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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Four boats of the bureau were on seal patrol duty from about April 20 

 to the end of the season. The Coast Guard cutter Unalga also engaged at 

 times in patrol work in the same district. 



BHtish Columhia.- — From information furnished by the Depart- 

 ment of ^larine and Fisheries, Canada, it appears that since the 

 North Pacific Sealing Convention of July 7, 1911, went into effect 

 fur-seal skins have been taken by Indians from waters along the 

 coast of British Columbia as follows: 



Year 



'918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 



Number 

 of skins 

 taken 



70 



1,058 



2,349 



930 



4,424 



JAPANESE SEALSKINS DELIVERED TO THE UNITED STATES 



As stated in the report for 1922 the United States Government's 

 share of the sealskins taken on Robben Island in 1921 and 1922 was 

 55 skins and 60 skins, respectively. The 55 skins of the 1921 take, 

 after having been dressed, dyed, and machined, were sold at public 

 auction in St. Louis on May 28, 1923. Twenty-nine of the skins 

 brought $40 each, and the remaining 26 brought $30 each. Twenty- 

 seven skins of the 1922 take, dressed, dyed, and machined, were sold 

 at public auction at St. Louis on October 8, 1923, at $20 each. The 

 remaining 33 skins of the 1922 take were unsold at the close of 1923. 



The United States Government's share of sealskins taken on Rob- 

 ben Island in 1923 was 82 skins. Of these 21 were from large males. 

 The skins had not been delivered to the United States at the close 

 of 1923. 



