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George Island in that season $3,710 were paid. On St. Paul Island 

 payments were made to individuals on the basis of number of skins 

 taken by each, whereas on St. George Island the work was collective 

 in character and distribution of the total amount due was in ac- 

 cordance with what was considered an equitable apportionment. 



FUR-SEAL HERD 



QUOTA FOR KILLING 



On May 1, 1924, the Acting Secretary of Commerce approved 

 the bureau's recommendation in regard to the killing of seals in 1924. 



It was provided that killings should be limited to 3-year-old males, 

 except for the comparatively few seals of other age classes that 

 might incidentally and unavoidably be killed during the course of 

 sealing operations. A reserve of 7,000 3-year-old males was to be 

 created, and, as far as practicable, this number was to be marked 

 and released before regular operations began. With the exception 

 of the reserved animals, as many of the 3-year-old males as could 

 be found were to be killed. Later instructions authorized increasing 

 the reserve to 10,000 if it appeared advisable to do so in order to 

 maintain the herd in a healthy condition. 



KILLINGS OF SEALS 



The total number of seals killed on both islands in 1924 (including 

 a few seals found dead, from which the skins were preserved for 

 commercial purposes) was 17,219, of which 16,411 were 3 -year-old 

 males. A detailed classification of these seals is given on page 149. 



Seal killings on Pribilof Islands in 1924 

 ST. PAUL ISLAND 



Date 



Serial 

 No. of 

 drive 



May 22 

 June 4 

 June 17 



Do.... 



Do.... 



Do.-.. 

 June 23 



June 2.5 

 June 27 

 June 30 



y Do-... 



July 1 

 July 2 



Do.... 



July 3 

 Do.... 



July 4 

 July 5 



Do.... 

 ^ Do.--- 

 July 6 



Do.--. 



Do- 



Hauling ground 



Sea Lion Rock 



Seal killed for food 



Seal found dead 



Reef and Gorbatch 



From seal dying as a result 



of shearing operations. 



Seals killed for food 



From seal dying as result 

 of shearing operations. 



do 



do 



Seal killed for food 



Zapadni. 



Tolstoi 



Polovina and Little Polo- 



vina. 

 From seal dying as result 



of shearing operations. 



Reef and Gorbatch 



From seal dying after 



shearing operations. 



Zapadni _ _ 



Seal killed for food . . . 



Tolstoi 



Kitovi 



Seals killed for food 



From seal dying as result 



of shearing operations. 

 Polovina 



Skins 



se- 

 cured 



63 



1 



1 



61 



1 



4 

 1 



1 



2 



1 



74 



80 



104 



1,042 

 1 



343 



1 



83 



37 



2 



1 



162 



Hauling ground 



Gorbatch 



Zapadni 



Seals killed for food 



Polovina.-- 



Tolstoi 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Zapadni 



Tolstoi 



Lukanin 



Polovina-- 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Seals killed for food 



From seal found dead 



Zapadni 



Tolstoi 



Vostochni (vicinities of 



rocks 41, 47, and 53) and 



Morjovi (vicinity rock 



37). 



Lukanin and Kitovi 



Polovina 



Vostochni (vicinities of 



rocks 64 and 70) . 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Zapadni 



Vostochni (vicinities of 



rocks 47 and 53) and 



Morjovi (vicinity of 



rock 37). • 



Skins 



se- 

 cured 



671 



140 



2 



68 



117 



708 



376 



164 



171 



183 



1,405 



2 



1 



159 



184 



370 



156 

 85 

 180 



1,224 

 260 

 176 



