Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Gresham .

British Embassy,
Washington , March 14, 1895 .

Sir: With reference to your note marked Ho. 17 and dated January 23,¹ I have the honor, by direction of the Earl of Kimberley, to transmit herewith copies of a report from the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries respecting the catch of the Canadian sealing fleet in the North Pacific during the season of 1894, and of the Appendixes I, II, and III, attached to the report, which give, so far as it has been obtainable, the information required by Article V of the Bering Sea arbitration award.

In transmitting to you the inclosed documents, Lord Kimberley requests me to explain that the information therein contained is not complete as to the sealers cleared for the spring operations before the award regulations had been brought into force.

I am further to state that some of the particulars asked for in your note under reply are not included among the points specified in Article V of the award, but the Dominion Government will be asked whether they can supply them.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.

[Inclosure.]

Extract from a report of the committee of the honorable the privy council, approved by his excellency on the 14th January, 1895.

The committee of the privy council have had under consideration a report, hereto attached, dated 9th January, 1895, from the minister of marine and fisheries, respecting the complete catch of the Canadian sealing fleet, operating in the North Pacific Ocean, during the season just closed.

The committee, concurring in the said report, advise that a copy of this minute, if approved, together with its appendixes, be forwarded to the right honorable the principal secretary of state for the colonies.

John J. McGee,
Clerk of the Privy Council.

The Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

Ottawa , January 9, 1895 .

To His Excellency the Governor-General in Council:

The undersigned has the honor to report, for the information of your excellency, that he has received, through the collector of customs at Victoria, the appended statement showing the complete catch of the Canadian sealing fleet operating in the North Pacific Ocean during the season just closed. (Appendix I.)

Considerable interest will attach to the statistics for the year 1894, inasmuch as it is the initiatory year of the industry under the restrictions imposed by the Paris tribunal.

An examination of the figures shows that the take by the Canadian vessels aggregated 94,474 seal skins, while there were landed at the port of Victoria by 3 United States schooners 574 additional skins, making a grand total of 95,048 skins, including 3,989 skins taken along the coast by the Indians.

The vessels engaged in the business number 59, representing a tonnage of 3,866, with a crew of 888 white men and 518 Indians. The number of boats employed was 266, and the number of canoes 259. The catch is divided as follows:

British Columbia coast		11,703
Japan coast		49,483
Vicinity of Russian islands.		7,437
Bering Sea: Males	11,723
Females	14,702
		26,425
Total		95,048

The largest catch which had previously been taken was that of 1893, being 70,592 seal skins.

In some quarters in the United States considerable stress is being laid upon the success of pelagic sealers this year, notwithstanding the curtailment of privileges involved in the regulations of the award.

It has been suggested in the press of the United States that this success affords an argument for the consideration of the absolute prohibition of pelagic sealing, if not for all time, at least for a term of years.

Apart from all other considerations, this can only be regarded as a remarkable attitude in the face of the decision of the arbitrators, as to an industry so long misrepresented and embarrassed, especially in the light of the fact that the decision was reached on terms of submission which were as favorable to the United States as it was possible under the circumstances to make them.

Such a position, on the face of it, appears to indicate that the large take of seal skins was secured from the seals frequenting the Pribilof Islands, or, as they have been commonly termed, “the Alaska seal herd.”

It is not to be forgotten that the question began in the circumscribed waters of the Bering Sea, and that the only claim made by the United States Government was a right to expel all sealing vessels therefrom.

Forced out of Bering Sea by the different agreements reached, pending the decision of the arbitrators, the hardy sealers sought new fields wherein to ply their calling, which resulted in the successful exploiting of the Asiatic portion of the North Pacific Ocean.

In these waters they opened for themselves a field of operations in which neither the United States Government nor anybody else had any interest, beyond the common one of pelagic sealing itself.

Returning to the statistics, then, it will be found that of the 95,000 seal skins secured, 26,425 were taken in Bering Sea, the originally disputed waters, and the only ones which, at the time, the United States Government sought to control.

This would leave a balance of 68,623 skins secured by the British sealers this year, in waters wherein the United States Government has no particular interest.

If to the Bering Sea catch, however, that of the British Columbia coast be added (11,703), a total of 38,128 skins would be reached as the catch in North American waters, out of what has been termed by the United States authorities “the Alaskan seal herd.”

Deducting these from the total catch, leaves the enormous balance of 56,920 seal skins taken in the waters of Asia, all but 7,437 of which were secured off the coast of Japan, a country which recognizes pelagic sealing.

The undersigned also has the honor to report that article 5 of the award imposes upon the masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing the accurate entry in their official log books of the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operations and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These entries to be communicated by each of the two Governments to the other at the end of the fishing season.

Owing to the fact that the vessels operating on the lower coast and in the Asiatic waters had all departed before the Bering Sea act of 1894 was promulgated, it was impossible to secure the desired information in respect of the catch of these vessels during 1894.

In respect of these vessels, however, which returned on the advent of the close of the season and refitted for the Bering Sea season, compliance with this provision of the award was practicable, and the undersigned has now the honor to append extracts from the logs of these vessels (Appendix II), received through the collector of customs at the port of Victoria providing the requisite information. These vessels are Rosie Olsen, Umbrma, Arietis, Walter A. Earl, Fawn, Mary Ellen, Vera, Triumph, Sapphire, Aurora, Beatrice (Shanghai), Mascott, Favourite, Annie C. Moore, Labrador, Saucy Lass, Borealis, Katharine, Ainoko, Kate, Venture, Walter L. Rich, Minnie, San Jose, Kilmeny, Henrietta, Shelby.

In this manner the proportion of the sexes of seals taken in Bering Sea is established thus:

Males	11,723
Females	14,702

In the persistent denunciations of the operations of the sealers, great force was given to the iterated and reiterated statements as to the percentage of females killed, which had left the islands for food, whilst suckling their young, which also succumbed as a consequence. The usual statement was that 80 or 90 per cent were suckling females.

It has not yet been satisfactorily demonstrated that females while nursing (whatever they may do after they have ceased suckling their young) seek the open sea to any great distance from shore.

Indeed, the preponderance of the evidence is the contrary, but the above figures must be regarded as significant in successfully combating the statements hitherto advanced.

The open season in Bering Sea begins only on the 1st of August. Six of the above vessels ceased operations there between the 15th and 24th of August, while of 21 which remained until September only 2 operated as late as the 20th, the remainder on the average leaving about the middle of the month.

The total catch made in Bering Sea was therefore during August and September, the catch of females showing a tendency to increase with the lateness of the season.

From the information at present attainable, the undersigned submits that it is fair to assume that the vast majority of female seals have ceased suckling their young before the 1st of August.

There is therefore no longer any reason for their remaining in the immediate vicinity of the rookeries, and after their long sojourn on the islands might naturally be expected to seek the open sea.

Had the operations of the sealers covered the month of July, when the mass of the pups are depending upon the fostering care of their mothers, there is every reason to believe that the proportion of females taken would have been infinitely smaller, if indeed appreciable.

Considering the converse side of the question, it will be found that notwithstanding the comparatively large take this year, a fleet of about sixty vessels, scouring the whole North Pacific Ocean from America to Asia, has not yet in anyone year secured the number of skins taken annually for twenty years under the lease of the old company, and have only twice exceeded the stipulated number allowed under the new lease of the two little islands of St. Paul and St. George, where these animals annually congregate for the reproduction of their species.

The catch of the lessees from 1871 to 1893 shows a grand total of about 2,000,000 skins, exclusive of 47,400 pups killed for food between 1871 and 1889.

During the same period the total product of the Canadian pelagic sealing industry was 383,452 skins, drawn from the Asiatic as well as the American herds. The catch on the Russian seal islands during the same period was 855,346 skins.

From the standpoint of destruction of seal life alone, the Canadian pelagic sealer would appear to be comparatively provident.

If it be argued that the industry is of comparatively recent development, and its gradual growth may be looked for, it would not appear that this should constitute a sufficient reason for its suppression in the interests of those controlling the land-killing operations.

If an undue number of seals is being killed, the fact is not wholly due to the existence of the pelagic sealing fleet.

The undersigned would further append, for the information of your excellency, a statement of the number of skins sold and prices realized at the sales in London on the 29th and 30th of November, 1894, showing a falling off in price of 20 per cent, as compared with the sales of last year. (Appendix III.)

The undersigned recommends that a copy of this report, if approved, together with its appendices, be forwarded to the right honorable the principal secretary of state for the colonies.

Respectfully submitted.

John Costigan.

Appendix I.—Catch of the Canadian sealing fleet in the North Pacific Ocean, season of 1894.

Vessels.	Masters.	Tonnage.	Crews.		Boats.	Canoes.	Catch.					Total.
			Whitees.	Indians.			British Columbia coast.	Japan coast.	Vicinity of copper Island.	Bering Sea
										Males.	Females.
Enterprise.	O. Scarf.	69	22		8			1,254	314			1,568
Rosie Olsen	A. B. Whiddon	39	6	16	2	8		1,043		425	431	1,899
Umbrina	C. Campbell	99	25		8			2,588	153	30	30	2,801
Oscar and flattie	A. Falger.	81	24		7			1,733	176			1,909
Diana	A. Nelson.	50	19		6			1,961	433			2,394
Breuda	C. E. Lacke	100	26		8			2,383	343			2,726
Arietis	A. Douglass	86	25		8			1,197		39	52	1,288
Casco	O. Buchwlz	63	22		6			1,926				1,926
Dora Siewerd	F. Cole	94	26		8			2,584				2,584
Walter A. Earle	L. Magneson	68	8	20	2	10		1,471		155	517	2,143
Fawn	M. Keefe	59	6	18	1	9		911		310	336	1,557
Agnes McDonald	M. Cutler.	107	26		8			1,707	471			2,178
W. P. Hall.	J. B. Brown	99	24		7			710				710
Mermaid	W. H. Whiteley	73	25		8			1,603	505			2,108
City of San Diego	M. Pike	46	16		5			1,304	250			1,554
Mary Taylor	E. Robbins	43	19		5			874	250			1,124
Libbie	F. Hackett	93	22		7			1,010	200			1,210
May Belle	F. Shields	58	14		6			925	197			1,122
Mary Ellen	W. O. Hughes	63	23		7			1,909	86	105	352	2,452
Viva	J. Anderson	92	26		7			1,437
W. P. Sayward	G. F’erry	60	20		6			606	35
Penelope	L. McGrath.	70	20		7			1,306	296
Vera	W. Shields	60	19		6			1,075		80	115	1,270
Carlotta G. Cox	W. Rogers	76	24		7			1,947				1,947
Triumph	C. Cox	98	8	36	3	17	1,320			1,163	2,077	4,560
Otto	J. McLeod	86	25		8			1,014	623			1,637
E. B. Marvin	C. J. Harris.	96	23		7			2,118				2,118
Sapphire	W. Cox	109	8	32	4	16	535			1,226	879	2,640
Annie E. Paint	A. Bissett	82	26		9			1,497	531			2,028
Geneva	W. O’Leary.	92	27		9			1,092	558			1,650
Teresa	F. Gilbert	63	25		7			1,102	120			1,222
Ocean Belle	T, O’Leary	83	22		6			530	274			804
Sadie Turpel	C. L. Blanc	56	22		8			1,783	171			1,954
Maud S	R. McKiel	97	24		8			1,343	86			1,429
Aurora	H. J. Lund	41	18		5			693	21	79	138	931
Florence M. Smith	J. Allen.	99	27		8			96	81	81		177
Beatrice	D. Macauley	66	5	22	1	11	358			342	818	1,518
Mascot	H. F. Siewerd	40	4	16	1	7		558		299	246	1,103
Favourite	L. McLean	80	5	37	1	18	606			752	488	1,486
Annie C. Moore	C. Hackett	113	8	37	1	18	309			938	1,009	2,256
Labrador	J. J. Whiteley	25	5	14	1	7	308			179	381	868
Wanderer	H. Paxton	25	2	7	1	5	400					400
Pioneer	W. E. Baker	66	24		6		418		1,263			1,681
Saucy Lass	R. E. Crowell.	38	7	17	2	8	170			290	378	838
Borealis	G. Meyer	37	6	20	1	10	303			90	1,059	1,452
Katharine	J. Gould	82	6	26	1	13	269			490	569	1,328
Ainoko	J. Heater	75	5	22	2	11	467			1,092	565	2,124
Kate	M. Mose	58	5	20	1	10	79			303	564	946
Shelby	J. Searle	16	5	10	1	5	34			232	145	411
Venture	J. Mohrhouse	48	3	17	1	9				417	492	909
Walter L. Rich	S. Balcom	76	9	25	2	13	691			1,000	749	2,440
Mountain Chief	J. Jamieson	23	1	13		6	175					175
Fisher Maid	C.Chipps	21		8		4	92					92
Minnie	V. J. Robson	46	6	20		12	488			679	986	2,153
San Jose	M. Foley	31	5	14	2		7	20			256	593
Kilmeny	J. Jamieson	19	2	12		6				307	327	634
Henrietta	J. Daley	31	5	17	1	8	315			427	340	1,082
C. D. Rand		51	7	22	2	11	357					357
Beatrice Vance		49	21		6							1,703
Canoe catch by Indians.							3,989					3,989
Total Canadian		3,866	888	518	266	259	11,703	48,993	7,437	11,705	14,636	94,474
Catch of American schooners landed at Victoria:
Louis Olsen								435		18	66	519
Anna Matilda								7				7
Josephine								48				48
Grand total							11,703	49,483	7,437	11,723	14,702	95,048

Summary of sealing catch, 1894.

British Columbia coast	11,703
Off Japanese coast	49,483
Vicinity of Copper Island	7,437
Bering Sea:
Males	11,723
Females	14,702
Grand catch	95,048

Total catch, 1889 to 1894.

1889	35,310	1892	49,743
1890	43,325	1893	70,592
1891	52,365	1894	95,048

A. R. Milne, Collector.

Victoria, British Columbia , December 6, 1894 .

Appendix II.—Extracts from the logs of the British Columbia sealing fleet—Catch in Bering Sea, 1894.

[Copied from official logs.]

rosie olsen.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	13	57	07	174	42		1	1
	16	57	05	174	18		1	1
	17	56	47	174	34	3	1	4
	18	56	40	174	38	8	12	20
	22	56	56	174	42	7	8	15
	27	57	47	173	00	2	1	3
	28	58	00	173	00	49	68	117
	29	57	8	173	17	7	4	11
	30	58	01	172	44	2	6	8
Sept.	1	58	01	172	50	20	29	49
	2	58	08	173	10	20	49	69
	5	57	47	173	20	8	13	21
	6	58	09	173	48	18	12	30
	7	58	13	173	36	36	40	76
	8	58	13	173	39	20		30
	9	58	11	173	11	24	29	53
	10	58	15	173	09	17	12	29
	12	57	50	173	09	11	8	19
	14	57	56	173	16	58	35	93
	16	58	05	173	08	34	28	62
	18	57	56	173	22	4	1	5
	19	57	47	173	25	76	59	135
	20	57	47	173	21	1	4	5
	Total					425	431	856

umbrina.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	7	57	40	176	45	1		1
	9	58	20	172	55		2	2
	10	57	53	172	32	2	6	8
	18	58	07	172	50	7	15	22
	22	53	12	172	00	20	7	27
	Total.					30	30	60

arietis.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	4	56	26	172	14	7	13	20
	5	56	22	172	14		2	2
	6	56	02	171	56	2	5	7
	7	56	26	172	14	10	16	26
	8	56	02	171	56	5	1	6
	10	55	38	172	50		3	3
	11	55	08	171	07	2	1	3
	12	54	08	170	00	4	1	5
	13	54	50	168	33	1		1
	15	54	41	166	59	8	10	18
	Total					39	52	91

walter a. earle.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	56	00	172	35	1	9	10
	3	56	17	172	00		3	3
	4	56	13	172		00	15	30	45
	6	56	00	172	41	10	25	35
	7	55	58	172	26	20	12	32
	10	57	10	173	26	16	20	36
	18	56	00	172	29	15	32	47
	22	56	12	172	15	9	12	21
	28	56	27	173	33	26	80	106
	29	56	24	173	38		26	26
	30	56	52	173	38	2	20	22
Sept.	1	56	23	173	48	5	30	35
	2	56	43	174	16	8	60	68
	5	56	43	173	52	6	16	22
	6	56	43	173	52	7	18	25
	7	56	19	172	58		20	20
	8	56	14	173	00	2	50	52
	9	56	21	172	55		14	14
	10	55	58	172	54	13	40	53
	Total					155	517	672

fawn.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	3	56	05	172	02	2		2
	4	56	35	172	05	10	4	14
	5	57	18	172	40	2	3	5
	6	57	35	173	30	3	12	15
	7	58	10	173	30	15	16	31
	9	58	05	173	23	4	9	13
	10	57	50	173	03	14	24	38
	11	57	42	172	50	12	3	15
	16	55	59	172	17		3
	18	55	47	172	11	4	27	31
	22	55	54	172	12	10	18	28
	23	56	21	172	41	4		4
	27	55	37	171	17	5	24	29
	28	55	36	171	28	12	23	35
	29	55	36	171	38	41	18	59
	30	55	32	171	42	28	6	34
	31	55	38	171	11	14	9	23
Sept.	1	55	00	170	16	18	23	41
	2	54	30	170	00		3	3
	5	54	52	168	47	31	13	44
	6	54	56	168	13	4		4
	7	55	19	167	55	24	35	59
	9	55	25	168	26	22	27	49
	10	55	21	168	36	8	6	14
	12	55	13	169	09		6	6
	13	55	08	169	21	7	16	23
	14	55	00	169	08	7	3	10
	15	55	10	169	06	9	5	14
	Total					310	336	646

mary ellen.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	5	57	10	173	20	1	4	5
	7	57	16	173	26	1	5	6
	8	57	30	173	35	1	4	5
	10	56	26	172	59	8	15	23
	11	56	26	172	59	4	14	18
	22	56	42	173	04	2	8	10
	23	56	42	173	04	9	13	22
	25	57	04	173	10		2	2
	27	57	10	173	12	3	12	15
	28	57	10	173	12	11	33	44
	29	57	10	173	12	1	7	8
	30	57	10	173	12	2	11	13
Sept.	1	57	22	173	16	6	22	28
	2	57	22	173	16	8	37	45
	5	57	22	173	16	4	18	22
	6	57	22	173	16	11	41	52
	7	57	46	173	22	10	37	47
	8	57	46	173	22	9	44	53
	9	57	52	173	27	12	17	29
	10	57	52	173	27	2	8	10
	Total					105	352	457

vera.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	7	56	26	173	17		4	4
	8	56	25	173	17		1	1
	9	55	57	172	30	1		1
	10	55	57	172	30	3	4	7
	11	55	50	172	58	6	5	11
	13	55	04	172	35	9	1	10
	17	54	30	168	30		1	1
	18	54	30	167	56	33	80	113
	19	54	24	167	46		2	2
	22	54	17	167	37	3	1	4
	23	54	23	168	03	13	10	23
	24	54	30	168	07	12	6	18
	Total			80	115	195

triumph.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	1	55	33	172	32	28	87	115
	2	55	47	171	50	35	78	113
	4	56	03	172	50	90	90	180
	5	56	53	172	50	4	6	10
	6	56	58	173	25	30	15	45
	7	56	58	173	30	50	62	112
	8	57	06	173	30	5	13	18
	9	57	15	173	40		5	5
	10	56	29	173	05	30	70	100
	11	56	25	173	06	20	36	56
	15	55	46	171	59	4	11	15
	19	55	30	171	30	15	25	37
	22	54	38	168	50	80	63	143
	23	54	32	168	25	50	58	108
	24	54	30	168	29	38	51	89
	25	54	38	168	20	10	12	22
	26	54	30	168	12	20	30	50
	27	54	40	168	00	70	93	163
	28	54	53	167	50	80	98	178
	29	54	46	168	40	50	117	167
	30	54	54	168	58	42	83	125
	31	55	00	168	18	26	35	61
Sept.	1	54	57	168	12	80	244	324
	2	55	01	168	20	40	83	123
	4	55	04	168	30	7	19	26
	5	55	09	168	20	53	90	143
	6	55	20	168	55	97	207	304
	7	55	18	169	09	17	38	55
	8	55	05	169	09	40	87	127
	9	55	20	169	08	53	157	210
	10	55	20	169	08	2	14	16
	Total.					1,163	2,077	3,240

sapphire.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	54	58	170	59	53	42	95
	2	54	55	171	20	31	38	69
	3	55	01	171	16	9	8	17
	4	55	50	172	01	41	42	83
	5	56	00	171	51	33	13	46
	6	57	03	173	59	12	7	19
	7	57	03	173	04	18	19	37
	8	57	40	173	30	2	4	6
	10	56	26	172	42	25	56	81
	11	56	16	172	30	25	21	46
	13	55	32	171	49	5	13	18
	15	55	17	168	48	30	45	75
	18	54	50	169	20	21	50	71
	19	55	00	168	39	8	20	28
	22	54	49	167	43	10	2	12
	23	54	46	167	42	66	59	125
	24	54	57	167	45	50	33	83
	25	55	00	168	06	6		6
	26	54	57	168	47	10	6	16
	27	54	58	168	45	70	83	153
	28	54	39	169	02	41	20	61
	29	54	50	169	04	60	26	86
	30	54	53	168	09	112	45	157
	31	55	09	168	13	8	3	11
Sept.	1	55	13	168	05	110	64	174
	2	55	11	168	37	42	25	67
	4	55	00	168	48	8	4	12
	5	54	57	168	18	98	30	128
	6	55	13	168	21	12	4	16
	7	55	05	168	03	28	9	37
	8	54	50	168	02	3		3
	9	54	55	168	01	62	49	111
	10	55	09	168	09	1		1
	11	54	40	168	40	2		2
	13	55	03	168	58	31	11	42
	15	54	52	168	23	20	4	24
	16	55	09	167	04	4	1	5
	17	55	23	167	02	24	16	40
	18	55	05	166	11	14		14
	19	54	10	164	38	21	7	28
	Total					1,226	879	2,105

aurora.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	6	56	23	173	40	4	9	13
	7	56	30	174	00	10	12	22
	8	56	25	173	35	1	22	23
	9	56	45	173	35	6	1	7
	10	56	12	172	43	20	17	37
	11	56	17	173	10	3	10	13
	13	56	40	173	22		9	9
	15	53	55	170	56	12	22	34
	16	54	04	168	00	16	22	38
	18	55	28	166	00	3	5	8
	19	55	18	166	01	4	8	12
	23	53	18	259	00		1	1
	Total.					79	138	217

beatrice (of shanghai).

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
Aug.	1	54	49	166	35	3	10	13
	3	55	14	170	34	1	6	7
	4	54	59	170	16	55	136	191
	5	54	53	170	23	10	79	89
	7	54	50	170	49	14	72	86
	8	54	45	170	44	19	23	42
	9	54	25	170	53	11	6	17
	10	54	19	171	27	18	6	24
	11	54	32	171	49	15	14	29
	12	54	54	171	30	2	8	10
	15	54	46	170	18	4	6	10
	17	55	03	171	06		6	6
	18	54	52	171	00	6	48	54
	19	54	58	170	53	3	4	7
	23	55	12	169	27	1	14	15
	25	54	57	171	01	7	13	20
	27	54	34	171	34	7	43	50
	28	54	32	171	36	2	21	23
	29	55	22	171	32	5	16	21
	30	55	08	170	40	10	40	50
	31	55	01	170	31	3	5	8
Sept.	1	54	41	170	24	30	82	112
	2	54	49	170	02	3	3	6
	5	54	24	168	41	5	4	9
	6	54	57	170	14	6	13	19
	8	54	56	167	35	5	11	16
	9	54	55	167	28	20	75	95
	10	55	08	167	37	3		3
	13	54	36	167	14	15	13	28
	14	54	37	166	55	12	3	15
	15	54	39	167	03	19	20	39
	16	54	53	166	44	3		3
	17	55	09	167	00	20	16	36
	18	54	51	166	42	4	2	6
	19	54	22	166	36	1		1
	Total					342	818	1,160

mascot.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	55	06	168	20	18	5	23
	2	54	40	167	20	2	4	6
	3	54	20	167	10	1	2	3
	9	55	34	171	33	2	3	5
	10	55	40	171	15	33	22	55
	11	56	10	172	00	11	7	18
	22	56	05	171	15	12	10	22
	28	57	56	173	29	31	26	57
	29	57	56	173	29	4	7	11
	30	57	50	173	11	5	4	9
Sept.	1	57	47	173	15	16	25	41
	2	57	49	173	13	15	35	50
	5	58	03	173	46	18	12	30
	6	58	02	174	00	11	11	22
	7	58	04	173	50	39	19	58
	8	58	14	173	45	21	19	40
	9	58	02	173	35	16	4	20
	12	58	00	173	35	23	20	43
						*21	11	32
	Total					299	246	545

favourite.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	54	40	166	20	98	64	162
	2	55	05	168	05		2	2
	3	55	13	168	20	49	30	79
	4	55	03	168	40	150	67	217
	5	55	40	173	00	70	52	122
	7	55	40	173	30	60	14	74
	8	55	46	173	15	10	13	23
	10	56	26	173	20	50	48	98
	11	56	26	169	46	25	25	50
	15	54	41	169	18	25	22	47
	18	54	21	169	10	60	28	88
	19	54	25	168	00	39	30	69
	22	54	39	168	10	40	24	64
	23	54	39	168	10	67	60	127
	24	54	38	169	29	9	9	18
	Total					752	488	1,240

* Canoe lost and picked up by schooner Wanderer, with 32 skins.

annie c. moore.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	57	50	173	00	24	24	48
	2	57	50	172	48	11	13	24
	3	57	50	173	00	12	14	26
	4	58	00	172	45	40	20	60
	5	58	00	173	00	3	5	8
	9	57	55	173	00	25	15	40
	10	58	00	173	00	95	95	190
	11	58	00	173	00	50	66	116
	13	58	10	173	10	10	29	39
	15	57	50	173	00	10	8	18
	16	57	55	173	05	5	4	9
	18	55	40	172	00	10	38	48
	22	56	45	172	30	50	56	106
	23	57	00	173	40	15	20	35
	26	57	50	173	04	9	8	17
	28	57	56	173	10	112	110	222
	29	58	00	172	10	28	31	59
	30	58	03	173	00	30	29	59
Sept.	1	57	55	173	15	50	52	102
	2	58	05	173	07	70	80	150
	5	58	00	173	30	60	70	130
	6	58	00	173	30	28	23	51
	7	58	03	173	22	100	90	190
	8	58	10	173	10	40	48	88
	9	58	15	173	20	21	20	41
	10	58	20	173	10	30	41	71
	Total			938	1,009	1,947

labrador.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	3	55	05	167	00	3	10	13
	4	55	00	167	10	12	70	82
	5	54	32	166	20	27	10	37
	6	54	40	167	00	10	16	26
	8	55	13	166	45	4	14	18
	9	55	04	167	25	1	7	8
	10	54	50	167	05	20	32	52
	12	54	55	167	20	48	100	148
	16	54	45	167	24	1	2	3
	18	54	40	167	30	33	100	133
	19	54	25	167	10	20	20	40
	Total					179	381	560

saucy lass.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	6	54	28	166	44	7	9	16
	22	55	28	172	13	25	39	64
	27	55	08	169	01	6	10	16
	28	54	30	168	16	29	25	54
	30	55	44	167	42	40	69	109
Sept.	1	55	09	167	33	90	109	199
	2	54	56	167	40	7	9	16
	5	55	24	166	52	6	10	16
	8	54	56	167	49	8	6	14
	9	55	07	167	30	20	26	46
	10	55	23	167	54	5	7	12
	13	54	52	167	40	8	10	18
	15	55	05	167	30	25	27	52
	16	54	51	167	14	8	12	20
	18	54	05	166	40	6	10	16
	Total					290	378	668

borealis.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	57	36	166	43		3	3
	3	56	04	167	22		6	6
	4	56	12	167	21	4	28	32
	5.	56	05	167	22	4	33	37
	7	55	33	170	25	2	184	186
	8	55	27	170	21	3	25	28
	9	55	26	170	14	5	33	38
	10	55	27	170	55	6	198	204
	11	55	36	171	00	3	38	41
	12	55	20	171	00	1	4	5
	14	55	26	171	09		1	1
	15	55	32	170	36	1	19	20
	18	55	27	169	54	4	41	45
	19	55	30	170	36	1	1	2
	22	55	31	170	04		1	1
	23	55	44	171	15	1	2	3
	25	56	34	172	20		2	2
	27	56	37	172	11		6	6
	28	56	50	172	49	6	89	95
	29	56	49	172	49	1	26	27
	30	56	33	172	33		8	8
Sept.	1	55	30	170	05	4	77	81
	4	55	35	168	30		1	1
	5	54	59	168	42	9	48	57
	6	55	06	168	33	12	74	86
	7	55	02	168	10	7	49	56
	12	55	20	169	41	16	62	78
	Total					90	1,059	1,149

katharine.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	56	05	173	09	2	2	4
	2	56	23	172	57	20	13	33
	4	56	30	173	17	40	21	61
	6	56	35	174	09	3	20	23
	7	56	30	173	30	28	31	59
	8	56	25	173	10	3	4	7
	9	56	27	173	00	5	9	14
	10	56	20	172	01	16	100	116
	11	56	20	172	10	50	11	61
	13	56	25	172	50	1	3	4
	16	56	18	173	11	2	8	10
	17	56	14	173	15	8	4	12
	18	56	16	172	45	9	24	33
	19	56	18	172	22	5	12	17
	25	56	05	172	16	8	54	62
	26	56	30	174	00	1	3	4
	27	54	20	168	30	30	4	34
	28	54	10	168	25	38	51	89
	29	54	16	168	35	6	42	48
	30	54	22	167	40	57	37	94
	31	54	15	167	45	20	25	45
Sept.	1	54	20	167	30	105	52	157
	2	54	40	167	25	13	24	37
	3	54	25	187	20		2	2
	5	54	35	167	06	20	13	33
	Total					490	569	1,059

ainoka.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	54	56	171	12	8	1	9
	2	55	05	171	49	20	6	26
	4	55	07	172	44	60	41	101
	6	56	42	173	34	13	9	22
	7	56	55	173	30	14	13	27
	8	56	48	173	34	12	4	16
	9	56	50	173	28	5	3	8
	10	56	35	173	13	15	12	27
	11	56	37	172	40	18		18
	17	54	29	168	59	5		5
	18	54	30	168	45	42	24	66
	19	54	23	169	12	35	6	41
	23	55	05	167	31	70	45	115
	24	54	47	169	02	25	24	49
	25	55	03	168	08	10	6	16
	26	54	42	167	42	7	5	12
	27	54	35	167	33	62	58	120
	28	54	45	168	39	75	43	118
	29	54	34	168	19	62	18	80
	30	54	57	168	06	61	18	79
	31	54	12	168	13	5	12	17
Sept.	1	54	23	168	27	107	65	172
	2	54	28	168	43	8	20	28
	4	54	31	168	30	1	3	4
	5	54	23	168	43	69	26	95
	6	55	00	168	35	32	20	52
	7	55	05	168	37	14	25	39
	8	55	16	168	42	76	10	86
	9	55	07	168	06	30	7	37
	13	54	53	168	27	10	1	11
	14	55	04	168	08	45	10	55
	15	55	07	168	01	68	30	98
	17	54	27	166	23	8		8
	Total					1,092	565	1,657

kate.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	3	55	56	167	31	1	5	6
	4	56	21	167	28	1	20	21
	5	57	37	166	43	1	14	15
	7	58	40	167	48		1	1
	10	58	03	172	00	4	11	15
	11	58	01	172	30	4	7	11
	15	55	29	171	14		8	8
	18	55	05	170	20	5	38	43
	22	54	41	168	50	29	54	83
	23	54	37	169	00	36	67	103
	25	54	51	167	56	3	3	6
	26	54	47	168	42		9	9
	27	54	49	169	06	31	62	93
	28	54	36	169	24	15	45	60
	29	54	31	168	43	1	3	4
	30	54	39	168	41	10	44	54
	31	54	45	167	59	3	3	6
Sept.	1	54	58	168	03	52	40	92
	2	54	29	168	25	8	11	19
	4	54	18	167	40	1	1	2
	5	54	42	167	37	12	12	24
	6	54	45	168	23		2	2
	7	55	05	168	56	9	10	19
	8	54	32	169	00	15	13	28
	9	54	45	168	32	12	19	31
	12	54	50	167	37	1		1
	13	54	47	167	39	12	15	27
	14	54	47	167	39	8	10	18
	15	54	41	167	33	25	34	59
	16	54	35	165	24	4	3	7
	Total					303	564	867

venture.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	54	36	165	37	9	11	20
	2	55	02	166	18		1	1
	3	55	00	167	11	5	7	12
	4	55	24	167	17	21	31	52
	5	55	14	167	36	4	6	10
	6	55	28	167	14		1	1
	7	55	26	168	15		2	2
	8	55	12	168	50	1	2	3
	11	55	05	169	55	5	6	11
	12	54	49	169	55	44	34	78
	15	54	38	170	08	6	9	15
	18	54	48	169	43	16	13	29
	19	54	53	169	46	5	7	12
	22	54	23	168	27	47	63	110
	23	54	23	168	20	5	13	18
	24	54	24	168	05	16	24	40
	27	54	33	168	13	19	41	60
	28	54	38	168	14	27	42	69
	29	54	36	168	18	14	21	35
	30	54	31	168	19	13	19	32
	31	54	50	168	11	21	17	36
Sept.	1	54	46	168	08	74	87	161
	2	54	59	168	01	5	3	8
	5	54	43	168	04	12	7	19
	7	54	37	167	58	3	1
	9	54	35	168	12	74	87	167
	13	54	49	168	36	5	2	7
	14	54	38	168	20	2	1	3
	15	54	39	167	51	24	16	40
	18	54	26	161	07	1		1
	Total					417	492	909

walter l. rich.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	55	05	168	48	1	23	24
	3	55	17	166	51	3	7	10
	4	55	17	166	51	53	50	103
	5	55	10	167	10	10	4	14
	6	55	00	166	36	20	5	25
	10	55	15	167	44	37	19	56
	12	55	11	167	59	96	80	176
	15	55	05	167	10	73	6	79
	16	55	12	167	20	12	2	14
	18	54	56	167	45	143	36	179
	19	55	00	167	30	60	4	64
	23	54	56	168	20	87	16	103
	24	54	40	168	44	12	22	34
	25	54	48	168	10	3	25	28
	26	54	53	168	00	12	31	43
	27	55	05	168	10	3	32	35
	28	54	35	169	10	30	75	105
	29	54	35	168	15	40	45	85
	30	54	42	167	45	32	14	46
	31	54	36	168	34	60	34	94
Sept.	1	54	40	167	50	133	145	278
	2	54	40	168	22	21	9	30
	5	54	40	168	22	53	60	113
	6	54	40	166	25	6	5	11
	Total					1,000	749	1,749

minnie.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	1	54	48	165	51	20	45	65
	3	54	37	165	31	2	1	3
	4	55	12	165	07	16	28	44
	5	55	28	166	29		1	1
	6	55	03	166	44	18	23	41
	7	54	50	166	30	21	35	76
	8	54	55	166	31	7	6	13
	10	54	43	166	14		1	1
	11	54	44	165	29	31	41	72
	12	54	51	165	30	24	63	87
	15	54	23	168	30	12	27	39
	16	54	52	168	24		1	1
	17	54	47	168	13		1	1
	18	54	54	168	00	47	114	161
	19	54	53	168	07	12	44	56
	22	54	31	167	39	4	14	18
	28	54	48	167	34	15	58	73
	24	55	09	168	00	18	50	68
	25	54	59	168	23		1	1
	26	54	39	168	07	14	3	17
	27	55	05	167	42	33	20	53
	28	55	04	167	39	81	60	141
	29	54	55	167	35	103	90	193
	30	54	54	167	49	58	30	88
	31	55	06	167	55	10	12	22
Sept.	1	55	09	167	36	76	116	192
	2	55	16	167	51	12	9	21
	7	55	20	168	00	10	15	25
	8	55	14	167	41	8	10	18
	9	55	02	167	30	6	11	17
	10	55	52	167	25	1	2	3
	12	55	08	167	22	1		1
	13	55	07	167	19	14	20	34
	15	55	02	168	08	5	9	14
							*5	5
	Total					679	986	1,665

san jose.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	3	54	54	166	28	2	2	4
	4	54	54	166	28	10	74	84
	5	55	01	167	23	12	20	32
	8	55	12	168	15	4	5	9
	10	55	04	169	04	2	1	3
	11	55	02	170	37	2	1	3
	12	55	13	170	55	3	2	5
	18	55	11	168	10	8	3	11
	19	54	25	166	34	30	13	43
	23	54	56	166	44	15	8	23
	24	54	54	167	33	13	4	17
	25	55	29	168	00		1	1
	26	55	10	166	54		2	2
	27	54	57	167	13		26	26
	28	54	55	167	30	3	40	43
	29	55	01	167	11	6	20	26
	30	55	04	167	50	14	40	54
	31	54	57	168	06	4	9	13
Sept.	1	55	11	168	10	7	50	57
	2	55	13	168	36	9	20	29
	4	55	17	168	10	4	9	13
	5	55	15	168	55	20	50	70
	6	55	15	169	20	43	80	123
	7	55	14	169	24	1	2	3
	8	55	00	169	00	10	20	30
	9	55	05	168	10	14	40	54
	10	55	16	168	25	3	7	10
	11	54	48	169	03	1	2	3
	13	54	35	166	35	4	18	22
	15	54	28	166	00	4	9	13
	Total					256	593	849

* Boat of Minnie with 5 skins picked up by schooner Favourite.

kilmeny.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
		N.		W.
Aug.	6	55	30	165	00	8	11	19
	8	55	00	166	00	7	2	9
	9	55	10	165	00	1		1
	10	55	00	167	00	6	7	13
	11	49	55	166	30	2		2
	13	55	30	167	00	50	43	93
	18	55	12	167	00	2	3	5
	20	55	10	167	40	50	59	109
	22	55	00	167	00	10	11	21
	23	55	00	165	00	4	4	8
	24	55	10	166	00	20	15	35
	25	54	40	166	25	4	8	12
	28	54	20	168	20	4	2	6
	29	54	40	167	00	53	43	96
	30	54	50	167	20	4	40	44
	31	54	30	167	40	4	10	14
Sept.	1	54	30	167	30	40	34	74
	2	54	35	167	28	29	9	38
	7	54	40	167	15	1	4	5
	8	54	10	167	15	3	6	9
	9	54	35	167	20	3	10	13
	10	54	40	167	05		2	2
	13	54	00	166	03	1	2	3
	15	54	15	165	10	1	2	3
	Total					307	327	634

henrietta.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
				W.
Aug.	18	54	50	166	20	8	15	23
	19	55	00	166	30	15	24	39
	24	55	46	166	30	18	21	39
	28	54	40	168	46	12	11	23
	29	54	16	169	19	100	20	120
	30	54	05	169	27	21	5	26
	31	54	47	169	16	12	15	27
Sept.	1	54	57	168	53	120	65	185
	2	54	56	169	10	40	21	61
	5	55	02	168	52	20	31	51
	6	55	15	168	40	10	32	42
	7	55	00	169	36	3	4	7
	8	55	05	169	34	3	9	12
	9	55	10	168	56	20	33	53
	15	54	40	167	00	25	34	59
	Total					427	340	767

shelby.

Date.		Latitude.		Longitude.		Male.	Female.	Total.
				W.
Aug.	7	54	40	167	32	4	4	8
	8	54	50	168	14	3	2	5
	10	55	14	170	32	27	28	55
	11	55	20	170	44	3	1	4
	13	55	41	171	50	2	3	5
	15	55	38	171	07	1	2	3
	18	55	52	172	35	2	5	7
	22	55	05	171	54	7	2	9
	26	56	32	171	55		1	1
	27	56	10	171	58	10	3	13
	28	56	20	172	02	24	11	35
	29	56	19	172	03	4	3	7
	31	55	28	170	59	4		4
Sept.	1	55	19	170	38	10	4	14
	2	55	14	170	31	16	6	22
	5	55	32	169	46	2	1	3
	6	55	32	170	37	17	14	31
	7	55	23	170	34	4	3	7
	8	55	06	170	30	30	26	56
	9	55	13	170	18	28	15	43
	17	55	32	169	44	16	3	19
	19	55	28	170	11	13	3	16
	20	55	21	170	07	5	5	10
	Total.					232	145	377

Appendix III—Sales of salted fur-seal skins in London, November 29 and 30, 1894.

	Number of skins.	Remarks.
C. M. Lampson & Co.:
Alaska	16,030	Sold 20 per cent lower than in November last.
Copper Island	27,298	Do.
Northwest coast, etc	52,548	Sold 20 per cent lower than in January last.
Hudson Bay Co.:
Northwest coast	30,221	Do.
Culverwell, Brooks & Co.:
Northwest coast	40,787	Do.
Goad, Rigg & Co.:
Lobos	11,430	Do.

statement of prices.

[C. M. Lampson & Co.]

	Alaska.					Copper Island.				Northwest coast, etc.
	November, 1894.		November, 1893.			November, 1894.		November, 1893.		November, 1894 (sound).		November, 1894 (part pinky).		January, 1894.
	s. d.		s. d.			s. d.		s. d.		s. d.		s. d.		s. d.
Wigs							65 00		72 00	}	55 00
Large middlings		79 00					60 06		72 03
Middlings		72 10		90 01			56 00		74 03			}	42 03	50 07
Middlings and smalls		79 00		100 03			64 06		79 09		43 08
Smalls		90 09		114 06			66 10		83 06		42 04		40 05	54 03
Large pups		89 00		109 01			61 11		76 03		45 00		40 10	56 00
Middling pups		89 09		108 05			56 00		68 09		43 10		38 08	54 02
Small pups		92 00	}	101 00	{		48 06		61 03		36 06		32 09	47 06
Extra Small pups							42 00		52 00		27 06		23 00	32 00
Extra extra Small pups											17 04		16 00	24 07
										Low, Cut, etc.				Low, Cut, etc.
Wigs
Large, Low, etc						}
Small, Low, etc			}				47 00		55 00		53 00			48 09
Middlings, low, etc.		65 00			80 00
Middlings and smalls, low, etc.		70 00				42 00		55 00		38 01
Smalls, low, etc		61 00		72 00			42 04		52 00		35 00			44 06
Large pups, low, etc		69 00		77 00			42 01		50 02		33 00			44 04
Middling pups, low, etc	}					{	37 09		45 09		32 00			41 04
Small pups, low, etc		52 00		63 00			35 04		45 00		26 00			37 00
Extra small pups, low, etc					24 00			37 00		17 00			19 05
Extra extra small pups, low, etc	}	75 00	}		}		56 00	}			14 04			16 06
Middlings, cut, etc		73 04		103 00			60 00			78 00
Middlings and smalls, cut, etc
Smalls		88 00		110 00			60 00		78 00
Large pups, cut, etc	}	88 00	}		}		56 00		72 00
Middling pups, cut, etc		85 00		117 00			48 00	}
Small pups, cut, etc					}	39 00
Extra small pups, cut, etc
Gray pups, cut, etc											11 00

1. See Foreign Relations, 1894, Appendix 1, p. 226.