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No. 88. 
Sir L. West to the Marquis of Salishury.—( Received January 16.) 
WASHINGTON, January 5, 1888, 
My Lorp: With reference to my despatches of the 2nd April last 
and of the 6th May, I have the honour to inform your Lordship that 
Il am advised that the case of the American sealing-schooner “Sierra” 
will probably be dismissed, on the ground that the Captain of the Rev- 
enue eruizer was acting under the instructions of the Government, and 
that the plaintiff therefore would have to apply to Congress. 
I have, &e. 
. (Signed) L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 
No. 89. 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received January 16.) 
DOWNING STREET, January 14, 1888. 
Sir: With reference to the letter from this Department of the 26th 
ultimo, relating to the seizure of Canadian sealing-schooners in Beh- 
ring’s Sea, I am directed by Secretary Sir Henry Holland to transmit to 
you, to be laid before the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy of a despatch 
from the Governor-General of Canada, inclosing an approved Report of 
a Committee of his Privy Council, submitting a revised statement of 
the loss sustained in the case of the schooner “ Onward.” 
Tam, Xe. 
(Signed) JOUN BRAMSTON. 
[Inciosure 1 in No. 89.] 
The Marquis of Lansdowne to Sir H. Holland. 
GOVERNMENT Housr, Ottawa, December 23, 1887. 
Str: With reference to your despatch of the 14th September last, directing atten- 
tion to the magnitude of the claims for compensation prepared by the owners of the 
British sealing-vessels seized in Behring’s Sea by United States Revenue cruizers, 
and to my despatch of the 2nd instant, I have the honour to forward herewith, for 
transmission to the United States Government, a copy of an approved Report of a 
Committee of the Privy Council, submitting a revised statement of the loss sustained 
in the case of the schooner ‘‘ Onward.” 
You will observe that my Minister of Marine and Fisheries considers that the claim 
now made is not unreasonable. 
Ihave, &c. 
(Signed) LANSDOWNE. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 89.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his 
Excellency the Governor-General in Council, December 20, 1887. 
The Committee of the Privy Council have had under consideration a despatch, 
dated the 14th September, 1887, from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State 
for the Colonies, on the subject of the seizure of British sealing-vessels in Behring’s 
Sea by United States Revenue cruizers, and directing attention to certain claims for 
compensation against the United States Government. 
