Efter at provenuet ved dette salg var fra trukket de nævnte omkostninger, fremkom der en debetsaldo, som den nederlandske stat krævede godtgjort af flodbådens ejer under det ovennævnte regressøgsmål.
After the proceeds ofthat sale were deducted from those costs a deb­it balance remained which the Netherlands State sought to recover from the waterman and owner of the boat in question by the claim for redress referred to above.