390 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



[Tnclosure 3 in No. 2.] 



Instructions to the United States Sevenue-ctttters and Cruizers. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, JD. C, June 4, 1867. 



Sir : You will proceed without delay to San Francisco and take charge of the 

 steamer re\ eiine-cutter "Lincoln," commanded by Captain White, which has been 

 designated to make a voyage to Sitka, and tlie Russian possessions in America, lately 

 ceded to the United States, to acquire a knowledge of the country with a view to a 

 due protection of the revenue when it shall have become a part of the United States, 

 and for the information of Congress and the people. 



The vessel will be expected to leave San Francisco as soon as possible after your 

 arrival, and will first proceed quickly to Sitka to communicate with the Russian 

 authorities, and present the letter of Baron Stoeckle, herewith inclosed. It will be 

 remembered that the couTitry is yet subject to the exclusive dominion of Russia, and 

 that until the formal transfer of it to the United States the latter can exercise no 

 control within its borders, except through the courtesy of the Russian Government. 



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After visiting Sitka, you will employ the vessel according to your best judgment to 

 eftect the purposes of the expedition between southern limits of the country and the 



westerly extremity of the Aleutian Islands. 

 64 It is not expected that you will pass to the north of those islands, though 



you are at liberty to do so if it seems best. 

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Very respectfully, 



(Signed) H. McCulloch, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Captain W. A. Howard, 



Revenue-autter Service, New York City. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



WashiiKjtoii, D. C, March 20, 1S6S. 



Sir: As soon as the revenue-steamer "Wayauda," to the command of which you 

 are ordered, shall be ready for sea, you will proceed to the Territory of Alaska for 

 the protection of those interests especially confided to you as an officer of the Rev- 

 enue Marine by the laws of the United States and Regulations of the Department, 



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You will communicate as often as possible with the officers of Customs in Alaska, 

 obtaining all information in your power as to trade, illicit and otherwise, and con- 

 vey to the Department all the knowledge possible to give regarding means for the 

 protection of the revenue, and facilitating commerce in our new territory. 



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I am, &c. 



(Signed) H. McCulloch, 



Captain J. W. White, 



liecenue-steamer " Wayanda," San Francisco, California. 



Secretary of Treasury. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, February 6, 1S69. 



Sir: You have been detailed to watch over the interests of the United States on 

 the Island of St. Paul to prevent illicit traffic and the violation of Revenue Laws, 

 with particiilar reference to the Law of the 27th July, 1868, section 6, forbidding 

 the killing of fur-seals. 



You will proceed to your post on the "W^ayanda" under the orders of the Com- 

 mander of that vessel ; a sergeant's guard will be detailed by the Military Com- 

 mander, with instructions to aid you in the execution of your duties. 



It will be your duty to see that the legal prohibition against the killing of seals 

 is rigidly enforced on that island. Any person disregarding it will be arrested, and 

 sent to the States for trial as required by law. This prohibition is designed chiefly 

 to apply to killing for trade: you are especially to prevent that, but you "will not 



