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8. The value placed on the "Ada" by her said owner at time of 

 seizure, namely 7,000 dollars, is a fiiir and reasonable value for the "Ada" 

 when seized. She is a substantially built craft in every respect, and is 

 one of the best sailing-vessels engaged in the sealing trade. The value 

 of the "Ada's " outfit given in said Exhibit, namely, 2,500 dollars, is less 

 tlian thatof any of the other seized vessels from the fact that the "Ada's " 

 hunters were mostly Indians, whose canoes and outfits were returned 

 after such seizure, and said outfit not including wages. 



9. The price charged for the seal-skins taken from the "Ada" when 

 seized is the current market price of seal-skins at Victoria at the close 

 of the sealing season of 1887. 



10. That the Exhibit (C), hereto annexed, shows the legal and personal 

 expenses incurred by the owner of the "Ada" by reason of the seizuse 

 and detention of the said schooner "Ada," and the arrest and detention 



of the master and mate, and the claims arising therefrom. 

 35 11. That Exhibit (D), hereto annexed, is a statement of the 



estimated loss and damage to the owner of said scliooner " Ada" 

 by reason of her said seizure and detention during 1887, and the loss 

 for 1888 if she is detained beyond the 1st February, 1888. 



12. The claim of 1,000 seal-skins as the i)robable acklitional catch of 

 the "Ada" for the balance of the sealing season, had she not been 

 seized, is a fair and reasonable estimate, and with her actual catch, 

 making a total for the season of 2,870, which, as she carried two boats, 

 seven canoes, and twenty hunters, cannot be considered an excessive 

 estimate. 



13. During the months of October, November, December, and Janu- 

 ary following the close of the sealing season, or the greater part thereof, 

 had the "Ada" been in her owner's possession, she would have been 

 engaged in the general coasting and freighting trade on and about the 

 coasts of British Columbia, and the fair and reasonable earnings of the 

 "Ada" during said months, after deducting from the gross amount 

 thereof the cost of wages and running expenses, would be at least 500 

 dollars per month. 



14. In case the "Ada" be not delivered into her owner's possession 

 at Victoria on or before the 1st day of February, A. D. 1888, it will be 

 imi)ossible to give her the necessary repairs and refitting in time to 

 start out at the usual date, about the 1st March, on a full season's 

 hunting and fishing. As during the summer months there is little 

 coasting and freighting trade in which the " Ada" could be employed, 

 her owner would, in the event of her not being ready in time for a 

 regular hunting and fishing voyage, practically lose the greater part of 

 the season, and the earnings of the "Ada" for such full season, after 

 deducting therefrom the cost of outfit, wages, and other running 

 expenses, would be at least, under circumstances, 6,000 dollars. 



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

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

 from and to which it is so claimed. At the close of the sealing season 

 of 1887, when the catch of the "Ada," in the ordinary course of events, 

 would have been realized on, the minimum rate of interest on money 

 for commercial purposes was, has continued to be, and now is, 7 per 

 cent, per annum. 



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 Extra- Judicial Oaths." 



(Signed) J. D, Warren, 



S. Ex. I77j pt. 4 Ig 



