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numbei'ancl mai'ks of each package, in order that it may be recognised 

 and received at the last custom-house* 



Ar^. 16. If any package named on the front for transit should be 

 Wanting, and it should be proved to be sold or secreted anywhere with 

 the knowledge of any of the agents of the company, the company shall 

 be responsible before the courts of the country, and be subjected to the 

 payment of the fine established by the laws of the State. 



Art. it. The cargo for introduction taken from the custom-houses of 

 the ports shall be accompanied with its proper permit, setting forth the 

 numbers, marks, size, and weight of the several packages, and on no ac- 

 count can the packages, pieces, machines, instruments, nor any other 

 objects whatever, set forth in the permit, be landed anywhere except at 

 the custom-houses of Pasquiel or of Moabita, as they maybe directed; and 

 in case of contravention, the company shall be responsible in the same 

 w^ay as declared in the preceding article. 



Art. 18. The articles which the company may introduce for its own 

 Use may be landed at the port which it may prefer as m^ost convenient, on 

 giving notice thereof to the nearest custom-house, in order that it may 

 take note of them. 



Art. 19. The company cannot introduce for itself any articles of com- 

 merce without paying the duties established by the tariffs of the custom- 

 house; nor can it in any way introduce any articles which are prohibited 

 or monopolized by the government. 



Art. 20. None of the passengers brought by the vessels of the com- 

 pany can pass over the country without passports to be obtained from the 

 authorities of the port of disembarcation, which shall, however, be deliv- 

 ered at a moderate price, not exceeding two dollars each. The company 

 shall not allow any one to take passage, either to the interior or out of the 

 State, without such passport. 



Art. 21. The company engages to transport for the benefit of the StatOj 

 the interior as well as the exterior correspondence which shall be distrib- 

 uted by the mails of Nicaragua, but the State shall charge no postage on 

 the correspondence of the company. 



Art. 2 d. The company engages to give to the government of the State^ 

 on account of the ten per cent, of the advantages derivable from the work^ 

 which belong to it, funds to the extent of eighteen thousand dollars for 

 the purpose of sending a legation to the government of the United States^ 

 in order to negotiate the alliance and protection necessary to enable the 

 State to enter the full enjoyment of its rights over the territory and port 

 of San Juan. The company also engages to employ all its influence to 

 obtain for Nicaragua all the assistance of the American government^ and 

 the support which it may need. 



Art. 23. The company engages to transport the civil and military 

 officers of the government from one point of the route to another^ in its 

 vessels or cars, gratuitously, and also the troops who may be sent on the 

 service of the State in time of peace; in which case, however, their pro- 

 visions shall be charged to the account of the government. 



Art. 24. The company engages, whenever the State may be involved 

 in a foreign war, to transport its troops, armaments, and materials of war 

 gratuitously, and to give them all the aid compatible with the interests of 

 the company. 



Art. 25. The supreme government of Nicaragua acknowledges the 



