September, 1859, to remain in full force. Firman to remain in force during Union of Hospodariats.

Reservations of France

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Reservations of Austria...

(Translation as laid before Parliament.†)

In a Report recently submitted to our Sublime Porte, Prince Couza, Hospodar of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, pointed out the great difficulties which his Administration encountered in the system of two General Assemblies and of two separate Governments, and the obstacles which would result therefrom to the advancement of these two Countries in consequence of the Union of the Hospodariat in his person.

The development and progress of Prosperity in these Countries and of their Inhabitants being the object of our greatest solicitude, the said Report has been examined by our Council of Ministers with all the attention which it deserved.

* This Firman was publicly proclaimed at Bucharest and Jassy on the 23rd December, 1861, when the name of "Roumania" was given to the United Principalities, and Prince Couza assumed the Government under the Title of Prince Alexander John I., but the Title of "Roumania" has not been formally recognised by the Treaty Powers. See also Additional Act f 20th June, 1864.

For French Version see "State Papers," vol. Ivii, p. 522.

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The system of Administration of each of these Principalities by a separate Hospodar forming the Basis of the actual Organisation of Moldavia and Wallachia, the exceptional Union of the two Hospodariats in the person of Prince Couza has been naturally considered as necessitating certain modifications of a nature equally exceptional.

But as the Union of the two Hospodariats in the same person has been recognised in an exceptional manner, it thereby becomes evident that the modifications to be made in the Convention signed at Paris on the 19th of August, 1858 (No. 286), should be in conformity with the exceptional and temporary character of such recognition. Consequently, our Government, as well as the Guaranteeing Powers, our august Allies who signed the said Convention, after deliberating on the subject, have agreed as to the necessity of adopting the following changes:

Union of Hospodariats under Prince Couza.

ART. I. So long as the two Hospodariats shall remain united in his person, Prince Couza shall govern the Principalities with the assistance of one Government, which shall take upon itself the duties hitherto performed by the Ministers of Moldavia and Wallachia.

Elective Assemblies to be merged into one. Presidency of Assembly.

ART. II. The Elective Assemblies of Moldavia and Wallachia shall be merged into one. The provisions contained in Articles XVI and XXV of the Convention of the 19th August, 1858 (No. 286), remain applicable to the Assembly, in so far as they are not modified by the present arrangement. The Presidency of the Assembly will belong alternately to the Archbishop of Moldavia and of Wallachia.

Suspension of Central Commission of Fokschani.

ART. III. The Central Commission of Fokschani having been created with a view to insure the necessary unity of action in the two Governments and in the two Assemblies of the Principalities, its jurisdiction will naturally be suspended during the continuance of the Union of these Governments and of these Assemblies.

Proposal for a Senate to be considered by the Porte.

If, however, the Government of the Principalities, with the