LETTER 



FROM 



THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, 



TRANSMITTING, 



In response to the House resohition of the 22d instant^ a copy of the report 

 of Henry W. Elliott on the condition of the Fur- Seal Fisheries ofAlasJca, 

 together with all maps and illustrations accompanying said report. 



January 27, 1896, — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to 



be printed . 



Treasury Department, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington^ D. C, January 25^ 1896. 

 Sir : I liave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of House 

 resolution, dated the 22d instant, wherein I am requested to furnish 

 the House of Representatives with a copy of the report of Henry W. 

 Elliott, made pursuant to the order of special act approved Aj^ril 5, 

 1890, on the condition of the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska, together with 

 all maps and illustrations accompanying said report, as submitted to 

 the Secretary of the Treasury on November 17, 1890. 



In reply thereto a copy of the report in question and its original 

 inclosures are transmitted herewith. The original inclosures are for- 

 warded, instead of cojiies, at the request of the author of the report, 

 who claims that the original color maps should be sent, instead of pho- 

 tographic copies, as the latter fail to express the idea involved. 



With the report is transmitted also an original paper forwarded to 

 this Department on the 2d of February last by Mr. Elliott, which pur- 

 ports to be a transcript from his field notes in 1874, and which, owing 

 to its complicated character, can not be copied without recourse to 

 photographic or electrotyping i)rocesses. The paper referred to has 

 iDeen inserted by Mr. Elliott on page 29 of the inclosed copy of the 

 report. 



If practicable, the return of the inclosed original documents to the 

 files of this Department is requested. 



Respectfully, yours, J. G. Carlisle, 



Secretary. 

 Hon. Thomas B. Reed, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



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