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to the present political divisions 

 of the territories so that the tribes 

 belonging to the territories of 

 Tessaoua - Maradi and Zinder 

 shall, as far as possible, be left 

 to France, and those belonging to 

 the territories of the British zone 

 shall, as far as possible, be left to 

 Great Britain. 



It is further agreed that, on 

 Lake Chad, the frontier line shall, 

 if necessary, be modified so as to 

 assure to France a communica- 

 tion through open water at all 

 seasons between her possessions 

 on the north-west and those on 

 the south-east of the Lake, and a 

 portion of the surface of the open 

 waters of the Lake at least pro- 

 portionate to that assigned to her 

 by the map forming Annex 2 of 

 the Convention of the 14th June, 

 1898. 



In that portion of the River 

 Komadugu which is common to 

 both parties, the populations on 

 the banks shall have equal rights 

 of fishing. 



ARTICLE IX. 



The present Convention shall 



be ratified, and the ratifications 



shall be exchanged, at London, 



within eight months, or earlier if 



possible. 



52 In witness whereof his 



Excellency the Ambassador 

 of the French Republic at the 

 Court of His Majesty the King 

 of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland and of the 

 British Dominions beyond the 

 Seas, Emperor of India, and His 

 Majesty's Principal Secretary of 

 State for Foreign Affairs, duly 

 authorized for that purpose, have 

 signed the present Convention 

 and have affixed thereto their 

 seals. 



Done at London, in duplicate, 

 the 8th day of April, 1904. 



(L. s.) LANSDOWNE. 



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olitiques actuelles des territoires. 

 e fagon a ce que les tribus rele- 

 vant des territoires de Tessaoua - 

 Maradi et Zinder soient, autant 

 que possible, laissees a la France, 

 et celles relevant des territoires 

 de la zone Anglaise soient, autant 

 que possible, laissees a la Grande- 

 Bretagne. 



II est en outre entendu que, sur 

 le Tchad, la limite sera, s'il est 

 besoin, modifiee de f agon a assurer 

 a la France une communication 

 en eau libre en toute saison entre 

 ses possessions du nord-ouest et du 

 sud-est du Lac, et une partie de 

 la superficie des eaux libres du 

 Lac au moins proportionnelle a 

 celle qui lui etait attributee par 

 la carte formant 1'Annexe No. 2 

 de la Convention du 14 Juin, 

 1898. 



Dans la partie commune de la 

 Riviere Komadougou, les popula- 

 tions riveraines auront egalite de 

 droits pour la peche. 



ARTICLE IX. 



La presente Convention sera 

 ratifiee, et les ratifications en se- 

 ront echanges, a Londres, dans le 

 delai de huit mois, ou plus tot si 

 fa ire se peut. 



En foi de quoi son Excellence 

 1'Ambassadeur de la Republique 

 Franchise pres Sa Majeste le Roi 

 du Royaume-Uni de la Grande- 

 Bretagne et dTrlande et des Ter- 

 ritoires Britanniques au dela des 

 Mers, Empereur des Indes, et le 

 Principal Secretaire d'Etat pour 

 les Affaires fitrangeres de Sa 

 Majeste Britannique, dument au- 

 torises a cet effet, ont signe la 

 presente Convention et y ont ap- 

 pose leurs cachets. 



Lait a Londres, en double ex- 

 pedition, le 8 Avril, 1904. 

 (L. s.) PAUL C AMBON. 



