156 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1896 U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. 



Lease of Alaska seal islands, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, replying to the 

 House resolution of the 7th ultimo in regard to the lease of the seal islands and the policing 

 of Bering Sea. Washington, 1896. 3 p. (54th Cong., ist sess.. House Doc. 197.) 

 U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. 



Fiu--bearing animals in Alaska . . . Report <to accompany H. R. 32o6Xfrom Committee 

 . . . favoring bill, to amend act to prevent extermination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska 

 [b}' providing for commission to arrange modus vivendi, and for destruction of herd in 

 default of same]) February 20, i8g6. Washington, 1896. 2 p. (54th Cong., ist sess., House 

 Rept. 451.) 

 U. S. Congress. Committee on Ways and Means. 



Fiu' seals. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent the extermination of fur- 

 bearing animals in Alaska," and for other purposes. Hearing before Committee on Ways 

 and Means . . . Bill under discussion: H. R. 3206. Washington, 1896. 21 p. (54th 

 Cong., ist sess., House Rept. 3206.) 

 U. S. Congress. Senate. 



Act [Senate bill 2997 making appropriations for commission] to provide for fulfillment of 

 treaty between United States and Great Britain signed February 8, 1896 [as to Bering 

 Sea controvers>'], approved May 7, 1896. {In Stat. L., v. 29, p. 115.) 

 U. S. Congress. Senate. 



. . . Letter from Henr)' W. Elliott, of Cleveland, Ohio, relative to condition and driving 

 of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska. April 14, 1896. Washington, 1896. 

 6 p. (54th Cong., ist sess.. Senate Doc. 215.) 

 V. S. Congress. Senate. 



Joint resolution to authorize scientific investigation of fur-seal fisheries. Approved June 8, 

 1896. (54th Cong., ist sess.. Senate Doc. 155.) Also in Stat. L., v. 29, p. 475. 

 U. S. Congress. Senate. 



. . . The Vice President presented the following letter from Acting Secretary' of the Treasury, 

 inclosing a communication from N. L. Jeffries, attorney for the North American Commercial 

 Company, lessee of the islands of St. Paul and St. George, Alaska, protesting against the 

 proposition to destroy fur seals by order of the United States, as contemplated by bill 

 3206, which recently passed the House. [Washington, 1896.] i p. (54th Cong., ist sess.. 

 Senate Doc. 162.) 

 U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. 



Report <]to accompany H. R. 32o6Xfrom committee favoring bill to amend "act to prevent 

 extermination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska " [by providing for commission to arrange 

 modus vivendi, and for destruction of herd in default of same]). Washington, 1896. i p. 

 (54th Cong., ist sess., Senate Rept. 402 [pt. i]). 

 U. S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. 



Viewsof the minority, -^to accompany H. R. 32o6Xadverse to House bill 3206, to amend "act 

 to prevent extermination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska " [by providing for commission 

 to arrange modus vivendi, and for destruction of herd in default of same]), April 16, 

 1896. Washington, 1896. 7 p. (54th Cong., ist sess., Senate Rept. 402, pt. 2.) 

 U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. 



Fur-seal fisheries . . . Report <to accompany H. Res. igi> [favoring joint resolution to 

 authorize scientific investigation of seal herd]. Washington, 1896. i p. (54th Cong., 

 ist sess., House Rept. 2095.) 

 U. S. President. 



Proclamation [declaring sec. 1956, Revised Statutes, to be applicable to waters designated 

 in award of Tribunal of Arbitration under treaty between United States and Great Britain 

 concluded Feb. 29, 1892; concerning] fur-seal fisheries, April 14, 1896. Washington, 1896. 

 2 p. 



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