210 THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 
Statistics of regular killings for the quota, 1897. 
ST. PAUL. 
: Kejected.! Percent- | Weight 
Date. . Rookery. euimats age ae 
’ | Large. Small. killed. | skins.? 
1897. Pounds. 
June 15 | 1 492 144 119 GB hs scsetetsraibia 
18 | Zapadni ...........-.----- fs 316 130 26 67 9 
23 | Zoltoi, Reef, and Lukanin...........-.. 708 556 184 48 7.7 
26 | Tolstoi, Middle Hill, and English Bay - 1, 098 402 214 64 A 
30 | Northeast Point .........--..-..--.+--- 790 376 214 57 vi 
July 1|...-- 10.2 i's as 703 288 224 D8: lssszeucexc 
2 | Lukanin....-.-. 208 107 99 53 7.7 
5 | Reef and Zoltoi-- 703 229 175 63 7.8 
6 | Tolstoi, Middle Hill, and English Bay .- 1, 230 301 306 67 7.6 
8 | Northeast Point ...........-.-....--.-- 1,713 355 551 
9 | Polovina.-....-.. 456 97 115 
12 | Reef and Lukanin. 804 140 638 
14 | Northeast Point - 1, 249 216 661 
16 | Zapadni ciaietele aes 886 391 586 53 7.8 
17 | Middle Hill and English Bay. 297 180 412 66 8 
19 | Lukanin, Zoltoi, and Reef. .- 5 988 377 1,174 39 7, 
22 | Northeast Point.........- * 1, 322 500 2, 047 34 
H 23 | Polovina... ...-- a 274 161 698 24 
| 24 | Lukanin and Reef 526 352 1, 380 23 
| 26 | Zapadni .........-..-.-- 514 491 890 27 
27 | Tolstoi and Middle Hill. : 199 221 545, 20 
29 | Northeast Point..-..... at 268 298 1,114 16 |. 
BO | secon OO: nor sscrase sere 7 276 383 708 20 
| 31 | Polovina .-..-. 108 118 456 16 7.9 
Aug. 2} Reef and Lukanin......-... 418 350 1,440 19 8 
5 | Middle Hill and English Bay. : 101 159 15 ieua 
| FREGE oe sjo5 sce enmietas cere steers ome cie 172 200 486 20 Hf 
Total veusaxeineseusis ever sesey 16,819 |..-....--- lestietiawes|| semaines 
June 16 | East 
| 19-24 | Food skins. 
25 | Zapadni ... 
July 1 | Food skins... 
3 | Staraya Artel . 
3 | Food skins... 
8-10 | Food skins....---..-.... 
13 | North and Staraya Artel . 
16 | East ..-.------------+--- 
17 | Food skins. 
19 | Zapadni ....-.-..---.---------.-- 
22 | East, North, and Staraya Artel .. 
24-31 | Food skins.......-..--..--------- 
Aug. 2 | East..-..-.------..----- 
4 | North and Staraya Artel . 
5-9 | Food skins....-.......--..-....-- 
10 | Kast, North, and Staraya Artel .. 
11 | Foodskins............-..--...--- 
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St. George Island 
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1'The total number of animals rejected during the season can not be taken as indicating the number of bachelors not 
of killable age left, as many of these were driven several times and many of the younger seals doubtless do not come to the 
islands at a duvine the killing season. The small seals will be taken into the quotas of 1898 and 1899; the large seals go to 
swell the already overstocked reserve of breeding male lite. Until this excess of male life is reduced to normal conditions 
an effort should be made each year, a8 was done in 1897. to exhaust the supply of killable seals. 
2The weight here given is that of 100 skins weighed in lots of 10 each. 
3This includes all animals killed. The skins of 131 animals were rejected by the lessees. 
