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Mr. Clark. Oh, yes, they are. 



The Chairman. The appendix is attached to your report ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. Are those your notes as you made them on the 

 islands ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes sir; day after day. 



The Chairman. Now I understand you. The report you made was 

 directed to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, was it not? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. And you made it out just exactly as you discovered 

 conditions on the islands ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. On page 866 of Appendix A you will notice in 

 your report the following : 



The young males set aside for breeding purposes having been marked, the lessees 

 have been free to take what they could get, and this resulted in their taking practically 

 all of the bachelors appearing on the hauling grounds. 



That is correct, is it? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. And that is what you stated ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. Shall I have an opportunity to explain ? 



The Chairman. Oh, yes. You have answered the question directly 

 and now you can explain. 



Mr. Clark. The killing of 1909 was close. That is, as compared 

 with the killing of 1896-97, it was very different and very close, and 

 it is literallv true that there were practically no small seals present 

 on the hauling grounds when the killing season was over. Now at 

 that time I was 



The Chairman (interposing). Mr. Clark, just let me suggest to 

 you that I will ask you other questions about that when we come to 

 small seals, so we will not get mixed up about it. 



Mr. Clark. But I want to be sure not to leave that point in that 

 wav. 



The Chairman. If I forget it you can explain it then. 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. Now then, on page 867 of Appendix A the follow- 

 ing appears: 



If not in name, in fact at least, the leasing company has been in supreme authority 

 on the islands during the past season. 



Is that correct ? 



Mr. Clark. I considered it so. 



The Chairman. You considered it so ? 



Mr. Clark. What 



The Chairman (interposing). Now this is in your report. 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. As you made it to the Department of Commerce 

 and Labor. 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. Now, have you an explanation to make as to that ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. The conditions of the lease required the 

 lessees to provide a physician, a school-teacher and a storekeeper, 

 and naturally they would have superintendents on the Islands, this 

 gave them five representatives against the Government's two. The 



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