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quis of Salisbury, a copy of a telegram which was addressed to the 
Governor-General of Canada on the receipt of your letter, together 
with a copy of-one received this day from Lord Stanley of Preston in 
reply. 
lam, &c. 
(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
{Inclosure 1 in No. 204.—Telegraphic. ] 
Lord Knutsford to Lord Stanley of Preston. 
DOWNING STREET, August 6, 1889. 
Seizure of Black Diamond” and “Triumph.” Telegraph at once full information, 
specifying precise point where seized, and all the facts connected with these cases. 
275 [Inclosure 2 in No. 204.—Telegraphie.] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
AuGusT 7, 1889. 
Cases of “‘ Black Diamond” and ‘‘ Triumph.” 
Newspaper reports appear substantially correct, 
According to private telegram from Victoria, seizure of ‘‘Black Diamond” 70 
miles from land. I have not yet received from Ottawa official Report asked for by 
telegram, 
No. 205. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received August 9.) 
DOWNING STREET, August 9, 1889. 
Srr: With reference to your letter of the 18th April last, requesting 
to be supplied with information as to the extent to which vessels 
belonging to British Columbia were engaged in seal-hunting in Beh- 
ring’s Sea prior to 1885, I am directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit 
to you, to be laid before the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy of a despatch 
from the Governor-General of Canada, with its inclosures, upon the 
subject. 
Lord Salisbury will observe that the last sub-inclosure to this 
despatch tends to show that the shooting of seals in the open sea is 
not the wanton and wasteful destruction of seal life which it is alleged 
to be by the authorities of the United States. 
I am to request that the inclosures to the Governor-General’s 
despatch, which are forwarded in original, may be returned to this 
Department when they have been printed at the Foreign Office. 
Tam, &c. 
(Signed) HDWARD WINGFIELD. 
[Inclosure lin No. 205.j 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
New KicHMonp, P. Q., July 20, 1889. 
My Lorp: With reference to your Lordship’s despatch of the 27th April last, 
transmitting a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office requesting to be supplied 
with information as to the extent to which vessels belonging to British Columbia 
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