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age ordered in section III of this 

 despatch may be assigned to the 

 large vessel, and the small vessel 

 designated in that section may re- 

 main in reserve or receive special 

 instructions. 



In transmitting to yonr Excel- 

 lency the above ontlined plan tor 

 the employment of the (X)l()nial 

 fleet, the Board of Administration 

 respectfully requests tliat in case 

 the interests of the Company re- 

 quire a deviation from our i)lan8, 

 your Excellency will never lose 

 sight of the fact that [the interests 

 of the Company are centered at the 

 present time in the district sur- 

 rounding the seal islands of the 

 Pribilof and Commander grimpslT 

 and that conse([uently the colonial 

 waters must be visited by the Com- 

 pany's cruisers constantly and in 

 every part, in order to watch and 

 warn theforcign whalers. For this 

 purpose detailed instructions have 

 been formulated for our cruisers, as 

 well as for the commanders of the 

 whale-ships of the Company, which 

 are obliged to serve in the capacity 

 of cruisers when engaged in whal- 

 ing in Bering Sea. In all cases the 

 command of a vessel under orders 

 to crui>e in colonial waters must be 

 given to naval ofticers, who will 

 thereby find an opportn n i ty to make 

 themselves acquainted with the 

 routine of colonial transac- 

 40 tions, while at the same time 

 their rank will give authority 

 to our proceedings. 

 (Signed) V. Politkovsky, 



Presiding Officer. 

 V. Klupfel, 

 A. Etholin, 

 N. KusoF, 

 Baron Wean gel, 

 Members of the Board. 

 B S, PT VIII 23 



In communicating to your Excel- 

 lency the above regular schedule 

 of the voyages of the colonial fleet, 

 the Board of Administration re- 

 spectfully requests you, if the in- 

 terests of the Company require any 

 deviation from this schedule, to take 

 special care that the large vessels, 

 so far as possible, may never remain 

 idle in port, but may be perpetually 

 engaged in voyages of advantage 

 to the Company; that the colonial 

 seas, so far as possible, be visited 

 in every part by the Company's 

 cruizers, for the puri)ose of keeping 

 watch over the foreigners, and for 

 this purpose, in giving instructions 

 to our cruizers, to conform yourself 

 to the intended movements of the 

 Company's whaling-vessels, which 

 can also do duty as cruizers if they 

 are carrying on their fishery in 

 Behring Sea, and to provide that 

 the Company's vessels designated 

 for visiting the many islands of the 

 Colonies be, so far as possible, 

 under the command of naval offi- 

 cers, in order that they may become 

 acquainted with the condition of 

 colonial affairs, and may gradually 

 fit themselves for i)erforming the 

 most important duties in the ad- 

 ministration of the Colonies. 



(Signed) V. Politkovsky, 



Presiding Officer, 

 V. Klupfel, 

 A. Etholin, 

 N. KusoF, 

 Baron Wrangel, 

 Members of the Board. 



