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No. 86. 
Mr. J. Chamberlain, M. P., to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received 
December 12.) 
WASHINGTON, November 28, 1887. 
My Lorp: I have received your Lordship’s telegram of this day’s 
date, in reply to mine of the 25th instant. 
In explanation of the circumstances which led me to address to your 
Lordship the inquiry contained in my telegram, I should state that 
Mr. Angell, one of the United States Plenipotentiaries at the Fishery 
Conference, stated to me, in the course of a private and confidential 
conversation, that an invitation had been conveyed to your Lordship, 
on behalf of the United States, to take part in an International 
126 Conference for the protection of the seal fisheries in the Beh- 
ring’s Sea, and that your Lordship had cordially accepted this 
invitation. 
I may add that the question of the seal fishery in the Behring’s Sea 
has not yet arisen for discussion at the sittings of the Conference. 
I have, &ce. 
(Signed) J. CHAMBERLAIN. 
No. 87. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received December 26.) 
DOWNING STREET, December 26, 1887. 
Str: Iam directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to 
transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy of 
a despatch from the Governor-General of Canada, forwarding revised 
claims made by the owners of the “Thornton” and ‘“‘Carolina” for losses 
sustained on account of the seizure of these vessels by a United States 
Revenue vessel in Behring’s Sea. 
The revised claim of the owners of the ‘‘Onward,” the other vessel 
seized in 1886, has not yet been received, but Lord Salisbury will know 
whether it will be advisable to wait for it before putting forward the 
“Thornton” and “Carolina” claims. 
I am to request that the inclosures in Lord Lansdowne’s despatch, 
which are sent in original, may be returned when done with. 
Iam, We. 
(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
{Inclosure 1 in No. 87.] 
The Marquis of Lansdowne to Sir H. Holland. 
GOVERNMENT HouskE, Ottawa, December 2, 1887. 
Sir: With reference to your despatch of the 14th September last on the subject of 
the seizure of British sealing-vessels in Behring’s Sea by United States Revenue 
crnizers, and directing attention to the magnitude of the claims for compensation 
preferred by the owners against the United States Government, I have the honour 
to forward herewith a copy of an approved Report of a Committee of the Privy 
Council, submitting a revised Statement of the losses sustained in the cases of the 
“Thornton” and ‘‘Carolina.” My Minister of Marine and Fisheries considers that 
the claims now made are not unreasonable. 
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