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The instructions issued by this Department in its circular of Feb- 

 ruary 8, 1870, are accordingly modified so as to adjust tliem to the 

 above order. Eevenue officers will, however, see that the i)rivilege 

 granted to the said company is not abused; that no firearms of any 

 kind are ever used by said company in the killing of seals or other fur- 

 bearing animals on or near said islands or near the haunts of seals or 

 sea-otters in the district, nor for any jjurpose whatever, during the 

 months of June, July, August, September, and October of each year, 

 nor after the arrival of seals in the spring or before their departure 

 in the fall, excepting for necessary iirotection and defense against 

 marauders or public enemies who may unlawfully attempt to land ujiou 

 the islands. 



In all other respects the instructions of February 8, 1870, will remain 

 in force. 



Wm. a. Eichardson, 



Acting Secretary. 



Treasury Department, 



Washington, D. C, July 3, 1875. 

 To collectors of customs: 



The importation of breech-loading rifles and fixed ammuidtion suit- 

 able therefor into the Territory of Alaska, and the shipment of such 

 rifles or ammunition to any port or place in the Territory of Alaska, 

 are hereby forbidden, and collectors of customs are instructed to refuse 

 clearance of any vessel having on board any such arms or ammunition 

 destined for any port or place in said Territory. 



If, however, any vessel intends to touch or trade at a port in Alaska 

 Territory, or to pass within the waters thereof, but shall be ultimately 

 destined for some port or i^lace not within the limits of said Territory, 

 and shall have on board any such firearms or ammunition, the master 

 or chief officer thereof will be required to execute and deliver to the 

 collector of customs at the port of clearance a good and sufficient bond, 

 Avith two sureties, in double the value of such merchandise, conditioned 

 that such arms or ammunition, or any part thereof, shall not be landed 

 or disposed of within the Territory of Alaska. 



Such bond shall be taken for such time as the collector shall deem 

 proper, and may be satisfied ux)ou proofs similar to those required to 

 satisfy ordinary export bonds, showing that such arms have been 

 landed at some foreign port; or, if such merchandise is landed at any 

 port of the United States not within the limits of the Territory of 

 Alaska, the bond may be satisfied upon production of a certificate 

 to that effect from the collector of the port where it so landed. 



Approved. 



Chas. F. Conant, 



Acting Secretary. 



Treasury Department, 

 Washington, D.G., April 21,1879. 

 Section 1956 of the Eevised Statutes of the United States provides 

 that no person shall, without the consent of the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur-seal, or other fur-bearing 

 animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof, 

 and that any person convicted of a violation of that section shall, for 



