SUMMARY OF KILLINGS. 



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Summary of total killings for all jmrpoaes on Pribilof Islands, 1870-1S97.' 



'This table includes all males killed for any purpose on the islands, pups, stagy seals killed for food and seals whose 

 skins were not accepted by the lessees. The totals here given are taken for the year beginning January 1 and ending 

 Decemlier 31, and therefore do not correspond to the totals as represented by the cxoota. 



^T<i date of August 7 on St. Paul; of August 10 on St. George. 



Record of kiUhuis on Xortheasf Point {St. Paul) and Zapadni {St. George) rookeries, 1871-1S97. 



Note — These figures are in part taken from the foregoing table of killings. "Where this does not distinguish the 

 rookeries concerned, the information is taken from the log of St. I*aul Island. The results from these two isolated rookeries 

 are interesting and important in that they sho'n' the same relative conditions as are shown by the herd as a whole. 



Date. 



1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879- 

 1880- 

 1881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 1884. 



Total T"*"' 



•/o, „.fi- Northeast 

 Zapadni. p j , 



4,840 

 5.194 

 7,507 

 1.436 

 1,294 

 599 

 1,389 

 5,428 

 4,866 

 6,037 

 3,861 



5,226 

 5,463 



20,113 

 26,082 

 26, 376 

 31,569 

 33. 193 

 20, 014 

 2(1, 266 

 22. 961 

 29.212 

 25, 863 

 18.294 

 21.482 

 ' 13. 423 

 23,068 



Date. 



1883. 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888, 

 1889 

 1890, 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 



Total 

 Zapadni. 



Total 



Northeast 



Point. 



I 



3,873 ' 



4,323 



4,017 



4.063 



4,015 



1.330 



509 

 92 

 77 



481 



287 

 1,122 



293 



19.332 

 26. 911 



29,602 



31,834 



28,349 



'6,592 



2. 820 



10 



6 



4,090 



4,193 



9,396 



6,321 



' The average quota from Northeast Point for twelve years (1871 to 1882) was 24,500. TTith verv much closer killing 

 it only yielded this year about oue-fourth this amount. 



"■'in this year as well as the year preceding the quota was contracted to about 85,000 for comiuercial reasons. 



