The sun., 1891-06-02
rHs FUR SEALS IN rAsL1AxxSE
Seh. nsu st Last win Take Practical
sseps 20 Prevent Their Extersafsstfos.

Sehn nur st Last win Take Practical
steps 60 Prevent Their DETERMINATION. =
WASHINGTON. June t.-since II must have
been manifest for q long time that the practi-
cal method OF restraining the people Of the
dominion from huntinR the fur seals OF Bah
ring Sea is through . restrictive act OF ths
British Parliament. II has certainly been very
leisurely step on the part OF Lord Salisbury TO
delay the Introduction OF bill for this pur-
pose until the present time Perhaps we
should not SEQ II introduced now were not the
Victoria sealing vessels OF for their season's
work. and the. men engaged By the North
American Commercial Company also on the
Way and takes long time to communicate
with scores Of vessels scattered over Behrine
Sea. or even with the fribylov Islands.
still. should the bill just introduced into the
House OF Commons be passed this week. ths
order In Council for which 1t provides could be
issued at once. and close sesson would Be
established. Our Government has undoubt-
edly arranged already As to the limit which
should be imposed upon Its lessees. and instead
OF 10000 Of the animals they will probably be
allowed to take only about as many ~ win re-
imburse them for outlays made 10 GOOD faith.
and as will furnish food for the natives de-
pending on II. ....,
That there would have to be an allowance for
these food seals. even under an ont for =
closed season. is clear: and there should also be
no objection to making this allowance .ervs
tho additional purpose OF reimbursinR the
lessees for actual outlays for the natives, under
the agreement with the Government. The
contract Of the present company. like that Of
its predecessors. calls, for the main tensnes Of
George. the providing of suitable medical
st,I sstsndanSe for them. and 50 on; The company
ousisys, Of this Kind il not not allowed ali to Xii
the catch 70 10000 81 Ins this ysar In. place Of
ties about 500 Sod S Should Il allow sS instead
OF q few thousand skins the l00. .0OO customary
ysss O roy.
S!Foums stances the loss Voluntarily under:
present. should be- sniticient proof Of the ain.
% asd shond 10 ss IN os ,se pssssse
q the bill psnding In Parliament even al
though the smaller allowance to tho Prbylov
. il hss Sesn insinssed tha. the calculation.
81 the Treasury De, Astment agents show that
These would probably bs % seiectsd i mainly from
= G falss ss g -. and sss y Eillins
gres.ly fallen on Tor q year or two Isst. Il
But M oor 20 sas ss
total prohibition on the British side under tue
great relief Its true that tho ,I season begins
BY tho flrst Of June, and the present plans
ought 20 have been matured long ago. But for
several weeks tho private sealing is done aouth
Of Bebring Sea, attacking the Pribyloy. herd In
It's Annual migration northward. Early In
July comes much OF the killing In BehrinR Sea
:, At all events unless the bill Is passed BY Par
liament . prodigious slaughter may be ex-
Indicate that the number OF vessels which at q
recent date had cleared from British Columbia
!or the sealing grounds was ~. against only ~
last year. with proportionato increase Of tom
mage and OF men employed. They knew that
noyotiations were pending. and will get to work
ns soon as possible II the action of Parlla-
nent is prompt. British war ships In the
Pacific and our own revenue cutters can cruise
among these vessels and by giving notice pr.
vent 2 part Of the threatened rava9es. Il 10
true that other nations would not be bound >bT
he pending compact: but they are not yet en-
zaRed In Behring Sea sealing and before an
other season their Governments may become
parties to the Agreement