IGO REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The sources from whicli fur seals are derived arc as follows: The 

 skins known to the trade as ""Alaskas'' are those of surplus male seals 

 killed on the Pribilof Islands, under United States government super- 

 vision; *• Copper" and '' Robben Island "" are similar in oharaotcr, and 

 are killed on the Counuandcr and Ko])ben islands, respectively, under 

 direction of officers of the Russian Government; '' Lobos" skins are 

 those derived from the Lol)Os Islands in the mouth of the Rio de la 

 Plata, and are killed under supervision of the Government of I ' rug-uay. 

 The term "Northwest coast " is used to designate the entire pelagic 

 catch of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Skins known as 

 "Cape Horn,'' "Cape of Good Hope,'' "Australasian," " Galajjagos," 

 and "South Sea" are the result of irregular sealing in all of these 

 regions, seals being killed indiscriminately on their breeding-grounds. 

 "Unalaska" skins are those of young seals of the year, commonly 

 known as " Gray Pups," and are killed by natives, in the passes of the 

 Aleutian Islands during their first southward migration. 



