646 INVESTIGATION OE THE EUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. Lembkey. He did. 



The Chairman. You made a report and submitted it ? 



Mr. Lembkey. He asked me to give my views on such points in Mr. 

 Clark's report as did not coincide with my views. However, I did 

 not correct his report. 



The Chairman. Well, then, you think his report was all right, do 

 you ? 

 - Mr. Lembkey. I made certain comments upon his report which 

 appear in Appendix A to these hearings. 



Tre Chairman. Do you mean to say now that his report was all 

 right ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I did not make such a statement at all. 



The Chairman. Do you want to make it now ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I do not. I wish to state that the comments which 

 I made on Mr. Clark's report of that year were according to my opinion, 

 and I still continue to have the same opinion. 



The Chairman. Did jou have his report in your possession ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I did. 



The Chairman. Where did you get it ? 



Mr. Lembkey. It was sent to me in the ordinary course of business. 



The Chairman. Well, what was the ordinary course of business ? 



Mr. Lembkey. It was sent to me by a messenger in the Bureau of 

 Fisheries who brought it up to my desk and laid it down there. 



The Chairman. Did } t ou get it from Mr. Bowers? 



Mr. Lembkey. No, sir. 



The Chairman. Well, did you get it from his bureau ? 



Mr. Lembkey. His bureau? Why, yes; he was in charge of the 

 entire bureau. 



The Chairman. Did you get it from the Secretary's office? 



Mr. Lembkey. No, sir. 



The Chairman. Are you sure about that? 



Mr. Lembkey. Yes: I did not get it from the Secretary's office at 

 all. The report was merely sent up to me, as all reports concerning 

 seal fisheries would be sent up to me, to read before filing. 



The Chairman. Was it marked and interlined when you got it ? 



Mr. Lembkey. Not to my recollection. I do not believe the origi- 

 nal is interlined to-day. 



The Chairman. Was it marked, I mean, and your attention called 

 to certain things ? 



Mr. Lembkey. Not in any manner. 



The Chairman. Will you just look at this and see whether it is Mr. 

 Clark's report ? 



Mr. Lembkey. That seems to be it, from looking at the first page. 



The Chairman. At page 46 of his typewritten field notes this clause 



appears: 



A killing was made at Halfway Point as usual on the return trip. It yielded 32 

 skins. Fifteen animals — young bulls — too large for killing and 9 shaved heads were 

 exempted, but no small seals whatever. As the end of the killing season approaches 

 it is plain that no seal is really too small to be killed. Skins of less than 5 pounds 

 Wright are taken and also skins of S and 9 pounds. These latter are plainly the animals 

 which escaped the killing i if last year because their heads were shaved. Otherwise it 

 does not seem clear how they did escape. 



This is all inclosed in lead pencil and there is a question mark at 

 the side. Then here is a slip which contains these words: 



Department of Commerce and Labor, office of the Secretary. This is the particular 

 statement. R. M. P. J. 



