ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 37, 29 June 1889, Page 2

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

{ THE tßmprnVß PBO0ia ; - r. .'*".: ' r %xTf65..,, ;,:',;: A CABLEGRAM dicftite* that an-acite phaworthennsmviontondrntf between the UuHcd State*of Amoi iea an connection the prochjinatiou of' the United Stated on alleged^Amerifas) right in BchringkSea will bo read with M^fhc' proclamation wait -issued frain Washingtom on Warfih 22, and riins as foFl«w*>By "ihfi JPnsaiderit of •the*' I 'United Proclamation. —-The followingprovisions of, laws of tho ■ United States are' hereby published for the information of all concwrned: Section 19i»G, RevUed Statute*, Chap. lIL, title 28, enacts that— Ho person shall kill any s otter, mink, marten, sable,* or for seal, or other fur-bearing animal wrthiu the Hiiu'rti t»f AlKska territory or in the >nd evjei* ' peiwn,'.giiilty (jha!'. for each, 'offence b« not ftiss then 20<M©Uor iuo.i%,than iUQOd^l^or , imprisoned ; .months, *or h»tb;>;iaod lall ve>ss«bt, their uinitoM and* cargo fotind' violatioii -of the section Hhall bf ftfrfeited ; but tho Se(ir.'tk» 6' tHßYrciatfryshall.havo to of any. Audi _ or' other fur-Wrflag jUifumls.' except fur seals, under *ucli..regulations m he may prescribe, and it shiill bo the duty of the?Secr*tary to prevent: the kitting ofr any. far veal, and to' provide 7 'for' tin execution of the proririona of this Motion until it in otherwise provided by law: nor dial! ho grant any special ; l*ge»."under thtji Section..J Section* 8 of the Act ootided An Act to Provldofor the Eru>ctioa of the Salmon Fisheries of Alaska, approved March % 188% provides that SecI tion 1956 of tho Revised Statute* of tho United Statoa nr hereby r tb-all . .dominion of tho United States in tho. waters of Bsbring Sea, and it •hall bo tha duty of *• Prosiclent, I at a timely saaaon in each yoar, to jj dasuo bis pmQuuation, *nd cause \ ■""& *&&** ?■? *?999-$k any such thare be) poUWwd at > aajb UoiUd *<%*¥*• of entry opoMftna saslaat ' entering suoh i too snail ajso wm oqoor,more jsn. « sals of tho ISuM rjtsfsi to Out■L thotOfottfT. BlsiiMata flojnl^' bimMML DOrODjf warn MI, EBSUJUSfeOL. osnOfms?. l shbV u

in VwF fiStf UniUxi SUU» ,'oeiwtiH. iu Jtint, 1880, Uio population of Alaska-was W.4M, vl whom .only Wjfpjre whiten, thi others L«iret.'4teSi, 2145, GWc*. 175*6, :.jPjgi/(|fc in tho neighbouring:, mm are very ! important, During tlio If taomh* ondod Juno BC, 1880, *oal» arid 5700 otture frori WcMtcrn Alaska nhV. iHnle, thoSkuuiagin. Ja|anjjt* ( ,RpXft£ts-sJjs There were " tfted men in tho ftdierie*. with' 8090 boats. Their eat<-h lor tint yoar ended June 30, 1889. bring IOWSsjOOOIb of frW.i 84k i;b«# OOOIh of *ealVflt)*b/U7,4SO,a«aS; skin*,. and 8500.. aea ottara., Thf£ catches of ftjh, principally tabnoft and cod, havouiuch IncreaaM the taking. of the cecums, Jbofr thai catcher of seals have been,* byniutualijitfrWwents bet** varibbc fishing tumpaniee, to prevent of tWftfeeiS' The piico neidtifßuada tor Alaaki .doflara in gold. , . ,". ; ,,. "^ ...■,.,. ~.., ~,,„ -.„, -g,... ...,.\i „