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hemp rope standing rigging; her small spars are on board, both anchors attached 
and in fair condition; her running gear was down in the hold, and worthless as the 
rigging of the other three schooners; there were none of her sails to be found on 
board. I should say that this schooner was built in Nova Scotia; she ismade mostly 
of soft wood, principally pine, and when new was a fine little vessel, and probably 
cost ready for sea about 4,500 to 5,000 dollars. At thg present time she is almost 
worthless, and I do not think that she would sell for more than 200 dollars, although 
she could be made, with about 1,000 dollars paid out in repairs, a vessel that would 
sell for about 2,500 dollars, provided her sails are in good condition. I also found 
nine canoes on the shore near the schooner which belongs to some of them, but, 
like the vessels, have gone to ruin through want of care. Should you require a 
more detailed Report than this please let me know, and on my return to Oonalaska 
I will be pleased to make it for you; and in the meantime I remain, &c. 
(Signed) ALBERT W. LAVENDER, 
Assistant Treasury Ageit. 
CHARLES J. GOFF, Esq., 
Chief Treasury Agent, Seal Islands. 
No. 2. 
Sir J. Pauncefote to the Marquis of Salisbury.—( Received May 21.) 
WASHINGTON, May 11, 1891. 
My Lorp: With reference to my telegram of yesterday, I have the 
honour to inclose an extract from the Cleveland “ News and Herald” 
of the 4th instant, purporting to give the full text of Professor Elliott's 
Report to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated the 17th November last, 
on the condition of seal life at the Pribyloff Islands during the summer 
of 1890, 
Your Lordship will remember that Professor Elliott was appointed 
Special Commissioner for the purposes of the above inquiry by Act of 
Congress, and that, as stated in my despatch of the 20th February last, 
his Report was not included among those of the other Government 
Agents which were transmitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the 
Treasury on the9ch February. It has not been yet officially published. 
Iam informed that the document published in the inclosed extract 
from the Cleveland “News and Herald” is incorrectly styled Professor 
Elliott’s Report, and that it is only the introduction to his Report in 
the form of a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The report itself is a much more voluminous document, but the intro- 
duction gives its substance and its recommendations. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
53 [Inclosure in No. 2.] 
Extract from the ‘* Cleveland Leader and Morning Herald” of May 4, 1891. 
{Special Despatch to the ‘ Leader.’’] 
WASHINGTON, May 3, 1891. 
The negotiations between Secretary Blaine and the British Minister for the settle- 
ment of the Behring’s Sea troubles are likely to be resumed as soon as the ‘‘ Say- 
ward” case, taken into the United States Supreme Court from the District Court of 
Alaska, is disposed of. Mr. Blaine is now in possesston of exact and reliable infor- 
mation as to the condition of the sealing industry not at his disposal before, and 
which cannot fail to impress the British Minister, Lord Salisbury, and everybody 
else, with the necessity of an immediate enforcement of the policy adopted by our 
