
Table 17.--Published estimates of the size of the average harem, 191Z~47. 
[Where underlined, the average harem was based on a complete count 
of pups (partial counts only were made in 1917 to 1921); elsewhere 
on an estimated annual increase in numbers of pups over the base 
period 1912-22. The increase was assumed to be 8 percent up to 
1942, 7 percent from 1942 to 1946, and 6 percent in 1947 (U. S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1947, p. 75).] 
aR RAN ASP Mc NPP PS SS nA Ti NP AP ye Tc SE SAI NE AGAMA SEES CCAR cmt NO A OP Ts POT a PSY SESS Pe Et I A Rc it SP 

Average Average Average 
Year harem Year harem Year harem 
1912 60 1927 57 1942 66 
1913 66 1928 Li 1943 67 
1914 60 1929 43 1944 70 
1915 48 1930 40 1945 76 
1916 33 1931 39 1946 82 
1917 26 1932 38 1947 95 
1918 27 1933 | Al | 
1919 30 1934 AZ 
1920 Al 1935 Ad 
1921 45 1936 43 
1922 52 1937 43 
1923 58 1938 47 
1924 59 1939 60 
1925 64 1940 62 
1926 61 1941 64 
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