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These 591 fur seals were killed by the natives for food during the 

 ■winter 1889 to 1890, and have been salted and cared for by the Alaska 

 Commercial Company, before the transfer of its property to the North 

 American Commercial Company, the present holders of the lease for 

 the Seal Islands. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 



EuDOLPH Neumann, 

 General Agent Alaslca Commercial Company, 



Hon. ChAS. J. GrOFF, 



United States Treasury Agent in charge of the 



Seal Islands, St. Paul and St. George. 



St. Paul Island, Alaska, 3Iay 31, 1890. 



Sir: Herewith I would ask permission to shi^), per steamer Bora, 

 3,190 fur seals, 791 stagy skins being included in this number, and stored 

 at present at our village salt house and 298 at our salt house at North- 

 east Point. 



These 3,491 fur seals were killed by the natives for food during the 

 winter of 1889 to 1890, and have been salted and cared for by the Alaska 

 Commercial Company, before the transfer of its property to the North 

 American Commercial Company, tlie present holders of the lease for 

 the Seal Islands. 



I have the honor to be, very resj)ectfully, 



Eudolph Neumann, 

 General Agent Alaslca Commercial Company. 

 Hon. Chas. J. GoFF, 



United States Treasury Agent in charge of the 



Seal Islands, St. Paul and St. George. 



St. Paul Island, Alaska, May 31, 1890. 

 Sir: In reply to your communications bearing dates May 26 and 31, 

 respectively, asking permission to remove the iur seal skins now in the 

 salt houses on St. Paul and St. George islands, I will say, in pursuance 

 to instructions received by me from the Secretary of the Treasury, I 

 will have to respectfully decline to allow you to remove the skins in 

 question, and herewith inform you that all of the said skins will be 

 shi])ped i)er United States cutter, care collector of customs, San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., to be disposed of by the Department as the Secretary may 

 deem advisable. 



Eespectfully, yours, Chas. J. Goff, 



Treasury Agent. 

 Hon. EuDOLPii Neumann, 



General Agent Alaska Commercial Company. 



St. Paul Island, July 8, 1890. 

 Dear Sir : The North American Commercial Couipany will accept 

 as ])art of their quota of 00,000 seal skins for 1890 such of the food 

 skins oi" 1889 as they may find on examination to be merchantable and 

 acceptable to them. 



