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Pribilof Islands in 1920. Of these skins 9 were dressed, dyed, and 

 finished and 3 were raw, washed, and dried. For these 12 skins the 

 Government received $286.35. Record is also made of 5 skins sold 

 to the Fouke Fur Co. as of April 14, 1922. The price was $37.80 

 each. The skins were taken at the Pribilof Islands in 1919. 



DISPOSITION OF FUK-SEAL SKINS TAKEN ON FRIMLOF ISLANDS 



The grand total of all fur-seal skins taken at the Pribilof Islands 

 on hand on January 1, 1923, was 54,858. Of these 898 were at the 

 Pribilof Islands, 53,953 were at St. Louis, and 7 at Washington. In 

 1923 a total of 15,920 Avas secured at the Pribilof Islands and 20,866 

 were sold, leaving a balance on hand on December 31, 1923, of 49,912. 

 The 49,912 skins taken on the Pribilof Islands on hand on December 

 31, 1923, comprised 1,881 skins at the islands, 48,024 at St. Louis, 

 and 7 at Washington. The following two tables show further details 

 in regard to Pribilof Islands skins at those islands and at St. Louis : 



Summa?'!/ of all fur-seal skins handled on Pribilof Islands, calendar year 1923 



' The preceding report for 1922 gave the number on hand Dec. 31, 1922, on St. Paul Island as 624, and the 

 total for both islands as 896, but in 1923 two skins of a previous season's take were found in one of the salt 

 houses on St. Paul Island. 



>>ummary of receipts and sales of PriMlof fur-seal skins by Fouke Fur Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., and balance in firtn's custody, calendar year W23 



' The'corresponding table of the 1922 report gave 53,966 skins on hand Dec. 31, 1922. The difference of 

 13 skinsjis accounted for as follows: 1. The 53,966 skins recorded in the 1922 report included (c) 7 skins that 

 were at Washington and (6) 5 skins sold to the Fouke Fur Co., Apr. 14, 1922, and not taken into account 

 in the 1922 table. 2. The 1922 table also showed 26,422 skins shipped from the Pribilofs on Sept. 24, 1922, 

 whereas 26,420 actually were received. 3. The corresponding table in the 1921 report showed a total of 

 22,561 skins shipped on Aug 13 and Sept. 15, 1921, whereas 22,562 were actually received. The table does 

 not include receipts or sales of confiscated skins nor three skins from seals shipped from the Pribilof Islands 

 to the California Academy of Sciences for the Steinhart Aquarium. 



