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THE ASIATIC FUR-SEAL ISLANDS. 



Hutchinson, Kohl, Philippeus & Co., no less than 10,500 seals were killed on both 

 islands, of which, however, only 3,658 were shipped from Copper Island (the island 

 count, or 3,614 by the San Francisco count), while none at all were shipped from 

 Bering Island. Full data of the actual number of seals killed in each year are not 

 at hand, but the following table, based upon data furnished me by the late Mr. 

 G. Chernick, then station keeper on Bering Island, may serve as an indication of the 

 difference between a list of seals killed and one of skins shipped: 



Seals Jcilled and sUns aUpped from Bering Island, 1871-1882. 



It must be remembered, however, that these figures only represent the number ot 

 skins accepted by the company, and not the actual number of seals killed, as many 

 skins, oversized, undersized, and damaged in many ways, are left with the natives, 

 the company being very particular in their selection, at least during the years of 

 plenty. The actual number of these rejected skins is difficult to get at for the earlier 

 years, but as an example I append the following table, the data of which are taken 

 from an article in the Yiestnik Eybopromyshlennosti for 1892: 



Seals killed on the Commander Islands in 1889. 



It would have been interesting and instructive to have a list of skins taken from 

 each rookery for a considerable length of time, but I have been unable to obtain the 



