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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Eoss, aud to the agents on tlie 

 nortLern far-seal islands, witli in- 

 structions to comply with all its 

 provisions as far as local circum- 

 stances will permit, with suck ad- 

 ditional explanations as you may 

 see fit to furnish to the various 

 individuals in charge. It 

 24 is necessary to add that such 

 additional instructions and 

 explanations must be uniform in 

 tenor and expression in order to 

 avoid misunderstanding and em- 

 barrassment to the Board of Ad- 

 ministration. 



Upon the receipt of such over- 

 whelming evidence of the good- will 

 of our Monarch toward the Com- 

 pany, we most sincerely congratu- 

 late you and your co-laborers in the 

 field of enterprise. 



In our future correspondence we 

 will not forget to further enlarge 

 upon this subject as circumstances 

 may require. Lack of time pre- 

 vents us from saying more at pres- 

 ent. 



(Signed) Venedict Kramer, 



Director. 

 Andrei Severin, 



Director. 



ments at the northern seal islands, 

 and to instruct them in detail as to 

 the manner in which, keeping in 

 view local circumstances, the Eules 

 now laid down should be carri( d 

 out. It is necessary that detailed 

 instructions should be given to in- 

 sure uniformity in the manner in 

 which they are a])i)lied, and to make 

 it certain that they will be under- 

 stood, as otherwise embarrassment 

 might be caused to you aud to this 

 Board. 



We heartily congratulate you, 

 our fellow-worker, on the happy 

 occasion of the bestowal on the 

 Company of this mark of the favour 

 of His Imperial Majesty. 



This board will not forget to 

 write to you further in regard to 

 the Charter and Eegulations if 

 there is any point on which it con- 

 siders explanations necessary. The 

 shortness of this letter is owing to 

 want of time. 



(Signed) Venedict Kramer, 



Director. 

 Andrei Severin, 



Director. 



(Signed) Zelensky, 



Chief Cleric. 

 September 20, 1821. 



No. 9. 



No. 9. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Russian- American 

 Company to Captain-Lieutenant 

 of the Imperial Wavy and Knight 

 M. I. Muravief, Chief Manager of 

 the Russian- American Colonies. 

 Written from St. Petersburg^ Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1822. 



In your despatch "No. 36, dated 

 the 21st January, 1821, you asked 

 for instructions as to sending in 

 one cargo all the furs remaining in 

 your hands, as you did in that 



Reply of the Board of Administra- 

 tion of the Russian-American 

 Company to Captain Matvei Ivan- 

 ovitch Muravief, of the Imperial 

 Navy, etc., Chief Manager of the 

 Russian- American Colonies. 



[Received on the "Tchirikoflf," October 2, 1822.] 



(No. 155.) 



In your desjiatch No. 36 of the 

 21st January, 1821, you asked 

 whether you were to send home 

 the whole stock (meaning the stock 

 of furs), and you did in fact send it 



