Vill, Notes
1.
For the sequence of events up to 1904 Prescott's unpublished Ph.D thesis, (Bibliography item 7), is good reading, dealing with the geographical, historical, political, diplomatic and ethnographic aspects which influenced the boundary making process, as also does Anene's book on Nigeria's boundaries, (Bibliography, item 9),
2.
"Declaration between the British and French Governments, respecting Madagascar and the French Sphere of Influence South of her Mediterranean Possessions". Signed in London, 5 August 1890. See Hertslet, pp. 738-739.
3.
"Convention between Great Britain and France for the Delimitation of their
respective Possessions to the West of the Niger, and of their respective Possessions and Spheres of Influence to the East of that River". Signed in Paris, 14 June 1898. See Hertslet, pp. 785-793 and maps 9 and 10. The boundary defined by this Convention is also shown on a map at 1:2,000,000 scale produced by or for the 1902-04 Boundary Commission, (item 2 in part II). The town of Kuka mentioned in Article IV of the Convention is the present-day town of Kukawa,
4. There is an article on this Boundary Commission by Lt.Col. G.S. McD. Elliot, RE, in the Geographical Journal for November 1904, (Bibliography, item 1). It is however of little value in the present context, consisting almost wholly of a straight geographical description of the country through which the 1898 boundary ran. Another article, by Major-General C.H. Foulkes, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., was published in the Royal Engineers Journal for December 1959, (Bibliography, item 6). It provides little information on the Commission's survey work, but provides some contemporary historical background. The members of the Commission are listed on page 12 of the Annual Report of the Colonial Survey Committee for year ending August 1906, (Bibliography, item 3). As already stated, the work of this Commission, as far as the actual boundary is concerned, was very soon rendered out of date. However it did add considerably to the topographical knowledge of the area, and much of its original fieldwork is held by MRLG under reference E39:e(1), described in more detail in part III, (item 4).
5.
"Convention between Great Britain and France, respecting Newfoundland, and West and Central Africa". Signed in London, 8 April 1904. See Hertslet, pp. 816-819.
6. The members of this Commission are listed on page 40 of the Annual Report of the Colonial Survey Committee for year ending 31 March 1912, (Bibliography, item 3).
7.
A proof of this "Report of the Joint Commission for the Delimitation of the Anglo-French Frontier east of the Niger, Northern Nigeria” was printed for the use of the Foreign Office in May 1909, and, apart from the minor modifications and corrections subsequently made, is the same as the 1910 Protocol. A copy of this proof is on the M.1.4 file 4035, which is now in the Public Record Office under reference WO 181/132.
8.
Letter from I.G.N. to the Directorate of Military Survey, written in 1969.
9.
Letter from I.G.N, to the Directorate of Military Survey, written in 1970.
10.
Through a letter from the British High Commission, Lagos, to the Directorate of Military Survey, written in 1970.
11.
Two other designations, TSGS 2058 and TSGS 2144, are associated with TSGS 1923 on page 60 of the 'Catalogue of Maps in the Foreign Office Collection, 1901-1918', (MRLG ref. C16/A7/B5). However, the maps could not be traced in MRLG, and in addition information in the GSGS Numbers allocation book on TSGS 2058 relates to a map of no possible relevance to Nigeria or its boundaries.
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