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patcli from the Philippine Islniids 

 to Kamchatka may, on this siugle 

 occasion, take goods as well as pro- 

 visions, and he shall be permitted 

 to dispose of the same. But to 

 prevent him from dispatching such 

 vessels in the future, he is per- 

 mitted to supply only Russian 

 ships belonging to the Govern- 

 ment or to our American Company, 

 which may call at Manilla for sup- 

 plies. 



3. Permission is denied to Mr. 

 Dobello to dispatch two shij^s to 

 Cronstadt with tea and other Chi- 

 nese goods, since such operations 

 do not accord with the views of 

 the Government, and he is hereby 

 informed that he has been and is 

 now required only to furnish infor- 

 mation as to the prices of Chinese 

 goods at Manilla, and as to what 

 supplies and production from East- 

 ern Siberia could be profitably dis- 

 posed of there, to the end that all 

 such information may be used for 

 the benefit of our Ameri(;an Com- 

 pany in all its various commercial 

 transactions. 



Pursuant to this highest deci- 

 sion, 1 have already addressed the 

 Governor-General of Siberia and 

 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 

 and sent the necessary orders to 

 Mr. Dobello; and now the follow- 

 ing propositions are laid before the 

 Board of Administration of the 

 Russian-American Company : 



1. From the whaling industry on 

 the eastern shores of Siberia the 

 Government expects not only snch 

 advantages as have been pointed 

 out by the Governor- General of 

 Siberia and by the commander of 

 the districts of Kamchatka in their 

 communication, of which copies 

 are herewith appended, but dis- 

 covers in this industry the promise 

 of special advantages to the Com- 

 pany, and therefore hopes that the 

 Board of Administration will at 

 once furnish the means necessary 

 for taking the preliminary steps 

 toward the inauguration of whal- 



and that he may sell the merchan- 

 dize and i)rovisions which he may 

 send by her; but that he must not 

 send any more sliips, and is in 

 future to confine himself to load- 

 ing Russian ships which are sent 

 to Manilla for ijrovisions and mer- 

 chandize, by order of the Govern- 

 ment or of our American Company. 



3. Mr. Dobello is refused per- 

 mission to send two shi];)s to Cron- 

 stadt with tea and other Chinese 

 goods. Such a proceeding would 

 not be in harmony with the views 

 of the Government; moreover, all 

 that has ever been or that is now 

 asked of Mr. Dobello is, that he 

 shall report what are the prices of 

 Chinese goods at Manilla, and 

 what products of Eastern Siberia 

 could be i^rofitably sold there, in 

 order that this inforftiation may be 

 made use of by our American 

 Company in all its various com- 

 mercial operations. 



In accordance with His Impe- 

 rial Majesty's instructions, I have 

 already addressed a letter to the 

 Governor-Geneial of Siberia, and 

 the Acting Minister of Foreign 

 Affairs has communicated with 

 Mr. Dobello. I now have to state 

 as follows to the Board of Admin- 

 istration of the Russian- American 

 Company : 



1. The Government not only 

 expects from the whale-fishing 

 industry on the eastern shores of 

 Siberia those advantages which 

 the Governor-General of Siberia 

 and the Superintendent of Kam- 

 tchatka have represented in their 

 Reports, of which copies are in- 

 closed, but also considers that this 

 industry will be profitable to the 

 Company. It therefore hopes that 

 your Board will not fail to take 

 steps for the establishment of the 

 industry with as little delay as 

 possible, and suggests that, with- 

 out waiting for Mr. Dobello's reply, 



