UNDER THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT WASH-
INGTON JANUARY 24, 1903, FOR THE SETTLEMENT

OF QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
WITH RESPECT TO THE BOUNDARY LINE
BETWEEN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA

AND THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS

IN NORTH AMERICA.

Vol. VI.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1904.

Ss

For index to Volumes VI and VII see end of Volume VII.

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ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ÁLASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL, HELD AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, DOWNING STREET, LONDON.

[NOTE-Published in two volumes-VI and VII.]

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FIRST DAY.-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903.

PRESENT.

Members of the Tribunal appointed by the President of the United States. Honourable ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War of the United States; Honourable HENRY CABOT LODGE, Senator of the United States from Massachusetts; and Honourable GEORGE TURNER, of Spokane, Washington.

Members of the Tribunal appointed by His Britannic Majesty.The Right Honourable BARON ALVERSTONE, G. C. M. G., Lord Chief Justice of England; Sir LOUIS A. JETTÉ, K. C. M. G., LieutenantGovernor of the Province of Quebec; and Mr. ALLEN B. AYLESWORTH, K. C., of the City of Toronto.

The Honourable John W. Foster, the United States' Agent, and Honourable Clifford Sifton, K. C., the British Agent.

Honourable Jacob M. Dickinson, Mr. David T. Watson, Honourable Hannis Taylor, and Mr. Chandler P. Anderson, appeared as Counsel for the United States.

Mr. Robert Lansing, Solicitor of the United States' Agency; Mr. O. H. Tittman, Mr. W. C. Hodgkins, Mr. Otis T. Cartwright, Mr. T. John Newton, and Mr. F. R. Hanna, members of the United States' Agent's staff.

The Attorney-General (Sir Robert B. Finlay, K. C., M. P.); the Solicitor-General (Right Honourable Sir Edward H. Carson, K. C., M. P.). Mr. Christopher Robinson, K. C., Mr. F. C. Wade, K. C., Mr. L. P. Duff, K. C., and Mr. A. Geoffrion, K. C.; Mr. S. A. T. Rowlatt and Mr. J. A. Simon, appeared as Counsel for Great Britain.

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Mr. W. F. King and Mr. A. P. Collier, members of the British Agent's staff.

Mr. Reginald Tower, His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Munich and Stuttgart, as Secretary to the Tribunal; Mr. J. R. Carter, Second Secretary in the American Embassy, London, and Mr. Joseph Pope, C. M. G., Under-Secretary of State of Canada, as Associate Secretaries.

Lord ALVERSTONE. The members of the Tribunal have met and have satisfied themselves of their qualifications and appointments, and have taken and have subscribed to the Oath that is required by the

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