SEAL LIFE ON THK PKIBILOF ISLANDS. 335 



British case, p:iges 1 to (JO. inclusive, were made ly tin- authority of the Tinted 

 States Government. The <|iiestioii8 as to the value of the said vessels or their con- 

 tents, or either of them, and the question as to whether the vessels mentioned in 

 the schedule to the British ease, or any of them, were wholly or in ]>art the actual 

 property of the eiti/eiisof the 1'nited States have been withdrawn from and have 

 not been considered by the tribunal, it being understood that it is open to the Tnited 

 States to raise these questions or any of them, if they think tit, in any future nego- 

 tiations as to the liability of the Tinted States Government 1o pay the amount* 

 mentioned in the schedule of the British case. 



2. That the sei/.ures aforesaid, with the exception of the rathfnidi-r, seized at Neah 

 Bay, were made in Bering Sea at the distances from shore mentioned in the schedule 

 annexed hereto, marked C. 



. 3. That the said several searches and sei/.ures of vessels were made by public armed 

 vessels of the Tnited States, the commanders of which had, at the several times when 

 they were made, from the Executive Department of the Government of the United 

 States, instructions, a copy of one of which is annexed hereto, marked A, and that the 

 others were, in all substantial respects, the same; that in all the instances in which 

 proceedings were had in the district courts of the United States resulting in condem- 

 nation, such proceedings were begun by the tiling of libels, a copy of one of which 

 is annexed hereto, marked B, and that the libels in the other proceedings were in all 

 substantial respects the same ; that the alleged acts or offenses for which said several 

 searches and sei/.ures were made in each case were done or committed in Bering Sea 

 at the distances from shore aforesaid ; and that in each case in which sentence of con- 

 demnation was passed, except in those cases when the vessels were released after 

 condemnation, the sei/ure was adopted by the Government of the United States; 

 and in those cases in which the vessels were released the seizure was made by the 

 authority of the United States ; that the said fines and imprisonments were for alleged 

 breaches of the municipal laws of the United States, which alleged breaches were 

 wholly committed in Bering Sea at the distances from the shore aforesaid. 



1. That the several orders mentioned in the schedule annexed hereto and marked 

 G, warning vessels to leave or not to enter Bering Sea, were made by public armed 

 vessels of the United States, the commanders of which had, at the several times 

 when they were given, like instructions as mentioned in finding 3, and that the ves- 

 sels so warned weie engaged in sealing or prosecuting voyages for that purpose, and 

 that such action was adopted by the Government of the United States. 



5. That the district courts of the United States in which any proceedings were 

 had or taken for the purpose of condemning any vessel seized, as mentioned in the 

 schedule to the case of Great Britain, pages 1 to 60, inclusive, had all the jurisdic- 

 tion and powers of courts of admiralty, including the prize jurisdiction, but that in 

 each case the sentence pronounced by the court was based upon the grounds set 

 forth in the libel. 



ANNEX A. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OY THE SECRETARY, 



Washington, April 81, 1886. 



SIR : Referring to Department letter of this date, directing you to proceed with the 

 revenue steamer Hear, under your command, to the seal islands, etc., you are hereby 

 clothed with full power to enforce the law contained in the provisions of section 1956 

 of the United States Revised Statutes, and directed to seize all vessels and arrest and 

 deliver to the proper authorities any or all persons whom you may detect violating 

 the law referred to, after due notice shall have been given. 



You will also seize any liquors or firearms attempted to be introduced into the 

 country without proper permit, under the provisions of section 1955 of the Revised 

 Statutes, and the proclamation of the President dated February 4, 1870. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



C. S. FAIRCHILD, Acting Secretary. 

 ('apt. M. A. HKALY, 



Commanding Revenue Steamer Bear, San Francisco, CaL 



ANNEX B. 



In the district court of the United States for the District of Alaska August special 



term, 1886. 



To the Hon. LAFAYETTE DAWSON, Judge of mid District Court: 



The libel of information of M. D. Ball, attorney for the United States for the Dis- 

 trict of Alaska, who prosecutes on behalf of said United States, and being present 



