36 HISTORY [ No. 96 shut out the British Company from the interior. He succeeded in reaching Uganda, where he obtained con cessions from King Mwanga. Fortunately the Anglo German agreement of July 1, 1890,put an end to his activities. Underthis agreement Germany withdrew in favour of Great Britain her Protectorateover Witu, and her Protectorate over the adjoining coast up to Kismayu ; she also surrendered her claims to all other territories on the mainland north of the Tana, and to the islands of Pattaand Manda. She further agreed to recognise a British Protectorate over the remaining dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar; and a western boundary to the two spheres of influence was defined by this and subsequent agreements.

The consideration for this was the cession of Heli goland to Germany."

The Anglo -German Agreement of July 1 , 1890 , settled the outstanding questions at issue in East Africa between Great Britain and Germany.

The delimitation of the Anglo -German boundaries was carried out by various protocols and agreements ranging from 1892 to 1910 . In 1889 the British East Africa Company had transferred its lease of the Benadir ports toItaly , and these were definitely granted to Italy on August 12 , 1892 , by the Sultan of Zanzibar. On March 24 , 1891 , an Anglo - Italian Protocol settled the boundary be tween British East Africa and Italian Somaliland . The mid-channel of the Juba River was taken as the boundary up to the 6th degree of north latitude ; it fol lowed that parallel to its intersection with the meri dian of longitude 35 degrees east of Greenwich , and that meridian to the Blue Nile . Kismayu remained in British possession .'

Thus freed from foreign complications, the Imperial British East Africa Company could turn its undivided 2 1 See Appendix II , p . 98 · Hertslet, Map of Africa by Treaty, p . 1094. 3 Ibid ., p . 948.