11. VESSELS WRECKED IN UNITED STATES WATERS PURCHASED AND REPAIRED AND DOCUMENTED DURING THE YEAR.

a Redocumented subsequently as American vessels pursuant to the act of March 3, 1897, sec

tion 10.

APPENDIX L.

NAVIGATION REGULATIONS FOR ALASKA.

The following are regulations relating to the navigation of the Yukon, Stikine, and Porcupine rivers in Alaska, promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury and now in force.

1. NAVIGATION OF THE YUKON AND PORCUPINE RIVERS AND THEIR

TRIBUTARIES.

[Department Circular No. 24, Bureau of Navigation.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

To Collectors of Customs and Others:

Washington, D. C., February 2, 1898.

The attention of collectors of customs and others is directed to the following regulations concerning the navigation of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers and their tributaries:

A.-Transfer of cargoes and passengers at St. Michael.

1. (a) The transfer of cargo or passengers from a seagoing vessel from any port in the United States (except another port or place in Alaska) or from any foreign port to a vessel destined by the way of the mouth of the Yukon River to any port or place on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries, and (b) the transfer of cargo or passengers from a river vessel, destined by way of the mouth of the Yukon River from any port or place on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries to any American port or place (except to another port or place in Alaska) or any foreign port, shall be permitted only at the port of St. Michael under the supervision of officers of the customs.

2. Officers of the customs at St. Michael, when they deem it necessary, shall board any vessel bound to the United States within 4 leagues of the coast of the United States for the purpose of demanding its manifest and enforcing the laws and regulations of the United States.

3. Vessels entitled by law to engage in the coasting trade of the United States may proceed from one port or place in Alaska to another port or place in Alaska in the manner prescribed by law for the entry and clearance of vessels within the same customs district.

B.—Entry and clearance at St. Michael.

AMERICAN VESSELS.

1. Any vessel entitled by law to engage in the coasting trade of the United States, in ballast, or with passengers, or cargo, or both, that are destined from a port or place in the United States (elsewhere than Alaska), or from a foreign port for any port or place on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers, or their tributaries, shall enter at S. Michael in the manner prescribed by law.

Such vessel may then (a) proceed to her place of destination; or (b) transfer her cargo and passengers, if destined for a port or place in Alaska, to another American vessel, which may proceed according to laws governing the entry and clearance of vessels in the same customs district; or (c) transfer her cargo and passengers, if destined to a port or place in British Columbia or the Northwest Territory, to an American or British vessel, which shall clear from St. Michael in the manner provided by law.

FOREIGN VESSELS.

2. Any foreign vessels, in ballast or with passengers or cargo or both, that are destined from a foreign port or place to a port or place on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries shall enter at St. Michael in the manner prescribed by law.

A British vessel may then (a) proceed to her place of destination; or (b) transfer her cargo and passengers, if destined to a port or place in Alaska, to an American vessel, which may proceed according to the law governing the entry and clearance of vessels in the same customs district; or (c) transfer her cargo or passengers, if destined to a port or place in British Columbia or the Northwest Territory, to an American or British vessel, which shall clear from St. Michael in the manner prescribed by law.

3. Article XXVI of the treaty of 1871 between the United States and Great Britain, so far as applicable to the Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine rivers, provides: "The navigation of the rivers Yukon, Porcupine, and Stikine, ascending and descending from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty and to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of either country within its own territory not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.

This article creates a reserved privilege for a reciprocal equivalent, and the general favored-nation clause of treaties, which covers only gratuitous favors, does not, therefore, apply. The navigation privileges reserved by Article XXVI of the treaty to American citizens and British subjects are not extended to the citizens and vessels of other nations.

C.-Arrival of vessels at Circle City from ports or places in British Columbia.

1. A vessel descending the Yukon or Porcupine rivers from ports or places in British Columbia, in ballast or with cargo or passengers or both, shall come to at Circle City, or such other port near the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia or the Northwest Territory as may hereafter be designated, and shall there report in compliance with the provisions of section 2772 of the Revised Statutes.

AMERICAN VESSELS.

2. A vessel, entitled by law to engage in the coasting trade of the United States, may then (a) proceed on her voyage in compliance with the laws governing the coasting trade of the United States; or (b) enter at St. Michael and there transfer her cargo and passengers, if destined to a port or place in the United States, to an American vessel as transfers are provided for in Section A of these regulations; or (c) enter at St. Michael and there transfer her cargo and passengers, if destined to a foreign port or place, to an American or foreign vessel.

BRITISH VESSELS.

3. A British vessel may then enter at St. Michael and there transfer her cargo and passengers, as such transfers are provided for in Section A of these reguÏations; (a) if destined to an American port, to an American vessel; or (b) if destined to a foreign port, to an American or foreign vessel.

D.—Supervision of vessels ascending and descending the Yukon, Porcupine, or their tributaries.

The collector of customs of Alaska, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall from time to time station deputy collectors and inspectors of customs at such places on the Yukon and Porcupine rivers and their tributaries as he may deem necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the United States. Such officers shall be compensated at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

E.-Privileges.

British vessels plying on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries between St. Michael and ports and places in British Columbia or the Northwest Territory may touch at places in Alaska on the Yukon or Porcupine rivers or their tributaries for the purchase of fuel or supplies, or in distress, under the supervision of an officer of the customs.

Said officer of the customs may, in his discretion, issue permits for the temporary landing of passengers; but if any passenger fails to return to a vessel before her departure, the vessel shall become liable to the penalty prescribed by law.

No merchandise shall be landed at such places under penalty of forfeiture provided by Revised Statutes 4347, as amended by the act of February 15, 1893.

No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or used on such vessel at such places under the penalties prescribed by Revised Statutes 1955 and section 14 of chapter 53 of the laws of 1884.

L. J. GAGE, Secretary.