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1892, U.S./U.K., Arb.-G, Bering Sea Sealing (Rpt. of Comm./Br. Rpt.)
Report of the Behring Sea Commission, and report of the British commissioners of June 21, 1892; With five maps and diagrams and appendices: n.a.,
241p+4 maps & charts, United States, No.2 (1893), London, pr. for HMSO by Harrison & Sons, 1893. (A TOC follows the t.p. Lacks index. The underlying
controversy being arbitrated in this case arose from a fishery dispute between the U.S. and the U.K. in the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska. In
1870 the U.S., claiming territorial rights, leased the exclusive right to kill seals on or near the islands to an Alaskan company under conditions
meant to ensure the preservation of the seal population. Great Britain protested the U.S. exclusion of its citizens from the sealing region, particularly
on the grounds that when Russia, the prior sovereign of the islands, had attempted to assert such claims, the U.S. had joined the U.K. in protest. An
arbitration of the dispute was agreed to by treaty, and the matter was brought before a commission sitting in Paris. The arbitration panel was
composed of two members each from the U.S. and U.K., along with three members appointed by the president of France, the king of Italy, and the king of
Norway & Sweden. See also the ten other documents relevant to this case offered on this site. The award is provided as LLMC title no. 09692.)
Title:   Report of the Behring Sea Commission ; and, Report of British Commissioners of June 21, 1892 : with five maps and diagrams, and appendices : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, March 1893.
OCLC Number:   876907719
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