, one to be appointed by the Government of Northern Ireland and one
who shall be Chairman to be appointed by the British Government shall
determine in accordance with the wishes of the inhabitants, so far as may
be compatible with economic and geographic conditions the boundaries
between Northern Ireland and the rest of Ireland, and for the purposes of
the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, and of this instrument, the boundary
of Northern Ireland shall be such as may be determined by such Commission.

13. For the purpose of the last foregoing Article, the powers of the
Parliament of Southern Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act, 1920,
to elect members of the Council of Ireland shall after the Parliament of
the Irish Free State is constituted be exercised by that Parliament.

14. After the expiration of the said month, if no such address as is
mentioned in Article 12 hereof is presented, the Parliament and Government
of Northern Ireland shall continue to exercise as respects Northern
Ireland the powers conferred on them by the Government of Ireland Act,
1920, but the Parliament and Government of the Irish Free State shall in
Northern Ireland have in relation to matters in respect of which the
Parliament of Northern Ireland has not power to make laws under that Act
(including matters which under the said Act are within the jurisdiction of
the Council of Ireland) the same powers as in the rest of Ireland subject
to such other provisions as may be agreed in manner hereinafter appearing.

15. At any time after the date hereof the Government of Northern Ireland
and the provisional Government of Southern Ireland hereinafter constituted
may meet for the purpose of discussing the provisions subject to which the
last foregoing Article is to operate in the event of no such address as is
therein mentioned being presented and those provisions may include:--

(_a_) Safeguards with regard to patronage in Northern Ireland.

(_b_) Safeguards with regard to the collection of revenue in Northern
Ireland.

(_c_) Safeguards with regard to import and export duties affecting
the trade or industry of Northern Ireland.

(_d_) Safeguards for minorities in Northern Ireland.

(_e_) The settlement of the financial relations between Northern
Ireland and the Irish Free State.

(_f_) The establishment and powers of a local militia in Northern
Ireland and the relation of the Defence Forces o