AWARD AND DECLARATIONS. 



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mentioued and described schooner or vessel may be cited in general and special to 

 answer the premises, and all dne proceedings being had, that the said schooner or 

 vessel, her tackle, api)arel, boats, cargo, and furniture may, for the cause aforesaid, 

 and others appearingv be condemned by the definite sentence and decree of this hon- 

 orable Court, as forfeited to the use of the said United States, according to the form 

 of tlie statute of the said United States in such cases made and jn-ovided. 



(Signed) M. D. Ball, 



United Stales District Attorne>i for the District of Alaska. 



Anxex C. 



The following table shows the names of the British sealing vessels seized or 

 warned by United States revenue cruisers, 1886-1890, and the approximate distance 

 from land when seized. The distances assigned in the cases of the Carolena, Thorn- 

 ton, end Onward are on the authority of United States Naval Commander Abbey. 

 (See Fiftieth Congress, second session, Senate Executive Document No. 106, pp. 

 20, 30, 40.) The distances assigned in the cases of the Anna Beck, W. P. Sayward, 

 Dolphin, and Grace are on the authority of Captain Shepard, U. S. R. M. {Blue Book, 

 United States, No. 2, 1890, pp. 80-82. See Appendix, Vol. Ill) : 



Kame of vessel. 



Date of 



seizure. 



Approximate distance from land when seized. 



United States 



vessel malving 



seizure. 



Carolena Aug. 1,1880 



Thornton Ang. 1,1886 



Onward Aug. 2,1880 



Favourite i Aug. 2.1886 



Anna Beck I July 2, 1887 



'W. P. Sayward l July 9, 1887 



Dolphin I July 12,1887 



Grace I July 17,1887 



Alfred Adams 



Ada 



Triumph 



Jiianita 



Pathtinder 



Triumph 



Aug. 10, 1887 

 Aug. 25, 1887 

 Aug. 4,1887 

 July 31, 1889 

 July 29, 1889 

 July 11, 1889 



Black Diamond July 11, 1889 



Lil V Aug. 0, 1889 



Ariel ! July 30,1880 



Kate Aug. 13, 1889 



Jtlinnie i July 15,1889 



Pathfinder Mar. 27,1890 



.J miles Corwiu. 



70 miles Corwic. 



115 miles Corwiu. 



Warned by Corwin in about same jjosition as 

 Onward.' 



60 miles Rush. 



59 miles Eush. 



40 miles Rush. 



96 miles Rush. 



62 miles Eush. 



15 miles Bear. 



Warned by Eush not to enter Bering Sea. 



66 miles Eush 



50 miles Eush. 



Ordered out of Bering Sea by Eush. (?) As 

 to position when warned. 



35 miles 



66 miles 



Ordered out of Bering Sea bj* Rush. 



Ditto " 



05 miles 



Seized In Neah Bay (') 



Rush. 

 Ru.sh. 



Rush. 

 Corwiu. 



('iKeah Bay is in the State of Wa.shington, and the Pathfinder was seized there on charges made 

 against her in the Bering Sea in the previous year. She w.is releisod two days later. 



And whereas the Goveniineiit of Her Britamiic Majesty did ask the 

 said Arbitrators to find the said facts as set forth in' the said state- 

 ment, and whereas the Agent and Counsel for tlie United States Gov- 

 ernment thereupon in our presence informed us that tlie said statement 

 of facts was sustained by the evidence, and that they had agreed with 

 the Agent and Counsel for Her Britannic Majesty that We, the Arbi- 

 trators, if we should think fit so to do, might find the said statement of 

 facts to be true. 



Now, We, the said Arbitrators, do unanimously find the facts as set 

 forth in the said statement to be true. 



And whereas each and every question which has been considered by 

 the Tribunal has been determined by a majority of all the Arbitrators; 



