FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY. 



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Details op Sale of 3,239 Dressed, Dyed, and Machined Pribilop Islands Ftm- 

 Seal Skins at St. Louis Oct. 8, 1917 — Continued. 



Number 

 of skins. 



Price per 

 skin. 



Total for 

 lot. 



41 



42 



43 



m 



Total 



3,239 



I 4 middlings and smalls. 

 III. .hs smalls 



129 large pups. 



jjj 154 middling pups 



small pups. 



1 middling 



11 smalls 



33 large pups 



50 middling pups... 

 28 small pups 



2 extra small pups. 



$18.50 

 17.00 

 14.00 

 12.00 



$888.00 



1,054.00 



630.00 



960.00 



The following table shows a summary of the size classifications 

 and the percentage of the total nmnber in each class: 



Summary of Size Classifications and Percentage in Each Class of the Fur- 

 Seal Skins Sold at St. Louis Oct. 8, 1917. 



Trade classification. 



Number 

 in class. 



Percent- 

 age. 



Extra small pups 



Small pups 



Middling pups 



Large pups 



Sma'ls 



Midd ings and smalls 



Middlings 



Wigs 



Total 



0.06 

 3.37 

 21.95 

 37.57 

 27.11 

 7.91 

 1.73 



The number of fur-seal skins from the Pribilof Islands on hand in 

 the States on December 31, 1916, was 11,457. Forty-eight hundred 

 and eighty- two skins were received from the Pribilof s in 1917. The 

 aggregate number of skins sold in 1917 was 6,739. The number of 

 fur-seal skins from the Pribilof Islands on hand in the States on 

 December 31, 1917, was, therefore, 9,600. In this connection it 

 should be noted that on December 31, 1917, there were 4,258 addi- 

 tional skins aboard the steamer Roosevelt en route from the Pribilofs 

 to Seattle. 



SALE OF FOX SKINS. 



The fox skins shipped from St. Paul and St. George Islands in 

 1917 were sold at St. Louis by Funsten Bros. & Co. on October 8, 

 1917. The 567 blue-fox skins brought $34,653.50 gross, averaging 

 $61.11 each; the 39 white-fox skins $1,027 gross, averaging $26.33 

 each. The following table shows details in regard to the sale of 

 these skins. 



