854 APPENDIX TO COUNTER' CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing tlie 

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

 Oatbs." 



(Signed) Eichard Hall. 



Subscribed and declared by the said liichard Hall before me, a Notary 

 Public duly conuuis.sioncd, and residing and i)ractising at the city of 

 Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 22nd day of Decem- 

 ber, A. D. 1892. 



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



Notary Fublic. 



Canada, Province of British Columbia, City of Victoria. 



I, Charles Hackett, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Coluuibia, master mariner, do solemnly declare: 



1. That I am the managing owner of the Britisli schooner "Annie C. 

 Moore," engaged in the fur-sealing business out of the port of Victoria 

 aforesaid. 



2. That hereunto annexed, marked (A), and certified correct by me, 

 is a true statement of the expenditures and receipts of the voyage of 

 the "Annie C. Moore" for the sealing season of 1891. The gross 

 expenditure was 17,085 dol. 89 c, the gross receipts 31,919 dol. 99 c. 



o. That, in the years 1889 and 1890 the expenditures and receipts 

 were about the same as for the year 1891. 



4. That the item "Wages," 8,734 dol. Co c, includes amounts to hunt- 

 ers for lay. 



5. That, in the month of October 1801, I purchased at the port of 

 Shelbourne, in the Province of Nova Scotia, the British schooner 

 "Libbie," 92 tons register, one year old, for the sum of 3,175 dollars. 

 After purchase I had the "Libbie" coppered, and put in first class 

 repair and order for the voyage to Victoria. This, together with the 

 provisioning and ship supplies for the voyage, cost a total of 4,118 dol. 

 (i9 c. ; a total cost of 7,293 dol. 69 c. when the vessel was ready to sail 

 f<n^ Victoria. 



The voyage out cost as follows : 



Insurauce $292«! 00 



Wages of crew 421. 25 



Wages of captain 400. 00 



1, 113. 25 



making a total cost on arrival at Victoria of 8,400 dol. 94 c. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

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

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Ohas. Hackett. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Charles Hackett, before me, a 

 Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, this 23rd day of 

 December, A. d. 1892. 



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



A Notary Fuhlic in and for the Province of British Golumhia. 



