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the necessity therefor. As the season advanced it seemed wise to 

 modify the original instructions, and accordingly, on July 22, the 

 Acting Secretary of Commerce authorized the killing of 3,000 more 

 seals of the S-^-ear-old class and 1,000 of the 4-3^ear-old class. This 

 was later modified to include only those seals of the 3-year-old class 

 whose length was 43 inches or oyer. The instructions were con- 

 veyed by telegraph. 



Killings of previous years having reduced the numbers of seals 

 in the 5-year-old and 6-year-old classes of 1920 rather close to the 

 reserve required by law, it was thought best not to draw further on 

 these classes. A return to the desirable proportion of adult males 

 to females is now reported on both islands, and upon the recom- 

 mendation of the superintendent at St. Paul Island the killing from 

 this class was stopped on July 23, after 703 skins had been secured. 



KILLINGS OF SEALS. 



St. Paul Island. — In a total of 54 drives during the period from 

 January 22 to November 29. inclusive, 22.220 seals were secured on 

 St. Paul Island during the calendar year 1920. 



St. George Island. — The first drive was made on St. George Island 

 on May 3i and the last on November 19; in a total of 35 drives, 

 4,428 seals were killed during the calendar year 1920. 



The total number of seals killed on both islands during the 

 calendar year was 26,648. Details regarding the killings are shown 

 in the following tables : 



Seal Killings on Pribiixif Islands in 1920. 



ST. PAUL ISLAND. 



Date. 



Serial 



No. 



of 



drive. 



Jan. 22 

 Jan. 30 

 May IH 

 June 4 

 June U 



Do.... 

 June 14 



Do.... 

 June 19 

 June 21 

 Juno 23 

 June 24 

 June 2.5 



Do.... 

 Juno 26 

 June 28 

 Juno 30 



Do..., 

 .luly 1 

 July 2 

 July 3 

 July 5 



July 7 



Julv 9 



July io 



July 11 



July 14 



"^« 



Haulinyrround. 



Sea Lion Rock 



do 



do 



do 



Reef 



Tolstoi 



Morjovi 



Vostochni 



Zai)adni 



Reef 



Morjovi and Vostochni 



Polovina 



ToLstoi 



Lukanin 



Zapadni 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Morjovi 



Vostochni 



Polovina 



ToLstoi 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Zai)adni, Little Zapadrii, 



and Zapadni Reef. 



Morjovi and Vostochni 



Lukanin and Kitovi 



Tolstoi 



Reef and (Jorbatch 



Za|>adiji, Little Zapadni, 



and Zapadni Reef. 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Tolstoi, Lukanin, and 



Kitovi. 



Skins 



so- 

 cured. 



68 

 4 



58 



97 

 22.5 



S.5 

 417 



41 

 3.57 

 541 

 574 

 295 

 242 

 114 

 394 

 1,127 

 5.36 

 496 

 270 

 315 

 840 

 421 



2,000 

 99 



399 

 1,333 



669 



1,181 

 382 



Date. 



July 17 

 July 19 

 July 20 



July 21 



July 23 

 July 27 

 Julv 29 

 July 30 

 Do.... 

 Aug. 2 

 Aug. 3 



Aug. 4 



Do.... 

 Aug. 5 

 Aug. 6 



Do.... 

 Aug. 7 

 Aug. 8 

 Aug. 10 



Do. . . . 

 Oct. Zi 

 Nov. 9 



Do.... 

 Nov. 20 

 Nov. 29 



Serial 



No. 



of 



drive. 



Hauling ground. 



Morjovi and Vostochni. . . 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Zapadni, Little Zapadni, 



and Zapadni Reef. 

 Tolstoi, Lukanin, and 



Kitovi. 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Moriovi and Vostochni. . . 



Gorbatch 



Reef 



Lukanin and Kitovi 



Tolstoi 



Zapadni, Little Zapadni, 



and Zapadni Reef. 



Moriovi and Vostochni 



Gorbatch 



Polovina 



ToLstoi 



Lukanin and Kitovi 



Zapadni 



Reef and Gorbatch 



Polovina 



Morjovi and Vostochni 



Reef 



do 



Lukanin 



Reef 



Gorbatch 



Total 



Skins 



so- 

 cured. 



1,344 



1,309 



466 



251 



697 

 1,432 

 428 

 259 

 89 

 210 

 225 



406 



257 



323 



70 



40 



49 



101 



143 



257 



175 



34 



23 



34 



18 



22,220 



