EXHIBIT II.
Decision Made on Board the Second-Class Cruiser Zabiaka on the Way to the Village of Nicolsk on Bering Island, No. 337.
On July 4, 1892, upon the basis of the official report of the examination of the schooner C. H. White, drawn up on July 3 by the commission appointed by my order dated June 28, No. 60, and founded upon the publication by the Russian Imperial Government, published in 1881, as well as by virtue of the decision of the governor general of eastern Siberia of the 1st November, 1883, No. 1171, and of the instructions given to the cruiser by the commander of the port of Vladivostok, dated April 22, 1892, No. 1425, I, commander of the above-mentioned cruiser, captain of frigate Boris Karlovitch de Livron III, have decided:
- First. To confiscate the schooner C. H. White and to dispatch her to Vladivostok under command of Lieutenant Koltchak.
- Second. To convey the captain and crew to Petropavlovsk, allowing them freely to return to their country.
- Third. To draw up a complete inventory of the schooner’s cargo upon her arrival at Petropavlovsk.
- Fourth. To sell at auction at Petropavlovsk, for the benefit of the State, all of the cargo susceptible of deterioration and the unnecessary long boats, as well as arms.
- Fifth. To deliver without receipt the seal skins to the chief of district of Commander Islands.
- Sixth. To deliver without receipt one of the seven long boats to the chief of district of the Commander Islands, in compliance with the request of said chief.
- Seventh. To submit the present decision to competent superior authority.
- Eighth. To deliver to the captain copies of this official report and of the present decision.
Commander of the Second-Class Cruiser Zabiaka.