SUBJECT INDEX OP APPENDIX. 467 



Seals, Alaska fur — Continued. Page. 



No mingling with commander Islands seals 216 



Number annually killed on Pribilof Islands, 1871-1889 425-427 



Number of, seen oif coast of Washington in 1869 413 



Nursing cows easily captured 217 



Observations of, at sea 219-227,237-241,401-405 



in passes in winter impracticable 232 



Pelagic birtb among 218 



Percentage of nursing cows among 217 



Protection of, in Pacific necessary 218 



Range of, in Bering Sea 235 



Tables concerning pelagic catch of 410 



Taken by Capt. Coulson in Bering Sea 235 



Western limit of 216 



Seals killed for food , 278 



on Pribilof islands from 1870 to 1874 inclusive, number of 282 



record of examined by British Commissioners. 379 



None in Bering Sea unattached to the Pribilof islands 370 



" Reserves of" 373 



Stampedes of 371,377,388 



Sealskin industries, testimony relating to 353 



Sealskins : 



Alaskan, statement of assortment, weights, and prices of, from 1874 to 



1889 369 



Brought away from islands, number of 361 



Comparative statement of counts of, from 1870 to 1889 367 



Counting of, on the islands - 282 



In a bundle, number of 361, 380, 381, 384, 415 



Manner of curing 279 



Number of, from Pribilof Islands, entered at San Francisco, 1872-1889 409 



Packing of, in casks 358 



Price of pup 381 



Prime, percentage of 278 



Pup, number of, purchased by Alaska Commercial Company 381 



Shipment of, from islands 360 



San Francisco to London 380, 382, 384 



Sold for account of Alaska Commercial Company by C. M. Lampson & Co. 416 



"Stagy," at sea 357,376,384,412 



Taking of, on the Pribilof Islands 280 



Transfer of, from lessees' steamer 361 



Transshipment of, to London from San Francisco 353 



Weight of 416 



bundle of 384 



Sealers, white and Indian, relative expensiveness of 246 



Sealing boats. ((See Boats.) 



Sealing Fleet of Victoria 1881-1892, inclusive 258-260 



Boats of •. 258-260 



Canoes of 258-260 



Catch of 258-260 



average, per schooner 260 



Crews of 258-260 



Sealing in the water. (See Pelagic sealing.) 



Sealing schooners. (See Schooner.) 



appraisement of 329-338 



coast trading by, unprofitable 246,247 



libels filed against 327,328 



