APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 793 
No. 49. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received June 18.) 
DOWNING STREET, June 18, 1891. 
Srr: Iam directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, for the 
information of the Marquis of Salisbury, a paraphrase of a telegram 
which was sent to the Governor-General of Canada respecting the nom- 
ination of the British members of the Commission of Experts, together 
with a paraphrase of the reply which has been received. 
Lord Knutsford presumes that Lord Salisbury will submit the names 
of Sir G. Baden-Powell and Mr. Dawson for Her Majesty’s approval. 
lam, &e. 
(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
{Inclosure 1 in No. 49.—Telegraphic.] 
Lord Knutsferd to Lord Stanley of Picsion. 
DOWNING STREET, June 16, 1891. 
Please inform me by telegraph as soon as you can of the name of Canadian expert 
to be associated with Sir George Baden-Powell. The names have to be submitted to 
Her Majesty. It is proposed that Sir G. Baden-Powell should proceed shortly to 
Ottawa to consult with your Government. 
{Inclosure 2 in No. 49.] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
GOVERNMENT House, Oltawa, June 17, 1891. 
My Lorn: I had the honour to send to your Lordship to-day a telegraphic message 
in cypher, of which the following is the substance: 
With reference to your message of yesterday’s date, Dawson, of the Geological 
Survey of Canada, is recommended by the Dominion Government. 
You could not, I think, have a better representative. 
Baden-Powell’s appointment is concurred in by the Canadian Government. 
Ihave, &c. 
(Signed) STANLEY OF PRESTON. 
30 No. 50. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir R. Morier. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 18, 1891. 
Sir: With reference to your despatch of the 10th instant, I transmit 
herewith, for your Excellency’s information, two copies of the text of 
an Agreement between this country and the United States which Sir 
J. Pauncefote has been authorized to sign for a modus vivendi in Beh- 
ring’s Sea until May 1892. 
Sir J. Pauncefote has reported, by telegraph, that this Agreement 
was signed at Washington on the 15th instant. 
As soon as the Agreement is received as signed, a copy will be for- 
warded to you for communication to the Russian Government. 
I am, &e. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
