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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ing in those waters, and proceed, 

 without waiting: for the informa- 

 tion requested from Mr. Dobello, 

 to inform itself concerning the 

 engagement of exj orienced mas 

 ters, &c. A ship siiould be pur- 

 chased at once and dispatched in 

 the following year, if it be found 

 impossible to do so during the 



present. 

 15 2. Having, for the benefit 



of the American Company, 

 excluded all foreigners from Kam- 

 chatka and Okhotsk, and pro- 

 hibited them from engaging in 

 trade [and from hunting and fish- 

 in g in all the waters~oF^astern 

 Siberia,] the Government fully ex- 

 pects that the Company, on its 

 part, will hold itself responsible for 

 supplying those regions with all 

 necessaries. In connection with 

 this requirement, and in considera- 

 tion of a request from the Gov- 

 ernor-General of Siberia, the Board 

 of Administration will report on 

 the following points: 



(a.) As to the means by which 

 communication can be maintained 

 between Yakutsk and Okhotsk 

 without oppression of the Yakut 

 people. 



(b.) Whether the Company can 

 undertake to land at the ports of 

 Petropavlovsk and Okhotsk pro- 

 visions, especially flour and salt, 

 from their correspondents in Cali- 

 fornia or the Philippine Islands, in 

 such quantities as may be required 

 by the Government forces and olfi- 

 cials and by all other inhabitants, 

 employing for this purpose a ship 

 which must visit the places named 

 at least once a-year and at a time 

 previously fixed; also as to the 

 probable cost of provisions, prices 

 of freight, &c. 



(c.) To propose measures for a 

 development and increase of the 

 fishinc: industries for the benefit 



you should make inquiry for mas- 

 ters skilled in whale fishing, and 

 take steps for the purchase of a 

 ship suitable for this work, which 

 should be sent to its destination, 

 if possible, this year, but in any 

 case not later than next year. 



2. Having, for the benefit of the 

 American Company, excluded all 

 foreigners from Kamtchatka and 

 Okhotsk, and forbidden thenx even 

 to come to those places to trade, 

 the Government expects that the 

 Company, on its part, will assist 

 in providing those places with all 

 necessaries; and in view of the 

 fact that the Governor-General of 

 Siberia has more than once repre- 

 sented the necessity of relieving 

 the Yakuts of the obligation of 

 transporting stores by land fi-om 

 Yakutsk to Okhotsk, your Board 

 is called upon to consider and 

 report : 



{a.) By what means it would be 

 possible to establish communica- 

 tions between Yakutsk and Ok- 

 hotsk without imposing a burden 

 on the Yakuts. 



(b.) Whether by establishing 

 communications with California or 

 the Philippine Islands the Com- 

 pany could supply the ports of 

 Petro]>avlovsk and Okhotsk with 

 provisions, especially flour and 

 salt, both for its own officials and 

 for those of the Government, as 

 well as for the other inhabitants, 

 employing for this purpose one 

 ship which would remain in that 

 part of the world, and be made use 

 of for this service every year. The 

 Board should not omit to consider 

 whether the cost of keeping a ship 

 employed on this service would 

 not make it necessary to charge 

 excessive prices for the provisions 

 brought by her. 



(c.) Whether the Company can- 

 not suggest measures which would 

 increase the productiveness of the 



