EXHIBIT T.

State of California, City and County of San Francisco:

Max Waizman, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and was, on the 2d day of August, 1891, the sole owner of the American schooner James Hamilton Lewis, and was on the 2d day of August, 1891, the date of the seizure of said schooner, a citizen of the United States of America.

Max Waizman.

[seal.]
J. S. Manley,
Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court, Northern District of California.