[Mentone and Roccabruna.]

Special Act to regulate the Customs Union, &c., between the two

States.

The conditions of this Union shall be regulated by a Special Act, as well as whatever relates to the sale of powder and tobacco, the Postal and Telegraph service, and in general the relations of good neighbourhood between the two Countries.

Inhabitants of Mentone and Roccabruna allowed to remove into Principality of Monaco.

ART. VII. The Subjects of His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco, whether natives of Mentone and Roccabruna, or actually living in the said Communes, who shall intend to retain the Nationality of Monaco, shall enjoy for the space of one year, dating from the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty, and by means of a Declaration made to the competent authority, the power of removing their residence into the Principality, and of establishing themselves there; in that case they will preserve their old Nationality.

They shall be at liberty to keep their Immoveable Property situated in the Territory of Mentone and Roccabruna.

Inhabitants of Mentone and Roccabruna allowed to retain Service with Prince of Monaco.

ART. VIII. The inhabitants of these two Communes, who are actually in the service of the Prince of Monaco, shall continue to remain in it without losing their position as French subjects, with the sole condition that they signify their intention in this respect to the Consular Agent of His Imperial Majesty at Monaco, within the space of 3 months, dating from the Ratification of the present Treaty.

Ratifications.*

ART. IX. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Paris, within 10 days from the present date.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Paris, the 2nd February, in the year of Our Lord, 1861.

(L.S.) P. FAUGERE.

(L.S.) S. HY. D'AVIGDOR.

* Ratifications exchanged at Paris, 11th February, 1861.

[Savoy and Nice.]

No. 329.-BOUNDARY TREATY between France and Sardinia. Signed at Turin, 7th March, 1861.

Preamble. Reference to Treaty of 24th March, 1860.

1. Detailed description of Boundary between the Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont.

2. Detailed description of Boundary on the side of the Arrondissement of Nice.

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toRights of Proprietors on either side of the Boundary.

6.

7. Misdemeanors on Mont Cenis and from Colla Lunga to Mont Clapier to be in charge of the French Gardes Champêtres.

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9.

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to

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French Agents to administer the Woods and Communes in the County of Nice.

Delays fixed for the free Export and Import of Produce.

15. Rights of Pasturage.

16. Annexes-Protocols and Maps.

17. Ratifications.

(Translation.*)

IIIs Majesty the Emperor of the French and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, wishing, in execution of the Treaty concluded between them on the 24th March, 1860 (No. 313), to take the necessary steps so that the Limits, mentioned in general terms as henceforth separating the French Empire from the Royal States, may be fixed in a precise, detailed, and definitive manner, as well as in a spirit most in conformity with the interests of the subjects of the two Sovereigns, have entrusted Staff Officers of their Armies to proceed, in the capacity of Commissioners appointed to that effect, in the work of tracing the line of delimitation on the spot, and on the geographical plans, as well as in the local study and the preliminary description of the corrections, exchanges, and special arrangements to be stipulated, either to establish a suitable demarcation, or to favour on both sides the Border Proprietors on grounds of common equity; those Commissioners. having performed their mission in conformity with the Instructions which they had received, their said Majesties have resolved to conclude, on the basis above mentioned, a Boundary Convention

* For French version, see "State Papers," vol. li, p. 685.

[Savoy and Nice.]

between the two respective States, and they have for that purpose appointed Commissioners, namely:

His Majesty the Emperor of the French, M. le Comte Aloys de Rayneval, his Chargé d'Affaires at Turin, &c. ;

And His Majesty the King of Sardinia, M. Dominique Carutti de Cantogno, Secretary-General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sardinia, &c. ;

Who, after having reciprocally communicated their Full Powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :

ARTS. I to XV. (See Table.)

ART. XVI. Annexes-Protocols and Maps.

No. 1. Protocol signed at Paris, 27th June, 1860.

No. 2. Two Protocols signed, the one at Nice, 26th November, 1860, and the other at Turin, 16th February, 1861.

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No. 3. The Map at 5% of the Frontier of Savoy, from Mount Grapillon on the Swiss side, to Mont Tabor, where the Limit of Savoy joins the Frontier of France.

No. 4. The Sketches at 10 of the defiles of Little Saint Bernard and of the two Mont Cenis, which shall be replaced by regular Plans on the same scale.

No. 5. The Map at

Colla Lunga.

80, from Enchastraye to the summit of

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No. 6. The Plans at 18, from the summit of Colla Lunga to the sea.

No. 7. The figurative Drawing of the Stakes.

The Documents Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are countersigned by the French and Sardinian Commissioners.

Ratifications.*

ART. XVII. The present Convention shall be ratified by His Majesty the Emperor of the French and by His Majesty the King of Sardinia, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Turin within one month, or sooner, if possible.

In testimony whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed it and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms.

Done in duplicate at Turin, 7th March, 1861.

(L.S.) C. A. DE RAYNEVAL. (L.S.) CARUTTI.

* Ratifications exchanged at Turin, 16th March, 1861.

[Kingdom of Italy.]

No. 330.-LAW announcing the assumption by the King of Sardinia of the Title of King of Italy. Turin, 17th March, 1861.

(Translation.)

&c.

VICTOR EMANUEL II, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem,

The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have approved,
We have sanctioned and published as follows:

Sole Article.

King Victor Emanuel II assumes for himself and his Successors the Title of King of Italy.

We order that the present, sealed with the Seal of the State, be inserted in the Collection of the Acts of Government, ordering all whom it may concern to observe it and to cause it to be observed as a Law of the State.

Done at Turin, 17th March, 1861.

C. CAVOUR and 7 others.

VICTOR EMANUEL.

On the 30th March, 1861, the British Government recognised this Title, "acting on the principle of respecting the Independence of the Nations of Europe."

In March and April, 1861, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Dukes of Modena and Parma, and the Pope of Rome, protested against the Assumption of this Title by King Victor Emanuel.

[Pacification of Syria.]

No. 331.-CONVENTION between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and Turkey, prolonging the European Occupation of Syria. Signed at Paris, 19th March, 1861.

Preamble. Reference to Convention of 5th September, 1860.

1. Prolongation of the Occupation of Syria.

2. Stipulations of Convention of 5th September, 1860, to continue in force. 3. Ratifications.

(Translation as laid before Parliament.*)

Reference to Convention of 5th September, 1860.

THEIR Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of All the Russias, and the Emperor of the Ottomans, having, after the exchange of explanations between their respective Governments, agreed to modify, by common consent, the Convention concluded between them on the 5th of September last (No. 323), have for that purpose named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Henry Richard Charles Earl Cowley, her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, M. Richard Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, his Ambassador Extraordinary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of the French, M. Edward Anthony Thouvenel, his Minister and Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs, &c.;

His Majesty the King of Prussia, M. Albert Alexander Count de Pourtaèls, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c.;

His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, M. Paul Count de Kisséleff, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c.;

And His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Ahmed

* For French version, see "State Papers,” vol. li, p. 9.