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ESTIMATED SUMMARY OF SEAL LIFE IN 1911. 



Owing to the fact that the pelagic sealers were unusually active 

 during the summer of 1911 it was deemed inadvisable to attempt an 

 actual enumeration of the herd. The following figures, based upon 

 previous censuses and estimates and upon such actual counts as were 

 made in 1911, are beheved to be as close an approximation to the size 

 of the herd as it is now possible to make. 



Bulls, active 1, 356 



Bulls, idle 329 



Half-bulls 2,200 



Bachelors, 3-year-old 1, 200 



Bachelors, 2-year-old 2, 897 



Bachelors, yearling 10, 944 



Male pups 20,740 



Breeding females 41, 480 



Two-year-old females 10, 770 



Yearlii^ females 10, 944 



Female pups 20, 740 



Total 123, 600 



