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IN THE PRESENT. 



marked Exhibit E, from which it appears that there is a regular animal 

 supply obtained from that source, which shows no diminution. 



There are also a certain number of skins sold in London, obtained 

 from rookeries at or near the Cape of Good Hope, the exact number of 

 which deponent is not able to state, but which, he is informed, shows 

 a steady yield. 



The statements marked A, B, C, D, and E, hereunto appended, have 

 been carefully prepared by me personally, and the figures therein stated 

 have been compiled by me from the several sale catalogues of C. M. 

 Lampson & Co., and others from my private books, which I had kept 

 during all the years covered by the statements; and I am sure that 

 those statements are substantially accurate and truly state the respec- 

 tive numbers of the skins caught and sold which they purport to state : 



Alfred Fraser, p. 558. Exhibit A. 



Salted Alaska fur-seal sold in London. 



'Food skins. 



Alfred Fraser, p. 559. Exhibit B. 



Salted Copper Island fur-seal sold in London. 



Year. 



Skins. 



1872 1 7,1X2 



1873 21,614 



1874 30,349 



1875 . 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879. 



34,4' 

 33, 298 

 25,380 

 19, 000 

 28,211 



Year. 



1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 is..:: 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 



Skins. 



38, 885 

 45, 209 



39, 111 

 36. 500 

 26, 675 

 48, 929 

 41, 752 

 54, 584 



Year. 



1 888 



1889 



1800 



1891 



1892 



Total 



Skins. 



46, 333 

 47.416 

 95, 486 

 17, 025 

 30, 678 



768, 096 



Exhibit C. 

 Salted Northwest Coast fur-seal skins sold in London prior to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. 



