540 



IN THE PRESENT. 



Salted Northwest Coast fur-seal skins sold in London after commencement of pelagic sealing 



in Bering Sea. 



* To date. 

 RECAPITULATION. 



Skins. 



Dry skins sold in London 



Salted skins, dressed ;m<l dyed in London, but noi sold there. . . 

 Salted skins, dressi d and dyed in the United States, estimated. 

 Salted skins sold in Loudon 



Grand total. 



1885-1891 



1SS.'.-1889 

 1885-1889 

 1880-1892 



8,604 



39, 290 



30,000 



254, 068 



331,962 



Exhibit E. 



Salted Lohos Island fur-seal sold in London. 



Sir 



565. 



* To date 



That the history of the fur-seal shin business and the sources of its 

 supply have been fully and correctly described 

 G. E. Lampson, p. by deponeilt ; s par tner, Mr. Emil Teichmann, and 

 deponent was present at the time when the depo- 

 sition of Mr. Teichmann was dictated to the shorthand writer. The 

 principal present sources of the supply of the seal-skin market are 

 what are known as the Alaska catch, the Copper Isl nds catch, and 

 what is known as the Northwest catch. As stated by Mr. Teichmann, 

 the skins of these several catches are readily distinguished from each 

 other, and separate sets of forms or patterns are used by deponent's 

 firm in sorting and sizing the skins of the three catches. These differ- 

 ences are emphasized by the fact that the skins of the three catches 

 are of different values and produce in the market different prices. 



The skins of the Alaska and Copper Island catch are almost exclus- 

 ively skins of male teals and the skins of the Northwest capture are 

 in like manner largely the skins of female seals. What is now called 

 the Northwest catch was for many years known as the Victoria catch, 

 and prior to 1884 the skins of this catch came to the Loudon market 

 consigned largely by the firm of Hermann, Liebes & Co. to the de- 

 ponent's firm and averaged for many years about 10,000 or 12,000 skins 

 per year. In 18<S1 the skins of this catch began to increase largely in 



