338 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Summary of all Government-owned fur-seal skins under control of Department of 
Commerce, calendar year 1936 





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Taken on Pribilof Islands: 
Calendar year 1918, held 

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Miscellaneous skins held 
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United States’ share of 
Japanese sealskins: Sea- 









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SHIPMENT AND SALE OF FOXSKINS 
The 220 blue and 9 white foxskins taken on St. Paul Island and the 
799 blue and 6 white foxskins taken on St. George Island in the season 
of 1935-36 were shipped from the islands on the Penguin, sailing on 
March 25. The vessel reached Seattle on April 6, and the foxskins 
were forwarded by express to the Department’s selling agents at St. 
Louis, Mo. 
At the public auction sale in St. Louis on April 27, 1936, 492 blue 
foxskins of the 1934-35 season’s take were sold for $14,816, an average 
of $30.11 per skin. The maximum price was $83, obtained for a no. 1 
silvery pelt sold singly. 
On September 14, 1936, there were sold at public auction at St. 
Louis 509 blue and 15 white foxskins taken on the Pribilof Islands in 
the 1935-36 season. The blue pelts brought $12,418, an average of 
$24.40 per skin; and the white pelts brought $238, an average of 
$15.87 each. The maximum price was $96, obtained for a single 
silvery pelt. 
SEA-OTTER SKINS 
Twelve sea-otter skins were forfeited to the Government in 1936, of 
which 4 were pup skins and 3 others were from very small animals. 
All were unsold at the close of the year. 
Four sea-otter skins, including 1 pup skin, that had been seized in 
the previous year were sold at public auction in 1936 by the Depart- 
ment’s selling agents at St. Louis, Mo. Prices for these skins were 
$310, $125, $85, and $6.50, respectively, a total of $526.50. 
