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of 1887, wlien, in the ordinary course of events, the catch of the "Anna 

 Beck" would have been placed on said maiket. 



11. That hereto annexed, marked " (C)," is a statement of the leg-al 

 and i>ersonal expenses at Sitka and elsewhere arising- ont of the seizure 

 and detention of the "Anna Beck," the arrest of her master and mate, 

 and the claims arising therefrom. 



12. Thiit hereto annexed, marked"(D)," is a statement of the estimated 

 loss and damage to the owner of the said "Anna Beck," by reason of 



her seizure and detention as aforesaid for the years A. d. 1887 and 

 2G A. D. 1888. The estimated catch of seals for the season of 1887, 



namely, 3,150, is calculated upon an average catch per boat and 

 l)er canoe of 350 seals, which is a fair and reasonable estimate of the 

 l)robable catch per boat and per canoe for the boat and each of the 

 canoes of the said "Anna Beck" during the season of 1887. 



13. After the close of the sealing season of 1887, and during the fol- 

 lowing months of October, jSTovember, and December, A. d. 1887, and 

 January, A. D. 18S8, and the said steam scliooner "Anna Beck" been in 

 possession of her said owner, she would have been engaged in the 

 general coasting and freighting trade in and about the coasts of British 

 Oolumbia aforesaid, and the reasonable and probable earnings of the 

 "Anna Beck" for said montlis of October, ]S'ovend)er, December, and 

 January, after deducting from the gross amount thereof the cost of 

 wages and running exi)enses, would be at least 500 dollars per month 

 for each of the said months. 



14. In order that the "Anna Beck" may be repaired and refitted in 

 time to engage in a full season's hunting and fishing voyage for A. d. 

 1888, it is necessary that she should be in her owner's possession at 

 Victoria aforesaid on or about the 1st day of February, A. d. 1888. If 

 not at that date at Victoria and in i)ossession of her owner, it will be 

 imi)ossil)le to put her in fit and i)roi)er condition to start out on said 

 voyage at or about the usual time, which is on or about the 1st 

 March in each year. During the summer months there is little for a 

 vessel of the class and equipment of the "Anna Beck" to do in and 

 alfout the general coasting trade, and if not engaged in hunting and 

 fishing as aforesaid the season will be practically lost. The claim of 

 6,000 dollars as ]>robable loss and damage to the owner of the "Anna 

 Beck" if she is detained after the 1st February, A. D. 1888, is a fair 

 and rinisonable estimate of his said loss by reason of such detention, 

 for the season of 1888. 



15. That hereto annexed, marked "(E)," is a statement of the prin- 

 cipal sums on which interest is claimed, the rate thereof, and the time 

 fi'om and to which it is so claimed. At the time when the cat(;h of 

 the "Anna Beck" for 1887 would have been realized, on or about the 

 1st October, 1887, the minimum rate of interest on money for commer- 

 cial purposes at Victoria aforesaid was, has since contiiuied to be, and 

 now is. 7 i)er cent, per annum. 



10. That hereto annexed, marked "(F)," is a statement of the arti- 

 cles of the outfit of the said "Anna Beck," and the value thereof, as 

 given in Exhibit (A), which would have been wholly or almost wholly 

 consumed during the course and ])rosecution of a full hunting and fish- 

 ing voyage in the Behring Sea. 



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

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

 "The Act resi)ecting Extra- Judicial Oaths." 



(Signed) J. D. Warren. 



