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September 30 showed 44 animals in the herd, of which 9 were the young 
of the season. Thisis a marked decline from the census of the herd in 
the preceding year, the reason for which cannot be determined. 
FUR-SEAL SKINS 
SHIPMENTS 
Six hundred and thirty-eight barrels containing 52,433 fur-seal skins 
taken on the Pribilof Islands in 1936 were shipped on the U.S. S. Vega 
and arrived at Seattle on August 22. Delivery of 7,867 skins, packed 
in 99 barrels, was made to a representative of the Canadian Govern- 
ment at Seattle on August 24, in accordance with provisions of the 
fur-seal treaty. The remaining 44,566 skins were forwarded by freight 
to the Fouke Fur Co. at St. Louis, Mo., and arrived there on Sep- 
tember 1. 
Thirteen sealskins taken in 1936, specially cured for experimental 
purposes, were brought to Seattle on the Penguin in August and were 
turned over to a representative of the Fouke Fur Co. for transporting 
to St. Louis. 
SALES 
Two public auction sales of fur-seal skins taken on the Pribilof 
Islands were held at St. Louis in 1936—on April 27 and September 14, 
respectively—at which a total of 42,239 skins were sold for a gross sum 
of $1,192,172. During the year, also, 1,171 sealskins taken on the 
Pribilof Islands were disposed of at private sales, under special author- 
ization of the Secretary of Commerce, for a total of $30,143.18. In 
the following detailed statements the sales of other sealskins by the 
Department of Commerce for the account of the Government are 
included, in order that the records may be complete. 
April 27, 1936.—Twenty-two thousand three hundred and seventy- 
three Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins, dressed, dyed, and machined, 
were sold on April 27 for $600,770.25. These skins consisted of 9,721 
dyed black, 12,154 dyed Safari brown, and 498 dyed logwood brown. 
In addition, 171 dressed, dyed, and machined fur-seal skins, dyed 
Safari brown, and 30 miscellaneous unfinished skins taken by the 
Japanese Government on Robben Island in 1935 and allotted to the 
United States as its share of such skins under provisions of the fur-seal 
treaty were sold for $4,814.75. There was also sold 1 confiscated fur- 
seal skin, raw salted, for $1, making a total of $605,586 for fur-seal 
skins at this sale. 
September 14, 1936.—At the sale on September 14, 19,866 Pribilof 
Islands fur-seal skins were sold for $591,401.75. Of these, 19,775 
dressed, dyed, and machined, brought $591,341.25, and 91 miscel- 
laneous raw and partly processed skins brought $60.50. 
Special sales.—During the year, 1,171 Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins 
were sold under special authorization by the Department for adver- 
tising and promotional purposes, the gross sales amounting to 
$30,143.18. Of these skins, 591 dyed Safari brown brought $16,310.83; 
556 dyed black, $13,351.83; 13 specially prepared for exhibition pur- 
poses, $359.19; and 11 partly processed skins, $121.33. 
Further details in regard to the sales of sealskins by the Department 
of Commerce for. the account of the Government in 1936 are given 
in the following tables: 
