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south of Midclleton Island. This was aboat the middle of September. 

 He has also seen seals about 15 miles off Cape Flattery about the 21st 

 September." 



Charles SayiiJcs. — '' We see the first seals [at Barclay Sound] before 

 Christmas, and coutiuue taking them until June, but there are seals 

 about all summer." 



IX. — Statements relating to the Abundance, or otherwise, of Fur-seals at 



Sea in late years. 



Charles J. Harris. — '' More than ever before." 



Charles Le Blanc. — " More this year than in any former year." 



George Roberts. — '^ More than in any previous year." 



Matthew Ryan. — "A good many more than last year." 



B. 0. Lavender. — " More seals this year." 



J. S. Fanning. — " I saw more seals this year than I ever did before." 



Abraham Billard. — " More seals this year than last." 



George Dishow. — " More seals this year than in any other." 



A. R. Bissett. — "'More seals this year than ever before." 



Herman R. Smith. — "Many more than twelve years ago." 



William Be Witt. — "More this year than ever before." 



William G. Gowdie. — " Saw this year more seals than ever before." 



Laughlin McLean. — " Seals more x}Ientiful than ever before." 



J. H. HaaJce. — " Never saw seals so plentiful." 



George F. French. — " More than in two previous years." 



Oscar Scarf. — "Many more this year than ever before." 



Frederick W. Strong. — " More this year than ever before." 



W. Shields. — " Saw more seals in 1892 than any year but 1889." 



Fmil Ramlose. — " More this year than ever before." 



F. P. Miner. — " More this year than ever before." 

 Charles Campbell. — "More this year than last year." 



William Fewings. — " Seals more numerous this year than before." 



David Laing. — " More this year than ever before." 



August Reppen. — " More in 1892 than in any previous year." 



Thomas Brown. — "This year more than ever before." 



Henry S. Browne. — " More than in any previous year." 



James W. Todd. — " More seals than ever before." 



30 Walter Heay. — " More than ever before." 



. Henry Paxton. — " More than in any other season." 



George Heater — "More this year than in either of the previous 

 years." 



Albert J. Bertram. — " More than in any previous year." 



Andrew McGdrva. — "More this year than formerly." 



Robert S. Findley. — "Never saw so many as this year." 



Thomas Garner. — "More this year than ever before." 



G. E. Miner. — "Have never seen seals so plentiful as they were this 

 year." 



