. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. wr^ 444 The romniittfe, foncurriuj,'ill tlif iilxive report, reuoiiiiiR'iul tliat Vour Kxeelluiicy lie iiioveil tn fill ward 11 ciipy liereof to tlie I'liiRipal Secretary "f State for tlie ("iiloiiies, for suliinissioii to Hei Majesty's roval. JOHN J. M((!KK, ('/(/â /', Priri/ Coiiuril. LKiiclosure Xo. â¢_> in Xo. '2\Tl> (H. K. Kx. Doc. Xo. .'fI, .&quo
. Correspondence relative to the seizure of British vessels in Behring Sea by the United States' authorities in 1886-91 [microform]. Bering Sea controversy; Fisheries; Béring, Affaire des pêcheries de; Pêche commerciale. wr^ 444 The romniittfe, foncurriuj,'ill tlif iilxive report, reuoiiiiiR'iul tliat Vour Kxeelluiicy lie iiioveil tn fill ward 11 ciipy liereof to tlie I'liiRipal Secretary "f State for tlie ("iiloiiies, for suliinissioii to Hei Majesty's roval. JOHN J. M((!KK, ('/(/â /', Priri/ Coiiuril. LKiiclosure Xo. â¢_> in Xo. '2\Tl> (H. K. Kx. Doc. Xo. .'fI, ."idth Cong., 1st. Sess. Dee dier tiie Alaska C riie latest definite iiiformat immercial ( ompaiiy. in their re)iort ;aid that the seals were on the increase. .f tl ion appearing in tke United .States' documents regarding the con liti ikeries is contained in the reiiort of Mr. Tingle as special agent of tile Treasury Dejiart It, wrote from St. Paul Island. Ahiska. .'{Ist .Inly. IN8S. as folliv i am iia))])y to lie alile to report that, altiiough late laiuling, the hreeiling rookeries are li tl lese out to the Hues ot measurement heretofore made, and some of them iiuuli heyoiul showiri.; conclusively that seal life is not lieing depleted, hut is fully u]) to the estimates givei niv repor ,1 lines. the seal of .seals t of ISS7 I the alio\ e United States otHciuls it is clear that have increased in iUi amaziii"; degree. These islands \Mtli only pal I'tial 1 containiin; in iiotectioii on the islaiid> 1S74 tl laii/est iiumiiei found ill the history of sealing at any place, contain today a nioii' astoundii the W United States' Xavv, was instructed ti leii the niinilier was less than half of what it is at pit It, Lieutenant Washli igiiumlier. M lurn .Mavnari 1. nf ike an investi'Mtioii 'iito the condition of the fur tri if tile Territory of Alaska, and in 1874 he reported that 1 l'J.(KK) young male seals had lieeii annually iilled ill each year from IS7(> to 1874 o
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