Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-28 | Page 1 | The Range of the for Neal in Behring Sea

The lUuite rill riirKaet lit llehtlui Men, RN FllANCIIICO, AUgliat 27. Tho Cl.mt.klCt Unalaaka advice, note tbo leiarlure of the United Htatea Com-rulaAlonera Com-rulaAlonera from Alaska waterr. and uto that the Ilrltlth Commlulonera liefore leavlug lutellded vltlllllg the Ulaudi uorllt of the 1'rlbllof Kroup. The object waa lo aicertalu ai nearly m poeaiblu the range of the fur aeal In Ilehrlngtea. Advliv-a atate that the jieralttviice of the I.ubIUIi Commie alon lnam.klng Information leadalotlie Ullcf that an tflbrt will be made to breakdown the theory advauctd by the American authorities that the 1'rlbllof group la tho home of the aeal, aud that the animal belouga more to tho land than to the tea. A lUt of alxty one veuela anil their catch to Allguat lOth la glvvil. The number of aeala caught waa 27,00d, Twenty-four Ilrltlth and eight American Ameri-can vraiicla had not btrn boarded Up to that time, aud their tatcli haa not U en aaccrtalned. Tho correapiudenteaia theaealeri t-onceJe that thla number doea not rtpreatnt moru than G2 ter cent, of lhe total number of aeala do-atroyed do-atroyed up to date thla aeaaon.