ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 



Special sales of PrihiloJ Islands fur-seal skins in 1937 



139 



Date 



Jan. 30 



Feb. 27 

 May 31 

 July 20 



Sept. 7 

 Nov. 30 

 Dec. 30 



Number 

 of skins 



70 



160 



160 



70 



16 



80 



4 



1 



2 



80 

 80 



963 



Description 



Dyed safari brown, large... 



Dyed safari brown, medium 



Dyed safari brown, medium, scarred and faulty 



Dyed black, large 



Raw salted-.. 



Dyed black, medium 



Dyed black, large. 



Dyed safari brown, medium 



Dyed safari brown, large 



Dyed black, medium 



Dyed black, medium, scarred and faulty 



Dyed safari brown, medium 



Dyed safari brown, medium, scarred and faulty 

 Dyed black, medium 



Price per 

 skin 



$37. 07 

 31.90 

 28.91 

 34.03 

 10.42 

 33.12 

 39.91 

 31.89 

 38.78 

 33.12 

 25. .'ig 

 20.93 

 16.63 

 24.45 



Total 



$2, 594. 90 



5, 104. 00 



4, 625. 60 



2, 382. 10 



166. 72 



2, 649. 60 



159.64 



31.89 



77.56 



2, 649. 60 



2, 047. 20 



1, 674. 40 



1, 330. 40 



1, 956. 00 



27, 449. 61 



Sale at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 37, 1937, of 214 fur-seal skins received from Japanese 

 Government under treaty provisions 



DISPOSITION OF FUR-SEAL SKINS TAKEN ON PRIBILOF ISLANDS 



On January 1, 1937, there were on hand 64,563 fur-seal skins taken 

 on the Pribilof Islands. Of these, 64,545 were at St. Louis, Mo., and 

 18 at Washington. In 1937, 55,180 fur-seal skins were taken on the 

 Pribilof Islands, of which 8,277 were allotted to the Government of 

 the Dominion of Canada as its share of the season's take and the 

 remaining 46,903 were shipped to St. Louis. Of the skins on hand at 

 the beginning of the year, 42,968 were disposed of, leaving 21,595 

 unsold, which, with the 46,903 from the 1937 take,* make a total of 

 68,498 on hand on December 31, 1937. The following tables show 

 further details in regard to fur-seal skins taken on the Pribilof Islands, 

 as well as details in regard to other Government fur-seal skins under 

 the control of the Department of Commerce: 



Summary of Government-owned fur-seal skins in the custody of Fouke Frir Co., at 

 St. Louis, Mo., calendar year 1937 



