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aforesaid, -without any suggestion or interference from or by anyone during the progress 

 of their work to its finish. 



Is that correct ? 



Mr. Clark. That is correct, and I want to call attention to that last 

 statement, "Without any suggestion or interference from or by any- 

 one during the progress of their work to its finish." 



The Chairman. Yes; either Elliott, Gallagher, you or the rest. 



Mr. Clark. But it was applied to me. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes.- 



The Chairman. No; it was not to interfere with the natives. 



Mr. Clark. Well, it was interpreted the other way. 



The Chairman. Well, that is plain enough for anybody to under- 

 stand. (Reading) : 



Fourth. When each bundle of two tagged salt skins is duly made by those salters, 

 it will then be weighed and numbered, with that weight duly recorded and publicly 

 announced by said agents at the time of such record and entry. 



Was announcement made like that ? 

 Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. 

 The Chairman (reading) : 



A copy of the above order of procedure having been duly given to the agents of 

 Bureau of Fisheries in charge of St. Paul Island, Monday evening, July 28, 1913, 

 on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock following the salt house was opened and the work 

 as above ordered was carried out to the letter; it was finished at 6 p. m. 



Is that correct ? 



Mr. Clark. That is correct. 



The Chairman (reading) : 



The following results were obtained, the measurements and weights being all 

 simultaneously made by Messrs. Elliott and Gallagher for the committee, and Messrs. 

 Hatton and Clark and Whitney for the Bureau of Fisheries; every figure of weight 

 and measurement being called out at the time it was recorded and made, and agreed 

 to then and there by all parties engaged. Mr. Hatton, for the Bureau of Fisheries, 

 verified every measurement with Mr. Elliott, and agreed upon the same as they were 

 recorded; Mr. Clark and Mr. Whitney, for Fisheries Bureau, verified every weight 

 with Mr. Gallagher, and agreed upon the same as they were recorded. The following 

 table of recorded salt weights and measurements has been therefore made in complete 

 agreement with the officials in charge of the island, they having a copy of it as it waa 

 made on the Salter's bench. 



Did they give you a copy ? 

 Mr. Clark. I made my own copy. 

 The Chairman. But did they give you a copy ? 

 Mr. Clark. No. 



Mr. Elliott. He made it right with us. 



The Chairman. Oh, you made your copy while this was going on ? 

 Mr. Clark. Yes. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; it was simultaneous. We made ours at the 

 same time. 



The Chairman (reading) : 



The natives selected nine of their best men, who took turns in salting and bundling 

 the skins. No one spoke to them as they did this work, or made a suggestion even as 

 to how they should prepare these skins for shipment in salt. 



Each skin has a leather tag strung to it by one of the other of its flipper holes; on 

 this tag is the number stamped indelibly and so identifies it in the bundles as recorded. 



Now, that is all correct, is it not ? 

 Mr. Clark. All correct. 



