244 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
220 INO. ple 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir L. West. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, September 1, 1888. 
Sir: With reference to your despatch of the 16th ultimo, I transmit 
herewith a copy of a letter from the Colonial Oftice,* inclosing copies 
of two despatches from Lord Stanley of Preston to the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies relative to the proposed sale of four of the British 
vessels seized when engaged in seal-fishing last year in Behring’s Sea. 
Before taking any further action with regard to these seizures by the 
American authorities, [ request that you will inform me when the 
appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the 
“W, P. Sayward” is likely to come on, and to report generally on the 
progress of the case. 
Lam, We. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 152. 
Foreign Office to Colonial Office. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, September 1, 1888. 
Str: I have laid before the Marquis of Salisbury your letter of the 
18th ultimo inclosing conies of two despatches from the Governor-Gen- 
eral of Canada on the subject of the legal proceedings pending before 
the United States Courts with regard to the British vessels seized by 
the American authorities when engaged in seal-fishing in Behring’s Sea, 
and the claims for damages raised by the owners of the vessels. 
I am to request that you will state to Secretary Lord Knutsford, in 
reply, that before taking any action on the Minute of the Canadian 
Government inclosed with Lord Stanley’s despatch of the 26th July, 
1885, Lord Salisbury has instructed Her Majesty’s Minister at Wash- 
ington to state when the appeal to the Supreme Court of the United 
States in the case of the “W. P. Sayward” is likely to come on, and to 
report generally on the progress of the case. 
Tam, Sc. 
(Signed) P. CURRIE 
No. 153. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir L. West. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, September 3, 1888. 
Str: With reference to my despatch of the 16th April last, relative 
to the proposals received from the Government of the United States for 
concerted action on the part of the Powers interested in the matter, 
with a view to the establishment of a close season for the preservation 
of the fur seals resorting to Behring’s Sea, I have to inform you that I 
have recently had a long conversation with Mr. Phelps on the subject. 
No, 148, 
