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No. 139. 
Mr. Phelps to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received July 30.) 
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 
London, July 28, 1888. 
My Lorp: I beg to recall your Lordship’s attention to the subject 
of the proposed Convention between the Governments of the United 
States, Great Britain, and Russia for the protection of the seal fisheries 
in Behring’s Sea. <A considerable time has now elapsed since the last 
conversation I had the honour to have with your Lordship in regard to 
it, when it was musally, believed that an early agreement might be 
arrived at. 
I am sure your Lordship will concur with me in conceiving it to be 
for the interest of all parties that a conclusion should be reached as 
soon as possible. And my Government instructs me respectfully to 
urge upon Her Majesty’s Government the propriety, under existing 
ircumstances, of immediate action. 
I understand the Russian Government to be prepared to concur in 
the proposed Convention as soon as the other Governments concerned 
are ready to assent to it. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) E. J. PHELPS. 
No. 140. 
Colonial Office to Forcign Office.—( Received August 1.) 
DOWNING STREET, August 1, 1888. 
Srr: Iam directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, to be laid 
before the Marquis of Salisbury, a telegram received from the Governor- 
General of Canada respecting the proposed sale by the United States 
authorities of the sealing-vessels “Anna Beck,” “ Dolphin,” “Grace,” 
and “Ada,” seized last year in Behring’s Sea. 
Lord Salisbury will observe that the Government of Canada urge 
that the United States Government may be requested by Her M ajesty’s 
Government to postpone the sale of the condemned vessels pending the 
settlement of the question as to the legality of their seizure. 
Lord Knutsford trusts that Lord Salisbury will, as soon as practica- 
ble, make such communication as may be proper to the United States 
Government with a view to give effect to the wishes of the Dominion 
Government. 
It will be seen that the matter is urgent. 
Jam, We. 
(Signed) JOUN BRAMSTON. 
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Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
JULY 380, 1888. 
The sealing-schooners “ Anna Beck,” ‘‘Dolphin,” “Grace,” and ‘“ Ada,” which 
were seized in 1887 in the Behring’s s Sea, are now being removed to Port Tow nsend, 
Puget Sound, from Sitka, in order to be sold by the United States Marshal of Alaska. 
