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4. The First Lieutenant then returned to tlie cutter, and in n short 

 time returned accompanied by anotlier boat of tlie cutter which was in 

 charge of the Second Lieutenant, 



5. They botli came on board, and the First Lieutenant demanded of me 

 the surrender of the schooner, and asking, at the same time, for the 

 schooner's papers. This I at first declined to do, aiul tlie First Lieuten- 

 ant said unless I gave the schooner's papers to him at once he would 

 take them by force. I then gave him the schooner's i)apers, consisting 

 of registry, coasting license, and clearance. 



(5. The First Lieutenant then ordered both boats' crew to search the 

 schooner, and they took from my schooner 333 seal-skins, all in good 

 order. 



7. He then asked me if I would give him two sacks of salt. I told 

 him it would be useless for me to refuse, as he could take them by 

 force, so I told him to go ahead and hell) himself. 



He then gave me two letters, the contents of which were unknown to 

 me at the time, one of them being sealed, the contents of which is still 

 unknown to me, the other certifying tliat he had seized the schooner 

 *' Lily" for violation of the United States laws, and taken possession of 

 schooner's papers. 



8. He then told me to ])roceed to Sitka, Alaska. I asked him if he 

 wanted me to go to ^'ictoria or Sitka, Alaska, to which he replied that 

 he had nothing to say Init simply told me his orders, 



9. My crew, at this time, consisted of a mate, George McDonald, and 

 three white men, and twenty-flve Indian hunters. The Indian hunters 

 said that they would not proceed to Sitlca, and to avoid further trouble 1 

 directed the schooner course to Victoria, and arrived here the 1st day 

 of September at 7 o'clock p. m. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true and l)y virtue of " The Oaths Odinance, 1889." 



(Signed) John Reilly. 



Declared at tlie city of Victoria, British Columbia, this lltli day of 

 September, 1889. 

 Before me, (Signed) Thos. Shotbolt, 



Jtistice of the Peace. 



This is the statutory declaration of John Reilly, referred to as marked 

 (X) in the declaration of Morris Moss, made before me the 19th 

 November, 1889. 



(Signed) A. L. Belyea, Notary Public. 



No. 17. 



"Ariel." — Ordered out of Behring Sea h)/ United States' steam- ship "Richard Eush," July 



'so, 1S89. 



For— 



Amount of 



till hn as 



put forward 



bv owner. 



Evidence in support of claim. 



Balance of estimated catch of 2,000 (1,156) skins, 



at 8 dollars. 

 Legal and other expenses 



Claim of owner, with interest at 7 per cent, to 

 date of payment. 



$9, 248. GO 

 250. 00 



9, 49S. 00 



Affidavit of S. W. Bucknam, &c. 

 Do, 



