were  as  follows:  The  findings  of  the  arbitrators  were:  Rus-

1.  What  exclusive  jurisdiction  in  Bering  sia  never  claimed  exclusive  rights;  Great
Sea  did  Russia  exercise  prior  to  the  ces-  Britain  had  not  conceded  any  claim  of
sion  of  Alaska?  Russia   to   exclusive  jurisdiction;    Bering

2.  To  what  extent  was  this  jurisdiction,  Sea  was  included  in  the  Pacific  Ocean  in
especially  as  regarded  the  seal  fisheries,  the  treaty  of  1825;  all  Russian  rights
recognized   by   Great   Britain?  passed  to  the  United  States;   the  United

3.  Was  the  Bering  Sea  included  in  the  States  have  no  rights  when  seals  are  out-
phrase  "  Pacific  Ocean "  in  the  Anglo-  side  the  3-mile  limit.  Restrictive  regula-
Russian  treaty  of  1825;  and  what  rights  tions  were  also  adopted:  proclaiming  a
did  Russia  exercise  in  the  Bering  Sea  closed  season  from  May  1  to  July  31  in
after  the  treaty?  Bering  Sea  and  the  North  Pacific;  estab-

4.  Did  not  all  the  Russian  rights  in  the  lishing  a  protected  zone  within  60  miles
fisheries  east  of  the  water  boundary  pass  of  the  Pribyloff  Islands;  forbidding
to  the  United  States  when  the  treaty  was  steam- vessels,  use  of  nets,  fire-arms,  and
ratified  by  which  she  acquired  possession  explosives.  The  award  was  regarded  as  a
of  the  territory  of  Alaska?  compromise,  in    which    the    United    States

5.  What  right  of  protection  of  prop-  was  technically  defeated,  but  acquired
erty  has  the  United  States  in  the  seals  substantial  advantages  in  the  regulations,
frequenting  United  States  islands,  when  The  complaints  came  mainly  from  Can-
found  outside  the  ordinary  3-mile  limit?  ada.     See  Bering  Sea  Arbitration.
