152 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



200 brown (dark Chataigne d'Or), and 241 brown (light Chataigne 

 d'Or.) 



The brown-dyed "Chataigne d'Or" skins were introduced to the 

 trade in 1924. The "Bois de Campeche," or logwood brown, skins 

 were sold first at the sale of September 24, 1925. The average price 

 obtained for the logwood brown skins was higher than the average 

 obtained for skins dyed any other shade. 



The 82 Japanese sealskins sold on September 24, 1925, were the 

 United States' share of sealskins taken by the Japanese Government 

 in 1923, delivered pursuant to the provisions of the North Pacific 

 Sealing Convention of July 7, 1911. 



Special sales. — In the calendar year 1925, 139 dressed, dyed, and 

 machined sealskins were sold at special sales for $3,890.32. Of 

 these skins, 57 were black dyed, 30 brown dyed (Chataigne d'Or), 

 and 52 brown dyed (Bois de Campeche). 



The following tables give further details in regard to all sales of 

 fur-seal skins by the Department of Commerce for the account of 

 the Government in 1925: 



Sale of fur-seal skins at St. Louis, Mo., May 25, 1925 



DRESSED, DYED, AND MACHINED PRIBILOF ISLANDS SKINS, DYED BLACK 



