Seal Fisheries of Behring Sea: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Letter from the Secretary of State, with Accompanying Papers, Touching the Subjects in Dispute Between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain in the Behring Sea, Including All Communications Since March 4, 1889U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - 96 страница |
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... male and female , were indiscriminately knocked in the head . This imprudence , as any one might have expected ... males as have attained their full growth , a plan peculiarly applicable to the fur - seal , inasmuch as its habits ...
... male and female , were indiscriminately knocked in the head . This imprudence , as any one might have expected ... males as have attained their full growth , a plan peculiarly applicable to the fur - seal , inasmuch as its habits ...
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... males , even by the natives , would endanger the propagation of the species . The same witness , when not an employé of the Treasury , gave testi- mony on another point in 1889 : Q. Where are those seals born ? Where do the female seals ...
... males , even by the natives , would endanger the propagation of the species . The same witness , when not an employé of the Treasury , gave testi- mony on another point in 1889 : Q. Where are those seals born ? Where do the female seals ...
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... males - 40,000 skins in 1886 and 1887 taken in Behring Sea - this merely a surmise - 80 or 90 per cent . of catch females - positive testimony of this witness on matters of opin- ion or hearsay - his statement that islands unmolested ...
... males - 40,000 skins in 1886 and 1887 taken in Behring Sea - this merely a surmise - 80 or 90 per cent . of catch females - positive testimony of this witness on matters of opin- ion or hearsay - his statement that islands unmolested ...
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... males driving others off ; ( 3 ) two - thirds of males not permitted to land at rookeries - occasional visits to land - yearlings arrive middle July - non - breeding male seals equal breeding seals ( 1,500,000 ) —bach- elors not long on ...
... males driving others off ; ( 3 ) two - thirds of males not permitted to land at rookeries - occasional visits to land - yearlings arrive middle July - non - breeding male seals equal breeding seals ( 1,500,000 ) —bach- elors not long on ...
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... males and females were indiscriminately knocked on the head upon their breeding grounds ; and Mr. Clark ( H. R. ... male and female seals were killed , and little pups a few days old , deprived of their mothers , died by thou- sands on ...
... males and females were indiscriminately knocked on the head upon their breeding grounds ; and Mr. Clark ( H. R. ... male and female seals were killed , and little pups a few days old , deprived of their mothers , died by thou- sands on ...
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1st sess 44th Cong Adams Alaska Commercial Company Aleutian Islands American animals April August Behring Sea Behring's Sea Blaine to Sir Blaine's breeding islands Britain British Columbia British vessels Canadian Government Captain catch Congressional committee cows destruction dispatch Elliott ernment evidence fact female seals fish fur-seal H. R. Ex honor Inclosure Indians July June land lease lessees Lobos Islands Lord Salisbury lordship Majesty's Government males marauders Marquis of Salisbury McIntyre ment miles minister negotiation north latitude northwest coast number of seals open sea opinion Pacific Ocean Paul and St Phelps present President Pribylov Islands proposed protection pups question reference Richard Rush rookeries Russia Russian Empire Russian-American Company says schooner seal fisheries seal islands sealers Secretary seizure shore shot Sir Julian Pauncefote skins slaughter South special agent statement territory Tingle tion Treasury treaty ukase United States Government Victoria waters white hunters young
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Страница 84 - It is moreover agreed that, hereafter, there shall not be formed by the citizens of the United States, or under the authority of the said States, any establishment upon the Northwest coast of America, nor in any of the islands adjacent, to the north of...
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Страница 89 - ... by any reservations, privileges, franchises, grants, or possessions, by any associated companies, whether corporate or incorporate, Russian or any other, or by any parties, except merely private individual property holders; and the cession hereby made, conveys all the rights, franchises, and privileges now belonging to Russia in the said territory or dominion, and appurtenances thereto.
Страница 10 - In the opinion of the President, the Canadian vessels arrested and detained in the Behring Sea were engaged in a pursuit that was in itself contra bonos mores, a pursuit which of necessity involves a serious and permanent injury to the rights of the Government and people of the United States.
Страница 85 - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the...
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