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 PHILIPPINES-NORTH BORNEO, BOUNDARY. JANUARY 2,1930. 2209 States Government as sufficient ratification of the above arrangement c!~= or notel- on the part of His Majesty's Government. I have the honour to be with the highest consideration, Sir, your most obedient, humble Servant THE HONOURABLE ELIHU ROOT etc., etc., dc. JAMES BRYCE TM Acting StC'!etary of State (Bacon) to tht British Ambas8ador (Bryce) 2160/6 No. 109 EXCELLENCY: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washi1lDlon, J'Uly 10, 1907. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 151 of the 3rd instant, by which you inform mEl that His Majesty's Government, acting at the request and in behalf of the British North Borneo Company, are prepared to acquiesce in the last proposal stated in the letter of December 19, 1906, from the Secretary of State to Sir H. M. Durand, respecting the admi nistration of certain islands on the East Coast of Borneo, and that you are therefore instructed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to place the proposed arrangement formally on record without further delay. The understanding of His Majesty's Government of the terms of the arrangement is stated by you to be as follows: "Firstly: That tho said Company be left undisturbed in the administration of the islands in question without any agreement specifying details, the United States Government simply waiving in favor of the said Company the right to such administration in the meantime, in other words, that the existing status be continued indefinitelY' at the pleasure of the two Governments concerned. "Secondly: That such privilege of administration shall not carry with it territorial rights, such as those of making grants or concessions in the islands in question to extend beyond the temporary occupation of the c0I!lj>any; and any grant, concession or license, made by the com- pany shall cease upon the termination of the company's occupatio!!. "Thirdly: That the temporary waiver of the right of adminis- tration on the part of the United States Government shall cover all the islands to the westward and southwestward of the line traced on the map which accompanied Sir H. M . Durand's memorandum of the 23rd. of June, 1906, and which is annexed to and to be deemed to form part of this note. "Fourthly: That the British North Borneo Company, through His Majesty's Government, shall agree to the exemption of the United States Government from any claim or allegation that the latter Government has incurred any responsibility in respect of acts done in or from any island within the said line.