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25,000 far seals per annum ; not to kill any far seal upon the islands aforesaid in any 

 other month except the months of June, July, September, and October of each year ; 

 not to kill such seals at any time by the use of fire-arms or otber means tending to drive 

 the seals from said islands; not to kill any female seal or any seal less than one year 

 old ; not to kill any seal in the waters adjacent to said islands or on the beaches, cliffs, 

 or rocks where they haul up from the sea to remain. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree to abide by any restriction or limi- 

 tation upon the right to kill seals under this lease, that the act prescribes or that the 

 Secretary of the Treasury shall judge necessary for the preservation of such seals. 



Aod the said lessees h'ereby agree that they will not in auy way sell, transfer, or 

 assign this lease ; and that any transfer, sale, or assignment of the same shall be void 

 and of no effect. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree to furnish to the several masters 

 of the vessels employed by them certified copies of this lease to be presented to the 

 Government revenue officers for the time being in charge of said islands, as the au- 

 thority of said lessees for the landing and taking said skins. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree that they, or their agents, shall not 

 keep, sell, furnish, give, or dispose of auy distilled spirits or spirituous liquors on 

 either of said islands to any of the natives thereof, such person not being a physician 

 and furnishing the same for use as medicine. 



And the said lessees further covenant and agree that this lease is accepted subject 

 to all needful rules and regulations which shall at any time or times hereafter be 

 made by the Secretary of the Treasury for the collection and payment of the rentals 

 herein agreed to be paid by said lessees ; for the comfort, maintenance, education, 

 and protection of the natives of said islands, and for carrying into effect all the pro- 

 visions of the act aforesaid, and will abide by and conform to said rules and regula- 

 tions. 



And the said lessees, accepting this lease with a fall knowledge of the provisions 

 of the aforesaid act of Congress, further covenant aud agree that they will fulfill all 

 the provisions, requirements and limitations of said act, whether herein .specifically 

 set out or not. 



In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and seals 

 the day and year above written. 



William A. Richardson, [seal.] 



Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Alaska Commercial Comfajhy, [seal..] 

 By Jno. F. Miller, President. 



Executed in the presence of — 

 J. H. Saville. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



fFashington, D. C, February IG, 1874. 

 Sir : Referring to your letter of the 15th ultimo, relative to the taking of seal-oil on 

 the islands of Saint Paul aud Saint George by the Alaska Commercial Company, upon 

 which oil a tax of 55 ceuts per gallon was agreed to be paid by the lease entered into 

 between the United States and said company, I have to say that upon due consider- 

 ation I have decided to waive the collection of tax upon such seal-oil as may be 

 taken by said company and shipped from said islands ; such waiver to stand in full 

 force until otherwise ordered by the Department. 

 I am, very respectfully, 



Wm. a. Richardson, 



Secretary. 



H. M. Hutchinson, Esq., 



Of Alaska Commercial Covij^any, Washington, D. C. 



