APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 285 
Nos 198; 
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—( Received May 15.) 
DOWNING STREET, May 14, 1889. 
Sir: I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to 
transmit to you, for the information of the Marquis of Salisbury, a copy 
of the Annual Report of the Canadian Department of Fisheries for the 
year 1888. 
I am to call attention to the remarks at p. 241 as to the seal-hunting 
in Behring’s Sea. 
Tam, We. (Signed) ROBERT G. W. HERBERT. 
256 {Inclosure in No. 198.] 
Return showing the Number of Vessels, Boats, and Men engaged in the Marine Fur Fishery 
of Britis Columbia, with the Products and Value, for the Season of 1888, 
sd Number | Number 
Ton- Num-| Num-/| of seals} of seals} Total | Total 
Names of vessels. Names of owners. wee ber of | ber of | in Brit- | in Beh- | number | valueof 
“©”* boats.| men. | ish Co- | ring’s | of seals.| seals. 
lumbia. Sea. 
Penelope--..-......- Modis Gari vinaee seeeresae= 69 5 20 805 900 1,705 | $17, 050 
Mary blleny so. ctem Ae Miienn}s2secereacne 69 14 30 1, 410 1, 937 3,347 | 33,470 
dimen ees ssheecce Hall and Gospel....-..-- 40 13 28 177 1,017 1,194 | 11, 940 
Mountain Chief. -.-.| B. Jacobson...-.-...--- 26 6 10 400 825 1,225 | 12,250 
Sanidlos6s---- 2c --- (ists) IE) AesseboeaSone 52 4 16 LOT eae <g sovere 107 1, 070 
Sapphire. -.......-- iiipes se LORONU Ee eee 124 9 22 T2008 |e nate 1,200 | 12,000 
Gh aise Gooce pee open Carne and Munsic-..-.- 92 5 21 806 | 2,069 2,875 | 28,750 
Black Diamond. .--| Gutman and Ffrank.--. 81 9 19 231 863 1, 096 10, 960 
Mary Taylor-..---- Oly DL) SWAT erat = 42 13 24 BOA |e aatetee ise 392 3, 920 
TCTG YON ===) = == PANNE RICAN m= .elaaeiias === 61 6 24 If \lbeag=sece 17 170 
Ave lesseeesseas DSMicleaneosanaccesss< 97 12 Qe a ayers eee 25470 2,470 | 24,700 
ONS: Fowler.--.--- Mame Benditec as ss=se- 34 2 12 250), eee 230, 2, 300 
Annie ©: Moonre:.-.|| Chas.Hackethe. s- -=-- 112 if Py eee ee 715 715 7, 150 
Ibnihy ¢Sacososepseces Gutman and Frank..-.| 68 22 20 Gh). |boeesese- 93 930 
Pathfinder-..-.-.-.- Carne and Muusie-...... 66 9 21 600 650 1,250 | 12,500 
Adlets 22 ss sk tats ais IP RWbZ nese eeeiee 50 8 19 392 822 1, 214 12,140 
Rosey Olsen -.----- Wan Olsen seers scenes 33 3 13 100 500 600 6, 000 
mig megs ses ee ee Viaswleatiine sees 25 3 11 156 | 1,039] 1,195] 11,950 
Maggie Mc........ ohne odd eaee ee 71 5 20 125] 1,299] 1,424] 14,240 
Havouxrite == 2... <2 Chass Sprin’ a.cecece sc 79 12 27 300 1, 834 2,134 | 21,340 
NO balies apres ea | ee era mre ctes] eens SIO | eee ee teed he eI «Chore 244, 830 
Estimate of skins purchased from Indians..... -...-------------- Ba) ere 3,500 | 35, 000 
et sea otter-skins purchased from Indians...---.-------- OOM Rea eseae 100 7, 500 
fs hair seals purchased from Indians.........----------- SHEN Pneceeece 3, 500 2, 625 
Schooner “Osseo wlér] walrus-Skins: a2 52s. cb ecessceeecsecoses |e eee ace 21 21 378 
2 BS ZOOMVOLN A ab AU Gh aae sac iccca se osiscac icc loot e eee rice se |spchoteeensrete 100 
Granditovslimarine tours and productse.s-o-ssscee casicceiess|s ce enee co|esecaseeclosnices ce 280, 43 3 
The decrease in the fur*seal catch in Behring’s Sea is still more noticeable; it was 
caused principally by the unsettled state of affairs with the American Government, 
several of the schooners being afraid to enter these waters at the risk of seizures. 
A great deal has been written on the life and habits of the fur seal. It is con- 
tended by some that all the fur seal in the North Pacific have their rookeries on St. 
Paul and St. George Islands in Behring Sea. Others claim that many of the fur seals 
of the Pacific never enter Behring’s Sea, but pup on large kelp fields in the ocean, 
and may perhaps have regular hauling grounds outside of } Bebring’s sea. Lxtracts 
from a Circular of C. M. Lamsen and Co., of London, England, will give the reader 
some idea of where the fur seals are caught. From October 1886 to January 1888 
the following number of skins were sold: 
Seal-skins, 
INOLGH= Wiese acer CaS tise e132 ele ee ee eee ae cslee Cota Si Nei mea 43, 687 
Wo busplsland see es taper nests kee ele tS oa eet Mh oi EN a any (awe Soo 30. 463 
ANG ISIEGY, SESE SOAR But mene UM Egat Cee Eek HS) el ene BES pane eet ar ee ee ae a mee SS are 204, 033 
CO eR IS GNSS e586 Sy ae eae ee Seeing Soe nee deta Soa ene Ms ete emery eee pega te 100, 880 
Jay OI 5 SER Boer Aeted BGS NEA ae kes tena ponen ae es es Ee eee a eee 9, 856 
Cryo LEWCt. Deets bodisae CoC GUd Hee REE ES Boe A Er pa ae ee as on oe Oe 6, 926 
DOU Sea epee PEE Ce ee «ote ea ee ae chee hmcewal See Ghee aacde ones Be 200 
396, 045 
