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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



Vessels composing the Canadian sealing fleet for 1894. 



1. Arctic. 



2. Ainak. 



3. Aurora. 



4. Annie C. Moore. 



5. Agnes McDonald. 



6. Arietas. 



7. Annie E. Paint. 



8. Brenda. 



9. Beatrice. 



10. Borealis. 



11. G. G. Cox. 



12. Cosco. 



13. Charlotte. 



14. City of San Diego. 



15. Dora Sieward. 



16. Diana. 



17. E. B. Maroin. 



18. Enterprise. 



19. Fawn. 



20. Florence M. Smith. 



21. Geneva. 



22. Henrietta. 



23. Kate. 



24. Kilmeny. 



25. Katherine. 



26. C. D. Rand. 



27. Libbie. 



28. Labrador. 



29. Louis Ad air. 



30. Minnie. 



31. May Bell. 



32. Maud S. 



33. Mary Taylor. 



34. Mascot. 



35. Mary Ellen. 



36. Mermaid. 



37. Otto. 



38. Ocean Bell. 



39. Osca and Hattie. 



40. Penelope. 



41. Pioneer. 



42. Rosie Olsen. 



43. Shelby. 



44. San Jose. 



45. Sapphire. 



46. Saucy Lass. 



47. Sadie Turpel. 



48. Theresa. 



49. Triumph. 



50. Unibrina. 



51. Viva. 



52. Vera. 



53. Venture. 



54. W. B. Hall. 



55. W. P. Say ward. 



56. Wanderer. 



57. Walter L. Rich. 



58. W. A. Earle. 



59. Favorite. 



Vessels composing the American sealing fleet for 1894. 



1. Alton. 



2. Alexander. 



3. Anaconda. 



4. Anna Matilda. 



5. Allie I. Alger. 



6. Bonanza. 



7. Bowhead. 



8. G. G. White. 



9. Emma and Louisa. 



10. Emma. 



11. Eppinger. 



12. Edward E. Webster. 



13. Ella Johnson. 



14. Ethel. 



15. Geo. Peabody. 



16. Geo. R. White. 



17. H. C. Wahlberg. 



18. Henry Dennis. 



19. Herman. 



20. Ada Etta. 



21. Jane Grey. 



22. Kate and Ann. 



23. Louis D. 



24. Louis Olsen. 



25. Lillie L. 



26. Josephine. 



27. Mary H. Thomas. 



28. Mascot. 



29. Mattie T. Dyer. 



30. Mathew Turner. 



31. Penelope. 



32. Prescott. 



33. Retriever. 



34. Rattler. 



35. Rosie Sparks. 



36. St. Paul. 



37. Sophia Sutherland 



38. San Diego. 



39. Stella Erland. 



40. Teresa. 



41. Volunteer. 



42. Willard Ainsworth. 



43. Winchester. 



44. Aiiiature. 



45. Columbia. 



46. C. C. Perkins. 



47. Deeahks. 



48. Dart. 



49. Felitz. 



50. James G. Swan. 



51. Puritan. 



MANAGEMENT OF ROOKERIES DECREASE OF SEALS. 



SEAL ISLANDS, ALASKA, July 16, 1889. 



GENTLEMEN : I regret to report that the season's seal catch is pro- 

 gressing very unfavorably, and that the condition of the breeding rook- 

 eries, already past the date of fullest occupation for the year, indicates 

 a large falling off in productiveness much greater, in fact, than I have 

 heretofore reported. 



During the period from 1873 to 1883, as my reports from year to year 

 will show, we experienced no difficulty in obtaining the full catch of 

 seals early in the season, and the skins were all of the best marketable 

 size and quality, for we had at that time a large surplus of killable 

 animals from which to make our selection. It was customary during 

 that period to secure in the month of June nearly one-half, of our 

 catch, all of the primest and best, and at the same time turn back to 

 the rookeries for breeding animals, or as being undesirable for market, 

 a very large percentage, averaging for the ten years in question per- 

 haps 30 per cent of the whole number driven. In July in each of those 

 years the percentage of rejected animals was still larger, amounting 

 from 50 to 80 per cent of the number driven j but of those a large major- 



