648 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN, 
ARTICLE II. 
In order to prevent the right of navigating and fishing exercised upon the ocean | 
by the subjects of the High Contracting Parties from becoming the pretext 
59 for an illicit commerce, it is agreed that the subjects of His Britannic Majesty 
shall not land at any place where there may be a Russian establishment, with- 
out the permission of the Governor or Commandant; and, on the other hand, that 
Russian subjects shall not land, without permission, at any British establishment on 
the north-west coast. 
ARTICLE III. 
The line of demarcation between the possessions of the High Contracting Parties, 
upon the coast of the continent and the islands of America to the north-west, shall 
be drawn in the manner following: 
Commencing from the southernmost point of the island called Prince of Wales 
Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54° 40’ north latitude, and between the 
131st and the 133rd degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line 
shall ascend to the north alung the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the 
point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this 
last-mentioned point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the moun- 
tains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st 
degree of west longitude (of the same meridian); and, finally, from the said point of 
intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as 
the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Russian and British possessions 
on the Continent of America to the north-west. 
ARTICLE IV. 
With reference to the line of demarcation laid down in the preceding Article, itis 
understood: 
1. That the island called Prince of Wales Island shall belong wholly to Russia. 
2. That wherever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction paral- 
lel to the coast, from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of 
the 141st degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than 10 
marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the 
line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, shall be formed by a 
line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance 
of 10 marine leagues therefrom. 
ARTICLE V. 
It is, moreover, agreed that no establishment shall be formed by either of the two 
Parties within the limits assigned by the two preceding Articles to the possessions 
of the other; consequently, British subjects shall not form any establishment either 
upon the coast or upon the border of the continent comprised within the limits of 
the Russian possessions, as designated in the two preceding articles; and, in like 
ee no establishment shall be formed by Russian subjects beyond the said 
imits. 
ARTICLE VI. 
It is understood that the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, from whatever quarter 
they may arrive, whether from the ocean or from the interior of the continent, shall 
forever enjoy the right of navigating freely, and without any hindrance whatever, 
all the rivers and streams which, in their course towards the Pacific Ocean, may 
cross the line of demarcation upon the line of coast described in Article III of the 
present Convention. 
ARTICLE VII. 
It is also understood that, for the space of ten years from the signature of the 
present Convention, the. vessels of the two Powers, or those belonging to their 
respective subjects, shall mutually be at liberty to frequent, without any hindrance 
whatever, all the inland seas, the gulfs, havens, and creeks on the coast mentioned 
in Article III, for the purposes of fishing and of trading with the natives. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
The port of Sitka, or Novo Archangelsk, shall be open to the commerce and vessels 
of British subjects for the space of ten years from the date of the exchange of the 
ratifications of the present Convention. In the event of an extension of this 
60 term of ten years being granted to any other Power, the like extension shall 
be granted also to Great Britain. 
