242 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
X of the practice in Admiralty and Rules of the Supreme Court (1887) make it plain 
that confiscated ships ean be bonded pending appeal, I have the honour to 
218 forward herewith a copy of an approved Minute of the Privy Conneil coneur- 
ring in a report of the Sub-Committee to whom the question was referred. 
I have communicated a copy of the inclosed Minute of Council to the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies. 
Ihave, &c. ; ; 
(Signed) STANLEY OF PRESTON. 
{Inclosure 7 in No. 148.] 
Lord Stanley of Preston to Lord Knutsford. 
CITADEL, QUEBEC, August 4, 7888. 
My Lorp: With reference to my telegram of the 30th ultimo requesting that the 
Imperial authorities may urge the United States Government to take steps for post- 
poning the sale of the sealing schooners ‘Anna Beck,” ‘ Dolphin,” ‘‘ Grace,” and 
“ Ada,” which were seized last year in Behring’s Sea, pending the settlement of the 
question concerning the legality of their seizure, [have the honour to forward here- 
with a copy of an approved Minute of the Privy Council, upon which my telegram 
was founded. 
IT have, &c. 
(Signed) STANLEY OF PRESTON, 
{Inclosure 8 in No. 148.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency 
the Governor-General in Council, on July 30, 1888. 
The Committee have had under consideration a telegram dated the 20th July, 1888, 
from the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia with respect to the bonding of 
the sealing-schooners ‘‘ Anna Beck,” ‘ Dolphin,” ‘‘Grace,” and ‘‘ Ada,” seized in 
Behring’s Sea in 1887. 
The Minister of Marine and Fisheries, to whom the said telegram was referred, 
recommends that the Imperial Government be moved to request the interposition of 
the United States Government to have the sale of the condemned vessels postponed 
pending the settlement of the question as to the legality of their seizure. 
The Committee submit the above for your Excellency’s approval, and advise that 
your Excellency be moved to communicate by cable to the Colonial Secretary the 
request of the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, and to urge upon Her 
Majesty’s Government the necessity for immediate communication with the United 
States Government with a view to save from further and disastrous loss the owners 
of the condemned vessels. 
. All of which is respectfully submitted for your Excelleney’s approval. 
(Signed) JoHN J. McGEE, 
Clerk, Privy Council, Canada. 
[Inclosure 9 in No. 148.—Telegraphic.] 
Lieutenant-Governor Nelson to the Hon, C. H. Tupper. 
Vicroria, BririsH CoLuMBIA, July 20, 1888. 
The following sealing schooners, seized in Behring’s Sea in 1887, “Anna Beck,” 
** Dolphin,” ‘‘ Grace,” and “Ada,” are now being taken from Sitka to Port Townsend, 
Puget Sound, to be sold by United States.Marshal of Alaska. Judge of District 
Court of Alaska has refused bonding to owners, giving as reason application too late. 
Under present circumstances, owners willing and anxious to bond vessels for appraised 
yalues: 
“Anna Beck,” 2,600 dollars; ‘‘ Dolphin,” 7,750 dollars; “Grace,” 10,404 dollars; 
“Ada,” 2,900 dollars; or, pending settlement of question, have sale postponed. Will 
Dominion Government take necessary steps to secure if possible from United States 
Government that this arrangement shall be acceded to? 
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