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SHIPMENT AND SALE OF FOX SKINS 



The 79 blue and 8 white fox skins taken on St. Paul Island in the 

 season of 1928-29, and the 465 blue-fox skins and 1 white skin taken 

 on St. George Island in the same season were placed aboard the 

 U. S. S. Sirius for shipment and reached Seattle on September 16, 

 whence they were forwarded by express on the next day to the bureau's 

 selhng agents at St. Louis, Mo. 



The above skins were sold at pubUc auction at St. Louis on Sep- 

 tember 30, 1929. The blue pelts sold for $35,865, an average of 

 $65.93 per sldn; and the white pelts brought $556, an average of 

 $61.78 per sldn. The maximum price per skin was $185, obtained for 

 two blue pelts in separate lots. Further details are given in the follow- 

 ing tables: 



Sale of S44 blue and 9 white fox skins at St. Loiiis, Mo., September 30, 1929 



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