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the Department's selling agents at St. Louis and that to the Dominion 

 of Canada each contained one skin in excess of the number shown on the 

 shipping hsts, thus indicating that the number of skins actually taken 

 on the islands in that year was 53,470, instead of 53,468 as originally 

 reported. The discrepancy appears to have been the result of a mis- 

 take in the count from one of the kenches, when skins were being 

 barreled on St. George Island, and a corresponding adjustment in a 

 subsequent killing record. 



The records are being corrected, therefore, to show a total of 53,470 

 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands in 1934, of which 42,972 

 were from St. Paul Island and 10,498 from St. George Island. The 

 revised records also show there were allotted to the Dominion of 

 Canada under the provisions of the fur-seal treaty 8,023 skins, con- 

 sisting of 8,021 as its share of the season's take and 2 additional skins 

 to correct a shortage in the 1933 consignment. 



FOXES 



Herds of blue foxes on St. Paul and St. George Islands yield several 

 hundred pelts annually. The care of these herds fits in well with the 

 fur-seal industry, as it requires attention at a time when sealing 

 activities are at a minimum. Throughout the winter when the 

 natural supply of food on the islands is scarce the foxes are fed pre- 

 pared rations and salted seal meat. During December and January 

 the animals are trapped for their pelts and for marking and releasing 

 for the breeding reserve. 



TRAPPING SEASON OF 1935-36 



In the 1935-36 season 1,034 fox skins were taken, of which 1,019 

 were blue and 15 white. Two hundred and twenty blue and 9 white 

 skins were taken on St. Paul Island and 799 blue and 6 white skins on 

 St. George Island. 



After the close of the killing season the foxes did not enter the traps 

 readily because the winter was mild and an ample supply of food could 

 be obtained from the beaches. Six foxes on St. Paul Island and 116 

 on St. George Island were trapped, marked, and released for future 

 breeding stock. The reserve also includes a considerable number of 

 animals that were not captured during the season. 



REINDEER 



St. Paul Island. — During the jeox ended September 30, 1935, 23 

 reindeer on St. Paul Island were killed and used for food. A count of 

 the animals in the herd on September 26 showed a total of 1,162, of 

 which it was estimated that 350 were the young of the season. The 

 herd appeared to be in excellent condition. 



St. George Island. — Three reindeer were killed and used for food on 

 St. George Island during the year ended September 30, 1935. A count 

 made on September 30 showed 71 animals in the herd, of which 9 were 

 the young of the season. 



