Their complete names are: Great Britain and Germany agreed in 1885 to negotiate a common declaration about their spheres of interest in the western Pacific.
[2] Both powers wanted to protect the interests of their particular citizens and enterprises, but the western Pacific was too less important for them to risk a conflict about it.
In April 1886, they were signed by Herbert von Bismarck, State Secretary in the German Foreign Office, and the British ambassador to Germany, Sir Edward Malet.
[4] The border between the spheres of interest should be a line beginning near Mitre Rock in North East New Guinea, on the 8th parallel of south latitude, then it should follow the points: The area in the north and west of this line should be the German, the area in the south and east should be the British sphere of influence.
Disputed claims to land prior to the declaration of sovereignty or protectorate, should be settled by a mixed commission, unless the plaintiff did not request the settlement by the local authority alone.