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And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true, and by virtue of "The Act respecting Extra- Judicial 

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Victor Jacobsen. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Victor Jacobsen before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 29th day of 

 October, A. d. 1892. 



[SEAL.] (Signed) A. L. Belyea, 



A Notary Public in and for the Province of British Columhia. 



Declaration of John Williams. 



Dominion of Canada, 



Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria, 



I, John Williams, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Canada, seaman, do solemnly declare: 



1. That during the sealing season of 1892 I was mate of the British 

 sealing schooner "Brenda," sailing out of Victoria, British Columbia. 



2. That the "Brenda" left Victoria on the 30th March, 1892, and 

 sailed north along the coast, hunting seals as we went. We got 409 

 seal-skins on the coast, and about the 25th June the "Brenda" left the 

 vicinity of Kadiak Islands for the Copper Island sealing grounds, at 

 which we arrived on or about 24th July. 



3. That on the voyage over, when off the Eat Islands, about 90 miles 

 south, I saw numbers of seals travelling towards those islands. To all 

 appearance they were the same as the coast seals. 



4. That when the "Brenda" was about 40 miles south of Atu Island 

 I saw seals; the weather was too rough to hunt, and we kept on 

 towards Copper Island. 



5. That the hunters got 511 seals at that sealing ground. I saw all 

 the seals taken, both on the coast and at Copper Island, and it was my 

 duty to see that they were properly skinned and stowed away. The 

 only difference I noticed between the two lots of skins was that the 

 Copper Island skins seemed to me a little lighter in colour, certainly 

 not darker. There were numbers of skins, however, exactly like the 

 skins we took on the coast, and there were plenty of skins taken on 

 the coast just as light in colour as any taken off Copper Island. 



6. That I saw more seals oft' Middleton Island this year than at any 

 other place during the voyage. This was in the early part of May. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true, and by virtue of "The Act resi)ecting Extra- Judicial 

 Oaths." 



(Signed) John Williams. 



85 Subscribed and declared by the said John Williams before me, 



a Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising 

 at the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 28th 

 day of October, A. d. 1892. 

 [SEAL.] (Signed) Arthur L. Belyea, 



A l^otary Public in and for the Province of British Columbia. 



