60 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
Damages claimed by the Owner of the “ Onward” and “‘ Favourite” in respect of their 
Seizure by the United States Steam-ship ‘‘ Corwin” while fishing in Behring’s Sea. 
British Columbia, to wit. 
I, Charles Spring, of Victoria, British Columbia, owner of the British schooners 
“Onward” and ‘‘ Favourite” do solemnly and sincerely declare: 
1. That the value of the said vessel ““Onward” at the time of her seizure by the 
United States steam-ship “Corwin” was 4,000 dollars, and the cost of the outfit 
when she left Victoria for the Behring’s Sea was 1,000 dollars. 
2. That she carried a crew of twenty men, and, the estimated wages due to the 
master and men for four months from the 12th day of June to the time of their return 
to Victoria is 7,500 dollars. 
3. That at the time of her capture by the “Corwin” she had 400 seal-skins, which 
were worth 2,800 dollars. 
4, That the probable cateh for the season estimated on the number of skins taken 
by other schooners, and by the number of skins taken when the said schooner was 
captured, would be 3.000 skins, the value of which, at 7 dollars a skin, would be 
21,000 dollars. 
5. That the loss sustained by me in consequence of the detention of the said 
schooner, and my being unable to employ her in ordinary work after the sealing sea- 
son, is over 500 a-month, which sum J claim until the vessel is returned to me in good 
order and condition. 
6. That I have also paid and incurred liabilities connected with the arrest of the 
said vessel, and in defence of the master and crew for legal and other expenses, 1,000 
dollars, and I also claim 3,000 dollars damages, because the officer in command of the 
United States steam-ship ‘‘Corwin” as she passed the ‘‘lavourite” ordered her to 
cease sealing, which she did, and thereby lost her season. 
And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to 
43 be true, by virtue of an Act passed in the 37th year of Her Majesty’s reign, 
intituled “An Act for the Suppression of Voluntary and Extra-judicial Oaths.” 
[L. 8. ] (Signed) C. SPRING. 
Taken and declared before me this 18th October, 1886. 
(Signed) M. W. TyRwHitt DRAKE, 
Noiary Public, Victoria, British Columbia 
Damages claimed by the Owner of the Steam-vessel ‘‘ Thornton” for illegal Seizure by the 
United States Steam-ship ‘“ Corwin” while fishing in Behring’s Sea. 
British Columbia, to wit. 
I, James Douglas Warren, of Victoria, British Columbia,owner of the British steam- 
vessel ‘‘ Thornton,” do solemnly and sincerely declare: 
1. That the value of the said vessel at the time of her seizure by the United States 
steam-ship ‘‘Corwin” was 6,000 dollars, and the cost of her outfit when she left Vic- 
toria for the Behring’s Sea was 4,000 dollars. 
2. That she carried a crew of fifteen men, and the estimated wages due to the 
master and men for four months fyom the 26th day of May to the 1st day of October, 
the date of their return to Victoria, which I have to pay, is 5,100 dollars. 
3. That at the time of her capture by the ‘‘ Corwin” she had 403 seal-skins, which, 
at 7 dollars each, were worth 2,821 dollars. 
4. That the probable catch for the season, estimated on the number of skins taken 
by the schooner ‘‘ Mary Ellen,” and by the number of skins taken when the said vessel 
was captured, would be 5,000, of the value of 21,000 dollars. 
5. That the loss sustained by me in consequence of the detention of the said vessel, 
and by being unable to employ her in ordinary work after the sealing season is over, 
is 500 dollars a-month, which sum I claim until the vessel is returned to me in good 
-order and condition. 
-6. That I have also paid and incurred liabilities connected with the arrest of the 
nad vessel, and defence of the master and crew for legal and other expenses, 1,000 
ollars. 
And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true, 
by virtue of the Act passed in the 37th year of Her Majesty’s reign, intituled “An 
_Act for the Suppression of Voluntary and Extra-judicial Oaths.” — 
[Sea] (Signed) J. D. WARREN. 
Taken and declared at Victoria this 19th October, 1886, before me. 
(Signed) M. W. Tyrwuirt DRAKE, 
Notary Public. 
