892 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



3. It is to my mind impossible to separate animals into diiferent cat- 

 egories by reason of these differences in the skin. The Copper and 

 Alaska skins when dressed and dyed are absolutely undistinguishable. 

 and even in their raw state they are exceedingly difficult to separate 

 with certainty. To my mind there is no absolute line of difference 

 between the two; for instance, in inspecting lots of Alaska skins one 

 always finds a certain percentage of skins which resemble Coppers, 

 and in the same way inspecting Coppers, a certain percentage which 

 if seen elsewhere would be classed as Alaskas. 



4. I have no definite opinion on the subject of regulations except that 

 I should like to see the killing of grey and black pups prohibited. I 

 should object to the suppression of the pelagic catch on the ground 

 that, in the first place, I think it would be an injustice to the Cana- 

 dians, and, in the second place, I think it is a most useful factor in the 

 fur trade and its disappearance would be most injurious to our busi- 

 ness. 



And I make this declaration conscientiously believing the contents to 

 be true, and by virtue of "The Statutory Declaration Act, 1835." 



(Signed) David Wotherspoon, Junior. 



Declared at 'No. 60, Cheapside, in the City of London, this 13th day 

 of January, 1893. 

 Before me : 



(Signed) Walter B. Priest, 



A Commissioner for Oaths. 



No. 27. 



I, Harry Borras, of No. 18, Old Change, in the City of London, mer- 

 chant and furrier, solemnly and sincerely declare ias follows: 



1. I am a member of the firm of Robert Borras and Sons. My firm 

 has been established about fifty years. In the course of their business 

 my firm annually purchase a large number of seal- skins. They are 

 bought in the raw or damp state, and we have them dressed and dyed 

 by some London dresser and dyer, and subsequently have them manu- 

 factured in our workshops into garments, which we dispose of to the 

 public and the trade. 



2. I have read the declaration of Mr. Richard Henry Poland made on 

 the 29th day of November, 1892, and I agree with it in every particular. 



3. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the 

 contents to be true, and by virtue of "The Statutory Declaration Act, 

 1835." 



(Signed) Harry Borras. 



Declared at No. 18, Old Change, in the City of London, this 13th day 

 of January, 1893. 

 Before me: 



(Signed) Walter B. Priest, 



A Commissioner for Oaths. 



248 No. 28. 



I, Howard Yyse, of No. 76, Wood Street, in the City of London, fur 

 merchant, solemnly and sincerely declai'e as follows: 



1. I am a member of the firm of Messrs. Vyse, Sons, and Co. The 

 firm has been established for about eighty years. In the course of our 



