Berlin.
His M a je s t y t h e K in s of D e n m a r k ;
L e Sieur E m il d e Y in d , Chamberlain, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, King of Prussia.
H is M a je s t y t h e K in g of S p a in ;
D on F rancisco M e r r y y C olom, Count de B enomar . His Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty
Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia.
The P r e s id en t of t h e U n it e d S t a t e s of A m er ic a ;
Le Sieur J ohn A. K asson, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States of N orth America, to His
Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of P ru ssia; and
Le Sieur H en r y S. S a nford, Ex-Minister.
The P r e s id en t of t h e F r en c h R e pu bl ic ;
Le Sieur A lphonse, Baron de C ourcel, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of France, to His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, King of Prussia.
H e r M a je s t y t h e Q u e e n of t h e U n it e d K ingdom of G r e a t B r it a in
a n d I r e l a n d , E mpress of I n d ia ;
S ir E dward B a ldw in M a l e t , Her Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King
of Prussia.
His M a je s t y t h e K in g of I t a l y ;
Le Sieur E douard, Count de L a u n a y , His Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, King of Prussia.
H is M a je s t y t h e K in g of t h e N e t h e r la n d s , G r a n d D u k e of
L u xem burg , &c. ;
Le Sieur F r ed er ic P h il ip p e , J o n k h e er Y a n d er H o ev en , His
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His
Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia.
His M a je s t y t h e K in g of P ortugal a n d t h e A lg a r v e s , &c. ;
Le Sieur d u S e r r a G omes, Marquis de P e n a f ie l , Peer of the Realm,
His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His
Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia ; and
Le Sieur A n t o in e de S er pa P im e n t e l , Councillor of State and Peer
of the Realm.
Elis M a je s t y t h e C za r of a l l t h e R u s s ia s ;
Le Sieur P ie r r e , Count K a pn is t , P i ivy Councillor, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the
King of the Netherlands.
His M a je s t y t h e . King of S w ed en and N o rw a y , &c. ;
Le Sieur G il l is , Baron B il d t , Lieutenant General, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the
Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia.
His M a je sty t h e S u l t a n of t h e T u r k s ;
M eh emed S a id , Pasha, Yizier and High Dignitary, His Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor
of Germany, King of Prussia.
Who, furnished with full powers, which have been found to be
in good and proper form, have successively discussed and adopted.
1. A declaration relative to the freedom of trade in the basin of
the Congo, its mouths,..and circumjacent districts, with certain
arrangements connected therewith.
2., A declaration concerning the slave-trade, and the operations,
on land or sea, which supply the slaves for the trade.
3. A declaration relative to the neutrality of the territories comprised
in the said basin of the Congo.
4. An act as to the navigation of the Congo, which takes into
consideration the local circumstances affecting the river ; its affluents,
and the waters th a t are similar to them, the general principles
set forth in Articles 108 to 116 of the final Act of the Congress of
Yienna, and intended to regulate between the signatory powers to
th a t act, the free navigation of navigable watercourses th a t separate
or. traverse several States ; principles that have once been generally
applied to the rivers of Europe and America, and notably to the-
Danube with the modifications foreseen by the Treaties of Paris of
1856, of Berlin of 1878, of London of 1871 and 1883.
5. An act for the navigation of the Niger, which also takes into
consideration the local circumstances affecting this river and its
affluents, on the same principles set forth in Articles 108 to 116 of
the final Act of the Congress of Yienna.
6. A declaration introducing into international relations uniform
rules with regard to annexations which may take place in th e
future on the African continent;
And having decided th a t these various documents could be usefully
combined in a single deed, have collected them in a general
act composed of the following articles.
' CHAPTER I.
Declaration relative to the freedom of commerce in the basin o f
th e Congo, its mouths, and circumjacent districts, with certain
arrangements connected therewith.
Berlin