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Majesty to proceed to the Pribyloff Islands for the purpose of examining into the 
fur-seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea, and that the British Minister at this capital has 
requested that the necessary permission may be granted to the above-named gentle- 
men to visit and remain on the islands during the current fishing season, you are 
directed to afford Sir George Baden-Powell, M. P., and Professor George Mercer 
Dawson every facility to enable them to accomplish the object of their mission. 
Iam, &ec. 
(Signed) O. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. 
No. 108, 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received July 22.) 
DOWNING STREET, July 21, 1891. 
Sir: I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to 
transmit to you, for the information of the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy 
of a despatch from the Governor-General of Canada, reporting the 
publication of the Agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and 
the Government of the United States for a modus vivendi in relation to 
the fur-seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea. 
Iam, Wc. 
(Signed) ROBERT G. W. HERBERT. 
[Inclosure 1 in No. 108.] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
GOVERNMENT HOUuSsE, Ottawa, June 26, 1891. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inclose herewith a copy of an approved Minute of 
the Privy Council, authorizing the issue of a Proclamation giving publicity to the 
Agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and that of the United States of the 
1th instant for a modus vivendi in relation to the fur-seal fisheries in Beliring’s Sea. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) STANLEY OF PRESTON, 
67 [Inclosure 2 in No. 108.) 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his 
Hucellency the Governor-General in Council, on the 19th June, 1891. 
The Committee of the Privy Council for Canada, on the recommendation of the 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries, advise that your Excellency do cause a Proclama- 
tion to issue giving publicity to the Agreement between the Imperial Government 
and that of the United States of the 15th June instant for a modus vivendi in relation 
to the fur-seal fisheries in Behring’s Sea. 
(Signed) JOHN J. MCGEE, 
Clerk of the Privy Council. 
{Inclosure 3 in No. 108.] 
Extract from the ‘‘ Canada Gazette” of June 20, 1891. 
Proclamation. 
[L. 8.] STANLEY OF PRESTON. 
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &e. 
To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in any wise con- 
cern, greeting. 
