250 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
No. 162. 
Foreign Office to Colonial Office. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, October 13, 1888. 
Str: With reference to my letter of the 10th instant, I am directed 
by the Marquis of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a despatch 
from Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington,* inclosing a note from Mr. 
Bayard, requesting a decision as to the disposition of mth four sealing- 
schooners “Grace,” “ Dolphin,” “Anna Beck,” and “Ada.” 
Iam to request you to move Lord Knutsford to cause Lord Salisbury 
to be informed what reply should be returned as to the “Ada.” 
Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington has been already commupni- 
cated with by telegraph in regard to the other three vessels, as you 
were informed in my letter above referred to. 
Jam, Xe. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE 
No. 163. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received October 22. 
DOWNING STREET, October 20, 1888. 
Sir: I am directed by Lord Knutsford to acknowledge the receipt of 
your letter of the 11th instant, inclosing a copy of a despatch from 
Her Majesty’s Minister at W ashington,t stating that the appeal in the 
case of the “W. P. Sayward” has not yet been docketed i in the Supreme 
Court of the United States. 
In your letter of the Ist ultimo, it was stated that before taking any 
action on the Minute of the Canadian Government, inclosed in the 
despatch from Lord Stanley of Preston of the 26th July last, Lord 
Salisbury had instructed Her Majesty’s Minister at Washington to 
state when the appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of the * W. P. 
Sayward” was likely to come on, and to report generally on the prog- 
ress of the case. 
As it appears from the answer now received from Sir L. West that 
there is likely to be considerable delay in this case, Lord Knutsford 
would be glad to be informed whether, in Lord Salisbury’s opinion, 
action should not now be taken on the Minute of the Canadian Privy 
Council referred to. 
Iam, Xce., 
(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON 
22 No. 164. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Offiee.—( Received October 26.) 
DOWNING STREET, October 25, 1888. 
Sir: With reference to the letter from this Department of the 8th 
instant respecting the bonding of certain vessels seized last year in 
Behring’s Sea, I am direc ted by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, 
* No. 161. t No. 156. 
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