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in which the growth and preservation of the herd would be practically guaranteed could 

 be practiced under only two restrictions, namely that females should not be killed for 

 their skins or for food, and that breeding bulls should be maintained in numbers sufficient 

 to supply one to each 40 bearing cows. 



(2) The management of the seals and other animals of the Pribilof Islands needs 

 to be placed in charge of a specially qualified officer and the management of the natives 

 and the fiscal affairs might well be conducted bj' another. The officer in charge of seal- 

 ing, in addition to physique and general good character, should have a deep interest 

 in the problems he would have to deal with and a desire to make of them practically his 

 life work. These qualifications are most readily found among naturalists, but general 

 fitness for the position is more important than training as a zoologist. The position 

 would have certain disagreeable features that are unavoidable, and in order to attract 

 a man of the necessary ability, he should be well paid, should have certain perquisites, 

 and should be detailed for service in Washington during the winter season so far as 

 possible. The officer in charge of natives and fiscal affairs should be similarly qualified. 

 Each should have at least one competent assistant. Complete division of authority 

 being administratively impossible, the man in charge of sealing should be the senior 

 officer on the islands, but the man in charge of fiscal affairs should have the same degree 

 of freedom in his field that the physician and the school-teacher have in theirs. 



(3) The Pribilof seal herd is a property of great value warranting immediate liberal 

 expenditures in preparation for a most promising future. The very prevalent idea that 

 the fur seal is on the verge of extinction is not in accordance with the facts. The present 

 size and condition of the herd is such that its complete rehabilitation may be confidently 

 expected. Provisions commensurate with the needs and importance of the property 

 involved are to be regarded as wise investments and curtailment of operations at this 

 time is not justified by conditions. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



The following list, though known to be incomplete, is believed to include most of the 

 important titles relating to the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands which have appeared in 

 English since the purchase of Alaska. No attempt has been made to include references 

 to all the minor laws and regulations or resolutions of Congress, and the list is known to 

 be especially lacking in this respect. Articles in magazines and other periodicals of a 

 popular nature have not, as a rule, been included. No bibliography relating to the 

 Pribilof fur seals has ever appeared, and therefore the publication of the present list, 

 despite its limitations, seems justified. 



The work of compiling the list has been done almost entirely by Miss Rose M. 

 MacDonald, librarian of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



1868 Bulkley, Charles S. 



St. Paul's Island, Alaska [Report by Charles S. Bulkley and Charles M. Scammon] 1867-1868. 

 Washington, 1868. 16 p. (40th Cong., 2d sess., House Misc. Doc.) 



1869 U. S. Congress. House. Committee of Ways and Means. 



St. Paul and St. George, Alaska. Letter from Frank N. Wicker to Hon. Robert C. Schenck, 

 with copy of report made to the Solicitor of the Treasury relative to the Islands of St. 

 Paul and St. George, Alaska. Washington, 1869. 3 p. (41st Cong., 2d sess.. House 

 Misc. Doc. II.) 



