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REPORTS OF U. S. CONSUL MYERS. 

 Dispatch No. 196 from Consul Myers. 



Consulate of the United States, 



Victoria, B. C, November 10, 1892. 

 Honorable William F. Wharton, 



Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. : 

 Sir : I enclose with this dispatch five special reports, part of which 

 I have been instructed to make. They are entitled as follows : 



Citizenship of " Joseph Boscowitz," " Indian Hunters," " Indian 

 Canoe Coast Catch," " Registered Owners," " Value of a Sealing 

 Schooner." 



The first four named do not seem to call for comment or explanation. 

 Their import and purpose are obvious. 



The fifth, relating to the sale of the schooner E. B. Marvin, is sig- 

 nificant, as indicating the cash value of a vessel of that description. 

 In my enumeration and valuation of schooners, April 29, 1892, I placed 

 her value at $9,500, which was decidedly above what she was actually 

 worth, $6,800, as shown by her sale. This convinces me that my esti- 

 mate at that time was much too high throughout the list, but I wanted 

 to be fair, and even liberal, with the sealers. With regard to the valua- 

 tion 6f schooners and their outfits by the sealers themselves, I think 

 they are at least twice as much, on an average, as the facts would justify. 

 I am ? sir, your obedient servant, 



Levi W. Myers, 



Consul. 



[Enclosures s& Above Indicated. 1 

 CITIZENSHIP OF JOSEPH BOSCOWITZ. 



Joseph Boscowitz, for many years last past a resident of Victoria, 

 British Columbia, stated to me on October 24th, 1892, that he has been 

 all these years, and is now, a citizen of the United States of America. 



Levi W. Myers, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Victoria, British Columbia, November 7, 1892. 



INDIAN HUNTERS. 



There are eleven Indian reservations on the west coast of Vancouver 

 Island, and in 1891 they contained a total Indian population of 2,864. 

 It is from these reservations that the supply of Indian hunters are ob- 

 tained for the British Columbia sealing fleet. Statistics obtained at 

 the Victoria custom-house give the number of Indian hunters employed 

 since 1886 as follows : 



