608 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. Lembkey. Not necessarily. They are not completely dry. 



Mr. Watkins. Whether they were or not, go ahead. 



Mr. Lembkey. They were put into salt again, and allowed to 

 remain there for several more months, and then were taken out and 

 weighed. Bat in this second weighing the salt was not brushed off 

 of the skins as it was in the first salt weighing, and the weights taken 

 of the second salt weighing showed that in many instances they had 

 increased slightly in weight or that they weighed a trifle more than 

 they did in the first salt weighing, when all the salt was brushed off. 

 The increase in weight, however, is very slight, perhaps an ounce or 

 2 ounces in some instances, and perhaps only a fraction of an ounce in 

 others. The increase in weight, in my opinion, could be taken to 

 represent the amount of salt adhered to the skin at the time of the 

 second salt weighing. 



Mr. Patton. They weighed less than they did when they were 

 green ? 



Mr. Lembkey. Oh, yes; they did. 



Have I identified this table sufficiently, Mr. Chairman ? 



The Chairman. Yes. What is the pleasure of the committee ? 

 Shall it be printed in the hearing? 



Mr. Patton. I move that it be printed, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Stephens. Was this taken by some Government officer 

 authorized to use these skins, or was it done by the lessees ? 



Mr. Lembkey. Oh, no; there were no lessees at that time. I 

 stated it was done by Mr. Marsh. 



Mr. Stephens. Who is Mr. Marsh? 



Mr. Lembkey. Mr. Marsh was the naturalist on the islands in the 

 employ of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



Mr. Stephens. Drawing a salary from the Government at that 

 time? 



Mr. Lembkey. Yes; as I understand. 



Mr. Stephens. Go ahead; I have no objection. 



The Chairman. Let it be printed. 



Mr. Stephens. Wait. Has this ever been printed before? 



Mi\ Lembkey. I do not know whether Mr. Marsh's report was 

 printed during that year. I was on the islands that year, and I do 

 not know, as a matter of fact. For that reason I have not referred 

 to the publication in which this might appear, if it has been printed. 

 Mr. Marsh gave me this statement on the islands when I was there, 

 and so far as I know it is an independent and only record of the 

 experiment made. 



The Chairman. Was it printed in the former hearing ? 



Mr. Lembkey. Not to my knowledge. 



The Chairman (after examination). It seems to have been printed 

 in last year's hearings. 



Mr. Lembkey. The weight of those skins subsequently were taken 

 by me, and that is additional to the report which you have there. 



* Mi*. McGuire. This is additional testimony, and he put it all in a 

 concise form. 



Mr. Lembkey. The new matter represents, so far as I know, the 

 weight of the salt which adheres on the skin itself. 



Mr. Stephens. How long is the additional statement in addition 

 to the one we have already printed ? 



