INVESTIGATION OP THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OP ALASKA. 647 



I will ask you whether you saw this [indicating] ? 



Mr. Lembkey. That is the handwriting and the initials of Mr. 

 Pindell, so near as I can tell. 



The Chairman. Who was he? 



Mr. Lembkey. He was the chief clerk of the department. 



The Chairman. Did you have this before you when you examined 

 this report? 



Mr. Lembkey. I do not remember that at all; I have not the 

 faintest recollection of it. 



The Chairman. You saw the question mark there, did you not ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I see it now; yes. 



The Chairman. Do you still say you got it from the bureau or got 

 it from the department? 



Mr. Lembkey. I got it from the bureau; yes, sir. I have no recol- 

 lection whatever that those marks were upon it, and to my recollec- 

 tion I never saw that note. 



The Chairman. This was sent up to the committee fust as it is 

 there. You have no idea that it is not correct, have you ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I have not any idea that it is not correct; no, sir. 



The Chairman. Did Bowers call your attention to this ? 



Mr. Lembkey. I am certain he did not; I do not remember it at 

 all. 



The Chairman. Your answer was that that was not a correct state- 

 ment, because the weights of the skins would show as they were re- 

 ported here in the bureau. 



Mr. Lembkey. I should have to read that particular statement 

 carefully before I would make a further statement with my answer. 



The Chairman. Let the committee know what your answer was 

 to the bureau in response to this paragraph. 



Mr. Lembkey. I do not believe I reported on that particular para- 

 graph, so far as I can remember. 



The Chairman. Let me refresh your recollection. I can not just 

 lay my hands on it 



Mr. Lembkey (interposing). I am trying to get Mr. Clark's report 

 so I can read it. 



The Chairman. But my recollection is that you stated the weights 

 of the skins disproved this. 



Mr. Lembkey. Disproved? 



The Chairman. Yes; Clark's statement. 



Mr. Lembkey. The statement that you referred to, Mr. Chairman, 

 if I remember correctly, refers to a killing at Halfway Point. Is that 

 the case? 



The Chairman. I can not tell you. 



Mr. Lembkey. I have forgotten now the text of that which you 

 read a moment ago. 



Mr. McGuire. That is what it says; at Halfway Point. 



Mr. Lembkey. It stated that a few seals were killed, a few were 

 turned away, but that no small seals were dismissed. Was not that 

 the gist of the statement he made? 



The Chairman. You know what I read to you. 



Mr. Lembkey. I can not remember the text. I should like 



The Chairman (interposing). This is the original report. 



Mr. Lembkey. May I ask the date of that? 



The Chairman. This was filed September 30. 



