APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



341 



and I firn now anthorized to lay 

 before the Board of AdiniTiistratiou 

 a copy of these proceedings, to- 

 gether with an accompanying let- 

 ter from Count Kesselrode, dated 

 the 21st July of this year; all of 

 which I trust will prove satisfac- 

 tory to the Board of Managers and 

 shareholders of the Comx)auy. 



32 



From these documents the Board 

 of Administration will ascertain 

 that the Company's representa- 

 tions have met with due considera- 

 tion, and that instructions have 

 already been forwarded to the Im- 

 l)erial Ambassador at Washington 

 to the efl'ect that the extent of coast 

 tlirown open to subjects of the 

 North- American States for the pur- 

 pose of trade and fishery is limited 

 in the south by latitude 54° 40' 

 north, and in the north by the Bay 

 of Yakutat (or Bering Bay). At 

 the same time, I am authorized to 

 state that it is the intention of His 

 Majesty the Emijeror to afford full 

 protection to the Company's inter- 

 ests in the pursuit and catch of 

 fur-seals, sea-otter, and all other 

 marine animals. 

 (Signed) 



Lieutenant- General Kankrin, 

 Minister of Finance. 



Y. Dkushinin, 



Director, 



by Imperial order has received the 

 full and entire approval of His 

 Imperial Majesty, I think it neces- 

 sary to communicate to the Board 

 of Administration of the Eussian- 

 American Company, for their in- 

 formation, copies of the above-men- 

 tioned communication of Count 

 Nesselrode to me, and also the pro- 

 ceedings of the Committee of the 

 21st July, 1824, inclosed in it, 

 together with a draft of a com- 

 munication to me, ])r('pared by his 

 ExcelleTicyy^Yhich was also read in 

 the above-named Committee an^ 

 was left uns igned after it had been 

 giv en final consideration . 



From these documents the Board 

 will see that, for the avoidance of 

 all misunderstandings in the exe- 

 cution of the above-mentioned Con- 

 vention, and in conformity with 

 the desire of the Company, the nec- 

 essary instructions have already 

 been given to Baron Tuyll, our 

 Minister at Washington, to the 

 effect that the north-western coast 

 of America, along the extent of 

 which, by the provisions of the 

 Convention, free trading and fish- 

 ing are permitted subjects of the 

 North American States, extends 

 from 54° 40' northwards to Yakutat 

 (Bering's) Bay. 



(Signed) 

 Lieutenant- Gen era! Kankrin, 



Minister of Finance. 

 Y. Deushinin, 



Director. 



No. 14. 



No. 14. 



Abstract of Commxinication from Abstract of Communication from 



Count N'csselrode, Minister of Count Ncsselrode, Minister of 



Foreign Affairs, to the Minister Foreif/n Affairs, to the Minister 



of Finance. Written from St. of Finance. Written from St. 



Petersburg, August 18, 1824. Petersburg, August 18, 1824. 



I consider it my duty to inform I deem it my duty to inform your 



your Excellency that His Imperial Excellency that His Majesty the 



Majesty has most graciously deign- Emperor has been graciouslypleas- 



