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after-mentioned schooner ‘‘Alfred Adams,” and his partner, the said Frank, being 
equally interested with Gutman in the results of the sealing voyage hereinafter 
referred to. 
2. The said schooner ‘‘Alfred Adams” is a British vessel of 692 tons, registered at 
Victoria aforesaid. 
3. That on or about the last of May, or early in June, a. D. 1887, the said schooner 
“Alfred Adams” sailed from the port of Victoria aforesaid, on a full hunting and 
sealing voyage in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring’s Sea. On or for said voyage 
the crew of the ‘‘Alfred Adams” consisted of William H. Dyer, master, a mate, and 
crew of twenty-four sailors and hunters, and fully equipped and provisioned. 
4. That on the 10th day of July, A.D. 1887, the ‘‘Alfred Adams” entered Behring’s 
Sea, and continued therein until the 6th day of August following, when, in north 
latitude 54° 48’, and west longitude 167° 49’, then being about 62 miles from Ounalaska 
Island, the nearest land, and lawfully, as I verily believe, pursuing the objects of 
the said voyage, the ‘‘Alfred Adams” 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, 
5. That immediately after such seizure the Commander of the ‘‘ Richard Rush” 
ordered the seal-skins then on board the ‘Alfred Adams,” and all the firearms and 
ammunition, and Indian spears on board, to be taken out, and said seal-skins to the 
number of 1,386, and the firearms, ammunition, and spears, were taken from the said 
schooner ‘‘Alfred Adams,” and conveyed to the said United States steam-ship 
‘“‘Richard Rush.” The ship’s papers of the ‘Alfred Adams” were also taken from 
her by the Commander of the ‘‘Richard Rush,” and, as I verily believe, the master 
and mate of the ‘Alfred Adams” placed under arrest, though not actually imprisoned. 
6. Hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(A),” is a statement of articles and value thereof, as 
claimed by the said Gutman and Frank, which were so taken by the ‘‘Alfred Adams.” 
7. That hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(B),” is an estimate of the loss claimed by the 
said Gutman and Frank, as resulting to them by reason of the seizure of the ‘‘Alfred 
Adams,” herein set out, and of the legal and personal expenses incurred by reason of 
said seizure and the claims arising therefrom. The price per skin charged for the 
estimated catch of the ‘‘Alfred Adams” for a full season, namely, 5 dol. 50 ¢. per skin, 
was the current market price per skin at Victoria at the close of the sealing season 
of 1887. The catch of the ‘Alfred Adams” for said season is estimated trom an 
average catch per canoe of 320 seals, the ‘‘Alfred Adams” having on said voyage ten 
canoes. 
8. That hereto annexed, marked ‘‘(E),” is a statement of the principal sums on 
which interest at 7 per cent. per annum is claimed, the rate per cent., and the time 
from and to which it is so claimed. At the time when the catch of the ‘‘ Alfred 
Adams” for the season of 1887 would have been, in the ordinary course of events, 
realized on, namely, on or about the 1st October, a. D, 1887, the minimum rate of inter- 
est on money for commercial purposes at Victoria aforesaid was 7 per cent. per annum. 
And I, James Douglas Warren aforesaid, wake this solemn declaration, conscien- 
tiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the “ Act respecting Extra- 
judicial Oaths.” 
(Signed) J. D. WARKEN. 
Declared and affirmed before me at the city of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton 
and Province of Ontario, this th day of December, A. D. 1887, and certified under 
my official seal. 
(Signed) D. O'Connor, 
Notary Public for Ontario. 
161. Exuteir (A).—Statement of the Articles, and the Value thereof, taken from the 
Schooner ‘‘ Alfred Adams” by the United States Steam-ship ‘‘ Richard Rush,” 
in Behring’s Sea, the 6th August, 1887. 
focoseal-skins,/at' 5 dol.50' ce. per skin’. 52. 2255-00 dsasectcees es Shetoi ek $7, 623. 00 
ournkeosof powder, at 10 dollars . 222.2124: .2-.).2.0.ec. 2058 te pees 40. 00 
DO LNELEGUTS! Sale pee ae RR ORC yo Re ee ce ee 60. 00 
Peieelcanescaps and primersios sores S45 0 jesse cel not seed sho Seiclalne 60. 00 
Hine precch-loading shot guns). 2). 222.5-4 205 .).6i05. 25.5 ose. 52-5 sled an - 450. 00 
PPERIMEMOSTBESEMLG.! sen a5 Macy aaa in Ae oo ine ioe eae tees sae 25. 00 
Pee ucrlmdluaispeard of cys tie See i WoL hes Phe eS) Bs 48. 00 
Pc aaveul tl egba coms reise eects Lae rasa ete eis iakiels 1 52S wow cece 8, 306. 00 
(Signed) J. D. WARREN. 
(Signed) D. O'Connor, Notary Public. 
