COMPLETED CENSUS OF 1896. 41d 



If we summarize these various counts of live pups we get the following results : 



Live^piip counts. 



Rookery. 



Tolstoi Cliffs 



Kitavi 



Zapadni Reef 



Lagoon 



PowviDa Clirt's 



Northeast Point (weat) 

 Northeast Point (eaat). 



Total 



Cows. 



Pnps. 



24,256 



It is evident, therefore, tbat a correction for the absent cows must be added to 

 our former estimates of the rookeries. Taking the average of the total number of 

 rookeries counted, this correction seems to be 75 per cent. With this data at hand we 

 may complete our prelimiuaiy census, which is as follows: 



Cenaus of breeding seals and young, 1S96. ' 



Rookery. 



Kitovi 



Lnkaniu 



Lagoon 



Tolstoi (main) .. . 

 Tolstoi (cliffs) ... 



Zapadni 



Little Zapadui.. . 

 Zapadui Keef . ... 



Gorbatch 



Ardiguen 



Keef 



Sivnteh Rock 



Polorina (main) - 

 Polovina (cliffs) . 

 Polovina (little) . 



Vostochni 



Morjovi 



Harems. 



182 

 147 

 120 

 389 

 108 

 583 

 210 

 176 

 302 



27 

 504 



63 

 138 



86 



45 

 975 

 293 



Cows 



(count). 



3,152 

 2,543 

 1,474 

 6,729 

 1,498 



10, 085 

 2.400 

 2,256 

 5,224 

 550 

 8,719 

 1,090 

 2,387 

 1,268 

 779 



15, 879 

 4,328 



Actual 

 total. 



Total . 



4,348 



70, 361 



ST. OEOBGE. 



North 



Little East... 



East 



Zapadni 



Staraya Artel. 



225 

 44 



135 

 182 

 75 



Total 



Grand total. 



3,891 

 761 

 2, S35 

 3,148 

 1,297 



11,432 



81, 793 



6,049 

 4,450 

 2,484 



11, 775 

 2,664 



17,618 

 4, 200 

 3,862 

 9,142 

 652 



15. 258 

 1,907 

 4,177 

 2,496 

 1,363 



27,148 

 7,773 



123, 048 



6,809 

 1,350 

 4,086 

 5,509 

 2,269 



20, 023 



143, 071 



Bobrovi (Otter Island) had 1 harem, containing 5 cows and 5 paps. 



Where counts of live pups have been made these counts are used as they stand, 

 the 75 per cent correction being only applied to rookeries not counted. 



LUKANIN CLIFFS. 



In the afternoon Mr. Clark visited Lukaiiin Cliffs. One case of attempted copu- 

 lation between a youug 5-year-old bull and a virgin 2 years old was seen. The young 

 bull was awkward and was not successful during the half hour watched. 



'For criticism aiid revisioQ of this census, see census of 1897. 



