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To all to whom these presents shall come be it known and made 

 manifest that I, Alexander Kowland Milne, a Surveyor in Her Majesty's 

 Customs for tlie port of Victoria, British Columbia, in the Dominion of 

 Canada, duly appointed as sucli, residing- and officiating in said cai)ac- 

 ity in the city of Victoria, in the province aforesaid, do hereby certify 

 that the ])aper written hereto annexed, dated the 8th August, 1889, 

 signed and sworn to before George Morrison, J. P., on said day by one 

 Daniel McLean, master of the British schooner "Triumph," registeied 

 at the ])ort aforesaid and engaged in the se iling business, is, as it i)ur- 

 I>orts to be, a full, true, and <;orrect copy of the original thereof in 

 every res))ect. I do further certify that the original <locument was 

 forwarded by tlie Collector of Customs of this port to tlie Department 

 of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa on or about the date therein named, 

 and that I have full confidence in the truth of the statements made by 

 said master embodied in said affidavit. 



In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office 

 at the city of Victoria, British ( 'olunibia, this 4th day of Xoveniber, 1889. 

 (Signed) A. E. Mllne, /Surveyor, lOc. 



DEPOSITION OF DANIEL M'LEAN. 



In the matter of search, &c., of the sealing-schooner " Triumph" by the 

 United States revenue (jutter " Richard Eush" in Behring Sea,. 



I, Daniel McLean, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Dominion of Canada, being duly sworn, dej)ose as follows: 



That I am master and i)art owner of the British schooner "Triiimi)h," 

 registered at the port of Victoria, British Columbia, that in conformity 

 to the laws of the Dominion of Canada, I regularly cleared the said 

 schooner " Triumph " for a voyage in the North Pa(;ilic Ocean and Beh- 

 ring Sea, and that in pursuance of my legitimate business did enter the 

 said Behring Sea on the 4th day of July, 1889, and did in a peaceful 



manner proceed on my voyage, and being in latitude oi)^ 5' 

 48 north, longitude 171° 23' west, on the 11th day of July, 1880, 



at the hour of 8:30 A. M., was hailed by the Commander of the 

 United States revenue cutter "Eush," the said revenue cutter being a 

 vessel belonging to the Government of the United States and regu- 

 larly commissioned by the same; a boat having been lowered by the 

 officer and crew, I was boarded by the same, the officer in charge of the 

 boat being one Lieutenant Tuttle, who demanded the official papers of 

 ray vessel, and after reading the same, proceeded to search my vessel 

 for seals, and finding no evidence of the same informed me that orders 

 had been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 

 under the Proclamation of the President, instructing the Commanding 

 officer of the said revenue cutter " Eush " to seize all vessels found 

 sealing in Behring Sea; he also told me that should he again board me 

 and find sealskins on board that he would seize and couhscate the ves- 

 sel and catch; he furthermore informed me that he had already seized 

 the British schooner " Black Diamond," of A^ictoria, British Columbia, 

 and that she had been sent to Sitka, and that, therefore, by reason of 

 his threats and menaces, I was caused to forego my legitimate and 

 ])eaceful voyage on the high seas, and return to the port of my depar- 

 ture, causing serious pecuniary loss to myself, crew, and owners, for 

 which a claim will be formulated and forwarded in due course. 



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