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, CHAPTER VI.—THE CONDITION OF THE FuR SEAL Hurp—Continued. Page. 
A. Past conditions—Continued. 
The estimate for Kitovi and Lukanin ............-.--..------26--5- 81 
A measure of the overestimate..... 2.2... -2-2-2 2-22 e eee ee eee eee 82 
The counts of Mr. Beaman .....-....---..------ 2-2 eee eee eee wees 82 
Captain Bryant’s note .........2222.-2 222-22 e cee cee eee eee 82 
Spilkivand Polovinay ..cnccecs saw sarisecae ges we oxic ciesae ane wanes 83 
Personal estimates differ. .........--.2 2-220 ee eee eee eee ee eee 83 
Elliott’s use of figures. ...-.. 0.222. 2-2 oe see ce eee eee nee eee 83 
Mr. Tingle’s estimate...... 2.2. 22-22 2-22. cece ee cece cee eee eee 84 
The estimate incorrect ..--.....-..-----.------ 2-2 ee eee eee eee 84 
Elliott’s 1890 estimate...-... 2-2-2... 222 ee eee eee eee eee eee eee 84 
This estimate unsatisfactory.......-.-....-..---------- eee eee eee: 84 
The True and Townsend estimate for 1895..........-...--.--------- 85 
The estimate must be doubled .....-.-.-..----------- +--+ eee eee eee 83 
It anticipated the season ...........---2. 22-2 -e eee eee eee eee 85 
Arbitrary reduction for massed rookeries......---..-.---.---------- 85 
The éstimate revised <<< .22sccesensnae yasdae sos nae ooee eke eames 85 
The important feature of the estimate ............----..2.--.------ 86 
Mr. Crowley's estimate for 1895 ..........- wesasee Pedien ke Ce emis see 86 
Colonel Murray’s estimate. .......--- 2-222 ee eee eee eee eee 87 
Defects of this estimate. .......----.-------- ede Mee ss Vokes iwses 87 
Contrast of estimates for 1895........ cece Dheee sees seu venipekawelaned 87 
Contrast of acreage measurements. .-...--.----------------0-----e- 88 
Summary of past conditions. ..-......:.--2-222 0222-5 eee eee eee eee 88 
A reconstruction of earlier estimates. ............-------- +--+ ----+- 88 
The earlier and later quotas ...--.. 20. --2+-eee eee eee eee eee ee eee 88 
The quota dependent upon the breeding herd.... .- jesus, Saeed 88 
Estimates of non-breeding seals .....-..----- 20. eee eee eee eee 89 
The reconstruction still only an estimate 89 
Completed estimate ..... ip ticiaie las Givin St is SEO ecetnarsieiecic cress wee eeeiseoss: 89 
B. Present conditions. .... esa Neacnetatuia te i eieeleme saa eGaewioed SSeS Caan emana 90 
The Census. gaisc c:sc:e.si00:0000 weer ee teen nee come nce n teen ee sees 90 
Dts: UGH CHIGY: ince sc ois 2! sisis cieisie cee iereg Sante siaid de sien ddiemmewad esas eipeceis 90 
Actual Coun ts - (os oi. ee ss se eeta see sie yececls agin 2S ee bee taues acta 90 
Kitovi rookery taken as typical......-.-.--.----.--------- eee ------ 91 
Census of harems and cowS.. .......----- 202 --e-e2 eee eee eee eee 91 
Original counts for St. George - .... - igiaeldiote vince ae eRe aa iernaee od 91 
Estimate for St. George ...--....---. ee eee eee eee eee eee eee atimieerters 91 
This estimate unsatisfactory........--.----20 2222s eee eee ee eeee eee 92 
The great excess of pupS ..-. ....------ 0-2. eee eee eee eee eee eee 92 
COUDHOL PUPS) cca iare eseicisie Godersei eines ase cane vig sete eacadins 92 
Correction for absent cows. .... ..-- ---. 2220 ene e nee n ween eee eee 93 
Summary of breeding seals...-..-....----.-------------- soe) visisiawis oi 93 
Revision of census of 1896 93 
Corrections on St. George.....-..---.---------- age oe oe cece eeeees 93 
Corrections:on St; Patllss.4 sce0 sea cece seins aeeaes ace eres ease ses 94 
Sivuteh Rock 2s a2. cee sk yaeeisc ocd eohee thee cee ectaceeeas 94 
The important error in the census of 1896...-...---...2..----22-2+- 94 
Revised census of 1896 ......---- 2-0-2 2-2 ee cee eee eee eee eee eee eee 95 
The value of this census ......----.2-.---.------ Satie td eitusecienne 95 
The: Censisy Of 1990? 2.2 unc aas didgie teas Mewteene dais & cm Sed eed neewees 96 
The count of pups in 1897 .... 2.22. ee eee cece ee ee eee eee eee 96 
Comparison of counts of cows and pups......-.+..------.22 eee eee 96 
Proportion of cows to pupS.-.....----- 2-06 2222 cee e eee eee ee eee 96 
Average harem of Kitovi ...........-.0022 2-202 eee ee eee ee eee eee 97 
Cengus of 1897 .......... Levamecdaoseet es id pidec oote ee eeeiel Severe 97 
