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year old males. Never examined th yearlings as to sex; have never 

 killed an old bull in my life. (Billy Williams.) 



Think that most of the seals I have taken were females with pup- 

 Have also taken, some 2 and .'> year old males and some yearlings. 

 Never killed but one old bull in my life. (Fred Wilson.) 



Most all the seals caught by me along the coast were cows that had 

 pups in them. I never killed a barren cow or one that was in milk. 

 (Wispoo.) 



About half the seals I have killed were females with pup, and the 

 balance were yearling seals and 2 and .'> year old males. Never killed 

 an old bull in my life, nor have I ever seen one. (Billy Yeltachy.) 



Some years ago there were more male seals taken than are taken 

 now, but now about one-half are females with pup. The rest are year- 

 ling seals and 1 and 2 year old males. 1 have never examined the 

 yearling seal to ascertain their sex. Have not killed any old bull seal 

 for a number of years, but used to kill them. (Yethnow.) 



Most of the seals I have killed were females with pup. Once in a 

 while an old bull is taken. (Paul Young.) 



1 have been out on the Pacific Ocean this year seal hunting and 

 caught three seals. They were large cow seals, and had pups in them. 

 One and 2 year old seals are about equally male and female. (Hish 

 Yulla,) 



Almost half the seals I now catch are cow seals, and have little pups 

 in them. (Hish Yulla.) 



About one-third of all the cows I caught along the coast were cows 

 with pups in them; never caught any old bulls, and used to catch more 

 gray pups than I do now. Most all the rest of the seals I caught have 

 been 1 and 2 years old, and are about equally male and female. (Thos. 

 Zolnoks.) 



OFFICE SPECIAL AGENT TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 



Washington, D. (7., December 30, 1892. 



SIR : I have the honor to hand you herewith a series of tables setting 

 forth the number of fur seals killed on the Pribilof Islands, for all 

 causes whatsoever, during the term of the lease of the Alaska Com- 

 mercial Company that is, from 1870 to 1889, both inclusive. 



These tables have been compiled by me with great care from the offi- 

 cial records of the Pribilof Islands, and are correct, careful compari- 

 sons having been made. They include every seal killed from any cause, 

 intentional or accidental, incident to the taking of seal skins on the 

 islands of St. Paul and St. George. 



JOSEPH MURRAY, 

 First Assistant Special Agent. 

 Hon. CHARLES FOSTER, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



