ALASKA FISHERY AND FTTPt-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1924 



161 



Summary of United States Government-oivned fur-seal skins in custody of Fouke 

 Fur Co., St. Louis, Mo., calendar year 1924 



Description 



On hand 

 Jan. 1 



Receipts , Disposed 

 in 1924 of in 1924 



On hand 

 Dec. 31 



Taken on Pribilof Islands: 



Calendar year 1920 



Calendar year 1921 



Calendar year 1922 



Calendar year 1923... 



Calendar year 1924 



Skins from Pribilof seals shipped Steinhart Aquarium. 



United States share of Japanese sealskins: 



Season of 1922 



Season of 1923 



Confiscated skins 



4,861 

 29,123 

 14, 039 



1,881 



16, 832 



4 



I 1 



14,861 



1 29, 123 



2 3, 127 



37 



1 3 

 133 

 Y47' 



Total. 



48, 097 



18, 809 I 37, 195 



12, 793 



16, 832 



4 



82 



29, 711 



» Sold. 



> 3,125 sold, 2 delivered to Bureau of Fisheries. 



3 39 sold, 8 destroyed as worthless. 



FOX SKINS 

 SHIPMENT AND SALE 



The 46 blue and 14 white fox skins taken on St. Paul Island in the 

 season of 1923-24 were placed aboard the U. S. S. Gold Star for ship- 

 ment on June 5, and 741 blue and 1 white fox skins from St. George 

 Island, taken in the same season, were shipped on the same vessel on 

 June 11. These 802 skins were delivered at Bremerton, Wash., on 

 July 28, 1924, and were forwarded from that place by American 

 Railway Express to St. Louis, Mo., where they were received 

 August 2. 



The skins were sold by the Fouke Fur Co. at public auction at St. 

 Louis on October 15, 1924. The 787 blue skins sold for $49,755.50, 

 an average of $63.22 per skin, the maximum price obtained for a 

 single skin being $130. The 15 white skins sold for $630, an average 

 of $42 per skin. The average prices received at the last preceding 

 sale (October 8, 1923) for similar skins were $102.91 for the blue 

 and $46 for the white. 



Sale of 787 blue and 15 white fox skins at St. Louis, Mo., October 15, 1924 



Lot 

 No. 



305 

 306 

 307 

 308 

 309 

 310 

 311 

 312 

 313 

 314 



315 

 316 

 317 

 318 

 319 

 320 

 321 

 322 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins 



Trade classification 



BLUE FOX SKINS 



Extra extra fine 



Fine dark 



do.. 



I and II blue 



II 



Fine 



I and II dark 



land II 



Extra extra fine 



Extra fine, extra 



large 



Extra fine 



Fine dark 



Extra dark 



I dark, extra large. 



I dark 



do 



II dark, extra large 

 II dark. 



Price 

 per 

 skin 



$130. 00 

 120.00 

 92.00 

 81.00 

 60.00 

 119. 00 

 76.50 

 76.00 

 101. 00 



98.00 

 95.00 

 75.00 

 83.00 

 65.00 

 96.00 

 73.00 

 63.00 

 52.00 



Total 

 for lot 



$130. 00 

 480. 00 

 552. 00 

 648. 00 

 360. 00 

 952. 00 

 535. 50 

 456. 00 

 404. 00 



392. 00 

 380. 00 

 450. 00 

 498.00 

 520. 00 

 960. 00 

 730. 00 

 630. 00 

 624.00 



Lot 

 No. 



323 

 324 

 325 

 326 

 327 

 328 

 329 



330 

 331 

 332 

 333 

 334 

 335 

 336 

 337 

 338 

 339 



Num 

 ber of 

 skins 



Trade classification 



BLUE FOX SKINS — 



Continued 



11 dark 



I blue 



II blue 



II low 



I and II 



Extra extra fine 



Extra fine, extra 



Extra fine 



Fine dark 



Fine silvery 



I dark, extra large. 



I dark.. 



.._.do 



II dark, extra large. 

 II dark.. 



do..... 



Iblue 



Price 

 per 

 skin 



$56.00 

 75.00 

 45.00 

 36.00 

 50.00 



112.00 



83.00 

 81.00 

 78.00 

 121. 00 

 74.00 

 91.00 

 71.00 

 51.00 

 58.00 

 62.00 

 68.00 



Total 

 for lot 



$784. 00 

 750. 00 

 720. 00 

 576. 00 

 600. 00 

 448. 00 



332. 00 

 324. 00 

 468. 00 

 726.00 

 592. 00 

 910.00 

 852. 00 

 612. 00 

 812. 00 

 868. 00 

 816.00 



