Transfer of the Northern Marianas

Spain sold the Northern Marianas to Germany for 837,500 German gold marks, approximately US$4,100,000 at the time. These islands were placed under the jurisdiction of German New Guinea. Guam was excluded from this transfer as it had been ceded to the United States in 1898. No supplied passage states a specific day or month for the physical handover of the Marianas; the transfer is dated only to 1899. The legacy date of 1 October 1899 is unsupported by the passages. The handover of the Western Carolines on 3 November 1899 suggests a late-1899 handover period but does not date the Marianas transfer.