STATISTICS OF LAND AND SEA KILLING. 149 
Statistics regarding land and sea killing, 1871-1897. 
Date | Hauling | Number * « 
Year. uota sounds of sary oP es 
ed.! riven.! | drives.! and. AY BOA: 
July 28 46 43 102,970 | 16,911 
July 25 43 30 108,819 | 5,336 
-| Fuly 24 51 37 109, 177 5, 229 
-| July 17 61 41] | 110,585 5, 873 
P .| Duly 16 55 37 106,460 | 5, 038 
-| Aug. 18 36 30 94, 657 5,515 
-| July 14 44 32 84, 310 5, 210 
...| duly 18 54 35 109,323 | 5, 544 
-.| July 16 val 36 110, 411 8, 557 
-| July 17 18 38 105, 718 8, 418 
July 20 99 34 105, 063 | 10, 382 
-| July 20 86 36 99,812 | 15, 551 
July 19 81 39 79,509 | 16, 557 
July 21 101 42 105, 434 | 16, 971 
July 27 106 63 105, 024 | 23, 040 
July 26 117 74 104,521 | 28, 494 
July 24 101 66 105, 760 | 30, 628 
.| July 27 102 73 103, 304 | 26, 189 
July 31 110 74 102, 617 | 29, 858 
July 204 87 55 28,059 | 40, 814 
5 12,040 | 59, 568 
7,511 | 46, 642 
7,396 | 30, 812 
16,270 | 61, 848 
14, 846 | 56, 291 
30,654 | 43,917 
Aug. 19,200 | 24,321 
1 These figures refer only to the hauling grounds of St. Paul. 
2 These totals include alli males killed for any purpose on the islands. 
3In 1876 the killing was closed at an unusual date, said to be on account of an exceptionally late season. 
4Closed by order of the agent in charge. 
*Years of the modus vivendi. 
THE PERIOD FROM 1871-1882. 
For purposes of study we may divide this record into two sections, the first 
covering the period to and including 1882. During this time we find that the number 
of animals taken on land as well as at sea was each year relatively constant, the former 
being maintained at a maximum, the latter at a minimum. We find that from 1874 to 
the close of this period the requisite number of killable seals could be procured at such 
an early date as to clearly indicate that no difficulty was experienced in filling the 
quota. During the whole of this time the number of drives and hauling grounds 
driven from was uniform and normal. In short, all the evidence goes to show that the 
herd was in a state of practical equilibrium, neither increasing nor diminishing to any 
marked degree. The reduction of the number of animals killed on land in the last 
year of this period has already been discussed in its appropriate place. It has no 
significance here. ; 
THE GROWTH OF THE CATCH. 
It will be seen, however, in the record of pelagic sealing that from a normal catch 
of slightly over 5,000, covering a period of eight years, it advanced to 8,000 in 1880 and 
to 15,000 the closing year of the period. This latter fact is significant. 
RELATION OF GAINS AND LOSSES IN THE HERD. 
We have already shown that the condition of the fur-seal herd is determined by 
the relation of its gains and losses. Its losses are of two kinds, natural and artificial. 
We may class as natural those losses arising from old age, accidents of the sea, or the 
