Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-1933. Treaties, Protocols and Exchanges Of...

The items listed below were transferred in 6 separate envelopes which have now been exchanged for archival envelopes. However, the original envelopes have been retained as some contain information additional to that which appears below. The date range end is derived from the approximate date of the latest photocopies. 'Treaty Series No. 21 (1933). Exchange of Notes Between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Belgian Government Relating to the Boundary Between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo. Brussels, April 7, 1933. London. Printed and published by His Majesty's Stationery Office.' 1 volume (65pp) (25 x 16cm). 2 photocopies of Treaty Series No. 21 (1933) [see above]. Copy 2 has a folio note inserted listing missing pages. Total 68 pages and 1 folio. (41 x 41cm or smaller.). 2 photocopies of 'Treaty Series No. 23 (1923). Exchange of Notes Between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Belgian Government in regard to the Delimitation of the Boundary between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo. London, April 4/May 3, 1927. London.' Total 18 pages (41 x 41cm or smaller). 2 photocopies of 'Protocols signed by the Commissioners appointed to delimit and demarcate the Boundary Between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo September 19, 1934. London.' Both copies are poorly legible with pages missing. Copy 2 has an inserted folio. Total pages 46 and 1 folio. (41 x 34 or smaller.). Photocopy of 'African No. 1154. Northern Rhodesia - Belgian Congo Boundary Commission and Proposals for Exchange of Territory Papers 1925-1937'. Filed as 2 parts. Total 185 pages and 1 folio listing missing pages. (41 x 34 or smaller.). Used in the compilation of Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4044, 7 sheets at scale 1:250,000 dated 1941 filed at Maps X.6262, and G.S.G.S. 3998, 1 sheet at scale 1:250,000 dated 1933? of which an enlarged bromide at scale 1:200,000 dated 1938 is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 3998.

The legal basis of the Anglo-Belgian Boundary Commission 1927-33 can be found at:. Brownlie, Ian, African Boundaries (London: Hurst, 1979), pp.708-12. ; An overview and analysis of the Commission's work can be found at:. Donaldson, John, Wade, Marking Territory: Demarcation of the DRC-Zambia Boundary from 1894 to the Present Day. Doctoral thesis, Durham University - http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/328/ [accessed 28/01/2019]. ; An account of the boundary survey can be found at:. E.R.L. Peake, 'Northern Rhodesia: Belgian Congo Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 83 (1934), 263-77 and map after p.352

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