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House No. 15, Paul Swetzof. — -House is in good condition, but 

 needs slight repairs. 



House No. 16, Ripsimian and Wassa Malavansky {widows). — ■ 

 House in good condition. 



House No. 17, Mike Lestemkof. — -House in good condition. 



House No. 18, Nicoli Malavansky. — Needs slight repairs to sills. 

 Otherwise in good repair and well kept. 



House No. 19, Isidor Nederazof. — House in good condition. 



House No. 20, Alexander Merculioff and Zoya Swetzof.— Both 

 portions of house in good condition. 



House No. 21, John Merculioff. — House needs to be shingled. 

 Floor all right, except under calidor needing slight repairs. Other- 

 wise in good condition. 



House No. 22, Joseph Merculioff. — -House in good condition. 



House No. 23, George Merculioff. — House in good condition. 



House No. 11, Emanuel Zacharoff. — House in good condition. 



Recapitulation. — Twenty-four families, 106 souls, live in these 

 houses as above; July 17, 1913. 



EXHIBIT E. 



Original signed copy of the testimony of the native sealers on St. 

 Paul Island as to the conduct of sealing by the lessees under the 

 direction of the United States agents since 1890 to date; said 

 testimony being signed by them after it was read from the typed 

 pages to them in Aleut, by the interpreter, George Kochergin, 

 July 25, 1913, and original notes of a public meeting held by the 

 natives, in the town hall of St. Paul Island, Wednesday evening, 

 July 23, 1913, 8-10 p. m., regarding the conduct of the sealing and 

 condition of the seat herd, etc. 



Original signed copy.] 



questions addressed to, and answered by, native sealers in 



the matter of seal killing. 



Natives' Town Hall, 

 St. Paul Island, Alaska, Thursday, July 24, 1913 — 8-10 p. m. 



Present: Messrs. Henry W. Elliott and A. F. Gallagher, agents of 

 Committee on Expenditures in Department of Commerce, House of 

 Representatives, who called this meeting for this evening. 



The following natives were also present: Carp Bouterin, age 60; 

 Peter Oustigof, age 48; Nenn Tetoff, age 43; Porfirio Pankoff, age 

 50: Peter Tetoff, age 48; Fedosay Sedick, age 67; Elary Stepetin, 

 age 46; Alexander Galaktionof, age 39; and Nicholai Kozloff, age 25; 

 George Kochergin acted as interpreter. 



The following questions were put to the natives,, through the 

 interpreter, who, in turn, made the following answers on behalf of the 

 natives : 



Q. Do you remember the work of killing of seals in 1890, when Mr. 

 Elliott tallied it on this island? — A. Yes. 



Q. Were you a sealer then ? — A. Yes. 



Q. Do you remember how all the small seals were turned away and 

 not taken until the last two days of that season's work? — A. Yes; 

 we remember. 



