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[Inclosure 2 in No. 253.—Telegraphic.] 
Lord Knutsford to Lord Stanley of Preston. 
DOWNING STREET, December 5, 1889. 
Hope that Colonial Government agree to proposal indicated in my despatch of 25rd 
November on the seal fishery question. Her Majesty’s Government anxious for reply 
by telegraph as soon as possible. . 
{Inclosure 3 in No. 253.] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
GOVERNMENY HOUSE, Ottawa, December 6, 1889. 
My Lorp: I had the honour to send to your Lordship to-day a telegraphic mes- 
sage, of which the following is the substance: 
“Tn reply to your telegram Privy Council, at a meeting held to-day, recommend a 
reply to be sent as follows: 
“1, Satisfactory evidence is held by Canada tbat the danger of extermination does 
not really exist. 
“2. That if United States Government holds different opinion the proposal should 
be made by them. 
“If it is deemed expedient by Her Majesty’s Government to initiate proceedings, 
Canadian authorities consent to a reopening of negotiations on the following con- 
ditions: 
“(a.) That the United States abandon its claim to consider Behring’s Sea as a mare 
clausum, and repeal all legislation seeming to support that claim. 
“(D.) "That as in the cases of the Washington Treaty 1871, the Fishery Commission 
under that Treaty and the Washington Treaty 1888, Canada shall have direct repre- 
sentation on the british Commission. 
“(e.) The approval of Canada to any conclusions arrived at shall be necessary. 
““(d.) Russia to be excluded from the negotiations in reference to compensation 
and seizures.” 
Ihave, &c., (Signed) STANLEY OF PRESTON. 
To, 254. 
Foreign Office to International Arbitration and Peace Association. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, December 11, 1889. 
GENTLEMEN: I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowl- 
edge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, in which, on behalf of 
the Committee of the International Arbitration and Peace Association, 
you call attention to the question of the seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea. 
I am to state, in reply, for the information of your Committee, that 
this matter is receiving the earnest attention of Her-Majesty’s Gov- 
ernment. 
I am, &e. (Signed) P. CURRIE. 
368 No. 255. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received December 12.) 
DOWNING STREET, December 12, 1889. 
Sir: With reference to the letter from this Department of the 24th 
October, relating to the seizure, by the United States authorities in 
Behring’s Sea, of the British schooners “ Juanita” and “ Pathfinder,” 
