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Victoria to Beliring Sea prior to tlie 2ud day of July. After enteriiio tlie 

 said sea the weather was very tliick, and no sealing was done by the 

 "W. P. Sayward." 



6. On the 9th day of said July, the " W. P. Sayward" then being in 

 latitude 54° 4.')' north and longitude 107° 51' west, and about 58 miles 

 from Ounalaska Island, the nearest land, and lawfully pursuing the 

 objects of her voyage, was seized by the United States steam-ship 

 "iiichard Kush," and taken to Iloolook Harbour, at Ounalaska Island, 

 in the United States Territory of Alaska. At said harbour the seal- 

 skins on board the "W. P. Sayward" were taken out and stored on 

 shore, and the " W. P. Sayward " was, by order of the authorities of 

 the United States, sent to Sitka, in the said Territory of Alaska, in 

 charge of an ofticer from said " Kichard Eush," togetb^r with all her 

 crew, 



7. Upon arrival at Sitka the "W. P. Sayward" was handed over to 

 United States Marshal Atkins, the master and mate of the "W, P. 

 Sayward," the said George E. Perey and Andrew Laing, were taken 

 before a Judge and bound over to appear for trial on the 22nd day of 

 August then instant, and from day to day thereafter, on a charge of 

 having violated the laws of the United States relating to seal-hshing 

 in the waters of Alaska. The said master and mate so appeared on 

 the 22nd August and day by day thereafter, until the 9th day of Sep- 

 tember, when, without having been tried on said charge or any other 

 charge whatever, they were unconditionally released. 



<S. That hereto annexed, marked "(A)," is a statement of the value 

 of the said schooner " W. P. Sayward" at the time of her seizure by 

 the "Ricliard Rush," also of the articles, and groups of articles, and 

 the value thereof, comprising the outfit of the " W. P. Sayward" on 



and for said voyage; also of the amount of j)remiums paid for 

 18 insurance of the hull, outtit, and cargo of said schooner during 



said voyage; also of the amount paid in wages to the crew and 

 hunters on said voyage; also of the fares and expenses of the mate to 

 and from Victoria for instructions, and of the master, mate, and part of 

 the crew in returning to Victoria from Sitka; and also of the number 

 and value of the seal-skins taken from the said schooner when seized. 



9. The value placed on the schooner "W. P. Sayward "in said Exhibit 

 (A), namely, 6,000 dollars, is a fair and reasonable valuation of the said 

 schooner, considering her original cost, which was about 7,000 dollars, 

 the condition of repair she was in when seized, and the value of vessels 

 of her class at Victoria aforesaid, for such purposes as the " W. P. 

 Sayward" was designed and used. Immediately before going on said 

 voyage she was thoroughly repaired and refitled, and at the time of 

 her seizure was in lirst-class order and condition. Besides the outlit 

 mentioned in Exhibit (A), there was on board the ''W. P. Sayward" 

 when seized a considerable quantity of extra gear, tackling, and ship 

 stores. The insurance value of the " W. P. Sayward" for the year 

 1887 was 0,000 dollars, and on and during said voyage she was insured 

 in the sum of 1,000L on her hull, and in 2,000/. on her outlit and cargo, 



10. Tlie value placed on the various articles and groups of articles 

 comi)rising the outtit of the said schooner, as given in Exhibit (A), is 

 the market price for each of said articles at Victoria aforesaid at the 

 time of their purchase for the use and purposes of said voyage. The 

 price charged in Exhibit (A) for the seal-skins on board the " W, P. 

 Sayward" when seized, namely, 5 dol, 50 c, per skin, is the market 

 price per skin current at Victoria aforesaid on or about the close of the 

 sealiuii' season of 1887, when the catch of the " VV. P. Sayward," had 



