ticle 4, enclosure No. 3, where it is stated that vessels not obeying the rules laid down in article 2 of the same enclosure will be liable to a fine of fifty ducats of Holland, after January 1, 1863. In enclosure No. 4 it will be seen that the tonnage of America on the Danube in 1861 was less than Austria, Great Britain, Greece, Ionian Isles, Italy, Russia, Turkey, and Wallachia, but greater than Denmark, France, with Rome and Jerusalem, Hanover, Holland, Mecklenburg, Moldavia, Norway, Oldenburg, Portugal, Prussia, Samos, Servia, Sweden, and Hanseatic and free cities.

In this list of the shipping of twenty-three nations trading in the Danube America stands the ninth, and there are fourteen European flags unfurled on the river, not one of which covers as much tonnage as the stars and stripes. Even Russia, the mistress of the Black sea," whose empire almost joins the Danube, exceeds America by less than 600 tons.

The number of American vessels visiting the Danube in 1861 was nineteen. The Soulina roads, mentioned in enclosure No. 6, is an anchorage outside the bar at the Soulina mouth of the river; vessels loading there pay no fees to the Danube commission. Two American vessels loaded at Soulina in 1861, four have loaded there up to date this year. Beside this, all vessels taking in cargoes at Galatz pass Soulina both going and coming.

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Rules relative to the control of the operation of the "treasury of navigation of the Soulina."

"The European Commission of the Danube," in order to insure a clear understanding and efficient control of the rights of navigation established by the tariff of the 25th July, 1860, executed in article 16 of the treaty of Paris of March 30, 1860, have made the following rules:

ARTICLE 1. The captain or commander of any sea-going vessel, of whatever capacity it may be, is required, immediately after entering the Danube, to present his papers to the responsible agent of the treasury of navigation of Soulina. The agent enters in a register intended for the purpose the name, nationality, and tonnage of the vessel, the nature and quantity of the cargo, or if it has entered in ballast, and the name of the captain or commander.

The vessels are entered, year by year, under a single series of numbers. ARTICLE 2. The agent affixes to the "ship's papers" of each vessel entering the Danube a stamp bearing the following words: "European Commission of the Danube, Treasury of Navigation of Soulina," the date of the year, and the number under which the vessel has been registered, as referred to in the previous article.

ARTICLE 3. The ship's papers are presented to the authorized agent, on the departure of the vessel, the stamp affixed in accordance with article 2 is cancelled by the imprint of a "cross stamp," and the number of the receipt delivered to the captain, if it is a question of a vessel of less than 30 tons, it is registered in conformity with article 1.

ARTICLE 4. Any sea-going vessel found in the Danube, whose papers do not bear the stamp referred to in article 2, or do not bear one or more cancelled stamps, will be liable to a fine of 50 Holland ducats.

ARTICLE 5. The decree of fine is pronounced either by the inspector general of navigation, or by the captain of the port of Soulina. These two officials can, at any time, demand the production of the papers of any vessel found in the Danube. The sum of fines is deposited in the treasury of navigation of Soulina before the departure of the vessel; in case of payment under protest, the fine is deposited in the treasury.

ARTICLE 6. The preceding rules will go into force from January 1, 1863, and are neither applicable to war vessels nor steamers carrying despatches, or those which make periodical voyages according to a regularly published table. Done at Galatz, October 17, 1862.

ED. ENGLEHART.
A. DE KREMER.
D'OFFENBERG.
OMER FERZI.
SAINT PIERRE.
T. STOKES.
STRAMBIO.

Tariff of prices for towing, fixed by the European Commission of the Danube.

SEC. 1. For doubling a bend of the stream: single vessel, three ducats; two at a time, two ducats each.

SEC. 2. For towing from one part of a port on the Soulina to the other, by the order of the captain of the port: single vessel, four ducats; two at a time, three ducats each; three at a time, two ducats each.

Every vessel using the iron cables of the tower will pay one ducat per cable in addition to the prices fixed in sections one and two.

SEC. 3. For every other service the captain of the towboat makes his own price.

If the vessels towed into the mouth of the channel, and every one of the ports situated up the Soulina, and vice versa, employs the cables of the towboat, they must pay for each cable.

As far as Galatz or Braila, five ducats; as far as Toultcha, three ducats.

The price of towage must be paid into the hands of the authorized agents of the tower, who receipts for the same. It can also be paid to the cashier of navigation of Soulina.

NOTICE TO SHIPMASTERS.

that

The European Commission of the Danube has the honor to inform you the buoys and other floating signals stationed on the Danube, opening into the Tchatal d'Ismail to indicate the direction of the navigable channel, will be withdrawn from the 15th November, 1862, and replaced' immediately on the breaking up of the ice in the following spring.

Shipmasters are also informed that soon after the opening of navigation in 1863 a black buoy will be placed at the mouth of the Soulina to mark the head of the projected bank at the right shore. Vessels must take the route by the north of this buoy to cross the mouth of the channel.

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