TABLE OF OOI^TEITTS. 



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Prefatory note } 



Protection of rookeries from marauders, by Capt. AV. A. Howard 3 



Habits of seals, by Hiram Ketchum, jr., collector of customs 4 



Statistics of fur-seal trade for 1869, by John T. McLean, Special Ageut, Treas- 

 ury Deiiartment 5 



Affairs on seal islands in 1870, by Lieut. W. B. Barnes, R. C. S 13 



Reports for years 1870-1877, by Charles Bryant, Special Agent, Treasury Depart- 

 ment 15, 21, :i3. 35, 39, 46, 50, 61, 72, 86, 90, 98 



Reports for years 1870 and 1871, by 8. N.Buynitzky, of the Treasury Department. 18,31 

 Reports lorVears 1871-1875, bv Samuel Falconer, Assistant Treasury .'\gent-- . 22, 



■ 31, ;.7, 48, 49, 53, 71,88 



Aifairs of natives, seal islands, by H. W. Elliott, Special Agent, Treasury 



Department "^1 



Characteristics of fur seals, by Samuel Falconer, Assistant Treasury Agent. .. 53 

 Management of affairs on St. George Island, by William J. Mclntyre, Special 



Agent, Treasury Department 76, 80 



Criticism of Special Agent Bryant's reports 83 



Reports for years 1877 and 1878, by J. H. ]Moultou. Assistant Treasury Agent . 96, 



98,110,113,131 

 Reports for years 1877 and 1878, by J. M. Morton, Special Agent, Treasury 



Department 102,106,113 



Reports for years 1879-1882, by Harrison G. Otis, Special Agent, Treasury 



Department 114,116,125,127,128,132,141,152 



Reports for years 1882-1884, by Henry A. Glidden, Special Ageut, Treasury 



Department 154, 157, 164, 167 



Report by George Wardman, Assistant Treasury Agent 162 



Reports ibr years 1885-1888, by George R. Tingle, Special Ageut, Treasury 



Department ." 171, 175, 186, 198, 205, 206 



Re]iort for year 1885, by T. F. Ryan, Assistant Treasury Agent 183 



Reports for years 1889 and 1890, by Charles J. Goff, Special Agent, Treasury 



Department 214,228,230 



Report for year 1889, by A. P. Loud, Assistant Treasury Agent 225 



Report for year 1889, by J. P. Manchester, Assistant 'J'reasury Agent 227 



Re])orts forVears 1890-1893, bv Joseph Murray, Assistant Treasury Agent 236, 



292,359,364,423 



Reports for years 1890-1893, by A. W. Lavender, Assistant Treasury Agent 239, 



297, 363, 428 

 Reports f.ir years 18 0-1892, by S. R. Nettleton, Assistant Treasury Agent.. 264, 311 

 Rei»orts for years 1891 and 1892, by W. H, Williams, SpecialAgent, Treasury 



Department ' 271,300,304 



Report for 1892, by J. Stanley-Brown, Special Agent, Treasury Department.. . 316 



Statistics of seals talien for all purposes, 1870-1889 364-407 



Report for 18113, by J. B. Crowley, Special Ageut, Treasury Department 408 



Report for 1893, by Lieut. D. J.' Aiusworth, Acting Special Agent, Treasury 

 Department 416 



REPORTS FROJr AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND OTHERS IN RELATION TO THE CONDITION 

 OF SEAL LIFE OX THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS AND PELAGIC SEALING IN THE YEARS 



1893-1895. 



Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting reports to the 



Senate ' '. - 447 



Report on condition of the fur seals of the Pribiiof Islands, by Charles S. 



Hamlin, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 448 



Reports for 1894 and 1895, by J. B.Crowley, Special Agent, Treasury Depart- 

 ment '. 456,474 



Appendix, by David Starr .Jordan and George Archibald Clark 491 



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