72 



ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



SHIPMENTS OF FURS FROM ALASKA. 



As in previous seasons, shipments of furs from Alaska were reported 

 on special blanks prepared by the Bureau. Supplies of blanks were 

 furnished to all postmasters in Alaska and to commercial companies, 

 express companies, and all persons known to be shippers of furs. 

 Postmasters indorsed the reports of mail shipments after they were 

 properly filled out and forwarded them to the Bureau. 



Reported shipments in 1919 confirm the general belief that the 

 fur-bearing animals in Alaska are decreasing in numbers. In spite of 

 the continued high prices of furs, there was an increased ca^ch of only 

 a few species, the chief of which were ermine, mink, and muskrat. 

 The most notable declines were in the catch of foxes and lynx. As in 

 previous reports, the fur year is reckoned from November 16 of one 

 year to November 15 of the following year. 



The following table shows the detailed statistics as compiled from 

 information furnished the Bureau in regard to furs shipped from 

 Alaska m 1917, 1918, and 1919: 



Furs Shipped from Alaska in 1917, 1918, and 1919. 



Species. 



Year ended Nov. 15, 1917. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 pelts. 



Aver- 

 age 

 value. 



Total 

 value. 



Year ended Nov. 15, 1918. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 pelts. 



Aver- 

 age 

 value. 



Total 

 value. 



Year ended Nov. 15, 1919. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 pelts. 



Aver- 

 age 

 value. 



Total 

 value. 



Bear: 



Black 



Brown 



Glacier 



Grizzly 



Polar 



Beaver 



Ermine 



Fox: 



Black 



Blue 



" Blue, Pribilof Is- 

 lands 



Cross 



Red 



Silver gray 



White 



White, Pribilof Is- 

 lands 



Hare, arctic 



Lynx 



Marten 



Mink 



Muskrat 



otter: 



Land 



Seal, fur, Pribilof Is- 



landsA 



Seal, fur 



Squirrel 



Wolf 



Wolverine 



l,Of)l 



C2 



8 



13 



a 144 



6 118 



4,639 



10 



887 



5f,7 



2, (lfi9 



10, 185 



443 



3,682 



39 

 89 

 21,210 

 i 1,210 

 18,832 

 72,264 



1,308 

 /2 



9,140 

 t5 

 117 

 195 

 435 



Total 1,338,599.55 



$14.00 

 12.00 

 20.00 

 17.00 

 40.00 

 10.00 

 .90 



160.00 

 58.00 



61.11 

 35.00 

 24.00 

 120.00 

 28.00 



26.33 

 .40 

 14.00 

 14.00 

 4.00 

 .45 



15.00 

 344. 85 



30.00 

 30.00 

 .05 

 8.00 

 8.00 



$14,854.00 



744.00 



100.00 



221.00 



5,760.00 



1,180.00 



4, 175. 10 



1,600.00 

 51,446.00 



34,653.50 

 93,415.00 



251,640.00 

 53, 160. 00 



103,096.00 



1,027.00 



35.60 



296,940.00 



16,940.00 



75,328.00 



32,518.80 



19,620.00 

 689.70 



274, 200. 00 



150.00 



5.85 



1,560.00 



3,480.00 



1,164 

 35 

 35 

 42 



$15.00 $17,460.00 



12. 00 420. 00 



30.00 1,050.00 



20. 00, 840. 00 



1,388 

 44 

 20 



76 



$16.00 

 12. 00 

 30. 00 

 20.00 



$22, 208. 00 



528. 00 



(100. 00 



1,520.00 



C109 

 9,133 



740 



692 



1,704 



12,232 



440 



4,531 



19 



38 



7,692 



d 1,023 



24,572 



80,624 



1,647 

 01 



30,819 



153 

 207 



840 



21.00 

 1.50 



150.00 

 85.00 



82.51 

 50.00 



28. 00 

 140.00 

 40.00 



50.84 



.10 



26.00 



19.00 



6.50 



1.20 



22.00 

 150.00 



30.00 

 30.00 

 .02 

 18.00 

 14.00 



2,289.00 

 13,699.50 



900.00 

 62,900.00 



57,099.50 

 85,200.00 



342.496.00 

 61,600.00 



181,240.00 



c796 

 18,617 



13 



566 



667 

 1,280 

 7,723 



315 

 4,575 



1,080.00 30 



3. 80 135 



199,992.00 1,085 



19,437.00 < 1,107 



159,718.00 28,040 



103,948.80,113,052 



36, 234. 00 

 150.00 



1,709 

 Si 



924,570.00 30,198 



270.00 



3.06 2,120 



3,726.00 284 



11,844.00 516 



17.76 

 1.90 



150.00 

 130.00 



195.31 

 70.00 

 35.00 



170.00 

 46.00 



55.33 



.20 



42. 00 



32.00 



9.00 



1.90 



25.00 

 300.00 



50.00 



14, 139. 96 

 35,372.30 



1,950.00 

 73,580.00 



130, 274. 50 

 89, 600. 00 



270, .305. 00 

 53, 550. 00 



210,450.00 



1,660.00 

 27.00 

 45,570.00 

 35,424.00 

 252,360.00 

 215,938.80 



42,725.00 

 300.00 



1,509,900.00 



.03 

 19.00 

 15.00 



63. 60 

 5,396.00 

 7,740.00 



2,288,170.66 3,021,182.10 



a The killing of polar bears in Alaska is unlawful. 



b A considerable number were seized skins. It is unlawful to kill beavers in Alaska. 



e Seized skins. It is unlawful to kill beavers in Alaska. 



d Checked against affidavits permitting shipments. It is unlawful to kill martens in Alaska. 



« Includes 93 seized skins. It is unlawful to kill martens in Alaska. 



/Unlawfully killed by natives. 



Found dead. 



* Figures are for shipments during calendar year rather than killings. 



< Taken by natives. 



i Seized 8kins. 



