Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Olney.

British Embassy,
Washington, March 23, 1896.

Sir: With reference to your note of the 6th ultimo, suggesting that a record be kept by the masters of British sealing vessels of all female nursing seals killed in Bering Sea during the coming season, I have the honor to inform you that I have received a communication from Her Majesty’s Government stating that they are in correspondence with the Government of Canada on the subject of this proposal.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.