182 CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN". 



39 CERTIFICATE. 



United States steamer ''■Rush,''^ Behring Sea^ 



Lat. 55° 42' N., Long, 170° 40' W., July 31, 1889. 

 To wJiom it may concern : 



Tbis will (certify that I have this day seized the British schooner 

 "Juaiiita," of Victoria, British Columbia, C. E. Clarke, master, for 

 violation of law, section 1950, Ee vised statutes. United States, and 

 taken i)ossession of his ship's iiai)ers, consisting of registry and clear- 

 ance. 



(Signed) L. G. Shepard, 



Captain, United States Revenue Marine, 



This is the Exhibit marked (A) referred to in annexed declaration of 

 Charles E. Clarke, made before me the loth day of October, 1889. 



(Signed) A. G. Belyea, Notary Fublic. 



AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD HALL. 



City of Victoria, Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada. 

 I, Richard Hall, of the citj^ of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Dominion of Canada, mercliant, of the firm of Hall, (Joepel, 

 and Co., do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. That the said firm of Hall, Coepel, and Co., are the owners of 

 thirty-two shares of the hereinafter-mentioned schooner "Juanita," of 

 the port of Victoria aforesaid, and are the business managers of the 

 said schooner. 



2. The said schooner was in May last sent by the said firm on a sealing 

 and hunting voyage in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring Sea. 



3. The said schooner returned to Victoria the last of August, having 

 taken, as I am informed, and do believe, by the cajitain of the said 

 schooner, on said voyage, 652 seal-skins, of which number the said 

 firm received only thirty two skins, sent to us from said schooner by 

 the "Wanderer" before the "Juanita" entered Behring's Sea, said 

 thirty-two seal-skins having been taken outside Behring Sea. 



4. The remainder of the sealskins taken by the "Juanita" was, as I 

 am informed by the said captain, and do verily believe, taken from the 

 "Juanita " on or about the 31st day of July last, when said schooner 

 was in Behring Sea, by the orders of the Commander of the United 

 States steamer "llichard Kush." 



5. The market value of seal-skins at the said port of Victoria on or 

 about the 1st October instant, when, in the ordinary course, the "Juan- 

 ita" would have arrived after a lull season's voyage aforesaid, was 8 

 dollars a skin. 



G. From the number of sealskins taken by the "Juanita" up to the 

 said 31st July I verily believe that the said schooner would, in a full 

 season, have taken at least 1,800 sealskins. 



7. At the same time the seal-skins were taken from the "Juanita" by 

 the officers of the said United States steamer "Richard Rush," there 

 was also taken by the said officers, as I am informed by Captain Clarke, 

 and do believe, twelve spears, the value of which was 3 dollars each, 

 and the shiji's papers. 



8. The said firm of Hall, Goepel, and Co., claims damages against 

 the Government of the United States of America for such taking and 



