Show SCABCITY OF SEALS Probable That Many Vessels May Not Fit Out Washington Aug 17 Captain Shoemaker maker the chief of the revenue cutter service has received a report from Captain Hooper commanding the Beh ring sea patrol fleet In which he saya that on July 6 the Grant landed Professor Pro-fessor Stejener the American seal commissioner com-missioner on Commander Islands where the British ship Linnet was I found with Commissioner Barrett Hamilton on board The British ship Rainbow with Commissioner DArcy Thompson was expected in a few days i A scarcity of seals Is reported on the Commander Islands and very few have I been seen in the sea going or coming The report also states that owing to the scarcity of seals the low prices by scariy dealers and the high price demanded I by the Indian hunters prce majority of I 1 the British Columbia sailing fleet will not fit out this season |