ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1921. 



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REINDEER, 



The 40 reindeer that were brought to the Pribilof Islands in August, 

 1911, to provide a source of fresh meat for the Government employees 

 and natives have increased to over 400 animals, an average annual 

 increase of over 25 per cent. The herds have become so large and 

 wild that it is difficult to make an accurate count of the different 

 classes of animals. A conservative estimate at the end of the cal- 

 endar year 1921 showed that there were 250 animals in the St. Paul 

 herd and 160 animals in the St. George herd. A total of 53 animals 

 was killed for food, 19 of which were used on St. George Island. 



Reindeer herd on the Pribilof Islands, 1911-1921. 



1 21 females. 

 « 12 females. 



8 20 females. 

 <25 females. 



^ 21 females. 

 6 36 females. 



' 26 females. 



PRIBILOF FUR-SEAL SKINS. 



SHIPMENTS. 



Three shipments of sealskins were made from the Pribilof Islands 

 in the calendar year 1921. The first of these was made up of 291 

 skins in 9 barrels from St. Paul Island and 3,295 skins in 74 barrels 

 from St. George Island, these being all of the skins remaining on the 

 islands from the 1920 take. The shipment left the islands June 18 

 on the U. S. S. Saturn and was forwarded from Bremerton, Wash., 

 on July 13 by freight via Northern Pacific to Billings and Chicago, 

 Burlington & Quincy to St. Louis. The shipment was received at 

 its destination July 31. 



On August 13 the U. S. S. Saturn left the Pribilof Islands with 

 9,063 skins in 156 barrels from St. Paul Island and 2,207 skins in 

 45 barrels from St. George Island. The shipment was forwarded 

 from Seattle on August 27 by freight via Northern Pacific to Billings 

 and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to St. Louis, arriving Septem- 

 ber 7. 



A third shipment was made on the Coast Guard cutter Bear Sep- 

 tember 15, consisting of 9,450 skins in 152 barrels from St. Paul 

 Island and 1,841 skins in 32 barrels from St. George Island. It was 

 forwarded October 6 from Seattle via Northern Pacific to Billings 

 and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to St. Louis, and arrived Octo- 

 ber 16. 



