[Turco-Russian Boundary in Asia.] No. 283.-FINAL ACT of the Mixed Commission of Great Britain, Russia, and Turkey, on the Turco-Russian Boundary in Asia. Signed at Constantinople, 5th December, 1857.* Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 30th March, 1856. 1. Detailed Description of Asiatic Frontier. 2. Map of Frontier. 3. Date of Execution of Final Act. 4. Ratifications. (Translation.†) Reference to Treaty of 30th March, 1856. ART. XXX of the Treaty signed and concluded at Paris, 30th March, 1856 (No. 264), between Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Porte, having declared that His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, shall retain in their integrity their possessions in Asia, such as they existed before the War, and that, in order to prevent all local misunderstanding, the Line of Frontier shall be verified, and if necessary rectified in such manner as that no Territorial loss shall be sustained by one or other of the two Parties, and that a Mixed Commission composed of two Russian Commissioners, two Turkish Commissioners, one French Commissioner, and one British Commissioner, shall be sent for that purpose on the spot immediately after the re-establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Courts of Russia and the Sublime Porte. His Majesty the Emperor of the French has appointed as his Commissioner M. Edmond Pelissier, Consul-General, &c.; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, has appointed as her Commissioner Mr. J. L. A. Simmons, Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers, &c. ; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias has appointed as his Commissioners, M. Tchirikoff, Major-General, &c., and M. Michel Ivanine, Colonel, &c.; * See also Protocol of 28th April, 1858, and Supplementary Act of 11th September, 1858. For French Version, see "State Papers," vol. 1, p. 995. [Turco-Russian Boundary in Asia.] His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans has appointed as his Commissioners, Hussein Pacha, General of Brigade, &c., and Osman Bey, Colonel of the Staff, &c. : Who, having communicated to each other their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, having examined the Territory, heard witnesses and read the Documents produced on either side on all questions in litigation, decide as follows: ART. I. Detailed Description of Asiatic Frontiers. Map of Frontier. ART. II. The whole of the Frontier has been marked by a dotted line, tinted red on the Map, signed by all the Members of the Mixed Commission, and annexed as forming part thereof to the pre-ent Final Act of the Labours of the said Commission. Date of Execution of Final Act. ART. III. The Arrangements concluded by the present Act must receive their full and entire execution by the 1st December, 1858. Ratifications. ART. IV. The present Act shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged within two months, and sooner if possible. Done at Constantinople, in quadruplicate, the 5th December, 1857. PELISSIER. J. L. A. SIMMONS. TCHIRIKOFF. IVANINE. HUSSEIN. OSMAN. |