BastisAfrica] ANGLO -GERMAN. AGREEMENTS 99 Lake Jipé ; passes thence along the eastern side and round the northern side of the lake , and crosses the River Lumé; after which it passes midway between the territories of Taveita and Chagga, skirts the northern base of the Kilimanjaro range , and thence is drawn direct to the point on the eastern side of Lake Victoria Nyanza which is intersected by the 1st parallel of south latitude; thence, crossing the lake on that parallel, it follows the parallel to the frontier of the Congo Free State , where it terminates.

It is , however, understood that, on the west side of the lake , the sphere does not comprise Mount Mfumbiro ; if that mountain shall prove to lie to the south of the selected parallel, the line shall be deflected so as to exclude it , but shall, nevertheless, return so as to terminate at the above -named point.

2. To the south by a line which , starting on the coast at the northern limit of the Province of Mozambique, follows the course of the River Rovuma to the point of confluence of the Msinje ; thence it runs westward along the parallel of that point till it reaches Lake Nyassa ; thence striking northward , it follows the eastern , northern , and western shores of the lake to the northern bank of the mouth of the River Songwe; it ascends that river to the point of its intersection by the 33rd degree of east longitude ; thence it follows the river to the point where it approaches most nearly the boundary of the geographical Congo Basin defined in the 1st Article of the Act of Berlin, as marked in the map attached to the 9th Protocol of the Conference .

From that point it strikes direct to the above-named boundary ; and follows it to the point of its intersection by the 32nd degree of east longitude ; from which point it strikes direct to the point of confluence of the northern and southern branches of the River Kilambo, and thence follows that river till it enters Lake Tan ganyika.

The course of the above boundary is traced in general accord ancewith a map of the Nyassa -Tanganyika Plateau, officially pre pared for the British Government in 1889 .

3. To the west by a line which , from the mouth of the River Kilambo to the 1st parallel of south latitude , is conterminous with the Congo Free State .

The sphere in which the exercise of influence is reserved to Great Britain is bounded 1. To the south by the above -mentioned line running from the mouth of the River Umba to the point where the 1st parallel of south latitude reaches the Congo Free State . Mount Mfumbiro is included in the sphere .

2. To the north by a line commencing on the coast at the north bank of the mouth of the River Juba ; thence it ascends that bank of the river and is conterminous with the territory reserved to the influence of Italy in Gallaland and Abyssinia , as far as the confines of Egypt.