RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS. 



A— RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF SEALS KILLED ON ST. PAUL 



ISLAND, 1860-1866. 



No. 1. 



Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American Colonies to the 

 board of administration of the Russian American Company. Written 

 from the Colonies, March 29, 1860. 



In the meantime being desirous of increasing the seal catch I in- 

 structed the managers of the Pribilof Islands to take 50,000 to 60,000 

 sealskins every year. 



No. 2. 



Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American Colonies to the 

 manager of the island of St. Paul. Written from Sitka, May 5, 1860. 



To increase the capacity of the island intrusted to your management, 

 by means of volunteer hunters, I have ordered an increase in the num- 

 ber of employes, and you will receive this summer, by the ship Cesar- 

 vitch, lumber for the construction of a shed and a drying room. The 

 construction of the shed and the drying room must be in exact con- 

 formity with the purpose for which they are intended; and I therefore 

 direct you to be guided by local circumstances, after consultation on 

 the subject with Lieut. Wehrmann, as the annual seal catch must be 

 increased to 60,000. 



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I again order you to kill from 50,000 to 60,000 seals every year. 



No. 3. 



Letter from the chief manager of the Russian American Colonies to Lieut. 

 Wehrmann. Written from Sitlca, May 3, 1860. 



CONCERNING SEALS. 



By direction of the board of administration, I instructed the manager 

 of the island of St. Paul, Kepin, to kill from 50,000 to 60,000 seals every 

 year. 



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