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for the purposes of said voyage. In addition to the outfit named in 

 Exhibit (A), there was on board the " Grace" at the time of her seizure 



a considerable quantity of general ship stores. 

 22 14. The price per seal-skin charged in Exhibit (A), namely, 5 



dol. 50 c. per skin for the seal-skins on board the " Grace" when 

 seized and taken out at Ounalaska, was the market price at Victoria at 

 the close of the sealing season of 1887, when the catch of the "Grace" 

 for that season, in the ordinary course of events, would have been 

 placed on the market. 



15. That hereto annexed, marked "(C)," is a statement of the legal 

 expenses incurred at Sitka and elsewliere by reason of the seizure of 

 the " Grace " and the arrest of the captain, and the claims arising there- 

 from, and also of the personal expenses connected therewith. 



16. That hereto annexed, marked " (D)," is a statement of the amounts 

 claimed by the owner of the steam-schooner " Grace " by reason of her 

 seizure and detention during the season of 1887, and of the loss arising 

 from the detention of the said " Grace" after the close of said season. 



17. The estimated catch by the "Grace" for the season of 1887, 

 namely, 4,200 seal-skins, is based upon a reasonable and probable catch 

 per boat or canoe for that season. Experience in sealing has proved 

 that the greater number of boats or canoes, or both, carried by any one 

 sealing-vessel, the smaller the average per canoe or boat, and it is in 

 view of this that the average per canoe for the " Grace " is put at 300 

 per canoe, while the average for the steam-schooner " Anna Beck" for 

 the same season is placed at 350, the latter carrying eight canoes and 

 one boat, while the former carried twelve canoes and two boats. The 

 said average catch of 300 seal-sRins per canoe and boat for the " Grace " 

 is a fair average catch, and I verily believe that had the "Grace" 

 not been seized as aforesaid, her catch for the season of 1887 would 

 have exceeded the said number of 4,200 seal-skins. 



18. That during the m.onths of October, IS'ovember, and December, 

 A. D. 1887, and January, A. D. 1888, had the "Grace" been in posses- 

 sion of her owner, she would have been engaged in the coasting trade 

 between the various ports of British Columbia. The estimated loss 

 per month of 500 dollars for each of said months is a fair and reasona- 

 ble estimate of the earnings of the said steam-schooner " Grace " for 

 the said months of October, November, December, and January, after 

 deducting the cost of wages and ordinary running expenses, and I 

 verily believe that the "Grace" would have earned the said sum per 

 month had she been in her owner's possession. 



19. That in order to engage in the hunting and fishing of next year, 

 namely, A. d. 1888, and in view of the fact that the " Grace" will require 

 the usual overhauling and fitting out before being sent on so long a 

 voyage, the latest date at which it will be possible to begin necessary 

 repairs and refitting, and have them completed in order to leave at or 

 about the usual date on said hunting and fishing voyage, will be on or 

 about the 1st day of February, A. D. 1888. If the " Grace" be not 

 delivered to the owners at Victoria on or before that date, it will be too 

 late to repair and refit her for a full season hunting and fishing voyage, 

 which begins on or about the 1st March of each year. During the sum- 

 mer months, for a vessel of the class and equipment of the " Grace," 

 there is very little to do in and about the coasting trade, and the 

 season in the event of the "Grace" not being in the possession of her 

 owner on or before the 1st February, a.d. 1888, would be practically 

 lost to her owner. The claim for loss if detained beyond the 1st Feb- 



