| Description | Correspondence and copy correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain [as Sec of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903] and M. de Soveral [Portuguese Minister, London] relating to Portuguese jurisdiction over African territories [Lourenco Marques, and Delagoa Bay] and related negotiations [with German officials]; with memoranda
Including /3-5 Memoranda by Joseph Chamberlain of meetings with M. de Soveral concerning port of Lourenco Marques, the Delagoa Bay Question, and the Berne award [financial compensation granted by Swiss tribunal to Britain and America for Portuguese seizure of Transvaal rail route], Jun 1897; /8 Memorandum by Francis Bertie [Viscount Bertie of Thame: Assistant Under-Sec of State for Foreign Affairs] relating to meetings with de Soveral concerning German and Portuguese negotiations, May 1898 |