ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1&22. 101 



Rummnry of all fur-seal skins handled on Pribilof Islands, calendar year 1922. 



• The prer-edinf; report for 1921 Rave the number on hand as 717, but when the skins were packed for ship- 

 ment in 1922 one more skin was found, thereby increasing the number to 718. 



Summary of receipts and sales of Pribilof fur-seal skins by Fouke Fur Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., and balance in firm's custody, calendar year 1922. 



I Includes 7 at Washington. 



PRIBILOF FOX SKINS. 



SHIPMENTS AND SALES. 



The fox skins, 138 blues and 21 whites, taken on St. Paul Island 

 in the season of 1921-22 were shipped on the U. S. S. Gold Star 

 July 31, 1922, and readied Seattle August 11. The skins were then 

 forwarded by express to the Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis. The fox skins, 

 574 blues, taken on St. George Island in the season of 1921-22, were 

 transferred by the fisheries schooner Eider in August to the steamship 

 Cordova at Akutan for transportation to the States. The skins were 

 consigned to the Fouke Fur Co. and were received at St. Louis on 

 September 19. All were sold there at public auction October 9, 1922. 

 The total amount bid for the 712 blue fox skins was $66,341, the max- 

 imum bid being $165 each for a lot of four and the average bid $93.18 

 per skin. The 21 white fox skins brought $966, an average of $46 per 

 skin. The average price at the last preceding sale, September 28, 

 1921, was $96.83 for blue and $33 for white fox skins. 



