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APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Fo. 287 of the 9th May, 1843, are 

 fully approved and confirmed by 

 the Board of Aduiiuistration, and 

 the proposed close season on the 

 Island of St. George and the Com- 

 mander Islands is hereby ordered. 

 For the purpose of preserving this 

 most valuable resource, the Board 

 of Administration respectfully re- 

 quests you to make it your perma- 

 nent rule to conduct the annual 

 catch in such a manner that not 

 only the rookeries will not be de- 

 pleted, but that they will be allowed 

 to increase, i. e., that the annual 

 increase should always exceed the 

 annual catch. 



In order not to disturb prices at 

 present, an annual shipment of 

 10,000 fur-seal skins to Eussia will 

 suffice. 

 (Signed) Wrangel, 



A. Seyerin, 

 N. Prokofyef, 

 N. KusoF, 



Dii'ectors, 



for killing seals described by yon 

 in despatch 'No. 287 of the 9th May, 

 1842, and permits you to institute 

 on the Commander Islands and 

 St. George the close season which 

 you propose. In general, for the 

 greatest possible preservation of 

 tliis precious animal, the Board of 

 Administration requests you to 

 adopt as an invariable rule the 

 following: To prosecute the annual 

 killing of the seals in such man- 

 ner that they may not only not be 

 exterminated on the rookeries, but, 

 on the contrary, may continually 

 increase in numbers, that is to say, 

 that the amount of the annual 

 increase may be always greater 

 than the number of animals killed. 

 At the present time the ship- 

 ment of 10,000 seal-skins to Eussia 

 every year will be sufficient to 

 prevent a fall in prices. 



(Signed) Wrangel, 

 A. Severin, 

 I^. Prokofyef, 



1^. KUSOF, 



Directors. 



No. 23. 



No. 23. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Russian- American 

 Company to Captain of the Impe- 

 rial Nary ofth c Second, Ranlc A lex- 

 ander Hitch Rudalcof. Written 

 from St. Petersburg, April 22, 

 1853. 



Letter from the Board of Adminis- 

 tration of the Russian-American 

 Company to Captain of the Impe- 

 ria I Navy of th e Second Rank A lex- 

 ander Hitch Rudalcof. Written 

 from St. Petersburg, April 22, 

 1853. 



From despatches received from 

 your Excellency's predecessor, we 

 learn that the ftir-seals in the Col- 

 onies are rapidly increasing, and as 

 there is every appearance of a good 

 market for the same, the Board of 

 Administration instructs you here- 

 with to make all necessary arrange- 

 ments for carrying on the sealing 

 industry on all the islands fre- 

 quented by these animals to the 

 full extent of their capacity, with- 

 out dex)leting the rookeries. The 

 rules for the protection of females, 

 &c., will be strictly observed as 

 heretofore. 



Seeing, from despatches received 

 from your Excellency's predeces- 

 sors that the seals in the Colonies 

 are rapidly increasing in numbers, 

 and foreseeing a regular demand for 

 them, the Board of Administration 

 instructs you to make correspond- 

 ing arrangements, in order that 

 hereafter, until further instruc- 

 tions, the killing of seals may be 

 prosecuted on all the islands which 

 they frequent to such an extent as 

 may seem possible without impov- 

 erishing the rookeries. The rules 

 for the protection of the cows, »S:c., 

 must be observed as heretofore. 



