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within the territory of the United States upon the St. Lawrence, the Great 
Lakes, and the rivers connecting the same, to another port or place within the 
territory of the United States as aforesaid: Provided, that « portion of such 
transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by land carriage and 
in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between 
the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United 
States. 
Citizens of the.United States may for the like period carry in United States 
vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port 
or place within the, Possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America to 
another port or place within the said Possessions: Provided, that a portion of 
such transportation is made through the territory of the United States by land 
carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon 
between the Government of the United States and the Government of Her Bri- 
tannic Majesty. 
The Government of the United States further engages not to impose any ex- 
port duties on goods, wares, or merchandise carried under this article through the 
territory of the United States; and Her Majesty’s Government engages to urge 
the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislatures of the other 
Colonies not to impose any export duties on goods, wares, or merchandise car- 
ried under this article; and the Government of the United States may, in case 
such export duties are imposed by the Dominion of Canada, suspend, during the 
period that such duties are imposed, the right of carrying granted under this 
article in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty. 
The Government of the United States may suspend the right of carrying 
granted in favor of the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty under this article, in 
case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the 
United States of the use of the canals in the said Dominion on terms of equal- 
ity with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in Article XX VII. 
ARTICLE XXXI. 
The Government of Her Britannic Majesty further engages to urge upon the 
Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislature of New Brunswick 
that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any 
kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered 
by the River St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the 
sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the Province of New 
Brunswick. And, in case any such export or other duty continues to be levied 
after the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifica- 
tions of this Treaty, it is agreed that the Government of the United States may 
suspend the right of carrying hereinbefore granted under Article XXX. of this 
Treaty for such period as such export or other duty may be levied. 
