134 REPORT BY MR. J. M. MACOUN ON OBSERVATIONS MADE 

 BY HIM IN 1892, PARTICULARLY UPON THE PRIBYLOFF 

 ISLANDS. 



No. 1. 



Tlie Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Maconn.* 



Foreign Office, May 13, 1892. 



Sir: T have to inform you that you have been selected by Her Maj- 

 esty's Government to proceed to the Pribyloff Islands during the pres- 

 ent sealing season for the i)ur])ose of making further observations and 

 inquiries upon points on which information is required for the prepara- 

 tion of the British Case in the Behring Sea Arbitration. 



Application has been made to the United States Government for per- 

 mission to you to visit and reside upon the Seal Islands, as stipulated 

 in Article IV of the Convention signed at Washington on the 18th 

 April, of which a copy is inclosed herewith, for your information. 



A letter of permission for this i)urpose, addressed to the United States 

 authorities on the islands, has been delivered to Her Majesty's Minister 

 at Washington, and by him forwarded to the Governor-General of Can- 

 ada, from whom you will receive it. You will also receive from him 

 instructions as to your movements and proceedings, the payment of 

 your expenses while emjjloyed on this duty (which will be defrayed by 

 the Government of the Dominion), the points to which your inquiries 

 and observations should be directed, and the transmission of your 

 Reports to hira. 



You will pay particular attention to any suggestions or requests 

 which you may receive from Sir G. Baden-Powell and Dr. Dawson, Her 

 Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the conditions of seal life in 

 Behring Sea, and will forward to them any information which they may 

 require, either directly or through the Governor-General as may be 

 deemed most convenient. 



Arrangements are being made for your conveyance to the Seal Islands 

 on board one of Her Majesty's ships, but upon this point you will receive 

 detailed information from the Governor-General. 

 I am, &c. 



(Signed) Salisbury. 



* In extension of short instructions sent to Canada, April 9, 1892. 



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