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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Fur seals on Commander Islands 



Year 



1923. 

 1924. 



Number 

 of seals 

 in herd 



12, 562 

 19,311 



Number 

 of seals 

 killed 



1 Information not available. 



SALE OF CONFISCATED SEA-OTTER SKINS 



There were sold at public auction at St. Louis, Mo., on May 25, 

 1925, for the account of the Government, two sea-otter skins that 

 had been seized by Special Officer Shea from Nick Bruhn at Seward, 

 Alaska, on September 4, 1924. The skins brought $205 and $190, 

 respectively. 



