APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GKEAT BRITAIN. 



367 



At the same time the Board of 

 Admiiiistratiou places upon the 

 men in charge of sealing gangs the 

 strictest injuuctionsto^diswmtinue 

 the killing of small gray seals, and 

 in no case to ship them away from 

 the Colonies, since they seriously 

 interfere with profitable sales of 

 fur seals in E-ussia and in foreign 

 nuirkets, where only the larger 

 skins secure good prices. 



(Signed) V. Politkovsky, 



Presidi7ig Officer. 

 V. Klupfel, 

 A. Etholin, 

 M. Tebenkof, 



Members, 



high in other places, to ship the 

 said beaver-skins (except 2,000 

 which are needed for Kiachta) to 

 New York without fail. The Board 

 will communicate to you hereafter 

 concerning further arrangements 

 with regard to the beaver-skins. 



Furthermore, the Board of Ad- 

 ministration requests you to send 

 no other furs to New York, except, 

 perhaps, white foxes, which have 

 gone down to almost nothing at 

 Kiachta. You must send no furs 

 to Shanghae without special in- 

 structions. 



At the same time the Board of 

 Administration also requests you 

 to give strict instructions to the 

 canoemen ("bidarkimen") to stop, 

 as far as possibleTkilTing the small 

 gray seals, and on no account to 

 ship them from the Colonies, be- 

 cause they greatly interfere with 

 the profitable sale of seal- skins in 

 Russia and in the foreign market, as 

 the large skins alone are in special 

 demand and can be sold at good 

 prices, 



(Signed) V. Politkovsky, 



Presiding Officer. 

 Y. Klitpfel, 

 A. Etholin, 

 M. Tebenkof, 



Members. 



No. 27. 



No. 27. 



Letter from the Chief Manager of Letter from the Chief Manager of 



the Russian- American Colonies to 

 the Board of Administration of 

 the Russian- A^nerican Company. 

 Written from the Colonies^ Octo- 



ber 7, 1857, 



the Russian- American Colonies to 

 the Board of Administration of 

 the Russian- American Company 

 Written from the Colonies^ Octo- 

 ber 7, 1757. 



CONCERNING FUR-SEALS AND 

 BEAVERS. 



Referring to the despatches of 

 the Board Nos. C35 and (550, dated 

 respectively the 5th and 10th June, 

 and received on the 7th September 

 of this year, I have the honour to 

 report that the instructions con- 

 tained therein in regard to fur-seals 



CONCERNING FUR-SEALS AND 

 BEAVERS. 



In reply to the despatches of the 

 Board of Administration (Nos. G35 

 and G50 of the 5th and 10th June 

 of this year), re(5eived on the 7th 

 September, I have the honour to 

 report that in future the instruc- 

 tions with regard to seals and river- 



