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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1919. 



SALES OF FUR-SEAL SKINS. 



The fur-seal skins sold by the Department of Commerce in tlie 

 calendar year 1919 were disposed of at St. Louis by public auction 

 through the Department's agents, Funsten Bros. & Co. Two sales 

 were held, April 28 and September 10, respectively. The total 

 number of Pribilof Islands skins sold was 19,157 and the total price 

 bid was $1,501,603.50. All had been dressed, dyed, and machined 

 before being offered for sale. 



At the sale on April 28 there were also sold eight other fur-seal 

 skins which had been confiscated by the Bureau. These eight 

 skins, dressed, dyed, and machined, sold for $75 each, or S600 for 

 the lot. These skins are not included in the detailed statement in 

 respect to the sale of April 28. 



At the sale on April 28, there were sold 10,102 skins from the 

 Pribilofs. The total price bid was $674,491. The maximum price 

 was S85 per skin; the average price was $66.77 per skin, an advance 

 of 29 per cent over the average of $51.72 received the last preceding 

 sale, October 7, 1918, and an advance of 50 per cent over the average 

 of $44.58 received at the sale on April 22, 1918. 



At the sale on September 10, 1919, there were sold 9,055 skins 

 from the Pribilof Islands. The total price bid was $827,112.50. 

 The maximum price was $115 per skin; the average price was $91.34 

 per skin, an advance of 37 per cent over the average of $66.77 re- 

 ceived at the last preceding sale, April 28, 1919, and an advance of 

 77 per cent over the average of $51.72 received at the sale on October 

 7, 1918. The following tables give details and summaries m regard 

 to the sales: 



Sales of Dressed, Dyed, and Machined Pribilof Fur-Seal Skins at St. Louis, 



1919. 



SALE OF 10,102 SKINS, ST. LOUIS, APR. 28, 1919. 



