CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. ' 161 



ruary aforesaid is a fair aiul reasonable estimate of tbe loss which will 

 iu such cases be sustained by the owner of the " Grace." 



20. That hereto annexed, marked (E), is an estimate of the principal 

 sums on which interest at 7 per cent, per annum is claimed, and the 

 time for whicli it is so claimed. On the 1st day of October, A. d. 1887, 

 when the catch of the " Grace" would have been, in the ordinary course 

 of events, realized on, the minimum rate of interest on money for com- 

 mercial puri)oses at the said city of Victoria was, has siuce coutinued 

 to be, and now is, 7 i)er ceut. per annum. 



21. That liereto annexed, marked (F), is a statement of the articles, 

 and groups of articles, and the value thereof, from Exhibit (A), which 

 would have been wholly, or almost wholly, consumed in the course and 

 prosecution of the said voyage, had not the "Grace" been seized and 

 detained as aforesaid. 



And I, James Douglas Warren aforesaid, make this solemn declara- 

 tion, conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of 

 "The Act respecting Extrajudicial Oaths." 



(Signed) J. D. Warren. 



Declared and aihrnu^d before me at the City of Ottawa, in the County 

 of Carleton, in tin I'rovince of Ontario, this Dth day of December, a. d, 

 1887, and certilicd under my official seal. 



(iSigned) D. O'Connor, 



Notary Public for Ontario, 



23 Exhibit (A). 



Value of the steam-schooner "(Jrace'' at the tiiiio of her seizure $12,000,00 



Outfit : 



(iroceries $948. I'd 



Aniniuuitiou KIG. 63 



Dry goods 276. 17 



Three iron water-tanks (JO. 00 



Water-casks 25. 00 



Shij) chandlery Kll. 18 



Twelve No. 10 shot guns ISO. 00 



Three rilies 77. 50 



Cue small cannon on carriage for signal) iii"; 50.00 



Gun ini])]eiueuts and tools 10. 50 



Two sealing boats and outllts 249. 5? 



Twelve canoes and outlits 684. 00 



8^ tons of salt 127. .50 



33 tons of coal 231.00 



Cooking range and utensils 100. 00 



3, 653. 18 



insurance : 



^Premium on 2,000/. insurance on hull 821.40 



Premium on 2,000L insurance on outnt and cargo 514. .59 



1, 335. 99 



Wages paid crew and hunters on, voyage up to time of seizure 2, 104. 25 



Fares from »Sitka to. Victoria of laaster and live of the crew, and master's 



expenses at .Sitka 200. 00 



■^81 seal-skins on hoai^d the "Grace" when seized, at 5 dol. 50 c. per skin.. 4, 295. 50 



Total, Exhibit (A) , 23,648.92 



(Signed) J. D, Warren. 



(Signed) D. O'Connor, Notary Fublio, 

 ^. Ex. 177, pt. 1 11 



