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PERUVIAN DECREE. 



they may not suffer any delay in their voyages, 

 taking care that the fiscal interests be not pre- 

 judiced thereby. 



Take note hereof in the public offices, com- 

 municate it to the ministry of state, and pub- 

 lish it. 



(L. S.) Santa Cruz. 



(L. S.) Pio DE Tristan. 



I AGREE to the preceding articles ; and, in 

 testimony of my conformity thereto, I sign this 

 in Lima, September 13, 1836. 



(L. S.) William Wheelwright. 



Santiago, November 11, 1836. 



It has been decreed by the National Congress, 

 with the sanction of his Excellency the Presi- 

 dent of the Republic, and the council of state. 



That the term of two years, granted by an 

 act of the 25th August, 1835, to Mr. William 

 Wheelwright, for the establishment of steam 

 navigation in the ports of Chile, be further 

 prolonged eighteen months,^^ and you are hereby 

 informed of the same for your government. 

 God preserve you, &c. 



P. Diego Portales. 

 To Mr. William Wheelwright. 



THE END. 



WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND. 



