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"In the Bermejo — the point situated in 21° 30' south latitude, at 

 which embarked, in 1846, the national engineers Ondarza and Mujia. 



" Art. 3. The vessels of war of friendly nations will also be per- 

 mitted to visit these ports. 



" Art. 4. The government of Bolivia, availing itself of the unques- 

 tionable rights which the nation has to navigate these rivers as far as 

 the Atlantic, invites all the nations of the earth to navigate them, and 

 promises — 



" 1st. To donate in the Bolivian territory, for the purposes which the 

 law allows, tracts of land from one league to twelve leagues square, to 

 the individuals or companies who, sailing from the Atlantic, shall arrive 

 at any one of the points declared to be ports of entry, and may wish 

 to found near them agricultural or industrial establishments. 



"2d. To guaranty the reward of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to 

 the first steamer which, through the La Plata or Amazon, may arrive 

 at either of the above mentioned points. 



"3d. To declare free the river exportation of the products of the 

 earth, and of the national industry. 



"4th. In due time there will be established and regulated at the 

 above-mentioned points, where it may be necessary, custom-houses for 

 the loading and unloading of merchandise, the government seeing that 

 the charges for the use of these custom-houses may be as moderate as 

 possible. 



" 5th. This decree will be submitted for the examination and ap- 

 proval of Congress on their next meeting. 



"6th. The Minister of State, in the office of foreign relations, is 

 charged with its fulfilment, by circulating it and communicating it to 

 all whom it may concern. 



" Given in the Palace of the Supreme Government, in the place of 

 Ayacucho, 27th of January, 1853, 44th of independence, and 4th 

 of liberty. "MANUEL ISIDORO BELZU. 



"RAFAEL BUSTILLO. 



Minister of Foreign Relations. 

 A certified copy: "AMARO ALVAREZ, 



"El Official Mayor." 



Lisboa also failed in Ecuador. Here is a copy of a law passed by the 

 Congress of Ecuador, on the 26th of November 1853 : 



" To the Senate and House of Representatives of Ecuador, in Congress 



assembled. 



" Whereas it is a necessary measure to open to foreign trade the 

 Amazon and all the Ecuadorian rivers which flow into it ; and whereas, 



