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CHAPTER VI. 



COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE AND TRANSPOR- 

 TATION. 



TREATY PROVISIONS. 



Sundry stipulations of the 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, permanent provisions, 

 and, secondly, temj)orary provisions. 



1. Of permanent provisions we have the following: 



[«] Great Britain engages that the navigation of 

 the River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, 

 from the point where it ceases to form the boundary 

 between the two countries, shall forever remain free 

 and open for tjie purpose of commerce to the citizens 

 of the United States [Art. XXVI.]. 



The United States engage that the Rivers Yukon, 

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

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

 main free and open for the purpose of commerce to 

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



Rights of local police and regulation are reserved 

 by each Government. 



[^] The United States engage that the subjects 



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