110 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The rest of the 1,633 skins, 526 in number, were taken in the vicinity 

 of Sitka, Alaska, mostly, if not entirely, by Indians who resided in 

 that general locality. Of these 409 were reported as having been 

 taken from male seals and 116 from females, while the sex of one was 

 not determined. The earliest reported take was April 26 and the 

 latest June 3. 



JAPANESE SEALSKINS DELIVERED TO THE UNITED STATES. 



The United States Government's share of the sealskins taken on 

 Robben Island in 1920 was 56. These were received at St. Louis 

 April 26, 1921, and after having been dressed, dyed, and machined 

 were sold April 3, 1922. They brought $1,276, an average of $22.79 

 each. 



The United States Government's share of the sealskins taken on 

 Robben Island in 1921 was 55 skins and in 1922, 60 skins. These 

 were shipped to St. Louis to be dressed, dyed, and machined and 

 sold for the account of the United States. The 55 skins of the 1921 

 take were received at St. Louis in the latter part of October, 1922, 

 the 60 of the 1922 take in February, 1923. 



