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No. 267. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received January 6, 1890.) 
WASHINGTON, December 26, 1889, 
My Lorp: I[ have the honour to report that I called on Mr. Blaine 
this morning on his return from New York, where he has been during 
the past week, and renewed the discussion as to the question of compen- 
sation for the seizures in Behring’s Sea. 
In the course of the conversation he informed. me that, on further 
consideration, he had decided to reply to my protest in order to place 
on record before the world the precise grounds on which the United 
States Government justify the seizure of the Canadian vessels, so that 
any compensation which may be granted may not be interpreted as an 
admission of wrong. 
He begged ine, at the same time, to assure your Lordship that the 
proposed negotiations would not be embarrassed in any way by his 
reply, and that he would send it in afew days. 
I will telegraph the substance of his note to your Lordship as soon 
as I shall have received it, and I propose to suspend further action 
pending its receipt. 
I have, We. 
(Signed) J. PAUNCEFOTE, 
383 No. 268. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury. —(Received January 6, 1890.) 
WASHINGTON, December 26, 1889. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to transmit herewith an extract from 
the ‘‘ Washington Post,” on the subject of an advertisement which has 
just been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, inviting proposals 
for the privilege of taking fur-seals upon the Islands of St. Paul and 
St. George, Alaska, for the term of twenty years from the lst May next. 
As your Lordship will observe, the number of seals to be taken 
during the year ending May 1891 will be limited to 60,000, and for the 
succeeding years the number will be determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) J. PAUNCEFOTE. 
{Inclosure in No. 268.] 
Extract from the ‘‘Washington Post” of December 25, 1889. 
THE SEAL ISLAND CONTRACT.—Secretary Windom yesterday afternoon issued the 
following advertisement, inviting proposals for the privilege of taking fur-seals 
upon the Islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska: 
“The Secretary of the Treasury will receive proposals until 12 o’clock, noon, on 
the 23rd day of January, 1890, for the exclusive rigkt to take fur-seals upon the 
Islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska, for the term of twenty years from the 
oe day of May, 1890, agreeably to the provisions of the Statutes of the United 
tates. 
“Tn addition to the specific requirements of the said Statutes the successful bidder 
will be required to provide a suitable building for a public school on each island 
