THE EUSSIAN FUR-SEAL ISLANDS. 
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In the latter a form was i^rovided which, when filled out and signed by the over- 
seer and native chief, is returned to the office of the administrator. Printed blanks 
ai'C now furnished, and to illustrate this useful document a sample is herewith 
appended, as follows: 
ART. 
Rookery at Glinka, Copper Island. 
Killed iu drive June 6, 1881: 
1, 053 pieces fur-seal backelors. 
2 females. 
0 bulls. 
Total. . 1, 055 pieces. 
Not accepted by tlie company for tbe following reasons: 
(1) tooth-marked 3 pieces. 
(2) cut 0 
(3) undersized 2 
Total not accepted 5 2 iieces. 
Of these, the 3 tooth-marked skins -were returned, to the natives, the 2 under- 
sized ones -were salted. 
Accepted by tbe com^iany, 1,050 ^lieces. 
Overseer, Coiiper Island Sergeant Selivanof (signed). 
Chief, Cojiiier Island Anastas Kadin (signed). 
Tbe recei))t given by tbe agent is aiijiended as a separate inclosure. 
Gradually a set of elaborate regulations have been framed which govern the 
rookery business. Such as differ from those in vogue on the Pribylof Islands are here 
quoted from Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner’s report for 1892 (Kept. U. S. Fish Com., 
1892, p. 40), as follows : 
None but natives are allowed to work on tbe rookeries. 
A fine of 100 golden rubles is imposed by tbe Government ipion anyone who kills a female fur-seal, 
and 10 rubles for killing a pup, and such additional fine shall be ^laid as shall be imi>osed by the 
natives themselves. 
No Iverson, native or otherwise, is allowed to wear l)oots with nails in them on the rookeries; 
rubber boots or tarbasi^ must be used. 
Chewing or smoking tobacco, expectorating, or attending to the requirements of nature are 
strictly prohibited on the rookeries. 
Knives may be carried, but a stick with a metal ferule is not jjermitted. 
No small boys or females are allowed on the rookeries, and dogs must be left half a mile from the 
rookeries during the breeding season. 
Owing to the repeated raids on the rookeries, particularly those ou Copper Island 
in the early eighties, by marauding schooners, which the natives in several cases had 
to drive off by means of powder and l)all, an experiment was decided upon to station 
regular soldiers ou the islands in order to protect them. In June, 1884, the Eussian 
cruiser Razboinik brought one officer and twenty-three men for Copper Island and 
nine men for Bering Island. Five soldiers were stationed at the South Eookery of 
the latter island, where they did good service in driving off the schooner Sakhalien 
and capturing one of the crew. In a few years, however, the soldiers wei'e withdrawn, 
and instead the watch force of the natives was organized iu a military manner, one 
Kamchatkan kossak on each island and two conscript soldiers of the regulars, serving 
' Native seal-skiu moccasins. 
