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Sejit. 1, 1879. By barrels ami salt supplied native people for preservation of meat, 



requisite amounts and quantities. 

 Sept. 28,1880. By maintenance of school (commencing September 1, 1879, closing 



April 28, 1880), 8 months. 



I certify on honor that the above account current is correct, to tbe best of my 

 knowledge and belief. 



H. G. Otis, Treasury Agent in Charge. 



J. — Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco, in account with the United States, at St. 



George Island, Alaska. 



Dr. 



July 2.5, 1879. To shipments of fur-seal skins from the island to date (quota of 1879), 



20,000 skins. 

 Aug. 1.5, 1879. To amount of sajt salmou required to be furnished for consumption 



by the native jteople, 20 barre'ls. 

 Aug. 15, 1879. To amount of coal required to be furnished ibr use of the native 



people, 20 tons. 

 Aug. 15, 1879. To supplies of barrels and salt required to l)e furnished native people 



for preservation of meat, requisite amounts and quantities. 

 Sept, 1, 1879. To maintenance of school as required by lease, 8 months. 



Or. 



June 1, 1879. By lawful quota of fur-seal skins allowed to be taken annually (quota 



of 1879), 20,000 skins. 

 Aug. 15, 1879. By amount of salt salmon supplied for consumption by the native 



people, 20 barrels. 

 Aug. 15, 1879. By amount of coal supplied for use of the native people (in lieu of 



wood), 20 tons. 

 Aug. 15, 1879. By barrels and salt supplied native people for preservation of meat, 



requisite amounts and quantities. 

 May 1,1880. Bv maintenance of school (commencing September 1, 1879; closing May 



1, 1880), 8 mouths. 



I certify on houor that the above account current is made up from the records of 

 St. George Island, and that it is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. 



H. G. Otis, 

 Treasury Agent, in Charge of Seal Islands. 



1881. 



Special Agent Otis; annual report for 1881. 



Office of Special Ag-ent Treasury Department, 



St. Fanl Island, July 30, 1881. 



Sir : I have tbe honor to submit my annual report on seabng opera- 

 tions and other affairs at the seal islands during- the past year. 



RESULTS OF THE SEALING SEASON. 



The first breeding seals (bulls) made their appearance this season on 

 St. Paul Island on May 2, and on St. George Island May 5. By the 

 6th of June the class known as " killable seals " had commenced haul- 

 ing out in numbers sufficient to enable the Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany to commence driving and killing for skins, and by the middle of 

 that month the sealers had all they could manage. Killing ceased on 

 St. Paul July 20; thirty-five days having been expended in comj)leting 

 the full catch of 80,000 skins (3,813 skins had been taken from ''food 

 seals" before the regular sealing season commenced). 



