446 Canadian Record of Science. 
With the permission of Mr. Deans, the types of the two 
species described in this paper have been presented to the 
museum of the Geological Survev by the members of the 
Natural History Society of British Columbia. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 
OLCosTEPHANUS (ASTIBRIA) DEANSII. 
Fig. 1.—Side view of the only specimen collected. 
la.—Outline of the same, from another point of view, to show 
the proportionate breadth of the shell and probable 
shape of its aperture. 
Hopiites HaArmAQueENsis. 
Flg. 2.—Side view of the only specimen collected. 
2a.—Another view of the same, to show the characters of the 
peripheral region, near the aperture. 
2b.—Front view of the same, in outline, to show the shape of 
the aperture, etc. All the figures of natural size. 
NOTES ON THE DEPLETION OF THE FUR-SEAL IN 
THE SOUTHERN Skas.! 
By Freperick Rryans CHAPMAN. 
In a communication which I addressed to Prof. T. J. 
Parker, F.R.S., on September 24th, 1891, I gave such facts’ 
as | then had at command on the subject of the practical 
extinction of the fur-seal of New Zealand. Iam now ina 
position to add considerably to this, and to supplement it 
with information respecting the fate of this animal in the 
Australian seas. If more were needed, I think that it 
might be obtained by further research, but this would be 
difficult and would take much time, and as I have no reason 
1 Mr. Chapman’s paper, here printed, was written by him in response to 
enquiries on my part respecting the fur-seal and methods of sealing in the Austra- 
lasian region. These enquiries were in the first place addressed to Prof. T. J. 
Parker, E.R.S., of the University of Otago, Dunedin, N. Z. Prof. Parker referred 
to Mr. Chapman as likely to be well infurmed on the subject, and obtained from 
him a Memorandum which was printed as an appendix to the Report of the 
British Behring Sea Commission. Ata later date, and too late for inelusion in 
the report mentioned, Mr. Chapman favored me with the present more detailed 
paper, embodying the result of much enquiry on his part. This paper, it is 
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