448 INVESTIGATION" OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



The Chairman. But according to the regulations, any seal taken 

 under 2 years of age was really the property of the Government 

 and the lessees had nothing to do with it. 



Mr. Clark. Every seal under 2 years old ? 



The Chairman. I mean the yearling seal. 



Mr. Clark. There were very few 



The Chairman (interposing). I am asking you that; if the company 

 took any yearling seals in 1909 they were clearly the property of the 

 United States Government because they were not within the regula- 

 tions. 



Mr. Clark. That would require a legal interpretation. 



The Chairman. But do you not know that the regulations prohibit 

 the killing of any seal under 2 years old ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; and I know that no yearling seals were killed 

 except by accident or unintentionally. 



The Chairman. You say that now, in spite of what you say in 

 your report to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor under the 

 authority of the United States Government. 



Mr. Clark. My report states that for 1909, 16 yearling seals were 

 killed. 



Mr. W atkins. What do you mean by yearling seals ? 



Mr. Clark. A seal that has come back — that was born one year 

 and has come back to the islands the second season. 



Mr. Watkins. You mean anything under 2 years old? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; that would be a yearling, but for the season of 

 1909 only 16 animals are recorded as under the regulation weight. 



The Chairman. Gentlemen, it is nearly 12 o'clock and T suppose 

 Mr. Clark would like to get away as soon as possible. Shall we 

 take a recess until to-morrow morning at half past 10? 



By unanimous consent the committee agreed to continue hearing 

 Mr. Clark at 2 o'clock p. m. 



2 o'clock p. m. 



The committee met pursuant to recess at 2 o'clock, p. m. 



The Chairman. Mr. Clark, you said this morning that you were 

 made special assistant by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. You were paid by the Government ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; I was paid by the Bureau of Fisheries. 



The Chairman. How much compensation did you receive ? 



Mr. Clark. The same compensation that I received at the univer- 

 versity. 



The Chairman. Well, how much is that ? 



Mr. Clark. Two hundred and fifty dollars a month. I claimed 

 that simply because I had to supply my place. 



The Chairman. Yes; I wanted to ask } t ou that this morning but 

 I overlooked it. 



Mr. Clark. I was not clear about my instructions this morning 

 and I did not make myself clear. I would like to state that they 

 will be found at page S29 in the beginning of my report. I incorpo- 

 rate them in the beginning paragraph of my report, and I should like 

 to road them. 



The Chairman. What is to be found there? 



