76 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
LEASING OF ISLANDS FOR FUR FARMING. 
The Department of Commerce is authorized to lease for the propa- 
gation of foxes and other fur-bearing animals the Alaskan islands 
listed below: 
IsLANDS Wuicuw May BE LEASED FOR FuR FARMING. 
Name of island. Location. 
Chitikofotia}4sisse.. Sess. eee ae eee eee Southwest of Kodiak Island. 
GONE. «slo ssanes neces ce teace sees aeees one cone Eee Near Kodiak Island. 
Marmot. oss<ceceececsscesutsaseeee= ose eae seaaee sone East of Afognak Island. 
Catia Koni ilocos. ibis see see canes) eoeee eer oeres Shumagin Group. 
Simeonols.. fs. 32 sehen pee cc ds e~s copa seo ee oreo eee eee Do. 
Lattlo Naked... -. S055. 248 s5ci 2. ge eh cecnnee One of Naked Islands, Prince William Sound. 
Canison (Craiton) 2.222005 P ek ee keer thoes Prince William Sound. 
Midleton 2 acieine'scnenee east eke ees sates Gulf of Alaska. 
BRST OU acac oe sscks ae ens Sone eee creme One of Chugach Islands. 
Mlizabetines So eie ss TsO. CPEs ect RA ee Do. 
OHI VITG: caste’ won e's caceiiesscumnsS otek eee eee One of Semidi Islands. 
GHOWIPbe ete cence coset ce peek oan eee eee aE eEe Do. 
The lease on Simeonof Island to J. C. Smith, of Sand Point, was 
canceled for nonpayment of rent. 
On December 31, 1918, the following islands were under lease: 
Annual 
Name of island. rental. Lessee. 
iil tio 28 See Ree eon gos eoe $200 | Joseph Tbach, Cordova, Alaska. 
Ube NOMI ios smeoe a = seis oes en ee oe = 205 | Andrew Grosvold, Sand Point, Alaska. 
BOATS. scse ss Use -dwecsecebesves seeeueee 200 | I. D. Nordyke, Seldovia, Alaska. 
Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska.—This island is under lease to 
Joseph Ibach, of Cordova. The foxes run wild on the island and the 
lessee is unable to tell how many there are. In 1918,100 blue foxes 
were killed. 
Intile Koniuji Island, Shumagin Group.—Andrew Grosvold suc- 
cessfully continued fox-farming operations on this island. Detailed 
information with regard thereto is not available at the present. 
Pearl Island, Chugach FE aa island was leased from July 1, 
1917, to I. D. Nordyke of Seldovia. It was not stocked with foxes, 
as Mr. Nordyke expected to enter military service, but he reports that 
arrangements will be made to begin operations in the season of 1919. 
