APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



359 



1. (As to Article 1.) Tlie dnra- 

 tion of the privileges to be granted 

 for twenty years to the Kussiaii- 

 Anierican Company shall be reck- 

 oned Irom the date of the aj)proval 

 of the Charter, and not from the 

 1st January, 1862. 



2. (As to Article 15, letter a.) 

 The exclusive right of the Com- 

 pany to engage in the fur trade 

 though out the entire colonial ter- 

 ritory shall be continued ; provided 

 that the manner of carrying on 

 such trade shall be determined by 

 regulations, to be prescribed upon 

 consultation with the Ministry of 

 Imperial Domains. 



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4. (As to Articles 8 and 9.) The 

 provisions to be included in the 

 new Charter of the Company con- 

 cerning the Oldening to free trade of 

 the ports of New Archangel and 

 Sitka, and of St. Paul, on Kadiak 

 Island, and the introduction into 

 the Colonies generally of such 

 trade and of industries, also the 

 provisions concerning the importa- 

 tion and sale of spirituous liquors, 

 and the supplying of arms and pow- 

 der, shall be in accordance with the 

 propositions now submitted by the 

 Company; provided that the com- 

 mercial monopoly heretofore en- 

 joyed by the Company shall under 

 no pretext be continued. 



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The original is signed in the 

 journals by the Presidents and 

 members. 



Certified by — 



(Signed) Termakoff, 



Vice- Director. 



K. E.ADETSKI, 



Chief of Division. 

 True copy: 

 (Signed) A. Timkovsky. 



1. (In Clause 1.) That theperiod 

 of tw(Mity years for the duration 

 of the new privileges, rights, and 

 obligations of the Pussian-Ameri- 

 can Company be reckoned, not 

 from the 1st January, 1862, but 

 from the date of the confirmation 

 of those privileges. 



2. (In Clause 15.) That the ex- 

 clusive right of carrying on the fur 

 industry and the fur trade be se- 

 cured 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 permis- 

 sion to carry on certain industries 

 in the Colonies generally, and those 

 on the subject of the in^portation 

 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, how- 

 ever, the commercial monopoly 

 which the Company has hitherto 

 enjoyed to be continued in force 

 under any pretext whatsoever. 



(Signed) Yerivtakoff, 



Vice-Director. 

 K. Eadetski, 

 Chief of Division. 

 True copy: 

 (Signed A. Timkovskt. 



