898 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



2. I Lave carefully considered the amount of capital employed in 

 England in connection with the seal-skin business. I don't think it 

 exceeds more than 600,000?. at the very most. 



3. 1 have read the declarations of Mr. W. 0. Blatspiel Stamp, made 

 on the 10th January, 1892, and the declaration of Mr. Sigmund Apfel, 

 made on the llth January, 1892, and I say that I agree with what they 

 say in every respect; and I would like to add that, in my opinion, the 

 continuance of the North-west Catch is of the greatest importance to 

 our business. I believe the creation of a monopoly in the lessees of the 

 islands, which its suppression means, would raise the price of seal- 

 skins, and put them out of the reach of the ordinary consumer. More- 

 over, the North-west skin is very highly appreciated by a large section 

 of the buyers on account of its extreme softness and silkiness. 



(Signed) Ludwig- Felsenstein. 



Declared at the Foreign Office, London, before me, this 16th day of 

 January, 1893. 



(Signed) E. F. Day, Commissioner. 



Ko. 35. 



I, Wesley Marshall, of No. 30, Friday Street, and formerly of Nos. 

 58 and 60, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London, fur manufacturer, 

 solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. I am a member of the firm of W. Marshall and Co. My firm has 

 been established for twelve years. I have personally had an experi- 

 ence in the fur trade of about twenty-three years. My firm, in the 

 course of their business, annually purchase at public sales and else- 

 where a considerable quantity of seal-skins, most of which we have 

 dressed and dyed by some London dresser and dyer, and have them 

 subsequently manufactured into articles which we dispose of to the 

 trade, and I am familiar with the seal-skin market. 



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

 on the 29th day of November, 1892, and I agree with the statements 

 therein contained in every particular. 



3. And I make this declaration conscientiously believing the contents 

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



(Signed) Wesley Marshall. 



Declared at No. 30, Friday Street, in the City of London, this 17th 

 day of January, 1893. 

 Before me, 



(Signed) Walter B. Priest, 



A Commissioner for Oaths. 



No. 36. 



I, Julius Eichard Thau, of No. 6, Great St. Thomas Apostle, Queen 

 Street, in the City of London, fur merchant, solemnly and sincerely 

 declare as follows: 



