RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY 193 



enjoy exclusive rights. Under the name of the Russian- 

 American Company the new organization was required to 

 organize settlements, promote agriculture, commerce, dis- 

 covery, and the propagation of the Greek Catholic faith, 

 and to extend Russian influence and territory on the 

 Pacific so far as it might be done without trespassing on 

 the territory of any foreign power. The government of 

 the colonies was confided to the Chief Director, who re- 

 sided at Kadiak. No appeal could be made from him ex- 

 cept to the Directory at Irkutsk which settled all regula- 

 tions and appointments and decided all questions which 

 might be raised, subject to the approval of the Imperial 

 Department of Commerce. Outside of Kadiak other dis- 



THE FIRST RULER OF RUSSIAN AMERICA. 



Alexander Andreivich Baranoff, administrator of the Russian colonies in America, 1792-1817 ; 

 died at Batavia, April 28, 1819. 



tricts were ruled by inferior agents chosen from among 

 the employes and accountable only to the Chief Director. 



