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Show Coneei-uius Contraband Commerce. Com-merce. New York, 10. Auitarchi Bay, Turkish minister at Washington, furnishes fur-nishes the decision of the sublime porto concerning Russian vessels which may be found in waters of the Ottoman empire and concerning the commerce of neutrals, A delay Gl rive lull days from the receipt of the notification ot the decision is allowed to all .Russian vessels in Turkish porta, on the 24th of April, 1S77, to quit Ottoman waters. Tuere wilt be delivered to them by customs author-U author-U safe conduct to the nearest Russian Rus-sian or neutral port, without giving them liberty, howevor, to pass from 'the liinek aea to the Mediterranean or vice versa. The Ottoman government govern-ment will obsorvo the rules of the maritime law formulated by the trt-aty ot I'aris. For the purpose ol confiscating contraband of war the Ottoman government will exercise the right ot search en the high seas and in Ottoman waters as regards neutral vessels destined Tor Russian ports, or tor any point on the coast occupied by tho enemy, or in case ot suspicion even ifdettiucd for a neutral" neu-tral" or Ottoman port. |