464 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
He informed me that the Canadian Government objected to my pro- 
posed draft of a Convention for the settlement of the Behring’s Sea 
question in so far as it admitted the necessity of a close season, and 
provided, although provisionally, for the exclusion of sealers within a 
certain radius round the breeding islands. 
I understand that the principal objection of the Canadian Government 
to the radius clause is that it would practically have the effect of an 
admission that it was necessary for the preservation of the fur-seal spe- 
cies; and they maintain the position that no interference with pelagic 
sealing is nece sary for the purpose in view. 
I am anxious that the proposal of Her Majesty’s Government should 
be practical and liberal, and such as will commend itself to the sense 
of justice and impartiality of all other nations. On the other hand, I 
need hardly say how anxious [ am to give the utmost effect to the views 
and wishes of the Dominion Government in this negotiation. I have 
therefore prepared anew draft Convention, of which I inclose copy, and 
in which I have followed, as closely as is consistent with the views 
above expressed, the lines indicated by the Canadian Government. 
I am sending a copy of the new draft this day to Lord Stanley, 
together with a copy of this despatch. 
In the meanwhile, I should be grateful if your Lordship would inform 
me by telegram whether you concur in the views I have expressed and 
approve of the new draft which I have prepared, or whether you desire 
that I should adopt the first draft as amended by the Dominion Govern- 
ment, as the counter-proposal of Her Majesty’s Government. 
(For draft Convention as proposed to United States Government, see 
Inclosure 2 in No, 326.) 
No. 321. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received April 25.) 
WASHINGTON, April 15, 1890. 
My Lorp: With reference to my despatch of the 21st ultimo, I have 
the honour to inclose herewith copies of the correspondence relating to 
the fur-seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea, which I have just received 
494 from Mr. Blaine, and which consists of the evidence furnished 
by experts and officers of the United States, and the counter- 
evidence furnished in reply thereto by Mr. Tupper, on the question of 
the extermination of the fur-seal species by the killing of seals in the 
open sea. 
Lhave, &e. (Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, 
{Inclosure in No. 321.] 
CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FUR-SEAL FISHERIES IN BEHRING’S SEA. 
Mr. Blaine to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 1, 1890 
My Dear Sir JULIAN: I have extracted from official documents and appended 
hereto a large mass of evidence, given under oath by professional experts and offi- 
cers of the United States, touching the subject upon which you desired further 
proof, namely, that the killing of seals in the open sea tends certainly and rapidly 
to the extermination of the species. If further evidence is desired, it can be readily 
furnished. 
Ihave, &c. (Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE. 
