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 the Inspector-General and the Captain of the Port of Sulina can only be removed from their respective posts at their own request, or in consequence of an agreement between the Sublime Porte and the European Commission.

These Agents will thus both act under the superintendence of the European Commission.

The Inspector-General, the Captain of the Ports of Sulina and Toultcha, and the Superintendents (subordinate to the Inspector-General), shall be paid by the Ottoman Government.

They shall be chosen from among competent persons.

IX. In virtue of the principles of the Act of the Congress of Vienna, confirmed by Article XV of the Treaty of Paris, the authority of the Inspector-General and of the Captain of the Port of Sulina is exercised towards all flags without distinction.

The Inspector-General is specially set over the police of the river below Isaktcha, exclusive of the Port of Sulina; he is assisted by superintendents distributed over the different sections of the river within his jurisdiction. The Captain of the Port of Sulina is charged with the police of the port and outer roadstead of Sulina.

A special instruction, determined by common agreement, regulates in its details the action of the Inspector-General and that of the Captain of the Port of Sulina.

X. Merchant captains, to whatever nationality they belong, are bound to obey the orders given to them, in virtue of the regulation of navigation and police, by the Inspector-General and by the Captain of the Port of Sulina.

XI. The carrying out of the regulation of navigation and police, as well as the application of the Tariff, of which mention will be made in the 13th and following Articles of the present Act, is moreover insured by the action of the vessels of war stationed at the mouths of the Danube, in conformity with Article XIX of the Treaty of Paris.

Each naval force on the station acts upon the vessel of its own nationality, and upon those whose flag it is called upon to protect, whether by virtue of Treaties or usage, or in consequence of a general or special delegation.

In default of a vessel of war qualified to interfere, the