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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



by the coasts of the Eussian 



16 r!olonieswill'be ap proved b y 



thentrnperia l^p^ern meiit. ] 



The B^^j^"^fTS(imimstration oif 

 the Eussian-American Company 

 is hereby informed that Court- 

 Councilor Dobello has not been 

 recognized as Kussian Consul by 

 the Spanish Government, because 

 the Court of Madrid declares it to 

 be contrary to its colonial system 

 to admit foreign Consuls to its Col- 

 onies; but having acquiesced in 

 his residence at Manilla and in his 

 exercise there of the duties of 

 agent, it is now understood that 

 the object of his appointment was 

 only to assist vessels of the Eus- 

 sian-American Company visiting 

 Majiilla in purely commercial 

 transactions. 



(Signed) 



Count D. GURYEF, 



Minister of Finance. 

 Count Yakov Lambert, 



Privy Councilor. 



Colonies. Permission has. how- 

 ever, been given to him to reside 

 at Manilla, and to discharge there 

 all the ordinary duties of a Consul. 

 The only object for which Mr. Do- 

 bello was sent to Manilla was to 

 assist our American Company in 

 every way he could, and he has 

 been reminded of this in the in- 

 structions which have just been 

 sent to him. 



(Signed) 

 Count D. GuRiEFP, 



Minister of Finance. 

 Count Yakov Lambert, 



Privy Councillor. 



No. 3. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Russian- American 

 Company to Captain M. I. Mura- 

 viefj of the Imperial Navy, Chief 

 Manager of the Russian- Ameri- 

 can Colonies. Written from St. 

 Petersburg, April 23, 1820. 



(No. 265. Confidential.) 



On the 10th instant the Minister 

 of Finance communicated to the 

 Board of Administration, in a mes- 

 sage marked confidential, the will 

 of His Imperial Majesty in the fol- 

 lowing words: 



1. That the contract concluded 

 with the Englishman Pigott is dis- 

 approved by the Government. 



2. That the Governor of Irkutsk 

 be instructed to allow no foreign- 

 ers, except such as have become 

 Eussian subjects, to join in any 

 conimercial guild or to settle in 



No. 3. 



From the Board of Administration 

 of the Russian- American Com- 

 pany under the protection of His 

 Imperial Majesty to Captain Mat- 

 vei Ivanovitch Muravief of the 

 Imperial Navy, Chief Manager of 

 the Colonies of the Russian-Amer- 

 ican Company. 



(No. 265. Secret.) 



In a letter dated the 10th instant 

 and marked "Secret," the Minister 

 of Finance informed this Board 

 that His Imperial Majesty has di- 

 rected as follows: 



"1. The Agreement concluded 

 with the Englishman Pigot is not 

 approved by the Government. 



"2. The authorities at Irkutsk 

 are to be instructed not to allow 

 any foreigner, unless he has be- 

 come a Eussian subject, to enter a 

 merchant guild, or to settle at 



