THE DEPONENTS, THEIR POSITIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND 



EXPERIENCE. 



Charles A. Abbey, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1 am 51 

 years of age, and am captain in the Ee venue Ma- 

 rine of the United States, and have been in the C. A. Abbey, p. 185. 

 service for nearly twenty-eight years. From June, 

 1886, until the latter part of August, 1880, I was in charge of the reve- 

 nue steamer Gorwin, cruising in Bering Sea, for the purpose of protect- 

 ing seal life, the fur-seal industry, and the Government interests in 

 Alaska generally. 



Charles Adair, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am by 

 occupation a sailor; I reside in Port Townsend. 

 I have made two sealing voyages in the North chat. Adah; p. 400. 

 Pacific and Bering Sea. In 1889 I went on the 



American schooner James G. Swan, and in 1890 in the British schooner 

 Rosie Olsen, of which Capt. McLean was master. 



George B. Adams, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 a citizen of the United States, and a resident of 

 Paso Eobles, Cal., where I am employed in general g. B. Adams, p. 157. 

 business. I first went to Alaska in the bark 

 Golden Gate, Capt. Scammon, June 10, 1805, on the American tele- 

 graph expedition, and explored the country about Bering Sea from St. 

 Michaels north, returning in September, 1807. In the spring of 1808 I 

 returned to Alaska soon after its purchase by the Umted States. I 

 went for the late John Parrott. of San Francisco, direct to the islands 

 of St. Paul and St. George. We were the first parties who went to 

 those islands after the purchase, and commenced taking seals about the 

 1 st of July. 



Akatoo, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at Yakutat 

 about thirty years ago; am a hunter by occupa- 

 tion, hunting sea otter and bear. Akatoo, p. 237. 



J. C. S. Akerly, ph. b., m. d., having been duly sworn, deposes and 

 says : I am a graduate of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, 1882, and a graduate of the Cooper Medi- j. a S. Akerly, p. 95. 

 cal College, 1885. From June to August 18, 1891, 



I was surgeon of the Eevenue Marine steamer Gorwin. From August 

 18 to November 24, 1891, I was resident physician on St. Paul Island, 

 one of the Pribilof or seal islands. I am at present a practicing physi- 

 cian at Oakland, Cal. During my stay on the islands I made frequent 

 visits to the different seal rookeries. 



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