398 APPENDIX TO COUNTER- CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



tion 1955 of the Revised Statutes, and the Proclamation of the President dated the 

 4th February, 1870. 



A copy of said Proclamation is inclosed. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) William Windom, Secretary. 



Captain C. L. Hooper, 



Commanding Bevenue-steamer "Corwin," San Francisco, California. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Waahiuyton, D. C, August 9, 1881. 



Sir: You are directed, as soon as practicable after the receipt hereof, to take on 

 board the necessary supplies of piovisions, &c., for a two months' cruize, together 

 with such quantities of fuel and water as may be necessary, and proceed with the 

 revenue-steamer " Rush," under your command, on a cruize to Alaska, for tlie purpose 

 of protecting the seal fisheries and the sea-otter hunting-grounds against the depre- 

 dations of unauthorized parties, and looking after the interests of the Government 



generally in that territory. 

 71 You will first touch at Ounalaska, and will proceed thence to the Islands of 



St. George and St. Paul, and confer with the Special Agent in charge of the 

 seal fisheries. 



At the first-named port you will take on such supplied of fuel from that in store 

 helouging to the Kevenue Marine Service as may be necessary for your cruizing. 



Inclosed you will find copies of commuuication received at the Treasury l)e{)art- 

 ment, from which it appears that a system of illicit trading and unlawful taking of 

 seals and other fur-bearing animals is being carried on by small vessels amongst 

 the waters of the Aleutian archipelago. The schooners "Flying Mist," Captain 

 Walker, " Otter," Captain Littlejohu, and ''Alexander," Captain Libbey, are reported 

 as being engaged, or about to engage, in this unlawful work. 



Inclosed, also, j-ou will find a copy of the decision of the Department in the case 

 of Mr. d'Ancona, from wliich you will see that no persons, excepting those duly 

 authorized by the Department, have the right to take seals or other fur-bearing 

 animals anywhere within Alaskan waters. By the same letter the limits of what are 

 known as Alaskan waters are defined. 



You will exercise the utmost vigilance in your search for parties engaged in traffic, 

 ami in the seal and fur fisluries, contrary to law or the Regulations of the Department, 

 and will seize any vessels or persons thus engaged. 



ShiHild you seize any vessel, you will obtain all possible evidence regarding her 

 illegal pursuits, and deliver her to the Collector of Customs at the port of San 

 Francisco. 



From the Seal Islands you will make a cruize to the westward as far as Attou, if 

 practicable, with a view to protecting the sea-otter hunting-grounds, and will return 

 thence by way of Ounalaska, from which point you will proceed a second time to 

 the Seal Islands, kee])iug a sharj) outlook for maraudiug vessels. 



Thence you will return to San Francisco by way of Kodiak and Sitka, at which 

 latter j)lace yon will communicate with the Collector of Customs, and receive from 

 him such information or suggestions as he may have to offer. After leaving the 

 latter port you will touch at Victoria for a su])ply of coal, if necessary. 



Should you purchase coal at this place, you will certify bills therefor to the 

 Department. 



You will report to the Department by telegraph the day when you are ready to 

 sail. It is desired that you enter upon this cruiz^ with the least practicable delaj'. 



You will submit a full Report of your cruize under these instructions. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) William Windom, Secretary. 



First Lieutenant M. A. Healy, 



Commanding Revenue-steamer "Bush," San Francisco, California. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, April 12, 1882. 



Sir: The Department haj^ing determined to dispatch the revenue-steamer "Cor- 

 win," under your command, to cruize in the waters of Alaska for the enforcement of 

 the provisions of law and ijrt)tection of the interests of the Government on the Seal 

 Islands and the sea-otter hunting grounds, and of Alaska generally, you are directed 

 to take ou board that vessel, Avithout delay, sufficient sux)plies of provisions for a 



