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U, S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Six specimen skins were also shipped during the year to the Colo- 

 rado Museum of Natural History at Denver. Four of these were 

 from St. George Island and were transported on the U. S. S. Saturn 

 on its August trip. The other two were from St. Paul Island and 

 were brought down on the Coast Guard cutter Unalga in October. 



SALES. 



Three sales of dressed, dyed, and machined fur-seal skins from the 

 Pribilof Islands were held in St. Louis, Mo., during the calendar year 

 1921. In all, 30,958 skins were sold at auction for SI, 049, 176. The 

 table below gives the details regarding the prices secured for 

 each lot of skins at each of the sales, and the table on page 70 is a 

 summary showing the prices obtained for the skins in the various 

 trade classes and the percentages which the number of skins in these 

 several classes bore to the totals in each sale. 



February 21, 1921. — At the first sale 10,120 skins were sold at auc- 

 tion for $355,689. The highest price received was for a lot of 60 

 skins which brought $61 each. The average price obtained was 

 $35.15, a decrease of 52 per cent as compared with the last previous 

 sale, May 10, 1920. 



May 23, 1921. — At the May sale 10,060 skins were sold for 

 $359,715. The highest price received was for a lot of 60 skins which 

 brought $58 each. The average price obtained was $35.76, an in- 

 crease of If per cent over the February sale. 



September 28, 1921. — At the September sale 10,778 skins were sold 

 for $333,772. The highest price received was for a lot of 60 skins 

 which brought $55.50 each. The average price obtained was $30.97, 

 a decrease of 13 per cent as compared with the May sale. At this 

 sale an accumulation of 700 ''culls and rejects" was disposed of. 

 These skins were obtained largely from the killings of large surplus 

 bulls whose skins had been cut and scarred by fighting on the rook- 

 eries. They brought an average of $1.68 each. The low average of 

 all skins sold is accounted for by the inclusion of the "culls and 

 rejects" in^ the figures. 



Sales of dressed, dyed, and machined Pribilof fur-seal shins at St. Louis, Mo., 1921, 

 SALE OF 10,120 SKINS, FEBRUARY 21, 1921. 



Lot 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins. 



Trade 

 classification. 



Wigs 



do 



Wigs; cut, 



scarred, etc. 



Extra extra 



large 



do 



Extra extra 



large; cut, 



.scarred, etc . 



Extra large... 



do 



do 



do 



70 ! Extra large; 

 i cut, scarred, 



[ etc 



80 ; Large 



80 do 



Price 



per 

 skin. 



$60. 00 

 fjS. 00 



37.00 



66.00 

 61.00 



41.00 

 55.00 

 54.00 

 57.00 

 54.00 



31.00 

 52. 00 

 51.00 



Total for 

 lot. 



$3,000.00 

 2,900.00 



1,850.00 



3,360.00 

 3,660.00 



2, 460. 00 

 3, 850. 00 

 3, 780. 00 

 3, 990. 00 

 3.780.00 



2, 170. 00 

 4, 160. 00 

 4, 080. 00 



Lot 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins. 



Trade 

 classification. 



Large 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Large; cut 

 scarred, etc . 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Mediums 



....do , 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Price 

 per 

 skin. 



$49. 00 

 48.00 

 49. 00 

 40.00 

 46. 00 

 47.00 

 47.00 



27.50 

 27.00 

 28.50 

 29.00 

 39.50 

 40.00 

 42.00 

 39.50 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 40.50 



Total 

 for lot. 



$3,920.00 

 3, 840. 00 

 3,920.00 

 3,680.00 

 3,680.00 

 3,760.00 

 3,760.00 



2,200.00 

 2, 160. 00 

 2,280.00 

 2,320.00 

 3,555.00 

 3,600.00 

 3, 780. 00 

 3,555.00 

 3,600.00 

 3,600.00 

 3.645.00 



