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Sound, nearly 300 miles northwest from Sitka. That is the nearest sta- 

 tion to Sitka. 



Q. Your nearest station is, then, about 300 miles from Sitka? — A. 

 Tes, sir. 



Q. Where have you other men located ? — A. The next are in the St. 

 Michaels district, borderiijg on Bering Sea. 



Q. How many men have you there ? — A. We have stations in this 

 district at S( . Michaels and at the mouth of the Nushagak and Kuskovim 

 Eivers, and one or two men at each place. 



Q. How far is St. Michaels from the seal islands ? — A. About 450 

 miles. 



Q. And how far from Oonalaska I — A. Six hundred miles. 

 Q. How far from Sitka ?— A. It is nearly 2,000 miles. 

 Q. Have you any inland stations anywhere in Alaska? — A. No, sir. 

 Q. They are all on the coast ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you any stations in southeastern Alaska ? — A. No, sir ; none 

 at all. 



Q. How near is the nearest one to southeastern Alaska "? — A. The 

 nearest one is Nutchik on Prince Williams Sound, 300 miles northwest 

 of Sitka. 



Q. Have you named all the stations of the Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany in Alaska? — A. Yes, sir; except the seal island. 



Q. How many are there altogether, how many men and how many 

 stations? — A. Twenty-two stations and forty-three men. But I think 

 we have included in this some m?n that ought not to be included, for 

 they are independent traders. 



Q. And all these forty-three men are located upon the coast or upon 

 the islands of Alaska? — A. Yes, sir; we have no men in the interior of 

 the Territory. 



Q. About what range of distance do these ranges cover, beginning at 

 Attoo and going to St. Michaels, and on to Kodiak and Nutchik ? — 

 A. They cover a distance in longitude of over 2,700 miles, and of lati- 

 tude a distance of 800 miles. I should have to compute it to be 

 exact. 



Q. From your knowledge of Alaska, to what portion of the Territory 

 is immigration tending? — A. Chiefly, at present, to the mining districts 

 in southeastern Alaska, and, also, considerably within the last two 

 years, to the salmon-producing regions about Bristol Bay, on Kodiak 

 Island, and Cook's Inlet. ^ 



Q. Is there much salmon-canning in Alaska? — A. It is increasing, 

 and I understand that preparations are being made to send several 

 new canneries to Alaska next summer, besides those projected by per- 

 sons connected with the Alaska Commercial Company. I think there 

 are already twelve or fifteen canneries in Alaska. 



Q. Have you any stations anywhere near the region that was visited 

 by Mrs. Voorhees, who has written up the country ? — A. I have not 

 seen her letters, but I understand that she visited only the southeastern 

 part of Alaska, as far north as Sitka. 



Q. Have you examined the official report of the commissioner of 

 education in Alaska for 1886 ? — A. Yes, sir ; I have read it. 



Q. What do you say in regard to the statements in regard to the 

 Alaska Commercial Company contained iu that book ? — A. I think they 

 are, in the main, correct. 



By the Chairman : 

 Q. Will you mark the paragraphs you would like to insert in your 

 testimony, and let them go into the record ? — A. I will. 



