422 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
12. That the total amount of cash at risk in said venture, from commencement of 
voyage to finish on the 28th July, was 15,425 dol. 43 ¢., irrespective of the lay out 
or wages of master. 
13. That the said schooner entered Behring’s Sea on or about the 4th July, and 
having previously transhipped her outside, or coast catch, was hove to on the 11th 
July, and boarded by Lieutenant Tuttle, of the United States Revenue cutter 
‘Richard Rush” (as per sworn-to testimony of the master, made on arriving in Vic- 
toria, dated the 8th August) who searched the vessel, examined and returned ship’s 
papers, and ordered the schooner out of Behring’s Sea, threatening confiscation of 
vessel and catch if canght in the act of killing seals, or with skins on board after 
having been warned. 
14, That by reason of the threats and menaces of the said United States cutter, 
the master was prevented from further prosecuting his legitimate business in said 
sea, and not wishing to incur the responsibility of threatened capture of his valu- 
able vessel, returned to Victoria on the 28th July, with only seventy-two skins on 
board, and which were on board at the time of search, though undiscovered by the 
boarding officer, at least, so 1 am informed and verily believe. 
15. That from the number of skins taken by the “Triumph” last year, with 
vessel partially equipped only and with less experienced hunters, I conscientiously 
believe that the said schooner, in a full season unmolested and free from fear of 
molestation, would have taken in the neighbourhood of 2,500 skins. 
16. That the market value of sealskins at the port of Victoria, on or about the 1st 
October instant, when in the usual course of events heretofore, the “Triumph” 
would have arrived after a complete season’s voyage, as hereinbefore mentioned, was 
8 dollars per skin. 
17. That the declarant, on behalf of himself and co-owners, claims damages against 
the Government of the United States of America for the unlawful and unwarrantable 
interference, molestation, threat and menace of its said Revenue cutter, whereby 
a heavy loss is incurred by the owners and hunters of said schooner ‘‘'Triumph,” 
amounting to the value of the difference between the skins actually taken, and esti- 
mated catch, viz., 2,428 skins (2,500, less 72) at 8 dollars per skin, or the sum of 19,424 
dollars, and 250 dollars for legal and other expenses in connection with the preparation 
and submission of this claim. 
18. That hereto annexed, marked (A), is a statement in detail of such claim, and of 
the persons entitled to share therein. 
19. That upon the sailing of the said schooner in April and May last at San Fran- 
cisco and Victoria, respectively, advances were made to the hunters based upon a 
full season’s catch, and said hunters will, upon payment of said claim, be entitled to, 
and will receive their share thereof. 
386 And I, Edgar Crow Baker, make this solemn declaration, conscientiously 
believing the same to be true, just and equitable, and by virtue of Act respect- 
ing Extra-Judicial Oaths. 
(Signed) EDGAR Crow BAKER, 
Managing Owner. 
Declared by the said Edgar Crow Baker, at the City of Victoria, British Columbia, 
the day of November, A. D. 1889. 
Before me, 
(Signed) D. R. HARRIs, 
A Notary Public by Royal Authority in and for the Province of British 
Columbia, residing and practising at Victoria aforesaid. 
[Inclosure 4 in No. 269.] 
DETAILED Statement of Claim by Owners of British schooner ‘‘ Triumph” against 
the Government of the United States of America. 
2,428 sealskins, balance of an estimated catch of 2,500 sealskins by the 
schooner ‘‘ Triumph” for the full season of 1889 in Behring’s Sea, at 8 dol- 
lars, per SKIN WJ. se-Bseweeace eens Geek Senses see ee eee EERE aE eee eee $19, 424 
Legal and other expenses incidental to preparation and submission of claims. 250 
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OWNERS on October 1, 1889. 
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