292 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
263 [{Inclosure 2 in No. 201.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by his Excellency 
the Governor-General in Council on the 4th June, 1889. 
On a Report, dated the 27th May, 1889, from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 
submitting the following résumé and recommendation relating to the Canadian ves- 
sels seized in or ordered away from the Behring’s Sea by United States authorities. 
So far back as the month of September 1886, the Canadian Government first called 
attention of the Imperial authorities to this action on the part of the United States, 
and ina Minute of Council approved by your Excellency on the 29th November, 1886, 
the desire was then expressed that immediate reparation should be demanded for 
such wanton and unjustifiable acts. 
On the 29th November, 18387, a Minute of Council was approved by your Excellency, 
in which the revised claims of the owners of the schooners ‘‘Thornton” and ‘ Caro- 
Jena” are stated in detail, and directing that the claims should be forwarded to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies for transmission to the United States Government. 
On the 20th December, 1887, a further Minute of Council was adopted having 
reference to the claim of the owner of the schooner ‘‘Onward” and recommending 
that a claim for damages be forwarded in a similar manner to the Government of the 
United States. 
These vessels the Minister is informed are still laid up on the beach at Ounalaska, 
and are in an advanced stage of decay. 
On the 30th December, 1887, asubsequent Minute was adopted by the Privy Council, 
having reference to the claim of the owner of the schooner ‘‘ Favorite,” which vessel 
was, on the 2nd August, 1886, while sealing in Behring, ordered away by the United 
States Revenue-cutter ‘‘Corwin” under threat of seizure. A claim for damages was 
also transmitted in this case in like manner as in others. 
A Report was adopted on the 30th December, 1887, having reference to the seizure 
of the schooner ‘‘ W. P. Sayward,” 9th July, 1887; “Grace,” 17th July, 1887; “Anna 
Beck,” 2nd July, 1887; “Dolphin,” 12th July, 1887; ‘Alfred Adams,” 6th August, 
1887; and ‘“ Ada,” 25th August, 1887, and embodied the claims connected therewith 
which were recommended to be forwarded through the Imperial Government for 
immediate settlement. 
Further revised claims for personal damages, for illegal arrest and imprisonment 
were forwarded under an approved Minute of Council of the 12th January, 1888, to 
the Imperial Government in connection with the seizures in the year 1886, as follows: 
Schooner ‘‘ Thornton.” 
ans! GrlbiOnMSeN WW aSbel asses eae eer ele a eae ees $4, 000 
Telabne ING NNE ANH as ogee ocaoooed 266 Soo eed manec Sa boss sod ocac eesSees5 = 2, 500 
“Schooner ** Carolena.” 
JaAMes Ovrilvile, Maste les sas rs se Cs see ele ee eee ee ere 2,500 
Jena) BI Gyeles MiP Yilees A eee Seo omesbo cocoa ween ceca cose osoe Senos sceDs 2, 500 
Schooner ‘‘ Onward.” 
Mantel Munroe; master ::o- .. see cnc ose ee setese ee ee eee eee eee eee 4, 000 
VOM) WE Trcy NENG MEK ae Sane Sooo cae an Cos Gone sc ese ce sean cans oSuece st 2,500 
The personal claims of the masters and mates of the vessels seized in 1887 were 
recommended for transmission by a Minute of Council of the 12th January, 1888, as 
follows: 
Schooner “ Dolphin.” 
Re yaWialren; MASters.2.a2- so -2c. bok co oe eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee $2,635 
JohmpReillvawmabes). i: ero ot ce) eerie eee Se eee RE eit eee teres 1,000 
Schooner ‘* W. P. Sayward.” 
(Ceres) lite Ieee) ae nee aS esac Saad soo5s6e Shine shon coma ses Sods 2,000 
AC TD Maine MAtO a2. 2.2. ck seeie es cee oc Sec Sele eee ele Seen Seer 1,000 
Schooner ‘* Anna Beck.” 
ouissOlsen.smasten 2 ~~ -[.25 eects oc ee eel sae See eee ee eee eee 2,000 
Michaelukieete smaten 22-20 .o asco ees ee eee cee eee eee Se eee a eels COU 
Schooner “ Grace.” 
Walliam: Petit, master... .0cl.. -cocce cease sscc seme caee eee oeeeniesiae 2,000 
Schooner ** Ada.” 
Ciiendles, JNa) Dialers Tithe 6S Sh a4 Seb nSd sob sos soH Sono Soon UaaSossecder 2,000 
264 One vessel was released on the 15th May, 1888, under a bond, viz., the 
schooner ‘“‘W. P. Sayward;” the owners of the other vessels (except the 
“Ada” for which no owner could be found) considered that the appraisement was 
largely in excess of the value of the vessels. 
The Marshal of the United States Court was also of that opinion, and a reappraise- 
ment was sought from the American Government but refused, 
