ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1926 3415) 
On St. Paul Island the take consisted of 118 blue and 27 white 
pelts, and on St. George Island of 610 blue and 3 white pelts. 
On St. Paul Island there were marked and released for breeding 
stock 125 male and 108 female blue foxes and on St. George Island 
205 male and 202 female blue foxes. The figures for St. Paul Island 
include the 20 foxes brought from St. George Island in December, 
1926. The foxes transferred from St. Paul Island to St. George 
Island at the same time are included in the figures of foxes released 
on the latter island. The’stock remaining on the islands at the close 
of the season included, in addition to those marked and released, 
the animals that were not captured at all during trapping operations. 
REINDEER 
Counts of the reindeer on each island at the end of 1926 showed 
approximately 250 animals on St. Paul Island and 50 on St. George 
Island. During the year 20 reindeer were killed for food, 10 on 
each island. 
FUR-SEAL SKINS 
SHIPMENTS 
In the calendar year 1926 one shipment of 22,073 fur-seal skins 
was made from the Pribilof Islands, as follows: From St. Paul 
Island, 546 taken in the calendar year 1925 and 15,685 taken in 
1926; from St. George Island, 224 taken in the calendar year 1925 
and 5,618 taken in 1926. The shipment was made from the islands 
in August on the U. S. S. Vega, which arrived at Bremerton, Wash., 
on August 21. The skins were shipped from Bremerton on August 
24 via Puget Sound Navigation Co., Union Pacific, and Wabash 
Railroad to St. Louis, Mo., where they were delivered to the bureau’s 
selling agents on September 3. 
SALES 
In 1926 a total of 22,676 fur-seal skins taken on the Pribilof 
Islands were sold at two public auction sales. There were also 
sold at special sales 695 fur-seal skins taken, on these islands. In 
the detailed statements which follow, the sales of other sealskins 
sold by the Department of Commerce for the account of the Gov- 
ernment are included, in order that the records may be complete. 
Publhie auction sale, May 24, 1926—At this sale 14,427 sealskins 
taken at the Pribilof Islands, dressed, dyed, and machined, sold for 
$430,446; 175 other sealskins taken at the Pribilof Islands, consist- 
ing of 149 raw salted, 20 washed and dried, and 6 dressed, sold for 
a total of $302; 1 raw salted skin from a seal shipped to the Stein- 
bart Aquarium brought $1 and 7 confiscated sealskins, $7; a grand 
total of $430,756. Of the dressed, dyed, and machined skins, 11,207 
were dyed black, 2,751 logwood brown (Bois de Campéche), and 
469 golden chestnut (Chataigne d’Or). 
Public auction sale, October 11, 1926.—At this sale 8,071 sealskins 
taken at the Pribilof Islands, dressed, dyed, and machined, sold for 
$308,841; 3 others from those islands sold, dressed, for $3; 151 
Japanese sealskins, dressed, dyed, and machined, sold for $4,394.50; 
