THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF CAPE FLATTERY. 



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(a) The sealing fleet. 



(6) The trips made by the scaling vessels. 



(o) The number of skins procured by traders from Indians who went in their canoes independent of the schooners. 



Three Indians each. 



SUMMARY. 



Number of vessels employed . 

 Amount of tonnage 



6 

 233. 83 



Number of whites on vessels 19 



X umber of Indians on vessels 142 



Number of Indians from trading posts 90 



Number ol Indiana 232 



Total number of persons employed in catch 251 



Number of seal-skina received by the schooners 4, 710 



Number of seal-skins receiyed at trading posts 1,558 



Total number of seal-skins taken during the season 6,268 



Average value of skins as estimated by the trader at Neah Bay, $9 each, making the value of the season's catch, as estimated $56, 412 



