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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



itants of Kanicliatka and Okliotsk 

 in case of failure in the lislieries, 

 and as a basis for establisliinu- a 

 new branc'li of trade from wliicli 

 the Kussian-Anierican Company 

 may derive considerable protit, llis 

 Imperial jNIajesty has most gra- 

 ciously designed to turn liis atten- 

 tion to this subject, and has ex- 

 pressed the opinion that for this 

 purpose a ship should be employed, 

 furnished with all necessary im- 

 plements and instruments, and 

 niauueil with the very best otlicers 



and sailors. To enable the 

 14 Company to secure skilled 



masters for inaugurating 

 this enterprise, Mr. Bobello has 

 been instructed to endeavour to ob- 

 tain such, with the understanding 

 that in addition to their salaries, 

 they shall be entitled to certain re- 

 wards and premiums, including 1 

 pond of oil from every whale or 

 othermarineanimal killed by them. 

 2. The commander of the Gov- 

 ernment of Irkutsk is hereby in- 

 structed to forbid all foreigners, 

 except such as have become Eus- 

 sian subjects, to enter the mercan- 

 tile guilds or to settle in business 

 in Kamchatka or Okhotsk; also to 

 entirely prohibit foreign merchant- 

 vessels f)om trading in these h)cal- 

 ities and from anchoring in any 

 port of Eastern Siberia, except in 

 case of disaster. (In such cases 

 great care should be taken that no 

 part of their cargo be discharged or 

 sold to anybody, under pain of con- 

 liscation of the ship.) It is hereby 

 ordered that the local autliorities 

 shall inform the Englishman Davis 

 at Okhotsk and Dobello's agent in 

 Kamchatka that the (Tovernment 

 does not permit them to reside in 

 those places, much less to erect 

 buildings or other immovable prop- 

 erty. In consideration of said pro- 

 hibition, they will be awarded dam- 

 ages and afforded every facility on 

 the part of the local authorities to 

 dispose of their property and to 

 take their departure. Mr. Dobello, 

 however, is hereby instructed that 

 the ship which he proposes to dis- 



tchatka and Okhotsk when the 

 other fisheries fail, and as the foun- 

 dation of a new branch of trade, 

 from which the Russian-American 

 Company may derive considerable 

 profit, His Imi)erial Majesty desires 

 that the Company may turn their 

 attention to this subject, and em- 

 ploy one ship in fishing for whales, 

 fitting her with all necessary ap- 

 pliances, and choosing the best 

 officers and men ; and in order that 

 the best masters may be at the 

 disposal of the Comi)any in first 

 establishing the industry, Dobello 

 sh.all be called upon to endeavour 

 to obtain the services of such mas- 

 ters, who, in addition to the pay 

 that may be agreed upon, shall 

 each receive, as a premium, some- 

 thing for every pood of pure oil 

 from the whales or other marine 

 animals captured by them. 



2. The authorities of Irkutsk are 

 to be instructed not to allow any 

 foreigner, unless he has become a 

 Eussian subject, to enter a mer- 

 chant guild, or to settle at Kam- 

 tchatka or Okhotsk, and they are 

 not to permit any foreign mer- 

 chant-vessel to trade at those 

 places under any circumstances, 

 or to enter the ports of Eastern 

 Siberia except in case of distress, 

 in which case such vessel is not to 

 be allowed to unload any part of 

 her cargo, or endeavour to dispose 

 of it, under pain of confiscation of 

 the ship and cargo. Furthermore, 

 tlie Englishman Davis at Okhotsk 

 and Dobello's agent in Kamtchatka 

 are to be informed, through your 

 officials, that the Government re- 

 fuses them permission to remain 

 at those i)laces, or to build houses 

 or hold real property there; the 

 local authorities shall aflbrd them 

 all proper facilities for disposing 

 of their property and leaving the 

 country. Mr. Dobello is to be 

 informed that the ship which he 

 proposes to send from the Philip- 

 pine Islands to Kamtchatka will be 

 allowed to go there for this once, 



