no seals were taken after the single drive on the 7th July, at which 784 skins were taken ; 

 while in 1895 Zapadnie furnished 



Skins. 



July 2 .. 

 ,,19 .. 



Total 



And in 1894 



June 23 

 July 17 .. 



Total 



861 

 834 



1,695 



Skins. 

 846 

 933 



1,779 



Statistics of Killing on North-east Point. 



Captain David Webster had the kindness to communicate to me (5th August, 1896) 

 his private memoranda of the killing on North-cast Point that he had himself superintended. 

 Captain Webster has had more experience than any man alive of seals, their quest and 

 their slaughter. His experiences are in part recorded in the Report of the British 

 Commission of 1891, and the Commission then bore testimony, which it would be 

 superfluous for me to repeat, as to his extreme regard for accuracy of statement. 



From these statistics two deductions may be fairly drawn. 



Firstly that the diversities of dates by which the work was completed and the varying 

 numbers obtained indicate a variation in the numbers of the stock from year to year even 

 in very early periods. This fact Captain Webster himself pointed out, and bore witness 

 from his recollection to its truth. He was positive that even in those early days the seals 

 were more abundant one year than another, and that the yield was gathered in with varying 



