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Seo. 53. The rolnibursomoiit of siicli damag'os as may liave been in- 

 curred by unlawful detention sliall be exacted from the commander and 

 all ofticers of the man-of-war who, having been called by the commander 

 to a council, shall have given their opinion that such a ship ought to be 

 detained. 



Sec. 54. As soon as a foreign sliip is sentenced to be confiscated, the 

 commander of Kamtchatka is to nuike the arrangements for transport- 

 ing the crew to Ocliotsk, and from thence to any of the ports of the 

 Baltic, in order to enable every one of them to reacli his own country. 

 With the confiscated ship and cargo he is to act as with a prize taken 

 in time of war. 



Sec. 55. After this the commander 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 Kussian 

 American Company. 



Sec. 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 be put down 

 at such prices as they cost Government there. 



(2) All merchandise which might be used in Kamtchatka and the 

 Company's Colonies, and which are carried there at times from Russia, 

 shall be valued at their prices then existing. 



(3) All goods which are not imported into these places from Russia, 

 but are wanted there, shall be valued like goods brought from Russia, 

 being the nearest to tihem, and in pro])ortion to their w ants. 



(4) All goods not in use at Kamtchatka or the Colonies shall be sent 

 to Irkutsk, and sold at i)nblic auction by the proper authorities. 



Sec. 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 aj)- 

 point other ofticers to inspect such articles as may aj)pear unfairly 

 valued. 



Sec. 58. If the commissioners hereafter continue in their opinion and 

 the commander of Kamtchatka find it impossible to agree thereto, he 

 shall provisionally consent, and leave the final decision to Government. 



Sec. 59. According to this valuation, the commander of Kamtchatka 

 pliall mark for the use of Government all those articles which bethinks 

 are w^anted; 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, ami the valuation sent immediately to the Minister 

 of the I^avy, with a report, wiiether such a vessel is wanted for Govern- 

 ment service or not. 



Sec. 60. The whole sum of valuation of the confiscated vessel and 

 cargo is to be divided in the following manner: The expences necessary 

 to forward the ship's crew^ to one of the ports in the Baltic are to be 

 deducted, and the remaining sum di^'ided, 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 com]^auy, without the inter- 

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

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

 vessel be taken m 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-w^ar and the remaining two-fifths to the Kussian 

 American Company; and, finally, if .such foreign vessel be detained by 

 men-oiwar only, without the assistance of the Company's officers, then, 



