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CHAPTER VI. 
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE AND TRANSPOR- 
TATION. 
TREATY PROVISIONS. 
Sunpry stipulations of the Treaty which relate to 
rights of navigation, and of transport by land or water, 
—to concessions of commercial intercourse and trans- 
it,—or to the free interchange of objects of produc. 
tion,—are divisible into, first, permanent provisions, 
and, secondly, temporary provisions. 
1. Of permanent provisions we have the following: 
[a] Great Britain engages that the navigation of 
the River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, 
from the point where it ceases to form the boundary 
between the two countries, shall forever remain free 
and open for the purpose of commerce to the citizens 
of the United States [Art. XX VI]. 
The United States engage that the Rivers Yukon, 
Porcupine, and Stikine, in Alaska, ascending and de- 
scending from, to, and into the sea, shall forever re- 
main free and open for the purpose of commerce to 
the subjects of Great Britain [ Art. XXVI_]. 
Rights of local police and regulation are reserved 
by each Government. 
[6] The United States engage that the subjects 
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