INVESTIGATION OP THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OE ALASKA. 349 



Table shoicing prospective increase in Pribi- 

 lof seal herd from 1911 to 1927, submitted 

 by Henry W. Elliott, with correct compu- 

 tations in parallel colums. 



Year. 



Breeding cows. 









Elliott. 



Correct. 



1911 



50, 000 



50,000 



1912 



54, 000 



54, 000 



1913 



57, 600 



57, 600 



1914 



66,S70 



66, 015 



1915 



74, 35S 



74,723 



1916 



88, 793 



83,580 



1917 



103,314 



93,938 



191S 



120, 066 



105, 728 



1919 



145, 997 



118, 852 



1920 



192, 000 



133,598 



1921 



225, 000 



150,213 



1922 



260, 000 



16S, S87 



1923 



321,000 



189, S74 



1924 



395,000 



213,473 



1925 



450, 000 



240,005 



1926 



612, 000 



269, 834 



1927 



800, 000 



303,371 



Year. 



1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 



Nubiles. 



Elliott. 



Correct. 



10, 000 

 10,000 

 15, 750 



10, 000 

 10, 000 

 15, 750 



24,300 



17, 010 



26, 000 

 30, 092 



IS, 144 

 20, 795 



33, 462 



23,538 



42, 163 



26, 328 



46, 496 



29,590 



57,100 



33,304 



58,000 



37,439 



61,000 

 74,000 



42,084 

 47,317 



100, 000 

 162,000 

 200, 000 

 200, 000 



53, 199 

 59, 810 

 67, 244 

 75,601 



The Riggs National 

 Bank of Washington, 

 Washington, B.C., January 31, 1912. 

 Mr. Henry W. Elliott, 



Room 423, Senate Office Building, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Dear Sir: In the absence of Mr. Glover, 

 who has been confined to his home by ill* 

 ness for several days, I am taking the lib- 

 erty of replying to your letter of the 29th 

 instant, addressed to him. We have made 

 the calculation indicated on the inclosed 

 slip, by the use of five space logarithm ta* 

 bles, and the resulb is $598,642,857. 

 Very truly, yours, 



Henry H. Flather, 



Cashier. 



(Hearing No. 10, pp. 591, 592, Apr. 24. 

 1912.) 



Year. 



Female pups. 



Elliott. 



Correct. 



1911 



25,000 



27,000 



28,800 



33,435 



37,179 



44,396 



56, 657 



65,033 



77, 998 



96,000 



112,000 



130, 000 



165, 000 



197, 000 



225, 000 



306, 000 



400,000 



25,000 



1912 



27,000 

 28, 800 



1913 



1914 



33,008 



1915 



37,362 



1916 



41, 790 



1917 



46, 969 



1918 



52, 864 



1919 



59, 426 



1920 



66, 799 



1921 



75, 106 



1922 



84, 443 



1923 



94,937 



1924 



106, 736 



192.5 



120, 002 



1926 



134,917 



1927 



151,685 





(Hearing No. 10, pp. 590, 591, Apr. 24, 

 (1912.) 



