142 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Iuclosure 1 in No. 82.] 
The Marquis of Lansdowne to Sir H. Holland. 
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OrTTawa, October 20, 1887. 
Sir: I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of an approved Report of a Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council, to which is appended a copy of a despatch from his 
Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, covering a Minute of his 
Executive Council setting forth the value to british Columbia of the present seal- 
ing industry in Behring’s Sea. 
You will observe that the Executive Council of British Columbia consider that 
the rights of British subjects, as regards the Behring’s Sea, should be included in 
the scope of the duties of the International Fisheries Commission. 
I have, &e. (Signed) LANSDOWNE. 
123 {Inclosure 2 in No. 82.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his 
Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 15th October, 1887. 
The Committee of the Privy Council have had under consideration a despatch, dated 
15th September, 1887, from the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, covering 
a Minute of his Executive Council setting forth the value to British Columbiaof the . 
present sealing industry in Behring’s Sea, together with the opinion of the Execu- 
tive that the rights of British subjects should have the same protection and consid- 
eration on the Pacific as on the Atlantic, and that these rights as regards the Behring’s 
Sea should be included in the scope of the duties of the International Commission in 
process of organization. 
The Minister of Marine and Fisheries, to whom the despatch and inclosures were 
referred, recommends that a copy of the despatch referred to, with its inclosures, be 
transmitted to Her Majesty’s Government. 
The Committee advise that your Excellency be moved to transmit a copy of the 
papers herein mentioned to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Col- 
onies, for the information of Her Majesty’ s Government. 
All which is respectfully submitted. 
(Signed ) JOHN J. MCGEE, 
Clerk, Privy Council for Canada. 
{Inclosure 3 in No. 82.] 
Lieutenant-Governor Ne'son to the Secretary of State, Ottawa. 
HarRISON HoT SPRINGS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, September 15, 1887. 
Sir: I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a Minute of my Executive 
Council, approved by me on the 9th instant, representing the value to the Province 
of British Columbia of the present sealing industry in Behring’s Sea, the number of 
vessels, men, &c., engaged in the same, the loss to the province certain to ensue 
from the destruction of this trade by the seizures and confiscations made by the 
United States cruizers. 
That the rights of British subjects should have the same protection and consider- 
ation on the Pacific as on the Atlantic, and that full compensation and redress for 
injuries already received, and assurances of future non-interference, should be 
obtained from the United States Government. 
That this question should be included in the scope of the duties of the Inter- 
national Fishery Commission now understood to be in process of organization, and 
that it is desirable said Commission should hold some of its sittings in Victoria, for 
reasons therein set forth, &e. 
Ihave, &c. (Signed) Huau NELSON. 
{Inclosure 4 in No. 82.] 
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, approved by his Honour 
the Lieutenant-Governor on the 9th September, 1887. 
On a Memorandum from the Honourable the Minister of Finance and Agriculture, 
dated the 6th September, 1887, setting forth— 
That there are usually engaged i in seal- fishing in Behring’s Sea seventeen vessels 
aw lelly. owned by people residing in this city, of the aggregate value of 125,000 
dollars; 
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