THE AMERICAN CLAIMS.
(From the New Zealand Herald) The following is. a summary -of the claims for losses by the Confederate cruisers, filed by the American Commissioners to the Geneva Conference under the treaty of Washington :—-.'".
Grand Total ... ' ... dol. 19,021,428/16 An extract from the " log " of the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, shows that S the estimates formed.byher drßcers of the value of the ships destrpyed^by them^ amounted to 1,152,224-30 dollars, while fs will be seen, the .American Commission 3 claims 6,488,320-31 dollars, an excess of * 5,336,096-01 f dollars v [Haug.. t^odd,, E ■ 9^Wj; '^^^din^gJiifierenc^do^' • ' .;2,°'.;»PP?SF?=?.*O; have been i noticed by our w ■..Go.y,e.rnm(enXia.its ; case. <:-w\„, '■* -* ,
By the Alabama d01. .6,547,69985 „ Boston ... ... ... • 400-00' „ Chickamanga : 95, 654.84 „ Florida 3,698,609*34 „ Georgia ■•. . • 383,976-53 „ Nashville 69,536 70 „ : Retribution ... ... 20,33400 . >» Sally 5.440-00 • Shenandoah 6,488,320-31 „ Sumter .. 7 10,695-83 „ Tallahagje ... ... 579,955 55 * Total .. ,' . ... 17,900,633.46 -cor losses from increased war . > • , • premium... *'...'... 1,120,795.15 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 201, 23 August 1872, Page 4
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143THE AMERICAN CLAIMS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 201, 23 August 1872, Page 4
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