[Turco-Montenegrin Boundary; Dulcigno, &c.]

[Montenegrin Boundary. Spizza and Antivari.]

No. 581.-- PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCES between the Commissioners of Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Russia, and Turkey, respecting the Boundary between Spizza and Antivari (Austria-Hungary and Montenegro). Scutari, 4th February,

1881.

[For Protocols Nos. 1-26 see No. 552, and Nos. 27, 28, No. 580.]

PROTOCOL.

ABSTRACT OF PROTOCOL.

No. 29. Protocol of preceding sitting read and adopted (No. 580). All the Commissioners are in possession of map and details of frontier-line between the Lake of Scutari and the Boyana. Details of boundary marks of frontier between Spizza and Antivari placed before Commission, in accordance with Protocol between Austria-Hungary and Montenegro, of 17th May 1879 (No. 552). Discussion respecting the frontier of the Boyana. Montenegrin Commissioner declares that the base accepted by his Government was the Granville "projet" (No. 578), and claims the thalweg of the Boyana. Turkish Commissioner has no knowledge of the Granville "projet," and can only accept the frontier as following the right bank of the Boyana. All except Ottoman Commissioner vote in favour of the thal weg. Ottoman Commissioner places before the Commission petitions from Mussulman inhabitants of Podgoritza and Niksic, complaining of the new administration, which the Commission refuse to consider as not being within its competence. Work of Commission being finished, an adjournment to 15th May, 1881, is decided upon. The place of meeting to be Scutari. Captain Sale thanked for topographical works, and proceedings closed with thanks to Captain Testa and the President.

Scutari, 4th February, 1881.

[It was recorded in the Protocol of the 8th September, 1879 (No. 552), that the British Commissioner, Captain Sale, had asked the Commission whether it was its intention to fix the limits of Spizza, and if so, when the work would be proceeded with, and that the Commissioners of Austria-Hungary and Montenegro had stated that the frontier had already been defined by their Governments, who would forward to the Commission the Sketch and Table of Specifications relating thereto, which had been agreed upon between them.]

TABLE DE SPÉCIFICATION des Marques de Bornage de la Frontière entre Spizza et Antivari (Autriche-Hongrie et Monténégro), d'après le Protocole de Zubc du 17 Mai, 1879 (No. 552).

2 Obélisque en pierres Point No. 1 sur la Vršuta 319 54

Le signal est marqué d'une croix On obtient la ligne

[Montenegrin Boundary. Spizza and Antivari.]

brutes, dimensions Col Šentelija (portant le 350 30 comme au No. 1.

nom de "Mala vršuta'
sur la carte de la marine
Autrichienne)

Description générale de la Position, de la Station, ou du Point fixé.

avec le No. cadastral 34 (+34),
il a été placé sur le point culmi-
nant du col rocheux, pointu et
aride, nommé Stog ou bien Vrh
Stoga (Stela), formant le con-
trefort sud du pic de rocher de
Šentelija qui le domine con-
sidérablement, désigné sur la
carte de la marine Autrichienne
par Mala Vršuta. Entre le
point 2 et celui No. 1 s'étend le
formidable ravin rocheux de
Brdza.

La position exacte résulte des
'angles relatifs au vrai nord in-
diqués ci-près.

Le signal est marqué d'une croix
avec le No. cadastral 32 (+32),
il est placé au sud du col por-

tant le No. 2 sur le second con-
trefort de la Šentelija, nommé
Gornja Gora ou bien " na dno
Stoga Ce contrefort rocheux
et aride tombe à l'ouest et au
sud en pentes escarpées vers le
plateau boisé inférieur.

La position exacte résulte des
angles relatifs au vrai nord in-
diqués ci-près.

Le signal est marqué d'une croix
avec ie No. cadastral 26 (+26),
il a été posé sur l'ensellemente
entre les deux sommets rocheux
de Debelja (à l'ouest et le plus
élevé), et de Velji Zanovedi (à
l'est et le moins élevé) au bord
du versant sud de la selle. Toute
la localité, les deux sommets in-
clus, est appelée Planagora par

[Montenegrin Boundary.

Spizza and Antivari.]