REPORT OF BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. 



Index to report of Behring Sea Commission, etc. — Coutinued. 



333 



Paragraph. 



Page. 



U. 

 United States- 

 Sealing fleet, 1891 



" " incouiplete Keturns of catch of. 



Uruffuav— 



Keply to iuqiiiries 



V. 



Veniaminov, Bishop — 



On drives 



Virgin females difficult to distinjjuish from j oung males. 



Virility, age of 



Volcanic origin of breeding-islands 



W. 



"Wariness of seals causes them to shun the coast 



Wark Inlets 



Grey pups taken in 



Waste of seal life on islands 



"Weight of skins taken on islands 



" " " largely reduced in 1889. 

 " " " lowered in 1883 



"Western side of North Pacific — 



Breeding-places of fur-seal on 



History of sealing industry on 



"Whale Food- 

 Seals most numerous where it is found 



"Wilson, Sir Samuel, M. P.— 



Information as to sheep-breediug 



"Worms- 

 Seals troubled by , 



Yezo — 



Coast fishery 



Seals seen near, in autumn and late winter. 



Z. 



Zapadnie Kookery, St. George Island. 



" " St. Paul Island... 



Za])ooska (tee Periods of Kest). 

 Zone of Protected "Waters — 



.Defined 



Kecommended 



597 



712 



633 



284-291 



249 



420 



177 



74, 75, 607 



694-703 



697 



090 



424-525 

 477-485 



199 



257 

 250 



155-160 

 151-155 



206 



1G9 



184 



166 



