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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



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No. 10. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Bussian- American 

 Company to Captain-Lieutenant 

 of the Lmperial Navy and Knight 

 M. I. Muravief Written from 

 St. Petersburg, July 31, 1822. 



From the inclosed Ministerial 

 documents and the observations 

 thereon by the Board of Adminis- 

 tration, you will see that England 

 and the United States are contest- 

 ing the privileges and marine juris- 

 diction conferred upon the Com- 

 pany. The first-mentioned Power 

 protests against the boundary 

 claimed by our Government on the 

 line of the 51st parallel ; the other 

 Power against the prohibition of 

 foreign vessels from approaching 

 within 100 miles of our Colonies. 

 In view of these pretensions, His 

 Imperial Majesty has deigned to in- 

 struct the Russian Minister to the 

 United States to negotiate with the 

 Government of those States as to 

 what m easures could be taken which 

 would prove satisfactory to both, 

 with a view of averting further dis- 

 putes. 



If you should happen to become 

 involved in difficulties with for- 

 eigners on that subject, you may 

 allow yourself to be guided by the 

 spirit of the above-mentioned docu- 

 ments. At the same time, we can 

 inform you that without regard to 

 future negotiations His Imperial 

 Majesty, through the naval com- 

 mander of his general staff, has 

 ordered the Commander of the frig- 

 ate "Kreisser," about to sail for 

 the Colonies, not to insist too 

 strictly upon the full distance of 

 100 miles, while at the same time 

 affording the fullest protection to 

 our industries, and proceeding with 

 all foreign ships engaged in pur- 

 suits injurious to them to the full 

 extent of marine jurisdiction. 



(Signed) V. Kramer. 



Andrei Severin. 



No. 10. 



Board of Administration of the Rus- 

 sian- American Company to Cap- 

 tain Matvei Lvanovitch Muravief 

 of the Imperial Navy, &c., Chief 

 Manager of the Bussian- American 

 Colonies. 



[Received on the frigate "Kreiser," September 

 3, 1823.] 



(No. 481. Secret.) 



July 31, 1822. 



Ton will see from the inclosed 

 copy of a letter from the Ministry 

 (of Finance), and the observations 

 of this Board thereon, that Eng- 

 land and the United States are 

 raising objections to the privileges 

 granted to the Colonies and to the 

 Maritime Eegula tions; to the for- 

 mer, because our Government have 

 fixed the boundary at 51 degrees, 

 and to the latter, because foreign 

 ships are forbidden to come within 

 100 miles of our Colonies. 



In view of these pretensions, His 

 Imperial Majesty has been pleased 

 to instruct the Eussian Minister to 

 the United States to agree with 

 that Government upon the meas- 

 ures necessary to be adopted in 

 order to prevent any further dis- 

 pute. If you should have any dis- 

 cussion with the foreigners on these 

 subjects, you will be guided by the 

 inclosed papers. At the same time, 

 this Board has to inform you, in 

 connection with these matters, that 

 His Imperial Majesty has been 

 pleased to instruct the Commander 

 of the frigate "Kreiser," which is 

 now on its way to you, through the 

 naval head of the general staff', 

 not to apply the 100-mile rule too 

 strictly; accordingly, if he found a 

 foreign shiiD nearer than that dis- 

 tance lie would act with regard to 

 it as laid down in the Maritime 

 Begulations'* 



(Signed) Yenedict Kramer. 

 Andrei Severin. 



(Signed) Zelensky, 



Chief Cleric. 



•This is the literal translation of the Eussian text.— (Translator's note.) 



