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forwarded-on July 8, by Assistant Agent Christoffers, to Funsten 
Bros. & Co., St. Louis. The shipment was made by freight in two 
carloads over the Northern Pacific Railway, arriving at its destination 
July 29 and 30. : 
The second shipment of skins was made on September 14 on the 
steamer Roosevelt, and consisted of 17,816 skins from St. Paul Island. 
Continuous gales prevented the loading of any skins at St. George 
Island on this trip. The shipment was landed at Seattle and was 
forwarded on October 5 in four cars via the Northern Pacific Railway 
to St. Louis, reaching there October 30, 31, and November 1. 
A third shipment of skins was made on the Coast Guard cutter 
Bear, and consisted of 1,978 skins loaded at St. George Island on 
October 6. They were landed at Seattle on November 5 and for- 
warded on the same day to Funsten Bros. & Co., St. Louis, arriving 
there November 25. 
The final shipment of the season was made from the Pribilof 
Islands December 12 on the steamer Roosevelt, and consisted of 
2,899 skins from St. Paul Island and 4,584 skins from St. George. 
The vessel reached Seattle January 3. The skins were forwarded to 
St. Louis January 4 in two cars via the Northern Pacific Railway, 
arriving at their destination January 29, 1919. 
The following table shows details of the shipments: 
SHIPMENTS OF SEALSKINS FROM PRIBILOF ISLANDS IN 1918. 
Date. Vessel. aes St. Paul. St. George. Total. 
Casks.| Skins. | Casks.| Skins. | Casks.| Skins. 
Meese EDOSOVEIL.2.=-- anode ee oes July, 7 139 3,10 31 438 17 3,54 
Sept. 14 |..... (COS SRA aig Ree be See Oct. 3 528 BZER1G eos seree se aweate ce 528 17,816 
Ocit.'6 | Bear. -........ Sait aoe eee BNO (Ol cheeses) aeteceemaes 56 1,978 56 1,978 
WWerrats:| AvOOsevelt.sU-.- Jou. boee soe Jan. 3 71 2,899 156 4,584 227 7,483 
ANON hoe ea semen eee sana | 738 23, 819 243 7,000 981 30,819 
The following statement shows the islands’ record as to numbers of 
skins taken and shipped: 
St. Paul Island: 
WhEsber.o: skins.on hand Jan.) POlSsss. 28. oo ce oe oS 112 
Number taken durmp years'>. Jes, Uae bee oils ssi ee. Pll eve 27, 503 
Total 3S Pei eee ia pee oe: ca Ee eRe RSS 27, 615 
Shipped Muring year scxcecn seaeeeaseer eect secs ci vesceee 23, 819 
Hemiber remain on’ St. bal siamese 2 oS 3 Swe Peek 3, 796 
St. George Island: 
Number of skins taken during year..._..---2.2-.-2.02.....-0.2-- 7, 387 
Perpeen eerie Years 82. teem Se | on Ab es 7, 000 
Number remaining on St. George Island............2.....2.20--- eee eee 387 
Totalon both islands Dec. 31, 191Bes ies si os oe coo cds ee 4,183 
Fox skins.—The fox skins taken on the Pribilof Islands in the 
season of 1917-18 were brought down on the first trip of the Roosevelt, 
June 22, arriving at Seattle, July 7. They were at once forwarded 
by American Railway Express to Funsten Bros. & Co., St. Louis. 
The shipment consisted of 692 blues and 19 whites, secured as follows: 
St. George, 602 blue and 5 white; St. Paul, 90 blue and 14 white. 
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