14 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



The total number of bachelors marked on both islands, therefore, 

 would be as follows: 2-year-olds, 337; 3-year-olds, 915; 4-year-olds, 

 14; 5-year-olds, 5; total, 1,271. 



The report of London trade sales this year shows that 5,006 large 

 pup and middling pup skins (which are accepted to be those of 3-year- 

 old bachelors) appeared in the 1910 catch. Adding to these the 915 

 reserved 3-year-olds would make a total of 5,921 of that class which 

 we might claim were in the herd in 1910. Of this whole number, 

 the number reserved (915) is over 15 per cent. 



Two-year-old males were not required by the current instructions 

 to be reserved, for the reason that the number of 2-year-olds having 

 skins of 5 pounds and under, together with those 2-year-olds winch 

 would not appear in the drives at all, of which there are always some, 

 it was believed would be sufficient to supply the necessary number 

 of 3-year-olds in 1911. 



STATISTICS OF KILLING. 



St. Paul— From August 9, 1909, to June 17, 1910, 6 drives of seals 

 on St. Paul and 2 on Sea Lion Rock were made to furnish food to the 

 inhabitants of St. Paul. From these, 1,573 skins were obtained, 

 including 1 from a seal found dead at Rocky Point. From July 3 to 

 31, 29 drives were made on St. Paul for skins, in which 8,683 skins 

 were secured. On August 10, 1910, an additional drive was made 

 to furnish food for the natives during the coming " stagey season," 

 from winch 496 skins were secured. From the sources enumerated 

 a total of 10,752 skins were obtained during the season ended August 

 10, 1910. 



St. George. — On St. George during the so-called food-killing season, 

 from August to November, 1909, 18 seals were killed at Various dates 

 by the guard at Zapadni; 8 drives also were made, in which 482 seals 

 were killed, filling the quota of 500 for food allowed for that island. 

 During the season of killing for skins, 2,314 skins were secured in 10 

 drives, 16 were obtained from the seals killed at various times by 

 watchmen for food, and 4 were left in salt from the previous season, 

 a total of 2,334, in addition to the 500 taken during the food-killing 

 season. 



SKINS SHIPPED. 



St. Paul. — Of the skins taken on St. Paul, 664 were delivered to 

 the North American Commercial Company, under authority of the 

 department's letter of January 5, 1910, to complete that company's 

 quota of 15,000 skins for 1909. The remainder, 10,088 skins, were 

 available for shipment on Government account. While this number 



