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THE FUR SEALS OF THE PKIIJILOF ISLANDS. 



I-'ur-aeul cntcli for lS9i> Continued. 

 CANADIAN VKSSKl.s Continued. 



Sixty-eight vessels 18, 246 



1,028 10,703 25,700 55,677 



SUMMARY OF CANADIAN VESSELS. 



Japan coast 18, 246 



Russian coast 1, 028 



Commander seal herd 19. 274 



Northwest coast 10, 703 



Bering Sea 25, 700 



Prihilof seal herd 36, 403 



RECAPITULATION. 



Canadian vessels .".:.. i;77 



American vessels 12, 432 



Total '68,109 



]'elat/ic fur-seal catch of American rennets, 1897. 



Bide. 



1 In mill it ion to this total for the year 1896 there was a catr.h of 2,623 skins made liv Japanese vessel- on the Asiatic 



'There was a difference of 6 in the catch of this vessel between the statement of the master anil ins|iector at 

 Astoria. 



'The Eppingertook 319 skins, all females, south of the awunl area, and the Louisa I), took 44.V 47 males and 3i)H 

 females, in the same waters. 



