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THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Table II. — Showing the number of seals that will visit the island in the next twenty-two years — a prophecy made by Veniaminov in 



1831. 



From this table behold that — 



a. Every fifteen years, from 3,600 females, there caD be received in sixteen years 24,700 seals ; in sixteen years 

 still more; and in twenty years 41,040. 



b. In the twenty-first year the incomes begin to diminish, provided that if in the meantime, or the following 

 sixteen years, a certain number of young seals are not left to breed; and if every year a known number are left 

 to breed, then in all following years the yield will never be less than 20,000 every year. 



Table III. — Calculation as to the taking of the seals on the island of St. George, made up from two years, and based upon that experience. 



(1827-'28.) 



The actual taking of seals was as follows : 



Seals. 



In 1828 4,778 



In 1829 3,661 



In 1830 2,834 



In 1831 3,084 



In 1832 3,296 



In 1833 3 212 



Seals. 



In 1834 3,051 



In 1835 2,528 



In 1836 2,550 



In 1837 2,582 



Total 31,576 



