APPENDIX TO COUNTEE-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



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No. 5. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Bussian- American 

 Company to Captain M. I. Mura- 

 vief, of the Imperial Wavy, Chief 

 Manager of the Russian- Am eriean 

 Colonies. Written from 8t. Pe- 

 tersburg, August 3, 1820. 



In order to enable you to issue 

 your instructions to tlie various 

 offices and to the managers of the 

 Islands of St. Paul and St. George, 

 as well as for your own information, 

 we inclose herewith a statement of 

 the views entertained by the Gen- 

 eral Government, as well as by 

 the management of the Company. 

 You will perceive from this state- 

 ment that we, as well as the Gov- 

 ernment, do not countenance any 

 intercourse with foreigners, [ or t he 

 admission of foreigners within the 

 precincts of our possessions, ] ex- 

 cept in case of absolute necessity. 

 Heretofore, all such transactions 

 have generally resulted in serious 

 losses to us, [and the very presence 

 of foreigners' in our waters has be- 

 come a vital question, aft'ectiEg the 

 existenc e of °the' Company.] 'The 

 Board of Adlninistfation expects 

 you to exercise the utmost vigilance 

 on this subject, and to warn all 

 district commanders against any 

 intercourse with foreigners. To 

 enable you to comply with these 

 instructions more strictly, we shall 

 henceforth dispatch every year a 

 ship with supplies for the Colonies. 

 (Signed) Venedict Kraivier, 



Director, 

 Andrei Severin, 



Director, 



No. 5. 



From the Board of Administration 

 of the Bussian- American Com- 

 pany under the Protection of His 

 Imperial Majesty to Captain Mat- 

 vei Ivanovitch Muravief, Chief 

 Manager of the Colonies of the 

 Bussian- American Company. 



(No. 430.) August 3, 1820. 



In order that you may be in- 

 formed of the tenour of the instruc- 

 tions issued to all the colonial sta- 

 tions and to the managers on the 

 Islands of St. Paul and St. George, 

 we herewith transmit a coj)y of 

 thQseinstructions, and hopethat, as 

 you know the aims of the Company 

 and the Government better than 

 the other officers, you will do your 

 best to carry out the wishes of the 

 Board, and will not have any deal- 

 ings with the foreigners, unless you 

 are absolutely compelled to have 

 recourse to them to obtain some- 

 thing which is indisi)ensable to 

 you. Such dealings have always 

 hitherto been unprofitable, inas- 

 much as the prices they give for 

 furs are very much lower than 

 those which obtain in Russia. The 

 Board trusts that you will take 

 care that these instructions are 

 carried out by the authorities of 

 all the stations, more especially as 

 there appears to be no necessity 

 for these dealings, as, in future, 

 ships belonging to the Company 

 are going to be sent to the Colonies 

 regularly every year with large 

 cargoes. 



(Signed) Yenedict Kramer, 



Director. 

 Andrei Severin, 

 Director. 



B S, PT VIII- 



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