92 CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



venting the landin.ii' thereupon, the Commander eonchides 

 as follows: 



In view of the foregoing facts, I wonld respectfully suggest — 



1. That the Department cause to be printed in the Western papers, 

 l)articularly those of San Francisco, California, and Victoria, ISritish 

 Coluuibia, the sections of the law relating to the killing of fur-bear- 

 ing animals in Alaskan waters, and detining in specific terms what is 

 meant by Alaskan waters. 



2. That a revenue cutter be sent to cruize in the vicinity of the 

 Pribilof Islands and Aleutian Group during the sealing season. 



Senate Ex. 120 On the Gth March, 1886', Mr. Daniel Manning-, Sec- 



2na"seV.s.,"S/o'. rctaiy to the Treasury, wrote to the Collector of 



106. p. 135. Customs at San Francisco as follows : 



Th^sasuky Department, 



March 6, ISSG. 

 Seertn<«, p.m. Sir: I transmit herewith, for your information, a copy of a letter 

 addressed by the Department on the 12th March, 1881, to D. A. 

 d'Ancona, concerning the jurisdiction of the United States in the 

 waters of the Territory of Alaska, and the prevention of the killing of 

 fur seals and other fur-bearing animals within such areas, as ja-e- 

 scribed by cluipter 3, title 23, of the Revised Statutes. The attention 

 of your predecessor in office was called to this subject ou the 4th 

 April, 1881. This communication is addressed to you, inasmuch as it 

 is understood that certain parties at your port contemplate the fitting 

 out of expeditions to kill fur seals in these waters. You are requested 

 to give due publicity to such letters in order that such parties may be 

 informed of the construction placed by this Department upon the 

 provision of law referred to. 

 Yours, &c., 



(Signed) D. Manning, 



Stcreiarji. 



Blue Book, Public notice appears to have been given accordingly in 

 SaYgov'^T' the terms of the letter addressed by Mr. H. F. French to 

 vol ijAPP'''"^'''' Mr. d'Ancona. (See ante, p. 111.) 



The statement of facts in this chapter establishes — 

 That from the year 18(37 down to the year 188() the action 

 of the United States and Russia, the parties to the Treaty 

 of Cession of 1867, is consistent only with the view that 

 the rights ])ossessed by the United States and by Kussia 

 respectively in the wateis of Behring Sea were only those 

 ordinarily incident to tlie ])OSsession of the coasts of that 

 sea and the islands situated therein. 



That during that ])eriod, notwithstanding the i)resence 

 of seal-hunting craft in Behring Sea, the United States 

 authorities contined the exercise of jurisdiction to the land 

 and waters included within the ordinary territorial limits. 



121 CHAPTER VII. 



Head (G.) — Various Contentions of the United States since 

 the year 1880. 



The considerable development of pelagic sealing in the 

 Xorth Pacific which had taken i)lace in the years previous 

 to 188() liad established a very strong com])etition against 

 the Alaska Commercial Company. That Coin]»any, ]>aying 

 a considerable royalty to the United States (Jovernment 



