Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-06-26
ARTICLE I.

said Majesty on thu
continent Of Americ:
and in the adjacent Isl
ands, the same bein,
con tanned within tn,
geographical limit
herein set forth, to wit
The eastern limit is tn,
line Of demarkatioI be
tween the Russian an(
the British possession!
in North America, a
established by the co..
yention between Rus
STA and Great Britain
of February 2s-l6, 1875
and described in Arti
cles III and Nv OF salt
convention. in the fol
lowing terms:
"Commencing from
the southernm ost poin
of the island calico
Prince Of Wales Island
which point lies in TIT
parallel Of 81 degrees 4
minutes north latitude
and between the 13ls
and the 1850 degree O
west longitude, (me,
ridian Of Greenwich,
the said line shall as
cend to the north alonj
the channel caliet
Portland channel, a!
tar as the point OF th'
continent where i
strikes the seth degree
of north latitude; from
this last mentioned
point, the line OF de,
marcation shall follow
the summit Of thu
mou1tains situated
parallel to the coast al
far as the point of in,
1ersection of the 141s
degree of west longi'
tude, (of the same me-
ridIan:) and finally
from the said point OF
intersection, the SAID
meridien line OF thu
J4lst degree, in it's pro,
Ion CATION as far as ths
Frozen ocean.
CIV. With reference
to the lire of demarca,
ton laid down in the
preceding article, it Is
understood
"1st. That the island
called Prince OF Wales
Island shall belonr
wholly to Rus ia, ,
(now, by this csSsion,
TO the United States
= .'2d. That whenever
the summit otthe mour.
1ains which extend in 8
direction parallel to the
coast from the seth de.
gree of north latitude tC
the point Of intersection
OF the Hist degree OF
west longitude shall
prove to be at the dis.
lance Of more than ten
marine leagues from
the ocean, the limit be.
tween the British pos.
sessions and the line OF
coast which is to belong
10 Russia IS above
mentioned THAT is tt
say. the limit to thu
possessions coded by
this convention) shall
be formed by q line pa.
rallel to the winding o.
the coast, and whict
shall never exceed tn,
distance Of ten marine
leagues therefrom."
The western limi
within which the ter
ritories and dominion
conveyed are contained
passes through a poin
in Behring's straits OF
the parallel Of sixty
five degrees thirty min
utes north latitude, a
its Intersection by tn,
meridian which passe,
midway between n,
islands of krusenstern
or Ignaiook, and tn,
island OF Ratmanoff, o
Nooparbook. and pro
ceeds due north, with
out Limitation, into tn
same roZen ocean
The same western lin
II, beginning at the sam
initial point, proceed
thence in q course neer
1y SO ath west, through
Behring's straits an,
Behring's sea, SO As +
pass midway between
the northwest point @
The island OF st. Law
renee and the south
east point OF Cap
OhonEotski, 10 the me
fidisn Of one hundre,
and seventy-two ives
Longitude: thence, fror
1he intersection OF tina
meridian, in q south
westerly direction, s
as 10 pass midway be
tween the island Of At
tou and the Cope
island of the Norman
dorski couplet or grou'
in the North Pacif
ocean, to the merida
OF one hundred an
ninery-three degree
west longitude, so as
include in the territor
conveyed the whole {
the Aleutian island
east Of that meridian.
ARTICLE IL.
In the cessien OF tel
ritsry and dominic
ade by the pIecedin
article are included th
right Of property in a
public lots Andsquares
vacant lands, and a
pnblic buildings, FORT
fcations, barracks an
other edifices whicI
are not private individ
ual property. II !,
however, understoo
and agreed, that tn
churches which hav
been built In the ceue
territory BY the Rus
elan government shal
remain the property Z
such members OF ID
Greek Oriental Churc
fesidentsn the territ0r
n may choose to VOL
ship therein. Any gov
eminent archives. pa