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 5& RALPH S. KUYKENDALL seems doubtful in view of Colnett's own statements quoted in the early part of this paper. The Princess Royal, after her arrival at Manila, was sent to Macao to be delivered up to her owners. She ar- rived there in a damaged condition, due to a storm, and neither the agents of Colnett and Hudson nor the English factors wished to receive her. The Spanish factors there- fore decided to sell the vessel at a legal and public sale, but the documents now in hand do not show whether or not the sale actually took place. The Chinese authorities at first threatened to confiscate the otter skins on the supposition that they belonged to the Russians, but finally placed them in the custom house to await a determination of the question of ownership. 33 Quimper and the Spamsn crew which had navigated the Princess Royal to Manila returned the following year to Mexico in the frigate San Josef y las Animas, arriving at San Bias, November 6, 1792. 33 Viceroy Revilla Gigedo to Aranda, Nov. 30, 1792. Copy (from Mexican Archives) in Bancroft Library. W 34 "Noticia de Viage de Quimper de Manila," in Deposito Hidrografico (Madrid), Libro b 3a, Tomo II. Copy in Bancroft Library.