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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table, 
  taken 
  from 
  their 
  report, 
  shows 
  in 
  condensed 
  

   form 
  the 
  components 
  of 
  the 
  herd 
  in 
  1912, 
  1913, 
  and 
  1914, 
  the 
  three 
  

   years 
  which 
  have 
  ensued 
  since 
  the 
  cessation 
  of 
  pelagic 
  sealing: 
  

  

  General 
  Comparison 
  of 
  Recent 
  Censuses 
  op 
  the 
  Seal 
  Herd. 
  

  

  Class 
  of 
  seals. 
  

  

  1912 
  

  

  1913 
  

  

  1914 
  

  

  Breeding 
  bulls 
  1, 
  358 
  

  

  Breeding 
  cows 
  -- 
  81, 
  984 
  

  

  ""'i 
  bulls 
  113 
  

  

  Idlel 
  

  

  Young 
  bulls 
  (chiefly 
  5-year-olds). 
  

   Four-year-old 
  bachelors. 
  . 
  

   Three-year-old 
  bachelors. 
  

   Two-year-old 
  bachelors 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Yearluig 
  bachelors 
  

  

  Two-year-old 
  cows 
  

  

  Yearling 
  cows 
  

  

  Pups 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  199 
  

   100 
  

   2,000 
  

   11,000 
  

   13,000 
  

   11,000 
  

   13,000 
  

   81,984 
  

  

  215, 
  738 
  

  

  1,403 
  

  

  92, 
  269 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  259 
  

  

  2,000 
  

   10,000 
  

   15,000 
  

   20,000 
  

   15,000 
  

   20,000 
  

   92, 
  269 
  

  

  268, 
  305 
  

  

  1,559 
  

  

  93,250 
  

  

  172 
  

  

  1,658 
  

  

  9, 
  939 
  

  

  13,880 
  

  

  17,422 
  

  

  23,068 
  

  

  17,422 
  

  

  23, 
  067 
  

  

  93, 
  250 
  

  

  294, 
  687 
  

  

  KILLING 
  OF 
  SEALS. 
  

  

  The 
  effect 
  of 
  provisions 
  of 
  existing 
  law 
  was 
  such 
  that 
  the 
  killing 
  

   of 
  seals 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  during 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1914 
  was 
  

   necessarily 
  restricted 
  to 
  such 
  numbers 
  of 
  male 
  seals 
  as 
  were 
  needed 
  

   to 
  supply 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  native 
  inhabitants. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  seals 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  supply 
  food 
  for 
  these 
  people 
  being 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  discretion 
  

   of 
  the 
  Department, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  in 
  1913 
  fixed 
  upon 
  3,500 
  as 
  the 
  

   maximum 
  number 
  which 
  might 
  properly 
  be 
  killed 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  

   during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  In 
  1914, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  fuidings 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  investigators 
  who 
  

   were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  upon 
  their 
  recommendation, 
  4,500 
  was 
  

   decided 
  upon 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  killed 
  annually. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1914 
  there 
  were 
  killed 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  

   1,764 
  seals 
  and 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  Island 
  971. 
  In 
  1913, 
  1,791 
  were 
  killed 
  

   on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  and 
  615 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  Island. 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  Fur 
  Seals 
  Killed 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  During 
  the 
  Year 
  

  

  ended 
  Dec. 
  31, 
  1913. 
  

  

  ©ate. 
  

  

  1913. 
  

   May 
  14 
  

   21 
  

   21 
  

   24 
  

   3 
  

  

  June 
  

  

  July 
  

  

  Aug. 
  

  

  Rookery. 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  Sivutch 
  (Sea 
  Lion 
  Rock) 
  . 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Reef 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  N 
  ortheast 
  Point 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Reef 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  132 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  154 
  

  

  335 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  414 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  153 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  1913. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  16 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  Oct. 
  25 
  

  

  Nov. 
  4 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  Dec. 
  30 
  

  

  Rookery. 
  

  

  Reef 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  Polovina 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Zapadni 
  

  

  Reef 
  

  

  Northeast 
  Point 
  

  

  Zapadni 
  

  

  Sivutch 
  (Sea 
  Lion 
  Rock) 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  167 
  

   5 
  

   5 
  

   2 
  

   55 
  

   9 
  

   1 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  130 
  

  

  1,791 
  

  

  