The Treaty of Stephanieville, undated 490 Table of other Treaties, Districts ceded, and Stations established by the International Association of the Congo 491 Report from the Committee on Foreign Relations to the Senate of the United States, March 26, 1884 (Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama), recommending the recognition of the International African Association as a friendly Government, with citations from the history of the American colonies 492 An essay on “The Free Navigation of the Congo,” by Sir Travers Twiss, taken from the _Revue de Droit International_, 1883 502 An argument by Professor Arntz, citing numerous authorities, on the question, Can Savage Tribes cede their territory to Private Persons with the Sovereign Rights appertaining thereto 516 For Treaty between the International Association of the Congo and the United States, see Chapter IV. The General Act of the Berlin Conference 530 Declaration of the General Act of the Brussels Conference, July 2, 1890 552 Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and the Congo Free State, January 24, 1891 553 Protocol in which the United States ratifies the General Act of the Brussels Conference, February 2, 1892 559 Dispatch from his Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Brussels enclosing: A Decree by the Sovereign of the Congo Free State providing Settlements for native children orphaned or abandoned, July 12, 1890 561 A Decree instituting a local Commission of Europeans for the Protection of Natives, September 18, 1896 562 Official letter of instruction thereon from the Secretary of State to the Governor-General at Boma, in the Congo Free State, October 1, 1896 563 Letter of Governor-General Wahis to the Reverend George Grenfell (British), of the Baptist Missionary Society at Bolobo, transmitting Decree, December 26, 1896 565 Circular to all District Commissioners, Heads of Zones and of Posts with regard to barbarous customs prevailing among the native tribes, February 27, 1897 566 Letter from the Reverend George Grenfell to the Governor-General, July 13, 1897 568 Co-ordinated text of various instructions respecting relations between state officials and natives 569 Report of first meeting of Commission for Protection of Natives, May 17, 1897 571