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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

District of Alaska, ss:

I, N. R. Peckinpaugh, clerk of the United States district court for the district of Alaska, do hereby certify that the foregoing copy of the appraisement of the cargoes, etc., of the following vessels, viz: Schooner Angel Dolly, schr. Annie, schr. San Jose, schr. Sylvia Handy, schr. Allie I. Algar, schr. Ellen, schr. Lilly L., has been by me compared with the original and that it is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original, as the same appears of record on file at my office and in my custody.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Sitka, in said district, this 15 day of October, 1892. [L. S.] N. R. PECKINPAUGH,

Clerk.

TABLES RELATING TO CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS

AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

Compiled from the schedule of claims submitted with the British case and from the authorities cited in each table.

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1 Collector of customs at Victoria, British Columbia. See p. 258.

2 Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory. Published for the Committee of Lloyd's. 3 Average value per ton claimed.

Claimed value per ton.

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The owners claimed that the appraised values were too high and they refused to bond the vessels at those values. Mr. West, the British minister, informed Mr. Bayard, Secretary of State, October 12, 1888, that the appraisement of the Anna Beck was accepted and asked that a reappraisement of the Grace and Dolphin be authorized.4

1 The appraised value is from the original appraisement at Sitka, see p. 329.

2 Copy of the records of the United States marshal for the district of Washington, post p. 421.

8 Senate Ex. Doc., Fiftieth Congress, second session, No. 106, p. 74.

• Ibid., p. 76.

340 CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

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Total premium claimed to have been paid, $5,890.77.

1 Rate on hull, outfit, and cargo the same. (W. H. C. Fowler, secretary Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, p. 341; N. T. James, late president Union Insurance Company, San Francisco, p. 342; Harry S. Smith, marine secretary Sun Insurance Company, San Francisco, p. 349.)

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The calculations are based on the length of a voyage as stated in the schedule of claims, p. 6, sec. 4, appended, to the British case.

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The following are the market values: rifles '$12.50, shotguns 1$25.00, boats '$100.00; 2$75 to $100.00; *$100.00.

John A. Magee, p. 348.

2A. P. Lorentzen, p. 344.

& Consul L. W. Myers, p. 261.

TESTIMONY.

A. RELATING TO CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

Deposition of Capt. C. A. Abbey, United States Revenue Marine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

State, County, and City of New York, ss:

C. A. Abbey, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

Official position.

Seizure of Carolena.

I was in the year 1886 a captain in the revenue service of the United States, and in the month of August of the same year was in command of the United States revenue steamer Corwin, and while acting in that capacity, on or about the first day of August in said year, seized the schooner Carolena, a vessel sailing under the British flag, for unlawfully taking fur-seals in the waters of Bering Sea. And I do further depose and say that no money was taken from said schooner nor from any of her officers or crew by myself, and none was so taken to my knowledge or information by any of my officers or by my command or authority.

No money taken.

C. A. ABBEY.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, as witness my hand and official seal this 13th day of December, A. D. 1892.

[SEAL.]

ARTHUR M. WIENER, Notary Public, New York County, N. Y.

Deposition of W. H. C. Fowler, marine secretary of California Insurance Company.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

City and County of San Francisco, ss:

W. H. C. Fowler, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

Occupation.

I am forty-two years of age, and reside in San Francisco, California, and am a citizen of the United States. My occupation is that of insurance. I was marine secretary of the California Insurance Company, of San Francisco, from 1881 to 1886, and was secretary of said company from 1886 until August, 1892, at which time I resigned. I am thoroughly conversant with marine insurance. The company to which I belonged carried insurance upon sealing vessels. The rate of insurance on a vessel depends upon its age, condition, and latitude allowed. The usual rate on sealing vessels at present is seven per cent; in 1886

Insurance rate.

and 1887 it was some more; a fairly good vessel at that time would be insured at a rate from eight to nine per cent, and we made no distinction in rate between sail and steam vessels engaged in this business. The outfit is insured at the same rates as the hull. The cargo to the extent of the outfit is usually insured under the outfit policy, and the catch as taken replaces the outfit. Insurance on sealInsurance date. ing vessels is usually taken out in February of each year, although a few do take insurance in November or December to seal along the coast. On return to home port of the vessel from a spring and summer sealing voyage, which is usually in August or September, the owners frequently surrender their policies

Rebate.

for cancellation and receive a pro rata amount of the premium for each month of unexpired time.

In insuring a sealing vessel the premium is divided into four parts; one-fourth is paid in cash, the other three-fourths in notes payable three, six, and nine months, with privilege of canceling the policy on return of vessel to port and receiving the unearned premium. In case Seizure voids policy. of seizure the policy becomes void from that date. The vessels engaged in the sealing business now are of a superior quality to those usually engaged in the business in 1886 and 1887. The cost of survey is from ten to twenty dollars.

Quality of vessels.
Survey fee.

WM. H. C. FOWLER.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of October, A. D.

1892.
[SEAL.]

CLEMENT BENNETT,

Notary Public.

Deposition of N. T. James, president of Union Insurance Company of San Francisco.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

City and County of San Francisco, ss:

N. T. James, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

Occupation.

I am forty years of age; a citizen of the United States, and reside in San Francisco, California. My occupation is that of insurance. Was president of the Union Insurance Company of San Francisco until quite recently, and was marine secretary of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company of San Francisco for seven years previous thereto, both companies of which done a marine insurance business, and I am thoroughly familiar with the rates paid by sealing vessels now as well as those paid in 1886 and 1887. In those years the general rate was eight per cent for total loss Insurance rates. on Bering Sea sealers, and they were not to go north of St. Lawrence Island. The rates on outfit was the same as on the hull. The cargo is usually, to the extent of the outfit, insured under the outfit policy, the same being consumed and the cargo takes its place. We made no difference in rates of insurance between steam and sailing vessels. Insurance last year was about seven per cent, or about one per cent less than in 1886 and 1887. The Quality of vessels. vessels engaged in the sealing business for the last year or two are a better class of vessels than those of 1886 and 1887. Insurance on sealing vessels is usually taken out in February of each year, although a few take out

Insurance date.

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