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[Inclosure 2 in No, 145.—Telegraphice. ] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
AUGUST 9, 1888. 
I sent last Monday Report asked for in your Lordship’s telegram 8th August. 
No. 146. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Ofjice.—( Received August 10.) 
DOWNING STREET, August 10, 1888. 
Sir: With reference to your letter of the 3rd instant, I am directed 
by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, for the information of the Mar- 
quis of Salisbury, copies of further telegraphic correspondence with 
the Governor-General of Canada respecting the sale of the vessels 
seized in Behring’s Sea last year, and now lying at Port Townsend. 
lam, &e. 
(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
212 [Inclosure 1 in No. 146.—Telegraphice. ] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
Auausrt 4, 1888. 
With reference to my telegram of the 30th July, I am informed by the Minister of 
Fisheries that the schooners ‘‘ Dolphin,” ‘‘ Grace,” “Ada,” and ‘‘Anna Beck” will be 
sold at Port Townsend, in Washington Territory, on the 22nd August. 
Immediate intervention of Home Government, as previously asked for, is earnestly 
requested. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 146.—Telegraphie.] 
Lord Knutsford to Lord Stanley of Preston. 
DOWNING STREET, August 7, 1888. 
Ihave received your telegram of 4th August. Instructions sent 2nd August to 
Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington to ask United States Government that, pend- 
ing settlement of question of legality of seizure, sale of vessels might be postponed. 
No. 147. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received August 18.) 
DOWNING STREET, August 18, 1888, 
Str: With reference to the letter from this Department of the 10th 
instant, I am directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, to be laid 
beforethe Marquisof Salisbury, a copy of a despatch from the Governor- 
General of Canada, forwarding a Minute of his Privy Council on the 
subject of the proposal of the United States Government for the estab- 
lishment of a close time for seals in Behring’s Sea. 
In view of the explanations of the Dominion Government, which state 
very clearly the strong objections to the proposed close season, it appears 
to Lord Knutsford that it will be necessary for the United States Gov- 
ernment to make some modified proposal if the negotiations are to have 
any useful result. 
lam, &e. (Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON, 
