Dutch And British
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New Guinea
Boundary Line Defined
THE boundary between Dutch New Guinea and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea has been officially re defined. The boundary line is the 141st meridian of east longtitude, but some time ago the Netherlands authorities said that the position of the meridian as shown by a Dutch survey completed in 1930, in which the most modern scientific methods were used, differed from the position as ascertained and marked as the result of a German survey in 1896-99 In August, 1933, observations were taken by Dutch survey officers and checked by an Australian official surveyor and an in scribed monument was placed on the ground on the North Coast.
After consultations between the Com monwealth Government, the Dominions Office, and the Foreign Office, notes were exchanged with the Netherlands authori ties, in which it was agreed that the boundary between the two territories shall continue to be the 141st meridian, and that the meridian for all time shall be deemed to be a line running true north and true south of the monument.