50 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
“Tn forwarding these Regulations to the Directing Senate, we command that the 
same be published for universal information, and that proper measures be taken to 
carry them into execution. 
(Signed) “Count D. Gurier, Minister of Finance.” 
It is therefore decreed by the Directing Senate that His Imperial Majesty’s Edict 
be published for the information of all men, and that the same be obeyed by all whom 
it may concern. 
The original is signed by the Directing Senate. 
On the original is written in the handwriting of His Imperial Majesty thus— 
‘Be it accordingly, 
(Signed) “ALEXANDER.” 
Section 1. The pursuits of commerce, whaling, and fishery, and of all other indus- 
try on all islands, ports, and gulfs, including the whole of the north-west coast of 
America, beginning from Behring’s Straits to the 51st degree of northern latitude, 
also from the Aleutian Islands to the eastern coast of Siberia, as well as along the 
Kurile Islands from Behring’s Straits to the south cape of the Island of Urup, viz., 
to the 45° 50’ northern latitude, is exclusively granted to Russian subjects. 
Section 2. It is therefore prohibited to all foreign vessels, not only to land on the 
coasts and islands belonging to Russia, as stated above, but also to approach them 
within less than 100 Italian miles. The transgressor’s vessel is subject to confisca- 
tion, along with the whole cargo. 
OTTAWA, April 9, 1886. 
Sir: Ihave the honour to transmit herewith a letter just received from Mr. Theo 
dore Lubbe, the managing owner of our British Columbian sealing fleet, and dated 
the 30th ultimo; the newspaper clipping attached thereto fully explains the matter 
embodied therein, and, as will be at once seen, it is a matter of vital importance to 
our fishing industry and commercial enterprises generally that the same should 
engage the attention of the Government at the very earliest possible moment, in 
order that the owners may be apprised with as little delay as possible how they are 
to act. 
I would therefore respectfully urge that the whole subject be referred to his 
Excellency the Governor-General in Council, so that I may be informed as quickly 
as is reasonably possible what reply to telegraph; should this mode of procedure be 
irregular or undesirable, then I would most respectfully ask that such other steps be 
taken in the premises as to you may appear necessary or expedient, so as to avert 
trouble in the closely approaching season alluded to, and remove all doubt as to 
the rights of the parties on the ‘‘ high seas,” or otherwise, as may appear to be 
reasonably consistent. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) EpGAR CRrow-Baker, M. P., 
Vice-President, British Columbian Board of Trade. 
The Honourable the SECRETARY OF STATE. 
Mr. Lubbe to Mr, BE. Crow-Baker, M. P., Victoria, British Columbia, March 30, 1886. 
(See Inclosure 8 in No. 3, p. 7.) 
Contraband Seal Hunting. 
Noticing in your issue of the ‘ Call” of the 25th instant an article referring to the 
Alaska Fur Company’s territory, to oblige a number of your subscribers will you 
kindly inform us if a vessel hunting seal a marine league off shore in Behring’s Sea 
would be liable to seizure, or does the marine league limit apply to that territory as 
it does to all land in the high seas? 
SEVERAL INTERESTED SUBSCRIBERS. 
34 Section 1956, Revised Statutes of the United States, prohibits the killing of 
fur-bearing animals within the limits of Alaska Territory or the waters thereof, 
except under an authorization from the Secretary of the Treasury, and it further 
provided that the Secretary shall not grant any special privileges under this section. 
Then comes the inquiry: ‘‘ What is included in the term, ‘the waters thereof’?” 
The Treaty by which Alaska was ceded to the United States by Russia defines the 
