APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 919 
No. 210. 
The Behring’s Sea Commissioners to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received 
February 11.) 
OTTAWA, January 29, 1892. 
My Lorp: We have the honour to Pernomledce the receipt of your 
Lordship’s despatch of the 15th instant, inclosing the Queen’s Commis- 
sion under the Sign Manual appointing us to be Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Commission 
Agreement of the 18th December, 1891, between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment and that of the United States. 
We are not aware whether the United States Commissioners have as 
yet been appointed, but we were informed on the 28th instant by Sir 
Julian Pauncefote that Mr. Blaine agrees to the meeting of the Joint 
Commission on the 1st February. 
We are therefore proceeding at once to Washington, where we will 
endeavour to the best of our ability to carry out the instructions 
embodied in your Lordship’s despatch under acknowledgment. 
We have, Se. 
(Signed) GEORGE BADEN-POWELL. 
GEORGE M. DAWSON. 
No. 211. 
The Behring’s Sea Commissioners to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received 
February 11.) 
WASHINGTON, February 1, 1892. 
My Lorp: We have the honour to report that we arrived here on 
the evening of Sunday, the 3lst January. 
We called on Sir Julian Pauncefote the same evening, and he cour- 
teously arranged for an interview with the Secretary of State on Mon- 
day, the 1st February. 
This morning Sir J. Pauncefote formally introduced us to Mr. Blaine, 
who told us that he would at once make the necessary arrangements 
for us to meet our fellow Commissioners, but he did not anticipate that 
a meeting could take place before Wednesday, the 3rd instant. 
We took the opportunity of explaining that we were fully prepared 
to commence work to-day. 
We have, &e. 
(Signed) GEORGE BADEN-POWELL. 
GEORGE M. DAwson. 
141 No. 212, 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received February 15.) 
[Extract.] 
WASHINGTON, February 4, 1892. 
As I had the honour to report in my despatch of the 29th ultimo, I 
informed Mr. Blaine, in a note dated the 21st ultimo, that Her Majesty’s 
Government had accepted his proposal, that the three foreign members 
of the Behring’s Sea Arbitration Tribunal should be chosen by France, 
Italy, and Sweden. 
