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Eules and Eeyulatioiis, to furiiisli free of cliarge, the inhabitants of the 

 Islands of St. Paul and St. George aimually during said term, 25,000 

 dried salmon, 00 cords of firewood, and a sufficient quantity of salt, and 

 a sufflcieut number of barrels for preserving the necessary supply of 

 meat. 



And the said lessees also hereby covenant and agree during the term 

 aforesaid, to maintain a school on each island, in accordance with said 

 Kules and Eegulations, and suitable for the education of the natives of 

 said islands, for a period of not less than eight months in each year. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree not to kill upon said 

 Island of St. Paul more than 75,000 fur seals, and upon the Island of 

 St. George not more than 25,000 fur seals per annum; not to kill any 

 fur seal upon the island aforesaid in any other month except the months 

 of June, July, September and October of each year; not to kill such 

 seals at any time by the use of firearms or other means tending to drive 

 the seals from said islands; not to kill any female seal or any seal less 

 than one year old; not to kill any seal in the waters adjacent to said 

 island or on the beaches, cliffs or rocks where they haul up from the 

 sea to remain. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree to abide by any 

 restriction or limitation upon the rights to kill seals under this lease, 

 that the Act prescribes or that the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

 judge necessary for the preservation of such seals. 



And the said lessees hereby agree that they Avill not in any way sell, 

 transfer or assign this lease, and that any transfer, sale or assignment 

 of the same shall be void or of no effect. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree to furnish to the 

 several masters of the vessels employed by them, certified copies of 

 this lease, to be presented to the (Jovernment revenue'ofticers for the 

 time being in charge of said islands, as the authority of the said lessees 

 for the landing and taking said skins. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree that they or their 

 agents shall not keep, sell, give or dispose of any distilled spirits or 

 spirituous liquors on either of said islands to any of the natives thereof, 

 such person not being a physician furnishing the same for use as med- 

 icine. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree that this lease is 

 accepted subject to all needful Kules and Eegulations which shall at any 

 time or times hereafter be made by the Secretary of the Treasury for 

 the collection and i)ayment of the rentals herein agreed to be ])aid by 

 said lessees, for the comfort, maintenance, education and jnotection of 

 tlie natives of said islands, and for carrying into effect all the jn-ovi- 

 sions of the Act, aforesaid, and will abide l)yand conform to said Eules 



and Eegulations. 

 91 And "the said lessees, accepting this lease with a full knowl- 



edge of the provisions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, further 

 covenant and agree that they will fulfil all the i^rovisions, requirements 

 and limitations of said Act, whether herein specifically set out or not. 



In witness whereof the parties aforesaid liave hereunto set their 

 hands and seals, the day and year above written. 



William A. Eichardson, 



Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Alaska Commercial Company. 

 (By Jno. F. Miller, President.) 



Executed in presence of J. U. Saville. 



