APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. A455 
After some further discussion, in which Mr. Tupper took part, Mr. 
Blaine agreed to furnish extracts from the evidence already published 
by his Government, on which they relied as establishing the case for a 
close season, and it was arranged that the first meeting of the nego- 
tiators should take place at the State Department on Monday, the 3rd 
instant, at 11 o’clock. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
No. 396, 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received March 17.) 
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1890. 
My Lorp: With reference to my despatch of the 26th December, I 
have the honour to enclose an extract from the “* Washington Post,” in 
which it is stated that the North American Commercial Company of 
New York and San Francisco have been granted a lease for taking fur 
seals upon the Islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska, for a period 
of twenty years from the 1st May next. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
{Inclosure in No. 306.] 
Extract from the ‘* Washington Post” of March 1, 1890. 
ALASKA FISHERIES LEASE.—Secretary Windom has directed a lease to be made 
with the North American Commercial Company of New York and San Francisco, I. 
Liebes, President, for the exclusive privilege of taking fur seals upon the Islands of 
St. Paul and St. George, Alaska, for a period of twenty years from the Ist May next. 
The following are the names of the Directors of the North American Commercial 
Company: Lloyd Trevis, Henry Cowell, Mathias Meyer, and Isaacs Liebes, all of 
San Francisco, and Albert Miller, of Oakland, California. Mr. David O. Mills, of 
New York, is a Director of the Company. Its capital stock is 2,000,000 dollars. 
The annual revenue to the Government under this lease on the basis of 100,000 
seals per annum will be about 1,000,000 dollars, as against about 300,000 dollars 
under the present lease to the Alaska Commercial Company. 
No. 307. 
Sir J. Pauncefote vo the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received March 17.) 
WASHINGTON, March 7, 1890. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your 
Lordship’s despatch of the 12th ultimo, in which you request me to 
bear in mind that all proposals from the United States Government for 
the settlement of the Behring’s Sea should be received by me ad refer- 
endum, and I beg to state that I shall strictly adhere to your Lordship’s 
instructions. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
