126 [No. 99 APPENDIX meridian east of Greenwich up to its intersection by the water shed between the Nile and the Congo, and thence following this watershed in a northerly and north -westerly direction .

( 6 ) The frontier between the Independent Congo State and .the British sphere to the north of the Zambezi shall follow a line running direct from the extremity of Cape Akalunga on Lake Tanganyika, situated at the northernmost point of Cameron Bay, at about 8° 15 ' south latitude to the right bank of the River Luapula, where this river issues from Lake Moero . The line shall then be drawn directly to the entrance of the river into the lake , being , however, deflected towards the south of the lake so as to give the island of Kilwa to Great Britain . It shall then follow the ' thalweg ' of the Luapula up to its issue from Lake Bangweolo . Thence it shall run southwards along the meridian of longitude of the point where the river leaves the lake to the watershed between the Congo and the Zambezi, which it shall follow until it reaches the Portuguese frontier.

VI BOUNDARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE CONGO FREE STATE , AUGUST 14, 1894 Art. I.-The frontier between the Congo Free State and the colony of French Congo, after following the thalweg of the Oubanghi up to the confluence of the Mbomou and the Ouelle (or Welle) , shall be constituted as follows :-( 1 ) The thalweg of the Mbomou up to its source . (2 ) A straight line to the watershed between the Congo and Nile basins . From this point the frontier of the Free State is constituted by the said watershed up to its intersection with longitude 30° East of Greenwich ( 27 ° 40 ' E. , Paris) .

Art. IV . – The Free State binds herself to renounce all occupation , and to exercise in the future no political influence west or north of a line thus determined :-Longitude 30° E. of Greenwich ( 27 ° 40' E. , Paris ), starting from its intersection of the watershed of the Congo and Nile basins, up to the point where it meets the parallel 5° 30' , and then along that parallel to the Nile .

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