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Wash., on August 19. Eight thousand and twenty- two of these skins, 

 packed in 107 barrels, were dehvered to a representative of the 

 Canadian Government at Seattle on August 21, in accordance with 

 provisions of the fur-seal treaty; the remainder were forwarded by 

 freight to the Fouke Fur Co. at St. Louis, Mo., and arrived there on 

 August 29. 



Six skins taken in 1934, specially treated for experimental purposes, 

 were turned over to an employee of the Fouke Fur Co. at the Pribilof 

 Islands and were brought out by him on the Penguin, sailing from St. 

 Paul Island on July 31. 



SALES 



Two public auctions of fur-seal skins taken on the Pribilof Islands 

 were held at St. Louis in 1934 — on April 30 and October 15, respec- 

 tively — at which a total of 47,101 skins were sold. During the year, 

 also, 3,652 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands were disposed of at 

 special sales. In the following detailed statements the sales of other 

 sealskins by the Department of Commerce for the account of the 

 Government are included in order that the records may be complete. 



April 30, 1934. — At this sale 28,101 Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins 

 were sold for $575,041.25. Of these, 27,656 dressed, dyed, and ma- 

 chined skins brought $573,935.50, and 445 miscellaneous raw-salted 

 and unhaired and dressed skins brought $1,105.75. In addition, 170 

 raw-salted fur-seal skins taken by the Japanese Government on 

 Robben Island in 1933 and allotted to the United States as its share 

 of such skins under provisions of the fur-seal treaty were sold for 

 $467.50. 



October 15, 1934- — Nineteen thousand Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins, 

 dressed, dyed, and machined, were disposed of at this sale for 

 $336,846.25. These skins consisted of 10,000 dyed black, 3,000 dyed 

 logwood brown, and 6,000 dyed Safari brown. This was the first 

 auction of the new Safari brown, and the average price was higher 

 than that obtained for skins dyed black or logwood brown. There 

 were also sold 3 confiscated sealskins, parchments, for $7.50, making 

 a total of $336,853.75 for fur-seal skins at this sale. 



Special sales. — The Department authorized a number of special 

 sales of sealskins in 1934 for advertising and promotional purposes, 

 in accordance with which 3,652 skins were sold for $74,812.05. Of 

 these skins, 1,274 dyed black brought $24,427.08; 1,009 dyed logwood 

 brown, $22,064.41; 1,069 dyed Safari brown, $25,104.56; and 300 raw- 

 salted, $3,216. 



Further details in regard to the sales of sealskins by the Department 

 of Commerce for the account of the Government in 1934 are given in 

 the following tables: 



