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 authorities of the river can have recourse to the vessel of war of the territorial Power.

XII. It is understood that the Regulation of Navigation and Police, joined to the present Act, will continue to be law until such time as the Regulations mentioned in Article XVII of the Treaty of Paris shall have been determined by common agreement and put in force. The same thing is understood of the provisions of the foregoing Articles VIII, IX, and X, in so far as the powers of the Inspector-General are concerned.

XIII. Article XVI of the Treaty of Paris having conferred on the European Commission the right of imposing on the navigation a toll of a rate suited to cover the expenses of the works and establishments above mentioned, and the Commission having made use of this right by enacting the Tariff of the 25th July, 1860, revised the 7th March, 1863, the proceeds of which have furnished it with resources necessary for the completion of the Sulina Works, it is expressly agreed upon by the present Act that the above-mentioned Tariff, whose provisions have just been completed, shall continue to be binding for the future.

To this end the Tariff in question has been joined to the present Act, under Letter B, to have the same force and value as if it formed an integral part of it.

XIV. The proceeds of the tax shall be appropriated:—

1st. By priority and preference to the repayment of the loans contracted by the European Commission, and of those which it may hereafter contract for completing the works for the improvement of the mouth of the Danube.

2ndly. To covering the expenses of administration and maintenance of the works and establishments.

3rdly. To the liquidation of the advances made to the Commission by the Sublime Porte. This liquidation will be effected