THE RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY. 37 



posal of the chief manao-er, who liad the imvi- OfflcorsoCimpe- 



^ o ' 1 VI. 'il navy initjageu 



lege of selecting the soldiers and sailors from an}^" its sf^^vic"' 

 force stationed within the boundaries of Siberia. 

 Even the officers of those naval vessels which 

 were not maintained at the expense of the Com- 

 pany, and which were sent out to the Colonies 

 by the Imperial Government, were generally en- 

 joined to obey the orders of the chief manager, 

 and it will be made to appear from papers 

 which will be hereafter cited that such orders 

 were freely given. 



Under its charter the Company paid no roy- ^'"'^ "" royalty. 

 alty or rent to the Government, but as its trade 

 consisted chiefly in the exchange of furs for teas 

 on the Chinese frontier, the Government received 

 large sums through the duty collected on such 

 teas. 



In short, the Company administered both gov- Summary. 

 ernment and trade throughout the whole of the 

 territory over which it was given control.^ 



' See in reference to all that has been said regarding the riglits, 

 obligations, and government of the Russian American Company: 

 Regulations of the United American Company, Tikhmenief, vol. 

 I, app., pp. 1-19; Charter of 1799, Vol. I, p. 14; ukase and charter 

 of 1821, vol. I, pp. 16 and 24; "Additional Facts relating to the 

 Russian American Company, " Vol. I, p. 9; Tikhmenief, vol. II, 

 app., pp. 17-63. 



