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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Summary of all Governrncnt-owned fur-seal skins nudcr control of Department 

 of Commerce, calendar ijear 1932 



' Skin unaccounted for at close of 1931 was subsequently found in salt at the islands. 



2 Includes 5 skins unaccounted for at close of 1931 which were subsequently found when shipment was 

 unpacked at St. Louis. 



3 Skins made up into coats for display purposes. 



SHIPMENT AND SALE OF FOX SKINS 



The 289 blue and 25 white fox skins taken on St. Paul Island in 

 the 1931-32 season were shipped to Seattle on the Pengum, sailing 

 from the islands on February 17, and the 1,112 blue fox skins taken 

 on St. George Island during the season w^ere shipped on the same 

 vessel on May 6. Both shipments were forwarded promptly by 

 express from Seattle to the Department's selling agents at St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



At the public auction sale in New York City on June 13, 1932, 

 there were sold 444 blue fox skins that remained from the take on the 

 Pribilof Islands in the 1930-31 season. These skins sold for 

 $8,544.50, an average of $19.24 per skin, the maximum price obtained 

 being $59 for a single skin. 



On September 26, 1932, there were sold at public auction at St. 

 Louis 719 blue and 25 white fox skins taken on the Pribilof Islands 

 in the 1931-32 season. The blue pelts brought $12,175, an average 

 of $16.93 per skin, and the white pelts brought $336.50, an average 

 of $13.46 per skin. The maximum price per skin was $49, obtained 

 for two blue pelts sold in one lot. 



FUR-SEAL PATROL 



UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 



A patrol for the protection of the fur seals of the North Pacific 

 was maintained, as in previous years, by the United States Coast 

 Guard, which assigned six cutters and a 125-foot patrol boat to this 

 work. 



