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To the Senate of the United
States:
I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of May 25,
1897, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of
correspondence of record in the Department of State touching the
protection of fur seals in Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean.
William McKinley.
Executive
Mansion,
Washington, December 18,
1897.
The President:
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution passed in
the Senate of the United States May 25, 1897, requesting the
President, “if in his opinion it is not incompatible with the public
interests, to send to the Senate the correspondence in the
Departments of State and of the Treasury, not heretofore printed,
relating to the fur seals in Bering Sea and the North Pacific
Ocean,” has the honor to lay before the President, to the end that
they may, if not incompatible with his judgment, be transmitted to
the Senate, copies of the correspondence of record in the Department
of State relative to the fur seals in Bering Sea and the North
Pacific Ocean.
Under date of the 6th instant the Secretary of the Treasury replied
as follows:
Acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 2d ultimo,
wherein, referring to Senate resolution of May 25 ultimo, by
which the President is requested to transmit to the Senate
copies of correspondence in the Treasury and State
Departments relative to fur seals in Bering Sea and the
North Pacific Ocean, you suggest, to avoid duplication, that
this Department transmit you copies of such correspondence
as it may have pertinent to the subject of said resolution,
I have the honor to inform you that there is no
correspondence in this Department on the subject of said
resolution except that had with your Department, the
originals of which are in your possession.
Respectfully submitted.
John Sherman
.
Department of
State,
Washington,
December 17, 1897.
