414 APPENDIX TO COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



It is apparent from the reference thereto by the Agent of Her Britan- 

 nic Majesty that a number of the documents called for by him, and not 

 included in this response, could hardly be found elsewhere than in the 

 archives of the Kussian-American Company at St. Petersburgh. 



To facilitate the identification of the copies of the documents here 

 with presented, they have been marked respectively with the same let- 

 ters with which they are designated in said section No. 2. 



The Undersigned begs to state that he waives the fact that neither 

 of the said Notices was delivered to him within the period provided in 

 Article IV of the said Treaty, 

 Tlie Undersigned, i&c. 



(Signed) John W. Foster, 



Agent of the United States, 

 Washington, Novemher 12, 1892. 



[Incloaure 1 in No. 7.] 



Mr. French, to Collccior of Customs, San Francisco, California. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, April 4, 1881. 



Sir: I transmit herewith, for your information, copy of a letter addressed to Mr. 

 D. A. d'Ancona, of your city, under date of the IJth ultimo, in regard to the extent 

 of the jurisdiction of the United States within the waters of the Territory of Alaska, 

 with reference to the killing of fur-seals and other fur-hearing animals, under Chap- 

 ter 3, Title 23, of the Revised Statutes. 



You are requested to give due i)iiblicity to such letter, in order that parties who 

 may contemplate fitting out expeditions to kill fur-bearing animals within the 

 Avaters of Alaska Territory may he informed of the construction placed by this 

 Department upon the Law referred to. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) H. F. French, Acting Secretary, 



84 [Inclosure 2 in No. 7.] 



Mr. Guff to Mr. Windom. 



St. Paul Island, Alaska, July 31, 1889. 



Sir: I have the honour to transmit a Report of the operations and the condition 

 of the Seal Islands of Alaska for the year ending the 31st July, 1889. I also accept 

 and inclose the Reports of Mr. J. P. Manchester and Captain A. P. Loud, Assistant 

 Treasury Agents of St. Paul and St. George Islands respectively, they having been 

 personally in charge of these islands for the past two years. 



The inclosed tabulated Mortality Tables were made by Dr. C. A. Lutz, the resident 

 physician of this island, are correct and worthy of consideration. I shall confine my 

 remarks to the Island of St. Paul, as I have no opportunity to visit St. George 

 Island since my arrival here on the 1st June. I am satisfied, however, from the 

 information I have received from Colonel Joseph Murray, Treasury Agent now in 

 charge of St. George Island, that the same condition of afi'airs exists there as on this 

 (St. Paul) island. 



By referring to the itemized statement of skins taken, you will observe the num- 

 ber of pups killed for food during the fall of 1888 was 2,178. This was an unusually 

 small number, excepting the year previous, but it was adjudged the proper per 

 cent, to kill under the existing circumstances, and respecting the future of the 

 rookeries. The killing of a large number of merchantable seals for food followed 

 during the winter; their skins were salted and accepted by the Alaska Company as 

 part of their (luota of skins for this year. The first appearance of the bulls to their 

 usual haunts was on the 5th May, but the coming of tliese animals to the rookeries 

 was unusually late, fcdlowed by a late appearance of the cows. At first it is sup- 

 posed that the severe winter had prevented the seals from returning as in the past, 

 but close observation on the part of Mr. J. P. Manchester revealed the fact that it 

 was owing- to the scarcity of the seals, which waa to him very perceptible as the 



