APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



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ill the future. When you visit the 

 islands you will make such arrange- 

 ments as in your judgment will 

 prove beneficial to both the Com- 

 pany and the natives employed. 

 If, from unforeseen circumstances, 

 you should be prevented from vis- 

 iting the islands in question, be 

 sure to send a trustworthy repre- 

 sentative who will impress upon 

 officials as well as employes that 

 our Eules for preserving these val- 

 uable animals must be observed. 



With the greatest respect, we are, 

 your Excellency's humble servants, 



(Signed) Michael Kisselef, 

 Venedict Kramer, 

 Andeey Severin, 

 Directors of the Russian- 

 American Com;pany. 



any skins that are made useless 

 for export. The Company have, 

 in former times, lost about a mil- 

 lion roubles in this manner. The 

 furs brought to Russia latterly 

 have been fairly well prepared, 

 and it is to be hoped tliat this 

 improvement will continue. The 

 Board would be glad if, when you 

 next go to the islands, you would 

 suggest any measures which you 

 think would tend to improve the 

 fur-seal industry; should it, how- 

 ever, be impossible for you to visit 

 the islands at present, you will 

 lose no time in giving orders for 

 the Rules laid down by this Board 

 to be applied forthwith. 

 (Signed) Michael Kisselef. 



Venedict Cramer. 



Andrei Severin. 



(Signed) Zelenskt, 



Chief Cleric. 

 March 15, 1821. 



No. 7. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Russian- American 

 Company to Captain- Lieutenant 

 M. L. Miiravief, Chief Manager of 

 the Russian- American Colonies. 

 Written from St. Fetersburg, Sep- 

 tember 7, 1821. 



The Board of Administration 

 having received a copy of the Rules 

 for the limits of navigation and 

 communication along the coast of 

 Eastern Siberia, the north-west 

 coast of America, the Aleutian, 

 Kurile, and other islands [and the 

 intervenin g waters,] established 

 and coiitirnied by His Majesty the 

 Emperor, and transmitted to the 

 Governing Senate for promulga- 

 tion and publication, we hereby 

 send you one stamped copy for 

 your guidance and observance. 

 These Rules and Regulations will 

 be translated into the English and 



No. 7. 



From the Board of Administration 

 of the Russian- American Com- 

 pany under His Lmperia I Majesty'' s 

 Protection to Captain Matrei 

 Lvanovitch Muravief, &c., Chief 

 Manager of the Russian-American 

 Colonies. 



(No. 510.) 



I transmit herewith, for your in- 

 formation and guidance, a printed 

 copy which has been received by 

 this Board of the Rules with re- 

 gard to the limit of navigation and 

 tlie order of communication by sea 

 along the shores of Eastern Siberia, 

 of North-Western America, and of 

 the Aleutian, Kurile, and other is- 

 lands which have been sanctioned 

 by His Majesty the Emperor, and 

 communicated to the Ruling Sen- 

 ate for publication. These Rules 

 will be translated into English and 

 French, and if this Board can ob- 

 tain copies of the English and 



