THE RUSSIAN FUR-SEAL ISLANDS. 103 



In the latter a form was jirovided which, wheu filled out aud sigued by the over- 

 seer and native chief, i.s returned to the office of the administrator. Printed blanks 

 are now furnished, aud to illustrate this useful document a sample is herewith 

 appended, as follows: 



AKT. 



Rookery at Glinka, Copper Island. 

 Killed in drive June 0, 1S81: 

 1, 053 pieces fur-seal bachelora. 

 2 females. 

 bulls. 



Total. . 1, O'jo pieces. 

 Not accepted by the company for the following reasons : 



(1) tooth-marked 5 pieces. 



(2) cut 



(3) undersized 2 



Total not accepted 5 pieces. 



Of these, the 3 tooth-marked skins were returned to the natires, the 2 under- 

 sized ones were salted. 



Accepted by the company, 1,050 pieces. 



Overseer, Copper Island Seryeant Seliranof (signed). 



Chief, Copper Island Anastas Kadin (signed). 



The receipt given by the agent is appended as a separate inclosure. 



Gradually a set of elaborate regulations have been framed which govern the 

 rookery business. Such as difl'er from those in vogue on the Pribylof Islands are here 

 quoted from Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner's report for 1892 (Rept. U. S. Fish Com., 

 1892, ]). iO), as follows: 



None Viut natives are allowed to work on the rookeries. 



A flue of 100 golden rubles is imposed by the Government upon anyone who kills a female fur-seal, 

 and 10 rubles for killing a pup, and such additional fine shall be paid as shall be imposed by the 

 natives themselves. 



No person, native or otherwise, is allowed to wear boots with nails in them on the rookeries; 

 rubber boots or tarbasi ' must be used. 



Chewing or smoking tobacco, expectorating, or attending to the requirements of nature are 

 strictly prohibited on the rookeries. 



Knives may be carried, but a stick with a metal ferule is not permitted. 



No small boys or females are allowed on the rookeries, and dogs must be left half a mile from the 

 rookeries during the breeding season. 



Owing to the repeated raids on the rookeries, particularly those on Copper Island 

 in the early eighties, by marauding schooners, which the natives in several cases had 

 to drive off by means of powder and ball, an experiment was decided upon to station 

 regular soldiers on the islands in order to protect them. In June, 1881, the Russian 

 cruiser Razboiiilk brought one officer aud twenty-three men for Copper Island and 

 nine men for Bering Island. Five soldiers were stationed at the South Rookery of 

 the latter island, where they did good service in driving ofl' the schooner Sakhalien 

 and capturing one of the crew. In a few years, however, the soldiers were withdrawn, 

 and instead the watch force of the natives was organized in a military manner, one 

 Kamchatkau kossak on each island and two conscript soldiers of the regulars, serving 



' Native seal-skin moccasins, 



