The Niger Convention.
The time for ratifying the Niger Convention has been extended for six months.
[The Niger Convention was signed nn~tbe 14th of Jane at Paris by the French and British Commissioners. It secured to Great Britain (1) the navigable part of the Lower Niger up to Say, (2) the withdrawal of the French from the territories of the King of Borgu, (8) a definition of the northern border of Sokoto, (4) the practical ratification of the SayBarua line in the north from the Niger to Lake Tchad, (5) for 80 years the right of trading throughout French West Africa upon equal terms with Frenchmen. In exchange for these and minor points Great Britian (1) yielded Niki and a large region on the right bank of the Niger, together with a triangular district on the left bunk abnve 110, to France, and (2) gave Fr»nw a bonded area at the mouth of tliH Nigfr, and also one between Ij^ih.i and Moshi, at the end of the navigable water?.]
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Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1898, Page 2
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169The Niger Convention. Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1898, Page 2
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