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Mr. Madden. And it might be 39 h inches? 



Mr. Elliott. Thirty-six inches. Mr. Lembkey, when he measured what he called 

 a "yearling," selected a remarkably well-grown one. I allowed him to take those as 

 "middling pups," and I have not charged any malfeasance in having those so taken 

 by him. Those "long" yearlings are invariably males, and no real risk of killing 

 females, when he does, is incurred by him. (Hearing No. 14, pp. 905-906, July 30, 



1912, House Committee on Expenditures Department of Commerce and Labor.) 



The following weights of the large 39-43 inch skins, taken July 7, 



1913, show that they have been " clean skinned," not " blubbered," 

 and show the fair size per salt weight of skin. They are 3-year-old 

 skins, yet in Lembkey's list a large number of these small 30-34 inch 

 skins weigh just as much as these 39-43-inch skins do, as shown in the 

 foregoing abstract and below, to wit : 









Weighed 









Weighed 



No. 



Tag No. 



Length. 



green 

 July 7, 1913. 



No. 



Tag No. 



Length. 



green 

 July 7, 1913. 







Inches. 



Lbs. Oz. 







Inches. 



Lbs. Oz. 



1 



4757 



41 



7 7 



21 



4625 



40 



6 6J 



2 



4788 



40 



7 10 



22 



4338 



40 



7 141 



3 



4712 



40 



6 6 



23 



4286 



394 



7 7J 



4 



4723 



39 



7 84 



24 



4312 



40 



6 7 



S 



4705 



424 



7 31 



25 



4309 



41 



7 13J 



6 



4709 



40* 



8 51 



26 



4277 



394 



5 14J 



7 



4768 



39 



7 5* 



27 



4362 



41" 



6 12J 



8 



4766 



39 



5 9} 



28 



4781 



45 



6 8 



9 



4706 



39 



6 10? 



29 



4417 



394 



8 2J 



10 



4364 



39 



6 7J 



30 



4429 



40 



7 91 



11 



4711 



44 



8 6 



31 



4780 



39 



7 11 



12 



4786 



40 



6 10} 



32 



4400 



39 



9 2J 



13 



4274 



394 



8 



33 



4293 



40 



6 154 



14 



4651 



39 



7 6 



34 



4291 



40 



7 14 



15 



4782 



40 



7 34 



35 



4701 



41 



7 61 



16 



4308 



40 



6 13J 



36 



4222 



39 



7 2J 



17 



4800 



40 



6 11? 



37 



4664 



39 



7 7 



18 



4667 



40 i 



6 5J 



38 



4754 



41 



6 6 



19 



4281 



42 



8 3 



39 



4645 



40 



7 



20 



4361 



40 



7 6i 











Here are 39 skins, which are each between 39-43 inches long, and 

 are clearly the skins of 3-year-olds. They were skinned at the same 

 time on the same field that the yearling 30-34 inch skins were. Yet 

 53 of those small yearling 30-34 inch skins are so loaded with blubber 

 that they each one weigh as much as any one of those big 39-43 inch 

 skins do. 



The 2-year-old 36^-3S-inch skins in this list of 400 skins, as above 

 cited, are not so heavily loaded, but nearly all of them are so put up 

 into the 3-year-old weights, viz, 7 pounds and up to 8£ pounds. 

 There are 127 of these loaded 2-year-olds in this exhibit of 400. 

 These green weights of those skins should run from 5h pounds to 6 

 pounds each, if properly skinned; never any less. 



This showing of those 400 July 7, 1913, green skins declares the 

 fact — 



I. That the small 30-34-inch skins have nearly all of them been 

 loaded with blubber so as to weigh into the 2 and 3 year old class of 

 skin weights, i. e., into the same weights that belong to properly 

 skinned 36^-38 and 39-44 inch skins. 



II. That weight list of Lembkey thus falsely certifies 139 yearling 

 skins by this record ol killing of July 7, 1913, "as the skins of seals 

 not under 2 } T ears of age." 



