ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



287 



Catch of American sealing fleet, 1891, as reported September 30, 1891. 



Name. 



Emma and Louise, San Francisco. 



Ethel, San Diego 



E. E. "Webster, San Francisco 



Henrv Dennis, Seattle 



J. H. Lewis, Sau Francisco 



Allie I. Alger, Seattle 



C. G. White, San Francisco 



Kate and Amy, Taquina Bay 



San Diego, San Francisco 



Helen Blum, San Francisco 



Lillie L., San Francisco 



Undaunted, Kodiak 



G. H. White, Port Townsend 



James G. Swan 



Rosie Sparks 



Lottie, Neah Bay 



Total. 



Spring 

 catch. 



125 

 600 

 750 

 470 

 450 



395 



54 

 148 



Fall 

 catch. 



2,992 



,080 

 56 



428 



1,686 



630 



465 



46 



540 



460 



5,593 



Total. 



202 



1,080 

 181 

 600 



1,178 

 470 

 450 



1,686 

 630 

 465 

 46 

 540 

 395 

 202 

 54 

 148 

 460 



8,585 



Exhibit I. 



[Telegram. | 



Washington, D. C, May 21. 



Report from Lavender just received, per steamer Bear, states that natives on St. 

 George Island were insufficiently supplied during last winter with food and fuel, and 

 consequently suffered hardships. Notify North American Commercial Company that 

 at least 70 tons of coal will be required for that island during coming winter. 



O. L. Spaulding, 



Assistant Secretary. 

 Wm. H. Williams, 



Special Agent, care Collector of Customs, San Francisco, Cal. 



Exhibit J. 



Office of Special Agent, Treasury Department, 



St. Paul Island, August 8, 1891. 



Sir: I inclose herewith list of widows, orphans, aged and infirm people on the 

 islands of St. Paul and St. George who should he provided with the necessaries of 

 life, such as food, luel, and clothing, in accordance with the stipulations of the lease. 

 And I would request that you will give instructions to those you leave in charge of 

 the company's business on the islands, that there may be no misunderstanding rela- 

 tive to the matter. 



The question of food and clothing for the natives for the coming season is a serious 

 one, and is a subject of consideralile solicitude to the Government. 



The limited catch for the last two years has not given the natives an opportunity 

 to earn sufficient money t > purchase the necessary supplies for their maintenance, 

 and the small amount passed to their credit (except in a few cases) must necessarily 

 soon be exhausted. 



It will, therefore, be necessary to supply them with a reasonable amount of food, 

 fuel, and clothing. I find on investigation that for some reason they are unwilling 

 to eat salt salmon, or at least only in small quantities, and I would therefore suggest 

 that from the 15th of December to the 15th of May there be substituted or they be 

 permitted to purchase, if they so desire, a reasonable amount of salt beef and salt 

 pork. I make these requests, believing that you are desirous, as well as myself, that 

 these people shall be fairly well provided for during the coming winter. 

 Very respectfully, 



Wm. H. Williams, 



Special Treasury Agent. 



George R. Tingle, Esq., , 



General Agent Xorth American Commercial Company. 



