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CHAPTER VI. 



CO^^DIERCIAL INTERCOURSE AND TRANSPOR- 

 TATION. 



TREATY I'UOVISIOXS. 



Sundry stipulations of tlic Treaty wliicli relate to 

 rights of navigation, and of transport by land or water, 

 — to concessions of commercial intercourse and trans- 

 it, — or to the free interchange of objects of produc- 

 tion, — are divisible into, first, jn'rinanent i)rovisions, 

 and, secondly, temporary ])rovisionH. 



1. Of permanent provisions Ave have the folluwing: 



[r/] Great Britain engages that the navigation of 

 the lliver St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, 

 from the point where it ceases to foi'm the boundaiy 

 between the two countries, shall forever remain free 

 and open for the purpose of conu)ierce to the citizens 

 of the United States [Art. XXVI.]. . 



The United States encrafre tliat the Rivers Yukon, 

 Porcupine, and Stikinc, in Alaska, ascending and de- 

 scending from, to, and into the sea, shall forever re- 

 main free and open for the pui'pose of commerce to 

 the subjects of Great Britain [Art. XXVI.]. 



Rights of local police and regulation are reserved 

 by each Government. 



l_b\ The United States engage that the subjects 



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