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brown dyed, and 237 miscellaneous skins for a gross sum of 

 $469,761.50. 



At the second sale, held on April 30, 1934, 17,617 black d.ye<i, 

 10,039 logwood-brown dyed, and 445 miscellaneous skins were sold 

 for $575,041.25. At the same time 170 raw-salted Japanese fur-seal 

 skins that had been allotted to the United States as its share of 

 skins taken on Robben Island in 1933 were sold for $467.50. 



Special sales of Pribilof Islands sealskins authorized by the Sec- 

 retary of Commerce in the fiscal jea.T 1934 consisted of 432 black 

 dyed, 25 logwood-brown dyed, 120 safari-brown dyed, and 13 exhibi- 

 tion skins, at a total of $13,590.44. 



FOXES 



Blue-fox herds are maintained on St. Paul and St. George Islands, 

 where they roam at large and ordinarily find an abundance of 

 natural food. Prepared rations are fed them during the winter, at 

 which time the animals are trapped for their pelts and for marking 

 and releasing for breeding stock. 



The 1933-34 season's take of fox skins consisted of 214 blue and 23 

 white skins from St. Paul Island and 700 blue and 2 white skins from 

 St. George Island, a total of 939. Thirty-five foxes on St. Paul 

 Island and 192 on St. George Island were marked and released for 

 breeding. 



In the fiscal year 1934 there were sold at public auction 1,119 blue 

 and 22 white fox skins that had been taken on the Pribilof Islands 

 in the 1932-33 season. The blue pelts brought $36,297, and the white 

 pelts $496, a total of $36,793. 



FUR-SEAL SKINS TAKEN BY NATIV-ES 



Under the provisions of the North Pacific Sealing Convention of 

 1911, Indians of the United States and Canada in 1933 took 2,076 

 fur-seal skins, which were duly authenticated by oflEicials of the re- 

 spective Governments. Of these skins, 63 were taken by Indians of 

 southeast Alaska, 29 by Indians of Washington, and 1,984 by Indians 

 of British Columbia. 



FUR-SEAL PATROL 



A patrol for the protection of the fur seals during their northward 

 migration and while at the Pribilof Islands was maintained by the 

 United States Coast Guard, which detailed six vessels to this work. 

 Two vessels of the Bureau also participated in the patrol — one at 

 Neah Bay, Wash., and one in southeast Alaska. 



PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND GAME FISHES 



The requirements for economy were met by the complete closure 

 of nine fish-cultural stations, and by operating practically all the 

 remaining establishments on a sharply restricted basis. As a conse- 

 quence, the output of fish and eggs decreased almost 4,000,000.000 in 

 comparison with the production of the previous year. The 1934 out- 

 put comprised 3,258,131,200, in comparison with the 7,202,155.000 of 

 the previous year, or a reduction of more than one-half. The com- 



