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GREECE: TEXTS.

Accession of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and the Acceptance of that Accession by the four Courts Parties to the Treaty.

Accession of Sultan to Treaty of 29th March, 1864.In consequence the Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Sultan declares, in virtue of his full powers, that the Sublime Porte formally accedes to the above-mentioned Treaty signed at London on the 29th of March, 1864, between Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, and the Emperor of all the Russias, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes on the other part, for the union of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece, which Treaty is, word for word, as follows:—

[Here the Treaty is set out.]

Acceptance thereof.The Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Greece, in virtue of their full powers, formally accept, in the name of their respective Courts, the said Accession of the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

The present Act of Accession and Acceptance shall be ratified, and the acts of ratification thereof shall be exchanged at Constantinople in two months from this date, or sooner if possible[1].

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

Done at Constantinople, the eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

(Signed) W. STUART.
MOUSTIER.
N. IGNATIEFF.
P. DELYANNI.
AALI.

No. XII[2].

1881, 24th May.Convention between Her Majesty, the German Emperor, the Emperor of Austria, the President of
  1. The ratifications were exchanged on 15th June, 1865.
  2. Parl. Papers, 1881, Greece, No. 7; N. R. G. 2me Série, vi. 753.