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ANNEXE TO THE CONVENTION OF 1881.
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A Convention between Turkey and Greece.the Emperor of all the Russias; and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans shall he immediately followed by the stipulation of a Convention, containing the same provisions, between His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes[1].

Art. XIX. The present Convention shall be ratified and its ratifications exchanged at Constantinople within three weeks, or sooner, if possible[2].

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Constantinople, the twenty-fourth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

(Signed) GEORGE J. GOSCHEN.
v. HATZFELDT.
CALICE.
TISSOT.
L. CORTI.
NOVIKOW.
SERVER.
MOUKHTAR.
ALY.
ARTIN DADIAN.

Annexe.

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., Apostolic King of Hungary; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias; and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, being desirous of settling the details and the mode of evacuation, and of the taking possession of the territories ceded to Greece in virtue of the Convention signed this day, have resolved with this view to sign a separate Act in accordance

  1. Such a convention was signed accordingly on 2nd July, l881. Parl. Papers, 1882, Greece, No. 2; N.R.G. 2me Série, vi., 753.
  2. The ratifications were exchanged on 14th June, 1881.
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