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The Chairman. Not until then ? 



Mr. Clark. No. 



The Chairman. Where was it in the meantime, do you know ? 



Mr. Clark. I do not know; probably in the archives of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries. 



The Chairman. Was Lembkey's report published ? 



Mr. Clark. I think it was. 



The Chairman. Was your report, or the substitution of it, ever 

 sent to a Senate committee ? 



Mr. Clark. I do not know as to that. 



The Chairman. Do you know whether Lembkey's report was sent 

 up to the Senate committee or substituted ? 



Mr. Clark. No; I do not know anything about that. 



The Chairman. But the advisory board substituted certain parts 

 of his report for yours. 



Mr. Clark. I was not aware of that. 



The Chairman. Then that was not discussed in the meeting, was it ? 



Mr. Clark. Not to my knowledge. 



The Chairman. Are there any questions ? 



Mr. Watkins. Mr. Chairman, I have some questions prepared here 

 which might cover the same ground as yours ; I thmk you had better 

 put them yourself. 



The Chairman. You can put them yourself if you want to. 



Mr. Watkins. I think some of them are covered by your questions. 

 You might look over them. 



The Chairman. Mr. Clark, I am asked to ask you this question: 

 Were you told by any officials of the department — Secretary, Com- 

 missioner, or anyone — that Mr. Lembkey's explanation had been taken 

 for official publication in lieu of your report ? 



Mr. Clark. No, sir. 



The Chairman. You do not know anything about it, do you ? 



Mr. Clark. No, sir. 



The Chairman. The other questions I have already asked. 



Mr. Watkins. They cover the same ground. 



The Chairman. You received a letter from George M. Bowers, com- 

 missioner, on November 1, 1909, in which he requested you to come 

 to Washington ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. Did you come here pursuant to that letter ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. And you then came to the Bureau of Fisheries, and 

 you were there with the advisory board ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. That was the time, was it not ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. I think that is all I can find, Judge, that I had not 

 asked. Is there anything else? 



Mr. Patton. Do you mean to finish up with the witness now? 



The Chairman. Yes. 



Mr. Watkins. Mr McGuire can not be here to-morrow. 



Mr. Patton. Are you going into anything about the herd up there ? 



Mr. Clark. I have submitted two subsequent reports, and they are 

 more important than anything that ha,s preceded them. 



