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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  check 
  was 
  duly 
  received 
  and 
  covered 
  into 
  the 
  Treasury. 
  A 
  choice 
  lot 
  

   of 
  28 
  skins 
  from 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  sold 
  for 
  $131 
  per 
  skin. 
  Under 
  the 
  

   old 
  leasing 
  system 
  the 
  Government 
  received 
  nothing 
  for 
  the 
  fox 
  skins. 
  

   On 
  June 
  30, 
  1913, 
  the 
  positions 
  of 
  agent 
  and 
  three 
  assistant 
  agents, 
  

   fur-seal 
  fisheries, 
  ceased 
  to 
  exist 
  through 
  failure 
  of 
  Congress 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  for 
  them. 
  The 
  sundry 
  civil 
  appropriation 
  biU 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1914 
  

   substituted 
  for 
  the 
  foregoing 
  the 
  positions 
  of 
  two 
  agents 
  and 
  care- 
  

   takers. 
  

  

  MINOR 
  FUE-BEARING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  The 
  warden 
  and 
  four 
  deputy 
  wardens, 
  for 
  which 
  provision 
  was 
  

   made 
  in 
  the 
  sundry 
  civU 
  bill 
  making 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  1912, 
  spent 
  the 
  entire 
  year 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  establishing 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  in 
  certam 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  fur-producing 
  regions 
  

   where 
  they 
  could 
  heep 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  trappers 
  and 
  hunters 
  and 
  see 
  

   that 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regulations 
  were 
  observed, 
  A 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  

   of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  was 
  thus 
  possible, 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  valuable 
  information 
  was 
  obtained. 
  Specimens 
  

   were 
  also 
  collected 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  possible 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  at 
  different 
  seasons 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  fur-producing 
  

   regions 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  Such 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  useful 
  in 
  arriving 
  at 
  

   decisions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  dates 
  for 
  close 
  seasons 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  parts 
  

   of 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  The 
  cooperative 
  arrangement 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Alaska 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  securing 
  a 
  more 
  effective 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  

   and 
  game 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  Territory 
  has 
  been 
  contmued, 
  in 
  part. 
  By 
  this 
  

   arrangement 
  the 
  warden 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  deputy 
  wardens 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  

   appointed 
  as 
  special 
  game 
  wardens 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  game 
  

   wardens 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  appointed 
  special 
  fur 
  wardens. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  

   part 
  of 
  1913 
  the 
  governor 
  found 
  it 
  impracticable 
  to 
  contmue 
  longer 
  

   the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  game 
  wardens 
  appointed 
  by 
  hmi. 
  The 
  

   Bureau, 
  however, 
  finds 
  it 
  desirable 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  

   special 
  fur 
  wardens. 
  They 
  are 
  paid 
  a 
  nominal 
  salary 
  of 
  $10 
  per 
  month 
  

   and 
  are 
  invested 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  authority 
  for 
  enforcing 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regulations 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  regular 
  wardens. 
  The 
  scope 
  of 
  

   territory 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  makes 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  

   as 
  many 
  agents 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  three 
  convictions 
  have 
  been 
  had 
  for 
  violation 
  

   of 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  April 
  21, 
  1910, 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fur-bearing 
  

   animals 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  convictions 
  were 
  for 
  violations, 
  in 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  portions 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  they 
  wUl 
  have 
  a 
  

   deterrent 
  effect 
  upon 
  those 
  disposed 
  to 
  violate 
  the 
  law. 
  

  

  The 
  regulations 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  have 
  proved 
  satisfactory 
  

   in 
  most 
  respects 
  and 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  hunters 
  

   and 
  trappers 
  who, 
  in 
  the 
  main, 
  are 
  in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  

  

  