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No. 13. 



Letter from the Minister of Finance to the hoard of administration of the 

 Russian American Company. Written from St. Petersburg September 



4, 1824. 



The communication of June 12, 1824, presented to me by the direc- 

 tors of the company, containing their remarks on the consequences 

 which may result from the ratification of the convention concluded 

 April 5, 1824, between our Court and the North American Republic, 

 was communicated by me at that time in the original to the minister in 

 charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Having now received from 

 him the information that the recorded protocol of the proceedings of the 

 special committee whLch examined this subject by imperial order has 

 received the full and entire approval of His Imperial Majesty, I think 

 it necessary to communicate to the board of administration of the Rus- 

 sian American Company, for their information, copies of the above- 

 mentioned communication of Count Nesselrode to me, and also the pro- 

 ceedings of the committee of July 21, 1824, inclosed jn it, together with 

 a draft of a communication to me, prepared by His Excellency; which 

 was also read in the above-named committee aod was left unsigned 

 after it had been given final consideration. 



From these documents the board will see that, for the avoidance of 

 all misunderstandings in the execution of the above-mentioned conven- 

 tion, and in conformity with the desire of the company, the necessary 

 instructions have already been given to Baron Tuyll, our minister at 

 Washington, to the effect that the northwestern coast of America, 

 along the extent of which, by the provisions of the convention, free 

 trading and fishing are permitted subjects of the North American 

 States, extends from 54° 40' northwards to Yakutat (Bering's) Bay. 



Lieut. Gen. Kankrin, 



Minister of Finance. 

 Y. Drushinin, 



Director, 



No. 14. 



Abstract of communication from Count Nesselrode, Minister of Foreign 

 Affairs, to the Minister of Finance. Written from St. Petersburg 

 August 18, 1824. 



I deem it my duty to inform your excellency that His Majesty the 

 Emperor has been graciously pleased to give his full and entire ap- 

 proval to the opinion of the majority of the members of the commit- 

 tee appointed by His Majesty to examine the observations presented 

 by the Russian American Company on the convention of April 5-17 

 of this year, in which opinion your excellency was also pleased to 

 concur. 



Therefore, in inclosing with this a copy of the protocol of the deliber- 

 ations of the committee, I have the honor to inform your excellency 

 that instructions in entire conformity with the conclusions contained 

 in that protocol have been sent to our minister, Baron Tuyll. 



I also inclose with this a draft of a communication to your excellency, 

 written by me by order of the Emperor, concerning the complaints of 

 the Russian American Company. 



