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hand and certain; but he can no longer hold back, in furtherance of a vague hope, 
to the detriment of the legitimate interests of the Government and citizens of the 
United States. 
Iam, therefore, directed by the President to inform you that orders have been 
given to the revenue-steamer “Rush” to proceed to the sealing islands. 
Another revenue-steamer, the ‘‘ Corwin,” is at San Francisco, nearly ready to sail, 
and will very shortly put to sea. Should an Agreement be rez ached before her depar t- 
ure, appropriate orders may still be sent by her to the islands. I mention 
12 this, in order that you may comprehend how fully this Government desires to 
effect an arrangement for this season, and that you may realize how each day’s 
delay lessens the ability of Her Majesty’s Government to effectively co-operate with 
regard to British subjects, and tends to destroy the practical utility of an Agree- 
ment to limit the seal catch. 
Ihave, &c, 
(Signed) ALVEY A. ADEE, Acting Secretary. 
{Inclosure 2 in No. 17.] 
Sir J. Pauncefote to Mr. Adee. 
WASHINGTON, May 27, 1891, 
Sir: I have the hononr to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday’s 
date, and to inform you that I have communicated the substance of its contents to 
the Marquis of § Salisbury by telegram. I feel assured that his Lordship will greatly 
regret any inconvenience which may be caused to your Government by the imprac- 
ticability of returning an immediate reply to the proposal contained in Mr. Blaine’s 
note to me of the 4th instant. 
Lord Salisbury, as I had the honour to state to you verbally, is using the utmost 
expedition, but the lateness of the proposal and the conditions attached to it have 
given rise to grave difficulties, as to which his Lordship has necessarily been in com- 
munication with the Canadian Government. His reply, however, may now arrive 
at any moment. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
No. 18 
Colonial Office to oreign Office.—( Received June 8.) 
DOWNING STREET, June 8, 1891. 
Str: Iam directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, to beJaid 
before the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy of a letter from the Acting 
High Commissioner for Canada, forwarding copy of a telegram from 
the British Columbian Board of Tr ade, protesting against the proposed 
prohibition of sealing in Behring’s Sea this season. 
Lord Knutsford proposes, with Lord Salisbury’s coneurrence, to 
inform the Acting High Commissioner, in reply, that, as the total ces- 
sation of sealing in Behring’s Sea will greatly enhance the price of the 
produce of the coast fishery, Her Majesty’s Government do not antici- 
pate that British sealers will suffer to any great extent by exclusion 
from Behring’s Sea; but that they will be prepared to consider any 
case in which it is clearly established that loss has been suffered by a 
British subject through the enforcement of the prohibition. 
J am, &c. 
(Signed) R. H. MEADE. 
