investigation of the fur-seal industry of alaska. 21 



Committee on Expenditures in 

 the Department of Commerce, 

 House of Representatives, 



Saturday, January 17, 1914. 



The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m., Hon. John H. Rother- 

 mel (chairman) presiding. 



Present: Hon. John H. Rothermel, Hon. John H. Stephens, Hon. 

 John T. Watkins, and Hon. Allan B. Walsh. 



The Chairman. The committee will come to order. There is a 

 quorum present, and we will proceed. 



Mr. Stephens. Mr. Chairman, this committee, on June 20, 1913, 

 appointed Henry W. Elliott and Andrew F. Gallagher as its agents 

 to report upon the condition of the fur-seal herd of Alaska, and the 

 conduct of the public business on the Pribilof Islands; on August 

 31, 1913, they reported to the chairman of this committee as follows: 



