The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . dianof E. long., from the German frontier on the south, acrossAlbert Edward Nyanza and the Semliki River to the line of water-parting between the systems of the Congo and the Nile (in thecountry of Mboga); thence northwards this western boundarydescended to the north coast of Albert Nyanza at Mahagi,and then followed the main stream of the Nile to about5** N. In 1904, however, it was found that the 30thmeridian had been placed some 25 m. west of its trueposition in the maps used when the frontier
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . dianof E. long., from the German frontier on the south, acrossAlbert Edward Nyanza and the Semliki River to the line of water-parting between the systems of the Congo and the Nile (in thecountry of Mboga); thence northwards this western boundarydescended to the north coast of Albert Nyanza at Mahagi,and then followed the main stream of the Nile to about5** N. In 1904, however, it was found that the 30thmeridian had been placed some 25 m. west of its trueposition in the maps used when the frontier was agreedupon, and that if it was maintained as the dividing lineit would cut off the Uganda Protectorate from access toAlbert Edward Nyanza while giving a corner of the Congoforest to Uganda. A survey commission was subsequentlydespatched, and in 1910 British, Belgian and German dele-gates met in Brussels to draw up a new frontier line. Germanywas interested in the dispute, inasmuch as the southern frontierof ihe Uganda Protectorate coincided with the northern frontier UGANDA £n)^ish Miles. of German East Africa. Moreover Germany, Great Britain andBelgium (as inheritor of the Congo State) had conflicting claimsin the region of Lake Kivu. On the 14th of May igio aprotocol was signed defining the new frontier as follows: Fromthe north end of Lake Kivu the Conge-German frontier turnseast by north, traversing the volcanic region of Mfumbiro,and crosses the summit of Mt Karissimbi to the summit of MtSabyino, where the British, Belgian and German frontiers Mt Sabyino the frontier between Belgian Congo and theUganda Protectorate goes in a direct hne north to Mt Nkabwe,and thence along the Ishasha River, to its mouth on the of Albert Edward Nyanza. Thence it crosses that lakein a straight line and afterwards the Ruwenzori to its highestpoint, Margherita peak, whence it follows the Lamia River toits junction with the Semliki. From that point the frontieris
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