170 DirLOMATTC CORRESPONDENCE. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. McLean. 



No. 271.] Department op State, 



Wa.shinfjto)!, Noveiiiher 18, 1887. 



Sir: I have to aclcnowledge your No. 490, of tlie 22(1 ultimo, trans- 

 mitting" copy of a note of tlie 21st of October from Mr. Floureus, inform- 

 ing" this Grovernmeut of the willingness of the French Eepublic, though 

 there are not many French ships engaged in the seal tisheries, to con- 

 fer with us or to examine any draft of a convention intended to regu- 

 late those fisheries in Behring Straits. 



This resjwnse ol the French (rovernment to our invitation is very sat- 

 isfactory, and in due time further instructions on the subject will be 

 sent you. 



I am, etc., 



T. F. Bayard. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. MeLane.^ 



No. 293.] Department of State, 



Wa.shingtou, February 7, 1888. 

 Sir: I inclose herewith, for your informntion, two printed copies of 

 an instruction'^ of tliis date to E. J. IMielps, Esquire, United States min- 

 ister at London, in resi)onse to a disijatch from him, in which it was 

 stated that Lord Salisbury had expressed acquiescence in a proposal 

 made by me for an agreement between the United States and Great 

 Britain in regard to the adoption of concurrent regnlations for the 

 preservation of fur seals in Behring Sea from extermination by destruc- 

 tion at imi^roper seasons and by improi)er methods by tlie citizens of 

 either country. 



1 am, etc., 



T. F. Bayard. 



Mr. Coleman to Mr. liayard. 



No. 498.] Legation of tiiio United States, 



Berlin, iSeptemher 1, 1887. (Keceived September 17.) 

 Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a note I have 

 to-day addressed to the foreign office in execution of your instruction 

 No. 240, of the 19tli ultimo, rehiting to tlie necessity of measures being- 

 adopted for the better protection of the fur-seal iisheries in Behring Sea,. 

 I have, etc., 



Chapman Coleman. 



[Inclosiire with Mr. Colpinan's Xo. 408.] 



Mr. Coleman to Count von Jierchcm. 



No. 311.] LE(iATi()N OF THE Unitki) States of Amehtca, 



Jiarliii, iScplcmher 1. 1SS7. 

 The undersigned, chfirg6 d'affaires ad interim, of tho United States of America, lias 

 the honor, acting uuder instructions from his Government, to inform Count von I3er- 



1 Identic instructions were sent to the United Stati'S ministers to Germany, Rus- 

 sia, iind Sweden and Norway. 



2 See infra, p. 172; see also Senate Ex. Doc. No. lOG, Fiftieth Congress, second ses- 

 Bion, p. 88. 



