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PROPOKTION OF THE SEXES. 



The customs-house returns, as regards sex, are available for the American vessels. 

 It has not yet been possible to obtain them for the Canadian fleet. The statistics 

 for the American fleet are as follows: 



Japan coast 



Russian coast V 



Northwest coast 



Bering Sea 



Total 



3,0M 



Females. 



2,849 



225 



3,150 



2,242 



8,466 



According to these figures, 92 per cent of the Northwest catch and 72 per cent of 

 the Bering Sea catch were females. 



JAPAN CATCH. 



A small catch was also made by vessels sailing under the Japanese and consular 

 flags. 



Golden Fleece 315 



Silver Fleece 260 



Josephine 60 



Pointer 328 



Chishunia Maru 1 408 



Chishuina Maru III 618 



Kaiwo Maru 358 



Nohi Maru 276 



Total 2,623 



ALEUTIAN ISLAND CATCH. 



In the fall of the year, after the seals leave the islands, they are seen in consider- 

 able uumbex's in the'bays and inlets of the Aleutian Islands, where a certain number 

 of them are killed by the natives. The following is a record of the skins of fur seals 

 taken in 1895, shipped from Unalaska on the steamer Bertha, July 29, 1896, kindly 

 furnished by Mr. Stanley-Brown: 



Locality. 



Cheraofsky ' 381 



Akutan , 614 



Makushin 180 



Morjo\-i 43 



Unalaska .^. ' 206 



Sannak .*. 4 



Total 1,428 



Females. Males. 



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XXIII. RESULTS ARISING FROM THE ACTS BASED ON THE 

 AWARD OF THE PARIS TRIBUNAL. 



CONDITIONS OF PELAGIC SEALING. 



By the act of Congress and the act of Parliament, based on the award of the Paris 

 Tribunal, pelagic sealing was recognized as legal, but subjected, to the following 

 restrictions, in brief: 



1. No fur seals are to be taken within a closed zone of 60 miles distance from the 

 Pribilof Islands. 



2. No fur seals are to be taken at sea from May 1 to July 31, inclusive. 



