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Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and in Bering Sea. The Snohomish 

 was employed from the southern boundary of Washington to Dixon 

 Entrance, southeastern Alaska; the Unalga from Dixon Entrance to 

 Unalaska and about the Aleutian Islands and in Bering Sea. The 

 Northland, which replaced the Bear, patrolled waters frequented by 

 the fur seals while on its trip to the Arctic Ocean. The patrol 

 extended as far as Attn Island, the westernmost island of the Aleutian 

 Chain, and was continued as long as the circumstances required. 



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The bureau's patrol vessel Brant was detailed to guarding fur seals 

 in the vicinity of Sitka and was employed on this work from the 

 middle of April to the end of May. 



SEALING PRIVILEGES ACCORDED ABORIGINES 



The North Pacific Sealing Convention of July 7,1911 ,permits Indians 

 and other aborigines dwelHng on the coasts of the waters designated 

 by the convention to take fur-seal skins under certain specified condi- 

 tions. There have been authenticated by the Government 825 

 fur-seal skins taken in 1927 by Indians in the waters off the coasts 

 of Washington and southeast Alaska. The details are as follows: 



Washington. — The take along the coast of Washington consisted 

 of 282 skins, of which 95 were from male seals, 178 from females, and 

 9 from unborn pups. These skins were authenticated by Dr. Carl 

 B. Boyd, superintendent of the Neah Bay Indian Agency, Neah Bay, 

 Wash., who has done this work for the bureau for several years. 



AlasTca.- — Five hundred and forty-three skins were taken in the vicin- 

 ity of Sitka, Alaska, of which 336 were from male seals, 158 from females, 

 and 49 from unborn pups. 



One thousand four hundred and seventy-six fur-seal skins were 

 taken by natives from the waters off the coast of British Columbia 

 in 1927. 



JAPANESE SEALSKINS DELIVERED TO THE UNITED STATES 



The North Pacific Seahng Convention of July 7, 1911, provides 

 that 10 per cent of the sealskins taken by the Japanese Government 

 within the areas defined by the convention shall be turned over to 

 the United States Government, unless the number of seals frequenting 

 the Japanese islands falls below 6,500, enumerated by official count. 



In May there was dehvered at St. Louis, Mo., the United States 

 Government's share of fur-seal skins, consisting of 132, taken by the 

 Japanese Government in 1926. They were sold at pubhc auction on 

 October 3, 1927. One hundred and twenty three were sold dressed, 

 dyed, and machined; the other nine raw salted. Details of the sale 

 are given on page 159. 



The United States Government's share of fur-seal skins taken by 

 the Japanese Government in 1927 was 161 skins. They were received 

 at St. Louis on March 28, 1928. 



