914 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
No. 196. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Sir J. Pauncefote. 
[Telegraphice. ] 
FOREIGN OFFICE, December 30, 1891, 
Behring’s Sea. 
I have been asked by Sir G. Baden-Powell to ascertain whether any 
date can be fixed for the meeting of the Joint Commission. 
He is ready to start on the 6th January if necessary. 
Noi Si. 7: 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received January 4.) 
[ Telegraphic.] 
WASHINGTON, January 2, 1892. 
With reference to your Lordship’s telegram of the 30th ultimo, rela- 
tive to the Behring’s Sea Joint Commission, Mr. Blaine has no objec- 
tion to its meeting at the earliest date which may be permitted by the 
other public duties of the American Commissioners. What that date 
will be he hopes to be in a position to inform me on the 4th instant. 
No. 198. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received January 4, 1892.) 
WASHINGTON, December 23, 1891. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inclose herewith Census Bulletin No. 
123 relative to the fishing industry of the United States connected with 
marine mammalia.* 
The business pursued by the Alaska Commercial Company is not 
given in the Report. 
Exclusive of the operations of this Company, it appears that the 
capital invested in the fur-seal and sea-otter fishery in 1889 was 152,757 
dollars; the value of the products landed in the same industry 
137 was 124,983 dollars; the number of persons engaged, 422. Of 
the fur-seal and otter fleet, 11 vessels hailed from San Francisco, 
7 from Port Townsend, Washington; 1 from Santa Barbara, California; 
and 1 from Salem, Massachusetts. 
Of the employés, 285 were natives of the United States, 5 of Canada, 
18 of Great Britain, 29 of Japan, and 51 of Norway and Sweden. 
The number of the fur-seal skins taken was 228. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
* Not printed. 
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