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and he has inspected the samples at practically every sale of fair-skins 

 made in London during the whole of the time he has been in business, 

 and in consequence of these facts and of his knowledge of the far-seal 

 skin business he has a general and detailed knowledge of the history of 

 the business of dealing in fur-seal skins in the city of London and of the 

 character and differences which distinguish the several kinds of skins 

 coming on the market. 



Cyrus Stephens, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 working at calking vessels at the present time; I 



was employed on sealing vessels in the North Paci- Cyrus Stephens, p. 479. 

 fie in 1888 as cabin boy and boat puller. I made 



two voyages to the North Pacific: first in the City of San Diego and the 

 next in the G. G. White, in 1890. We left here with the City of San 

 Diego in February of 1888, and arrived in the Bering Sea in June, 1888. 



B. H. Sternfels, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 50 

 years of age, and reside in San Francisco. My 



occupation is that of a fur merchant. I have b. h. sternfels, p. 522. 

 been engaged in handling and purchasing fur for 



twenty-six years, and I am throughly familiar with the fur-seal skins in 

 their raw and dressed condition. 



Joshua Stickland, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 

 Victoria, British Columbia: I am by occupation 



a seal hunter ; have been in the business two years Joshua Stickland, p. 349. 

 on the British schooner Umbrina. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation 1 ? — A. My 

 name is Gustave Sundvall; I am 37 years of age; _ . a , „ 

 occupation, sea captain, and am residing at pres- 480 ' l 



ent at Oakland, Cal. 



Q. Are you a citizen of the United States'? — A. I am. 



Q. What State are you a resident oil — A. I am a resident of the 

 State of California. 



Q. Have you been engaged in catching seals in the Pacific and Ber- 

 ing Sea, and for how long 1 ? — A. I have been engaged in catching seals 

 in the Pacific and Bering Sea for a number of years. 



John A. Swain, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside at 

 Victoria, British Columbia. 1 am a seaman by 



occupation, and am 27 years old. I went sealing j hn A. Sivain,p. 350. 

 in May, 1801, as boat puller in the steamer Thistle. 



# # # # I n February, 1892, I again shipped in the schooner 



Geneva. 



Z. L. Tanner, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a lieutenant- 

 commander in the U. S. Navy. I have made five 

 cruises in Alaskan waters, in command of the z - L - Tanner, p. 373. 

 Fish Commission steamer Albatross, now tempo- 

 rarily in the service of the United States Revenue Marine, as follows, 

 viz.- I left San Francisco July 4, 1888, for the north, via Esquimalt 

 and Departure Bay, where we called for coal. Arriving off the west 

 end of Unalaska Island on the 21st, commenced exploring the coast in 

 the interest of the fisheries, soundings being run from shore to the 100- 

 fathom line. Arrived at lliuliuk, Unalaska Island, on the 23d, and 



