1925 
270. 
271. 
1927 
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273. 
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fur seal pelts. It advises Japan to consider these improvements, because the 
market is excellent, the treaty will terminate in 1926, and our "strong-arned 
and pike ng people have missed the Japanese sealing boats with their rising- 
sun flage". 
Kaku, Rieuke. History of Fur Sealing and Ite Fut (Ottoset Ryogyo Enkaku Qyabi 
Sono Shorai), 10" x 71/2", 122 pp, 14 ph pl. 6 mps, Bur of Fish, Min of Agr and 
Com, Mar 1925. 
A review from the literature of conditions on all the north Pacific fur seal 
colonies. 
Anon. Expiration of the Sea Animal Protective Treaty: Jour Fish Soc Jap (523), 
pp 32-33, Jun 1926. 
Quotes an editorial from the Kok»ain Shinbun, advocating abolition of the 
treaty at ite expiration because the compensation to Japan for relinquishing 
ite pelagic sealing rights has not equalled the damage done by the seals to 
Japan's fisheries. 
Anon. So-Called Fur Seal Problem: Jour Fish Soc Jap (530), pp 99-100, Jan 1927. 

Japan has notified the U. S. that it wishes to revise the treaty. However, the 
foreign office has received an answer from the U. S. objecting to Japan's 
reasons, which must be studied before answering. 
Anon. Statistics on the Fur 5 Protective Treaty (Ottosei Hogojoyaku Kankei 
Shohyo), 10" x 7 1/2", 66 pp, not actually published but printed privately for of- 
ficial use only (dai-shitsu-sha) by the Fish Bur, Min of Agr and Com, Feb 1927. 
Complete statistics on the Robben Island fur seal herd to date. See Bibl 286 
for later statistics. 
Batchelor, John. Aim Life and Lore (in Bnglish), royal Swo, 448 pp, num figs and 
col pl, publ by Kyobunken, Tokyo, Oct 1927. 
Descriptions of Ajnu fur seal folklore and hunting are found on pp 90 and 124, 
Anon. Influx of Fur Seals: Jour Pish Soc Jap (540), p 612, Wov 1927. 
Mr Ishino, a technician of the Fisheries Bureau, studied the fur seal migration 
in Hokkaido 18 September-3 October 1927 and reports the mmber of seals coming 
southward has increased so remarkably it reflects an increase not only on 
Robben Island, but on the Pribilofs as well. 
Watanuki, Satoshi. Fur Seale at Sea: Jour Fish Soc Jap (554), pp 71-76, Jan 1929. 
The treaty restrictions againet pelagic sealing are unfair because the seals 
are eating fish which the Japanese need for food. 
Seno, Hidemi. Encyclopedia of Economic Animals (Oyo Dobutsu Zukan), publ by 
Kokuryukan, Mar 1930. 
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