236. 
237. 
239. 
Estimates the probable receipte of from four to six million yen annually from 
the U. §. and Russia under the terms of the treaty. 
eae Font of the Treaty for Conservation of Fur Seals: Jour Fish Soc Jap (35%). 
25-27, os 
Japanese language version of the treaty. 
Anon. Honting by British Shipe: Jour Fish Soc Jap (353), p 127, Feb 1912. 
Acconiing to a report from Victoria, B. C. four Canadian veesele took only 
2,708 “sea otters* (fur seals), the worst catch in the last 20 years. 
Sumguki, Yonosuke. The Hunting of Sea Animale on the Commander Islands: Jour Fish 
Soc Jap (385), pp 25-28, Apr 1912. 
Twenty-five yeare ago thers were over a sillion fur seals on the Commander 
Islands, but now there are only 9,000. An account of their breeding habits is 
given. The Russians claim thie decrease was caused by Japanese hunting. 
Avon. Warships Leave for North Seas: Jour Fish Soc Jap (356), p 67, May 1912. 
Japan has dispatched three warships to help patrol the sealing grounds against 
poachers. 
Anon. laws Governing Subsidies to Fur Seal and Sea Otter Hunters: Jour Fish Soc 
Jap (356), pp 72-74, May 1912. 
Text of Law No 22 of 20 April 1912 and supplementary Ministry of Agriculture 
and Commerce ordinances Hos 11 and 12 of 1912. 
Anon. Preparation for Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (357), p 77. Jun 1912. 
The Sakhalin government is making plane to harvest seals as their mabers on 
Robben Island are expected to reach 6,500 this year, as required by the treaty. 


the Subsidies for the 
357 » Pp 78, Jan 1912. 

Prohibition of Hunting: Jour Fieh Soc Jap 
Text of Imperial Ordnance No 118, 27 May 1912. 
Kuroda, MN. The Exploitation of the Kuril Islands: Jour Fish Soc Jap (358), pp 42- 
44, Jul 1912. 
Suggests that developing a crab industry and the culturing of black foxes in 
the Kuril Islands may compensate for the lose of fur seal and sea otter hunt~ 
ing. prohibited by the treaty. 
Kaku, Risuke. U. S. Aims in Prohibiting Fur Seal Hunting: Jour Fish Soc Jap (360). 
pp 5-8, Sep 1912. 
The U. S. Congress nay decide to harvest no fur seale on land for a five-year 
period. In this case under the treaty it will pay to Japan and Canada only 
$10,000 annually instead of the $2,000,000 which Japan expects to receive. 
Japan will hence have joined the four power treaty at a heavy sacrifice to ite 
gains from pelagic sealing. 
Anon. Fur S$ and 5 ter Problem Argued in The U. S. Co ss: Jour Fish Sec 
Jap (360), p 70. Sep 1912. 
U. S. has decided that no sea aniaale will be taken for a 10-year period. 
