REfORT OF British commissioners. 



2fg 



It appears, tlierefore, that in the absence of sufficient official recorrla it is impossi- 

 ble to loim anything more than a very approximate estimate of the number of seal- 

 skins taken by the United States sealing- vessels. 



Taking the average catch of the British Columbian vessels as 1,000, and allowing 

 a similar catch to the United States vessels, their total catch would amount to 

 about 40,000, but from information derived from unofficial sources this estimate 

 appears to be too great, and after careful consideration it may be estimated that the 

 catch of the forty-two United States vessels engaged in sealing in 1891 was between 

 16,000 and 20,000. 



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Table (A). — British Columbian Sealing Fleet, 1S91. 



Name of Vessel. 



Annie C.Moore 



Aurora , 



Auioka 



Ariel 



Annie E. Paint 



Beatrice 



Beatrice (Vancouver) 



Borealis 



C. D. Kand (Vancouver) 



Carlotta G. Cox 



Carmelite 



C.H.Tupper 



Eliza Edwards, steam-ship 



(Vancouver) 



B. B. Marvin 



Favourite 



Geneva 



Katherine 



Kate 



Letitia 



Labrador 



Laura 



Minnie 



Maggie Mac 



Mary Taylor 



Mascotte 



Mountain Chief 



Mary Ellen 



MaudS 



May Belle 



Otto 



Ocean Belle 



Oscar and Hattie 



Penelope 



Pioneer 



Kosie Olsen 



Sierra 



Sapphire 



Sea Lion 



Teresa 



Triumph 



Thistle, steam-ship 



Umbrina 



Venture 



Vancouver Belle (Vancouver) 



Viva 



"W. P. Sayward 



Winnifred 



VTalter A. Earle 



Wanderer 



Walter L.Rich 



Fifty vessels 



Skins purchased from In- 

 dians at Victoria in 1891. . . 



113 

 42 

 75 

 91 

 82 

 C6 

 48 

 37 

 19 

 7G 

 99 

 99 



37 



117 



92 

 81 

 58 

 28 

 25 

 19 

 4G 

 71 

 43 

 40 

 23 

 69 

 97 

 58 

 85 

 83 

 81 

 70 

 60 

 38 

 35 



124 

 50 

 63 

 98 



147 

 98 

 48 

 73 

 92 

 59 

 13 

 68 

 25 

 79 



3,401 



Cresv. 



Catch. 



308 

 137 

 54 

 7 

 21 

 21 



170 

 54 



229 



162 

 40 



886 

 30 



354 



176 



187 

 7 



198 

 7 



3,565 



442 

 340 

 406 



136 

 136 

 473 



517 

 751 

 235 



1 

 462 



337 

 224 

 191 



373 

 548 

 445 



609 

 394 

 701 



568 

 409 

 410 

 712 

 176 



974 

 584 

 307 

 666 

 294 

 405 



1,261 

 734 



848 

 200 

 519 



17, 162 



1,588 

 47 



1,082 

 154 

 876 

 206 



1, 547; 



1,519 



1,639 



374 



49 



2,381 



267 



1,224 



1,100 



216 



61 



22 



3 



264 

 79 



65 



1,030 



241 



48 



1,170 



1,062 



691 



1,484 



52 



2,435 



82 

 985 

 171 



82 

 504 

 659 



28 

 731 

 801 



98 



1,021 



330 



21 



28, 888 



2,076 

 440 

 406 



1,082 

 154 



1,071 

 342 



2,419 



2,036 



2,390 



609 



50 

 738 



2,753 



494 



1,415 



1,132 



4 



590 



61 



703 



688 



763 



86 



21 



695 



1, 424 



942 



48 



1,908 



1, 525 



1,330 



2,358 



268 



880 



3,439 



1,020 



1, 292 



1,013 



385 



909 



659 



28 



1,992 



1, 722 



105 



2,067 



537 



540 



49, 615 

 1,953 



Date of 

 Warning, 



Aug. 6 

 July 7 

 June 30 

 Aug. 16 

 June 29 

 July 23 



July 12 



Aug. 10 



8 



July 1 



" 7 

 1 



(Seized 

 July 6) 

 Aug. 12 

 July 16 

 '' 18 



July 18 



" 17 



" 15 



1 



July 2 



" 23 



" 22 



Seized 



June 30 



July 7 

 July 24 



Aug. 9 

 July 14 

 " 17 

 " 17 

 " 12 

 " 23 



July 5 

 June 30 



July 15 



Aug. 12 



" 15 



June 29 



Date of 

 Return to 

 British 

 Colum- 

 bia. 



Aug. 30 

 " 11 

 July 27 

 Sept. 7 

 July 28 

 Sept. 27 

 Aug. 29 

 " 31 



Aug. 30 

 Sept. 2 



July 27 



Sept, 18 



Aug. 30 



Sept. 24 



•' 28 



Aug. 28 



" 24 



3 



July 14 



Aug. 29 



Nov. 16 



Aug. 29 



July 29 



Sept. 26 



Aug. 21 



Sept. 27 



" 23 



" 22 



Oct. 3 



Sept. 17 



Aug. 29 



Sept. 2 

 Aug. 1 

 Sept. 27 

 Aug. 5 



" 1 

 Sept. 9 



" 17 



Sept. 17 

 Aug. 22 



" 11 

 Sept. 2 



" 17 

 July 27 



t Total oraw. 



•I. = Inside Behring Sea. O. = Outside Behring Sea. 



} 399 caught off £urile Islands. ^ Qy. Boats apart from canoes. 



