APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



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No. 31. 



Letter from the Chief Manager of 

 the Russian-American Colo)iies to 

 the Manager of the Island of St. 

 Paul. Written from Stika, May 

 1, 1864. 



Your Eeports, forwarded last 

 year by the steam-sbip " Konstan- 

 tiii" and the barque "Priuce Men- 

 shikof," have been received, aud, 

 in reply, I give you the following 

 instructions: 



As to iN o. 29. Last year you were 

 instructed to till requisitions of the 

 Manager of Uualaska Island in a 

 certain contingency. Instructions 

 have now been given to the Man- 

 ager of the Island of St. George 

 hereafter to furnish Unalaska with 

 local products, aud it will be your 

 duty as heretofore to see to the sup- 

 ply of local products for Sitka and 

 St. Michael's Kedoubt. 



As to JSTos. 30, 31. For want of 

 space on the brig "Shelikof " I was 

 unable to grant permission to Mrs. 

 Iraida Hernum to visit this year 

 the Island of St. Paul, and for the 

 same reason I could not send you 

 a cow or a bull. 



As to No. 315. In my instructions 

 No. 249 of last year I determined 

 the number of fur-seals skins to be 

 taken by you in each year. By 

 order of the Board of Administra- 

 tion I revoke said instructions No. 

 249, as well as all previous instruc- 

 tions concerning the catch of fur- 

 seals. I now direct you to take 

 hereafter annually about 70,000 

 fur-seal skins, of which 25,000 shall 

 be dried, and the remaining 45,000 

 salted according to the new direc- 

 tions in your possession. 



The 70,000 skins now ordered to 

 be prepared you must take only in 

 case no decrease in the numbers of 

 the animals is observed, otherwise 

 you must immediately advise me 

 for the purpose of having the num- 

 ber reduced with a view to pre- 

 serve fur-seals for subsequent 

 years. 



As these instructions will reach 

 you late in the season, aud as you 



No. 31. 



Letter from, the Chief Manager of 

 the IluHsiaii- American Colonies to 

 the Manager of the Island of St. 

 Paul. Written from SitJca, May 

 1, 1864. 



Your Reports, forwarded last 

 year by the steam- ship " Constan- 

 tine " and the barque " Prince Men- 

 shikof," have been received, and, 

 in reply, I give you the following 

 instructions: 



As to No. 29. Last year you were 

 instructed to fill requisitions of the 

 Manager of Unalaska Island in a 

 certain contingency, and instruc- 

 tions have now been given to the 

 Managerof thelsland of St.George 

 hereafter to furnish Unalaska with 

 necessary supjjlies, and your duties 

 include, as heretofore, the furnish- 

 ing Sitka and Fort Michael with 

 supplies. 



As to Nos. 30, 31. For want of 

 space on the brig "Shelikof" I 

 was unable to grant permission to 

 Iraula Herman to visit the Island 

 of St. Paul this year, and for the 

 same reason I could not send you 

 a cow and a bull. 



As to No. 32. In my instructions 

 No. 249 of last year I determined 

 the number of fur-seal skins to be 

 taken by you in each year. By 

 order of the Board of Administra- 

 tion I revoke said instructions No. 

 249, as well as all i^revious instruc- 

 tions concerning the catch of fur- 

 seals, and I now direct you to take 

 hereafter annually as many as 

 70,t)00 fur-seal skins, 25,000 of 

 which must be dried, and the re- 

 maining 45,000 salted according to 

 the new directions in your posses- 

 sion. 



You must take the 70,000 skins 

 now ordered to be prepared only in 

 case no decrease in the number of 

 the animals is observed; otherwise 

 you must immediately advise me 

 for the purpose of having the num- 

 ber reduced with a view to the 

 preservation of the seals for the 

 years to come. 



As these instructions will reach 

 you late in the season, and as you 



