168 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
“Grace” sailed from Victoria on and for a full season hunting and fishing voyage 
in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring’s Sea. On said voyage the crew of the 
“Grace” consisted of William Petit, of Victoria aforesaid, master, a mate, and 
twenty-nine sailors and hunters. 
7. That on the 6th or 7th day of July following the ‘ Grace” entered the Behring’s 
Sea along the 172nd west meridian, through the Amoughta Pass, commonly called 
the ‘‘172nd Pass,” having then on board 458 seals taken while on the voyage from 
Victoria aforesaid to the said pass. 
8. That on the 12th day of said July, A. D. 1887, the ‘“‘Grace” began sealing in said 
Behring’s Sea, and from then till she was seized as hereinafter set out caught 323 
seals. On the 17th day of the said month of July the United States steam-ship 
““Richard Rush” seized the said steam-schooner ‘‘ Grace” for alleged violation of 
the laws of the United States of America respecting seal-fishing in the waters of 
Alaska. At the time of said seizure the ‘‘ Grace” was in north latitude 55° 3’ and 
west longitude 168° 40’, then being about 92 miles from Ounalaska Island, the nearest 
land, and, as I verily believe, lawfully pursuing the objects of said voyage. 
9. The ‘‘Grace” after being seized was taken to Ounalaska, in the Territory of 
Alaska, where by order of the United States authorities thereat, all the seal-skins 
on board, except as hereinafter stated, were taken out and stored at Ounalaska, 
and all the firearms and ammunition taken on board the said ‘‘ Richard Rush.” On 
removing the seal-skins twelve were missing. Five were afterwards discovered on 
board the ‘‘Grace” and not removed, the remaining seven were not, so far as I 
know, ever found. 
10. After removal from the ‘‘Grace” of the said seal-skins as stated in the preced- 
ing paragraph 8, a United States officer was placed on board the ‘‘ Grace,” and she 
was, in charge of said officer, taken to Sitka, in the Territory of Alaska, together 
with all the crew and hunters. On arrival at Sitka on the Ist August United States 
Marshal Atkins took charge of the ‘‘Grace.” The master, the said William Petit, 
was bound over to appear for trial on the 22nd day of August then instant, on a 
charge then preferred against him of having violated the laws of the United States 
respecting seal-fishing in the waters of Alaska. The said master so appeared for 
trial on the 22nd instant, and thereafter day by day until the 9th day of September 
next following, when, without having been brought to trial on such a charge or any 
other charge whatever, he was unconditionally released. 
11. That hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(A),” is a statement of the value of said steam- 
schooner ‘‘ Grace” at the time of her seizure, and of the outfit then on board, also of 
the premiums paid for insurance on the hull, outfit, and cargo of the ‘‘Grace” for 
and during said voyage; also of the amount of wages paid the crew and hunters on 
and for said voyage up to time of seizure; also of the expenses and fares of the 
master and five men at and from Sitka to Victoria aforesaid, and also of the number 
of the seal-skins on board at the time of seizure, and the value thereof. 
12. That the value placed upon the said steam-schooner ‘‘ Grace” at the time of 
her seizure, namely, 12,000 dollars, is based upon the original cost of the said vessel, 
the state of repair she was then in, and the general market value of the vessels of the 
same class at the said port of Victoria, and for the same purpose for which she was 
designed. The first cost of the ‘“‘ Grace” was between 16,000 and 17,000 dollars. At 
the time of her seizure she was 6 years old, and in 1885 had been thoroughly repaired, 
coppered as aforesaid, and generally put in first-class order and condition. On her 
departure on said voyage she was in good order and condition, and had on said voy- 
age up to the time of seizure sustained no damage beyond ordinary wear and tear. 
Her insurance value for said year 1887 was placed at 12,500 dollars, and she was, 
while on said voyage, insured for the sum of 2,000/., and the said value of 12,000 
dollars at the time of her seizure is a reasonable and fair value for the said steam- 
schooner ‘‘ Grace.” 
13. That the value in Exhibit (A) placed on the articles, and groups of articles, 
comprising the outfit of the said ‘ Grace” is the cost price of the said articles at the 
port of Victoria at the time of their purchase for the purposes of said voyage. In 
addition to the outfit named in Exhibit (A), there was on board the ‘‘Grace” at the 
time of her seizure a considerable quantity of general ship stores. 
14. The price per seal-skin charged in Exhibit (A), namely, 5 dol. 50 ¢c. per skin for 
the seal-skins on board the ‘‘Grice” when seized and taken out at Ounalaska was 
the market price at Victoria at the close of the sealing season of 1887, when the catch 
of the “Grace” for that season, in the ordinary course of events, would have been 
placed on the market. 
15. That hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(C),” is a statement of the legal expenses 
incurred at Sitka and elsewhere by reason of the seizure of the ‘‘Grace” and 
150 «the arrest of the captain, and the claims arising therefrom, and also of the 
personal expenses connected therewith. 
