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from the date on which the two vessels afore- 

 said shall be in any of our ports. 



Art. 5. If after four years^ counted from the 

 date of this concession^ he has not established 

 the navigation by steam^ in one or more rivers^ 

 the privilege shall cease^ with respect to those 

 rivers only. 



Art. 6. The respective office shall issue the 

 necessary orders for these vessels to be de- 

 spatched in preference to all others^ in order 

 that they may not suffer any delay in their 

 departure, and to secure the regularity of their 

 voyages ; but without prejudicing the public 

 revenue thereby. 



Art. 7- The government will determine the 

 points of our coast where the projector may 

 store provisions, materials, and every thing ne- 

 cessary for the navigation of the said steam- 

 vessels. 



Wherefore, &c. 



Santiago de Chile, 25th Aug. 1835. 

 (L. S.) Prieto. 

 (L. S.) Jose Javier De Bustamante. 



