ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



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without power of transfer, for the term of twenty years from the 1st day of May, 

 1870, the right to engage in the business of taking fur seals on the islands of 

 St. George and St. Paul within the Territory of Alaska, and to send a vessel or 

 vessels to said island for the skins of such seals. 



And the said Alaska Commercial Company, in consideration of their right under 

 this lease, hereby covenant and agree to pay, for each year during said term and 

 in proportion during any part thereof, the sum of $55,000 into the Treasury of the 

 United States in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary to be made for 

 this purpose under said act, which payment shall be secured by deposit of United 

 States bonds to that amount, and also covenant and agree to pay annually into 

 the Treasury of the United States, under said rules and regulations, an internal- 

 revenue tax or duty of $2 for each seal skin taken and shipped by them in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the act aforesaid, and also the sum of 60^ cents for 

 each fur-seal skin taken and shipped, and 55 cents per gallon for each gallon of oil 

 obtained from said seals, for sale in said islands or elsewhere, and sold by said 

 company; and also covenant and agree, in accordance with said rules and regula- 

 tions, to furnish, free of charge, the inhabitaiits of the islands of St. Paul and St. 

 George annually during said term 25,000 dried salmon, 60 cords firewood, and a 

 sufficient quantity of salt and a sufficient quantity 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 rules and regulations 

 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 seals upon the islands afore- 

 said in any other month except the months of June. July, September, and Octo- 

 ber of each year; not to kill said seals at any time by the use of firearms or means 

 tending to drive said seals from said islands; not to kill any female seals or seals 

 under one year old; not to kill any seal in waters adjacent to said islands, or on 

 the beach, 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 right 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 will not in any way sell, transfer, 

 or assign this lease, and that any transfer, sale, or assignment of the same shall be 

 void and of no effect. 



And the said lessees further agree to furnish to the several masters of the ves- 

 sels employed by them certified copies of this lease to be presented to the Govern- 

 ment revenue officers for the time being in charge of said islands as the authority 

 of said lessees for the landing and taking of said skins. 



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

 not keep, sell, furnish, give, or dispose of any distilled spirituous liquors on either 

 of said islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not being a physician 

 and furnishing the same for use as medicine. 



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

 ject to all needful rules and regulations which shall at any time or times hereaf- 

 ter be made by the Secretary of the Treasury for the collection and payment of 

 the rental herein agreed to be paid by said lessees for the comfort, maintenance, 

 education, and protection of the natives of said islands and for carrying into effect 

 all the provisions of the act aforesaid, and will abide by and conform to said rules 

 and regulations. 



And the said lessees, accepting this lease with a full knowledge of the provi- 

 sions of the aforesaid act of Congress, further covenant and agree that they will 

 fulfill all the provisions, requirements, and limitations of said act, whether herein 

 specifically set out or not. 



In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and seals 

 the day and year above written. ■ 



[seal.] William A, Richardson, 



Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 



[seal.] Alaska Commercial Company, 



By John F. Miller, 



President. 



Executed in presence of — 

 J. H. Saville. 



