406 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
2. The said schooner was in May last sent by the said firm on a sealing and hunting 
voyage in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring’s Sea. 
3. The said schooner returned to Victoria the last of August, having taken, as I 
am informed, and do believe, by the captain of the said schooner, on said voyage, 
653 sealskins, of which number the said firm received only thirty- two skins, sent to 
us from said schooner by the ‘‘ Wanderer” before the ‘‘ Juanita” entered Behring’s 
Sea, said thirty-two sealskins h: wing been taken outside Behring’ s Sea. 
4. The remainder of the sealskins “taken by the ‘‘ Juanita” was, as I am informed 
by the said captain, and do verily believe, taken from the ‘ Juanita” on or about 
the 31st day of July last, when said schooner was in Behring’s Sea, by the orders of 
the Commander of the United States steamer “Richard Rush.” 
5. The market value of sealskins at the said Port of Victoria on or about the Ist 
October instant, when, in the ordinary course, the “ Juanita” would have arrived 
after a full season’s voyage aforesaid, was 8 dollars a skin. 
6. From the number of sealskins taken by the ‘‘ Juanita” up to the said 31st July 
I verily believe that the said schooner would, in a full season, have taken at least 
1,800 sealskins. 
7. At the same time the sealskins were taken from the ‘‘ Juanita” by the officers 
of the said United States steamer ‘‘ Richard Rush,” there was also taken by the 
said officers, as I am informed by Captain Clarke, and do believe, twelve spears the 
value of which was 3 dollars each, and the ship’s papers. 
8. The said firm of Hall, Goepel, and Co., claims damages against the Government 
of the United States of America for such taking and detention of sealskins, spears, 
and ship’s papers, based upon the value of the skins actually taken, and for 1,178 
skins, the balance of an estimated catch of 1,800 sealskins by the said schooner for 
full season of 1889 in Behring’s Sea; also for the value of the said spears, and for 
the cost of obtaining a new set of ship’s papers from the Government of Canada, 
and for legal and other expenses in connection with the preparation and submission 
of this claim. 
9. That hereto annexed, marked ‘“‘ B,” is a statement in detail of such claim. 
10. That upon the sailing of the said schooner in May last, advances were made to 
the hunters based upon a full season’s catch, and said hunters will, upon payment 
of such claim, be entitled to and will receive their share thereof. 
371 And I, Richard Hall, make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing 
the same to be true, and by virtue of the Act respecting Extra-Judicial Oaths. 
Declared by the said Richard Hall at the city of Victoria, British Columbia, the 
14th day of October, a. D. 1889. 
(Signed) RICHARD HALL. 
Before me, 
(Signed) A. L. BELYFA, 
A Notary Public by Royal authority in and for the Province of British 
Columbia, residing and practising at Victoria aforesaid. 
{Inclosure 6 in No. 255.) 
(B.) 
DETAILED Statement of Claim by Owners of British Schooner ‘ Juanita” against 
the Government of the United States of America. 
620 sealskins taken from “Juanita” in Behring’s Sea by United States’ 
steamer “Richard Rush,”at/8 dollars per slant ----- 920 aee eae eee $4, 960. 00 
1,178 sealskins, balance of an estimated catch of 1,800 sealskins by the 
“ Juanita” for the full season of 1889 in Behring’s Sea, at 8 dollars per 
SEG iS seas ee a ee ee eer eee hes ers mG eiscb Sasa bo a=2>Se58 9, 424. 00 
i spears: atio dollars .oo2s 85 See a ee eee cece * 36. 00 
Costiofobtainine mew ship's papers ss--ee. = eae sees ee eee eee eee 25. 00 
Legal and other expenses incidental to the seizure.-......-...---.-----.-- 250. 00 
Total poeccwaeic cele sec nia ss se seiscice sole ais See ee see me eee e maene ee 14, 695. 00 
(Signed) RICHARD HALL. 
This is the exhibit (B) referred toin the declaration of Richard Hall hereto annexed, 
made before me the 14th day of October, 1889. 
(Signed) A. L. BretyEa, Notary Public. 
