ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1926 BPA 
SHIPMENT AND SALE OF FOX SKINS 
The 67 blue and 19 white fox skins taken on St. Paul Island in the 
season of 1925-26 and the 638 blue and 1 white fox skins taken on 
St. George Island in the same season were placed aboard the U. 5.5. 
Vega for shipment in August. These 725 skins were delivered at 
Bremerton, Wash., on August 21, and were then forwarded by ex- 
press to St. Louis, Mo., where they were delivered to the bureau’s 
selling agents on August 28. 
Of these skins, 125 blues were sold at public auction at St. Louis 
on October 11, 1926. At the same sale there were also disposed 
of the 340 blue-fox skins that remained on hand from the Pribilof Is- 
lands take of the season 1924-25. These 465 skins sold for $24,740, 
an average of $53.20 per skin, the maximum price obtained being $132 
per skin for a lot of four. The average price at the last preceding 
sale for the Government’s account (September 24, 1925) of Pribilof 
Islands blue-fox skins was $48.62. 
There were also sold at the same time three blue-fox pelts taken 
from animals included in a shipment of foxes made from the Pribilof 
Islands in 1925 and which died en route. The skins brought $1.50. 
Further details are given in the following table: 
Sale of 468 blue-fox skins at St. Louis, Mo., October 11, 1926 












Lot | Number | ; : Price per| Total for 
Nol ofaians | . Trade classification akin lot 
| Taken season 1925-26 
200 DASE Xtrarextrastine = 2226s > eats oh wegen ey Sa eee Ee ee $99. 00 $198. 00 
201 RRL X LDAP lirics ee oe Se a ee Sa eee rn aed 76. 00 380. 00 
202 | JaleimerdanksSilveryes-o2 2 ete eee ee Be eas eee eee 89. 00 178. 00 
203 Fé {hel Dray NS 2k oot es NY Fe es eee erie Ae Rae ee eee = 61.00 427. 00 
204 TRUE TE Cd eee eo Se Rae Se Se i ae ee 55. 00 550. 00 
205 ae Oy as eee eee CE) SEE LS Dies aon ON Ls Ne 46. 00 368. 00 
206 eee Oe se ee OES ar 8 er oe ha See ee ee 50. 00 500. 00 
207 1H) lceeee, Ric Ae SE ale Ie ee Nag PA Pe a Rs A 51.00 510. 00 
208 2h | eee ees ee ee ee Ey ey Rey pass h tbat 2k 2 Tait lets. es Se 49. 00 588. 00 
209 Omg Dive =see ss. otee eee ee Ase 32 5 ee Se ee 45. 50 409. 50 
210 Gal BIDSILVersyseaereee sees nee = a Sl er ee eee See 56. 00 336. 00 
211 Gen Gare 20s gee ee Se a 2s Pa ee ee rs ee 40. 00 640. 00 
212 7 PLD lle eee Moet ce eal eee meee ee eee 32.00 224. 00 
213 | Cea Bi) ofS) ye) ee a ee coe ee eee Baek Oe ee eee 8 35. 50 319. 50 
214 125) eit dows partis ===" ee eee ae ARS Ue ee ee 25. 50 306. 00 
he Ne See enw or MEE See OMNES Ss my ran ee ee Tee 2e el ee Oe 5, 934. 00 
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215 4 | 51. 00 324. 00 
216 6 81. 00 486. 00 
217 8 72. 00 576. 00 
218 4 70. 00 280. 00 
219 8 57. 00 456. 00 
220 | 12 34.00 408. 00 
221 12 52. 00 624. 00 
222 10 37. 50 375. 00 
223 8 52. 50 420. 00 
224 10 33. 50 335. 00 
225 6 47.00 282. 00 
226 ve 20. 00 140. 00 
227 vf E a 24: 5. 50 38. 50 
228 AS MEXCrA eXtra dine... 224. ek. oe Se eee eee a. cee ee eae Satie 111. 00 444. 00 
229 | Gul extravtine: 25... 2222. ee ee A eee Ee 82. 00 492. 00 
230 GuipHines 5.227 ek 3S. as ee awe es ol SS eee ees 73. 00 438. 00 
231 dK 0) | (ALL Zo 021) ea ne ee Er Ne oe ee ee Ce ee cee 58. 00 580. 00 
232 ANC Arles oe os 2 2 on SE a reper Sa She PeeeteT eS Bee 36. 00 504. 00 
233 SING AT Ks P52 otk ee Oh eee ee = at Re Se 53. 50 428. 00 
234 | TOR WbIRG ark. - Sa. SS eee ee ee eS eae ee 35. 00 350. 00 
235 | 2a bines: | 7) Ue See ey PR ee ee RE ee ix Py beens See 38 42. 00 504. 00 
236 1Op Peco biie= -— > S23 POUR eet ee Feed, Set yee a 33. 00 330. 00 
237 ip Tiger ay 0 Eee eh se ST. oe ee eee ee ee SSR el 40. 00 320. 00 
238 Aye xtraiextra fine- <= a eee ees Fe ae a Nea iee Oe a 95. 00 380. “0 
