670 INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 



Mr. Gallagher. I saw that. 



Mr. Stephens. The difference was as plain between the width of 

 the larger skin and the smaller skin as the difference in the length 

 was? You did not notice any difference in that? 



Mr. Gallagher. No. All I recall now is that the smaller skin 

 did not cover the surface of the larger skin. That is the only way I 

 noticed it, but I did notice it. 



Mr. Stephens. If they had been of the same width you would 

 have noticed it would you not ? 



Mr. Gallagher. I do not believe I would. 



Mr. Stephens. Then you would have made your estimate as to 

 the smaller skin and the larger skin from the length only ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Stephens. Because you had measured that way? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. I had no expert knowledge in regard 

 to it, and I was taking Mr. Elliott's measurements. 



Mr. Stephens. Did Mr. Clark or any other person, except your- 

 self and Mr. Elliott, have access to your notes then or did they demand 

 access to jour notes after you had taken them and finished all your 

 work? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. They would have served no purpose, 

 because they made their own notes, at the same time, and we agreed 

 as we went along. 



Mr. Stephens. You had agreements as you went along as to what 

 should go down? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Stephens. Did they have a stenographer also ? 



Mr. Gallagher. No; but Mr. Clark made notations. 



Mi'. Stephens. He kept up with you as you went along ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. If I was uncertain about something 

 that was called out, I would ask Mr. Clark, and he would give it to 

 me; and if he was uncertain, he would ask me, and I would give it to 

 him. 



Mr. Stephens. Was it your object, or the object of Mr. Elliott, to 

 do any wrong to anyone on the islands with regard to the taking of 

 the measurements 01 these skins, or anything else ? Did you go there 

 for any purpose of that kind ? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir; we did not. 



Mr. Stephens. Did you see am r evidence of that kind manifested 

 by j'ourself or Mr. Elliott or by anyone acting on the part of the 

 Government ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Absolutely not. 



Mr. Stephens. Did you suppress in the statement that you have 

 furnished us any material information that you obtained on the 

 islands, or have you withheld any observations that you made that 

 would have been of benefit to either side to this controversy? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. 



Mr. Stephens. Did Mr. Clark, Mr. Lembkey, or anyone else, ob- 

 ject to the manner of weighing these skins '. 



Mr. Gallagher. Mr. Clark objected to the scales, and he also sug- 



fested that the skins should be weighed separately instead of in the 

 undies. 

 Mr. Stephens. Did he object to them not taking the measure- 

 ment of the width \ 



