INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



House of Representatives, 



Committee on Expenditures in 



the Department of Commerce, 



Tuesday, March, 10, 1914. 

 The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m., Hon. John H. Rothermel 

 (chairman) presiding. 



Present: Mr. Stephens, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Bruckner, Mr. Walsh, and 

 Mr. McGuire, 



TESTIMONY OF MR. ANDREW F. GALLAGHER. 



(The witness was duly sworn by the Chairman) . 



The Chairman. What is your full name ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Andrew F. Gallagher. 



The Chairman. Where do you live ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Washington, D. C. 



The Chairman. What is your occupation ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Court reporter. 



The Chairman. Do you sometimes report for committees ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. And you are a stenographer? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. State whether you accompanied Mr. Henry W. 

 Elliott to the seal islands last summer. 



Mr. Gallagher. I did. 



The Chairman. That was pursuant to a resolution passed by the 

 committee ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. You went along as an expert stenographer ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



The Chairman. You may first tell, in a general way, about your 

 trip to the islands, and then I will ask some questions in detail. 



Mr. Gallagher. I left here on June 22 and left Seattle on the 1st 

 of July, arriving at Onimak Pass at about 2 o'clock on the morning 

 of the 7th of July. 



Mr. Bruckner. What year ? 



Mr. Gallagher. 1913. We were there taken on board the revenue 

 cutter Tahoma and arrived off St. Paul Island on the afternoon of 

 July 8. On the morning of July 9, after breakfast, we landed on St. 

 Paul Island. We spent that day in preliminary matters, getting our 

 outfits together, and going around the island, without doing any 

 actual woik on that day. On the 10th of July we started out on our 

 count or estimate of the seals on the rookeries. We spent the 10th, 

 11th, and 12th on the rookeries nearest to the village on St. Paul 

 Island and on the afternoon of the 14th we were taken on board the 



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