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APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



the system instituted by applica- 

 tion of the General Act of the 

 African Conference of the 26th 

 February, 1885, and of the Anglo- 

 French Convention of the 14th 

 June, 1898, to the English por- 

 tion of the basin of the Niger. 



ARTICLE VI. 



The group known as the lies 

 de Los, and situated opposite 

 Konakry, is ceded by His Bri- 

 tannic Majesty to France. 



ARTICLE VII. 



Persons born in the territories 

 ceded to France by Article V 

 and VI of the present Convention 

 may retain British nationality by 

 means of an individual declara- 

 tion to that effect, to be made be- 

 fore the proper authorities by 

 themselves, or, in the case of chil- 

 dren under age, by their parents 

 or guardians. 



The period within which the 

 declaration of option referred to 

 in the preceding paragraph must 

 be made, shall be one year, dating 

 from the day on which French 

 authority shall be established 

 over the territory in which the 

 persons in question have been 

 born. 



Native laws and customs now 

 existing will, as far as possible, 

 remain undisturbed. 



In the lies de Los, for a period 

 of thirty years from the date of 

 exchange of the ratifications of 

 the present Convention. British 

 fishermen shall enjoy the same 

 rights as French fishermen with 

 regard to anchorage in all weath- 

 ers, to taking in provisions and 

 water, to making repairs, to tran- 

 shipment of goods, to the sale of 

 fish, and to the landing and dry- 

 ing of nets, provided always that 

 they observe the conditions laid 

 down in the French Laws and 



regime institue par application 

 de 1'Acte General de la Confer- 

 ence Africaine du 26 Fevrier, 

 1885, et de la Convention Franco- 

 Anglaise du 14 Juin, 1898, dans 

 la partie Anglaise du bassin du 

 Niger. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Le groupe designe sous le nom 

 d'lles de Los, et situe en face de 

 Konakry, est cede par Sa Majeste 

 Britannique a la France. 



ARTICLE VII. 



Les personnes nees sur les ter- 

 ritoires cedes a la France par les 

 Articles V et VI de la presente 

 Convention pourront conserver la 

 nationalite Britannique moyen- 

 nant une declaration individuelle 

 faite a set effet devant 1'autorite 

 competente par elles-memes, ou, 

 dans le cas d'enfants mineurs, par 

 leurs parents ou tuteurs. 



Le delai dans lequel devra se 

 faire la declaration d'option pre- 

 vue au paragraph precedent sera 

 d'un an a dater du jour de 1'in- 

 stallation de 1'autorite Franchise 

 sur le territoire ou seront nees les 

 dites personnes. 



Les lois et coutumes indigenes 

 actuellement en vigueur seront re- 

 spectees autant que possible. 



Aux lies de Los. et pendant une 

 periode de trente annees a partir 

 de 1'echange des ratifications 

 de la presente Convention, les 

 pecheurs Anglais beneficieront en 

 ce qui concerne le droit d'ancrage 

 par tons les temps, d'approvision- 

 nement et d'aiguade, de repara- 

 tion, de transbordement de mar- 

 chandises, de vent de poisson, de 

 descente a terre et de sechage des 

 filets, du meme regime que les 

 pecheurs Francais, sous reserve, 

 toutefois, par eux de 1'observation 



