Li2 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
6. That on or about the 28th day of June, A.D. 1887, the “ Anna Beck” entered the 
Behring’s Sea, and on the 2nd day of July, A. D. 1887, while in said sea, in latitude 
54° 58/ north and longitude 167° 26’ west, then being about 66 miles from the nearest 
land, and lawfully engaged in the objects of said voyage, the ‘“‘Anna Beck” was 
seized by the United States steam-ship ‘‘ Richard Rush,” for alleged violation of the 
laws of the United States respecting seal-fishing in the waters of Alaska. 
7. That at the time of said seizure the ‘‘ Anna Beck” had on board 334 seal-skins, 
most of which had been taken by the ‘“‘ Anna Beck” on her voyage up to the time of 
entering said sea, and not afterwards. After seizure, the ‘‘ Anna Beck” was, by the 
authority of the Commander of the ‘“‘ Richard Rush,” taken to Tloolook Harbour, at 
Ounalaska Island, in the United States Territory of Alaska, where the said seal-skins 
were taken out and stored on shore, and the arms and ammunition transferred to the 
said “‘ Richard Rush,” either at sea or in said harbour. The master, mate, and crew 
of the “‘ Anna Beck” were sent to Sitka, in said Territory of Alaska, on the American 
schooner “‘Challenge.” On their arrival at Sitka aforesaid the master and mate of 
the “Anna Beck” were taken before a Judge, and bound over to appear before said 
Judge on the 22nd August then instant, for trial, on a charge of having violated the 
laws of the United States respecting seal-fishing in the waters of Alaska. The 
master and mate so appeared for trial on the 22nd day of August, A. D. 1887, and 
thereafter from day to day until the 9th day of September then next following, 
when, without having been brought to trial on said charge, or on any other charge 
whatever, they were unconditionally released. 
8. That hereto annexed, marked “‘(A),” is a statement showing the value of the 
said steam-schooner “Anna Beck” at the time of her seizure as above set out, except- 
ing only what had been consumed in the ordinary course and prosecution of the said 
voyage; also of the outfit, and value thereof, of the “Anna Beck” on said voyage; 
also of the amounts paid for insurance premiums on the hull, outfit, and cargo of 
the ‘Anna Beck” on and during said voyage; also of the amount of wages paid to 
the crew and hunters for said voyage up to the time of said seizure; also of the fares 
and expenses of the master and mate from Sitka to Victoria, and of sixteen of the 
crew of the ‘‘Anna Beck” from Fort Simpson to Victoria; and also of the number 
and value of the seal-skins taken from the said ‘‘Anna Beck” after such seizure at 
Ounalaska Island. 
9. The value placed on the said steam-schooner ‘Anna Beck,” namely, 8,000 dol- 
lars, is based upon her cost, the order and condition in which she was when seized, 
and the value of similar vessels at Victoria aforesaid. As stated in the preceding 
paragraph 8 of this declaration, the ““Anna Beck” was fitted with steam propelling 
power in A. D. 1880-81, and in a. D. 1883 was rebuilt and raised at a total cost of over 
8,000 dollars. At the time of her seizure she was in first-class order and condition, 
having been thoroughly overhauled and refitted for said voyage, and the value 
claimed for her, namely, 8,000 dollars, is a fair and reasonable value for her at the 
time of her said seizure. 
10. The prices charged in Exhibit (A) for the articles, and groups of articles, com- 
prising the outfit of the “Anna Beck” on said voyage are the market prices at Vic- 
toria aforesaid at the time of their purchase for the use and purposes of said voyage, 
and the price per skin charged for the seal-skins taken from the “Anna Beek” when 
seized is the market price per skin current at Victoria aforesaid at the close of the 
season of 1887, when, in the ordinary course of events, the catch of the “Anna Beck” 
would have been placed on said market. 7 
11. That hereto annexed, marked ‘(C),” is a statement of the legal and personal 
expenses at Sitka and elsewhere arising out of the seizure and detention of the 
“Anna Beck,” the arrest of her master and mate, and the claims arising therefrom. 
12. That hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(D),” is a statement of the estimated loss and 
damage to the owner of the said ‘‘Anna Beck,” by reason of her seizure and deten- 
tion as aforesaid for the years A. D. 1887 and A. D. 1888. The estimated catch of 
seals for the season of 1887, namely, 3,150, is calculated upon an average catch per 
boat and per canoe of 350 seals, which is a fair and reasonable estimate of the prob- 
able catch per boat and per canoe for the boat and each of the canoes of the said 
“Anna Beck” during the season of 1887. 
13. After the close of the sealing season of 1887, and during the following months 
of October, November, and December, a. D. 1887, and January, A. D. 1888, had the 
said steam-schooner “‘Anna Beck” been in possession of her said owner, she would 
have been engaged in the general coasting and freighting trade in and about the 
coasts of British Columbia aforesaid, and the reasonable and probable earnings 
154 of the “Anna Beck” for said months of October, November, December, and 
January, after deducting from the gross amount thereof the cost of wages and 
running expenses, would be at least 500 dollars per month for each of the said 
months. 
14. In order that the “Anna Beck” may be repaired and refitted in time to engage 
in the full season’s hunting and fishing voyage for A. D. 1888, it is necessary that she 
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