http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0348687
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creator: Venning, Robert Norris
issued: 2017-06-29
issued: 1894
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extent: 111 pages : tables ; 33 cm
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note: REPORT OP THE- BRITISH AGENT TO THE RUSSIAN SEAL ISLANDS UNDER THE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND THAT OF RUSSIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SEAL FISHERIES DTJHIKG 1893. WITH AJPPEISnDICES OTTAWA GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU" 1894 1972 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 113-143 144-153 154-162 163-187 188-206 207-227 228-243 244-250 278-290 291-322 323-337 452-455 456-£69 ..Narrative ..Observations on the Islands. ..Operations on the Islands ..Evn :nce.. (a) Whether suckling females wander far from rookeries for food (6) Mortality of pups on the Islands (c) Length of time pups necessarily suckle and earliest date mothers resort sea for food (d) As to the existence of " Banks " or sealing grounds around Komandors Islands (e) As to females which drop their young at sea or lose them on the Islands] and found still in milk (/) Actual migration routes of fur-seals in the Asiatic Pacific and their winter| habitat on the Japan coast (g) Average dates of landing and departure of seals to and from the Islands. Whether females land from the time they leave as pups, until they return to give birth to their first pup (h) The state of Komandorsky Islands in years of scarcity and abundance ofl seals at Pribylov Islands, and the effect of operations on either group upon the other (i) As to" length of time female seals will bear young, or males will efficient rookery service (j) The existence and habits of barren females and effete males (k) The condition of the rookeries compared with previous years (I) The presence of fish in the vicinity of the Islands (m) The efficiency or otherwise of the protective zone Points incidentally of interest in connection with Distribution of seals at sea Numbers, condition and kinds of seals on the American coast Contents of the stomachs of seals Seals from the Eookeries can be determined Pups will swim by instinct Sexes can be distinguished at sea lation in the water ..Fisni \ Banks.. r EVIDENCE AND CONCLUSIONS. (a & c) Wander…
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identifier: F5050.3.S3 V35 1894
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language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5050.3.S3 V35 1894
subject: Seals (Animals)--Bering Sea
subject: Sealing--Bering Sea
title: Report of the British Agent to the Russian Seal Islands under the Provisional Agreement entered into between Her Majesty's government and that of Russia for the protection of the seal fisheries during 1893 : with appendices
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