APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 673 
{Inclosure 4 in No. 25.] 
Report of Proceedings. 
We, the undersigned, members of the Victoria Ship-owners and Masters Sealing 
Association, hereby agree and pledge ourselves to strictly adhere to the tariff of 
prices agreed on at our meetings, and which said tariff is hereinaiter specified, and 
we also bind ourselves on our word of honour not to violate this agreement by offer- 
ing any bonus or inducements of any kind whatever, outside the letter of this 
Agreement, and also we bind ourselves to assist each other in every possible manner 
to carry out this Agreement and preserve the integrity of our Association. The fol- 
lowing is the tariff of wages and lay to be allowed hunters, boat-pullers, and steerers 
for the season 1891: 
Hunters— 
On catch of 199 skins or less®............---- Bae ee sci itierre -- $1.00 per skin, 
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fe SU si) eee ene anes FC SC SEE CRE 8 ei eee HY) sf 
us AN Ojamdanp wand ssc sos cece sachs = om cio aie Seen 2.50 s¢ 
Excepting in every instance grey pup-skins, for which will be paid 1 dolar each. 
The catch referring to the number of skins secured by each hunter in his respective 
boat, and delivered to the captain or officer in charge of hisschooner. Any skin show- 
ing grey marking under the fur about the shoulder is to be considered a grey pup-skin. 
Boat-pullers and Steerers. 
Wages only, not to exceed 30 dollars per month. Wages and lay, 15 dollars per 
month, and 25 cents per skin. Lay only, 50 cents per skin (grey pups excepted) all 
caught in their respective boats, and delivered to the captain or officer in charge of 
the schooner. On each grey pup for lay only the price shall be 25 cents. 
Second Officers. 
Wages not to exceed 35 dollars per month. We also bind ourselves not to take more 
than three experienced hunters in the sealing business on each vessel represented by 
us, said hunters to be engaged at the scale or lay adopted by this Association, as 
hereinbefore particularly described; and we also agree that all hunters required in 
excess of the three hunters above mentioned for each vessel shall be new men at the 
business of seal-hunting and shall be engaged at the same scale or lay hereinbetore 
mentioned, and this clause shall apply to all vessels owned or controlled by the mem- 
bers of this Association, whether clearing from the port of Victoria, or other ports 
in Canada or the United States, or any port where any vessel owned or controlled by 
any member of this Association may be fitting out for sealing on this coast. We also 
bind ourselves that the scale for Indian hunters shall be as follows: 
For the spring engagement, for each seal-skin (grey pups excepted, for which will 
be paid the sum of 1 dollar [sic]), all to be delivered to the captain or officer in charge 
of the schooner; and we further bind ourselves to offer no further bonus or induce- 
ment whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in excess of the above prices for the spring 
engagement. 
On the Northern and Behring’s Sea catch we agree to pay not more than 3 dollars 
for each seal-skin (grey pups included) delivered to the captain or officer in charge 
of the schooner, and, if necessary, also not more than 10 dollars for each canoe pro- 
cured, aud also a bonus of not more than 10 dollars to the Chief or Headman for 
procuring such canoes; and we bind ourselves that the above shall be the only 
moneys paid out in excess of the cost of the skins, viz., 3 dollars for the Northern 
and Behring’s Sea engagement. 
And, lastly, we agree not to advance or in any way exceed the scale or lay 
84 of any hunters, should those in Victoria decline to accept the hereinbefore- 
mentioned lay, but to procure hunters elsewhere. 
In the faithful performance of the within Agreement, we hereby sign our names, 
and the names of the schooners represented by us. 
BS, PTV 43 
