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for such period as may allow of a settlement by diplomatic negotiation, 
without prejudice to the ultimate legal remedy by appeal, should such 
negotiation be unsuccessful. 
As regards the sureties, Lord Salisbury does not think that reason- 
able objection can be taken to the stipulation that they should be cit- 
izens of the United States and resident therein, and therefore within 
the jurisdiction of the American Courts. 
Iam, We. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
No. b7. 
Sir L. West to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received April 16.) 
WASHINGTON, March 27, 1888. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inclose to your Lordship herewith 
copies of a letter addressed to Senator Dolph, of Oregon, by Mr. James 
G. Swan, Assistant Collector of Port Townsend, Washington Territory, 
relative to fur-seals in the waters of Alaska and in the Behring’s Sea. 
The migration of the New England fishermen to the Pacific coast, and 
their determination to assert the right to fish or hunt in the American 
waters of Behring’s Sea, outside of 5 nautical miles from any island or 
the mainland of Alaska, will have an important bearing on the juris- 
diction claimed by the United States for the benefit of the Alaska 
Commercial Company. 
I have, Xe. 
(Signed) L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 
{Inclosure in No. 117.] 
(50th Congress.—Senate Mis. Doc. No. 78.) 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Marcu 15, 1888.—Presented by Mr. Dolph, and ordered to lie on the table and be 
printed. 
Letter of James G. Swan, Assistant Collector, Port Townsend, Washington Territory, rela- 
tive to Fur Seals in the Waters of Alaska and in the Behring’s Sea. 
Port TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, March 7, 1888. 
SENATOR: I have the honour to inform you of the arrival here of the first vessel of 
the Gloucester, Massachusetts, fishing fleet—the schooner ‘‘ Mollie Adams,” 
192. Captain Johnson, which arrived here on the 3rd instant. ‘This vessel is owned 
by Captain Solomon Jacobs, of Gloucester, who has taken command of her, 
and she sails to-day on a sealing expedition from off the mouth of the Columbia, fol- 
lowing the herd north. Seals are reported as being unusually numerous this season 
and are in myriads. California steamers report running through one herd which 
extended 100 miles, and the seals appeared to be as thick as they could swim, After 
the sealing season is over the schooner will engage in the halibut and cod fishery and 
send their catch in ice to the Eastern markets. 
Another of Captain Jacobs’ schooners, the ‘‘ Webster,” will be here in April, and 
several others will be here this season. Next year between fifty and sixty vessels are 
expected, and they will be followed by others, and within two years a colony of 
several hundred of these fishermen will be here to develop the wealth now dormant 
and hidden in our waters. 
Since I returned from Queen Charlotte’s Island, in 1883, I have persistently urged 
on Professor Baird the necessity of sending one of the United States Fish Commis- 
