The Queen’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““(4) That each of said vessels in said several libels mentioned was at all of the times in said libels and schedules referred to or mentioned a duly registered American steam vessel, and was at all said times sailing under ‘register,’ and each of said vessels at each of the several times in said several libels and schedules referred to was either on a voyage from the port of San Francisco in the state of California to a United States port on Puget Sound, or from a United States port on 'Puget Sound to said port of San Francisco, but in either such ease said vessel did while en route between said ports in the United States stop at the port of Victoria, B. C., to and from which said port of Victoria she did then carry, and did then and there deliver and receive both passengers, mail, and freight; and on each and every such voyage the port of Victoria, B. C., was a regular port of call, being the first port of call or stop on each voyage outward from San Francisco, Cal.,' and the last port of call or stop on each voyage toward San Francisco, Cal. Each and every one of the ships in this agreement mentioned on sailing outward bound from the port of San Francisco on her said voyage above described displayed at her foremast head the English flag, which indicated, according to the usage and custom of vessels and their navigators, that she was destined to a port under the.dominion of Great Britain, whose merchant flag was so as aforesaid displayed at her foremast head, and similarly o”

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   e.g. The Queen