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Early count of harems, St. George Island 26 



Harems and idle bulls at height of season, 1914 27 



Bachelors on land at one ti me 29 



Count of pups, Pribilof Islands, 1914 32 



Comparison of actual counts of pups with estimates based on an average harem 34 



Estimate of nonbreeding seals, 1914 37 



Complete census of fur seals, 1914 38 



General comparison of recent censuses 39 



Comparison of harems and idle bulls, 1912-1914 41 



Demonstration of probable abnormal mortality of old cows, 1913-1914 43 



Number of pups and percentages of decrease or increase in 1913 and in 1914 compared with the 



year before ' 44 



Percentage of idle bulls on different rookeries, 1914 52 



Mortality in relation to idle bulls 54 



Prices received for skins of large seals 55 



Comparison of average harems, 1912-1914 57 



Branded yearlings seen on St. Paul Island, 1913 62 



Branded yearlings seen on St. George Island, 1913 63 



Measurements and weights of male yearlings, St. George Island 63 



Measurements and weights of two-year-old males 66 



Measurements and weights of two-year-old females 67 



Measurements of three-year-old males, with weights of skins, St. Paul Island, July i, 1914 69 



Measurements of four-year-old males, with weights of skins, 1914 69 



Condensed measurements of young males 70 



Mortality of pups, summer of 19 14 71 



Estimated minimum number of females, 1914-1926 81 



Estimated maximum number of females, 1914-1926 81 



Estimated mean number of bearing and virgin cows, 1914-1926 81 



Estimated minimum number of males, 1914-1926, under operation of law of 1912 82 



Harem and idle bulls and annual increments required under various estimates at ratio of one 



bull to thirty-five cows 82 



Comparison of results of present law, and of a reserving system based on an estimated mean rate 



of increase of cows 82 



Bulls provided by law in excess of requirements of maximum, minimum, and mean estimates of 



cows 83 



Extracts from St. Paul log regarding cows in drives 87 



Number of foxes taken on Pribilof Islands, 1890-1913 107 



Sea lions killed on St. Paul Island, 1870-1890 120 



Number and size of households on Pribilof Islands, 1914 143 



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