572 



IN THE PRESENT. 



of all said lists and adopt the same explanation given by him as my 

 own. I have carfully verified the figures contained in these latter and 

 find them to be as accurate as any such statement can be made. 



Emil Tcichmann, p. 582. 



ExniBiT A. 



Exhibit B. 



Sales of Cape Horn salted fur-seal skins. 



Exhibit C. 

 Salted Northwest Coast fur-seal skins sold in London prior to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. 



Salted Northwest Coast fur-seal skins, dressed and dyed in London (hut not sold there) 

 taken prior to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. 



Dry Northwest Coast fur-seal skins sold in London prior to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. 



Tear. 



1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 



Skins. 



2, ltl 

 1,671 



6.81 

 12. 49.". 

 14,584 



891 



2,772 



1875. 



1 876 . 



1877 . 

 1878. 

 1X79. 

 1880. 

 1881. 



Skins. 



1, 351 

 993 



1,173 

 912 

 918 



686 



Tear. 



18X2 



IX-:, 



18S4 



Total 



Skins 



321 

 390 

 785 



42, 767 



Of the skins sold in 1871 and 1872 a very lar^e proportion were the accumulation 

 of the Russian American Company and sold by them after the purchase of Alaska by 

 the United States. 



