806 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OP GREAT BRITAIN. 



181 Statement by Alfred Dear den. 



Alfred Deaiden, porter, of Victoria, British Columbia, being sworn, 

 makes the following' statement, viz: 



That on or about the 20th April, 1892, George Dillon, of Victoria, met 

 me and told me he would like me to go to the Driard Hotel, View Street, 

 Victoria, and see Major Williams, who was collecting evidence regard- 

 ing sealing for the United States Government, and tell Major Williams 

 what I knew about sealing, and George Dillon also told me I would get 

 something from Major Williams for my trouble. I went to the Driard 

 Hotel on or about the 20th April, and was questioned by the gentleman 

 called Major Williams. 



Major WilHams asked me: 



Q. Have you been out sealing? — A. I have, 



Q. What schooner were you aboard off — A. The "Mollie Adams j" 

 her name was afterwards changed to the " E. B. Marvin." 



Q. What did you ship as?— A. As boat-puller, but during the voyage 

 I acted as ship keeper or deckhand, 



Q. How many skins did the " E, B. Marvin " have before reaching 

 Behring Sea?— A. Over 900. 



Q. What Pass did you go through in entering Behring Sea? — A. 

 Ounamack Pass. 



Q. When did you leave Victoria for, and when did you return from, 

 Behring Sea?— A. Left the 27th April, 1890, returned September 1890. 



Q. How many seals did the " E. B. Marvin" get?— A. 2,159, 



Those were about all the questions Major Williams asked me so far 

 as I can remember, I consider I know as much about sealing as any 

 of the sealers out of this port. I studied the habits of sealers closely 

 while on my sealing voyage, I consider half the seals caught by the 

 schooner " E. B, Marvin " during the time I was aboard of her were 

 female seals, and a large portion of those female seals were barren. 

 Major Williams' clerk or Secretary gave me 2 dollars for the replies I 

 gave to questions asked me by the Major at the Driard Hotel. I did 

 not read the evidence which I signed for Major Williams at the Driard 

 Hotel. 



I have read the above, and conscientiously believe the same to be 

 true. 



(Signed) Alfred Dearden, his x mark. 



Witness to signature: 

 (Signed) W. K. Brown. 



Sworn to at Victoria, British Columbia, before me, this 20th day of 

 April, 1892. 



(Signed) E. B. Marvin, J. P. 



Affidavit of Edward Eustace. 



Edward Eustace makes oath, and says: 



On Thursday last I was stopped in the street by a man whose name 

 I don't know, who told me that if I went up and gave evidence about 

 the sealing business I would get 2 dollars. He asked me to meet him 

 at the corner of Johnson Street, at 2 o'clock that afternoon. I did 

 so, and he took me up to the Driard Hotel, He did not tell me whom 

 he was taking me to see, I was taken into a room before a gentleman 

 who asked me to give him aU the information I could about seaUug. I 



