STATE PAPERS. 



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old Austrian principality of Guel- 

 dres, on the side of Ruremonde : 

 and directing itself towards the 

 most eastern point of the Dutch 

 territory to the north of Swal- 

 men, continues to encircle this 

 territory. 



Lastly, setting out from the 

 most eastern point, it joins the 

 other part of the Dutch territory 

 in which V^enloo is situated ; that 

 town and its territory being in- 

 cluded within it. From thence to 

 the old Dutch frontier near Mook, 

 situated below Genep, the line 

 follows the course of the Meuse, 

 at such a distance from the right 

 bank, that all the places within a 

 thousand Rhenish yards from it 

 (Rheinlandische Ruthen) 1,970 

 of which yards are equal to the 

 15th part of a degree of the meri- 

 dian, shall belong with their ter- 

 ritories to the kingdom of the Ne- 

 therlands : it being understood, 

 however, as to the reciprocity of 

 this principle, that the Prussian 

 territory shall not at any point 

 touch the Meuse, or approach it 

 within the distance of eight hun- 

 dred Rhenish yards. 



From this point where the line 

 just described reaches the ancient 

 Dutch frontier, as far as the 

 Rhine, this frontier shall remain 

 essentially the same as it was in 

 1795, between Cleves and the 

 United Provinces. 



This line shall be examined by 

 a Commission, which the Govern- 

 ments of Prussia and the Nether- 

 lands shall name without delay, 

 for the purpose of proceeding to 

 the cvact determination of the 

 limits, as well of the kingdom of 

 the Netherlands as of the Grand 

 Duchy of Luxembuig, s])ocified 

 in the 4th Article : and this Com- 



mission, aided by professional 

 persons, shall regiilate every 

 thing concerning hydrotechnical 

 constructions and other points, in 

 the most equitable manner, and 

 the most conformable to the mu- 

 tual interests of the Prussian 

 States^ and those of the Nether- 

 lands. This same arrangement 

 refers to the fixing of limits for 

 the districts of Kyfward, Lobith, 

 and in the whole territory as far 

 as Kekerdom. 



The enclaves of Huissen, Mal- 

 burg, Lymers, with the town of 

 Sevaner, and the lordship of Wiel, 

 shall form part of the kingdom 

 of the Netherlands, and his 

 Prussian Majesty shall renounce 

 them in perpetuity for himself, 

 his heirs and successors. 



Art. 3. That part of the old 

 duchy of Luxemburg which is 

 comprised in the limits specified 

 in the following article, is like- 

 Aviseceded to the Sovereign Prince 

 of the United Provinces, now 

 King of the Netherlands, to be 

 possessed in perpetuity by hin? 

 and his successors in full pro- 

 perty and sovereignty. The So- 

 vereign of the Netherlands shall 

 add to his titles that of Grand 

 Duke of Luxemburg, his Ma- 

 jesty reserving to himself the pri- 

 vilege of making such family ar- 

 rangements between the Princes 

 his sons, relative to the succession 

 to the Grand Duchy, as he shall 

 think conformable to the inte- 

 rests of his monarchy and his pa- 

 ternal intentions. 



The Grand Duchy of Luxem- 

 burg being intended as an in- 

 demnity for the principalities of 

 Nassau-Dillenburg, Siegen, Ha- 

 damar, and Dietz, shall form one 

 of the States of the Germanic 

 Confederation, 



