APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



835 



Subscribed and declared by the said George Heater before me, a 

 Notary Public duly couimissioiied, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 15th day of 

 November, a. d. 1892. 



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



A Notary Fublio in and for the Province of British Columbia. 



(A.) 



Return shoiomg the Dates on which Seals were taJcen, the Numher taJcen each Day, and the 

 Noon Position on each such Dates, of the Schooner " Ainoko" on her Sealing Voyage for 

 the Season 1892. 



Date. 



1892 

 February 20 



(In port.) 



April 27 



23 



May 6 



•* 7'. 



" 9 



" 14 



" 15 



" 17 



•• 18. 



" 25 



•• 26 



" 27 



•• 28 



" 29 



" 30 



June 3 



4 



" 5 



" 6 



" 7 



" 12 



" 15 



•• 19 



" 20 



Nuinber 



of Seals 



taken. 



24 



17 

 16 



20 



17 



9 



8 



6 



12 



17 



60 



114 



166 



16 



57 



81 



8 



10 



6 



25 



8 



24 



4 



8 



17 



Latitude. 



o / 



48 20 N. 



50 00 N. 



51 46 :n'. 



52 50 N. 

 54 00 N. 

 54 28 N. 

 54 36 N. 

 56 15 N. 



56 45 N. 



57 41 N. 

 59 20 N. 

 59 00 N. 

 59 20 N. 

 59 17 N. 

 59 14 N. 

 59 20 N. 

 59 01 N. 

 59 17 N. 

 59 06 N. 

 59 04 N. 

 59 02 K. 



58 40 N. 

 58 12 N. 

 58 50 N. 

 58 52 N. 



Longitude. 



125 20 W. 



128 35 W. 

 131 20 W. 



133 00 W. 



134 00 W. 

 134 14 "W. 

 134 34 W. 

 136 30 W. 

 136 55 W. 

 138 23 "W. 

 143 07 W. 

 143 00 W. 

 142 17 W. 



142 55 "W. 



143 20 W. 



143 36 W. 



144 06 "W. 



145 29 W. 



146 00 "W. 



147 24 W. 

 147 30 W, 

 150 20 "W. 

 150 25 W. 

 150 13 W. 

 150 08 W. 



Total Seals 

 to Date. 



24 



41 



57 

 77 

 94 

 103 

 111 

 117 

 129 

 146 

 206 

 320 

 486 

 502 

 659 

 640 

 648 

 658 

 664 

 689 

 697 

 721 

 725 

 733 

 750 



(Signed) 



Geokge Hjeater, Master. 



(14.) 



Canada, Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria. 



I, William Henry Whiteley, of the city of Victoria, in the Province 

 of British Columbia, merchant, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I was the master and kept the log-books of the sealing- 

 schooner "Mermaid" for and during tbe year 1892. 



2. That I have carefully compared the entries under the headings 

 "Date," "Number of Seals taken," "Latitude," and "Longitude," in 

 the Return hereto annexed marked (A), with the original entries in the 

 log of the said schooner for and upon her sealing voyage in the year 

 1892, and say the same are a full, true, and correct abstract of the 

 entries therein made referring to the matters in said Return set out. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) W. H. Whiteley. 



