258 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
I therefore adhere to the views expressed in my former communication, that the 
interests of all concerned will be best subserved by an early sale, and earnestly hope 
I may receive a prompt communication from you concurring therein. 
Very respectfully, 
(Signed) A. Hl. GARLAND, Allorney-General. 
[Inclosure 3 in No. 175.] 
Mr. Grant to Mr. Garland. 
Disrricr of ALASKA, ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Sitka, September 20, 1888, 
DEAR Sir: Marshal returned from Port Townsend says no vessel was bonded, and 
now the parties have concluded not to bond, and want the sale to go on, but I shall 
instruct the Marshal to await instructions from you. How long shall I wait for the 
parties to act? No owners have appeared on the record; the record does not show 
who they are. No claims are filed, or bonds for costs eiven. 
The cases were submitted on the agreement signed by Mr. Drake for the masters, 
and on his demurrer as Representative of Canadian Government. 
Very respectfully, 
(Signed) Wiur. M. Grant, District Attorney. 
[Inclosure 4 in No. 175.] 
In THE Districr Court OF THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, 
The United States v. the British Schooners ‘‘ Dolphin,” ‘‘Anna Beck,” ‘ Grace,” and 
“Ada.” 
It is hereby stipulated and agreed upon between the plaintiffs and the masters of 
the defendant schooners that the demurrer filed in the matter of the information 
against J. D. Warren, and the agreement therein, shall apply to the libels filed or to 
be filed against the above vessels. It is further stipulated and admitted as a fact 
that the masters of the above-named vessels did kill seals during the month 
233 =of July 1887, in that portion of Behring’s Sea claimed by the United States 
under the Treaty of 1867 between Russia and the United States, and beyond 
the limit of 10 miles from any land. 
It is further stipulated that in case the vessels or any of them shall be condemned, 
by any order of the Court, that the same shall not be sold until the expiration of 
three months from the public ation of any order ordering such sales, and that such 
sales shall take place at Port Townsend or some other point on Puget Sound. 
lt is further stipulated that the defendants may give security for appeal to the 
Supreme Court of the United States, or such other Court as m: ly have jurisdiction, 
by bonds of any qualified bondsmen in Washineton ‘Territory, Oregon, or California. 
Upon the question of facts thus agreed upon, the parties submit the cases to the 
Court upon the law question raised Dy the demurrer. 
On behalf of the Masters of the above schooners, 
(Signed) M. W. Draw. 
(Signed) A. K. DELANEY, 
Attorney for the United States. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 1887. 
{Inclosure 5 in No. 175.] 
Mr, Garland to Mr. Bayard. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, October 11, 1888. 
Sir: I herewith inclose copies of communications received from W. M. Grant, 
United States Attorney for Alaska, from the facts submitted by him in connection 
with those contained in my letter of the 26th September. I submit whether it will 
not be expedient, and for the best interests both of the United States and adverse 
claimants, if there be such, that the vessels referred to be speedily sold. An answer 
is desired at your earliest convenience. 
Very respectfully 
(Signed) A. H. GARLAND, Attorney-General. 
