850 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CARE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



219 The preceding Tables have been compiled from tlie sworn state- 



ments of tlie persons named in the second column. As tlie affi- 

 davits are all in the same form, it is not thought necessary to set them 

 out at length. The following is a copy of the Form used: 



Dominion of Canada, Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria. 



I, of the City of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, and 



Dominion of Canada, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I am the of the sealing schooner registered at the Port of Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia, and mentioned and referred to in the statement hereunder 

 ■written. 



2. That I have full knowledge of all the facts connected with said schooner sot out 

 in the said statement, for and in respect of the sealing season of 189 , and say that 

 the same are true and correct. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, 

 and by virtue of " Tlie Act respecting Extra-Judicial Oaths." 



Subscribed and declared by the said before me, a Notary Public duly 



commissioned and residing and practising at the City of Victoria, in the Province of 

 British Columbia, this day of A. D. 1892. 



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



This is the Statement referred to in the above solemn Declaration of ■ 



1. Name of Vessel 



2. Tonnage • • - 



3. Value 



4. Value of Outfit 



5. Ko. of Boats 



6. No. of Canoe.s 



7. No. white men employed 



8. No. Indians employed 



9. Estimated less to vessel by closing of Bering Sea. 



Declarant. 



[SEAL.] 



Notary Public. 



220 VI.— EVIDENCE AS TO VALUE OF SEALING SCHOONERS. 



Canada, Province of British Colmnbicf, City of Victoria. 



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

 Columbia, ship-owner, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I am the managing owner of the British schooner '^ Labrador." 

 The "Labrador" was built for me directly under my own supervision, 

 and attached hereto, marked (A), is a true and accurate statement of 

 the cost of the "Labrador," and in another column a true and accurate 

 statement of the outfit and wages paid for the first sealing voyage made 

 by the "Labrador." 



2. The " Labrador" is 25.31 tons register, built of Douglas pine, iron 

 fastened, and uncoppered. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 



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



Oaths." 



(Signed) John Steavenson. 



Subscribed and declared by the said John Steavenson before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 



