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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



DISPOSITION OF FUR-SEAL SKINS TAKEN AT PRIBILOF ISLANDS 



On January 1, 1930, 50,745 fur-seal skins taken at the Pribilof 

 Islands were on hand. Of these, 800 were at the Pribilof Islands, 

 49,934 at St. Louis, Mo., and 11 at Washington. In addition, 2 

 skins taken on St. Paul Island in the calendar 3^ear 1929 were un- 

 accounted for, but they were later found to have been included in 

 the shipment to St. Louis, making a total of 49,936 on hand at that 

 place and a grand total of 50,747 skins. In 1930, 42,500 Pribilof 

 Islands skins were secured at the islands and 34,487 were disposed of, 

 leaving 58,760 on hand at December 31, 1930. The following tables 

 show further details in regard to fur-seal skins taken en the Piil.ilof 

 Islands, as well as details in regard to other Government-owned 

 fur-seal skins under the control of the Department of Commerce. 



Summary of Government-owned fur-seal skins in the custody of Fouke Fur Co., 

 at St. Louis, Mo., calendar year 1930 



1 Sold. 

 Includes 2 skins unaccounted for at close of 1929, but which were subsequently found when shipment 

 was unpacked at St. Louis. 



3 23,807 sold; 10 shipped to Washington for exhibition purposes; 10 used by U. S. Bureau of Standards 

 in making a study of their physical properties. 



< 2 used for replacing mounted skins borrowed by the Government for the Leipzig Exhibit and damaged 

 in course of transportation; 1 shipped to Washington. 



Summary of all fur-seal skins handled on Pribilof Islands, calendar year 1930 



