APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



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taking in due time action looking 

 toward a renewal of tlie privileges 

 and rights now enjoyed by the 

 Russian- American Company under 

 highest protection. 



True copy. 



(Signed) Zelenskiy, 



(Jhief Cleric. 



under the protection of His Impe- 

 rial Majesty. 



A true copy: 

 (Signed) 



Zelensky, 



Chief Cleric, 



No. 2. 



Letter from the Minister of Finance 



to the Board of Administration of 



the Russian- American Cbtyipany. 



Written from 8t. Petersburg, 



April 10, 1820. 



(Confidential.) 



The Keport of your Board, dated 

 14th November, 1819, has, up to 

 this time, remained unanswered, 

 because the necessary information 

 concerning the contracts concluded 

 with the Englishman Pigott had 

 not been received. Of this the 

 Board spoke in its Report. 



The information is now at hand, 

 having been received on the 3rd 

 ultimo. At the same time, I also 

 received detailed statements of the 

 appointment by the Government of 

 Court-Councilor Dobello as resi- 

 dent agent on the island of Manilla, 

 and of the propositions of this ofQ- 

 cer to dispatch a vessel from there 

 to Kamchatka with provisions, in 

 order to convince the Government 

 how cheaply the country may be 

 supplied from the Philippine Is- 

 lands. Mr. Dobello also requested 

 permission to dispatch from Ma- 

 nilla to Cronstadt two ships with 

 tea and other Chinese goods. 



All these propositions were duly 

 submitted to His Majesty the Em- 

 peror, and I have now received the 

 following highest decision of His 

 Imperial Majesty: 



1. Th at the contract entered into 

 with the Englishman Pigot can 

 not be sustained by the Govern- 

 ment; but since the whaling indus- 

 try may be of use as a means of 

 securing subsistence to the inhab- 



No. 2. 

 (Copy.) 



To the Board oj Administration of 

 the Hussian- American Company. 



Ministry of Finance, 

 Central Office, 

 (No. 9. Secret.) Ajjril 10, 1820. 



The delay in replying to the let- 

 ter from your Board of the 14th 

 November last is due to the fact 

 that information on the subject of 

 the Agreement concluded with the 

 Englishman Pigot, which was 

 mentioned in that letter, was only 

 received on the 8th ultimo. 



This information was accompa- 

 nied by particulars in regard to the 

 appointment by the Government 

 of " Court-Councillor" Dobello to 

 reside on the Island of Manilla, 

 and the proposal of that ofScial 

 that a ship should be sent with pro- 

 visions from that island to Kam- 

 tchatka in the spring, in order to 

 show the Government how cheaply 

 provisions could be obtained from 

 the Philippine Islands. Mr. Do- 

 bello also asked permission to send 

 from Manilla to Cronstadt two 

 ships with cargoes of tea and other 

 Chinese goods. 



I reported on all these matters 

 to the Emperor, and have received 

 the following instructions from His 

 Imperial Majesty: 



1. Thengreementconcludedwith 

 the Englishman Pigot is not ap- 

 I)roved by the Government; since, 

 however, the whale-hshiug indus- 

 try may be of use as a means of 

 assisting the inhabitants of Kam- 



