Assessment of damages.
Before G. F, SewARD, Esq., President of the Court; and 8. A. Vioutee, Esq., J. Haas, Esq., and Captain J. B. Boswzut, arbitrators. Present, also, the Mixed Court Magistrate, Cuz.
Dr. M. T. Yates, Vice-Consul, interpreted the Chinese evidence.
Mr, Ears for the P. M. 8. Ca, Mr. Cowr and Mr. Coopge for the junk owners.
Lo Suse Kia was examined, and said—I build junks and repair them.' I have done this business for over 40 years. I hay j been, the junk, a sion, with masts and Tyears old." She was not worth repairing after the collision, do not know what claim has been put in for the junk, She was worth 8,000 or 9,000 taels, The "junk, with tox, was worth over 10,000 tae, would be worth three more, the materials are bought here. The usual estimate of the cost of a junk is about 6 taels picul, The burden of this junk was 2,300 or 2,400 piculs. The mainmast of such a junk could be bought within 300 tacle, the foremast about 180 taels. The mizen would be worth 3 or 4 taels, I do not know what the cost of the windlass, cable, and anchor would be. The anchors woul worth about 160 taels. The rudder would be worth 150 taels. The sails Ido not know about. They had no windlass in the junk, The sampan would be worth about 60 or 70 taels. The mat house was 50 or 60 taels.
To Mr. Eames—A friend of mine called on me to look at the junk. I do not know whether he was an owner. I was told that would be called upon to report upon it. I was told about what was claimed for the junk, All the different parts were not valued to me, The main sum was mentioned to me. I ex: amined the junk carefully: T have never a junk like this, I have a general idea what it would cost to build a junk of this sort, Tunks are very "cold" just now. When trade Was good, the junk might have been worth 2000 taels more. The junk's bones were shaken by the collision, I went to see the junk two days after the collision, I mea-Sured the junk. She was over ten chang in length. I found my estimate of th carrying capacity of the junk by estimating the capacity of each compartment, The rice picul has 140 catties to the picul. It was this sort of picul that I calculated in mating the capacity of the junk. The onl would cover the sort, everything. included. Some jun! will last 3 or 4 years, some 140 years. This junk, repaired and cared for, would last 40 years.
"Yao Cxaxo Lrx, being examined, said—I am the owner of the junk in question. My Dusiness is that of a merchant. TI have been in business for 14 years. My business all comes to me by junks. The junk, at the moment of collision, was worth 10,000 taels and over, She was alittle over 7 years old. I had owned her all this time. I had her repaired every year. She was last repaired in the Inet week of last year and first of thi Those repairs cost about 700 taels. board beans at the time of the collision piculs. The sailors had some on their own account—about 106} piculs. The mi value of the beans at the time of the col was about Tis, 1.40 picul. The picul of my estimate has about 140 catties. There was some skin (coarse) paper on board. The value of this was 129 taels, We hnd some rice on board to the value of 16 taels. Taels 1.40 was
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