INVESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 71 5 



1881, July 30. H. G. Otis, see page 141, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, Volume 

 I, 1896-1898. 



1882, July 30. H. G. Otis, see page 152, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, Volume 

 I, 1896-1898. 



1884, July 31. H. G. Glidden, see page 167, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, 

 Volume I, 1896-1898. 



1887, July 31. Geo. R. Tingle, see page 202, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, 

 Volume I, 1896-1898. 



1885, July 31. Geo. R. Tingle, see page 207," Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, 

 Volume I, 1896-1898. 



1890, July 31. C. J. Goff, see pages 232-233, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, 

 Volume I, 1896-1898. 



The brother of Senator Goff, of West Virginia. 



1890, July 31. Joseph Murray. See page 238, Seal and Salmon Fisheries, Alaska, 

 Volume I, 1896-1898. 



1897, August 11. Joseph Murray. See page 337, Report Fur Seal Investigation, 

 part 3, 1898. 



1905, October 26. W. I. Lembkey. See page 24, Senate Document No. 98, Fifty- 

 ninth Congress, first session. 



1907, September 1. W. I. Lembkey. See page 414, Hearing No. 1, House Commit- 

 tee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, 1914. 



Mr. Murray was associated with Dr. Jordan in the preparation of 

 this report in 1898. No one class of the seals is better known to-day 

 or has been better known in the past than is the class of "yearling" 

 seals. 



They are the most numerous of any one class in sight on the hauling 

 grounds after June 10-14 annually, until the departure of all classes 

 including themselves, late in November, annually. They are also the 

 most conspicuous, not only by reason of their numbers and smallest 

 size, but on account of their greater activity and restlessness or play- 

 fulness on the hauling grounds. 



Mr. Bruckner. Are they easily distinguishable ? 



Mr. Elliott. The yearlings are; they are most conspicuous and 

 are the easiest understood by anybody looking at them for the first 

 time. You can not make a mistake. 



Mr. Stephens. It is like a yearling colt ? 



Mr. Elliott. No; it is different. These seals are born at high noon 

 every year, and they have 12 months of distinct growth. It is not 

 like a colt, which may be born in any month, and then the farmer 

 has difficulty in attempting to range it as a "yearling." You can 

 not do that. These seals are born at high noon of every year, i. e., 

 nine-tenths of them are annually born between the 4th of July and 

 the 20th of July — nine-tenths of them. 



Mr. Bruckner. In the month of July ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir. And, when they all grow for the next 12 

 months, they come back uniform in size. 



Mr. Stephens. What do you mean by being born at high noon? 

 Do you mean on the longest day of the year ? 



Mr. Elliott. No; I mean once a year at high noon, in July, 

 between the 4th and the 20th. 



Mr. Bruckner. They are all practically born in the month of 

 July ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir; nine-tenths of them are born between the 

 4th and the 20th of July. Nine-tenths of the fur seals are born then, 

 and then conceived again for -another year. Therefore, when they 

 come back there is not that irregularity that you see in colts, calves, 

 dogs, and in other kinds of domestic animals. 



