140 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
No. 78. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir L. West. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, October 26, 1887. 
Sir: With reference to my despatch of the 19th instant, requesting 
you to protest to the United States Government against the seizure of 
the British sealing schooner “ Alfred Adams” in Behring’s Sea, I have 
to instruct you to give the United States Secretary of State a copy of 
the Report, and inclosures, which was drawn up by Mr. Foster, the 
Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries, on the 15th ultimo. 
LT understand that this document has been communicated to you by 
the Governor-General of Canada, and a copy was inclosed in the letter 
from the Colonial Cftice of the 17th instant. 
Iam, We. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 79. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir L. West. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, October 29, 1887. 
Sir: I have received your despatch of the 14th instant, inclosing a 
note trom Mr. Bayard, in which he expresses regret that the orders of 
the President of the United States for the release of the vessels ‘ Caro- 
lina,” “Onward,” and “Thornton” should have been delayed through 
misconception, and states that renewed orders have been forwarded 
for their liberation. 
I approve your action in having forwarded a copy of this note to the 
Governor-General of Canada. 
Iam, &e. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 80. 
Sir L. West to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received October 31.) 
WASHINGTON, October 20, 1887. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inclose your Lordship herewith 
copy of a note which, upon the receipt of your Lordship’s telegram of 
the 19th, I addressed to the Secretary of State protesting against the 
seizure of the Canadian vessel “ Alfred Adams” in Behring’s Sea, and 
against the continuation of similar proceedings by the United States 
authorities on the high seas. 
I have, We. 
(Signed) L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 
