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FUR-SEAL SKINS 



SHIPMENTS 



One shipment of fur-seal skins was made from the Prihilof Islands 

 in the calendar year 1929. This consisted of 40,067 skins, as follows: 

 From St. Paul Island, 501 taken in the calendar year 1928 and 32,714 

 taken in 1929; from St. George Island, 300 taken in the calendar year 

 1928 and 6,552 taken in 1929. The shipment was made from the 

 islands in September on the U. S. S. Sirius, which arrived at Seattle, 

 Wash., on September 16. The skins were forwarded from there by 

 fi'oight on September 17 via the Union Pacific system and Wabash 



FiGx^RE 14.— Processing Alaska fur-seal skins at St. Louis, Mo. 



Railway Co. and were delivered to the department's selling agents at 

 St. Louis, Mo., on September 27. 



SALES 



In 1929 a total of 29,246 fur-seal skins, taken on the Prihilof Islands, 

 were sold at two public auction sales held at St. Louis, There were 

 also sold through special sales 100 fur-seal skins taken on those islands. 

 Along with the following detailed statements of these sales, the sales of 

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

 of the Government are included in order that the records may be 

 complete. 



Public auction sale, April 8, 1929. — At this sale 15,219 fur-seal skins 

 taken at the Prihilof Islands, dressed, dyed, and machined, sold for 

 $469,439.50; and 5 others skins taken at the Prihilof Islands, consisting 

 of 1 dressed, 1 unhaired and dressed, and 3 raw salted skins, sold for 

 $3 ; a grand total of $469,442.50. Of the dressed, dyed, and machined 

 skins, 5,334 were dyed black, 9,884 logwood brown (Bois de Campeche) 

 and 1 golden chestnut (Chataigne d'Or). 



