ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 341 



Exhibit A. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, 1). C, May 10, 1S92. 



Sir: Yon are directed to proceed to San Francisco and take passage on tho steanier 

 St. Paul, which leaves that city for Unalaska on the 20th instant. Instructions have 

 been given to the revenue steamer liush to meet you at the place nameil to enable 

 yon to secure certain information for tlie use of the De])artment of .State, instruc- 

 tions concerning which will be handed to you by Hon. John W. Foster. 



It is expected that yon will reach the Pribilof Islands on or before the 10th prox- 

 imo, when Special Agent W. H. Williams will proceed on the steamer Hush to Una- 

 laska and Port Townsend. 



Upon the departure of Major Williams from the seal islands, you will assume the 

 duties of agent in charge, being guided by the instructions of the ^d instant 

 addressed to Agent Williams, copy of which is inclosed. Messrs. Earnes and Nettie- 

 ton have been directed to return by the lirst conveyance. It is understood that a 

 vessel of the North American Commercial Company will leave the islands for San 

 Francisco on or abont the 18th proximo, and while it is desirable that the Govern- 

 ment vessels should be nsed by the agents in their transportation, if suitable 

 accommodations are not available on the revenue steamer Rush, the gentlemen 

 named and those of their families Avho may be with them are autliorized to return 

 nijou the vessel of the North American Commercial Company, Yon are directed to 

 make the necessary arrangements in that event. 



Respectfully, yours, O. L. Spaulding, 



Assistant Secretary. 



J. Staxley-Brown, 



Special Agent Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 



May 2, 1892. 



Sir: As already advised by telegram, you will proceed at once to the seal islands 

 as "Treasury agent in eharge," taking passage for that purpose either on the U. S. 

 revenue steamer Bear, which leaves Port Townsend on or abont May 7, or the Alaska 

 Commercial Company's steamer Bertha, which leaves San Francisco about the same 

 date. 



Upon your arrival at the islands you will assume charge of the interests and prop- 

 erty of the Government, and as its rejiresentative yon will see to it that the author- 

 ity with which you are invested is respected in all (juarters. 



It is not only desirable tliis season that tlie Department should have upon tlie 

 islands at an early day a representative who is thoroughly familiar with the general 

 condition of affairs concerning them, but, as you will see from the communication 

 from Gen. J. W. Foster tliat will reach you with this, you can be of material service 

 in collecting information of importance in the preparation of the arbitration case 

 now pending. 



The State Department desires to receive this information at an early date, and in 

 order to accomplish this the Jlear will be directed to traus])ort you between the two 

 islands, to enable you to secure the data, and the Hash Avill be instructed to convey 

 you in the early part of June from the islands to Port Townsend, where you will 

 telegraph your nrrival, mail the data collected, and resume your duties on the coast 

 pending further instructions. 



On or about May 20 Mr. J. Stanley-Brown will leave San Francisco on the steamer 

 St. Paul for Unalaska and the Pribilof islands. Upon your leaving the islands Mr. 

 Stanley-Brown will assume the duties of agent in charge, and be guided bj^ these 

 instructions, which you will leave with him, together with letterpress copies of all 

 information procured for the use of the State Department. 



assistant agents. 



It is probable that Assistant Agents Joseph Murr.ay and A. W. Lavender will 

 accompany you on the Bear, but if not they will report to you both for service and 

 residence on tho islands during the coming year. You will make such assignment of 

 them to the respective islands as in your judgment seems best. Messrs. Barnes and 

 Nettleton, now upon the islands, will continue to render service during the remaiiuler 

 of their stay, but have permission to return to the States as soon as relieved by 

 Murray and Lavender. While permission is granted to avail themselves of the iirst 

 conveyance, preference should be given, all things being equal, to a Government 

 vessel, and instructions will probably be given to the Musli to bring them to Port 

 Townsend in June. 



At no time must the islands be left without a resident agent. 



