CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 203 



Canada, Prorinoc of British Columbia, Victoria. 



I, Charles S]>riiig^, of the city of Victoria, Province of British Colum- 

 bia, Doiniriioii of Canada, trader and ship-owner, do solemnly and sin- 

 cerely declare as follows: 



1. I am the sole owner of the schooner "Kate," of the port of Victoria 

 aforesaid. 



2. I have read the declaration of Neils Moss, the master of said 

 schooner on a sealing voyap;e to the Xortli Pacific Ocean and Behring 

 Sea in 1889, and verily believe the same to be true. 



3. The market value of seal skins at Victoria, aforesaid, at or about 

 the time the "Kate" arrived from said voyage and since that time, 

 was, and now is, 8 dollars per skin. 



4. I, on my own behalf and on behalf of the crew of said schooner, 

 claim damages of and from the (xovernment of the Ihiited States of 

 America for having by force of threats and intimidation, compelled 

 the master of said schooner on said voyage to leave Behring Sea before 

 the close of the sealing season, and thus depriving the crew and owner 

 of said vessel of the benefits and profits of a full season's catch of 

 seal skins. 



I alvso claim comi^ensation for legal, ])ersonal, and other exi)enses in 

 connection with the preparation and submission of this claim for dam- 

 ages, and hereto annexed marked (A) is a statement in detail of such 

 claim. 



And I, Charles Spring, make this solemn declaration, conscientiously 

 believing the same to be true, and by virtue of " The Act respecting 

 Extra- Judicial Oaths." 



(Signed) 0. Spring. 



Signed and declared by the said Charles Spring, the 13th day of 

 December, A. d. 1889, before me. 



(Signed) Arthur L. Belyea, 



A Notary Pnhlic by Royal Authority in and 



for the Province of British Columbia. 



Sfatrmenf of claim by owner of schooner "Kate." 



2,000 seal-skins, estimated catcli by "Kate" for full season of 1889 in Behring 

 Sea. 

 633 less number taken up to 13th August, 1889. 



1,370 balance, at 8 dollars per skin $10,960 



Legal and other expenses in preparation and submission of this claim 250 



Total 11,210 



And interest thereon at 7 i)er cent, until paid. 



This is the statement (A) of claim referred to in the declaration of 

 Charles Spring, made before me the 13th day of December, 1889. 



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



