﻿GENERAL 
  ADMINISTRATIVE 
  REPORT. 
  17 
  

  

  in 
  central 
  Alaska 
  have 
  received 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  prices. 
  Permits 
  

   have 
  been 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  for 
  the 
  exportation 
  

   of 
  live 
  fur-bearing 
  animals, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  161 
  blue 
  foxes, 
  24 
  

   silver-gray, 
  and 
  10 
  cross 
  foxes, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  195, 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  

   Alaska. 
  

  

  Permits 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  issued 
  for 
  the 
  exportation 
  of 
  wild 
  stock 
  

   but 
  only 
  to 
  owners 
  of 
  fox 
  ranches 
  in 
  Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  

   domestic 
  stock, 
  i. 
  e., 
  animals 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  bred 
  and 
  reared 
  in 
  

   domestication. 
  Permits 
  are 
  not 
  transferable 
  and 
  are 
  revocable 
  at 
  

   the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce. 
  Only 
  one 
  shipment 
  

   may 
  now 
  be 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  permit, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  required 
  that 
  holders 
  

   of 
  permits 
  return 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  used, 
  or 
  

   upon 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  their 
  expiration, 
  as 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  be. 
  

  

  The 
  poUcy 
  regarding 
  exportation 
  of 
  wild 
  stock 
  as 
  breeders 
  has, 
  

   however, 
  been 
  under 
  consideration 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  possible 
  change, 
  

   and 
  such 
  exportation 
  may 
  be 
  permitted 
  another 
  year. 
  

  

  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  Reservation. 
  

  

  The 
  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  Reservation 
  was 
  established 
  March 
  3, 
  1913, 
  

   by 
  the 
  following 
  Executive 
  order: 
  

  

  EXECUTIVE 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  hereby 
  ordered 
  that 
  all 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  chain, 
  Alaska, 
  including 
  Unimak 
  

   and 
  Sannak 
  Islands 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  Attn 
  Island 
  on 
  the 
  

   west, 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  are 
  hereby 
  reserved 
  and 
  set 
  apart 
  as 
  a 
  preserve 
  and 
  breeding 
  

   ground 
  for 
  native 
  birds, 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  reindeer 
  and 
  fur 
  bearing 
  animals, 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  encouragement 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  Jurisdiction 
  over 
  the 
  wild 
  

   birds 
  and 
  game 
  and 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  reindeer 
  and 
  fur 
  bearing 
  animals 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   placed 
  with 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  and 
  jurisdiction 
  over 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  seals, 
  

   sea 
  otter, 
  cetaceans 
  and 
  other 
  aquatic 
  species, 
  is 
  placed 
  with 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Commerce 
  and 
  Labor. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  kill 
  any 
  otter, 
  mink, 
  marten, 
  sable 
  or 
  fur 
  seal, 
  or 
  

   other 
  fur 
  bearing 
  animal 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Territory, 
  except 
  under 
  such 
  

   regulations 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  and 
  Labor; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  kill 
  any 
  game 
  animals 
  or 
  binds 
  in 
  Alaska 
  or 
  ship 
  such 
  

   animals 
  or 
  birds 
  out 
  of 
  Alaska 
  except 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  law 
  and 
  under 
  such 
  

   regulations 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  reservation 
  it 
  is 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  hunt, 
  trap, 
  

   capture, 
  wilfully 
  disturb, 
  or 
  kill 
  any 
  bird 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  whatever, 
  or 
  take 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   any 
  such 
  bird, 
  except 
  under 
  such 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Warning 
  is 
  expressly 
  given 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  not 
  to 
  commit 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  acts 
  herein 
  

   enumerated 
  and 
  wliich 
  are 
  prohibited 
  by 
  law. 
  

  

  The 
  establishment 
  of 
  this 
  reservation 
  shall 
  not 
  interfere 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  

   for 
  lighthouse, 
  railitary, 
  or 
  naval 
  purposes, 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Education 
  on 
  Unalaska 
  and 
  Atka 
  Islands. 
  

  

  This 
  reservation 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  Reservation. 
  

  

  Wm. 
  H. 
  Taft. 
  

   The 
  White 
  House, 
  

  

  March 
  3rd, 
  1913. 
  

  

  