CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 145 



11 DECLARATION OF JAMES DOUGLAS WARREN. 



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



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

 British Cohimbia, of the Dominion of Canada, master mariner and ship- 

 owner, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. That I am the dnly anthorized agent of Charles Spring, merchant, 

 of the said city of Victoria, and owner of the hereinafter-mentioned 

 schooner "Onward." 



1'. That the said schooner " Onward " is a British vessel of abont 94 

 tons bnrden, builder's measurement, and at the time of her seizure, as 

 hereinafter set out, was, and now is, registered at the port of Victoria 

 aforesaid. 



3. That about the lOtli day of June, A. D. 1886, the said schooner 

 "Onward" sailed from the west coast of Vancouver Island, having 

 previously cleared at the port of Victoria aforesaid, on and for a full- 

 season hunting and tishing voyage in the North Pacific Ocean and 

 Behring Sea. 



4. That on and for said voyage the crew of the "Onward" consisted 

 of Daniel Monroe, of Victoria aforesaid, master; John Margotich, of the 

 same place, mate; and twenty sailors and hunteis; all of whom were 

 on board the "Onward" at the time of her seizure hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



5. That on the morning of the 2nd August, A. D. 188(), while in said 

 Behring Sea, in north latitude 54"^ 32' ami west longitude 167° r)5', and 

 about 68 miles from Ounalaska Island, the nearest land, lawfully, as I 

 verily believe, pursuing the objects of her said voyage, tlie "Onward" 

 was seized by the United States steamship "Corwin," and taken in 

 tow of said "Corwin" to Ounalaska, in the Territory of Alaska, of the 

 United States of America, having then on board 100 seal skins. 



6. That upon the said "Corwin's" arrival at Ounalaska aforesaid 

 with the said "Onward," the " Onw^ard" was, by order of the United 

 States authorities thereat, stripped of her sails and outfit, the skins on 

 board taken out, her master, the said Daniel Monroe, and mate, the 

 said John Margotich, placed under arrest, and her voyage completely 

 broken up. 



7. That the said master ami mate, Daniel Monroe and frohn Margo- 

 tich, were by the said United States authorities taken to Sitka, in the 

 said Territory of Alaska, there to be tried on a charge of having 

 violated the laws of the United States respecting seal fishing in the 

 waters of Alaska. On arrival at Sitka the said master and mate were 

 bound over to appear for trial on said charge, and were on or about 

 the 1st of the month of September following so tried, found guilty, and 

 sentenced — the master, Daniel Monroe, to pay a fine of oOO dollars, 

 the mate, John Margotich, to pay a fine of 300 dollars, and each to be 

 imprisoned for the space of thirty days, which imprisonment they 

 suffered. 



8. That hereto annexed, marked "(A)" is a statement of the articles 

 comprising the outfit of the "Onward" at tlie time of her departure 

 on said voyage, and the value thereof, all of which were on board the 

 "Onw^ard" at the time of her said seizure, excepting only what had 

 been consumed in the ordinary course and prosecution of the voyage; 

 also of the amount paid for insurance on said voyage, also the amount 

 of wages paid the crew and hunters on said voyage, also the amount 

 paid for fares and expenses of the master and mate in returning to 

 Victoria from Sitka after their release, and also of the number aud 



S. Ex. 177, pt. 4 10 



