PUR-SEAL INDUSTEY. 



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Record of Fur Seals Killed on St. George Island, Alaska, in the Calendar 

 Year 1917. 



a Includes 1 which died as result of drive, not slaughtered. 

 b Includes 3 which died as result of drive, not slaughtered. 

 c Seals snared from edge of bachelors on hauling ground, not taken up in a drive. 



The corresponding tables for 1916 m the Report on the Alaska Fish- 

 eries and Fur Industries in 1916 " were incomplete in respect to de- 

 tails of certain killings made late in the year. In order that these 

 records may be available, the completed tables for 1916 are now pub- 

 lished. It will be noted that the number of seals killed on St. George 

 Island was 2 more than the tentative number stated in the 1916 

 report. 



Record ok Fur Seals Killed on St. Paul Island in the Calendar Year 



1916. 



o Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 838. 



b Includes 1 which died on drive and 11 which were suffocated on killing field. 



c Includes 1 wliich died on drive. 



<i Includes 2 which died on drive. 



e Found dead on line of drive of July 15, 



/ Includes 5 which died on drive. 



e Includes 18 which died on drive. 



* Found dead; apparently escaped from drive made for killing of November 28. 



