No. 36.
Mr. Lothrop to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of the United States,
St. Petersburg, February 22, 1888. (Received March 12.)
No. 161.]St. Petersburg, February 22, 1888. (Received March 12.)
Sir: Your dispatch, No. 110, relative to the protection of fur-bearing seals in the Behring Sea, has just reached me, and I have lost no time in making known to the imperial Government your wishes respecting the co-operation of the Russian ambassador in London with Mr. Phelps on this subject.
Very truly, etc.,
Geo. V. N.
Lothrop.