318 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



You must transmit tliese in- 

 structions without delay to your 

 subordinate commanders for their 

 conduct in their intercourse with 

 foreigners, and especially to the 

 commanders of shi])s navigating 

 our waters, [to enable them to drive 



away the foreign intruders 



The communication from the 

 Minister of Marine also contained 

 a copy of a letter from the present 

 Governor-General of Siberia, em- 

 bodying many suggestions and 

 opinions of advantage to the Com- 

 pany. Of this document the Board 

 of Administration forwards a copy 

 for your guidance, to enable you to 

 act for the best interests of the 

 Company. 



(Signed) JMichael Kisselef, 

 Venediot Kramer' 

 Andrei Severin, 



Directors. 



April 23, 1820. 



P. S, — We hereby inform you 

 that the Government has decided 

 to dispatch two ships around the 

 world during the present summer; 

 one to winter in Kamchatka, and 

 the other to proceed to Sitka and 



Do not fail to instruct the author- 

 ities under you how to deal with 

 foreigners coming to your shores. 

 Special instructions should be given 

 to the Commanders of our ships 

 which are detached to the various 

 points with regard to the action 

 tbey are to take if they find any- 

 where foreign ships engaged in il- 

 licit trading. 



The Minister inclosed in hisletter 

 a communication from the Gov- 

 ernor-General of Siberia, which con- 

 tains much that is of use to the 

 Company. The Board incloses a 

 cojjy of this for your guidance in 

 the management of the Company's 

 affairs. 



(Signed) JNItchael Kisselef, 

 Venediot Kramer, 

 Andrei Severin, 



Directors. 

 (Signed) Zelensky, 



Chic/ Clerk. 

 April 23, 1820. 



P. S. — We have to inform you 

 that the Government has decided 

 to send two ships round the world 

 this summer; the one is to winter 

 at Kamtchatka, and the other at 

 Sitka after driving away the for- 



to cruise in search o f foreign ves - ejo-u adventurers, 

 sels. 



M. K. 



No. 4. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Eussian-Amcrican 

 Company to Captain M. I. Mura- 

 vief Chief Manager of the Rus- 

 sian-American Colonies. Writ- 

 ten from St. Petershurgj March 

 31, 1821. 



Your two letters from Okhotsk 

 of the 2Cth and 28th July have 

 been received by us with satisfac- 

 tion, but with still greater jileasure 

 we read your just remarks relating 

 to various subjects intimately con- 

 nected with the Company's inter- 



No. 4. 



St. Petersburgh, 

 (No. 225.) March 31, 1821. 



Dear Captain Muravief : 

 We were very glad to receive your 

 two letters from Okhotsk, dated 

 respectively the 26th and 28th 

 July, and it gave us special pleas- 

 ure to read your very just remarks 

 on many subjects which interest 



