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forwarded on July 8, by Assistant Agent Christoffers, to Funsten 
Bros. & Co., St. Louis. The shipment was made by freight in two 
carloads over the Northern Pacific Railway, arriving at its destination 
July 29 and 30. 
The second shipment of skins was made on September 14 on the 
steamer Roosevelt, and consisted of 17,816 skins from St. Paul Island. 
Continuous gales prevented the loading of any skins at St. George 
Island on this trip. The shipment was landed at Seattle and was 
forwarded on October 5 in four cars via the Northern Pacific Railway 
to St. Louis, reaching there October 30, 31, and November 1. 
A third shipment of skins was made on the Coast Guard cutter 
Bear, and consisted of 1,978 skins loaded at St. George Island on 
October 6. They were landed at Seattle on November 5 and for- 
warded on the same day to Funsten Bros. & Co., St. Louis, arriving 
there November 25. 
The final shipment of the season was made from the Pribilof 
Islands December 12 on the steamer Roosevelt, and consisted of 
2,899 skins from St. Paul Island and 4,584 skins from St. George. 
The vessel reached Seattle January 3. The skins were forwarded to 
St. Louis January 4 in two cars via the Northern Pacific Railway, 
arriving at their destination January 29, 1919. 
The allowing table shows details of the shipments: 
SHIPMENTS OF SEALSKINS FROM PRIBILOF ISLANDS IN 1918. 









7 Arri 
Date. Vessel. sk St. Paul. St. George. Total. 
Casks.| Skins. | Casks.| Skins. | Casks. kins. 
June.22:] Roosevelt... .2. coco... - July 7 139 3,104 31 438 170 3,542 
HEDtenlen| hace Ose soos. - eee ee aa Oct s 528 D7, SUGs sess’ sae Merc oaatteers 528 17,816 
OctigwGs|| Beare ees ee ee ae INOVe oes cenelaeeceenoee 56 1,978 56 1,978 
Dees; 12)|' Roosevelt... 0.5.0. cc ase Jan. 3 71 2, 899 156 4,584 227 7,483 
Notaler ce seecec eel uses ets 738 23,819 243 7,000 981 30,819 


The following statement shows the islands’ record as to numbers of 
skins taken and shipped: 
St. Paul Island: 




Numberdrskins-on diand Janz ,.1918.6s- . Ssser8-. 1.28. See ea 112 
mumber ten qirme years T3062 silo sie ee ees 27, 503 
TEES 2 AiR SERBS SE Ag SOS DRG ARRON PRS sar Le Mion STR 27, 615 
Satin eee reiniryeabers weno certs tence ee urye sons ess any Revere 23, 819 
Neiherromaining or. 5t.) Paul, Island... 2. 2c. 2ss2esaes cen. 3, 796 
St. George Island: 
Mumberonsking taken during year... 2... - 225-22 Beeson - 7, 387 
SANE E ICCC THES PORT ge Oe SS, hoa Khe cab or eS ees 7, 000 
Number remaining on St. George Island...............----ceee-eeeeeeee 387 
Soialon-hoth-islands-Dee: 31, 1918... >: -~ 2etereeee a eS eee 4,183 
Fox skins.—The fox skins taken on the Pribilof Islands in the 
season of 1917-18 were brought down on the first trip of the Roosevelt, 
June 22, arriving at Seattle, July 7. They were at once forwarded 
by American Railway Express to Funsten Bros. & Co., St. Louis. 
The shipment consisted of 692 blues and 19 whites, secured as follows: 
St. George, 602 blue and 5 white; St. Paul, 90 blue and 14 white. 
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