PEEFATORT I^OTE. 



Treasury Department, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, B. C, November 15, 1897. 



The documents contained in this volume, and the others which follow, 

 extending over a period of twenty-seven years, contain some statements 

 of opinion which in the light of more extended investigations are found 

 to need correction or qualification. 



In view of this fact, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Commissioner in charge 

 of Fur Seal Investigations, and Mr. George Archibald Clark, Secretary 

 for the Fur Seal Commission, were requested to^ prepare an Appendix 

 to each volume which shall contain desirable corrections. These appen- 

 dixes ai)i3ear at the end of the several volumes. 



L. J. Gage, Secretary. 



