CENSUS OF HOOKERIES, 18'J7. 



97 



THE AVERAGE HAREM OF KITOVl. 



Dividing this total of 5,289 by 179, the number of hareiu.s, we find the average 

 harem of Kitovi rooliery to contain 1:9.5 cows. This harem is applied to all the 

 rookeries ou which only counts of harems were made. Where pups were counted, the 

 figures so obtained are used without change. The only difference in the method of 

 computing the census of 1897 from that of 1890 is in the dropping out of the 

 intermediate step of completing the provisional census of cows and afterwards 

 adding the necessary correction for absentees. This step, now that the conditions 

 are known, becomes supertiuous. Constructed on this basis the following is the 

 completed census of breeding seals for the two islands for the season of 1897 ; 



Census, 1S!)7. 

 ST. PAUL. 



Kookery. 



Hurenjs. 



l*upa 



(C0W3). 



Kitovi 



Lajjoou 



Polovina (clitFs). 



Zapadni Reef 



Lukaniu 



Tolstoi 



Zapadni 



Little Zaiiadni... 



Gorbatch 



Ardiguen 



Keef 



Sivatch 



Polovina 



Littli- Polovina.. 



VostochDi 



Morjovi 



179 

 115 



61 

 114 

 139 

 393 

 458 

 176 

 308 



33 

 454 

 102 

 143 



4U 

 910 

 233 



Total 3, 858 



5, 289 

 2.598 

 2. 2U0 

 3,041 

 4,100 



11,593 



I.'), 511 



5, 192 



9,086 



736 



13, 393 

 3,009 

 4,218 

 1,180 



26, 845 

 0,873 



112, 864 



SX. GEORGE. 



North 



Little East . . 



East 



Zapadni 



Starie Art'^1.. 



THE VALUE OF THE CENSUS FOR 1897. 



Whatever doubt or uncertainty may exist regarding the census of 1896 there is 



none with regard to that for 1897. No estimates were made. The count of harems 



was complete for every rookery. The count of pups was carefully and accurately 



made. While not claiming infallibility for these figures, the margin of error is slight. 



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