INDEX TO MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. [The Minutes of Proceedings, or Oral Argument, is in two volumes-VI and VII-in this edition. The page references in this index refer to the pages of original edition, which are inset in these two volumes, as follows: Volume VI, inset pages 1 to 441, inclusive; Volume VII, inset pages 442 to 835, inclusive.] Access to Yukon territory-Special value to Canada of territory in dispute. (Finlay) 6. Acquiescence Action subsequent to Treaty of 1825 could be inquired into Acts of possession, see that title, also names of any particular British ignorance of United States Acts of occupation-" You Acts in question were undoubtedly known to British Min- Ogilvie Survey Reports printed in Canadian Sessional Expedient to remove difficulty connected with doctrine of pre- Extent of application of doctrine-Acquiescence may be looked to as indicating an understanding and an interpretation. (Dickinson) 732. Field's, Mr. Justice, judgment in the case of Indiana v. Kentucky. (Taylor) 555. Laurier's, Sir W., statement in 1898 that from time immemorial Russia and United States had been in possession, and no protest had been made. (Taylor) 554. Maps What obligation was there upon nations to supervise the cartographers of their country and of the world? Great Britain entered a formal protest against the boundary shown on the maps the first time it was brought to her notice. (Robinson) 476. No acquiescence or consent as between the United States and Negotiations for settlement of boundary were open while Passamaquoddy Bay, Commission relating to title to islands- Acquiescence-Continued. Period of acquiescence by Great Britain. (Taylor) 554, 557. Supreme Court of the United States Authority, &c., with re- Value of doctrine of acquiescence-Means of interpretation, no particular period required to perfect it, &c. (Taylor) 554. Action outside the Treaties of 1825 and 1867-Consideration of, as evidence by the Tribunal, so far as it tends to show original and effective understanding-Provisions of Treaty of 1903. Acts of possession, question of admissibility of United States' evidence, &c. (Finlay) 6, 8, 317, 322, 323. Greater number of the Acts were done during the time when Controversy from 1872 onwards concerned the Salisbury's, Lord, despatch to Mr. Choate of October, 1899- Both parties, concurrence of, in any particular interpretation of the Treaties, either in expressed terms or by action-Essential qualification of any act adduced in evidence. (Finlay) 8, 297, 310. Criticism of British contention. (Taylor) 501. Meaning of Article III of Treaty of 1903 Effective understanding, meaning of. (Watson) 334. Tribunal "shall" consider, not anything and everything presented as evidence, but all the evidence which they think may assist them. (Robinson) 466. Negotiations, admissibility of Character of the lisière must be gathered from the negotiations. (Taylor) 514. Definition of lisière, British Argument admitted of reference to the negotiations. (Taylor) 514. Might be used to throw light upon what the negotiations meant, but could not be invoked to vary the Treaty. (Finlay) 11.-Criticism of British contention (Dickinson) 659. Slight value to be attached to negotiations-Ignorance of territory in question, Length of negotiations, Change of Representatives, &c. (Robinson) 456, 457, 461, 462. Action outside the Treaties of 1825 and 1867—Continued. Superseded by the bargain made. (Robinson) 455. United States insistence on negotiations and comparative Private individuals, action of- Action excluded. (Finlay) 7.—Criticism of British conten- Governments are not responsible for their citizens making Rule in reference to construction and determination of boun- Rules regulating admission of evidence refer to titles, Evidence, Subsequent action-Ambiguities may be explained, but a con- Subsequent as well as preliminary action to be considered. Text of Treaty of 1903, 7. Treaty of 1825-Predominant importance of-Action only to be Examination of Statement. (Robinson) 494. Map of 1867, Difference in width of lisière from that now Acts of possession, of government, occupation, &c., put forward by Fort Dionysius, erection of. (Finlay) 301. Hudson's Bay Company, competition in Observatory Inlet No port or station at all upon the lisière. (Finlay) 299. United States action in 1867, and from 1867 onwards- Acts between 1888 and 1891, résumé of. (Dickinson) 814, 815. Nothing in reports to indicate restriction or limitation Acts of possession, of government, occupation, &c.—Continued. Number of United States citizens residing within lisière Total population 3,957, instead of 11,000, Number of United States citizens considerably less than 3,957. (Carson) 654, 655, 656. Purchase of Alaska by United States-Not a word of objection from England or Canada. (Watson) 329, 330. Imaginative picture-If there was anybody they wished to keep out of the negotiations it was Great Britain. (Carson) 633, 634. (For particular Acts, see their names, also title Occupation.) Adams, Mr. Secretary of State, United States Letter to Mr. Middleton (July 8, 1823) Coast North-west Coast as used in Russian Ukase of 1821 understood by Mr. Adams in Russian sense of entire coast. (Dickinson) 739. Russian rights in 1821-Rights of discovery, occupancy, and uncontested possession alleged by Russia were without foundation in fact. (Carson) 586, 587. Addington, Mr. H. U. Neutrality of North-west Coast-Consent of British Government to arrangement proposed between Hudson's Bay Company and Russian-American Company. (Taylor) 509. Adjustment of difficulties between Great Britain and the United States-Attempts prior to 1903. (Finlay) 7. Admiralty charts (British) Bays and Inlets, boundary line running round heads 1856 (No. 2461), reissued, with corrections in 1861 and 1866. (Dickinson) 765, 784. 1877-Inscription changed so as to read" Boundary between British and American territory." (Dickinson) 784. Unchanged line continued on Admiralty maps up to 1901. (Dickinson) 784. Portland Channel Question, Evidence on 1853 (No. 2168), Chart purporting to be based on Vancouver. (Dickinson) 706. 1865, with correction to 1884 (No. 2431), Cordova Bay 1868-Admiralty maps. (Finlay) 163; (Dickinson) 707. 1884-Oliver Bay to Cross Sound-Occurrence of words 1896 (No. 2458), Fort Simpson to Port McArthur. (Dickinson) 709. No. 25, British Atlas. (Taylor) 529. No. 33 (brought down to 1884). (Taylor) 530. No. 2430-Queen Charlotte's Island and adjacent coasts of Admiralty charts (British)-Continued. Portland Channel Question, Evidence on-Continued. No. 2461-Pacific Ocean from Cook River to Gulf of Cali- fornia. (Dickinson) 706. No. 5431. (Dickinson) 709. Admiralty map of 1876- Mountains, representation of. (Finlay) 297. Admiralty maps, Russian- See Russian maps. Africa, partitioning of-Bearing of North-west Coast controversy. Aleutian Islands- Real centre of Russian activity. (Carson) 594. Alsekh River— Determination of boundary, proposals of 1873. (Finlay) 311. Coast- Article VII of Treaty of 1825-Application to the lisière Heads of inlets, measuring width of lisière from-(c) in Sinuosities of the coast-An affirmative answer to Question Ukases of 1799 and 1821, meaning of "North-west Coast " Grant's, President, Message to Congress in 1872-President Herbert, Sir Michael, death of, 567, 568. Iselcat, mistaken reading for Chilkat, 798. Lynn Canal, territorial waters limit-Geographical peculiarities Maps Colouring of maps not of much assistance on minor details, 158. Dawson's Canadian Map, 1887, importance of, in respect of General line of coast to which lisière line was to be drawn Mountain boundary- American survey-Request that information on Mr. Arrowsmith map of 1833-Note that wherever there |