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ceptable to that gfentleinan. From the copy herewith inclosed of com- 

 innnicatioiis from the ministries you will see that the Im])eriiil (Govern- 

 ment not only repudiates Messrs. Riccord, Dobello, and Pigott, but also 

 prohibited them altoj^ether from trading- in Okhotsk and Kamchatka, 

 with the result that to-day the foreigners have abandoned their enter- 

 prise in that region, and no other foreigners will be allowed to visit 

 these places in the future. The principles involved in this action of the 

 (xovernment you must also observe in dealing with foreigners who may 

 visit our Colonies, using all the force at your command to drive them 

 from our waters. Together with our new privileges, which have al- 

 ready been promulgated by the minister, and which are only awaiting 

 the return of our monarch, we shall also receive definite instructions 

 how to deal with foreigners who venture to cross the limits of posses- 

 sions acquired long ago through Eussiau enterprise and valor. 



From the same ministerial documents you will see that the Company 

 has been urged to engage in the whaling industry, and the necessary 

 experiments will be entered into at once, though we know beforehand 

 that no great profits will accrue to us therefrom, since Kamchatka and 

 Okhotsk are districts very thinly populated, affording but an insignifi- 

 cant market for whale oil, and we could not sell it anywhere else. In 

 these documents you will also find that the (lovernment desires the 

 Company to su])ply Kamchatka and Olvliotsk with lireadstuft's, but this 

 we are compelled temporarily to decline. When the Borodino called at 

 Manilla, there appeared to be no maiket for the articles of Kussian man- 

 nfacture which, in Dobello's opinion, could be sold there with i)roftt; on 

 this matter, however, you must be fully informed through our oflticers, 

 Avho must have reached you long ago, and who it is to be hoped are 

 now on their return voyage. There only remains the hope of obtaining 

 bread from California, if the missions there have not been abolished. 

 Your information on this point has been gratifying to us. 



Upon all the questions submitted by Mr. Yanovsky, we have embodied 

 our decisions in dispatches already forwarded to you, accompanied by 

 copies of all papers for use in case of loss of the originals which were 

 sent on the Borodino. 



During the present year no naval vessel has been dispatched around 

 the world for the protection of our Colonies, but now two ships are being 

 fitted out, to the command of which Tulubief and Filatof have been 

 appointed, the former being in charge of the squadron. You will, 

 therefoi'C, have an ample force patrolling our waters and i:)rotecting our 

 interests. In addition, Ave send you the brig UnrUc, commanded by 

 Master Klotchkof The brig is to return to us after cruising in colo- 

 nial waters. In the accompanying newspapers and journals forwarded 

 by the Burik, with the additional dispatches, you will learn the state 

 of affairs in Europe and in other countries. 



Renewing our wishes for your prosperity and good health, we have, 

 most gracious sir, the honor to remain, with the most sincere friendship 

 and respect. 



Your very humble servants, 



Michael Kisselef. 

 Venedict Kramer. 

 Andrei Severin. 



