NOTE. 
The following compilation was prepared as part of the chapter 
on the United States for the Commercial Directory of the Ameri¬ 
can Republics to be issued by the Bureau of the American 
Republics during the current year. It is printed separately in 
this form in response to the quickened interest in Alaska result¬ 
ing from the recent discoveries of gold in the Klondike region 
and the great demand for fresh, '^md reliable information concern¬ 
ing that Territory. 
Director of the Bureau of the American Republics. 
Washington, D. C., August io , 1897. 
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