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The boat that was ordered from his vessel was from shore, and was 

 not allowed alongside of these vessels, as it gave the crews a chance 

 to get ashore with them, or to smuggle provisions alongside, so they 

 were ordered off in all cases. (See chief officer's statement regarding 

 the men who rowed the captain on shore.) 



I never prevented the men who went ashore with the masters of 

 vessels from landing and going with the masters to the custom-house 

 if they wished, nor gave instructions to prevent them. 



I placed two watchmen on board this vessel, as I did in all other 

 cases, to prevent them from breaking the law in any respect through 

 the night, and they were taken off in the morning before he sailed. 



It is not true that I boarded this vessel as stated. I never spoke to 

 him. There were two other American seiners in at the same time and 

 were treated in the same way, less the watchmen, which were not 

 required in their case, as they were close to me and I could see what 

 was done on board them at all times from my vessel. These are the 

 facts. 



I have, etc., 



THOMAS QUIGLEY. 



[Inclosure No. 9.] 



Deposition of Albert Bennett. 



I, Albert Bennett, late first officer of the Dominion cutter Terror, 

 Captain Quigley, remember boarding the American seiner Jennie 

 Seavems, of Gloucester, United States, at the port of Liverpool. Nova 

 Scotia, on the 28th October last past; boarded her, ordered Captain 

 Tupper to report to the customs at Liverpool aforesaid, which he did, 

 taking with him two men in his boat. Never told Captain Tupper 

 not to allow his men to leave his boat while on shore ; further, Captain 

 Tupper, to the best of my knowledge and belief, never intimated to 

 me that he had friends or relatives that he wished to visit in Liver- 

 pool, Nova Scotia. 



Seeing a boat alongside, I went on board and ordered them away. 

 Captain Tupper told me he did not know the visitors, and further, 

 did not wish them on board his vessel. 



Further, during the time the Jennie Seaverns was in the harbor of 

 Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Captain Quigley never was on board her, I 

 boarding her and carrying out his instructions to me. 



ALBERT BENNETT, 

 Late First Officer Cutter Terror. 



HOPEWELL CAPE, N. B., January IJf, 1887. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. Phelps. 



No. 625.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, May 23, 1887. 



SIR: I transmit herewith for your information copies of recent 

 correspondence relative to the case of the Sarah H. Prior, one of the 

 fishery cases. 



I am, etc., T. F. BAYARD. 



