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[top page] 1877 - 343 8 - 270 9 211 80 137 1 77 [[?]] transforms from [[Kattakin?]] to [[Noruni?]] [[?] a Dep. Tokyo 82 - 82 (or 62?) 3 3 (or 58?) 4 53 (or 45?) 5 31 {([[??]] 65?) 6 99 Hokkaita cho was established Dec 85 and the sea otter bounty was transferred to it, but took only change late, In 1888 The [[Lursan?]] [[Kaishra?]] was 88 [[strikethrough]] 35 89 [[strikethrough]] 51 (12) there would finally be only males left and the race come to an end. He finally admitted that the sealers themselves thought that probably a close season would be necessary, and that the Japanese interests would be best served if a close season could be established between June 1 and December 31 or Jan 31, restricting the pelagic catch to the season off the Japan coast between Feb 1 and May 31. 515