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In July of 1897 Sir William MacGregor suggested that the boundary between British and German New Guinea should be altered so that the middle of the Gira River be fixed as the boundary from the sea to the most westerly point at which the river last crosses the 8th degree of latitude before entering into British territory, from that point the boundary to proceed along the eighth degree as heretofore. It was further suggested that the navigation of the river should be free to both colonies as far as it was navigable.2
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van der Veur, P.W. (1966). British New Guinea: Negotiations for making Gira River free for navigation. In: Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea’s Boundaries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3706-3_29
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