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The Effect of Land Sealing 76 



The Management op the Herd 77 



The general policy 77 



The nature and extent of the propertj- 78 



Management based on principles employed with domestic animals 78 



Requirements of a reserving system 79 



Confinement of killing and reserving to one class 79 



The method of marking reserves 80 



The proportion of males to be reserved 80 



Methods of Driving, Killing, and Curing Skins 85 



Need for shorter drives 85 



Killing 86 



Females and old seals in drives 86 



The sealing season 88 



Skinning 89 



Curing of skins 89 



Need of competent supervision 9° 



Measurements versus weights 9° 



Tagging of skins 92 



Practical Improvements Needed 92 



Present unimproved condition of plant 92 



Reforms contemplated by lessees 93 



Better methods of transportation needed 93 



Roads and trails 93 



Supply ship 94 



Cold-storage plants 95 



Rookery improvements 95 



Marked rocks 95 



Observation stations 95 



Improvement of ground 9^ 



The Effect op Existing Laws 96 



The law effective for longer than intended 97 



As a beneficial measure the law has served its purpose 97 



Evils of leasing system not possible under Government management 98 



Flexible regulations desirable 98 



Reserves unduly large 99 



Matters for special discretionary power 100 



Emergency action 100 



Annual sale of skins loi 



Specimens for scientific purposes : loi 



Effect of restricted sealing on the fox herd loi 



The treaty • 102 



Early solution of practical problems important '. 103 



Gradual development of efficiency necessary 103 



Conclusions 104 



The Foxes. 105 



General considerations 105 



Former abundance ro6 



Decline from lack of food 106 



Diseases i°8 



Food 108 



Seal meat i°8 



Birds and eggs i°8 



Miscellaneous food 109 



