VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Protection and preservation— Continued. 



Alaskan herd: • Page. 



Necessity of its protection 490 



The Joint Commission 490 



Opinions of Naturalists 490 



Opinions of London furriers 494 



Opinions of French furriers 495 



Opinions of American furriers 496 



Opinions of pelagic sealers 497 



Opinions of Indian hunters 501 



Opinions of other witnesses 505 . 



Means necessary 508 



Absolute prohibition of pelagic sealing 508 



Limited prohibition of pelagic sealing 



A close season 517 



Prohibition of use of firearms 522 



Prohibition of pelagic sealing in Bering Sea 522 



Prohibition of pelagic sealing within a zone 522 



Fogs in Borin g Sea 526 



The sealskin industry: 



In the past 529 



Sources of supply 529 



Markets 531 



In the present 534 



Sources of supply 536 



Dependence on Alaskan herd 546 



Loss if herd destroyed 575 



Loss to United States 575 



Loss to Great Britain 581 



Loss to France 584 



Need of regular supply of skins 585 



Investments 587 



Canadian investment in 1890 587 



Employes in Canada and London 589 



Employes in Canada and United States 589 



Canadian investment questionable 590 



Pelagic sealing a speculation 590 



