320 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Public auction sale, September 30, 1929. — At this sale 14,022 fur- 

 seal skins taken at the Pribilof Islands, dressed, dyed, and machined, 

 sold for S349,648. Of these skins, 5,022 were dyed black, and 9,000 

 logwood brown (Bois de Campeche). There were also sold 142 dressed, 

 dyed, and machined Japanese fm*-seal skins for $3,467.50; 10 raw 

 salted Japanese skins for $10; and 2 dressed, dj^ed, and machined 

 confiscated skins for $33, making a grand total of $353,167.50 for 

 fur-seal skins at this sale. The confiscated skins and the 142 Japanese 

 skins were dyed logwood brown. 



The 152 Japanese fur-seal skins sold on September 30, 1929, were 

 the United States Government's share of such skins taken by thu 

 Japanese Government in 1928, delivered pursuant to the provisions 

 of the North Pacific Sealing Convention of July 7, 1911. 



Special sales. — In the calendar year 1929, 100 fur-seal skins taken 

 at the Pribilof Islands were sold at special sales for $4,764.86. These 

 skins were dressed, dyed, and machined, 50 being of the black dye and 

 50 logwood browTi. 



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 1929: 



Sale of fur-seal skins at St. Louis, Mo., April 8, 1929 



9,884 DRESSED, DYED, AND MACHINED PRIBILOF ISLANDS SKINS, DYED LOO- 

 WOOD BROWN (BOIS DE CAMPECHE) 



