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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



CONCLUSION. 



Enough has been said I think to show the necessity of some radical 

 changes in Alaska, the first of which should be the enforcement of the 

 law. 



1 therefore most respectfully recommend the following: 



First. The repeal of the present prohibitory liquor law and the sub- 

 stitution of high license. 



Second. That a revenue cutter and three armed steam launches be 

 permanently located in Alaskan waters. 



Third. That the custom-house on Mary Island be discontinued and 

 removed to a more desirable, because more useful, location in the 

 Tongas Narrows. 



Fourth. That Alaska be divided into at least two judicial districts, 

 with one judge at Sitka and one at Circle City, on the Yukon. 



Fifth. That three additional commissioners be appointed, one at Unga, 

 one at St. Michaels, and one at Circle City. 



Sixth. That a deputy collector (if not a custom-house) be located at 

 Unga. 



Seventh. That a marine hospital be erected at Unalaska. (Either of 

 the trading companies will erect and furnish a building if the Depart- 

 ment will furnish medicines and a physician.) 



Eighth. That Alaska be allowed a Delegate to Congress. 



There are many important matters that I have not referred to in this 

 report, such, for instance, as the condition of the native tribes on the 

 Aleutian Islands and in southeastern Alaska; schools and post-offices 

 on the Yukon Kiver and in the great interior all of which will be dealt 

 with in a future report. 



The proposed changes are really necessary to the present and future 

 welfare of Alaska, and, because of the rapidly increasing white popu- 

 lation flocking to the rich gold diggings, it is absolutely necessary that 

 the law should be rigidly enforced. The wealth of Alaska in furs, 

 fish, and gold, if properly protected by the Government, will be of 

 immense value, which may be made to increase annually, but which, if 

 neglected by the Government and left to the present system of no law 

 at all, or what is far worse, lawlessness, will soon end in disgrace and 

 disaster. 



Very respectfully submitted. JOSEPH MURRAY, 



Special Agent for the Protection of Salmon Fisheries in Alaska. 



Hon. JOHN G. CARLISLE, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



EXHIBIT A. 



Number of seals on St. Paul and St. George islands, season of 1895. 

 ST. PAUL ISLAND. 



