BREEDING SEALS AND DEAD PUPS. 



213 



Comparative census, 1896-97. 



Note: These figures represent in detail the final estimates of the Commission .-is to the number of 

 breeding seals on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands for the seasons in question. 



Pup statistics, 1896 Summary. 



Note: The dead bodies of pups were originally counted in August. These together with the 

 accessions through starvation were recounted in October, the earlier counts being deducted to 

 determine the number starved. As the period of starvation was not yet completed, a count of those 

 plainly dying was made, and these are designated as "starving." 



Total starved I3,7i;o .. 



1 i I J 



'The estimate of 20 per cent hern made for the disappearance of carcasses between August and October is shown by 

 the experiences of 1897 to bean underestimate. Kilty per cent would have been nearer the t'acl. 



