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TEE BRITISH EOETH BOEEEO HERALD. 
[Aug; 1, 1832 
<;iTiil Itrituili and lloliaiid in Koriien. 
The foliovvinir is the text of the coavention between 
Great Britain and tlie Netherlands defining boundaries in 
Borneo signed at London, June 20, 1891, the ratifica¬ 
tions of which were exchanged at London, May 11, 
1892;— 
‘‘ Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and Her 
Majesty the Queen-Dowager, Regent of the Netherlands, 
in the name of her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the 
Netherlands, being desirous of defining the boundaries be¬ 
tween the Netherlands possessions in the island of Borneo 
and the States in that island which are under British 
protection, have resolved to conclude a convention to that 
effect, and have appointed as their plenipotentiaries for 
that purpose that is to say : 
Her IVlajesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland Empress of India, the Right 
Honourable Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, Marquis 
of Salisbury, Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, Baron 
Cecil, Peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the Most No¬ 
ble Order of the Garter, Member of Her Majesty^’s Most 
Honorable Privy Council, Her Llajesty’s Principal Secre¬ 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs &e ; and Her Majesty the 
Queen-Dowager, Regent of^the Netherlands, Count Char¬ 
les Malcolm Ernest Georges de Bylandt, Knight Grand 
Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Her Majesty’s 
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the 
Court of St. James’; who, having produced their Full Pow¬ 
ers, found ill good and due form, have agreed upon the fol¬ 
lowing Articles .— 
Article I. 
“ The boundary between the Netherlands possessions 
in Borneo and those of the British protected States in the 
same island shall start from 4 ” 10’ north latitude on the 
east coast of Borneo. 
Article II. 
“ The bouudary-line shall be continued Avestw'ard from 
4'^ 10’north latitude, and follow in a west north-west 
direction, between the rivers Simengaris and Soedang, up 
to the point where the meridian 117® east longitude crosses 
the parallel 4 ® 20’ north latitude, with the view of includ¬ 
ing the Simengaris River within the Dutch territory. The 
boundary-line sliall then follow westward the parallel 4 ® 
2o’ north latitude until it reaches the summit of the range 
of mountains which forms on that parallel the watershed 
between the rivers running to the north-west coast and 
those running to the east coast of Borneo, it being under¬ 
stood that, in the event of the Simengaris River or any 
other river flowing into the sea below 4 ® 1 O’ being found on 
survey to cross the proposed boundary-line within a radius 
of five geographical miles, the line shall be diverted so as 
to include such small portions or bends of rivers within 
Dutch tei’ritory; a similar concession being made by the 
Netherlands Government with regard to any river debou¬ 
ching about 4 ® 10’ on the territory of the British North 
Borneo Company, but turning southwards. 
Article III. 
From the summit of the range of mountains men¬ 
tioned in Article II., to Tandjong-Datoe, on the west coast 
of Borneo, the boundary-line shall follow the watershed of 
the rivers running to the north-west and west coasts, north 
of Tandjong-Datoe, and of those running to the west coast 
south of Tandjong-Datoe, the south coast, and the east 
coast south of 4 ® 10’ north latiiite. 
Article IV. 
From 4 ® 10’ north latitude on the east coast the 
boundary-line shall be continued eastward along that 
parallel, across the Island of Sebittik ; that portion of the 
island situated to the north of that parallel shall belong 
unreservedly to the British North Borneo Company, and 
the portion south of tliat parallel to the Netherlands. 
Article V. 
“ The exact position of the boundary-line , as described 
in the four preceding Articl jS, shall be determined hereaf¬ 
ter by inutual agreement, at such times as the Netherlands 
and the British Governments may think fit. 
Article VI. 
“ The navigation of all rivers flowing into the sea 
between Batoe-Tinagat and the River Siboekoe shall be 
free, except for the transport of war material ; and no 
transport duties shall be levied on other goods passing up 
those rivers. 
Article VII. 
“ The population of Boelongan shall be allowed to 
collect jungle produce in the territory between the Simen¬ 
garis and the Tawao Rivers for fifteen years from the date 
of the signature of the present Convention, free from any 
tax or duty, 
Article VIIT. 
“ The present Convention shall be ratified, and it 
shall come into force three months after the exchange of 
the ratifications, which shall take place at London one 
month, or sooner if possible, after the said Convention 
shall have received the approval of the Netherlands States- 
General. 
“ In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the 
present Convention, and have affixed thereto their seals. 
“ Done at London, in duplicate, this 20th day of June, 
1891 
( L.S.) ( Signed ) S.axisbery. 
( L-S.) (Signed) C. de Bylaxdt. 
Gliinese SAVonls. 
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" We take the following very interesting article from 
a recent issue of the Tiew York Stmdmj Advertuer :— 
Though Dr. Bedloe, the United States Consul to 
Amoy, China, has been home for some time on leave of 
absence, the delays incident to the shipping of goods from 
such far-off lauds and in getting them through the Custom 
House have been such that some of his most interesting 
and valuable relics have just only arrived. In his room at 
the Bellevue a reporter found the genial Consul resting 
contentedly after his breakfast, his eye roving contempla¬ 
tively over a number of the most deadly and awful wea¬ 
pons ever conceived or executed by man, When asked 
about these curiously ugly swords the doctor said :— 
“ I was asked to execute a commission for the Rev. Dr. 
C. M. Shepherd, the distinguished Nebraska divine, a gen¬ 
tleman, who, though a man of peace, has the finest, if not 
- one of the very best collections of swords and other deadly 
weapons in the world. This led to my examining several 
hundred rare and curious weapons sent me for inspection 
and approval, and these are a few of those selected. No 
two are alike, and not one that does not display rare skill 
and inventive power on the part of the Chinese swordsmith. 
“ The handsomest of all is a General’s sahre about 
four feet and a half long, slightly Japanese in style, with 
an edge like a razor and a point that would extort admira¬ 
tion from Colonel Jack Chin of LouisviUe, Ky. Unlike our 
own, the thickest part of the blade is the centre. This gives 
great weight to the weapon, joined to the appearance of 
extreme lightness. The scabbard is made of hard tough 
wood, lacquered to represent black iron encrusted with 
mother-of-pearl. The hilt is of black Ron moulded in the 
form of a fullblown rose, the petals of which have been 
