564 TESTIMONY. 



male sex and upon land, under Government regulations such as Lave 

 heretofore existed. 



Arthur Hirschel. 

 Sworn to before mo this 21st day of June, 1892. 

 [seal.] George Kissinger, Jr., 



Notary Fublic {No. 99), City and County of Neiv YorJc. 



Deposition of Sir George Curtis Lampson, baronet, head of the firm of 

 C. M. Lampson & Co., furriers, London. 



general sealskin industry. 



Sir George Curtis Lampson, baronet, being duly sworn, doth depose 

 and say : 



(1) That he is 58 years of age and a subject of Her Britannic Majesty. 

 That he is the son and successor of the late Sir Curtis Lampson, baronet, 

 who founded the house of C. M. Lampson about the year 1830. That depo- 

 nent is at the present time the head of the firm of C. M. Lampson & 

 Co., doing business at 64 Queen street, in the city of London. That the 

 business of said firm is that of commission merchants, engaged in sell- 

 ing and in buying on commission fur skins of various kinds. That bis 



^^ . said firm now handle and for many years last past have 



.xpenence. handled a greater number of skins of fur-seals than all 



the other firms in the world x)ut together, and that he has a general knowl- 

 edge of the character of the business of buying and selliug fur-seal 

 skins. That his i)artner, Mr. Emil Teichmann, has a 

 ni^n ^ur skin^^^x' ^^^'^ detailed and technical knowledge of the business 

 pert"' '"^ '^ "' *^^" than deponent, and can depose in resi»ect to the tech- 

 nical aspects of the business in more detail and with 

 greater accuracy than deponent would wish to do. 



(2) Tiiat the way in which the business of the firm of C. M. Lamp- 

 son & Co. is conducted at the present time in respect to fur-seal skins 

 is briefly as follows: 



The firm receives consignments of fur-seal skins from the North 

 From whom the American Commercial Company which as deponent is 

 firm receives consign- informed lias a Icasc from the United States Govern- 

 ments of skms. j^g^^ ^^ ^jj^ ^.g.j^^ ^^ j,j jj f^^j,.^ey|^ Q^ ^^Q Pribilof 1 shiuds 



in the Bering Sea, from the liussian Seal Skin Company which, as de- 

 ponent is informed have a lease from the liussian Government of a 

 right to kill fur-seals on the Kommondorski and Eoben Islands and 

 large consignments of fur-seal skins are also made to deponent's firm 

 by the firm of Hermann Liebes & Co., of San Francisco, U. S. A. 

 These three mentioned firms or companies are the principal consignees 

 London trade ales of scal skins to the depoueut's firm. The consignments 

 when received are duly catalogued and sales at public 

 auction of these skins and of those of any other consignments which 

 there may be are held in the months of January, March, and October. 

 That at such sales there are present in person or by representative 

 all the leading dealers doing business in the city of London and all the 

 other markets in the world. The total number of buy- 

 nyera. ^^^ docs uot avcragc morc than fifty, and a list of all 

 the buyers is hereto annexed and marked A. Tlie major part of the 

 skins purchased are, however, purchased by a comparatively small 

 number of firms. Deponent's own firm as tlie agents of dealers in the 

 United States and Canada are also among the ijrincipal buyers. 



