42 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Foniales and yearling pups, when caught in the nets, may not be killed, but shall 

 be set free again. 



All persons are forbidden to go on or near a sea-otter rookery during the breeding 

 season; neither shall any person or persons make camp on or near a rookery during 

 this period, nor build a fire, nor be the cause of any kind of smoke. 



Children are not permitted on or near the sea-otter rookeries. 



The numbers allowed to be takeu eacli season are also prescribed. 



Commander Islands to Unalaslca and Port Toicnsend. — The trip to 

 Unalaska was uneventful. Strong easterly winds prevailed until June 

 7, and slow progress was made against the head seas. The boilers were 

 giving us trouble also, leaks and consequent salting being so great 

 that we were obliged to use both, even with a reduced consumption of 

 12 tons of coal per day. Light variable winds and smooth seas enabled 

 us to make better time from the ISOth meridian to port, where we 

 arrived at 1:30 p. m. June 9, one day ahead of the date i^rescribed as 

 the limit of the cruise. 



The U. S. S. Yorl'toioi was lying in port and Commander li. U. Evans, 

 senior naval officer in Bering Sea, informed me tliat he would probably 

 send the Albatross to Puget Sound with dispatches, etc., ivnd on the 

 12th the following order was received: 



U. S. S. YoRKTOWN (3d Rate), 

 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, June 11, 1S92. 

 Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. Navy, 



.Commanding U. S. Flsli Commission Steamer Albatross: 

 Sir: When you are ready for sea, proceed with dispatch to Port Townsend, 

 Wash., giving passage to Maj. Williams and such other x'ei'sons as he may direct, 

 and transportation to such articles as he may wish to take. On arrival at Port 

 Townsend wire the Department and send the inclosed cipher message to the Secre- 

 tary of the Navy. Forward all specimens immediately, by express, to Dr. Merriam, 

 Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C. You will then return, with dispatch, 

 to Unalaska, and continue vour work in Bering Sea as directed. 

 Very respectfully, 



R. D. Evans, 

 Commander, U. S. Navy, Commanding U. S. Naval Force in Bering Sea. 



Mr. A. B. Alexander, fishery expert, reported on our arrival, having 

 been on temporary duty on board the revenue steamer Coricin. The 

 bunkers were replenished from the 11th to the 14th, work meanwhile 

 being jKished day and night on the boilers. Capt. J. E. Lennan, one 

 of our hunters, and an experienced Alaska pilot, was, at the request of 

 Commander Evans, temporarily transferred to the Yorliown pending 

 the trip of this vessel to Puget Sound. 



In obedience to the order of the senior naval officer, the seal speci- 

 mens from the Pribilof Islands, destined for Washington, were received 

 Irom the Bush. An invalid, Alonzo Jones, seaman, was transferred 

 from the Yorktoicn with instructions to forward him to the U. S. IS^aval 

 Hospital at Mare Island. The following-named persons were received 

 for passage to Port Townsend : U. S. Treasury Agent W. H. Williams 

 and wife; U. S. Treasury Agent H. S. Nettleton, wife, and child; (J. S. 



