ABSTRACT

Cession to Spain oj additional Territory near Melilla. Art. I.-His Majesty the King of Morocco being desirous of giving

His Catholic Majesty an evident mark of the good sentiments with which he is animated, and wishing to contribute, in so far as it depends upon him, to the safe guarding and security of the Spanish places on the coast of Africa, agrees to cede to His Catholic Majesty the possession and full soV'ereignty of the territory in the vicinity of the Spanish place, Melilla, as far as the points most suitable for the defence and tranquility of this Fortress.