316 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUE-SEAL INDUSTEY OF ALASKA. 



In spite of this distinct prohibition of the killing of "yearlings" 

 by the Secretary, yet the records of the London sales show that the 

 lessees took some 8,000 " yearling" or "eyeplaster" skins in open, 

 flagrant violation of these specific rules of the department in getting 

 this quota of 30,000 seals allowed them subject to those orders. 



The part which Mr. Joseph Stanley-Brown took in loading those small 

 yearling skins, 8,000 of them, in order to weigh them in as "not 

 under six pounds, and as 2-year-old male seals" after Secretary 

 Carlisle's orders were posted, may be easily understood. It needs no 

 description. 



Dr. Jordan, in his final report, declares that he is under great obliga- 

 tions to Mr. Brown for the valuable aid given him (Jordan) while 

 studying the seal herd. 



