No. 2.
Mr. McLane to Mr. Bayard
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Paris , October 22, 1887. (Received November 11.)
Sir: Referring to your No. 256, of August 19, instructing Mr. Vignaud to draw the attention of the French Government to the necessity of taking steps for the better protection of the fur-seal fisheries in Behring Sea with a view of obtaining its co-operation with the United States in measures intended to reach that end, I have to state that Mr. Flourens [Page 1825] is willing to consider favorably any project of international arrangement you may be disposed to submit concerning the matter.
I inclose herewith a translation of a note received from Mr. Flourens which explains his view. The note of September 17, to which he refers, is simply an acknowledgment.
I have, etc.,