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ous restrictions upon the inhabit- 

 ants, and at the same time to guard 

 against abuses and injurious conse- 

 quences. 



« * * * 



15. Every description of trade, 

 except the fur trade, shall be free 

 to all the residents of the Colonies 

 and to all Russian subjects without 

 distinction or limitation. 



42 As regards the fur trade: 



{a) Eeserve to the Enssian- 

 American Company until the 1st 

 January, 1882, the exclusive right 

 of engaging in the fur trade within 

 the following limits only: On the 

 Peninsula of Alaska, taking for its 

 northern boundary the line from 

 Cape Douglas, in the Bay of Kenai, 

 to the upper shore of lliamna Lake ; 

 upon all the islands situated along 

 the coastof that peninsula, namely, 

 the Aleutian Islands, the Com- 

 mander Islands, the Kurile Islands, 

 as well as upon the islands situ- 

 ated in Behring Sea, and along 

 the whole western shore * of Behr- 

 ing Sea. As regards the region 

 stretching north-east of the Alaska 

 Peninsula, along the whole of the 

 coast up to the boundary-line con- 

 tiguous with the possessions of 

 Great Britain, and on the islands 

 situated along that coast, includ- 

 ing Sitka and the whole of the 

 Koloshian Archipelago, and like- 

 wise on the continent of the north- 

 ern part of America, the privi- 

 lege of the Company to exclu- 

 sively engage in fur trade shall 

 be abolished, (h) All colonial resi- 

 dents and settlers who are Kus- 

 sian subjects shall be allowed to 

 engage in the fur trade, under 

 special regulations to be prescribed 

 upon the subject in all the places 

 within the Russian ])ossessions 

 wherein the exclusive right of the 

 Russian-American Company is 

 abolished as stated above. All 

 other Russian subjects not perma- 

 nent residents of the Colonies shall 

 be free to trade with the natives 



habitants, will prevent the abuse 

 of them, with all their injurious 

 consequences. 



XY. The prosecution of every 

 kind of industry (except the fur 

 industry) is permitted to all the 

 inhabitants of the Colonies and to 

 all Russian subjects, without dis- 

 tinction or restriction. 



In relation, however, to the fur 

 industry — 



1. To secure to the Russian- 

 American Company until the 1st 

 January, 1882, the exclusive right 

 to carry on the fur industry and 

 the fur trade within the following 

 limits only: 



On the Peninsula of Alaska, 

 reckoning as its northern limit a 

 line drawn from Cape Douglas, in 

 Kenia Bay, to the head of Lake 

 Imiamna; on all the islands lying 

 along the coast of that peninsula; 

 on the Aleutian, Commander, and 

 Kurile Islands and those lying in 

 Behring Sea, and also along the 

 whole western coast of Behring 

 Sea; but to revoke in the district 

 to the northeast of the Peninsula 

 of Alaska along the whole coast to 

 the boundary of the British pos- 

 sessions, also on the islands lying 

 along this coast, including in that 

 number Sitka and the whole Kolo- 

 shian Archipelago, and also, on 

 land, to the northern extremity of 

 the American Continent, the priv- 

 ilege granted to the Comi^any of 

 the exclusive prosecution of the 

 said industry and traffic. 



2. The colonial inhabitants and 

 the settlers who are Russian sub- 

 jects residing permanently in the 

 Colonies are permitted to carry on 

 the fur industry, in conformity with 

 the special regulation which must 

 be adopted for that purpose J in 

 those i^arts of the Russian posses- 

 sions where the exclusive right to 

 the said industry is not reserved to 

 the Russian- American Company; 

 all other Russian subjects are per- 

 mitted onlv to trade with the 



* It is cl< ar from the context that it is intended to refer to the eastern shore of 

 Behring Sea. 



