The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-03
KLONDIKE ENTRY RULES
REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRANSpO3-
TATION OF MERCHANDISE
Code Prepared for the Information
of the Port Collectors of AIaslka
Made Public by the Secretary of
the Treasury-The Important
Feature of the Instructions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The secre-
Iary OF the treasury today issued regu-
IauohS governing the entry and trans
portatlon of merchandise destined for
the hIondike region and Northwest ter
I Ty Oh British Columbia by way of
c, I'Iteau, Dyea and Skaguay or other
customs ports in Alaska.
II is provided that imported merchan-
use arriving at any of these ports en-
route Ior the Klondike may be for
Wdrueu' without payment of duty. in
charge OF a custom officer at the ey
peHSe OF the importer or upon the fill
ing OF bond equal to the duties
and charges. Or. the owner may. make
a deposit with the collector, the same
10 be refunded upon the certificate Of
the deputy collector on the frontier
line that the goods have been exported.
The secretary has also issued reguIa-
Lions concerning the navigation of the
ukon and Porcupine rivers and their
tributaries. They provide that the
transfer Of cargo and passengers from
q river or sea-going vessel from a mort
III the United States, except another
port IN Alaska, or from any foreign
port, to vessel destined by way of
Tue mouth or the Yukon or POrcupine
rivers or their tributaries, shall be per
m1tted only at the port of st. Michael
under the supervision of customs Off
GERS. When deemed necessary these
oLlcerS are required to board any ves-
sci bound to the United States within
TOUR leagues of the coast for the Dur-
pose or demanding its manifest and en-
IQrclhg the laws and regulations of the
United States.
The important feature Of these reglI-
latons is the requirement that any
American vessel entering St MichaeIs
with passengers or cargo for Alaskan
ports, and which does not desire to
proceed, must transfer her cargo to an
other American vessel If destined to
port in British Columbia the transfer
may be made to either an American
or British vessel. Foreign vessels from
a foreign port entering St MichaeIs
with a cargo destined for Alaskan
points on the Yukon or Porcupine
river, may either proceed or transfer
TO an American vessel only. When the
cargo and passengers are destined to
points in British Columbia, the trans
fer may be made to either an Ameri-
can or British vessel
The same general requirements are
provided for vessels descending the
Yukon or Porcupine rivers from ports
in British Columbia. the entrance to be
made at Circle City.
British vessels plying on the Yukon
or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries
between st. Michael and ports in Brit
ish Columbia, may touch at places in
Alaska on the Yukon or POrcupine
rivers or their tributaries for the pur-
chase of fuel or supplies or in distress.
under the supervision of an officer Of
the customs.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding has
been officially advised that the new
Canadian regulations allow small
American river steamers to be carried
in sections through Canadian territory
free of duty by either the Dyea or
Stikine route to the head waters of the
Yukon, and from those points they may
carry cargces and passengers to Circle
City and other places in Alaska Such
steamers, of course, cannot engage in
the Canadian cOasting trade.