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Jane 11. — Seals were driven from the Reef and 718 killed: l,lli' seals were killed 

 at Northeast Poiut. The first cows of the season were reported today. 



June 12. — At the killing to-day at Zapadni 418 seals were taken; .")0 per cent of 

 seals driven were turned back. 



June 13. — A drive was made from Tolstoi and i>32 killed; 430 were killed at 

 Northeast Point; 50 per cent of those driven were turned back. The killing this year 

 has been limited under the modus vivend! to 7.500 — O.OtiO from St. Paul and 1.500 

 from St. George. 



June 14. — The first pups were reported to-day. 



June 16. — A drive was made from the Reef and 049 killed; about 05 per cent 

 were turned back. Fifty per cent of these could have been taken, furnishing skins of 

 6 pounds and over, except for the order of the Government limiting the catch to 7, .500. 



June 20. — Killed seals from Tolstoi, 110, to complete quota of 7,500. 



June 27. — The natives were informed that they would be allowed to kill seals for 

 food until the stagy season, but that none would be killed while stagy. 



July 12. — During the past five or six days tlie rookeries have been carefully 

 scanned, and it is believed that at this date they are at their very best for this year. 

 To all appearances the pups are fully 95 per cent of the cows. 



RECORD KEPT BY MILTON BARNES 



September 1. — Mr. J. Stanley-Brown reports a very large number of young pups 

 lying dead upon the rookery at Northeast Point, which, from tlieir emaciated 

 condition, have evidently died of starvation. Others still alive but in a starving 

 condition.' 



September 21. — Five " killers" are reported off East Landing. 



November 23. — A small drive was made from the Reef but was found to be largely 

 of cows and let go. A drive was made from English Bay and 133 killed. 



December 2. — The seals are rapidly disappearing. 



December 3. — Natives returning from Zapadni rei>ort no seals there. 



December 5. — Watchmen were recalled from Northeast Point. Only a few seals 

 are reported there and those in an inaccessible place. No seals are at Halfway Point. 



1892. 



April 27. — The chiefs report 2 bulls hauled up at Southwest Bay, the first arrivals 

 of the season. Seals have been seen in the water some distance from the shore off 

 Reef rookery, but none have hauled up there yet. This is three days earlier than the 

 first arrivals of last year. 



April 30. — One bull seal is reported on Reef rookery this morning. 



May 0. — A native returning from Northeast Point reports IS bulls hauled out 

 there and 10 killable seals. 



May 10. — Northeast Point watchman reports 40 to 50 bulls liauled out; 10 or 12 

 killable seals. 



'This is tlie tirst record of starved pups which we have, though they must have been starving 

 by the thonsauds ever since I88B. This fact, together with the failure to recognize the deaths due to 

 the parasitic worm rneiiiaria, show how little real inspection of the rookeries was done in all these 

 years. 



