What was his count for 1912 ? 



Eleven thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. 



Is not that an increase ? 



Less than 1,000. That is a microscopic increase, as 



That is not a legitimate increase; that is not a fair 



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duct. The sham and nonsense of it has been fully exposed to view 

 in countless entries in the official journals of the islands, and it ought 

 to be prohibited from any repetition hereafter. 



Mr. Patton. What is his count for 1913 ? 



Mr. Elliott. Twelve thousand eight hundred and eleven. I read 

 it here. 



Mr. Patton. 



Mr. Elliott 



Mr. Patton. 



Mr. Elliott 

 I said before, 

 increase. 



Mr. Patton. It is about 10 per cent? 



Mr. Elliott. They do better than that; 18 per cent is the idea I 

 have. 



Mr. McGuire. Mr. Clark says about 12 per cent. 



The following analysis of Clark's 1912-13 live pup count is taken 

 from his report of 1913, pages 14, 15. When he found his 1912 figures 

 were not sensibly increased on St. George by his work on the rookeries 

 there in 1913, and duly witnessed by Messrs. Hatton, and Proctor, he 

 rushed over to St. Paul and run the pups up there by "counting" 

 them so as to show a "net increase of 13 per cent" over his 1912 

 figures. 



Of course, he had no idea of the Elliott totals at the time, and did 

 not have any idea that Elliott would show an increase of at least 

 25 per cent for the St. George herd in 1913, assuming that Clark's 

 figures for 1912 were correct. 



The following analysis exhibits this fact, to wit: 



Estimates made of number of fur-seal pups born, season of 1913. 



Rookeries. 



St. George Island: 



Zapadni 



North 



Little East 



East Reef 



East Cliffs 



Starry Arteel 



Total 



St. Paul Island: 



Sievitchie Kammen 



Kitovie 



Lukannon 



Gorbatch 



Ardiguen 



Reef 



Zapadni 



Little Zapadni 



Zapadni Reef 



Lagoon 



Polavina 



Little Polavina 



Novashstoshnah 



Tolstoi 



Total 



Grand total 



Geo. A. Clark. 



1912 



1,246 

 4,227 

 26 

 536 

 2,307 

 3,607 



11,949 



2,787 

 1,975 

 1,787 

 6, 435 



417 



13,014 



7,364 



4,436 



186 



521 

 2,736 

 1,083 



841 



2,400 



14,979 



6,960 



2,114 



70,035 



81,984 



1913 



1,408 

 4,319 

 25 

 444 

 2,837 

 3,778 



Elliott. 



1913 



12,811 



3,495 

 1,855 

 1,661 

 6,368 

 475 



13,984 

 7,953 

 4,596 

 197 

 527 

 3,680 

 1,320 

 1,050 

 2,812 



19, 459 

 7,313 

 2,713 



79, 458 



92, 269 



2,250 



6,200 



27 



3,500 



4,200 



16,177 



2,520 

 3,322 



13,500 



4,850 

 4,100 



500 

 7,000 



980 

 15, 622 



7,850 



63, 241 



79, 418 



Remarks. 



Clark made St. George pup 

 "count" July 31-Aug. 2,1913. 



/Elliott made his pup estimate 

 \ July 18, 1913, on St. George. 

 Clark saw his figures of 1912 were 



not increased, so he goes to St. 



Paul and runs them up. 



Clark made St. Paul pup 

 "count" Aug. 3-8, 1913. 



/Elliot made his pup estimate 

 \ July 10-20, 1913, on St. Paul. 



