BREEDING SEALS AND DEAD PUPS. 



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Comparative cenxus, 1896-91 . 



Note: These figures represent in detail the final estimates of the Commission as to the number of 

 breeding seals on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands for the seasons in question. 



Pup xtatisticxj 1896 Summary. 



Note: The dead bodies of pups were originally counted in August. These together with the 

 accessions through starvation were recounted in October, the earlier counts being deducted to 

 determine the number starved. As the period of starvation was not yet completed, a count of those 

 plainly dying was made, and these are designated as " starving." 



Total starved 13,760 



1 The estimate of 20 per cent here made for the disappearance of carcasses between Augus 

 the experiences of 1897 to bean underestimate. Kitty per cent would have been nearer the tact. 



gust and October is shown by 



