42 RFJPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OV FISH AND FTSHFRIES. 



Fi'iiKiles and yeiirliiij^ pups, wlion cauu;!!! in the nets, may not ))e killed, l)ut sliall 

 1)0 set iVeo again. 



All persons are forbidden to go ou or near a sea-otter rookery during tlie hreeding 

 season; neither shall any person or persons make camp on or near a rookery during 

 this period, nor hnild a lire, nor bo the cause of any kind of smoke. 



Children are not permitted on or near the sea-otter rookeries. 



The numbers allowed to be taken each season are also ])r('scrihe(l. 



Commander Islands to Unalaslxa and Port Townsend. — The trip to 

 Unalaska was uneventful. Strong easterly winds prevailed until June 

 7, and slow progress was made against the head seas. Tlie boilers Mere 

 giving- us trouble also, leaks and consequent salting being- so great 

 that we were obliged to use both, even with a reduced consumption of 

 12 tons of coal per day. Light variable winds and smooth seas enabled 

 us to make better time from the l.SOth meridian to port, where we 

 arrived at 1 :30 p. m. June 9, one day ahead of the date prescribed as 

 the limit of the cruise. 



The U. S. S, Yorl-foivn was lying in port and Commander 1\. I). Evans, 

 senior naval oftlcer in Bering Sea, informed me that he would probably 

 send the Albatross to Puget Sound with dispatches, etc., ivnd on the 

 12th the following order was received: 



U. S. S. YORKTOWN (3d Ratk), 

 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, June 11, 1892. 

 Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. Navy, 



Commanding U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross: 

 Sir: When yon are ready for sea, proceed with dispatch to Port Townsend, 

 Wash., giving pas.sage to Maj. Williams and such other jiersons as he may direct, 

 and transportation to such articles as ho may wish to take. On arrival at Port 

 Townsend wire the Uepartment and send the inclosed cipher messages to the Secre- 

 tary of the Navy. Forward all specimens immediately, by express, to Dr. Merriam, 

 Agricultural Department, W^ashington, D. C. You will then return, with dispatch, 

 to Unalaska, and continue your work in Bering Sea as directed. 

 Very respectfully, 



R. D. Evans, 

 Commander, U. S. Navy, Commanding U. S. Xaral Force in Bering Sea. 



Mr. A. P). Alexander, fishery expert, reported on our arrival, having 

 been on temporary duty on board the revenue steamer (Jonr'ni. The 

 bunkers were replenished from the 11th to the 14th, work meanwhile 

 being pushed day and night on the boilers. Capt. J. E. Leniian, one 

 of our hunters, and an experienced Alaska pilot, was, at the request of 

 Commander Evans, temporarily transferred to the Yorhiou-n pending 

 the trip of this vessel to Puget Sound. 



In obedience to the order of the senior naval olticer, the seal sju'ci- 

 mens from the Pribilof Islands, destined for Washington, were received 

 from the Rnsh. An invalid, Alonzo Jones, seaman, was transferred 

 from the Yorlctown with in.structions to forward him to the U. S. Xaval 

 Hospital at Mare Island. The following-named persons were received 

 for passage to Port Townsend : U. S. Treasuiy Agent W. II. Williams 

 and wife; U. S. Treasury Agent II. S. Nettleton, wife, and child; U. S. 



