358 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
323 No. 235. 
Foreign Office to Colonial Office. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, October 15, 1889. 
Sir: Iam directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, forwarding copy of a letter and 
inclosures from Mr. T. A. Clarke relative to the seizure of British seal- 
ing-vessels in Belhring’s Sea, with special mention of the case of the 
“ Juanita,” and asking what reply should, in Lord Salisbury’s opinion, 
be returned to Mr. Clarke. 
I am directed by his Lordship to suggest that the answer should be 
to the effect that the question is at present under discussion between 
the two Governments, and that Sir J. Pauncefote, who is now on his way 
out, will at once enter upon the subject on his arrival at Washington. 
Iam, &e. 
(Signed) T. H. SANDERSON. 
No. 236. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received October 25.) 
DOWNING StREET, October 24, 1889. 
Sir: With reference to the letter from this Department of the 5th 
instant, 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 Gov- 
ernor-General of Canada, inclosing an approved Minute of his Privy 
Council, with copy of Resolutions passed at a meeting of the citizens of 
Victoria, British Columbia, on the 31st August last, respecting the sei- 
zure of British sealing-vessels in Behring’s Sea. 
Lord Knutsford proposes to reply to the Governor-General, with the 
concurrence of Lord Salisbury, in terms similar to those suggested as 
a reply to Mr. Clarke in your letter of the 15th instant. 
Iam, We. 
(Signed) Rh. H. MEADE. 
[Inclosure 1 in No. 236.] 
Deputy Governor Sir W. Ritchie to Lord Knutsford. 
OTTawa, Seplember 19, 1889. 
My Lorn: I have the honour to forward herewith a copy of an approved Minute 
of the Privy Council, submitting a copy of the Resolutions passed at a meeting of 
the citizens of Victoria, British Columbia, on the 31st August, respecting the seizures 
of British sealing-vessels in Behring’s Sea. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) W. J. RITCHIE. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 236.] 
Report of a Committee of the TTonourable the Privy Council, approved by his Excellency 
the Governor-General in Council, on the 14th September, 1889. 
On a Report, dated the 11th September, 1889, from the Minister of Marine and 
Fisheries, submitting a copy of the Resolutions passed at a meeting of the citizens 
of Victoria, British Columbia, on the 31st August, having reference to the Behring’s 
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