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INDEX. 



Callorhiniis — Page. 



alascauiis 45 



curileiisis 45 



ursimis 45 



Canada : 



interests ol' 174 



objections of 178 



sealing industry of 176 



Canadian fur-seal catch : 



1894 : 216 



1895 217 



1896 219 



1897 221 



C<ai)6 Hoin seals 226 



Carcass-strewn driveways 132 



Catastrophe of 1834 25 



Categories of seals 46 



Cause of decline 116, 150 



not Ivilling of males 123 



pelagic sealing 153 



Census of 1S96 93,213 



chief correction in 94 



overestimates in 94 



revised table of 96, 213 



revision of 93 



Census of 1897 96,97,213 



Census of breeding seals, tentative — 



for St. George 91 



forSt. Paul 91 



Chinese markets, standards of 25 



Clark, George A 18,109 



Close season 30, 181 



Closed zone 30,181 



Commander Islands : 



discovery of 23 



driveways of 130 



suggested migration to 134 



Commission, the 17 



Comparative census, 1896-97 213 



Conclusions, summary of 184 



Condition of herd: 



past 75 



present 90 



Conference of experts 188, 240 



findings of 188,241 



Counts of cows and pups : 



1896 92 



1897 96 



count in 1895 85,86 



Cow, the 46 



Cows : 



daily counts of 51, 53, 212 



dead 62 



departure of 58 



feeding of 55 



increased mortality in 1897 62, 108 



landing of 51,52,60 



treatment by bulls 61 



rage. 



Custom-house exauiinatiou nf skins 155 



Daily counts of lSi(7 51, .52, 53. 54. 212 



Dall, Dr. W.H., notes. >f 26 



Dawson, Dr. 6. M 116 



Dead pups : 



counts of 213,214 



decrease of, in 1897 lOS 



early death of 70. 166 



eaten liy foxes 167 



loss of bodies 167 



on St. Paul 168, 169 



on St. George 71, 168, 169 



on death traps 70 



removal of 170 



total for 1896 70,169 



Death traps : 



contrasted counts 108 



record of 70 



Decline: 



beginning of 102, 150 



cause of 115 



evidence of ' 104 



history of 102 



in quota of 1897 108 



percentages of 110 



total extent of 114 



Defective skins 121 



Discovery and ex])lor:ition 23 



Discipline of the harem 58, 59 



Dora Siewerd, cruises of 155 



Drive, the 117 



Driving: 



animal driven 127 



process of 126 



Drives : 



absence of sexual injury 133 



American 128 



care exercised on 131 



comparison of 130 



fatalities on 132 



from Northeast I'diut 128 



from Keef 117,129 



not a factor in ilecline 133 



on Commander Islanil s 130 



Russian 128 



shortening of 129 



Early rookery (estimates — 



of 1869 77 



of 1872-1874 77 



of 1886 84 



of 1890 84 



of 1895 8.5,86,87 



reconstruction of 88, 89 



value of 82, 84. 86, 88 



East rookery 42 



Effect of pelagic sealing 1.53 



