438 INDEX OF COUNTER CASE. 



Page. 



Hunters. (/See Pelagic sealing.) 



Inconsistencies in Report 63 



Indian hunters. (See Pelagic sealing.) 



Indian tribes, property interests of, in seals, advanced by Report 101 



Independent pelagic seal herds 109 



Intermingling of seal herds in Bering Sea 48 



Interchange of seals between Pribilof and Commander Islands 4g 



International cooperation : 



Apparently assented to by Lord Salisbury 9 



Invited by Mr. Bayard 9, 10 



United States sought 13 



International law, growth of 35 



Inspector's count. (See Counting of skins.) 



Investigations by British Commissioners 45 



Improvements in methods : 



At sea suggested 123 



Increased licenses for steam vessels of no avail 124 



Licenses for hunters proposed 123 



On Pribilof Islands suggested in Report 122 



Prohibiting use of rifle 123 



Island count. (See Counting of skins.) 



Issues : 



The true 7,33 



Statement of, by Mr. Blaine ...10,11 



United States' views of 12, 33 



Jackson, C. H. : 



A questionable authority 55 



On promiscuous nursing of pups .' 55 



Joint Commission. (See Bering Sea Commission.) 



Jurisdiction: 



Distinction between exclusive, and right to protect seals 7, 19 



(See also Bering Sea, control exercised over.) 



Over Bering Sea , 7 



" seals can be protected without 10,19 



Of Tribunal of Arbitration as to regulations 121 



Jurisdictional controversy : 



Always incidental to other issues 8 



Final observations upon 30 



Not the true issue 33 



Origin of 8 



When entered upon by United States 13 



Killing : 



Methods of. (See Management.) 



Excessive, alleged 65 



" (See also Management.) 



Indiscriminate, prior to 1847 cause of early decrease 72 



Lampson & Co. (See Frauds.) 



Lessees of Pribilof Islands: 



Alleged recognition of decrease by 76 



Licenses apply to only half number of hunters 123 



For hunters 123 



" steam vessels proposed 124 



Liability. (See Damages.) 



