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Hanover, of the Belgic Lion, of Fidelity of Baden, and of St. Con- 

 stantino of Parma, and Pierre de Poletica, actual Counsellor of State, 

 Knight of the order of St. Anne of the first Class, and Grand Cross of 

 the order of St. Wladimir of the second ; who, after having exchanged 

 their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and 

 signed the following stipulations. 



Artico] 1 



It is agreed that in any part of the Great Ocean, commonly called 

 the Pacific Ocean, or South-Sea, the respective Citizens or Subjects of 

 the high contracting Powers shall be neither disturbed nor restrained 

 either in navigation, or in fishing, or in the power of resorting to the 

 coasts upon points which may not already have been occupied, for the 

 purpose of trading with the Natives, saving always the restrictions 

 and conditions determined by the following articles. 



Article 2 



With a view of preventing the rights of naAdgation and of fishing, 

 exercised upon the Great Ocean by the Citizens and Subjects of the 

 high contracting Powers from becoming the pretext for an illicit 

 trade, it is agreed, that the Citizens of the United States shall not 

 resort to any point where there is a Russian establishment, without the 

 permission of the Governor or Commander; and that, reciprocally, 

 the Subjects of Russia shall not resort, without permission, to any 

 establishment of the United States upon the North AVest Coast. 



Article 3 



It is moreover agreed, that hereafter there shall not be formed by 

 the Citizens of the United States, or under the authority of the said 

 States, any establishment upon the North West Coast of America, nor 

 in any of the Islands adjacent, to the north of fifty four degrees and 

 forty minutes of north latitude; and that in the same manner there 

 shall be none formed by Russian Subjects or under the authority of 

 Russia south of the same parallel. 



Article 4 



It is nevertheless understood that during a term of ten years, count- 

 ing from the signature of the present Convention, the ships of both 

 Powers, or which belong to their Citizens or Subjects respectively, may 

 reciprocally frequent without any hindrance whatever, the interior 

 seas, gulfs, harbours and creeks upon the Coast mentioned in the 

 preceding Article, for the purpose of fishing and trading with the 

 natives of the country. 



Article 5 



All spirituous liquors, fire-arms, other arms, powder and munitions 

 of war of every kind, are always excepted from this same commerce 

 permitted by the preceding Article, and the two Powers engage, 

 reciprocally, neither to sell, nor suffer them to be sold to the Natives 



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