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7. That on arrival at Ounalaska the said ‘‘ Thornton ” was, by order of the United 
States authorities, stripped of her outfit and running gear, the seal-skins then on 
board taken out, the captain and mate made prisoners and sent to Sitka, in said 
Territory of Alaska, where, after trial, they were fined, the captain in the sum of 
500 dollars and the mate in the sum of 300 dollars, and each imprisoned for thirty 
davs. 
The remainder of the crew, with only two excepted, were sent by the United 
States authorities to the city of San Francisco by a steamer belonging to the Alaska 
Commercial Company. 
8. That I am informed by Captain Guttormsen that immediately upon the arrival 
at Ounalaska of the ‘“‘ Corwin” with the ‘‘ Thornton,” he (the captain) entered his 
solemn protest against the seizure of his vessel and her outfit and the seal-skins 
then on board. 
9. That on or about the 13th day of July of the present year I was at Ounalaska, 
and saw the said steam-schooner ‘‘ Thornton,” and found her in a very bad condi- 
tion. She was lying on her bilge on a gravel beach, partially embedded, and exposed 
to all weathers, and was consequently greatly depreciated in value since her seizure. 
Her copper is much chafed, her deck seams are opened, through which water had 
leaked upon the steam-boiler, engine, and machinery, all of which are well nigh 
ruined. She cannot be brought away from Ounalaska without repairs involv- 
132. ing great expense, and not at all before next summer can this be done. I 
verily believe, from the inspection I then made, that it would cost over 6,000 
dollars to take the “Thornton” from Ounalaska to Victoria aforesaid, the nearest 
port at which the repairs could be made, and put her in as good order and condition 
as she was in when seized. 
10. That at the time of her seizure the ‘‘ Thornton” was in good repair and condition 
and perfectly seaworthy, excepting only that her mainmast-head had been carried 
away during the voyage she then was on. 
11. That for and during the said voyage the ‘‘ Thornton” was insured by Lloyd’s 
underwriters in the sum of 1,200/. on the hull and machinery, and in the sum of 1,0001. 
on the outfit and cargo. 
12. That hereto annexed, marked (A), is a detailed Statement of the outfit of the 
“Thornton” for the voyage on which she was seized as above set out, and all of which, 
excepting only what had been consumed in the regular course of the voyage, was on 
board the ‘‘ Thornton” at the time of her seizure; also of the amount of premiums 
paid by me for insurance upon the hull, machinery, outfit, and cargo of the ‘‘ Thorn- 
ton” during the said voyage, and also for wages paid by me to the hunters and crew 
of the said - “Thornton” of said voyage for the time of said voyage up to the said 
seizure. Also, a Statement of the sums paid by me for passage money of the crew 
from San Francisco to Victoria, and passage money and expenses of the captain and 
mate at and from Sitka after their release to Victoria aforesaid. 
13. That also in said Statement (A) are charged 403 seal-skins taken from the 
“Thornton” at the time of seizure, and which, so appears from the Report of the 
officers of the United States steam-ship ‘‘ Corwin,” submitted to the Court at Sitka 
on the trial of the said captain and mate of the ‘‘Thornton,” and the price there 
charged, namely, 7 dollars per skin, was the market value per skin at Victoria afore- 
said, on orabout the Ist October, A.D. 1886, when the said skins, had not such seizure 
taken place, would have been placed on the market at Victoria. 
14. That the value placed upon the various articles and groups of articles in the 
outfit mentionedin Exhibit (A) is the actual cost of the said articles at the city of 
Victoria aforesaid at the time of their purchase in the spring of 1886. 
15. That hereto annexed, marked (B), is a Statement showing the number of seal- 
skins taken by each one of the thirteen sealing-schooners in and about Behring’s 
Sea during the season of 1886. The said statement is based upon the Report of the 
Inspector of Fisheries for the Province of British Columbia for the year 1886, as con- 
tained in the Report of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries for Canada for said 
year at pp. 248 and 249. The schooners ‘‘Carolina,” “Onward,” and said steam- 
schooner ‘‘ Thornton” were seized on the Ist and 2nd August of said year when the 
sealing season was not half over, and the schooners ‘‘ Mary Taylor,” ‘‘Mountain 
Chief,” ‘‘ Rustler,” and ‘‘ Kate” were not in Behring’s Sea during the season of 1886, 
so that in calculating the average catch for the B ehring’ s Sea fleet, the catch of the 
seven above-mentioned schooners was not included. With one or two exceptions the 
thirteen sealing-schooners, mentioned in Exhibit (B), left Behring’s Sea, or the best 
fishing grounds therein, long before the end of the said season, as their masters 
feared seizure by the United States authorities, and the said average catch so found 
by Exhibit (B), is therefore fully 500 less than it otherwise would have been. 
16. That hereto annexed, marked (C), is a Statement of the amount of legal 
expenses paid and incurred by me at Sitka and elsewhere, and also of the amount of 
my personal expenses incurred by reason of the said seizure. 
17. That hereto annexed, marked (D), isa Statement showing the estimated loss 
incurred by me as owner of the said “ Thornton,” by reason of the said seizure and 
