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or three times." — (H. E., SOth Con- 

 gress, 2nd Session, Eejiort No. 

 3883, p. 116.) 



(See Morgan, H. E., 50th Con- 

 gress, 2nd Session, Eeport No. 

 3883, pp. 71, 72, as to change in 

 rookeries and hauling-grounds.) 



5. "After 1883 the sizes de- 

 creased, and have constantly de- 

 creased ever since." — (H. E., 50th 

 Congress, 2nd Session, Eeport No. 

 3883, p. 118.) 



And still the 100,000 were taken 

 every year. 



"Q. To -what do you attribute 

 this diminution in the size of the 

 skins taken? — A. To the fact that 

 after turning back our breeders a 

 suflicient number of large male 

 seals cannot be had on the islands 

 to meet the requirements of our 

 trade."— (H.E., 50th Congress, 2nd 

 Session, Eeport No. 3883, p. 119.) 



G, ''There are at present [1888] 

 in my opinion, too few bull seals to 

 keep the rookeries up to their best 

 condition." — (H.E., 50th Congress, 

 2nd Session, Eeport No. 3883, p. 

 117.) 



" When we are left only exactly 

 the number of bulls we need, and 

 a few even of these are killed, it 

 completely upsets our calculations, 

 with the result of leaving too few 

 of this class of animals to secure 

 the full productiveness of the rook- 

 eries." — (H. E., 50th Congress, 2nd 

 Session, Eeport No. 3883, p. 130.) 



tionsof certain beaches, and simply 

 expand or contract the boundaries 

 of the rookeries as they become 

 more or less numerous." — (United 

 States Case, vol. ii, p. 48.) 



5. " I left the rookeries in 1882 

 in their fullest and best condition, 

 and found them in 1886 already 

 showing slight falling-oif, and ex- 

 perienced that year for the first 

 time some difficulty in securing 

 just the class of animals in every 

 case that we desired. We, how- 

 ever, obtained the full catch in 

 that and the two following years, 

 . . . . but were obliged, par- 

 ticularly in 1888, to content our- 

 selves with smaller skins than we 

 had heretofore taken." — (United 

 States Case, vol. ii, p. 51.) 



6. "While I was located upon 

 the islands there was at all times 

 a greater number of adult male 

 seals than was necessary to fer- 

 tilize the females who hauled upon 

 said rookeries, and there was no 

 time when there were not vigorous 

 bulls on the rookeries who were 

 unable to obtain female con- 

 sorts." — (United States Case, vol. 

 ii, p. 45.) 



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J. B. Moulton {l'^77-S5). 



" I think during the first five 

 years [1877-82] I was there there 

 was an increase, and during the 

 last three years [1883-85], there 

 was no increase." — (H. E. 50th 

 Congress, 2nd Session, Eeport No. 

 3883, p. 255.) 



Does not refer to dead pups in 

 evidence before Committee. 



"While on St. Paul Island 

 1881-84] I do not think the num- 

 jer of seals increased, and in the 

 last year (1884) I think there was 

 a slight decrease." — (United States 

 Case, Appendix, vol. ii, p. 71.) 



" On St. Paul Island I never saw 

 any dead pups to amount to any- 

 thing until 1884, and then the num- 

 ber was quite noticeable." — (Unit- 

 ed States Case, Appendix, vol. ii, 

 p. 71.) 



