882 . APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
den, France, or Switzerland. In his opinion, the appointment of 
English and American jurists as Arbitrators was advisable on account 
of the community, not only of language, but of the principles of law, of 
Great Britain and the United States. He asked me to inform your 
Lordship of this suggestion, and to ascertain the views taken of it by 
Her Majesty’s Government. 
No. 157. 
The Behring’s Sea Commissioners to the Marquis of Salishury.—( Received 
November 2.) 
VANCOUVER, October 14, 1891. 
My Lorp: In continuation of our despatch of the 17th September 
last, we have the honour to report that, after leaving Behring’s Sea, we 
visited Kodiak Island, Sitka, and Shakan, making inquiries of both the 
natives and White residents at those places. 
2. Her Majesty’s ship “Nymphe,” on her way to Esquimalt, following 
a different course, met and assisted us at Sitka. 
3. Continuing our cruize of investigation, we called at the following 
places on the coast of British Columbia, viz.: Fort Simpson, Metlakatla, 
Port Essington, Masset (Queen Charlotte Islands), Bella Bella, Nawithi, 
Clayoquot Sound, and Barclay Sound, where, by personal inquiries, we 
amplified the written statements which, in compliance with our previous 
request, had been forwarded to us by the various Indian agents on the 
coast. 
4, We have thus been enabled to acquire a direct knowledge of the 
fur-sealing industry, both past and present, as it affects the Indians of 
South east Alaska and British Columbia. 
5. We also visited the Indian Settlement at Neah Bay, on the 
American shore of the Straits of Fuea, where we obtained valuable 
information. 
6. Reaching Esquimalt on the 8th October, we reported our arrival 
to the Commander-in-chief on the Pacific Station. 
7. While at Victoria and Vancouver deputations from the Sealers’ 
Associations met us, and from them and from others we made final 
inquiries in order to obtain authoritatively the views of all persons con- 
nected with the fur-seal fishery on the facts of seal life, and on the 
protective measures to which they would agree. 
108 8. We also paid a special visit to the American port of Seattle, 
the chief centre of the American pelagic sealing industry in Puget 
Sound. 
9. Such is the record of our local inquiries in the North Pacific Ocean, 
in which we availed ourselves of every known source of information 
likely to assist us in arriving at sound conclusions. 
10. We now proceed direct to Ottawa, completing our Report to Her 
Majesty, and awaiting further instructions. 
We have, Xe. 
(Signed) GEORGE BADEN-POWELL. 
GEORGE M, DAWSON. 
