APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 875 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 244.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by his Excellency 
the Governor-General in Council on the 18th October, 1889. 
On a report, dated the 12th October, 1889, from the Minister of Marine and Fish- 
eries, stating that the following telegram has been received from Messrs. Carnie and 
Munsie, of Victoria, British Columbia, on behalf of parties interested in the fur-seal 
fisheries of Behring’s Sea: 
340 ‘Cutter ‘Rush’ expected here. Owners of seized schooners think of hold- 
ing Captain Sheppard to bail in action for damages. What do you advise?” 
To which the Minister replied as follows: 
‘Telegram yesterday received. Cannot advise under present circumstances, but 
I do not anticipate any beneficial result from such a course.” 
The Minister submits that, while his reply discouraged the action contemplated 
by the parties interested, it is quite competent for any British subject to institute 
such proceedings under the Law of Canada. 
The Minister desires to refer to a newspaper cutting, herewith annexed, taken 
from the ‘‘ Ottawa Citizen,” purporting to be a report of a reply by Captain Shep- 
pard, of the United States Revenne-cutter ‘“‘ Richard Rush,” to an inquiry whether 
he had any knowledge of the intention indicated in the above telegram. 
The Minister, with reference to the information supplied from time to time to the 
Imperial Government on the subject of the seizure of British vessels in the Behring’s 
Sea, and to the great national importance of the earliest possible settlement of the 
question, owing not only to the continuation of the outrages during the past season 
by United States Revenue-cutters, but to the growing doubt on the part of the 
Canadian people as to whether Her Majesty’s Government will actively support the 
demands of the Dominion of Canada in consequence of the long delay which has 
taken place in arriving at a satisfactory adjustment of the question, recommends 
that the High Commissioner for Canada in London be directed to place himself in 
personal communication with Her Majesty’s Government, with the object of expedit- 
ing in any way he may be able to do a speedy and satisfactory settlement of the 
question. 
The Committee advise that your Excellency be moved to forward a copy of this 
Minute to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and that a 
copy be also sent to the High Commissioner for Canada. 
All which is respectfully submitted for your Excellency’s approval. 
(Signed) JOHN J. McGEr, 
Clerk, Privy Council. 
[Inclosure 3 in No. 244.] 
Extract from the “ Ottawa Citizen” of October 12, 1889. 
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, October 11, 1889. 
The United States Revenue-cutter ‘‘Rush” arrived here yesterday from Alaska. 
Lieutenant-Commander Sheppard was interviewed regarding rumours current here 
that British Columbians were lying in wait for him to punish him for seizing their 
schooners. The Commander smiled, and said he had not heard of any such threats 
until he had read them in the papers on his arrival at Port Townsend. He said that 
he did not believe anything of the kind had been uttered, and the statement must 
have come from irresponsible persons. If there was any truth in it, and he could 
have been apprised of it in time, he would have steamed into Victoria, and have 
shaken the American flag in the face of the Victorians. He said he was on good 
terms personally with the prominent men in Victoria, and did not believe that any 
indignity to an American Government ship would be countenanced by the people of 
Victoria. 
No. 245, 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received November 11.) 
WASHINGTON, October 31, 1889. 
My Lorp: I have the honour to inelose herewith copies of an article 
which has appeared in a San Francisco newspaper on the subject of the 
seizures in Behring’s Sea, which maintains the exclusive jurisdiction of 
the United States in that sea. The article is written by Mr. Felton, 
one of the representatives for the State of California in Congress. 
