42 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



George, TJnalaska, and other principal stations of the Alaska Commer- 

 cial Company in Bering Sea and the North Pacific, and obtained through 

 observation and from information very accurate knowledge of the fur- 

 seals and their habits while upon or near the islands which constitute 

 their breeding place. 



During my long and constant residence I became interested in all 



matters pertaining to the welfare of the people re- 

 ]i. w. Mclntyre,p. 138. siding upon the islands, and have since, through 



an extensive acquaintance with agents and em- 

 ployes of the lessees, been constantly advised as to events transpiring 

 there froni year to year. 



William Mclsaac, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 a sailor, and reside at San Francisco. I went to 



Wm. Mclmac, p. 460. the Bering Sea in the American schooners Alex- 

 ander and Otter in the years 1889 and 1890. * * * 

 I was employed as boat steerer and puller. 



James McKeen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside at 



Sitka, and am by occupation a seman and seal 



Jas. McKccn, p. 267. • hunter. Have been engaged in catching seals 



the last five years, most of the time as captain 



of a schooner. 



William McLaughlin, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I 

 reside in' San Francisco; my occupation is that 

 Wm. McLaughlin, p. 461. of a seaman. 1 shipped as a boat puller in 1886 

 on the schooner Triumph. * * * In 1887 I 

 went codfishing in the barkentine Premium to the Bering and Okhotsk 

 Seas. * * * I went to the Bering Sea on the MaggieRoss from Vic- 

 toria. * * * I shipped as a boat puller. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? — A. My 

 name is Alexander McLean; age, 32; residence, 

 AUx. McLean, p. 436. gan p ranc j 8C0 . occupation, master mariner. 



Q. Are you an American citizen? — A. I am. 



Q. Have you ever been engaged in the business of catching seals in 

 the Pacific or Bering Sea? — A. I have. 



Q. For how long a period? — A. Ten years. 



Q. Have you been master of vessels thus engaged? — A. I have been 

 nine years in the sealing business. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? — A. My 

 name is Daniel McLean; age, 43; occupation, 



Daniel McLean, p. 443. maste r mariner; residence, San Francisco. 



Q. Are you an American citizen? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you ever been engaged in the business of catching seals in 

 the Pacific or Bering Sea? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. For how long a period? — Eleven years. 



Q. Have you been master of vessels thus engaged? — A. Eleven years. 



The undersigned, Kobert H.McManus, of the city of Victoria, prov- 

 ince of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, 



Bolt. H. McManus, p. being duly sworn, saith : lam about 49 years of 

 335. age, and have for some years past followed the 



calling of newspaper correspondent and writer. 



In 1889, at the time the British sealing schooners were seized in the 



