APPENDIX A - TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
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ABEOKUTA
Treaty of friendship and commerce made at Abeokuta in the Egba country this 18th (eighteenth) day of January in the year 1893.
Between His Excellency Gilbert Thomas Carter, Esq., Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Lagos, for and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, etc., her heirs and successors on the one part, and the undersigned king (Alake) and Authorities of Abeokuta representing the Egba Kingdom, for and on behalf of their heirs and successors on the other part. We the undersigned King and Authorities do, in the presence of the Elders, Headmen, and people assembled at this place hereby promise:—
1st. That there shall be peace and friendship between the subjects of the Queen and Egba subjects, and should any difference or dispute accidentally arise between us and the said subjects of the Queen, it shall be referred to the Governor of Lagos for settlement as may be deemed expedient.
2nd. That there shall be complete freedom of Trade between the Egba country and Lagos, and in view of the injury to Commerce arising from the arbitrary closing of roads, we the said King and Authorities hereby declare that no roads shall in future be closed without the consent and approval of the Governor of Lagos.
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- The History of the YorubasFrom the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate, pp. 651 - 668Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1921