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nation proceedings should it deem such action advisable. Arequest has 

 already been made by our Government that counsel may be appointed 

 to represent our interests in similar proceedings in British Columbia. 

 I have the honor, etc., 



J. G. Carlisle, Secretary. 

 The Attorney-General. 



July 26, 1895. 



Sir: Eeferring to my letter to you of the 18th instant in relation to 

 the case of the sealing schooner Sophia Sutherland., charged with taking 

 seals during the closed season within the limits of the area of the award 

 of the Tribunal of Paris, and without the special license provided for 

 in article 4 of said award and section 3 of the act of Congress dated 

 Ax)ril 6, 1894, wherein request was made that instructions be given by 

 you to the United States attorney at San Francisco to proceed promptly 

 in said case and commence proceedings for the condemnation of the ves- 

 sel and for the statutory fine to be imposed upon the master, under sec- 

 tion 8 of the act of Congress of April 6, 1894, 1 have the honor to invite 

 your attention to the following statement concerning the schooners 

 Ferhins and Puritan : 



On Maj' 11 last the collector of customs at Port Townsend informed 

 the Department, by wire, that the schooners named, which were licensed 

 duly, had reported with ten or twelve seal skins, respectively, which 

 were taken olf Cape Flattery, a distance not exceeding 15 miles from 

 the shore, and that both schooners were owned and manned entirely 

 by Indians. The collector stated further that no log books were kept 

 on said vessels, and he recommended that the entry of the skins be 

 allowed. On the 15th of the same month the collector was instructed 

 by wire as follows: 



If cases of schooners Perkins and Puritan are not within article 8 of Paris award 

 and section 6, act of Congress April 6, 1894, report matter to district attorney for 

 proper ijroceedings nnder sections 8 and 9 of said act. 



I have to request that instructions similar to those given to the 

 United States attorney at San Francisco in the case of the seahng 

 schooner Sophia Snthcrland be given to the United States attorney for 

 the State of Washington in the cases of the schooners Terkins and 

 Puritan, and that he be impressed with the necessity for speedy action 

 in the premises. 



Respectfully, yours, 



S. WiKE, Acting Secretary. 

 The Attorney-General. 



September 7, 1895. 



Sir: I have the honor to inform you that sealing vessels returning 

 from the seal fisheries are beginning to arrive at United States and 

 British Columbian ports. 



In view of this fact, I would ask whether the British Government has 

 as yet replied to the request of our Government to be permitted to send 

 experts to British Columbian i)orts to inspect the official logs and 

 to examine all seal skins landed as to sex. Inasmuch, also, as several 

 American vessels and at least one British vessel have been seized this 

 season for violation of the award of the Paris Tribunal, I desire to be 

 informed whether or not the British Government has consented to the 



