256 OFFICIAL REPORTS. 



A majority of tbese hunters are unmarried young men. It would, 

 perhaps, be a liberal estimate to say that for this year one-third of the 

 coast Indians, or 1,000 persons in all, profited or were in some way de- 

 pendent on the British Columbia sealing fleet for a livelihood. 



Levi W. Myers, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



Victoria, British Columbia, November 10, 1892. 



INDIAN CANOE COAST CATCH. 



Statistics as to this catch are meagre, no attempt having been made 

 by the Victoria customs-officers to collect them until a year or two ago. 

 In 189L the customs reported an Indian coast catch, or canoe catch, 

 of 404 skins. Harry Guillod, the Dominion Indian agent for the west 

 coast of Vancouver Island, in his report for the same period,esti- 

 mates the canoe catch at 1,500 skins. The agent's estimate is probably 

 the nearest correct, for the reason that the skins are brought to Vic- 

 toria in small lots, some which would be overlooked by the customs 

 authorities. 



The canoe catch for 1892 is placed by the customs officers at 1,500 

 skins. 



It is safe to estimate the annual canoe catch on the Vancouver Island 

 coast at 1,000 to 1,500 skins, and no doubt it was greater in former 

 years, owing to the greater number of seals and the ease with which 

 they were approached. 



Levi W. Myers, 



Consul. 



United States Consulate, 



Victoria, British Columbia, November 10, 1892. 



REGISTERED OWNERS. 



The following are the names of the registered owners of sealing 

 schooners, as shown by the official records of the custom-house of this 

 port, clearing from Victoria, British Columbia, and which were seized 

 by United States Bevenue vessels in 1886 aud subsequent years in 

 Bering Sea, charged with illegal seal-catching. 



Carolena. — William Munsie, sole owner for the years 1886, 1887, and 

 1889. 



Anna Beck. — Thomas Henry Cooper, sole owner for the vear 1886, 

 1887, and 1889. 



Thornton. — James Douglas Warren, sole owner for the years 1886, 

 1887, and 1889. 



Onward. — Daniel McLean, 32 shares; Charles Spring, 32 shares, for 

 theyears 1886, 1887, and 1889. 



W. P. Sayward. — Thomas Henry Cooper, 32 shares, and Andrew 

 Laing, 32 shares, in 1886; Jean Ann Scott and Isabell Scott, joint 

 owners of 32 shares, and Thomas Henry Cooper owner of the remain- 

 ing 32 shares, in 1889. 



Grace. — Thomas Henry Cooper, sole owner for the years 1886, 1887, 

 and 1889. 



Dolphin. — Thomas Henry Cooper, sole owner for the years 1886, 

 1887, and 1889. 



