aforesaid, that when the Treaty was signed in June, 1846, and previous to that date, the channel which was known and used by vessels among the islands forming the Archipelago between Vancouver Island and the continent, to get access to the dominions of Great Britain north of the forty-ninth parallel, was the Strait of Rosario, and that channel only; and it was the only surveyed channel. 9. In answer to the ninth interrogatory, I declare, as aforesaid, that previous to the signing of the Treaty in 1846, and also at that time, the only channel known to be navigable among the islands forming the Archipelago between Vancouver Island and the continent was the Strait of Rosario. And I further declare, as aforesaid, that in A. D. 1840, I went from the Hudson's Bay Company's Station at Nisqually, Puget Sound, in the steamer Beaver, to Sitka, through Rosario Strait and Johnson Strait; and, in A. D. 1843, I returned from Sitka and other stations through Johnson Strait and Rosario Strait to Vancouver Island in the Beaver. Previous to A. D. 1846, Rosario Strait was the channel for vessels coming to Victoria from Fraser River and the Northwest Pacific coast, or going from Victoria thereto. And I, Roderick Finlayson, above named, solemnly declare that I make the above statements conscientiously, believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King William IV, intituled "An act to repeal an act of the present session of Parliament, intituled 'An act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the state, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial oaths and affidavits, and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths.'" RODK. FINLAYSON. Declared at Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, this 30th day of September, 1871. Before me: ROBT. E. JACKSON, [58] *No. VI. ATTESTED COPY OF THE LOG OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMSHIP CORMORANT, IN THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1846. Nineteenth day of September, 1846.-At Fisgard Harbor. Initials of the officer of the watch. Hours. Knots. Tenths. Standard compass courses. Leeway points. Fifth day of October, 1846.-From Sangster's Harbor to Birch Bay. Expended-Coals. Wood. Tons. Curt. 8 2 6 0 0.45.-Entered discolored water off Fraser's River. Midnight.-Fires banked under after boilers. Remarks. A. M. 4.30.-Drew the fires forward. 4.45.-Steam up. 4.50.-Weighed and proceeded 7.25.-Passed eastward of Quinlan's Rocks, named 8.-Saddle Island 5 E. 8.20.-Passed the S. W. P. M. Proceeding for Port Victoria. E. N. E 2 b. c. N. E. At anchor in Port Victoria. North 1 Tons. Crt. Opened tea, 13.44; beef, 136.3; pork, 30.80. 2.-Furled sails, unbent maintopsail. The within copy of the log-book of Her Majesty's ship Cormorant, for the days above specified, has been examined and compared with the original in this Department. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, November 16, 1871. A. SCOTT. |