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eniDieiit, because Her Majesty's Government do not doubt that if, on 

 inquiry, it should prove to be correct, the Government of the United 

 States will, with their well-known sense of justice, admit the illegal- 

 ity of the proceedings resorted to against the British vessels and the 

 British subjects above mentioned, and will cause reasonable reparation 

 to be made for the wrongs to which they have been subjected and for 

 the losses which they have sustained." U. 8. Case, Vol. 1, App., 156. 



Under date of April 12, 1887, Mr. Bayard, writing to the British 

 minister, said: "The remoteness of the scene of the fur-seal fisheries 

 and the special peculiarities of that industry have unavoidably delayed 

 the Treasury officials in framing appropriate regulations and issuing 

 orders to United States vessels to police the Alaskan waters for the 

 protection of the far seals from indiscriminate slaughter and conse 



iugly kills, or permits to be killed, any number of seals exceeding the number for 

 each island in this chapter prescribed, such person or company shall, in addition to 

 the penalties and forfeitures herein provided, forfeit the Avhole number of skins oi 

 seals killed in that year, or, in case tbe same have been disposed of, then such per- 

 son or company shall forfeit the value of the same. 



Sko. 1969. In addition to the annual rental required to be reserved in every lease, 

 as provided in section nineteen hundred and sixty-tliree, a revenue tax or duty of 

 two dollars is laid upon each fur-seal skin taken and shipped from the islands of 

 Saint Paul and Saint George during the continuance of any lease, to be paid into 

 the Treasury of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is empowered 

 to make all needful regulations for the collection and payment of tbe same, and to 

 secure the comfort, maintenance, education, and protection of the natives of those 

 islands, and also to carry into full eftect all the iirovisions of this chapter except as 

 otherwise prescribed. 



Skc. 1970. The Secretary of the Treasury may terminate any lease given to any 

 person, company, or corporation on full and satisfactory proof of the violation of 

 any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations established by him. 



Skc. 1971. The lessees shall furnish to the several masters of vessels employed by 

 them certified copies of the lease held by them respectively, which shall be preseni.ed 

 to the Government revenue officer for the time being who may be in charge at the 

 islands as the authority of the party for landing and taking skins. 



Sec. 1972. Congress may at any time hereafter alter, amend or repeal sections from 

 1960 to 1971, both inclusive, of this chapter. 



Sec. 1973. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint one agent and 

 three assistant agents, who shall be charged with the management of the seal fish- 

 eries in Alaska, and the performance of such other duties as may be assigned to them 

 by the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Sec. 1975. Such agents shall never be interested, directly or indirectly, in any lease 

 of the right to take seals, nor in any proceeds or profits thereof, either as owner, 

 agent, partner, or otherwise. 



