Fur-seal Arbitration: Appendix to the Case of the United States Before the Tribunal of Arbitration of Convene at Paris Under the Provisions of the Treaty Between the United States of America and Great Britain, Concluded February 29, 1892, Volume 1 |
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... course to the Rio Roxo westward , to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then , cross- ing the said Red River , and running thence , by a line due north , to the river Arkansas ; thence , following the ...
... course to the Rio Roxo westward , to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then , cross- ing the said Red River , and running thence , by a line due north , to the river Arkansas ; thence , following the ...
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... course to the westward , and having thoroughly examined the shores of the Aleutian Islands , the coast of Kamchatka , the Kurile Islands , and the intervening waters , he may return for the winter to the harbor of Petropavlovsk . The ...
... course to the westward , and having thoroughly examined the shores of the Aleutian Islands , the coast of Kamchatka , the Kurile Islands , and the intervening waters , he may return for the winter to the harbor of Petropavlovsk . The ...
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... course of time it may be extinguished entirely , as can clearly be seen from experiments made . In order to avert such disaster it would be to our great advantage that for one year no seals at all should be killed . Then strict orders ...
... course of time it may be extinguished entirely , as can clearly be seen from experiments made . In order to avert such disaster it would be to our great advantage that for one year no seals at all should be killed . Then strict orders ...
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... course , and returning to New Arch- angel with the agent , who is to repeat the observations prescribed for the outward voyage . 2. One of the larger vessels should leave the port of New Archangel for Ayan not later than the 15th of May ...
... course , and returning to New Arch- angel with the agent , who is to repeat the observations prescribed for the outward voyage . 2. One of the larger vessels should leave the port of New Archangel for Ayan not later than the 15th of May ...
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... course of the season.1 In transmitting to your Excellency the above outlined plan for the employment of the colonial fleet , the board of administration respect- fully requests that in case the interests of the Company require a devia ...
... course of the season.1 In transmitting to your Excellency the above outlined plan for the employment of the colonial fleet , the board of administration respect- fully requests that in case the interests of the Company require a devia ...
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Page 45 - The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Page 3 - If in the case submitted to the Arbitrators either party shall have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if the other party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that party with a copy thereof...
Page 117 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession...
Page 34 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 3 - Sea, and what exclusive rights in the seal fisheries therein, did Russia assert and exercise prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States?
Page 45 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory, according to their choice, reserving their natural allegiance, may return to Russia within three years; but if they should prefer to remain in the ceded territory, they, with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion.
Page 34 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel shall be the line of...
Page 231 - ... 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...
Page 3 - Pacific Ocean," as used in the Treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia; and what rights, if any, in the Behring's Sea were held and exclusively exercised by Russia after said Treaty?
Page 45 - In the cession of territory and dominion made by the preceding article, are included the right of property in all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private individual property. It is, however, understood and agreed, that the churches which have been built in the ceded territory by the Russian government, shall remain the property of such members of the Greek Oriental Church resident in the territory, as may...