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Sjaecial Agent Bryant: Shipping receipt, quota of 1874. 



Treasury Agent's Office, 



St. Paul Island, May 14, 1874. 



Sir : I hereby certify that the Alaska Commercial Company liave 

 this day shipped on board their steamer Alexander, for transshipment 

 and storage at Uualaska, G62 fur-seal skins, being the skins of animals 

 killed last year for native food, and to be counted as a part of the 

 quota of 1874. 



Charles Bryant, 

 Treasury Agent, in Charge of Seal Islands. 

 Collector of Customs, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Special Agent Bryant: Shipping receipt, quota of 1874. 



Treasury Agent's Office, 



St. Paul Island, July 10, 1874. 



Sir: I hereby certify that there has been this day shipped on board 

 the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Alexander, for transship- 

 ment at Unalaska, 40,000 fur-seal skins, all of this year's catch. 



Charles Bryant, 

 Treasury Agent, in Charge of Seal Islands. 



Thomas Shannon, Esq., 



Collector of Customs, San Francisco. 



Special Agent Bryant: Shipping receipt, quota of 1874. 



Treasury Agent's Office, 

 St. Paul Island, August 7, 1874. 



Sir: I hereby certify that the Alaska Commercial Company have 

 this day shipped on board steamer Alexander, for San Francisco direct, 

 49,238 fur-seal skins taken on this island this year. Said steamer has 

 also on board 5,020 fur-seal skins shipped at St, George Island July 

 31, being the balance of this year's quota for that island. 



Charles Bryant, 

 Treasury Agent, in Charge of Seal Islands, 



Collector of Customs, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



1874.. 

 Assistant Agent Falcoyier: Report on characteristics of fur seals. 



St. George Island, Alaska, August — , 1874. 



Sir : Since my appointment as assistant Treasury agent on the island 

 of St. George I have never made any report direct to the Department 

 bearing on the habits and peculiarities of the fur seal. 



My instructions were to always report to Mr. Bryant, the agent in 

 charge, but the only reports so submitted were of a routine character, 



