The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-17

seal Herd IL Beine napl6ly lEille1l
ON, Both Females ana Young
Bcing Taken.

Il
1890 I. ', $3.50. =, 49,
= -. -. 'sp' q. .'s'. \
$50 I. u ~ IN s-.~ ~'u 'uY 4
.an,,-h, ~ 10, NJ.
~ 1'. --'''e ...'--'- .sa
!. sue
~ sv". "~ ""u '1o u'p'Sn~'po 'epss-
..,- !. - 49, &
~ "n'Sn 80
,, :.
80 S''' y ny ''.As seA Sesss'O'
~ =. os' pe"u''s oo'uer 'onerussis.es'
~ w p'''' no"'Se'' NJ ma aus'on
was taken as TO the suspension OF pelAglc
scaling.
Tba Ca,adinns ,rc., ~.
:, 49,. oS'ss 49,
.'o"s DC eHpf"uV" ~ any pan OF Settie-
mcnt and suggested an International com.
mlssion IA .ccomnliah this end srhts rrcn
..,.,. IN. ...y. ,,., - 49,
'' "''' '"'' u's-"'e0su "i''N ~ sA'eV-
ment reached mat the Canadian cfhclsls
would put their views In wflting after re-
turning Ia ottawa and .,,,,,;, ,h.r ~.
$1,000, 80, '"s,' " 80
""'ao''''e" pcre' ~ parties cohcerneo
say that the outlook IN favorable 10 a salts
factory adjustment
,,,. uon4,,n,,.
''e'e'''e"' W '"o 'NPe.'s
brings the governments together for the
frat time on all the facts relating TO the
scala This ns,roem.nt ION. ra,chea altar
,.,,
p"'"al''"'ns fompar'son OF no'ee anu ""
| results were announced In an official
statement NV General FostcP ma folipws.
| ,rho ,,a.,..,nu y. a. a.. sal c,,,te.arcs
'b'''' Wv ~ 'N''
n"o uSreeu unanimously "pon es''ain
| PROPOSE ions touching the fur seal herds
| Of prrinp sea.
| ~. 1880. ,,.
| 'N'''' 'o"'a'"' ''Nss'N f'''Ss''VA''
| wAich are briefly epitomized as ioiiows.
Z That the pr,hylof herd has declined In
!, numbers from 1884 to 1897, that the num-
/! Der was formerly three to Ave times that
which now exists, that the ltath rate
among pups IN greet; not more than one.
half to one. third surviving to the age OF
three years; that the number OF breeding
females In 1896 aud 1877 was between $780,
600 To 100 600. that the decrease from 1896
20 1897 wne notable. though its extent
could not be definitely determIned; that
land killing OF males az now practiced does
mo harm Ia The herd. that ths peiaxic
sea,ers resn,,, no Limitations ~ the law:
Tint r,e4ngic sealing iuyolyos indiscrlmlnate
killing, that the catch al sea ccutains N
married. ox,ess ~ remaleg: that the killing
of G,,n,,., an land 4. fhn ca,,se !, tbis: that
nr,onr Tho ,smates killed an. not only those
,.n.,, n,,,a,,, w." a,'d orasnanf hi, alsn many
s''n nu' .',e 49, s,,n $50 ra.av los,
4 WI" are un'nn'u'' OF "no nsa, ho,,,s no,ys
their pups thpt the iur heei pe.ns po's-
Famous, 'arge NUMBER 81 mnes n nass ~
killed win lEpun'y hn. ,sip ,.,s., ssh
pc h,''p ~ nith'lo' ~ ~. 80
ing the increase o, tho nero or ,,inkns
about an actual derline, that small num-
Der OF females less man the anhuha mere.
men, Of breeders might DO taken without
producing actue decrease; that excessive
peiagic sealing Inns led to reduction IN
the herd; that psisg!c scaling has OF late
fallen In greater ratio han The herd has.
n I'm, nroaiclnr n tendency toward equiii-
briu,n In numbers: that IN estimating the
4 ruture conditions Of the herd must be
taken into consIderation. REDUCTIONS In the
r,,n,h.r ~ .urvlylnp nuns. caused by tho
neiay,c catches ~ lss4-s5; that the herd
Is mi in danger q, actual ex,srrinatiun