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Island of St. George, August 10, 1878. 

 This is to certify that 12,058 fur-seal skins have this day been shipped on board the 

 Alaska Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul, Capt. M. E. Erskine, master, to San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



J. H. MouLTON, Assistant Treasury Agent. 



Island of St. Paul, August 17, 1878. 

 This is to "certify that 67,942 fur-seal skins have this day been shipped on board 

 the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul to San Francisco, said skims 

 belonging to the quota of this island for the present season. 



J. M. Morton, Treasury Agent. 



Island of St. George, Octoher 3, 1878. 

 This is to certify that 5,942 fur seal skins have this day been shipped on board the 

 Alaska Commercial Company's schooner Bella, Captain Peterson, master, for San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



J. H. MoULTON, Assistant Treasury Agent. 



Assistant Agent Monlton; supplemental report, 1878. 



Treasury Agent's Office, 



8t. Paul Island, September 29, 1878. 

 Sir: I have the honor to report that affairs ou the seal islands are 

 in the same satisfactory condition as at the date of last report, with 

 the exception of one case of quas brewing on St. George. 

 Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 



J. H. MOULTON, 



Treasury Agent. 

 Hon. John Sherman, 



Secretary of Treasury, Washington, D. G. 



Special Agent Morton; inclosing statistics of seal catch. 



Indianapolis, Ind., N'ovember 26, 1878. 

 Dear Sir : In accordance with your request I inclose herewith a 

 statement of fur seals killed on the seal islands since 1870, as shown 

 by the records in the office of the Treasury agent at St. Paul. 



The record of seals killed the present year is necessarily incomplete, 

 as my departure from the islands occurred before the supply of meat 

 for the winter was taken. 



I am, very respectfully, etc., 



J. M. Morton, 



Special Agent. 



H. B. James, Esq., 



Washington, D. G. 

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