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Q. Did you see any buildings oh the island? A. Yes, there 

 was the frame of a shanty, and part of the roof. 



Q. Did it look as if it had been there for some time? A. 

 Yes. it had the appearance of having been there for a number of 

 years. 



Cross-examined by Mr. MacCoy: 



Q. When you took the measurements you spoke of, did you 

 measure to the inner island, or to the outer island? A. We ran 

 in to the eastern end of the inner island. 



Q. Why did you not go to the outer island? A. The outer 

 island is to the westward of the inner island. We could not go 

 to the outer island without running the ship ashore on the inner 

 one. 



O. How close did you go to it? A. We went within a few 

 yards of it. 



O. What depth of water did your ship draw? A. She drew 

 about 15 feet 6 inches. We went within 30 or 40' yards of the 

 island. 



O. What was the size of the shanty? A. I suppose it was 4 

 feet by 6 feet- 



(The Court: What would be the distance of any other land 

 from the point of intersection from which you took the bearings? 

 A. I suppose Goose Island would be the nearest. That is a mile and 

 a half or two miles inside of Gull Ledge.) 



WILLIAM J. MILNE, called and sworn. 



Examined by Mr. Ritchie: 



O. You are the second officer of the Dominion Cruiser 

 Acadia f A. Yes. 



O. Were you on board of the Acadia on the three occasions 

 when she visited Gull Ledge? A. Yes. 



O. Did you see the bearing taken on the first of those occa- 

 sions? A. Yes. 



O. Tc]\ us what they were? A. Liscombe Light bore N. E. 

 J/2 N., and the north point of White Island bore W. N. W. 



O. Tlie northern point of Big White Island, at which end of 

 the island was it? A. It was at the western end of the island. 



