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througli the said possessions ; and goods, wares, and 

 mercliaudise may be conveyed in transit without pay- 

 ment of duties, from the United States through the 

 said possessions to other places in the United States, 

 or for export from ports in the said possessions [Art. 

 XXIX.]. 



All these rights of transit are, of course, subject to 

 such regulations for the protection of the revenue as 

 the respective Governments may prescribe. 



[<?] Great Britain engages to urge on the Dominion 

 of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick that 

 no export duty or other duty shall be levied on tim- 

 ber cut in that part 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. 



[<:/] Subjects of Great Britain may carry in British 

 vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or 

 merchandise from one port or place within the terri- 

 tory 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, provided that a portion of such trans- 

 portation is made through the Dominion of Canada 

 by land carriage and in bond [Art. XXX.]. 



Citizens of the United States may carry in United 

 States vessels goods, wares, or merchandise from one 

 port or place within the British possessions in North 

 America to another port or place within the said 

 possessions, provided that a portion of such transpor- 



