SYNOPSIS OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO CERTAIN SUB- 

 JECTS CONTAINED IN THE AFFIDAVITS AND STATE- 

 MENTS ANNEXED. 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 

 VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



XV. 



XVI. 



Table showing experience in pelagic sealing of those giving evidence on this 



subject. 

 Table showing actual numbers of seals taken by pelagic sealers compared with 



those lost by sinking, and resulting loss per cent. 

 Statements respecting number of seals lost by sinking before recovery when 



killed at sea. 

 Statements respecting the number of seals which may escape capture after 



being wounded by hunters at sea. 

 Statements respecting the composition of the catch made by various pelagic 



sealers, in relation to the proportionate number of males and females, &c. 

 Statements relating to the taking of female seals in milk. 

 Statements particularly bearing on the intermingling of fur-seals in aD parts 



of the North Pacitic. 

 Statements showing the occurrence of fur-seals to the south of the Aleutian 



Islands during the summer mouths. 

 Statements relating to the abundance or otherwise of fur-seals at sea iu late 



years. ' 



Statements relating to coition of fur-seals at sea. 

 Statements respecting the resort of fur-seals to new breeding-places from time 



to time. 

 Statements of sealers relating to comparison between seals obtained on the 



American and Asiatic sides of the North Pacific. 

 Statements of sealers respecting the possibility of distinguishing the sex of 



seals by appearance of skins. 

 Eeferences to distribution of seals of different sexes and ages at sea. 

 Statements relating to raids made upon the Pribyloff Islands. 

 Reference of affidavits relating to the absence of sealing-vessels from Behring 



Sea in 1892. 



I. — TaMe showing Experience in Pelagic Sealing of those giving Evidence (Indiana 



not included). 



Name. 



Algar, Henry S 



Baker, "Wentworth ... 

 Beckinghara, Joseph J 



Bertram, Albert J 



Billard, Abrabam 



Bissett, Alfred R 



Blomquist, Charles . . . 



Bonde, Neils 



Bragg, William T 



Brown, Joseph 



Brown, William 



Bro-wTi, Thomas H 



Brown, Joseph 



Browne, Henry S 



Buchholz, Otto 



Backman, S. W 



Bums, Charles O 



Number of 

 Years' Ex- 

 perience. 



6 

 2 

 6 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 4 

 8 

 6 

 14 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 3 

 1 

 2 



Capacity in which Experience gained. 



Master 



4 years master and hunter; 1 year master 

 Boat-steerer and boat-puller 



4 years hunter 



Hunter 



MastflT and hunter 



Boat-steerer 



Seaman and boat-steerer 



Hunter 



Ditto 



Hunter and trader 



1 year boat-steerer; 4 years hunter 



5 years boat-steerer; 1 year hunter 



Boat-paller 



Master 



Ditto 



1 year boat-steerer ; 1 year hunter 



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88 



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112 



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