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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1917. 



Fox skins. — The fox skins taken at the Pribilofs in the season of 

 1916-17 were placed aboard the Roosevelt July 30-31 and were 

 dehvered by the vessel at Seattle August 18. The skins were re- 

 shipped the same day, consigned to Funsten Bros. & Co , St. Louis, 

 via Wells, Fargo & Co. Express. The shipment consisted of 150 blue 

 pelts and 37 white pelts from St. Paul Island and 417 blues and 2 

 whites from St. George Island; a total of 567 blues and 39 wliites, 

 making a grand total of 606 skins. 



SALES OF FUR-SEAL SKINS. 



Three sales of fur-seal skins from the Pribilof Islands were held at 

 St. Louis, Mo., by Funsten Bros. & Co. in the calendar year 1917, 

 The skins were sold at auction to the highest bidders. The dates of 

 the sales were January 29, April 18, and October 8, respectively. The 

 total number of skins sold was 6,739, all of which had previously 

 been dressed, dyed, and machined. 



At the sale on January 29, 1917, the number of skins sold was 

 2,000. They brought S93,678 gross, an average of $46.84 per skin. 

 For the purposes of the sale the 2,000 skins were divided into 30 lots. 

 The highest prices obtained were for a lot of 33 skins, which brought 

 SI, 980, an average of $60 per skin. The minimum price obtained 

 for any pelt was $25. The following table shows details in regard 

 to the sale: 



Details of Sale of 2,000 Dressed, Dyed, and Machined Pribilof Islands Fur- 

 Seal Skins at St. Louis, Jan. 29, 1917. 



Lot No. 



3505 



3506 



3507 



3508 



3509 



3510 



35n 



3512 



3513 



3514 



3515 



3516 



3517 



3518 



3519 



3520 



3521 



3522 



3323 



3524 



3525 



3526 



3527 



3528 



3529 



3530 



3531 



3632 



3533 



3534 



Total 



Number 

 of skins. 



36 



2,000 



Trade classification. 



12 midd ings; 21 midd ings and smalls. 



Middlings and smaiis 



Smalis , 



. ...do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Large pups 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Midd'ing pups 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Small pups 



II midd ing and small 

 7 smal.s 

 13 large pups 

 13 middling pups 

 1 small pup 



12 middlings and smalls 

 7 smalls 

 14 large pups 

 12 middling pups 

 1 small pup 



(3 middlings and smalls 

 7smalls 

 22 large pups 

 16 middling pups 

 3 small pups 



Price per 

 skin. 



$60 

 56 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 53 

 55 

 55 

 47 

 49 



25 



25 



Total for 

 lot. 



$1,980 

 2,800 

 3,500 

 3,500 

 3,500 

 3,710 

 3,850 

 2,255 

 3,760 

 3,920 

 3,840 

 3,840 

 3,840 

 3,840 

 3,840 

 3,840 

 3,760 

 2,162 

 2,205 

 3,780 

 3,870 

 4,050 

 3,870 

 3,870 

 2,295 

 2,200 

 1,680 



875 



900 



93,678 



