164 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. 



No. 19. 



Concerning the granting of a fourth charter to the Russian American 



Company. 



The Imperial Council in the Department of Imperial Economy and 

 in general assembly, having examined the communication of the Minis- 

 ter of Finance on the subject of the revision of the charter of the Rus- 

 sian American Company and the organization of the Russian American 

 colonies, has adopted the following resolution in modification and ex- 

 planation of the principal bases of the new charter of the Russian 

 American Company and the organization of the colonies, recited in 

 the resolution of the Imperial Council, approved by the Emperor June 14, 

 1865: 



1. (In clause 1.) That the period of twenty years for the duration of 

 the new privileges, rights, and obligations of the Russian American 

 Company be reckoned, not from January 1, 1862, but from the date of 

 the confirmation of those privileges. 



2. (In clause 15.) That the exclusive right of carrying on the fur in- 

 dustry and the fur trade be secured to the company throughout the 

 extent of the colonial territory; at the same time, with regard to the 

 carrying on of the fur industry, fixed regulations must be adopted, by 



agreement with the Minister of the Imperial Domain. 



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4. (In clauses 8 and 9.) That, while including in the new charter of the 

 company the regulations concerning the opening of the ports of New 

 Archangel, on Sitka Island, and St. Paul, in Kadiak, for free trade, 

 those regarding the permission to carry on certain industries in the 

 colonies generally, and those on the subject of the importation and sale 

 of spirituous liquors in the colonies and the supplying them with arms 

 and powder, the recommendations now presented by the company on this 

 subject be adopted, without permitting, however, the commercial mo- 

 nopoly which the company has hitherto enjoyed to be continued in 



force under any pretext whatsoever. 



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Yermakoff, 



Vice Director. 

 K. Radetski, 

 Chief of Division. 

 True copy. 



A. TlMKOVSKY. 



No. 20. 



Proclamation. 



Notice is hereby given to all to whom it may concern that if, after 

 reading this, they do not immediately leave Russian territory, and do 

 not desist from prohibited traffic, they will, on the arrival of a Russian 

 vessel, be seized and sent for trial to New Archangel, Sitka, and their 

 merchandise and ships, if such are found, will be confiscated. 



Given at the port of New Archangel, on the northwest coast of Amer- 

 ica, this 8-20 September, 1864. 



