59 DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY THE UNITED STATES ON 



NOTICE BY BRITISH AGENT. 



No. 1. 



Notice hy the British Agent, September 30, 1892. 



The Undersigued, Agent of Her Britannic Majesty, appointed to 

 attend the Tribunal of Arbitration convened iTnder tlie provisions of 

 the Treaty concluded at Washington on the 29th February, 1892, 

 between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States, has the honour, 

 by direction of Her Majesty's Government, to give notice that he 

 applies for the production by the Agent of the United States of copies 

 of the following documents, that is to say: 



1. The official Russian records, referred to at p. 42 of the Case of the 

 United States as follows: 



The official Russian records show that, after the Ukase or Charter of 1799, granting 

 to the Russian-American Company certain exclusive control of trade and coloniza- 

 tion, its authorities, actinn' under the sanction of the Russian Government, did not 

 permit foreign vessels to visit Behring Sea. 



2. The correspondence referred to at p. 45 of the Case of the United 

 States, in connection with the grant in the year 1819, by one Ricord, 

 then Commander of Kamtchatka, to one Pigott, of certain whaling 

 privileges on the coast of Eastern Siberia, as follows: 



A considerable amount of correspondence resulted, -which illustrates the complete 

 control \A liich Russia claimed and actually exercised over Behring Sea prior to 1821, 

 and how jealous she and her Chartered Company were of the intrusion of foreigners. 



3. The "explanatory note" presented on the 5th December, 1824, by 

 Baron de Tuyll to Mr. Adams, referred to in the foot-note to p. 55 of 

 the Case of the United States. 



4. Instructions given to the United States revenue cutters or cruizers 

 sent to Behring Sea annually since the year 1867, referred to at p. 81 

 of the Case of the United States as follows: 



Since the year 1867 the Treasury Department has every year, with a single excep- 

 tion, sent one or more revenue-cntters to Behring Sea for the purpose of guarding 

 the interests of the United States centered there, including the protection of fur- 

 eeals, against the infractions of tho law relating to them. 



The Undersigned, &c. 



(Signed) Charles H. Tupper, 



Agent of Her Britannic Majesty in this behalf, 



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