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Aug. 9.

Volokitin writes from South Rookery to Mr. Kluge that up to Aug. 6 - 74 skins have been obtained to date.  Pitr. Beregin Snr. is in from that ry and states that both bulls have left.


Aug. 11.

Mr. Kluge tells me that the officers in charge of Tinlini have been involved in the theft of skins for 3 consecutive seasons, 1893, 1894 and 1895.  In '93 and '95 it appears that only the officers on shore seem to have been involved, one of them later committed suicide by taking poison in Vladivostok when arrested, but 

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