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the sales, and the table on page 99 is a sunnnary showing the prices 

 obtained for the skins in the various trade classes and the percentages 

 that the number of skins in these several classes bore to the totals in 

 each sale. 



April 3, 1922. — At the sale on this date 12,198 dressed, dyed, and 

 machined Pribilof skins were sold for $388,069.75, an average price 

 per skin of $31.81, a decrease of 3.6 per cent as compared with cor- 

 responding skins sold at the last previous sale September 28, 1921. 

 There were also sold 579 culls and rejects, consisting of 249 dressed 

 anddyed, 117 dressed, 121 washed and dried, and 92 raw skins, which 

 brought $218.25. 



October P, 1922. — At the sale on this date 17,194 dressed, dyed, and 

 machined Pribilof skins were sold for $535,967.50, an average price 

 per skin of $31.17, a decrease of 2 per cent as compared with cor- 

 responding skins sold at the last previous sale April 3, 1922. There 

 were also sold 164 raw, washed, and dried skins and 37 raw salted 

 skins, which brought $87.55. 



Sales of PriMlof fur-seal skins at St. Louis, Mo., 1922. 

 SALE OP 12,108 DRESSED, DYED, AND MACHINED SKINS, APRIL 3, 1922. 



Lot 



No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins. 



50 

 40 

 50 



50 

 60 

 60 

 50 



70 

 70 

 70 

 70 

 70 

 70 

 70 

 70 

 70 



70 

 70 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 SO 

 80 

 80 

 80 



80 



80 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 



Trade classification. 



Price 



per 

 skin. 



Wig.s 



....do 



Wigs; cut, scarred, 

 etc 



do , 



Extra extra large.. 



do 



Extra extra large; 

 cut, scarred, etc.. 



Extra largo 



do 



do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Extra large; cut, 



'carred. etc 



....do... 



....do.. 



Large 



....do , 



...-do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



do .-. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Large; cut, scarred, 



etc 



do 



do 



Medium 



do 



do 



do 



do 



$46. 00 

 47. 00 



29.00 

 29. .50 

 63. 00 

 63.00 



42.50 

 52. 00 

 51. 00 

 .1.5. .")0 

 55. 00 

 55.00 

 59. 00 

 6). 00 

 60.00 



.do. 



.do... 

 .do... 

 -do... 

 .do... 

 .do... 



43. 00 

 43. 00 

 44.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 51. 50 

 47.00 

 49.00 

 50.00 

 50.50 

 50. 50 

 50. 00 

 5}. 00 

 53.00 

 51.00 

 55.00 



39.00 

 41.00 

 41.50 

 41.00 

 39.50 

 37.50 

 37. 50 

 36.00 

 36. 50 



Total 

 for lot. 



36. .50 



37. .50 

 36.50 

 37.00 

 38.00 



S2, 300. 00 

 1,880.00 



1,450.00 

 1,475.00 

 3,780.00 

 3,780.00 



2, 125. 00 

 3,640.00 

 3,7S0.00 

 3,8S5.00 

 3,850.00 

 3,850.00 

 4,130.00 

 4, 200. 00 

 4,200.00 



3,010.00 

 3,010.00 

 3,080.00 

 4,000.00 

 4,000.00 

 4, 120. 00 

 3,760.00 

 3,9-0.00 

 4,000.01) 

 4,040.00 

 4,0! 0.00 

 4,000.00 

 4,320.00 

 4,240.00 

 4,080.00 

 4,400.00 



3, 120. 00 

 3,280.00 

 3,320.00 

 3,690.00 

 3,555.00 

 3,375.00 

 3,375.00 

 3,240.00 

 3,285.00 

 3,285.00 

 3.375.00 

 3,285.00 

 3,330.00 

 3,420,00 



Lot 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins. 



Trade classification. 



Price 

 per 

 skin. 



Medium 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Medium; 

 .'-carred, etc . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Small medium 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



cut, 



$37. 00 

 36.00 

 36.50 

 36. 50 

 38.00 

 37.00 



35. 00 

 37.00 

 37.00 

 36.00 

 38. ,50 

 39.00 

 37.50 

 37.50 

 37.00 

 37.00 

 37.50 

 37.00 

 38.00 

 37.00 

 37.00 



36. 00 

 37. 50 

 37.00 



30.00 

 26.00 

 26. 00 

 26.50 

 26.00 

 26.00 

 26. 00 

 26.00 

 26.50 

 26.00 

 26.50 

 26.50 

 26. 50 

 16.00 

 2ii.50 

 20. 50 

 26.50 

 26.50 

 28.50 

 27.50 

 28.50 

 28. 50 

 28.50 

 28.50 



Total 

 for lot. 



$3,330.00 

 3,240.00 

 3,285.00 

 3, 285. 00 

 3,420.00 

 3,3.30.00 

 3,420.00 

 3,330.00 

 3,330.00 

 3,240.00 

 3, !65.00 

 3,510.00 

 3,. 375. 00 

 3,. 375. 00 

 3,330.00 

 3,330.00 

 3,375.00 

 3,330.00 

 3, 420. 00 

 3,330.00 

 3,330.00 

 3,240.00 

 3,375.00 

 3, .330. 00 



2,700.00 

 2, 340. 00 

 2,340.00 

 2,385.00 

 2,340.00 

 2, 340. 00 

 2,340.00 

 2, 340. 00 

 2,385.00 

 2,340.00 

 2,385.00 

 2,385.00 

 2,385.00 

 2,340.00 

 2,385.00 

 2,385.00 

 2, 385. 00 

 2, ,385. 00 

 2, 565. 00 

 2,475.00 

 2,565.00 

 2,565.00 

 2,565.00 

 2,565.00 



