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 with the terms of Article XV of the said Convention, and have to this effect appointed:—

Who, furnished with the necessary powers, have agreed to the following Articles:—

. I. The territories to be ceded to Greece are divided into six sections, in accordance with the indications marked upon the annexed map.

. II. The evacuation of one of these sections shall take place within three weeks from the date fixed for the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention signed this day.

Four other sections shall be completely evacuated within three months from the same date.

The sixth section, which comprises Volo, and constitutes the only means of exit by which the Ottoman Government can remove its war material, shall be evacuated during the two following months, that is to say, within the whole period of five months from the date fixed for the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention.

It is understood that these various periods shall be abridged if possible.

The Ottoman authorities will draw up an inventory of that portion of the war material which cannot be removed during the said period of five months.

. III. The Mediating Powers will name Military Delegates, who will constitute a Commission, destined to act as intermediary, for the evacuation by the Ottoman authorities, and the taking over by the Hellenic authorities of the ceded territories.

''This Commission will exercise a general supervision over the evacuation and occupation of the ceded territories. It will intervene for the purpose of establishing an agreement between the Commanders on both sides, both as regards the military movements on either side, the fixing the distance which must always divide the troops of the two Powers, and the period which must elapse between the evacuation and the taking over of the different points to be ceded''.