BORNEO , GRANDE - BRETAGNE

Déclaration concernant l'extension aux nations amies de la Grande Bretagne de l'article VIII du Traité d amitié et de commerce du 27 mai 1847 *); signée le 17 août 1878.

Pari. Paper [2i8i] 1878.

His Highness Abdul Mumin, Sultan of Bornéo , for himself , his heirs and successors, hereby déclares that, from the date of this Déclaration, the provisions of the VlIIth Article of the Treaty dated the 27th May, 1847, between Great Britain and Bornéo, relating to the assistance and protection to be afforded by'His Highness in the case of vessels under the British flag wrecked upon the coasts of His Highness' dominions, shall be and are hereby extended to the case of wrecked vessels belonging to States in amity with Great Britain, the clause referred to being in the following terms: —

» Clause VIII. If any vessel under the British flag should be wrecked on the coasts of the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Bornéo, His Highness engages to give ail the assistance in his power to recover for and to deliver over to the owners thereof ail the property which can be saved from such vessels. His Highness further engages to extend to the officers and crew, and to ail other persons on board such wrecked vessel, full protection both as to their persons and as to their property. «

This 17th day of August, 1878.

(Seal of His Highness the Sultan of Bornéo.) W. H. Treacher, Her Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul - General in Bornéo.