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within the territory of the United States upon the St. Lawrence, the Great 

 Lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to another port or place within the 

 territory of the United States as aforesaid : Provided, that a portion of such 

 transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by laud carriage and 

 in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between 

 the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United 

 States. 



Citizens of the United States may for the like period carry in United States 

 vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port 

 or place within the Possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America to 

 another port or place within the said Possessions : Provided, that a portion of 

 such transportation is made through the territory of the United States by land 

 carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon 

 between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Bri 

 tannic Majesty. 



The Government of the United States further engages not to impose any ex 

 port duties on goods, wares, or merchandise carried under this article through the 

 territory of the United States ; and Her Majesty s Government engages to urge 

 the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislatures of the other 

 Colonies not to impose any export duties on goods, wares, or merchandise car 

 ried under this article ; and the Government of the United States may, in case 

 such export duties are imposed by the Dominion of Canada, suspend, during the 

 period that such duties are imposed, the right of carrying granted under this 

 article in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty. 



The Government of the United States may suspend the right of carrying 

 granted in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty under this article, in 

 case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the 

 United States of the use of the canals in the said Dominion on terms of equal 

 ity with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in Article XXVII. 



ARTICLE XXXI. 



The Government of Her Britannic Majesty further engages to urge upon the 

 Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislature of New Brunswick 

 that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any 

 kind cut on that portion of the American, territory in the State of Maine watered 

 by the River St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the 

 sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the Province of New 

 Brunswick. And, in case any such export or other duty continues to be levied 

 after the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifica 

 tions of this Treaty, it is agreed that the Government of the United States may 

 suspend the right of carrying hereinbefore granted under Article XXX. of this 

 Treaty for such period as such export or other duty may be levied. 



