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^ 55. After this the Comniander of Kamtchatka shall order a Committee to value 

 the vessel and her cargo. This Committee is to be composed of one member appointed 

 by the Commander of Kamtchatka, one by the Commander of the man-of-war, and 

 a third by the Russian-American Company. 



^ 56. These Commissioners are to make up a specified list and valuation according 

 to the following rules: 



1. All provisions, rigging, iron, powder, and arms shall bo put down at such prices 

 as they cost Government there. 



2. All merchandise which might be used in Kamtchatka and the Company's Colo- 

 nies, and which are carried there at times from Russia, shallbe valued at their prices 

 then existing. 



3. All goods which are not imported into these places froni Russia, but are wanted 

 there, shall be valued like goods brought from Russia, being the nearest to them, and 

 in proportion 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 proper authorities. 



i^S 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. 

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



mander of Kamtchatka find it impossible to agree theretr), he shall provision- 

 ally consent and leave the final decision to Government. 



ijS 59. 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 disposal of the officers of the ship or of the Russian-American Company. 

 The seized vessel shall be valued by the Court, and the valuation sent immediately 

 to the Minister of the Navy, with a report whether such a vessel is wanted for Gov- 

 ernment service or not. 



^ 60. The whole sum of valuation of the confiscated vessel and cargo is to be 

 divided in the following manner. The expenses necessary to forward the ship's 

 crew to one of the ports in the Baltic are to be deducted, and the remaining sum 

 divided, if the vessel has been taken by the Russian-American Company's officers, 

 and carried to the port of St. Peter and Paul by a ship of said Company, without 

 the interference of a man-of-war, into five parts, of which one goes to the Govern- 

 ment, and the remaining four-fifths to the American Company. If the vessel be 

 taken in any of the Company's Settlements by the Company's officers, but brought 

 to the port of St. Peter and Paul by a man-of-war, after deducting one-fifth for 

 Government, two-fifths are to belong to the crew of the man-of-war, and the remain- 

 ing two-fifths to the Russian-American Company, and finally, if such foreign vessel 

 be detained by men-of-war only without the assistance of the Company's officers, 

 then, after deducting one-fifth for Government, the remainder is left to the officers 

 of the men-of-war. 



But if a vessel be taken by the conjoint forces of a man-of-war and a Company's 

 vessel, then the prize shall be divided between them in proportion to their strength, 

 regulating the same according to the number of guns. 



« 61. The sum coming to the ofJicers of the man-of-war shall be divided according 

 to the Rules for dividing prizes in time of war. In all cases, officers who had a 

 share in seizing foreign vessels convicted of the intention of infringing the privi- 

 leges most graciously granted to the Russian-American Comi»any, may expect to 

 receive tokens of His Imperial Majesty's approbation, especially when, after deduct- 

 ing the expenses for conveying the crew, their part in the prize money should prove 

 but trifling. 



1^ 62. If a foreign vessel detained by a Russian being under the command of a 

 Russian officer sliould be cast away before reaching the port of St. Peter and Paul, 

 the following principle shall be observed: 



If the foreign vessel alone be lost, and the Russian accompanying her arrive at the 

 port of St. Peter and Paul, then the Court acts according to tlie foregoing Rules to 

 determine whether that vessel was lawfully seized. In this case Government takes 

 upon itself the expenses of conveying to a port of the Baltic such of the ship's crew 

 as were saved. But if such a vessel should not be proved to have beeu detained law- 

 fully, then independant of those expenses, the ship shall be valued, and such valua- 

 tion forwarded to Government for the payment of what may be deemed just; at the 

 same time investigation shall be made on the loss of the vessel, and the officer that 

 had the command (if saved) is to be tried according to the maritime Rules and Regu- 

 lations. 



§ 63. The Commander of Kamtchatka is bound to make a special Report to the 

 Governor-General of Siberia respecting every circumstance happening to foreign 

 vessels, annexing copies of all documents, journals, and sentences of the Court, and 

 of all papers relating thereunto. 



The original is signed: Count D. Gurieff, 



Minister of Finances. 



