866 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
INTENTION OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN IMPOSING LIMIT, 
5. The intention of the President of the United States in insisting 
upon this proviso as to 7,500 is evident in the various statements offi- 
cially made on behalf oF the United States. 
6. On the 25th April, 1891, the President instructed Mr. Blaine, the 
Secretary of State, to inform Sir Julian Pauncefote: “ . . . Some 
seals must be killed by the natives for food; . . . the lessees are 
bound under their lease . . . to feed and care for the natives, 
and for this service, a very expensive one, . . . the lessees 
should find their compensation in taking a moder ‘ate number of seals.” 
7. Mr. Blaine, in his letter to Sir Julian Pauncetote of the 4th May, 
1891, correctly explains that under their lease the Company is bound 
to furnish to the natives— 
.) Dried salmon. 
2.) Salt and barrels for preserving meat. 
) 80 tons of coal. 
) Dwellings in good repair. 
) Schools ‘and teachers. 
) Chureh. 
) Physicians and medical stores. 
(8.) Necessaries of life for widows and orphans, aged and infirm, who 
are unable to provide for themselves. 
8. Mr. Blaine adds: ‘The comfort, possibly the safety, of all these 
human beings is dependent on the Company. . . . Ifthe Company 
shall . . . be deprived of all privilege of taking seals, they cer- 
tainly could not be compelled to minister to the wants of these 300 
inhabitants for an entire year. If these islands are to be left to charity, 
the North American Company is under no greater obligation to extend 
it to them than any other citizens of the United States. It evidently 
requires a considerable sum of money to furnish the supplies named in 
the lease. . . . If the lessees are not to be allowed payment in 
any form for the amount necessary to support these 300 people on the 
islands, they will naturally decline toexpend it. . . . No appropria- 
tion of money has been made by Congress for the purpose.” 
9. Mr. Blaine continues, in conclusion: ‘In this exigency the Presi- 
dent (proposes to) concede to the North American Company the right 
to take a sufficient number of seals, and no more than sufficient to recom- 
pense them for their outlay in taking care of the natives, and that 
all commercial killing of seals “be prohibited pending the result 
of arbitration. . . The Secretary of the Treasury .. . after 
full consideration has limited the number to 7,500 to be killed by the 
Company to repay them for the outlay demanded for the support of the 
300 people on the Pribyloff Islands. 
10. On the 6th June, 1891, Mr. Wharton, the Acting Secretary of 
State, writes to Sir Julian Pauncefote: “I am directed by the President 
to inform Lord Salisbury that . . . inorder to insure such 
control pending these negotiations, the Agents of the Treasury Depart- 
ment who have been dispatched to the seal islands have been instructed 
to stop the killing when 7,500 have been taken, and to await the arrival 
of further orders; though ordinarily the taking of seals on the islands 
does not begin until about the lst July. . . . The President is sure 
that Lord Salisbury will not question the absolute good faith of this 
Government in observing its stipulation to limit the catch to 7,500.” 
11. It is quite evident, “ther efore, that the total of 7,500 was to include 
all seals killed for native’ Ss food or for the purposes of the Company, as 
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