56 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FUR-SEAL SKINS 

 SHIPMENTS 



Seven hundred and thirteen barrels containing 57,271 fur-seal skins 

 taken on the Pribilof Islands in 1935 were shipped on the U. S. S. 

 Sirius and arrived at Seattle on August 23. Delivery of 8,594 skins, 

 packed in 107 barrels, was made to a representative of the Canadian 

 Government at Seattle on August 24, in accordance with provisions of 

 the fur-seal treaty. The remaining 48,677 skins were foi'warded by 

 freight to the Fouke Fur Co. at St. Louis, Mo., and arrived there on 

 August 31. 



Twenty-five sealskins taken in 1935, specially cured by being 

 stretched and dried, were brought to Seattle on the Penguin in August 

 and were turned over to a representative of the Fouke Fur Co. for 

 transporting to St. Louis. 



SALES 



Two public auction sales of fur-seal skins taken on the Pribilof 

 Islands w^ere held at St. Louis in 1935 — on April 8 and September 16, 

 respectively- — at which a total of 50,832 skins were sold. During the 

 year, also, 2,590 sealskins taken on the Pribilof Islands were disposed 

 of at private sales, under special authorization of the Secretary of 

 Commerce. In the following detailed statements the sales of other 

 sealskins by the Department of Commerce for the account of the 

 Government are included, in order that the records may be complete. 



April 8, 1935. — Twenty-six thousand four hundred and three 

 Pribilof Islands fur-seal skins, dressed, dyed, and machined, were sold 

 on April 8 for $616,990.75. These skins consisted of 12,600 dyed 

 black, 11,500 dyed Safari brown, and 2,303 dyed logwood brown. 



September 16, 1935.— At the sale on September 16, 24,429 Pribilof 

 Islands fur-seal skins were sold for $569,708.10. Of these, 24,350 

 dressed, dyed, and machined, brought $569,540, and 79 miscellaneous 

 raw-salted, unhaired, and unhaired and dressed skins brought $168.10. 

 In addition, 125 dressed, dyed, and machined and 75 raw-salted fur- 

 seal skins taken by the Japanese Government on Robben Island in 

 1934 and allotted to the United States as its share of such skins under 

 provisions of the fur-seal treaty were sold for $2,762.25. There were 

 also sold 14 confiscated fur-seal skins, parchments, for $69, making a 

 total of $572,539.35 for fur-seal skins at this sale. 



Special sales. — During the year, 2,590 Pribilof Islands fur-seal 

 skins were sold under special authorization by the Department for 

 advertising and promotional purposes, the gross sales amounting to 

 $59,360. Included in the foregoing were 14 skins (7 black and 7 log- 

 wood brown) that had been made up into two coats for exhibition. 

 The coats were advertised by the Division of Purchases and Sales 

 and were sold to the highest bidders, the black coat bringing $421.22, 

 and the brown, $200. Of the other skins sold, 1,578 dyed Safari 

 brown brought $39,434.53; 960 dyed black, $18,484.67; 26 dyed log- 

 wood brown, $488.02; and 12 skins specially prepared for exhibition 

 purposes, $331.56. 



Further details in regard to the sales of sealskins by the Department 

 of Commerce for the account of the Government in 1935 are given in 

 the following tables: 



