162 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
the claims of the owners and agents of the ‘ W. P. Sayward,” “Grace,” “Anna 
Beck,” ‘‘ Dolphin,” ‘‘ Alfred Adams,” and ‘‘ Ada,” seized in the Behring’s Sea during 
’ the present season for the alleged offence of illegally capturing seals. 
143 The Minister, you will observ e, is of opinion that the claims submitted are 
reasonable, and recommends that they be presented to the United States 
Government. 
Ihave, &c. 
(Signed) LANSDOWNE. 
[Inclosure 5 in No. 90.] 
Report oe a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council for Canada, approved by his — 
Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 30th December, 1887. 
On a Report dated the 19th December, 1887, from the Minister of Marine and 
Fisheries, submitting detailed statements ‘of the claims of the owners and agents of 
the following vessels ‘seized in the Behring’s Sea during the present season by United 
States revenue vessels, for the alleged oftence of illegally capturing seals: 
1. Schooner “W. P. Sayward,” seized the 9th July, 1887, latitude 54° 43’ north, 
longitude 167° 51’ west, 58 miles from nearest land ; 
2. Steam-schooner “ Grace, ” seized the 17th July, 1887, latitude 53° 3/ north, longi- 
tude 168° 40’ west, 92 miles from nearest land; 
3. Schooner “Anna Beck,” seized the 2nd July, 1887, latitude 54° 58’ north, longi- 
tude 167° 26’ west, 66 miles from nearest land; 
4. Steam-schooner ‘‘ Dolphin,” seized the 12th July, 1887, latitude 54° 38’ north, 
longitude 167° 3’ west, 42 miles from nearest land; 
5. Schooner “Alfred Adams,” seized the 6th August, 1887, latitude 54° 48’ north, 
longitude 167° 49’ west, 62 miles from nearest land; 
6. Schooner ‘‘Ada,” seized the 25th August, 1887, about 15 miles northward from 
Ounalaska Island, which was the nearest ‘and; 
The Minister represents that the circumstances connected with the seizure of these 
vessels do not materially differ from those attending the seizures of 1886, and for 
which claims for the losses sustained have already been forwarded to Her Majesty’s 
Government, for presentation to the Government of the United States. 
It may, however, be maintained that the injustice of the seizures inade in 1887 is 
emphasized by the action of the United States Government in ordering the release 
of the vessels seized in 1886, and thus leading owners of the vessels for which claims 
are now presented to fairly assume that, under similar circumstances, no further 
seizures of Canadian vessels in Behring’s Sea would be effected by the United States 
Government. / 
The Minister believes that the claims submitted herewith, the particulars of which, 
as far as possible, are attested to, are reasonable, and recommends that they be for- 
warded to Her Majesty’s Government, for presentation to the Government of the 
United States. 
The Committee advise that your Excellency be moved to forward the claims herein 
mentioned to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for 
transmission to the United States Government. 
All which is respectfully submitted for your Excellency’s approval. 
(Signed) JOHN J. MCGEE, 
Clerk, Privy Council. 
[Inclosure 6 in No. 90.) 
Declaration of James Douglas Warren. 
City or OTrawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. 
I, James Douglas Warren, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Colum- 
bia of the Dominion of Canada, master mariner and ship-owuer, do solemnly and 
as ely declare as follows: 
. That I have been a resident of the said city of Victoria for the past twenty-nine 
Sy and during that time I have been largely interested in the building, equip- 
ment, and management of steam and sailing ‘vessels. I have also been engaged i in 
the sealing and fishing business at said city for the past fourteen or fifteen years. 
2. The steam-schooners “Grace” and “ Dolphin,” and the schooner ‘‘ W. P. Say- 
ward,’ ” and the rebuilding and fitting with steam-power of the steam-schooners 
“Anna Beck” and “Thornton,” all of which vessels have been seized in Behring’s 
