ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



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Table showing the number of fur-seal skins taken from the Pribilov Islands since their 

 transjer m 1867 from Russian to American ownershin; also the tax, bonus, and rental 

 paid. ' ' 



Tear. 



1868. 

 1869(1 

 1870. 

 1871. 

 1872., 

 1873. 

 1874 . . 

 1875 . . 

 1876.. 

 1877.. 

 1878 . . 

 1879 . . 

 1880 . . 



Niunber 

 of skins. 



250, 

 85, 

 9, 

 99, 

 99, 

 9-1, 

 99, 

 99, 

 89, 

 75, 

 99, 

 99, 



100, 



Tax, bonus, and 

 rental paid. 



$101, 080. 00 

 317, 082. 62J 

 317, 444. 37i 



316, 927. 00" 



317, 494. 75 

 317, 446. 97i 

 291,155.50 

 253,255.75 

 317,461.39 

 317, 410. 22i 

 317,594.50" 



Tear. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



18906 



Total 



Number 

 of skins. 



99, 766 

 99, 922 

 75, 000 

 99, 962 

 99, 996 

 99, 982 

 99, 950 

 100, 000 

 100, 000 

 21, 000 



2, 206, 057 



Tax, bonus, and 

 rental paid. 



$316, 984. 75 

 317, 295. 24 

 251, 875. 00 

 317, 410. 22J 

 317, 488. 20 

 317, 467. 94 

 317, 378. 72* 

 317, 500. 00' 

 317, 500. (10 

 210,000.00 



6, 208, 916. 17 



a The skins of 1869 were called "food skins," and carried over to 1870, are added to the catch of thit 

 year, the beginning of the lea.se n.aking a seeming return for this year of 95 477 Xns takeif in the flrst 

 year of the Alaska Co.nrnercial Company's lease; tax, .$2.62* per skin taken and rental of ,$55 Ker 

 Zio $22,0^0 remaL'"" *'"' °"* ^' '"*" "P*'™""" until Au^iist, 1870, the sl^VetarTmLle a rfflof 



6 Lease of the Alaska Comniorcial Company expired May 1, 1890. Lease renewed to North Amer 



rental tor that year was only .$5,480.75. ■^ ^ ^ ' ^"" ^'^^ 



^il!''''T^n'f 'w'/''""'^ "•^''"f f "'''"^ ''''""' ""' ^^" ^«'««^« <>fSf- Pa^^l <^nd St. George, 

 io of each %m »"«'"»'^'''> "'"^ "'e 7iumher of fur seals accepted by the lessees up to Jul!, 



[From the Treasury agent's record, St. Paul Lsland.] 



Tear. 



18700 

 1871 . 

 1872. 

 1873 . 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879. 

 1880. 

 1881 . 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 1884 . 

 18S5 . 

 1886. 

 1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 



St. Paul. 



Season 



Skins 

 accepted, 



St. George. 



Season 



Total 

 skins ac- 

 cepted. 



June 



29, 788 

 65, 499 

 68, 035 

 88, 058 

 83, 890 

 69, 367 

 58, 732 

 78, 570 

 80, 572 

 80, 000 

 80, 000 

 80, 000 

 60, 101 

 83, 092 

 70, 451 

 72, 120 

 77, 389 

 73, 808 

 68, 485 

 c 16, 833 



June 4 

 3 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 10 

 3 

 3 

 9 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 8 

 9 

 6 

 4 

 2 



12, 604 

 21, 563 

 17, 362 

 8,554 

 10, 000 

 10, 000 



15, 000 



16, 709 

 20, 569 

 20, 000 

 20, 000 

 20, 000 

 11,123 

 11,152 

 15, 000 

 13, 335 

 13, 381 

 13,187 

 10, 138 

 c4, 112 



42, 392 

 87, 062 

 85, 397 

 96, 612 



93, 890 

 79, 367 

 73, 732 

 95, 279 



6101,141 

 100, 000 

 100. 000 

 100, 000 

 71, 224 



94, 244 



85, 451 

 85, 455 

 90, 770 



86, 995 

 78, 623 



c 20, 945 



a No record. ^ ^ , . _ e Taken by North American Commercial Company 



Accepted, but not slnpped in one year ; balance carried over. ' 



H. Doc. 92, pt. 3 34 



