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 2206 PHILIPPINES-NORTH BORNEO, BOUNDARY. JANUARY 2,1930. o!X:In":r. CIt notes- 1907, the United States Government took note of the desire of His Ma.jesty's Government that certain titles to lend in certain of the islands which were in good faith granted by the Government of North Borneo prior to the arrangement of 1907, be allowed to stand on the terms on which they were issued by that Government. 2. His Ma.jesty's Government regret that the following title was inadvertently omitted from those included in the above arrange- ment:- Lihiman l,land Provisional Lease No. 2417 Date oj Alienation 1.6.1907 Period 999 yrs. Area 13 acres o roods 24 perches. 3. I have the honour under instructions from His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to request you to be so good as to inform me whether the United States Government will agree to regard this title as included in those mentioned in the arrange- ment concluded on January 2nd, 1930. 4. Should your Government agree to this extension of the above- mentioned arrangement, I should be glad to receive from you an assurance that this note will be considered by the United States Government as a sufficient confirmation thereof on the part of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, THE HONOURABLE HENRY L. STIMSON, R. C. LINDSAY Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D.O. The Secretary of State (Stimson) to the British Ambassador (Lindsay) EXCELLENCY: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, J'Iil1l6, 1932. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency'S note of this day's date in which Your Excellency refers to the fact that in the notes exchanged between the Government of the United States of America and IDs Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom on January 2nd, 1930, constituting an arrangement regard- ing certain islands off the coast of Borneo which have been adminis- tered by the British North Borneo Company in accordance with the arrangement effected by an exchange of notes between IDs Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States on July 3 and July 10, 1907, the Government of the United States took note of the desire of IDs Majesty's Government that certain titles to land in