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CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



34 Ko. 10. 



"Ada."— Seized hi/ United Stcden steam-sldj^ " Pdchard Hear," August 25, 1SS7. 



For— 



Amount of 



tliiiiu as 



put forward 



by owner. 



Kvidi'nco in support of claim. 



Value of vessel, 68 tons $7,000.00 



Value of non-cousumabli^^ outlit 2, 500. 00 



Passage, &c., of master TOO. 00 



Personal expenses 250. (lO 



Legal expenses S.'ifl. 00 



Probable catch, 1887—2,876, at 5 dol. 50 c 15, 818. 00 



Claim of owner, with interest at 7 per cent, to 20, 528. 00 

 date of payment. 



Two nilulavits of J.D. Warren, &c. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



DECLARATION OF JAMES DOUGLAS WARREN. 



City of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Domlmon of Canaan. 



I, James D<)n<;las Warren, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of 

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

 owner, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. That I am the duly authorized ai^ent, under power of attorney bear- 

 ingdate the 25th day of aSTovember, A. d. 1S87, of James J. Gray, of the 

 said city of Victoria, ship-owner, and owner of the hereinafter-men- 

 tioned schooner "Ada." 



2. Tliat the said schooner "Ada" is a British vessel of 65 tons, re^^- 

 istered at the port of Shanshae, and was, at the time of her seizure 

 hereinafter set out, 5 years old. 



3. That on or about the 10th day of June, A. d. 1887, the said schooner 

 "Ada'" cleared at the port of Victoria aforesaid, on and for a full hunt- 

 ing and fishing voyage in the Kortli Pacific Ocean and ]jehring St;a. 

 For said voyage the crew of the "Ada" consisted of James Gaudiii, 

 master, a mate, and twenty sailors and hunters, with two sealing boats 

 and seven canoes, and fully equipped and provisioned for such voyage. 



4. The "Ada" entered Behring Sea on or about the 16th day of July, 

 A. D. 1887, and continued therein lawfully pursuing the objects of her 

 voyage until the 25th day of August then next following, when, while 

 so lawfully iiursuing the objects of her voyage in said sea about 15 

 miles northward from Ounalaska Island, which said i.sland was the 

 nearest land, the said schooner was seized by the United States steam- 

 shi]) "Bear," and taken to Illoolook Harbour at said Ounalaska Island, 

 in the United States Territory of Alaska, and her voyage comjiletely 

 broken up. 



5. At the time of said seizure the "Ada" had on board 1,876 seal- 

 skins, which upon arrival at Illoolook Harbour aforesaid were taken 

 from on board the "Ada" and stored on wshore, after which, by order 

 of the United States authorities, the "Ada" was taken to Sitka, in 

 said Territory of Alaska, together with the master, mate, and (;rew. 



6. That tlie said "Ada" ariived at Sitka on tlie (ith day of Septem- 

 ber, A. D. 1887, and on the 0th day of the said month her master and 

 mate were, without being tried for any odence whatever, uncondition- 

 ally released, but the "Ada" kept at Sitka, where she still remains. 



7. That hereto annexed, niiirked "(A)," is a statement showing the 

 value of the "Ada" at the time of her said seizure, and the value of 

 her outfit on and i'or said voyage, also of the number and value of the 

 seal-skins taken from the "Ada" when seized, and also of the expenses 

 of the master and mate of the "Ada" in returning from Victoria tq 

 Sitka. 



