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gear, tlie seal-skins tlien on board taken out, the captain and mate 

 made prisoners and sent to Sitka, in said Territory of Alaska, wliere, 

 after trial, they were fined, the cai)tain in the sum of ."iOO dollars, and 

 the mate in the sum of oOO dollars, and each imprisoned lor thirty days. 

 The remainder of the crew, with only two excepted, Avere sent by the 

 United States authorities to the city of San Francisco by a steamer 

 belonging- to the Alaska Commercial Company. 



8. That I am infoi-mcd by Caj)tain (ruttormsen that immediately 

 upon the arrival at Ounalaska of the " Corwin " with the "Thornton," 

 he (the captain) entered his solemn protest against the seizure of his 

 vessel and her outfit and the seal-skins then on board. 



9. That on or about the loth day of July of the present year I was 



at Ounalaska, and saw the said steam-schooner "Thornton," and 

 7 found her in a very bad condition. She was lying on her bilge on 



a gravel beach, partially embedded, and exposed to all weathers, 

 and was consequently greatly depreciated in value since her seizure. 

 Her copper is nnich chafed, her deck seams are opened, through which 

 water had leaked upon the steam-boiler, engine, and machinery, all 

 of which are well nigh ruined. She cannot be brought away from 

 Ounalaska without repairs involving great exi)ense, and not at all before 

 next summer can this be done. I verily believe, from the inspection I 

 then made, that it would cost over (),(t()0 dollars to take the "Thorn- 

 ton" from Ounalaska to Victoria aforesaid, the nearest port at which 

 the repairs could be made, and put her in as good order and condition 

 as she was in when seized. 



10. That at the time of her seizure the "Thornton" was in good 

 repair and condition and perfectly seaworthy, excepting only that her 

 mainmast-head had been carried away during the voyage she then 

 was on. 



11. That for and during the said voyage the "Thornton" was insured 

 by Lloyd's underwriters in the sum of 1,-00/. on the hull and machinery, 

 and in the sum of 1,000L on the outfit and cargo. 



12. That hereto annexed, marked (A), is a detailed Statement of the 

 outfit of the "Thornton" for the voyage on which she was seized as 

 above set out, and all of which, excepting only what had been con- 

 sumed in the regular course of the voyage, was on board the " Thorn- 

 ton" at the time of her seizure; also of the amount of premiums paid 

 by me for insurance up(m the hull, machinery, outfit, and cargo of the 

 "Thornton" during the said voyage, and also for wages paid by me to 

 the hunters and crew of the said "Thornton" of said voyage for the 

 time of said voyage up to the said seizure. Also a statement of the 

 sums paid by me for i)assage-money of the crew from San Francisco to 

 Victoria, and passage nioney and expenses of the ca])taiu and mate at 

 and from Sitka after their release to Victoria aforesaid. 



13. That also in said Statement (A) are charged 403 seal-skins taken 

 from the "Thornton" at the time of seizure, and Avhich, s()ai)pearsfroni 

 the lieport of the officers of the United States steam-ship "Corwin," 

 submitted to the Couit at Sitka on the trial of the said ca|)tain and 

 mate of the "Thornton," and the price there charged, namely, 7 dollars 

 I)er skin, was the market value per skin at Victoria aibresaid, on or 

 about the 1st October, A. D. 188(), when the said skins, had not such 

 seizure taken ])lace, would have been placed on the market at Victoria. 



14. That the value i)laced upon the various articles and groups of 

 articles in the outfit mentioned in Exhibit (A) is the actual cost of the 

 said articles at the city ol' Victoria aforesaid at the time of their i)ur- 

 chase in the spring of 1880. 



