ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1926 oon 
average harem for all the bulls over 6 years old actually was con- 
siderably in excess of the computed figures. Lagoon rookery is a 
good example of this. There were three ‘bulls on the rooker y and they 
were well separated. One, a 6-year-old, had one cow; another, a little 
over 6:years old, had five cows, and one old bull had 103 cows. 
This is the first year in which any results of the branding of 
the breeding reserve have appeared. A further increase of harem 
bulls should occur in 1927, although about 1,500 fewer 3-year-olds 
were reserved by marking in 1924 “than in 1923. 
PUPS AND COWS 
The number of pups in 1926 was determined in the same manner 
as the number of cows—by applying an 8 per cent increase to the 
1925 figures. 
Distribution of pups on the Pribilof Islands August 10, 1926, and comparison 
with distribution in 1925 



















1926 | 
a = 1925. 
; 1926 
Rookery | total F im 
Living | Dead Total pene DUD Sin |p 
pups pups pups pups 
St. Paul Island: 
RGrLO\a eee ene eee eee. Ue ee 7, 954 119 8, 073 1.47 7,475 598 
NAUKA eee eee eee seo eS Le 3, 819 85 3, 904 2.17 3,615 289 
Gonbatchee ete este ae ee ee Eee 20, 323 176 20, 499 . 86 18, 981 1, 518 
PEON STG eee Pe ee ee re ee ae 1, 893 46 1, 939 2.39) | 1, 796 143 
TRAG’s) ie 4 gs ee Se Se eee pean en 40, 575 601 41,176 1.46 38, 126 3, 050 
ST OATH 0h. ye topes a ree a ee 12, 292 - 307 12, 599 2.44 11, 666 933 
iby 2 ee Se ee eee 09} |Zasa-oee Ss TOON) San eee 152 43 
TUN iL oe eee eee 23, 903 337 24, 240 1.39 22, 445 1,795 
AAS FONT Ua ATs is re Nee alan pete Re re aie 22, 893 401 23, 294 WP 21, 569 125 
ACY AT or G bre Se ee oad 297 11, 874 } 2. 50 10, 995 879 
ADAG nIah ee ee ee sore we. ee 409 | 3 412 . 80 382 30 
OO Miniter tem ee he Beh kn a Se 8, 243 128 8, 371 1. 53 7,751 | 620 
Wolowanss@lifise soe an] Se ek 4,498 | 85 4, 583 1.85 4, 244 | 339 
these olo vine eee eee eee 1, 627 | 42 1, 669 | 2. 51 1, 546 | 123 
INO IO yi ee en eee 2, 940 61 3, 001 2.02 2,779 222 
WoOstO Che s= ea = ae eee eee Se oes 32, 708 | 695 33, 403 2.08 30, 929 2,474 
‘Totales = ee eee Jae so 195, 763 | 3, 383 199, 146 1.70 184, 451 14, 695 
St. George Island: 
INTO S ieee Seine ae pret ane is TE SIE I 16,017 | 227 16, 244 1.40 15, 041 1, 203 
SLATS VAAL ba ee oe ee EEA ee a 11, 924 | 316 12, 240 2. 58 11, 334 906 
Appepchiv |" eee aes eee ee 1, 709 | 19 1, 728 | 1.12 1, 600 128 
SOW O = = See ee eee 398 7 405 | 1.72 375 | 30 
TOyTTE DRY Sy ese SS aa ee ee ee 3, 667 56 3, 723 151 3, 448 | 275 
inet: (CitiGe Lee a . 10,470 158 10, 628 1.49 | 9, 841 787 
AM oS. Ses Seas eres 44, 185 783 44, 968 1.74 41, 639 3, 329 
——__ SSS] SSS] SSS 
Total (pothusiands)__-=2222--22 2 239, 948 4, 166 244,114 | 1.70 | 226,090 | 18, 024 
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Pups counted in 1926. 
St. Paul Island had 199,146 pups and St. George Island 44,968, 
a total of 244,114 for the herd. This is an increase of 18,024 
over 1925. 
During the harem count the rookeries were examined as to dead 
pups and the number did not appear unusual. The same percentage 
of dead pups was applied to each rookery as was found in 1922. This 
gives a total of 4,166 dead pups. 
