ay APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Inclosure 2 in No. 7.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his 
Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council, on the 5rd September, 
IS86. 
On a Report dated the 18th September, 1886, from the Minister of Marine and 
Fisheries, submitting the accompanying papers relative to the seizure of the Cana- 
dian schooners ‘‘Onward,” ‘‘Thornton,” and ‘‘ Carolina,” in Behring’s Sea, by the 
United States Revenue cutter “Corwin,” and their subsequent detention at the port 
of Ounalaska, in the Territory of Alaska— 
1. Copy of a letter from James Ogilvie, master of the Canadian sealing schooner 
*¢Carolina;” 
2. Copy of a letter from Daniel Munroe, master of the Canadian sealing schooner 
‘¢ Onward ;” 
3. Deposition of John Dallas, seaman on board the ‘“Thornton;” of Thomas 
MeLardy, cook on board the “Carolina;” of Edward Shields, seaman on board the 
“Carolina;” and of William Munsie, owner of the ‘ Carolina;” all of the Province 
of British Columbia: : 
The Minister observes that from these papers it appears that the schooners men- 
tioned are Canadian vessels fitted out in Victoria, British Columbia, for the capture 
of seals in the waters of the Northern Pacific Ocean, adjacent to Vancouver Island, 
Queen Charlotte’s Islands, and Alaska; that at the time of their seizure by the 
““Corwin” they were taking seals in the open sea out of sight of land, the ‘‘ Carolina ” 
in latitude 30° 50’ north, longitude 168° 53’ west; the “ Onward” in latitude 54° 52/ 
north, longitude i67- 55’ west; and the ‘‘Thornton” in about the same latitude and 
longitude; and all ot them at a distance of more than 60 miles from the nearest 
land; that they were taken possession of by the United States cutter on the 
ile ist August, 1886, and towed to the port of Ounalaska, where they are still 
detained. The crews of the ‘‘Thornton” and ‘‘ Carolina,” with the exception 
of the captain and one man on each vessel detained at Ounalaska, were sent by the 
steamer ‘St. Paul” to San Francisco, California, and then turned adrift, while the 
crew of the ‘‘Onward” was kept at Ounalaska. 
At the time of their seizure the ‘‘Thornton” had 404 seal-skins on board, the 
“Onward” 900, and the ‘‘ Carolina” 686, and these are detained and kept at Ouna- 
laska along with the schooners by the United States authorities. 
The Minister states that he has taken steps to get further depositions from the 
owners, masters, and crews of the vessels above mentioned, in order that a claim 
may be made upon the United States Government for damages for this unwarranted 
seizure of British vessels in the open sea. 
The Committee recommend that your Excellency be moved to transmit a copy of 
this Minute, if approved, together with copies of the papers herein mentioned, 
to the Right Honourable the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, for 
transmission to the Foreign Office, and also copies to Her Majesty’s Minister at 
Washington. 
All of which is respectfully submitted for Your Excellency’s approval. 
(Signed) JOHN J. MCGEE, 
Clerk, Privy Council, Canada. 
‘[Inclosure 3 in No. 7.] 
Mr. Ogilvie to Mr. Munsie, August 6, 1886. 
(See Inclosure 5 in No. 3.) 
[Inclosure 4 in No. 7.] 
Mr. D. Munroe to Mr. C. Spring. 
SCHOONER “‘ONWARD,” AT PoRT ILIOLUK, OUNALASKA, 
August 7, 1886, 
Dear Sir: On the 2nd, while the “Onward” was in latitude 54° 52/ north, longi- 
tude 167° 55’ west, and about 70 miles from the nearest land, the United States 
Revenue cutter ‘‘ Corwin,” having the schooners ‘‘ Thornton” and “Carolina” in 
tow, boarded us, and sent a crew on board and towed us in here, where we are lying 
at present with sails bent and seals on board, and a watchman in charge, but cannot 
find out what they intend to do with us, so I cannot say any more about it at present, 
