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lations on the subject of the Limits of N"avigatioii and Communication 

 by Sea along the Shores of Eastern Siberia, North-western America, 

 and the Aleutian and Kurile Islands." 



OF THE SUPERVISION OF THE COMPANY'S PROCEEDINGS BY THE 



GOVERNMENT, 



I. — OF THE SUPERVISION OP THE COMPANY'S PROCEEDINGS BY THE DEPARTMENT 

 OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE. 



§ 63, [The relations of tho Company with the Government are under 

 the supervision of the Finance Department.] 



§ 04. [The Minister of Finance Avill see that the Company keeps 

 strictly within the terms of its privileges,] 



§ 65, [In case of necessity the Minister of Finance will take stei)s for 

 the protection of the Company from any danger that may threaten it.] 



II.— OF THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMPANY'S SERVANTS IN 

 SIBERIA AND IN THE COMPANY'S COLONIES. 



§ 66. [Action to be taken by the authorities in Siberia in case of 

 irregularities on the part of the Company's servants at stations in 

 Siberia.] 



§ 67. [In order to control the proceedings of the Company's servants 

 in the Colonies, the Government stipulates that the Chief Manager 

 shall be a naval officer, and that the sanction of the Emperor shall be 

 necessary to his appointment.] 



§ 68. [Points on which the Government wishes to be kept informed.] 



§ 69. [Action to be taken by Connnanders of ships of war if any one 

 complains totliem of ill-treatment.] 



§ 70. A ship of war, after visiting, not only the Company's settle- 

 ments, but also, and more particularly, the channels which foreign mer- 

 chant-vessels are likely to frequent for the purpose of illicit trading 

 with the natives, will return to winter whenever the Government orders 

 it; but if the Chief Manager of the Colonies considers it necessary for 

 a ship of war to winter in the Colonies, the Commander will receive 

 orders accordingly. 



The Commanders of ships of war will receive orders to capture all 

 foreign ships found in Russian waters. 



[The Naval Regulation prohibiting the officers and crews of men-of- 

 war from engaging in trade will be strictly enforced.] 



(Signed) Count 1). Gurieff, 



Minister of Finance. 



i4 No. 3. 



[Extract from the "Quarterly Keview" of January 1822.] 



A Voyage op Discovery into the South Sea and Behring Straits, for the 

 Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, Undertaken in the Years 

 1815-18, at the Expense op his Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, 

 Count Romanzoff, in the ship "Rurick," under the Command of the 

 Lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy Otto von Kotzebue. 3 vols. 

 London. 1821. 



Since the general peace of Europe, and more particularly within the 

 last three years, the Russian Government has been anxiously and eagerly 

 employed in prosecuting discoveries in every part of the giobe. In the 

 Southern Ocean her ships have penetrated the fields of ice as far as the 



