144 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
125 No. 84. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to the British Commissioners to the Fisheries 
q y : 
Conference. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, November 29, 1887. 
GENTLEMEN: I transmit herewith for your information, a copy of a 
letter from the Colonial Office,* and its inclosures, calling attention 
to the value to British Columbia of the present sealing industry in 
Rehring’s Sea. 
The Executive Council of the Colony express a desire that this ques- 
tion should be included in the scope of the duties of the Fisheries Con- 
ference now sitting at Washington. 
A copy of the reply which has been returned to the Colonial Office is 
also inclosed herewith. t 
Iam, We. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 85. 
Foreign Office to Colonial Office. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, November 29, 1887. 
Sir: I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, with its inclosures, showing 
the value to British Columbia of the present sealing industry in Beh- 
ring’s Sea. 
His Lordship notes the opinion expressed in the Minute of the Execu- 
tive Council of the Colony that this question should be included in the 
scope of the duties of the Fisheries Conference now sitting at Wash- 
ington. 
{ am now to request that, in laying this letter before Secretary Sir H. 
Holland, you will state to him that copies of Lord Lansdowne’s dispatch 
of the 20th ultimo, and of its inclosures, will be forwarded to the Brit- 
ish Plenipotentiaries at the Conference. 
I am also to call attention to the instructions in regard to this sub- 
ject contained in Lord Salisbury’s dispatch of the 24th ultimo to the 
British Plenipotentiaries. ¢ 
It was then stated that “the question of the seal fisheries in the 
Behring’s Sea . . . has not been specifically included in the terms 
of reference; but you will understand that if the United States Pleni- 
potentiaries should be authorized to discuss that subject, it would 
come within the terms of the reference, and that you have full power 
and authority to treat for a settlement of the points involved in any 
manner which you may deem advisable, whether by a direct discussion 
at the present Conference or by a reference to a subsequent Conference 
to adjust that particular question.” 
Lord Salisbury would suggest, for Sir H. Holland’s consideration, 
that the substance of these instructions should be communicated to the 
Governor-General of Canada. 
lain, We. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, 
*No. 82. t No. 85. tSce “United States No. 1 (1888).” 
