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OFFICIAL REPORTS. 



Statement of the extent of Canadian pelagic sealing, including the total numler of vessels, 

 tonnage, crews, and total catch of sealskins, for the years 1S81 to 1890, inclusive. 



* Estimated. Tlie actual catch was probably over the.se figures, especially in 1884. 



The figures in tlie above statement have been carefully compiled 

 from official and other autlientic sources and are approximately correct. 

 The Indian portion of the crews of 1884, 1885, 188G, and 1888 were not, 

 apparently, counted as they had been in former years, and as they 

 were in the succeeding years. This will account for the light crews of 

 these years. 



Levi W. Myers, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Victoria, British Columbia^ April 28, 1892, 



