30 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



business of dealing in fur skins in the city of Paris, and the character 

 and difference which distinguish the several kinds of skins which are 

 on the market. 



That the said firm of Emin Hertz & Cie has existed for ten years, be- 

 ing the successors of Goetze & Cie., who were established since IS7;>, 

 trading in furs generally and dealing, ever since the establishment of 

 the firm, in seal skins, undressed, dressed, and dyed: that their busi- 

 ness is carried on at 11 Paie Dieu, in said city of Paris. 



Arthur Hirschel, being duly sworn, says: I am 30 years of age, a 

 British subject, and a resident of London, Eng- 

 Arthur Hirschel, p. 563. land. I am and for the past twenty years have 

 been a member of the firm of Hirschel & Meyer, 

 which transacts a general fur business at London, with branch estab- 

 lishments at Paris, Leipzig, Moscow, Shanghai, and elsewhere. About 

 one-tenth part of the firm's business consists in dealing in fur seal skins, 

 of which about 15,000 are annually bought by it. 1 am familiar with the 

 character and extent of the fur-seal industry in London, and 1 believe 

 that the following data relating to it are correct. 



Norman Hodgson, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at 

 Port Townsend, State of Washington, and am a 



Norman Hodgson, p. 366. fur-seal hunter by occupation. I have engaged 

 in that pursuit four seasons, in the years 1887, 



1888, 1889, and 1891. I sailed in vessels clearing from Port Townsend 



two seasons, and in others from Victoria, British Columbia, for two 



seasons. 



Andrew J. Hoffman, p. Q. What is your name, age, residence, and 

 446, occupation? — A. My name is Andrew J. Hoff- 



man; age, 21; residence, San Francisco; occu- 

 pation, seal hunter. 



Q. Are you a citizen of the United States? — A. 1 am. 



Q. What State are you a resident of:' — A. The State of California. 



Q. Have you been engaged in catching seals in the Pacific and Bering 

 Sea, and for how long? — A. I have been engaged in sealing there for 

 three years last past. 



E. Hofstad. being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1 reside at Sitka. 



My present occupation is that of a seal hunter, 



E. Hofstad, p. 260. Am at present mate of the sealing schooner Clara, 



of Sitka. Have hunted seal in the North Pacific 



Ocean for the past three years. 



O. Holm, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1 reside at What 

 com, Wash. I am part owner of the sealing 



E. Hoi in, i>. 368. schooner Challenge, and was on board of her last 



season in Bering Sea. 



Edward Hughes, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 52 years 

 of age, and I was born in Wales. 1 am a citizen 

 Edward Hughes, p. 36. of the United States, where I have resided for 

 thirty-five years, of which twenty-eight years have 

 been spent in Alaska. For eighteen years I have been cook or stew- 

 ard on board vessels doing business in the North Pacific and in Bering 

 Sea, along the entire coast of Alaska from Sitka to Norton Sound and 



