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Art. 8. 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 term of ten years being granted to any 

 other power, the like extension shall be granted also to Great Britain. 



Art. 9. The above-mentioned liberty of commerce shall not apply to 

 the trade in spirituous liquors, in fire-arms, or other arms, gunpowder, or 

 other warlike stores ; the high contracting parties reciprocally engaging 

 not to permit the above-mentioned articles to be sold or delivered, in any 

 manner whatever, to the natives of the country. 



Art. 10. Every British or Russian vessel navigating the Pacific 

 Ocean, which may be compelled by storms or by accident to take shelter 

 in the ports of the respective parties, shall be at liberty to refit therein, 

 to provide itself with all necessary stores, and to put to sea again, without 

 paying any other than port and lighthouse dues, which shall be the same 

 as those paid by national vessels. In case, however, the master of such 

 vessel should be under the necessity of disposing of a part of his merchan- 

 dise in order to defray his expenses, he shall conform himself to the regu- 

 lations and tariffs of the place where he may have landed. 



Art. 11. In every case of complaint on account of an infraction of 

 the articles of the present convention, the civil and military authorities 

 of the high contracting parties, without previously acting, or taking any 

 forcible measure, shall make an exact and circumstantial report of the 

 matter to their respective courts, who engage to settle the same in a 

 friendly manner, and according to the principles of justice. 



(6.) 



Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at 

 London, August 6th, 1827. 



Article 1. All the provisions of the third article of the convention 

 concluded between the United States of America and his majesty the king 

 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 20th of 

 October, 1818, shall be, and they are hereby, further indefinitely extended 

 and continued in force, in the same manner as if all the provisions of the 

 said article were herein specifically recited. 



Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting 

 parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of Octo- 

 ber, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting 

 party, to annul and abrogate this convention ; and it shall, in such case, 

 be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the 

 said term of notice. 



Art. 3. Nothing contained in this convention, or in the third article 

 of the convention of the 20th October, 1818, hereby continued in force, 

 shall be construed to impair, or in any manner affect, the claims which 

 either of the contracting parties may have to any part of the country west- 

 ward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains. 

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