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The Chairman. When did you go to the islands ? 



Mr. Clark. I left Stanford University about the 21st of June, but 

 was delayed in Seattle because several steamers had been taken off 

 and it was necessary to go to Nome and then come down from Nome 

 to the Pribiloff Islands, so that I arrived on the Pribiloff Islands on 

 or about the 12th of July. 



The Chairman. You went up there for the purpose of examining 

 the condition of the herd and comparing it with what you discovered 

 in 1S96 and 1897? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; specifically to make a census of the herd on 

 exactly the same basis that the Canadian commissioner, James 

 Macoun, and myself made the census of 1896 and 1897. 



The Chairman. You made a report ? 



Mr. Clark. I made a report; yes, sir. 



The Chairman. That was on the 30th of September, 1909 ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. Where did you send that report ? 



Mr. Clark. I sent it to the Commissioner of Fisheries. 



The Chairman. WTiile you were on the islands you noticed the 

 killing day after day, did you not, and reported that to the depart- 

 ment ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir; I reported on the killings. 



The Chairman. You saw the killing on the part of the lessees and 

 the agents of the Government? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. Whom did you see on the part of the company on 

 the islands ? 



Mr. Clark. In what way ? You mean who were present ? 



The Chairman. Yes; on the islands while you were there. 



Mr. Clark. Mr. J. C. Redpath was the representative of the com- 

 pany in charge. 



The Chairman. I mean in 1909. 



Mr. Clark. I mean in 1909. 



The Chairman. He was in charge of the company's interests ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. Who else was there on the part of the company ? 



Mr. Clark. Well, Dr. H. C. Mills was the physician on St. Paul 

 Island. 



The Chairman. Was he interested in the company ? 



Mr. Clark. He was the physician employed by the company to 

 take care of the natives. 



The Chairman. Where does he live ? 



Mr. Clark. He lives in Berkeley, Cal., at the present time. 



The Chairman. How did the company happen to employ a phy- 

 sician there ? 



Mr. Clark. The lease required them to employ a physician and also 

 a school-teacher. 



The Chairman. Who else was there on the part of the company, if 

 anybody ? 



Mr. Clark. I do not recall the names of the different subordinate 

 officers. There was a physician on each island. The one on St. 

 George, I believe, was Dr. Pond. 



The Chairman. Do you know his initials ? 



