768 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
It is believed that an engagement will be entered into by both Powers 
to do their best to prevent their respective subjects and citizens from 
taking part in seal hunting, with the exception of a catch of 7,500 
seals destined for the support of the Aleuts in the service of the North 
American Commercial Company. The Agreement cannot, of course, 
be signed unless Russia is prepared to adhere to it. 
8 No. 6. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
[Telegraphic. } 
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 2, 1891. 
T have to instruct you to make the following proposals to the United 
States Government with regard to a modus vivendi in Behring’s Sea: 
1. The two Governments to prohibit, up to May 1892, the killing of 
seals in Behring’s Sea or any of the islands thereof, and to insure, to 
the best of their ability, that this prohibition shall not be infringed by 
their subjects, or by vessels flying their respective flags. 
2. During the time named the United States shall have the right to 
kill 7,900 seals. 
3. An exequator will be granted by the United States Government 
to any Consul who may at any time be appointed by Her Majesty’s 
Gover nment to the islands in Behring’s Sea. 
. The above Convention shall not come into operation unless the 
eae of Kussia is given to it. 
No. 7. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received June 2.) 
. {Telegraphic.] 
WASHINGTON, June 2, 1891. 
I have received your telegram of to-day. I will lose no time in act- 
ing on your Lordship’s instructions. With reference to clause J, I beg 
to observe that the prohibition extends to the whole of Behring’s Sea, 
and I apprehend objection on the ground that the United States Gov- 
ernment is not empowered by Act of Congress to prohibit sealing 
beyond that part of it which, they contend, is, by virtue of their Treaty 
with Russia, ‘“‘ within the dominion of the United States.” 
No. 8. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
{Telegraphic. ] 
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 2, 1891. 
With reference to your despatch of the 15th April last, I have to 
request you to inform the Government of the United States that Her 
Majesty’s Government are prepared to assent to the first five points 
