226 



EalimaUrt rahie of Viuiailinii 



THE KUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



iBsrts eiiyaged in prlw/it: seulitif/ in all waters, season of ISOi',, hul not 1897, 

 cleared from VUtoria.^ 



' Prepared by Capt. Calvin L. Hooper, R. C S., commanding Bering Sea patrol fleet. 



2 Canoe values estimated separately. 



3 Yesaols 18 years of age or over are estimated at 10 per cent of their original cost. 

 *Not known. 



•Estimates. 



Note.— Repairs made to any of these vessels would increase the value proportionately, and would be subject to the 

 5 per cent deduction for age the same as the hull. 



Sides of Cape Horn^ salted fur-seal skins. 



Note.— These figures show the comparatively insignificant yield of these southern rookeries as compared with those 

 of Bering Sea. 



I The skins taken off Cape Horn not under any government contract. 

 Salted Lohos Island ^ fnr seals sold in London. 



' The skius takeu by a Uruguayan comii:iny on the Lobos I.slauds off iloulevideo. 



