SEA ARBITRATION. 



INDEX TO BRITISH ARGUMENT. 



Part 



Alaska — 



Cession of 



United States Statutes dealing -with 



Aleutian Islands. Passes through 



Algerian coral fisheries 



Argentine Republic. Seal Fishery Regulations 



Aignnient — 



First 4 points of Article VI 



Point 5 of Article VI 



Regulations 



Damages and compensation 



Propositions maintained by Her Majesty's Governmeut in 



Scheme of -• 



Article VI— 



Conclusions established by arguments on 



Propositions maintained by Her Majesty's Government on Point 5. 



Q aestions for decision under 



Article VII of Treaty- 

 Origin of 



Regulations contemplated under 



Australian Pearl Fisheries Legislation .. 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



Bed of the sea sometimes regarded as territory 



Behring Sea — 



Area of. 



Cannot be made a close sea 



Frequented by foreigners in early years 



Not land-locked 



Open to all nations prior to 1799 



Part of the Pacific 



Regulations limited to eastern part of 



Behring Strait. Width of 



British Columbia. Winter home of the fur-seal 



" Commissioners. Regulations proposed by 



British- ^ F F J- 



Fishery legislation 



Vessels were seized outside territorial waters 



Budington, J. Deposition of, on Falkland Island. Seal Fishery Regulations. 



Canada. Fishery Act of 1886 



Cape of Good Hope. Seal fishery legislation 



Cases cited — 



Reg. V. Keyn 



Le Louis 



Coi)e». Dolierty 



Jeffreys t). Boosey 



Blain re Sawers 



llacleod v. Agent General for New South Wales 



" Carolena." Seizure of 



Cas)iian Sea. Seal fisheries in 



Cession of Alaska — 



Rights acquired by United States 



United States Statutes dealing with 



Ceylon pearl fisheries legislation 



Chile, seal fishery legislation 



Claim of United States— 



Diflerent forms in which it is presented 



To protection apart, from property 



Colombian pearl fisheries. 



Compensation — 



British claim for 



United States claim for 



160 Contentions of — 



Great Britain 



United States Government 



Conventions. Legislation by ,, ,[ 



Coral fisheries 



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