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the Protectorates of the numerous groups of islands that cluster, 

 either in the Pacific or Atlantic waters. 



These arrangements are everywhere to be desired and encouraged 

 by Nations engaged in the extension and development of Colonial 

 Possessions, as they cannot fail to minimise, if not to prevent, terri- 

 torial and boundary disputes arising, which have been in the past, as 

 they are liable in the future, to be threatening causes of serious 

 conflict. The following are the instances under this head : — 



NEW GUINEA. 



In 1885, arrangements between Great Britain and Germany, 

 relative to their respective spheres of action in portions of New 

 Guinea, were proposed by Lord Granville, 25th April, 1885, and 

 accepted by Count Munster 29th April, 1885. 



EAST COAST OF AFRICA. 



In 1885, arrangements between Great Britain and Germany 

 relative to their respective spheres of action, in portions of Africa, 

 Ambas Bay, Santa Lucia Bay, Natal, and Delagoa Bay, were pro- 

 posed by Lord Granville, 29th April, 1885, and accepted by Count 

 Munster, 7th May, 1885. 



FIJI. 



In 1885, an agreement between Great Britain and Germany for 

 the settlement of the Land claims of German subjects in Fiji, was 

 proposed by Lord Granville, 4th May and 15 th May, 1885, and 

 accepted by Count Munster, i6th May, 1885. 



ZANZIBAR. 



In 1886, an agreement between Great Britain and Germany re- 

 specting Zanzibar and the adjoining territories, and their respective 

 spheres of influence in that portion of the East African continent, 

 was proposed by Count Hatzfeldt, 29th October, 1886, and accepted 

 by the Earl of Iddesleigh, ist November, 1886. 



EQUATORIAL 'AFRICA. 



In 1887, an agreement between the British and German Govern- 

 ments for discouraging British annexation in the rear of the German 

 sphere of influence in Equatorial Africa, on the understanding that the 

 German Government would equally discourage German annexation 

 in the rear of the sphere of British influence, was proposed by the 

 Marquis of Salisbury, 2n^ July, 1887, and accepted by Count 

 Herbert Bismarck, 8th July, 1887. 



