PERIOD FROM 1S25 TO 18G7. Gl 



the Russian American Company, that it is His 

 JSIajesty's firm determination to protect the Com- 

 pany's interests in the catch and preservation of 

 all marine animals, and to secure to it all the 

 advantages to which it is entitled under the 

 charter and privileges."^ 



PERIOD BETWEEN THE TREATIES AND THE CES- 

 SION OF ALASKA TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1857. 



In addition to the fores^oino- there is found , KuBsia continues 



^ *-" to exercise control 



positive confirmation that by the treaties of 1824'^^'^^^'^^'^"°^"'*- 

 and 1825 Russia did not surrender her claim to 

 exclusive control of trade, and especially of the 

 fur industry, in Bering Sea, in the fact that the 

 same control over the waters of that sea was 

 enforced after the date of those treaties as before. 



The second charter of the Russian American Third charter of 

 Company, which was granted for a period of 

 twenty years, was confirmed in 1829,^ except in 

 so far as it had been modified by the treaties of 

 1824 and 1825, and was thus renewed with all 

 its exclusive franchises for another period of 

 twenty years on the 1st day of January, 1842. 

 The new charter will be found in the Appendix.^ 



' Vol. I, p. 68. 



2 Vol. I, p. 27. 



3 Vol. I, p. 28. The charter was uot actually issued until Oct. 

 U, 18 U. 



