APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 411 



(c.) Page 55. The two letters of Captain M. I. Muravicf, Chief Man- 

 ager of tlie Russian-American Colonies, dated the liOth and 28th July, 

 resi)ectively, referred to in the letter from the Board of Administration 

 of the Eussian-American Company to the said Captain Muravief, dated 

 the 31st March, 1831; 



(d.) Page 58. The Keport of Mr. Yanovsky, dated the 25th February, 

 1820, alluded to in the letter from the Board of Administration of the 

 Russian -American Company to the Chief Mannger of the Russian- 

 American Colonies, dated St. Petersburgh, the 15th March, 1821; 



(e.) Page 62. The transcript of views of the Russian-American Com- 

 pany, alluded to in paragraph 2 of the letter from the Minister of 

 Finance to the Board of Administration of the Russian- American Com- 

 pany, dated St. Petersburgh, the 18th July, 1822, as follows: 



In order that Baron Tuyll's negotiations may be facilitatefl and brousjlit to a 

 speedy conclusion, he has been fnrnished with a transcript of the Knssian-American 

 Company's views as to the Rules we could ask the Government of the American 

 United (States to observe, with a view to the niainteuance of friendly intercourse 

 without injuiy to the vast interests of our Company and those of the native inhab- 

 itants of that country. 



(/.) Page 63. The representations of the Board of i^drninistration of 

 the Russian- American Company, under No. 73 of the 11th February, 

 1824, concerning the i)ermission to foreign vessels of entering the Har- 

 bour of New Archaiigel for certain purposes, alluded to in the first 

 paragiaj)!! of the letter from the Minister of Finance (Department of 

 Manufactures and Internal Trade) to the Board of Administration of 

 the Russian-American Company, dated St. Petersburgh, the 2nd April, 

 1824; 



{(/.) Page 67. The letter from the Directors of the Russian-American 

 Company to the Minister of Finance, dated the 12th June, 182!. alluded 

 to in the first paragragh of the letter from the Minister of Finance to 

 the Board of Administration of the said Company, dated St. Peters- 

 burgh, 4th September, 1824; 



[h.) Page 71. The despatch (No. 114) of the 20th April, 1840, from 

 Captain Ivan Antonevitch Kupreianof to the Board of Administration 

 of the Russian-American Coinpany, alluded to in the first paragraph of 

 the communication from the Board of Administration of the said Com- 

 pany to the said Captain Antonevitch Kupreianof, dated St. Peters- 

 burgh, 31st March, 1840. 

 82 (i) Page 72. The despatches of the Board of Administration 



of the Russian-American Company, dated respectively the 12th 

 April and 16th November, 1851, and the 2ud April, 13th May, and 23rd 

 September, 1852, alluded to in a letter from the said Board of Admin- 

 istration to Captain Hitch Rudakof, Acting Chief Manager, dated St. 

 Petersburgh, 2()th March, 1853; 



(,/.) Page 73. The special instructions furnished the local Command- 

 ers, alluded to in the letter from the Board of Administration of the 

 Russian- American .Company to Captain Alexander Hitch Rudakof, 

 Acting Chief Manager, dated St. Petersburgh, 20th March, 1853, as 

 follows : 



. . . . Daring the detention of this vessel in the port of Ayan, its Commander 

 will place himself nnder the orders of tlie local coi ;nial aiitlu>rities in all cases of 

 emergency, or of infringement of the Comjiany's rigiils and privileges, for which 

 purpose the local Commanders are furnished with special instructions. 



(7;.) Page 75, The proposal of the Minister of Finance referred to in 

 the letter from the Department of Commerce and Manufactures to the 



