CESSION OF LAND. 
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draft, was not to be decided on favourably in the present 
insufficient state of our knowledge.* 
The sovereignty of the territory, therefore, which 
the Attkh was so willing to cede was only accepted 
conditionally, subject to the approval of Her Majesty’s 
Government. 
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9 A.M. 
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3 P.M. 
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* In a dispatch subsequently received from Lord Stanley, the 
Commissioners were expressly prohibited by his Lordship “ from 
concluding any treaty or agreement with any African Chief, which 
should have the effect of binding Her Majesty to give military aid 
to such chiefs, or to assume any right, or sovereignty, or protection 
over any portion of the soil or waters of Africa. In no case are 
you to take any step which may fetter the discretion of the Queen's 
Government.” 
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