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THE FUR SEALS OF THli; PRIIULOF ISLANDS. 



/Statistics of ntjnlar l.illiiKjs fur tin- quota, 1897. 



ST. PAUI,. 



Date. 



1807. 

 June 15 ' 

 18 ' 

 23 

 26 

 30 

 1 



Jlllv 



Aui 



Rookery. 



I Animals 

 ' killed. 



Kerf 



Zapadiii 



Zoltoi, Keef. and Lukanin 



Tolstoi, Middle Hill, and English Bay 



Northeast Point 



...do 



Lukanin '.. 



Keef and Zoltoi 



Tolstoi, Middle Hill, and English Hay 



Northeast Point 



l*oloviua 



Keef and Ltikaniii 



Xorthi-ast Point 



Zapadni 



Middle Hill and Eneli.sh Bay 



Lukanin. Zoltoi. and Keef 



Northeast Point 



Polovina 



Lukanin and Reef 



Zapadni 



Tolstoi and Middle Hill 



Nort heast Point 



do 



Polovina 



Keef and Lukanin 



Middle Hill and English Bay 

 Keef 



Total . 



ST. GEORGE. 



1897. 

 June 16 

 19-24 



July 



1 

 3 

 3 

 7 

 8-10 

 13 

 16 

 17 

 19 

 22 

 H-31 



y_ 2 



4 



5-9 



10 



11 



Ea.st 



Food skins 



Zapadni 



Food skins 



Staraya Artel 



Food .skins 



East 



Food skins 



North and Staraya Artel 



East .". 



Food skins 



Zapadni 



East, North, and .Staraya Artel . 



Food skins 



East 



North and Staraya Artel 



Food skins 



Fast. North, and Staraya Artel . 

 Food skins 



Total - 



150 



10 



140 



2 



70 



4 



227 



6 



253 



209 : 



4 



104 

 391 



10 

 179 

 153 

 

 207 



17 



2,142 



93 



74 



87- 



159 



645 

 690 



563 

 1,020 



902 

 725 



1,343 



10 

 22 



26 



13 I 

 18 I 



IB 

 16 



7.5 



7 



7.3 



RECAPITULATION. 



St, Paul Island 16.819 



St, George Island 2,142 



Total M8,901 



' The total number of animals re.jected during the season can not be taken aa indicating the number of bachelors not 

 of killable age left, as many of these were driven several times and many of the younger seiils doubtless do not come to the 

 islands at all during the killing season. The small seals will be taken into the quotas of 1898 and 1809 ; the large seals go to 

 swell the already overstocked reserve of breeding male life. I'ntil tliis excess of male life is reilaced to normal conditions 

 an effort should be made each year, as was ilone in 1897. to exhaust the supply of killable seals. 



2 The weight liere given is that of 100 skins weighed in lots of 10 each. 



^Thia includes all animals killed. The skins ot 131 animals were rejected by the lessees. 



