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APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Article V. 



With, regard to the other parts of the 

 northwest coast of America, and of the 

 isLands adjacent thereto, belonging to 

 either of the two High Contracting Par- 

 ties, it is agreed that, for the space of 



years from the April, 1824, their re- 

 spective vessels, and those of their sub- 

 jects, shall reci])rocally enjoy the liberty 

 of visiting, without hindrance, the gulfs, 

 havens, and creeks of the said coast, in 

 places not already occupied, for the pur- 

 poses of fishery and of commerce with the 

 natives of the country. 



It being understood: 



1. That the subjects of either of the 

 High Contracting Parties shall not huul 

 at any spot where there may be an estal)- 

 lishmeut of the other, without the per- 

 mission of the Governor or otherauthority 

 of the place, unless they should be driven 

 thither by stress of weather or other 

 accidents. 



2. That the said liberty of commerce 

 shall not include the trade in spirituous 

 liquors, in fire-arms, swords, bayonets, 

 ifec, gunpowder, or other warlike stores. 

 The High Contracting Parties recipro- 

 cally engaging not to permit the above- 

 mentioned articles to be sold or trans- 

 ferred, in any matter whatever, to the 

 natives of the country. 



Article VI. 



Article V. 



Par rapport aux autres parties des c6te8 

 du continent de I'Ainc'rique du nord-ouest, 

 et des isles (jui I'avoisinent, appartenan- 

 tes a I'une et a I'antre des deux Hautes 

 Parties Contractantes, il est convenuque 

 pendant I'espace de dix ans a compter dn 



Avril, 1824, leurs vaisseaux respec- 



tifs, et ceux de leurs sujets, pourront 

 reciproquement frequenter, sans entrave, 

 les golphes, havres, et cri(|[nes des dites 

 cotes, dans des endroits non ddja occnpps, 

 atin d'y faire la ])cche et le commerce avec 

 les natnrels du pays. 



Bien entendu : 



1. Que jinrtont ofi il se trouvera un 

 ^tablissement de I'une des 1 fiiutcs Parties 

 Contractantes, les sujets de I'autre ne 

 pourront y aborder, sans la permission du 

 Commandant on autre prepose <le cet 

 endroit, a moins qu'ils n'y seront forces 

 par tempetes on quehjue autre accident. 



2. Que la dite liberte de commerce ne 

 comprendra point celui des liqueurs spiri- 

 tueuses, ni des amnes a feu, des armes 

 blanches, de lapoudrea canon, on d'antres 

 especes de nuuiitions de guerre. Tons 

 lesquels articles les deux Puissances s'en- 

 gagent r('ci])ro(|m3mentdene point laisser 

 vendre ni transferer, en mauiere quelcon- 

 que, aux indigenes de ces pays. 



Article VI. 



No establishment shall, in future, be 

 formed by British subjects, either upon 

 the coast or upon the borders of the con- 

 tinent comprised within the limits of the 

 Russian possessions designated in Article 

 II; and, in like manner, no such estab- 

 lishments shall be formed by Russian 

 subjects beyond the said limits. 



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Article VII. 



Dor<^navant il ne pourra etre formed par 

 les sujets Britnnniques aucun etablis- 

 sement, ni sur les cotes ni sur la lisicre 

 du continent comprises dans les limit«8 

 des possessions Rnsses designees jiar 

 1' Article II; et de nn>me, il n'en pourra 

 pas etre forme aucun par des sujets Rns- 

 ses hors des dites iimites. 



Article VII. 



Such British and Russian vessels navi- 

 gating these seas, as may be compelled 

 by stress of weather, or by any other ac- 

 cident, to take shelter in the respective 

 ports, shall be at liberty to refit therein, 

 to provide themselves with all necessary 

 stores, and to put to sea again, without 

 the payment of any duties except port 

 and lighthouse dues not exceeding those 

 paid by national vessels. In case, how- 

 ever, tiie master of such ship should be 

 obliged to dispose of some of his mer- 

 chandize in order to defray his expenses, 

 he shall conform himself to tlie Regula- 

 tions and Tariffs of the place where ho 

 may have landed. 



Article VIII. 



In every case of complaint on account 

 of an infraction of the Articles of the 

 present Convention, the officers employed 



Les vaisseaux Britanniciues et Rnsses 

 navigant dans ces mers, qui seront forces 

 par ties tempetes, on par quel(|ue autre 

 accident, a se rdfugier dans les ports res- 

 pectifs, pourront s'y radouber et s'y pour- 

 voir de toutes choses uccessaires, et se 

 remettre en mer librement, sans payer 

 aucun droit hors ceux de port et des 

 fanaux, qui n"excedcront pas ce que pay- 

 out les navires indigenes. A moins ([ue 

 le patron d'nn tel navire ne se trouveroit 

 dans la necessite de vendre quebiue mar- 

 chandise pour d(^frayer sesdepenses; au- 

 quel cas, il sera tenu de se conformer aux 

 Ordonnances et Tarils de I'endroit oil il 

 aura abordd. 



ARTICLE VITI. 



Dans tons les cas do. ]ilaintepar rapport 

 a rint'raction des Articles du j)rt''sent 

 accord, les ofiiciers et omploytSs de part 



