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The skins being- now stored in our warehouses on this and St. George 

 Island, we hereby claim the privilege of availing ourselves of the offer 

 made us by the honorable Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, 

 as contained in and being a part of his instructions to you, dated 

 March 26, 1890, a copy of which, by his request, you were kind enough 

 to furnish the company, which instructions, in our opinion, were not 

 changed by any subsequent order made by the honorable Secretary, so 

 far as our right to accept the food skins is concerned. If the food 

 skins claimed by us should not be delivered to us here, so as to enable 

 us to ship them with the company's skins taken under their lease this 

 season, we could not get them in London in time for our fall sale were 

 they tendered the company at Sau Francisco after the cutter's arrival 

 from Alaska in the fall. Being thus deprived of the skins, a heavy 

 loss to the company in prospective profits would result, which loss we 

 would feel should be made good to us by the Government of the United 

 States. 



I respectfully reqiiest you to communicate to me in writing the result 

 of your conclusions in the matter. 



I am, very respectfully, Geo. R. Tingle, 



Superinte7i(lcnt North American Commercial Company. 



Chas. J. GoFF, Esq., 



Treasury Agent., in charge Seal Fisheries, 



St. Paul Island, Alasha. 



Office of Special Agent Treasury Department, 



St. Faid Island, July 8, 1890. 

 Dear Sir : Your communication of even date, in which you ask per- 

 mission to assort and examine the skins of the seals killed for food dur- 

 ing the winter of 1889 and 1890 and to take such as you may adjudge 

 acceptable to your company as part of your season's catch for this 

 year, has been carefully considered and your request respectfully de- 

 clined, as I have no option in the matter other than to strictly obey the 

 orders of the Secretary of the Treasury. 



I avail myself of this opportunity to notify you that on and after 

 July 20 I shall require you to conform to that clause in my instructions 

 which prevents killing of fur seals for their skins after that date. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



Charles J. Goff, 



Treasury Agent. 

 Geo. R. Tingle, Esq., 



General Manager North American Commercial Company. 



