ABSTRACT

No. 87.-TREATY. Great Britain and Uganda. British Protectorate. 27th August, 1894.

[Approved by Her Majesty's Government, January 4, 1895.] TREATY between Henry Edward Colvile, a Companion of the Most

Honourable Order of the Bath, a Colonel in Her Majesty's army, Her Britannic Majesty's Acting Commissioner for Uganda, for and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, &c., her heirs and successors, and Mwanga, King of Uganda, for himself, his heirs, and successors. 27th August, 1894. 1. WHEREAS Her Majesty's Government has sanctioned the Agree-

ment between Mwanga, King of Uganda, and Sir Gerald Herbert Portal, K.C.M.G., C.B., Her Britannic l\'Iajesty's Commissioner and Consul-General for East Africa, made at Kampala on the 29th day of May, 1893 (page 393) ;

2. And whereas Her Britannic Majesty has been graciously pleased to bestow on the said Mwanga, King of Uganda, the protection which he requested in that Argeement:

3. I, the said Mwanga, do hereby pledge and bind myself, my heirs, and successors. to the following oonditions :- [Here follow, word for word, the same Articles, 4 to 15, as appear

in the Treaty of 29th May, 1893, page 393.] 16. The piesent Treaty supersedes all other Agreements or Treaties

whatsoever made by Mwanga or his predecessors. 17. This Treaty shall come into force from the date of its signature. In faith whereof we have respectively signed this Treaty, and have

thereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Kampala this 27th day of August, 1894.