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very wild, the native men of tlie islands not having much aptitude 

 for handling them. In 1922 on St. Paul Island 38 reindeer were 

 killed for food and on St. George Island 22, a total of 60. 



1 21 females. 

 '12 females. 



' 20 females, 

 * 25 females. 



* 21 females. 



• 36 females. 



' 26 females. 



PRIBILOF FUR-SEAL SKINS. 



SHIPMENTS AND SALES. 



In the calendar year 1922 three shipments of sealskins, consisting 

 of 31,381 commercial skins, and 16 specimen skins, were made from 

 the Pribilof Islands. On July 31 there were placed aboard the 

 U. S. S. Gold Star at St. Paul Island 48 barrels, containing 2,358 seal- 

 skins, of which 718 were of the 1921 take and 1,640 of the 1922. They 

 arrived at Seattle August 11 and were at one 3 forwarded by freight 

 to the Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis, arriving there September 9. 



On August 12 there were placed aboard the fisheries vessel Eider 

 at St. Paul Island 50 barrels, containing 2,601 sealskins, which were 

 taken to Akutan and placed aboard the steamship Cordova. This 

 vessel left Akutan August 22, and the skins were received at St. 

 Louis September 19. 



A third shipment, made on the steamship Broohddle., consisted of 

 334 barrels containing 21,170 commercial sealskins and 2 barrels 

 containing specimen sealskins from St. Paul Island, and 103 bar- 

 rels containing 5,252 skins from St. George Island. The St. George 

 shipment consisted of 403 skins taken in 1921 and the 4,849 taken 

 in 1922 through August 5. The Broohdale left the Pribilof s Sep- 

 tember 24 and landed the skins at Seattle October 26. They were 

 immediately forwarded by freight to the Fouke Fur Co., arriving 

 at St. Louis November 9. 



Two sales of fur-seal skins from the Pribilof Islands — some dressed, 

 dyed, and machined, and others that had not been passed through 

 the full process of dressing, dyeing, and machining — were held in 

 St. Louis, Mo., during the calendar year 1922. In all 30,172 skins 

 were sold at auction for $924,343.05. The table below gives the 

 details regarding the prices secured for each lot of skins at each of 



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