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the Company's office, aud give to tlie foieigii uiaster a certificate; but 

 the money cannot be paid by tlie Company otherwise tlian after the 

 inspection and Resolution of its Court of Directors. If, on the other 

 hand, the foreign vessel has been detaiued unlawfully by a Kussiaii 

 man-of war, the Commauder of Kamtchatka is to pay the adjudged dam- 

 ages (not exceeding the sum of 5,000 roubles) out of any Government 

 sum, and to report, in order to incash it from theguiity, but if the dam- 

 ages should exceed the sum of 5,000 roubles, the Commander of Kam- 

 tcliatka is to furnish a certiticate for the receipt of the money after the 

 regulation and confirmation of the llussian Government. 



§ 53. The reimbursement of such damages as may have been incurred 

 by unlawful detention shall be exacted from the Commander and all 

 the olficers of the man of- war, who, having been called by the Com- 

 maiuler to a council, shall have given their ojnnion that such a ship 

 ought to be detained. 



§ 54. As soon as a foreign ship is sentenced to be confiscated, the 

 Commander of Kamtchatka is to make due arrangements for trans- 

 porting the crew to Ochotsk, and from thence to any of the pcu'ts in 

 the Baltic, in order to enable every one of them to reach his own 

 country. With the confiscated ship and cargo, he is to act as witli a 

 prize, taken in time of war. 



§ 55. After this the Commander of Kamtchatka shall order a Com- 

 mittee to value the vessel and her cargo. This Committee is to be 

 com])osed of one member appointed by the Commander of Kamtchatka, 

 one by the Commander of the man-of-war, and a third by the Eussian- 

 American Com j) any. 



§ 5(). These Commissioners are to make up a specified list and valua- 

 tion according to the following rules: 



1. All provisions, rigging, iron, powder, and arms shall be put down 

 at such prices as they cost (Tovernment there. 



2. All merchandize which might be used in Kamtchatka and the 

 Com])any's Colonies, and which are carried there at times from llussia, 

 shall be valued at their i)rices then existing. 



3. All goods which are not imported into these jilaces from IJussia, 

 but are wanted there, shall be valued like goods brought from Eussia, 

 being the nearest to them, and in ])ro]>ortion to their wants. 



4. All goods not in use at Kamtchatka or the Colonies shall be sent 



to Irkutsk and sold at public auction by the j)roper authorities. 

 8 § 57. The said Commissioners shall present their valuation to 



the Commander of Kamtchatka for his approbation, who, in case 

 of not finding the same exact, shall return it, with his remarks, and 

 shall appoint other officers to inspect such articles as may appear 

 unfairly valued. 



§ 58. If the Commissioners hereafter continue in their opinion, and 

 the Commander of Kamtchatka find it im])ossible to agree thereto, he 

 shall provisionally consent and leave the final decision to Government. 



§ 50. According to this valuation the Commander of Kamtchatka 

 shall mark, for the use of Government, all those articles which he thinks 

 are wanted; the remainder is left at the disi)Osal of the officers of the 

 ship or of the Eussian-American Company. The seized vessel shall be 

 valued by the Court, and the valuation sent immediately to the Min- 

 ister of the Navy, witli a report whetiier such a vessel is wanted for 

 Government service or not. 



§ 00. The whole sum of valuation of the confiscated vessel and cargo 

 is to be divided in the following manner. The exi)enses necessary to 

 forward the ship's crew to one of the ports, in the Baltic are to be 



