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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



The crew and passenger lists of 

 the steauier are hereby appended. 



The issue of rum to your crew 

 will be made under existing regu- 

 lations. 



A list of the crew and passen- 

 gers of the steamer is herewith in- 

 closed. 



Tlie issue of rum to your com- 

 mand will be continued in accord- 

 ance with existing regulations. 



[The portions of this paper not given were correctly translated in United States Case, Appendix, 



vol. i.] 



No. 18. 



Letter from the Department of Com- 

 merce and Manufactures to the 

 Board of Administration of the 

 Russian - American Company. 

 Written from iSt. Petersburg, June 

 19, 1865. 



The Council of State, after an 

 examination of the proposal sub- 

 mitted by me concerning the revi- 

 sion of the Charter of the Ifussian- 

 American Company and the or- 

 ganization of the liussian-Ameri- 

 can Colonies, directs, by a Resolu- 

 tion approved by the Emperor on 

 the 14th June, that in the prepara- 

 tion of the new Charter for the 

 Kussiau- American Company, and 

 of the regulations for the govern- 

 ment of tbe Colonies, the following 

 principles shall be adopted : 



1. The term of the iirivileges, 

 rights, and obligations of the Com- 

 pany expires on the 3 st day of Jan- 

 uary, 1882. 



No. 18. 



Letter from the Department of Com- 

 merce and Mdnufactures to the 

 Board of Administration of the 

 Russian - American Company. 

 Written from iSt. Petersburg, June 

 19, 1865. 



The Imperial Council, havingcon- 

 sidered the representation made by 

 me with regard to the revision of 

 the Charter of the Russian- Ameri- 

 can Company, and the organization 

 of the Russian American Colonies, 

 by its Resolution approved by the 

 Emperor on the 14th June of this 

 year, has recommended — 



That the following principal 

 basis be adojited in the prepara- 

 tion of the new Charter of tlie Rus- 

 sian-American Company and of the 

 colonial management. 



I. The term of the privileges, 

 rights, and obligations of the Com- 

 pany extends to the 1st January, 

 1882. 



8. Permission is given to bring 

 into the ports of New Archangel, 

 on the Island of Sitka, of St. Paul, 

 on the Island of Kadiak, and into 

 such others as may be subsequently 

 found convenient for the purpose, 

 all kinds of merchandize (except 

 intoxicating beverages, powder, 

 and arms) on board both Russian 

 and foreign vessels. 



9. Special regulations shall be 

 prescribed concerning the imiwrta- 

 tion of intoxicating liquors and the 

 sale thereof in the Colonies, as well 

 as the furnishing of arms and pow- 

 der, such regulations to be of such 

 a character as not to imjiose oner- 



YIII. The importation of all 

 kinds of articles of industry and. 

 commerce by Russian and foreign 

 vessels is made free at the ports of 

 New Archangel, on the Island of 

 Sitka, at St. Paul, on the Island of 

 Kadiak, and hereafter at others 

 where it will be found desirable 

 (with the exception of si)irituous 

 liquors, powder, and arms). 



IX. With regard to the importa- 

 tion of si)irituous liquors and their 

 sale in the Colonies, and also the 

 supplying the Colonies with arms 

 and powder, it is recommended 

 that special regulations be adopted, 

 which, without opijressing the in- 



