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AGENT WARDMAN POWERLESS IN 1883. 



Mr. Wardmau, Assistant Government Agent on St. j^,j^^ 3^ ^g 

 George, in 1883, was absolutely without any means of deal- 38,39. ' ' ' • 

 iiig with or seizing a sealing-vessel boarded by him when 

 at anchor there. He further speaks directly in his evidence 

 of the inefficiency of tlie protection, and the fact that tlie 

 revenue-cutter was often away from the islands at the very 

 time she was required there. 



AGENT RYAN ON INEFFICIENT PROTECTION IN 1887. 



Mr. T. F. Eyan, Assistant Government Agent on St. ^ iwa, pp. 211, 

 George Island from 1885 to 1887, states that he had a great ^'"' 

 deal of trouble in protecting the rookeries from parties 

 landing on them. He complains of the inefficiency of the 

 service of jirotection by the revenue-cutters, but believes 

 that one vessel properly managed would serve to protect 

 the islands. 



MR. T. MORGAN, AGENT OF THE COMPANY, 1888. 



Mr. T. r. Morgan, an agent of the Alaska Commercial iwd., p. 64. 

 Company, with long experience of the Pribyloff Islands, in 

 giving evidence before the Committee of Congress in 1888, 

 speaks of raids u])on the rookeries in several seasons, and 

 states that by taking advantage of circumstances it would 

 not be difficult to load a schooner with skins there. 



MR. G. A. WILLIAMS, MANAGER OF THE COMPANY, 1888. 



Mr. G. A. Williams, one of the managers of the Alaska iwd., p. iog. 

 Commercial Company, also, in 1888, states that the pro- 

 tection accorded to the Pribyloff Islands was insufficient; 

 that there had been increased depredations annually upon 

 the rookeries; and that the revenue-cutter was frequently 

 absent during the greater i)art of the sealing season. 



AGENT G. R. TINGLE, 1885-89. 



Mr. G. E. Tingle, Government Agent on the Pribyloff 

 Islands from 1885 to 1889. before the Committee of Con- 

 gress, in 1888, said : 



When I took charge of the islands they were practically with- j, . , ^g, 

 292 out protectiou. The Governuieut had one cutter to cruize in ^ • ?• 



Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. She merely called at the fur- 

 seal islands, took a look at ns, cruized round us and then went on up 

 to the Arctic, remaining there all summer and then came down in the 

 fall, calling at the seal islands, took another look at ns and then left 

 for San Francisco. 



CAPTAIN ABBEY ON INEFFICIENT PROTECTION. 



Captain Charles A. Abbey was, in 1886, in command of 

 the United States revenue-cutter "Corwin." He was 



