832 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
64 No. 101. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir Rk. Morier. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, July 15, 1891. 
Str: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s despatch 
of the 9th instant, inclosing a copy of a note which you had addressed 
to the Russian Government on the Behring’s Sea question, and to state 
that your action, as reported in that despatch, is approved by Her 
Majesty’s Government, 
Tam, Wc. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
No. 102. 
Toreign Office to Colonial Office. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, July 15, 1891. 
Str: I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, with its inclosures relating to 
the objections entertained by the British Columbian Sealers’ Association 
to the passing of “The Seal Fishery (Behring’s Sea) Act, 1891.” 
I am to state, for Lord Knutsford’s information, that Lord Salisbury: 
concurs in the reply which it is proposed to return to Lord Stanley of 
Preston’s despatch on this subject. 
Iam, &c. 
(Signed) T. H. SANDERSON. 
No. 103. 
Sir G. Baden-Powell to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received July 16.) 
NEw York, July 5, 1891. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inform your Lordship that I have 
this day transmitted to you a telegraphic despatch, of which the follow- 
ing is a paraphrase: 
I have the honour to inform your Lordship that Iam of opinion that itis necessary 
that I should take with me in Behring’s Sea, so as to avoid delay, the permit of the 
Russian Government to visit their islands should occasion arise. 
I should be glad if this permit were forwarded to me—care of the Admiral, Esqui- 
malt—if possible, by the mail leaving England on the 7th July. 
I may add, in explanation of the above telegram, that as the Russian 
islands are as much as 2,000 miles from civilized ports, I deemed it 
advisable to carry with me the necessary permit in case I found it expe- 
dient to make inquiries on those islands in accordance with clause 6 of 
your Lordship’s letter of instructions. 
I have, we. 
(Signed) GEORGE BADEN-POWELL. 
