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present at the time the pig came into existence, and I can only base the correctness 

 of these weights upon the evidence that was submitted by Mr. Elliott and his mono- 

 graph. 



Mr. Townsend. Mr. Commissioner, will you proceed and read the weights of the 

 kill of 1910, as certified by Mr. Lembkey? 



Mr. Bowers. I have both the weights on the islands and the weights in London. 



Mr. Townsend. I will examine you now as to the killing of seals after the expi- 

 ration of this lease and when the killing Avas made, as it has been called here by the 

 Government. The report shows that in the year 1910, 12,920 seals were killed, and 

 the evidence before the committee is that of those 8,000 were yearlings. 



Mr. Bowers. Well, that evidence is false. 



Mr. Townsend. That is your answer to that, is it? 



Mr. Bowers. Yes, sir. Here are the weights on the basis, you understand, that 

 a 4J-pound skin is a yearling. There are the weights for 1909, the island weights and 

 the London weights. I think, probably, you will find one skin weighing less than 

 4J pounds. (Hearing No. 3, pp. 129, 130.) 



C. M. Lampson & Co., 



London, November 19, 1910. 



Assortment of Alaska salted fur sealskins for account of United States Government, 



Department of Commerce and Labor. 



[New York, Ck, 1/228.] 



Lbs. Ozs. 



78 smalls 7 15 



713 large pups 7 12 



3,032 middling pups 6 7 



4,899 small pups 5 12 



1,266 ex. small pups 5 5 



11 ex. ex. small pups 4 10 



33 smalls, low 7 11 



135 large pups, low 6 9 



498 middling pups, low 6 1 



501 small pups, low 5 9 



88 ex. small pups, low 5 



10 small, cut 7 2 



71 large pups, cut 6 13 



238 middling pups, cut 6 2 



421 small pups, cut 5 6 



81 ex. small pups, cut 4 15 



6 small, rubbed 7 



55 large pups, rubbed 6 14 



195 middling pups, rubbed 6 6 



290 small pups, rubbed 5 11 



75 ex. small pups, rubbed 5 3 



36 faulty. 



12,732 average based on December, 1909, prices 144/. 



5 small. 

 21 large pups. 

 48 middling pups. 

 94 small pups. 

 18 ex. small pups. 



2 faulty. 



188 average based on December, 1909, prices 120/. 



12,920 



Subject to recount. 



Mr. Patton. You mean it is a report that is sworn to by the people who do the 

 selling in London? 



Mr. Bowers. No, sir; it is the classification of the London merchants who sell the 

 skins for the United States Government. 



Mr. Patton. And they pay on that weight? 



