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FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1909. 
REJECTIONS FROM DRIVES. 
On St. Paul 13,656 animals appeared in the drives during the 
lessee’s sealing season, of which 9,508, or 69 per cent, were killed. 
There were released from the killing fields 1,110 small and 1,185 large 
seals, in addition to 1,915 marked or branded seals, composed of 1,315 
2-year-olds and 600 3-year-olds. The individual killings varied in 
the percentages of seals killed from 81 to 39 per cent. 
On St. George, during the same season, 4,484 animals appeared in 
the drives, of which 2,863, or 63 per cent, were killed. There were 
released 555 large and 306 small seals, in addition to the dismissal of 
760 marked seals the ages of which were not segregated. 
In 1909, killing on St. Paul was 4 per cent closer, and on St. George 
17 per cent closer, than it was in 1908. 
Statement of Seals Killed and Seals Dismissed from Drives during Lessee’s 
Sealing Season on St. Paul Island, 1909. 
Date. 
Rookery. 
Killed. 
Small. 
Dism 
Large. 
issed. 
Branded 
Total 
driven. 
Per 
cent 
killed. 
Two 
years. 
Three 
years. 
1909. 
June 28 
Tolstoi 
101 
10 
73 
184 
54 
29 
Reef 
179 
2 
117 
92 
58 
448 
39 
July 2 
Northeast Point 
455 
70 
71 
159 
40 
795 
57 
5 
Zapadni 
200 
9 
33 
33 
11 
286 
69 
6 
Reef and Gorbatch 
505 
16 
81 
36 
11 
649 
77 
6 
Tolstoi 
181 
43 
31 
5 
8 
268 
67 
7 
Halfway Point 
77 
8 
35 
2 
1 
123 
62 
8 
Northeast Point 
617 
89 
47 
43 
10 
806 
75 
10 
Zapadni 
279 
49 
23 
14 
3 
368 
76 
11 
Reef and Gorbatch 
289 
25 
12 
17 
10 
353 
81 
11 
Tolstoi 
129 
23 
4 
7 
163 
79 
13 
Halfway Point 
34 
4 
20 
3 
1 
62 
54 
14 
Northeast Point 
207 
64 
14 
22 
7 
314 
65 
15 
Reef and Gorbatch 
251 
74 
8 
39 
14 
386 
65 
15 
Tolstoi and Lukanin 
114 
12 
5 
12 
9 
152 
75 
16 
Zapadni 
276 
85 
14 
40 
37 
452 
61 
19 
Northeast Point 
718 
190 
27 
100 
31 
1,066 
67 
19 
Halfway Point 
34 
1 
8 
6 
49 
69 
20 
Reef and Gorbatch 
588 
80 
35 
96 
27 
826 
71 
20 
Tolstoi 
43 
4 
1 
7 
55 
78 
21 
Zapadni 
331 
38 
21 
41 
21 
• 452 
73 
23 
Northeast Point 
475 
53 
48 
90 
46 
712 
66 
23 
Halfway Point 
32 
15 
5 
4 
56 
57 
24 
Reef and Gorbatch 
685 
40 
81 
94 
41 
941 
72 
25 
Zapadni 
245 
22 
11 
27 
5 
310 
79 
27 
Northeast Point 
187 
3 
58 
71 
36 
355 
52 
27 
Halfway Point 
16 
17 
5 
38 
42 
28 
Reef and Gorbatch 
453 
18 
26 
56 
31 
584 
77 
30 
ZapadDi 
585 
39 
38 
46 
29 
737 
79 
31 
Reef and Gorbatch 
660 
21 
81 
70 
31 
863 
76 
31 
Northeast Point 
330 
15 
75 
42 
58 
520 
63 
31 
Halfway Point.' 
19 
7 
3 
4 
33 
57 
31 
Zapadni 
41 
3 
14 
14 
8 
80 
51 
31 
Gorbatch 
62 
31 
Ketovi and Lukanin 
110 
34 
18 
8 
170 
64 
Total 
9,508 
1,110 
1,185 
1,315 
600 
13,656 
69 
