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FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1909. 
Classification of Seals Dismissed from Drives during Lessee’s Sealing 
Season on St. George Island, 1909. 
Date. 
Rookeries. 
Four 
years. 
Lai 
Five 
years. 
‘ge. 
Six 
years. 
Young 
bulls 
Cows. 
1909. 
* 
June 5 
Staraya Artel 
20 
5 
2 
8 
15 
North and Staraya Artel 
14 
14 
15 
7 
22 
do 
13 
14 
18 
29 
24 
East 
22 
17 
15 
16 
26 
North and Staraya Artel 
8 
7 
9 
14 
29 
Zapadni 
13 
4 
4 
17 
July 2 
East, North, and Staraya Artel. 
18 
3 
10 
5 
6 
do 
9 
4 
7 
7 
8 
Zapadni 
1 
5 
5 
2 
10 
East, North, and Staraya Artel 
5 
5 
5 
6 
14 
do 
5 
2 
16 
Zapadni 
1 
19 
East, North, and Staraya Artel 
13 
2 
21 
Zapadni 
2 
6 
3 
10 
23 
East, North, and Staraya Artel 
22 
16 
9 
2 
27 
do 
7 
7 
6 
31 
do 
30 
18 
9 
21 
31 
Zapadni 
2 
7 
2 
10 
2 
Total 
204 
136 
119 
134 
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RESERVATION OF BACHELORS FOR BREEDING. 
The quota of 2 and 3 year old bachelors to be marked and reserved 
for breeding purposes consisted of 1,000 of each of the foregoing 
classes in the proportion of 800 of each for St. Paul and 200 of each 
for St. George islands. These seals are driven and marked before 
the lessee is allowed to kill for skins. 
On St. Paul seals did not appear in sufficient numbers to justify 
the marking of these animals until June 24. Thereafter drives were 
made as often as conditions justified, and the breeding-reserve quota 
finally was obtained on June 28. A list of the drives made on St. 
Paul, with the number marked from each, follows: 
Breeding Reserve of Bachelors, St. Paul Island, 1909. 
Date. 
. Rookery. 
Two 
years. 
Three 
years. 
June 24 
Reef 
358 
348 
27 
Northeast Point 
333 
318 
28 
Zapadni 
109 
114 
28 
Tolstoi 
20 
Total 
800 
800 
On St. George the marking of the 400 young males was completed 
early in the season, the last of the quota being secured on or about 
June 26. The exact dates upon which the seals were marked and 
the number secured in each drive are not at hand. 
