100 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES PISH COMMISSION. 
iiient, part iu Petropaulski (1,124), part in Loiuloii, and were shipped in tlie company’s 
steamer to San Francisco (see Fur Seal Arb., vii, pp. 375, 417). The total number 
of skins shipped from the Eussian seal islands from 1871 to 1895, inclusive, is, 
therefore, 918,090. 
That this list does not give an accurate idea of the number of seals killed in each 
particulai' year is clear from the fact that the fall catch of the year is not shipped 
until tlie following summer. In some years there was no fall catch at all, in others it 
was very considerable. Thus, for instance, in 1871, the first year of the lease of 
Hutchinson, Kohl, Philii)peus & Oo., 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. Cheruick, 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 killed and skins shipped from Bering Island, 1871-1882. 
Shipped. 
Skins. 
Tear. 
^ 14, 392 
1872 
13, 044 
1873 
13,406 
1874 
^ 12, 712 
1875 
( 10, 358 
1876 
^ 7, 192 
1877 
8, 130 
1878 
^ 13, 572 
1879 
15, 160 
1880 
16, 078 
1881 
18,512 
1882 
KilUd. 
Tear. Total. Summer. Tall 
1871 
1872 
1873 
1874 
1875 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
4,500 
12, 912 
13, 040 
13, 034 
11, 790 
9, 822 
6, 006 
8,674 
13, 028 
15, 160 
16, 078 
18, 512 
) 9, 892 
b’ioio^i’ 
\ 
1 10, 390 
JO, 068 
’8,’ 636 
6, 006 
8,130 
13, 028 
15, 160 
16, 078 
18, 512 
3,020 
'3,016' 
'i'044 
i,’722 
1,186' 
544 
It would have been interesting and instructive to have a list of skins taken from 
eacli rookery for a considerable length of time, but I have been unable to obtain the 
necessary data. The following table, however, furnishes tliis information for the vears 
1891 to 1895 : 
Fur-seals killed on Ihe Commander Islands, 1891-1895. 
Locality and season. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
1895. 
Bering Island : 
Summer — 
North Roolcery 
South Ivookerv 
Fall - 
13, 177 
648 
16, 171 
419 
12, 156 
327 
12, 516 
627 
592 
8, 370 
564 
1 
1,422 
87 
22 
Copper Island : 
6, 396 
Karabelni 
Glinka 
Fall... 
3.664 
12, 660 
4,552 
10, 102 
5,343 
10, 938 
4, 268 
8, 387 
497 
451 
562 
86 
381 
Total 
30,149 33,766 
29, 253 
20, 887 
15, 330 
