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APPENDIX TO COUNTER CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



38 2. One of the larger vessels 



sliould leave the port of New 

 Archangel for Ayau uotlater than 

 the 15th May, to arrive at the latter 

 port at the end of June. This ship, 

 which must be armed, will carry 

 passengers, stores, aud supplies for 

 our Asiatic stations. [On the out- 

 ward voyage the course of this ves- 

 sel should be laid to the northward 

 of thechain of the Aleutian Islands, 

 in order to meet foreign ships enter- 

 ing Bering Sea, aud to warn them 



against cruizing lu pursuit 



whales lu the vicinity of 

 islands 



manaer 



mng 



of the 

 groups.] 



of 



the seal 

 Pribilof and Com- 



At the begin- 



of August the ship should 

 return to New Archangel, with 

 cargo and passengers from Siberia, 

 cruising in search of foreign ves- 

 sels on the way. During the de- 

 tention of this vessel in the port 

 of Ayan, its coiniuander will place 

 himself under the orders of the 

 local colonial authorities in all 

 cases of emergency, or of j^jli" g ^' 

 ment of the Company's rig hts and 

 privileges, for which 

 local commanders are 



piu'i)ose the 

 furnished 



with special instructions. 



3. A second small vessel, the 

 swiftest of the fleet, i)robably the 

 "Menshikof," with a naval crew, 

 and commanded by a naval officer, 

 must sail from Sitka at the end of 

 April for the sole purpose of watch- 

 ing the foreign whale-ships in the 

 southern part of Bering Sea and 

 along the chain of the Aleutian 

 Islands. On this vessel supi^lies 

 may be forwarded to Copper and 

 Bering Islands, and, perhaps, to 

 Attn and Atka, in case this should 

 not have been accomplished by the 

 first vessel, referred to under No. 

 1 of this despatch. On this vessel 

 also should be placed one of the 

 higher officials of the Company, 



turn to New Archangel, stopping 

 on its way only in the Kurile dis- 

 trict, if it has landed an lusi^ector 

 there, and at the port of Petro- 

 paulovsky. 



II. One vessel of the first class, 

 preferably the one which will come 

 around the world from Europe that 

 year, will be sent with the aniuial 

 cargo of goods and with the spring 

 mail direct to Ayau. This vessel 

 must be sent early in May, and in 

 no event later than the 15th Mav, 

 in order that it may arrive at Ayan 

 by the time of the opening of the 

 harbour at the end of June. On 

 thisvesseltheremust be sent to the 

 port of Ayan passengers, if there 

 are any, salt, flour, and other cargo, 

 specially for that port and for the 

 places dependent upon it. This 

 vessel will remain at Ayan until 

 the end of July or the early part of 

 August, and will return direct to 

 New Archangel with the Siberian 

 cargo, the principal mail, and with 

 passengers, if there should be any. 

 During the stay of this vessel at 

 the port of Ayan the Governor of 

 that port must be allowed, on ex- 

 traordinary occasions, to employ it 

 for the transportation of men and 

 goods to Petrovsky, and therefore 

 instructions in conformity with this 

 must be given to the captain o? 

 this vessel. 



III. A second-class vessel, a fast 

 sailer — for instance, the ship " Men- 

 shikoff" — with a naval crew, aud 

 under the command of a naval offi- 

 cer, will be sent at the end of April 

 to cruize and to keep a watch over 

 the foreign whaling- vessels in the 

 southern part of Behring Sea and 

 along the Aleutian group. On 

 this vessel will be sent supplies 

 for Copper and Behring Islands, 

 and also for Atta, or Atka, if it is 

 found necessary and does not 

 interfere with the movements of 

 the first small vessel (section I of 

 this despatch). On this vessel, 

 also, in case of necessity, there 

 will be sent inspectors to the 



