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Letter from Collector Milne, of Victoria, to the Canadian minister of 



marine and fisheries. 



[Published in the London Times of November 11, 1S92.] 



Victoria, B. C., October 8, 1892. 

 The Collector of Customs, Victoria, B. C: 



Sir: As requested by you, we have measured the distance on the 

 chart of Bering - Sea, as given by you, showing the exact places where 

 the three British schooners were seized by the Russian cruiser Zabialca 

 and the Russian Fur Company's steamer Kotik. 



Schooner Willie McGowan, latitude 50° 50' K, longitude 167° 50' E., a 

 distance of 42£ miles from Copper Island, the nearest laud. 



Schooner Eosie Olsen, latitude 54° 24' N., longitude 165° 40' B., a dis- 

 tance of 38 miles from Bering Island, the nearest land. 



Schooner Ariel, latitude 54° 10' K., longitude 107° 40' E., a distance 

 of 30 miles from Copper Island, the nearest land. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



James Gaudin. 

 J. G. Cox. 



Sworn statement of Captain Furman, of the schooner C. H. White, seized 

 by the Russian Government in 1892. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss : 



Lawrence Magnus Furman, being duly sworn, deposes and says 

 as follows, to wit: 



My full name is Lawrence Magnus Furman; I am 37 years of age; 

 1 was born in the city of Gottenburg, Sweden; lam 

 now a resident, and at all the times when the events 

 took place in regard to which I make this affidavit I was a resident of 

 the city and county of San Francisco, State of California; I am now and 

 at all the times when the events took place in regard to which I make 

 this affidavit I was by occupation a master mariner; I have an interest 

 in the claim of the Eagle Fishing Company against the Russian Gov- 

 ernment, to support which claim I make this affidavit; that interest is 

 as follows: I own one share of the capital stock of the Eagle Fishing 

 Company, and am a director thereof; I have no contingent interest in 

 said claim other than should said Eagle Fishing Company recover 

 damages, I will receive a dividend of the amount recovered as owner 

 of said share of stock. There are fifteen hundred shares of the stock 

 of said corporation now in force. I am not the agent or attorney for 

 the said claimant, or for any person having an interest in said claim. 

 I am a duly naturalized citizen of the United States of America, but 

 I can not now produce a certified copy of the record of my said natu- 

 ralization but will hereafter produce the same if necessary. 



I was on the 7th day of May, A. D. 1892, the duly acting and quali- 

 fied master of the American schooner C. H. White, be- 

 longing to said Eagle Fishing Company, which said r ^ y ^£ schooner 

 vessel on said day duly cleared from said port of San 

 Francisco for a hunting and fishing voyage in the Forth Pacific Ocean, 

 having at the time .all the necessary and requisite legal papers on board, 

 as will more fully and at large appear by the memorial and papers on file 



