918 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
No. 207. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received February 8.) 
[Telegraphic.] 
WASHINGTON, February 8, 1892. 
I forwarded, by bag, on the 5th instant, for your Lordship’s approval, 
a draft Behring’s Sea Arbitration Convention which has been proposed 
by Mr. Blaine. The Joint Commission is embodied in it, and Mr. 
Blaine insists that the proceedings of the Joint Commissioners shall 
be informal until it is signed. After much delay, they meet to-day for 
the first time. A modus vivendi during the next fishery season is 
pressed for by Mr. Blaine, and he hopes that Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment will be prepared to put into force any Regulations which may be 
recommended by the Joint Commission for immediate application. 
No. 208. 
Behring’s Sea Commissioners to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received 
February 10.) 
[Telegraphic.] 
WASHINGTON, February 9, 1892. 
We beg to report, for your Lordship’s information, that we have 
commenced to hold meetings of an informal nature with the American 
Commissioners, clearing the ground where possible, but until the 
140 Arbitration Convention is signed we have decided that it is not 
expedient to commence formal work, or exhibit any of the con- 
clusions at which we have arrived. 
No. 209. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received February 10.) 
[Extract.] 
DOWNING STREET, February 10, 1892. 
I am directed by Lord Knutsford to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter of the 9th instant, inclosing paraphrase of a telegram from Her 
Majesty’s Minister at Washington respecting the Behring’s Sea nego- 
tiations. 
Lord Knutsford desires me to state that he thinks it desirable, if the 
Marquis of Salisbury sees no objection, to consult the Canadian Govern- 
ment as to the proposals for a renewal of the modus vivendi, and the 
enforcement of such Regulations as the Joint Commission may recom- 
mend for immediate application. 
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