CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 89 



110 The expla-uatiou was considered satisfactory. Mr. ^^ ,^,'^*'^^^°"f " 1°*^ 



Seward observing' that "the captain of tlie " Java,"i)ol\"No°'io6, p.' 

 spoke unwarrantably when by implication he denied that'-^^- 

 the liussiau authorities have the right to ]»revent foreign 

 vessels from lisliing for whales within 3 marine miles of 

 their own shore." 



In the year 1881 the liussiau Consul at Yokohama issued, 

 on behalf of the Eussiau Imperial Government, a notice, 

 of Mhich the following is a translation : 



Xoiicc. Russia notice 



of November, 



At the request of the local authorities of Behring- and other islands, q j. j, o^ts k^Vu <f 

 the undersigned hereby uotihes that tiie Russian Imperial Government Beliriuu Seas. 

 publishes, for general knowledge, the following : Ibid., p- 259. 



" 1. Without a special i)ermit or licence from tlic Governor-Ucnei'al of 

 Eastern Siberia, foreign vessels are not allowed to carry on trading, 

 hunting, lishiug, «S:c., on the Russian co.ast or islands iu the Okhotsk 

 and Behring Seas, or on the north-eastern coast of Asia, or within 

 their sea boundary line. 



•'2. For such permits or licences, foreign vessels should apply to 

 Vhidivostock exclusively. 



"3. In the port of I'etroi)aulovsk, though being the only port of 

 entry in Kamtchatka, such permits or licences shall not be issued; 



''4. Xo permits or licences whatever shall be issued for hunting, 

 fishing, or trading at or on the Couunodore and Robl)eu Islands. 



'• '}. Foreign vessels found trading, lishiug, hunting, cVc, in Russian 

 waters, without a licence or permit from the Governor-General, and 

 also those possessing a licence or permit who may infringe the existing 

 bye-laws on hunting, shall be confiscated, both vessels and cargoes, 

 for the benefit of the (iovernment. This enactment shall be enforced 

 hencet'orth, commencing witli a. r>. 1882. 



"6. The euiorcemcnt of the above will be intrusted to Russian 

 men-of-war, and also to Russian merchant-vessels, which, for that 

 purpose, will carry military detachments and be ])rovided with proper 

 instructions. 



"A. Pelikan, 

 "B. I. R. M. Consul. 



"Yokohama, Sovemher 75, 1SS1." 



The firm of Messrs. Lynde and Hougli, of San Francisco, ibid., p. 259. 

 was in 1882, and had beim for years, engaged in the I'acificnmi'LhtlFoJger, 

 coast tislieries. They yearly sent vessels to the Sea of *'«bruaiyi5.is82. 

 Okhotsk, fishing from 10 to 20 miles from shore. The atten- vol ii, Pairii," 

 tion of the firm being called to the above notice, they Avrote ^*'- ^'^• 

 to the Secretary of State of tlie United States calling 



attention thereto. 

 117 The Secretary of State (Mr. Frelinghuysen), on soth cojg., 2nd 



the 7th March, 1882, inclosed their letter, togetlier i>fo."N™'lo6, p! 

 with the regulations " touching the Paciflc coast lisheries," -■^?. 



JVlr Honiiiau to 



ashe termed them, to i\Ir. Hoffman, the United States Min-jir. i^ieiinghuy- 

 ister at St. Petersburg. Mr. Hoffman acknowledged the^ggg ^^j,^['j' -'l^ 

 recei]>t of this des])atch, in reference to what he also called '.-'eir' see Appen- 

 "our Pacific Ocean fisheries." lifNo^'is."' ^'''"* 



APPLIED ONLY TO TEKHITOHIAI, WATERS. 



Mr. Hoft'man, having made inquiry of M. de Giers, the ibid., p. -'62. 

 Eussian Foreign ^Minister, the latter, in his reply, dated^^f^. '^^g^^jj^^^f^^^" 

 the 8th (20th) May, 1882, explained that these Eegulations iiay 8 (20), iW. 

 applied only to "territorial waters of Eussia," and, in a vJl ii^ rart"n; 

 subsequent letter of the 1st (l.">th) June, quoted Article i^'^oie.' 

 5G0 of the Eussian Code, which is as follows: 



