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by officials of the respective Governments 1,927 fur-seal skins, of 
which 39 were taken by Indians under the jurisdiction of the United 
States and 1,888 by Indians of Canada. Reports have been received, 
also, of the authentication of 5 additional skins, 1 from a male seal 
and 4 from females, taken in 1935, by Indians of the State of Wash- 
ington. These, together with the number previously reported, make 
a total of 139 skins taken in that year by Indians under the jurisdic- 
tion of the United States. The details for 1936 are as follows: 
Washington.—Twenty-eight sealskins taken by Indians of Wash- 
ington were authenticated. Of these, 2 were from male and 26 from 
‘female seals. The skins were taken by Indians of La Push and Neah 
Bay in the month of April and were authenticated by A. M. Rafn, 
special agent of the Bureau, and by N. O. Nicholson, superintendent 
of the Taholah Indian Agency, Hoquiam, Wash. 
Alaska.—Eleven sealskins taken by natives of Sitka in April were 
authenticated by Warden Donald S. Haley. Of these skins, 4 were 
from males and 7 from females. 
British Columbia.—Indians along the British Columbia coast took 
1,888 fur-seal skins in 1936, according to an official report. 
JAPANESE SEALSKINS DELIVERED TO THE UNITED STATES 
In accordance with provisions of the fur-seal treaty of 1911 there 
were allotted to the United States 214 Japanese fur-seal skins, or 10 
percent of the number taken by Japan on Robben Island in 1936. 
These skins were received by the Department’s selling agents at St. 
Louis, Mo., on March 15, 1937. 
