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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



Value of Victoria, British Columbia, sealing vessels, estimated by A. R. Milne, esq., 

 surveyor of the port of Victoria, and T. T. Williams, of San Francisco, August, 18S9. 



Schooner. 



Mary Taylor. . . . 



Patlifindor 



Viva 



Mary Ellen 



Triumph No. 1.. 



Favorite 



Kate 



Aurora 



Minnie 



Sapphire 



Winifred .^ 



Blk Diamond . . . 



Lily 



Penelope 



Maggie Mac 



W. P. Say ward.. 



Juniata. 



Annie C. Moore. 



Theresa 



A riel 



Mountain Chief. 



Wanderei' 



Triumph No. 2. . 

 Lotetia 



Total 



Owner's name. 



Came, Munsie & Co. 



do 



do 



D. McLean 



H.C. Baker & Co.... 



C. Spring 



do 



Not known 



H. J acobson 



Marvin &Co 



McDolan 



A. Frank 



no 



Gray & Moses 



Dod'd &Co 



Lundberg & Co... 



Hall & Geo pel 



Moore & Hackett. 

 Babbington & Co. 



Buckman 



Indians 



Paxton &Co 



Muir Bros 



Indians 



Milne's 

 valuation. 



$8, 000 



10, 000 



12, 000 



8,000 



14, 000 

 8,000 



7. 000 

 8.0U0 

 8,500 



15, 000 

 2, .500 

 9,500 



8, 500 

 10, 000 

 10, 000 



8,000 

 6,000 

 15, 000 

 10, 000 

 9,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 2,000 



"Williams's 

 valuation. 



$4, 500 



10, 000 



12, 000 



6,000 



14,000 



6,000 



7,000 



8,000 



8,500 



15, 000 



2,500 



5,000 



5,000 



10, 000 



7,000 



8,000 



3,000 



15, 000 



10, 000 



9,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,750 



100 



I 



Crew. 



Tonnage. 



a 200, 500 6173,350 



43 

 66 

 92 

 63 

 98 

 80 

 58 

 41 

 46 



124 

 13 

 82 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 60 

 40 



113 

 63 

 90 

 23 

 16 

 15 

 28 



1,464 



7 



5 



4 



4 



6 



5 



5 



5 



20 



21 



5 



5 



22 



20 



21 



261 



30 

 30 

 24 

 30 

 40 

 10 

 36 

 38 



28 

 28 



20 

 20 

 15 

 20 



389 



a Actual result, $198,000. 



6 Actual result, $171,350. 



Slight errors a]) pear to have been made in footing the above, but the 

 totals are as reported respectively by Milne and Williams. 



The above estimates include cost of outUt for a season's cruise, com- 

 prising boats, guns, spears, ammunition, provisions, etc. 



The schooner Araunah, formerly belonging to the Victoria sealing 

 fleet, was seized by the Russian Government July 1, 1888. 



Mr. Milne estimates the cost of a sealing venture as follows: 



Wages of crews and liuuters per vessel $7, 000 



Insurance, 7 per cent of $8,000 560 



Provisions, salt, ammunition, etc 3, 000 



Total per vessel, average 10, 560 



He also estimates the annual average catch at 2,000 skins per ves- 

 sel, but as a matter of fact the average has been for Victoria vessels 

 during the last four years only about 1,288 skins per vessel annually. 



Mr. Williams estimates the expense of a sealing trip as follows : 



J"'orfive boats $500 



Five ]\Iarlin rifles, at $35 175 



Five shotsiuns, at $35 175 



Twf> extra guns 70 



Salt for skins 200 



Five thousand rounds of ammunition 125 



Insurance, one-third of a year 175 



Captain's wages four months 400 



Ten men at $35, and 5 at $20 per mouth 1, 800 



Paid hunters, 1,600 skins at $2 per skin 3, 200 



Provisions, 20 men 4 month s at $8 per month 640 



Total per vessel, average 7,460 



