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10. All provisions and merchandise required by the inhabitants for legitimate use will be 

 furnished them from the company's stores, at prices not higher than ordinary retail prices at San 

 Francisco, and in no ease at prices above 25 per cent, advance on wholesale or invoice prices in 

 San Francisco. 



11. The necessary supplies of fnel, oil, and salmon will be furnished the people gratis. 



12. All widows and orphan children on the islands will be supported by the company. 



13. The landing or manufacture on the islands of spirituous or intoxicating liquors or wines 

 will, under no circumstances, be permitted by the company, and the preparation and use of fer- 

 mented liquors by the inhabitants must be discouraged in every legitimate manner. 



14. Free transportation and subsistence on the company's vessels will be furnished all people 

 who at any time desire to remove from the islands to any place in the Aleutian group of islands. 



15. Free schools will be maintained by the company eight months in each year, four hours 

 per day, Sundays and holidays excepted, and agents and teachers will endeavor to secure the 

 attendance of all. The company will furnish the necessary books, stationery, and other appliances 

 for the use of the schools, without cost to the people. 



16. The physicians of the company are required to faithfully attend upon the sick, and both 

 medical attendance and medicines shall be free to all persons on the islands ; and the acceptance 

 of gratuities from the people for such services is forbidden. 



17. The dwelling-houses now being erected by the company will be occupied by the Aleutian 

 families free of rent or other charges. 



18. No interference on the part of the agents or employes of the company in the local govern- 

 ment of the people on the islands, or in their social or domestic relations, or in their religious rites 

 or ceremonies will be countenanced or tolerated. 



19. It is strictly enjoined upon all agents and employe's of the company to at all times treat 

 the inhabitants of the islands with the utmost kindness, and endeavor to preserve amicable rela- 

 tions with them. Force is never to be used against them, except in defense of life, or to prevent 

 the wanton destruction of valuable property. The agents and employe's of the company are expected 

 to instruct the native people in household economy, and, by precept and example, illustrate to 

 them the principles and benefits of a higher civilization. 



20. Faithful and strict compliance with all the provisions and obligations contained in the act 

 of Congress entitled "An act to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska", 

 approved July 1, 1870, and the obligations contained in the lease to the company executed in pur- 

 suance of said act, and the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribed under authority 

 of said act, is especially enjoined upon all agents and employe's of the company. The authority of 

 the special agents of the Treasury appointed to reside upon the islands must be respected when- 

 ever lawfully exercised. The interest of the company in the management of the seal-fisheries being 

 identical in character with that of the United States, there can be no conflict between the agents 

 of the company and the agents of the Government, if all concerned faithfully perform their several 

 duties and comply with the laws and regulations. 



21. The general agent of the company will cause to be kept books of record on each island, 

 in which shall be recorded the names and ages of all the inhabitants of the islands, and, from 

 time to time, all births, marriages, and deaths which may occur on the islands, stating, in cases of 

 death, the causes of the same. A full transcript of these records will be annually forwarded to the 

 home office at San Francisco. 



