The Pacific.
European Occupation.
(kbuxbb’s telegrams—copyright ) London, May 3 It is announced that a convention has «een signed on the part of Great Britain by Sir E. B. Malet, English Ambassador at Berlin, and on behalf of Germany by Prince Bismarck, setting forth the delimitation of the present and future spheres of occupation in the Wertera Pacific. The dividing line starts at Miko rock, a small island forming part of the Queen Charlotte group, situated in latitude 11 deg 56mm south, longitude 170 deg 25mm east. From this point it crosses the Solomon group, leaving the Islands of Bougainville, Choiscul, and Isabel to the Germans. From the Solomon Islands the line turns back in a north-easrerly direction to the Marshall Islands, which already belong to Germany. The Convention for bids the deportation of criminals to tha Pacific by either of the signatory Powers and the continued neutrality of Tonga and Samoa is stipulated for.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1414, 5 May 1886, Page 2
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154The Pacific. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1414, 5 May 1886, Page 2
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