British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela. The Counter-case on Behalf of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty [and Appendix]. AppendixPrinted at the Foreign office, by Harrison and sons, 1898 - Guyana |
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Page 280 - ... each year, and shall make a record thereof in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall...
Page 352 - VI. And as to the West Indies, the subjects and inhabitants of the Kingdoms, Provinces, and Lands of the said Lords, the King and States respectively, shall forbear sailing to, and trading in any of the harbours, places, forts, lodgments or castles, and all others possessed by the one or the other Party, viz. the subjects of the said Lord the King shall not sail to, or trade in those held and possessed by the said Lords and States...
Page 317 - Princes who owe him no obedience, or to make that new world as it were a fief for the Spaniard and clothe him with possession; and that only on the ground that Spaniards have touched here and there, have erected shelters, have given names to a river or promontory; acts which cannot confer property.
Page 278 - Ooinmander-iu-Chief in and over the Colony of British Guiana, Vice-Admiral and Ordinary of the same, &c., &c., &c., with the advice and consent of the Honorable the Court of Policy, combined with the financial representatives of the inhabitants of said colony.
Page 312 - Opposition mem-bers having absented themselves from the debate. Since the motion calling for independence within the Commonwealth has been passed in the newly elected Legislative Assembly by a majority, which must clearly be regarded as reasonable, I have now the honour to inform you that Her Majesty's Government will at the first available opportunity introduce into the United Kingdom Parliament a Bill to accord independence to the Gold Coast and that, subject to Par-liamentary approval, Her Majesty's...
Page 352 - This concession to theDutch was a recognition of their right to acquire, if they could, territory which Spain had at one time hoped to regain. But the words which immediately follow — 35 " including also the localities and places which the same Lords States shall hereafter without infraction of the present Treaty come to conquer and possess,'' clearly introduce and refer to a completely new subject.
Page 351 - Indies in their name, are, within the limits of their said charters, in friendship and alliance, and each party, to wit, the abovementioned Lords, the King and States respectively shall remain in possession of and enjoy such lordships, towns, castles, fortresses, commerce and lands in the East and West Indies as also in Brazil and on the coasts of Asia, Africa, and America respectively as the above-mentioned Lords, the King and States respectively hold and possess...
Page 317 - I: 21 she would not persuade herself that [the Indies] are the rightful property of Spanish donation of the Pope of Rome in whom she acknowledged no prerogative in matters of this kind, much less authority to bind Princes who owe him no obedience, or to make that New World as it were a fief for the Spaniard and clothe him with possession: and that only on the ground that...
Page 334 - Companies in their name, within the limits of their said grants, or in friendship and alliance. And each one, that is to say, the said Lords the King and States respectively, shall remain in possession of and enjoy such lordships, towns, castles, fortresses, commerce and countries of the East and West Indies, as well as of Brazil, and on the coasts of Asia, Africa and America respectively, which the said Lords the King and States respectively hold and possess, in...
Page 352 - And among the places held by the said Lords the States, shall be comprehended the places in Brazil, which the Portuguese took out of the hands of the States, and have been in possession of ever since the year 1641, as also all the other places which they possess at present, so long as they shall continue in the hands of the said Portuguese, anything contained in the preceding Article notwithstanding.