APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 563 
No. 379. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received July 9.) 
{ Telegraphic. ] 
WASHINGTON, July 9, 1890. 
In the House of Representatives to-day, on the motion of Mr. Hitt, 
the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, a Resolution 
was adopted, ‘That the President be requested to furnish the House 
with the correspondence between the Government of the United States 
wnd the Government of Great Britain touching the subjects in dispute 
in the Behring’s Sea since the 4th March, 1839.” 
No. 380. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, July 10, 1890. 
Str: I approve the note addressed by you to Mr. Blaine on the sub- 
ject of the issue of a Proclamation requesting British vessels to abstain 
from entering the Behring’s Sea during the present sealing season, of 
which a copy was inclosed in your despatch of the 27th ultimo. 
Tam, &e. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
512 No. 381. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir. J. Pauncefote. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, July 10, 1890. 
Srr: I approve the terms of the note in which you forwarded to Mr. 
Blaine the protest of Her Majesty’s Government against any further 
interference with British sealers in Behring’s Sea, as reported in your 
despatch of the 18th ultimo. 
I am, &e. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 382. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, August 2, 1890. 
Sir: I have received and laid before the Queen your despatch of the 
1st ultimo, forwarding a copy of a note from Mr. Blaine, in which he 
maintains that the United States have derived from Russia rights 
of jurisdiction over the waters of Behring’s Sea to a distance of 100 
miles from the coasts transferred to them under the Treaty of the 30th 
March, 1867. 
In replying to the arguments to the contrary effect contained in my 
despatch of the 22nd May, Mr. Blaine draws attention to certain 
expressions which I had omitted for the sake of brevity in quoting 
