316 



ALASKA INDUSTEIES. 

 Census for St. George Island, Alaska, for 1891 — Continued. 



a 



20 



21 



Ph 



80 

 81 

 82 

 83 

 84 

 85 

 80 

 87 

 88 

 89 



Name. 



Merculieff, George 



Merciilietr, Stepinda... 



Mercnliett, Helena 



Merculieff, John 



Merculieff, Wassalesa . 



Merculieff, Evan 



Merculieff", Alexandra. 

 Merculieff', Evdokia... 

 Merculieff, Helena. 



M. 

 F. 

 F. 

 M. 

 F. 

 M. 

 F. 

 F. 

 F. 

 Merculieff', Anna | F. 



Sex. 



Family relation. 



Son 



Daughter. 



do 



Son 



Widow ... 

 Son 



Daughter. 



do .... 



do .... 



.Uo 



Age. 



18 



16 



7 



2 



40 



15 



13 



8 



5 



2 



Males 



Females 



40 

 49 



Total 



Beport of Agent J. Stanley-Brown for 1892. 



Washington, D. C, December 1, 1892. 



Sir : On May 10, 1S92, you did lue tlie lienor to instruct me (Exhibit 

 A) to proceed to the Pribilof Islands to relieve Maj. W. H. Williams, 

 whose services were needed elsewhere, and to assume the duties ot* 

 Treasury agent in charge in addition to my more specific task of con- 

 tinuing the investigation of seal life on the islands. Those instructions 

 have been carried out, and permission is now asked to lay before you 

 my administrative rei)ort for the season of 1892. 



REPORT ON SEAL LIFE. 



In course of preparation. — Before proceeding to the details of this 

 communication, however, it should be stated that a report embodying 

 the results of my study of seal and sea otter life during the past two 

 seasons is in course of preparation and will be completed at as early a 

 day as the duties assigned me since my return in connection with the 

 Bering Sea arbitration will permit. By your direction, the dataobtained 

 during the season of 1891 was placed at the disposal of the American 

 Bering Sea Commissioners, while everything collected up to date will 

 have been made available in the preparation of the case and counter 

 case to be laid before the Paris tribunal. 



Character of data collected. — During the course of my investigations 

 plans have been developed and facts and materials secured which can 

 be utilized by the Government for determining with no little accuracy 

 and beyond all questioning any changes that may occur in fnturc years 

 upon the rookeries. Indeed, this jj^rpose of preparing a substantial 

 basis for future work has been kept steadily in mind. 



Upon charts of a scale of 264 feet to the inch have been placed my 

 observations as to the areas occupied by the seals during the past two 

 seasons. These maps have been lithographed, and upon them as a base 

 has also been placed all information obtainable I'rom other sources 

 concerning the oscillation of the rookeries. 



From fixed stations indicated on the charts, photographs were also 

 taken of the rookeries, and in order tliat the Department may be 

 informed in the future as to changes in the rookery areas these results 



