566 TESTIMONY. 



During tlie last two years the diminution and irregnlarity of the snp- 



... ply of fur and seal skins has caused S(une decrease in 



regiXrity*^in supply the aiuount of pcrsous engaged in the industry, but 



oAkins during past (iepouent Is not able to state exactly to what extent 



two years. a, ^ ■, j^ ^ ^ 



such decrease has taken place. 



A considerable number of the persons emx)loyed in this business, as 

 deponent is informed, are not skilled in any other kind of business, and 

 should the fur-seal industry cease, deponent believes that these persons 

 would be obliged to master some other trade or means of livelihood. 



That one of the most important, and deponent feels justified in say- 

 Necessitv for a reg- ^^^Si vital elements in the maintenance and preservation 

 uiar aud constant of the busiuess or industry is that the supply of fur- 

 suppiyofskms. seal skius sliould bc regular and constant so that in- 



tending buyers may be able to know beforehand approximately what 

 the prices of their stock in trade are going to be, and that the people 

 engaged in the business may have beforehand a reasonably definite 

 notion of what they shall be able to count upon. 



(5) Deponent has no doubt but that it is necessary in order to main- 

 tain the industry that stej)S should be taken to pre- 

 hlvinefe^saT^ ^^^^ scTvc the cxistencc ot the seal herd in the North Pacific 

 necessary. Qceau aud Bering Sea from the fate which has over- 



taken the herds in the South Seas. Of the steps, if any, which are 

 necessary, iu order to accomplish this result, deponent does not feel 

 that he is in a position to state as he has no personal knowledge of the 

 regulations which at the present time exist, but it is obvious to depo- 

 nent's mind that regulations of some kind imposed by somebody who 

 has authority and power to enforce them are necessary to prevent the 

 rookeries in the North Pacific Ocean from suffering the fate of the 

 rookeries in the Southern Atlantic and Pacific seas, where deponent is 

 informed no restrictions were at any time even attempted to be im- 

 posed. 



George C. Lampson. 



Sworn at 64 Queen street, in the city of London, England, this 23d 

 day of April, 1892, before me, 



Francis W. Frigout, 

 Vice and Deputy Consul- General of the 

 United States of America at London, England. 



BUYERS OF FVB-SEAL SKINS. 



Allliansen & Co. International Fnv Store. 



ApfeA Brotliers. Mar.shall, W., & Co. 



Bevington & Morris, Martin, C. \V., «fe Sous. 



Blatspiel, Stamp »!t Heacock. Meyers, J. & H. 



Borras, R., & Sous. Nicholay, J. A., &, Son. 



Creamer, J. H., & Co. Phillips, Politzer & Co. 



Dixon Sl Co., H. Poland, P. R., «fe Son. 



Ensor, Weber & Co. Poland, Geo., & Son. 



Eysoldt & Co. Euss, C. 



Friedebery, H, Sniith, Geo., & Sons. 



Felsenstein Bros. Sugden, C. A,, & Co. 



Hand, J. Slater & Co. 



Hirscbell & Meyer. Ullniann, Jos. 



Hoft'raan & Thaw. Vyse Sous & Co. 



Howell, J., & Co. Wotherspoon, D. & J. 

 luce, T. H. 



