134 CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



2 DECLARATION OF JAMES DOUGLAS WARREN. 



City of Ottawa, Frorlnce of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. 



I, James Douglas Warren, of the city of Victoria, in tlie Province of 

 British Cohiuibia, of the Dominion of Canada, mariner and ship-owner, 

 solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. That I am the duly authorized agent of William Munsle, of the city 

 of Victoria aforesaid, the owner of the hereinafter-mentioned schooner 

 " Carolena." 



2. That the said schooner " Carolena" is a British vessel, registered 

 at the port of Victoria aforesaid, of about 32 tons burden, builders meas- 

 urement, and that in A. d. 1884 the " Carolena" was rebuilt and length- 

 ened about 15 feet by a section built amidshi])s, and ])ut in lirst-class 

 order and condition. In A. d. 1885 the said " Carolena" was valued for 

 insurance by the Union Insurance Company at4,(>00 dollars, and in A. d. 

 188(> the Californian Insurance Company j)laced the same value, namely, 

 4,000 dollars, upon her for alike purpose. I am informed by the said 

 William Munsle, and believe that since the rebuilding and enlargement 

 of the "Carolena," she has not been reregistered at the port of Victoria 

 aforesaid, nor at any other port, and that consequently her actual ton- 

 nage is greater than appears by the official record, or the register of the 

 said " Carolena." 



3. That on or about the 20th day of May, A. d. 1886, the said " Caro- 

 lena" left the port of Victoria aforesaid, after liaving been duly cleared 

 at Customs, one James Ogilvie being master, and one James Blake mate, 

 and a crew of nine sailors and hunters, on a fishing and hunting voyage 

 in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring Sea. 



4. That on the 1st day of August, in said year 1880, while in said 

 Behring vSea in north latitude 55° 50', west longitude 108° 53', then 

 being from G5 to 75 miles from the nearest land, and while, as I am 

 informcf- '.Vnd verily believe, lawfully pursuing the objects of said voy- 

 age, the said schooner " Carolena " was seized by the United States 

 steam-ship "Corwin," and taken to Ounalaska, in the Territory of 

 Alaska, of the United States of America, and her voyage broken up. 



5. That on arrival at Ounalaska aforesaid the "Carolena" was, by 

 order of the United States authorities, stripped of her outfit and run- 

 ning-gear, the seal-skins on board taken out, the captain, James Ogilvie, 

 and the mate, James Blake, placed under arrest and sent to Sitka, in 

 said Territory of Alaska, and the crew sent to the city of San Francisco. 



0. That upon arrival at Sitka the captain and the mate of the " Caro- 

 lena " were formally charged witb having violated the laws of the United 

 States of America respecting seal-fishing in the waters of Alaska, but 

 before the day fixed for the hearing and trial of said charge Captain 

 Ogilvie disai)])eared, and was afterwards found dead in or about the 

 neighbourhood of Sitka. The mate, James Blake, was tried, found 

 guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 300 dollars and be imprisoned at 

 Sitka for thirty days, and which imprisonment he, James Blake, suffered. 



7. That hereto annexed, marked (A), is a Statement of the articles 

 comprising the outfit of the schooner "Carolena" on her departure on 

 said voyage, and all of which I verily believe were on board the " Car- 

 olena" at the time of her seizure, excepting only what had been con- 

 sumed in the ordiimry course of the v^oyage, together with the value of 

 said articles, also of the amount of premiums paid for insurance on the 

 hull, outfit, and cargo of the said "Carolena "for the said voyage; also 

 of the am<mnt of wages ])aid to the crew and hunters on board the 

 "Carolena" up to the time of such seizure; also of the exi)cnses of the 



