576 



LOSS IF HERD DESTROYED. 



thereto. I believe it to be in all respects correct. I have read the last 

 paragraph in the affidavit of Samuel Ullmann hereto annexed and 

 agree with what is said therein. 



The tables hereto annexed marked A, B, C, D, E, and F, have been 



prepared by me from the printed catalogues of 



Alfred Fraser, p. 561. public auction sales in London of fur-seal skins 



and also from my private memoranda, and from 



my knowledge and information of the fur-seal industry, I believe them 



to be correct in every particular. Said tables state all of the salted 



fur-seals of the Alaska, Copper, northwest coast, and Lobos catches, 



which, according to the said catalogues and memoranda, were sold at 



public auction in London between the years 1SG8 and 1891, together 



with the average price per skin obtained during each of said years for 



the aforesaid skins. 



Exhibit A. 



Salted Alaska fur-seal sold in London from 1S71 to 1891. 



ExniBiT B. 

 Salted Copper Island fur-seal sold in London in the years 1870 to 1892. 



Exhibit C. 



Salted Northwest coast fur-seal skins sold in London prior to pelagic sealing in Bering 



Sea. 



