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(f) shall set aside all of Indefatigable Island not actually occupied or cultivated with the consent of the Government of Ecuador by colonists, settlers, or other human inhabitants, as a wild life refuge (asilo reservado), and shall not permit any extension of the present private land holdings whatsoever on this particular island while this agreement is in force; and, [[strikethrough]]further?[[/strikethrough]] furthermore, if it can be legally accomplished, the Government of Ecuador shall enable and assist the Smithsonian Institution so far as possible in turning the whole of the island of Indefatibable into an asilo reservado by the removal or the transportation of the present and actual inhabitants of this island to Chatham Island, southern Albemarle south of the Perry Isthmus, or to Guayaquil on the mainland, provided that the Smithsonian Institution should desire that this be done and undertakes to ^[[mark in margin]][[strikethrough]] pay the cost of transportation, or [[/strikethrough]] transport these specified inhabitants and their personal belongings not to exceed ^[[line]]  kilos in weight free of cost to any one of the three designated places which they may individually elect, provided further that if they are legally entitled to a land grant by virtue of their present tenure of land on Indefatigable Island the Government of Ecuador will guarantee to give them under like conditions of tenure a fully equivalent grant of land elsewhere - on Chatham Island, southern Albemarle, or on the mainland of Ecuador (Charles Island is not mentioned as an island to which any of the present inhabitants of Indefatigable might be transported, as it has as much and probably more of a population at this minute than it can adequately support in an average dry season);

(g) shall^[[,]] if it be desired by the Smithsonian Institution^[[,]] make it possible to fence off a sufficient area in the present tortoise country near Villamil on southern Albemarle, and also in the general vicinity of Iguana Cove of the same Island to insure  [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] or provide for the natural reproduction and propagation of the native tortoises of this island free from