868 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
yet be earned in seal-killing, house-painting, and other work on which 
it is contemplated to employ the natives. Mr. Tingle added that if the 
Company chose to refuse supplies the Government was bound to sup- 
ply them, but that he had special instructions, if necessary, to provide 
for all the needs of the natives, and that he was prepared so to do. 
FINANCIAL RESULTS. 
18. In regard to the actual number of seal-skins available to meet 
this expenditure, I found, after careful examination of the books of 
the Company and Government, and inquiry of the officials, that the 
approximate numbers were as follow S: 
On stock fromlastiyear (1890) ste sas! hee ee eee eee ee eee eee eee 3, 500 
Kalledabeforei5thy imme; Sole Seep ene aie eee AEE Pe SAE AOS 4,500 
Killed between T5thands 20th Jumercesas se aee ese ee eee eee eeeeee eee eee 3, 000 
Killed between 20th June and 4th Augnst .........-.--..-..---.------------ 1, 600 
Tobe killed in‘autumn s. 5). 59S. SS5-0 sae ts Sa aoe aes ene ee aac eee 2, 900 
Total skinsiavailables (Soil) hese nee es eee eae eee eee eee 15, 500 
The stock brought over from the previous year comprises the skins 
taken in excess of that year’s permitted quota, and is customarily car- 
ried to the account of the next year’s quota. The estimated number 
of 4,500 killed before the 15th June, 1891, was made by the Treasury 
Agent, and would leave 3,000 killed before the 20th June, on which 
day there is entered in the official Government log the note, “This 
killing filled the quota of 7,500.” 
The Treasury Agent infor med me that he was permitting a total of 
7,500 to be killed after the 15th J une, so that there remained 2,900 to 
be killed in the autumn, seeing that 4,600 had been killed between the 
15th June and the commencement of the ““stagey” season early in 
August. 
96 19. The Company will thus have for sale this year not less 
than 15,000 skins, of a probable value, at 20 dollars the skin, of 
300,000 dollars (60,000/.), about one-half of which would accrue to the 
Government for taxes. The expenses on the islands, on behalf of 
the natives, would not exceed 5,000 dollars (1,000/.). The additional 
expenses of providing food for the natives, which the Government of 
the United States have undertaken, are estimated not to exceed a 
total of 20,000 dollars (4,0001.). 
20. The Government of the United States are presumably entitled 
to insist that the quota for this year had been fixed at 7,500, with the 
special objects of defraying certain expenses, and of preventing any 
killing for purely commercial purposes, and that therefore any skins 
accruing to the Company in excess of this 7,500 must be stored to the 
account of next year’s quota. Even if this rigid view were taken, the 
Company would secure a trade revenue of 15,0001. to cover an expendi- 
ture of 1,000/., while the Government would receive a tax revenue of 
15,0001. to cover an expenditure of 4,000/. But if this reservation be 
not insisted on, the respective revenues would yield net profits to the 
_ Company of 29,000/., and to the Government of 26,000I., a result cer- 
tainly not contemplated by the President. 
ACTION OF TREASURY AGENT ON ISLANDS. 
21. In regard to the action of the local United States authorities, 
I found that Major Williams, the Treasury Agent for the Pribyloff 
Islands, before leaving San Francisco for the islands, that is before the 
