﻿GENERAL 
  ADMINISTEATIVE 
  REPORT. 
  19 
  

  

  Name. 
  Location. 
  

  

  Chirikof 
  Island 
  Southwest 
  of 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  Near 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Marmot 
  Island 
  East 
  of 
  Afognak 
  Island. 
  

  

  Simeonof 
  Island 
  Shumagin 
  Group. 
  

  

  Little 
  Naked 
  Island 
  One 
  of 
  Naked 
  Islands, 
  Prince 
  William 
  Sound. 
  

  

  Middleton 
  Island 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Pearl 
  Island 
  One 
  of 
  Chugach 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Elizabeth 
  Island 
  One 
  <>i 
  Chugach 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Aghiyuk 
  Island 
  One 
  of 
  Semidi 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Chowiet 
  Island 
  One 
  of 
  Semidi 
  Islands. 
  

  

  2. 
  No 
  persons 
  other 
  than 
  American 
  citizens 
  or 
  companies 
  or 
  corporations 
  organized 
  

   under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  Territory 
  will 
  be 
  permitted 
  by 
  lease 
  or 
  otherwise 
  to 
  occupy 
  

   the 
  islands 
  named 
  herein 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  propagating 
  fur-bearing 
  animals; 
  and 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  will 
  vacate 
  and 
  declare 
  any 
  lease 
  forfeited 
  if 
  the 
  same 
  be 
  

   held 
  or 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  use, 
  benefit, 
  or 
  advantage, 
  directly 
  or 
  indirectly, 
  of 
  any 
  

   persons 
  other 
  than 
  American 
  citizens 
  or 
  companies 
  or 
  corporations 
  organized 
  under 
  

   the 
  laws 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  or 
  Territory. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  will 
  terminate 
  any 
  lease 
  given 
  to 
  any 
  person, 
  com- 
  

   pany, 
  or 
  corporation 
  upon 
  full 
  and 
  satisfactory 
  proof 
  of 
  the 
  violation 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  the 
  lease 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  

   animals 
  of 
  Alaska 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  person, 
  company, 
  or 
  corporation. 
  

  

  4. 
  Each 
  lessee 
  will 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  make 
  detailed 
  annual 
  reports, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  

   his 
  operations 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  leased, 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  on 
  blanks 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  covering 
  all 
  such 
  facts 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  required 
  

   with 
  respect 
  to 
  such 
  operations 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  Department. 
  Such 
  reports 
  

   shall 
  be 
  sworn 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  superintendent, 
  manager, 
  or 
  other 
  person 
  having 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  facts, 
  a 
  separate 
  blank 
  form 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  each 
  island 
  in 
  cases 
  where 
  more 
  

   than 
  one 
  island 
  is 
  leased 
  by 
  a 
  person, 
  company, 
  or 
  corporation. 
  

  

  Such 
  reports 
  shall 
  be 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  March 
  31, 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  not 
  later 
  than 
  April 
  30 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  5. 
  All 
  persons, 
  companies, 
  or 
  corporations 
  holding 
  any 
  island 
  by 
  lease 
  from 
  this 
  

   Department 
  shall 
  permit 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  free 
  inspection 
  of 
  such 
  island 
  by 
  the 
  agents 
  and 
  

   representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Department; 
  and 
  such 
  agents 
  and 
  representatives 
  shall 
  have 
  

   at 
  all 
  times 
  free 
  and 
  unobstructed 
  access 
  to 
  all 
  corrals, 
  pens, 
  or 
  other 
  structures 
  used 
  

   for 
  propagation 
  operations 
  thereon 
  except 
  at 
  such 
  times 
  when 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  persona 
  

   other 
  than 
  the 
  caretakers 
  in 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  corrals, 
  pens, 
  or 
  other 
  structures 
  would 
  be 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  detrimental 
  to 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  propagation 
  operations. 
  

  

  6. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  will 
  receive 
  sealed 
  proposals 
  until 
  12 
  o'clock 
  noon, 
  

   on 
  May 
  1, 
  1914, 
  for 
  the 
  exclusive 
  right 
  to 
  propagate 
  foxes 
  and 
  other 
  fur-liearing 
  animals 
  

   upon 
  any 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  named 
  herein 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  five 
  (5) 
  years 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  July, 
  1914, 
  agreeable 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  Statutes 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  7. 
  The 
  right 
  is 
  reserved 
  to 
  reject 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  proposals 
  deemed 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  in 
  accord- 
  

   ance 
  with 
  the 
  best 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  8. 
  As 
  a 
  guaranty 
  of 
  good 
  faith, 
  each 
  proposal 
  must 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  properly 
  

   certified 
  check 
  drawn 
  on 
  a 
  United 
  States 
  national 
  bank, 
  payable 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  ($50) 
  for 
  each 
  island 
  named 
  in 
  the 
  

   proposal. 
  The 
  check 
  of 
  the 
  successful 
  bidder 
  will 
  be 
  retained 
  and 
  forfeited 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  unless 
  he 
  execute 
  the 
  lease 
  and 
  bond 
  required. 
  

  

  9. 
  Proposals 
  for 
  leasing 
  islands 
  should 
  be 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  indorsed 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  envelope, 
  "Proposal 
  for 
  leasing 
  

   an 
  island 
  (or 
  islands) 
  in 
  Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  propagating 
  fur-bearing 
  animals." 
  

  

  William 
  C. 
  Redfield, 
  

   Secretary. 
  

  

  