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PISHEKY AISTD FUE INDUSTEIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



shipping points are St. Michael, Nome, Fairbanks, Wrangell, Juneau, 

 Seward, Nushagak, and Ketchikan. 



The following statement in tabular form shows by species the 

 amount and value of furs shipped from Alaska in the year ending 

 November 15, 1912: 



Shipment of Furs from Alaska in 1912. 



Species. 



Number 

 of pelts. 



Average 



value 

 per pelt. 



Total 

 value. 



Bear, black 



Bear, brown 



Bear, glacier 



Bear, polar 



Beaver 



Ermine 



Fox, black 



Fox, blue 



Fox, blue, Pribilof Islands . . 



Fox, cross 



Fox, red 



Fox, silver gray 



Fox, white 



Fox, white, Pribilof Islands. 



Hare, arctic 



Lynx 



Marten , 



Muskrat 



Mink 



otter, land 



otter, sea 



Reindeer fawn 



Seal, fur 



Seal, hair 



Squirrel 



Wolf 



Wolverine 



7,957 



3 



502 



384 



603 



8,018 



142 



3,108 



29 



55 



2,720 



12,999 



123,925 



31,363 



1,480 



] 



4 



3,764 



333 



611 



103 



189 



$7.50 



9.00 



15.00 



40.00 



10.00 



1.36 



600.00 



45.00 



56.53 



17.00 



8.50 



250.00 



12.50 



17.29 



.40 



21.50 



12.50 



.40 



4.50 



14.00 



200.00 



1.00 



37.52 



1.50 



.08 



9.00 



10.00 



$5,212.50 



171.00 



75.00 



360. 00 



890.00 



10,821.52 



1,800.00 



22,590.00 



21,708.48 



10,251.00 



68, 153. 00 



35,500.00 



38,850.00 



501.43 



22.00 



58,480.00 



162, 487. 50 



49,570.00 



141,133.50 



20, 720. 00 



200. 00 



4.00 



141,290.32 



499. 50 



48.88 



927. 00 



1,890.00 



Total. 



794, 156. 63 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Among the recommendations and suggestions which have been 

 submitted by the warden and deputy wardens are the following: 



1. Extend the open season for muskrat to June 1. 



2. Shorten the open season for marten two weeks by making it 

 end March 15 instead of March 31. 



3. Extend the open season for the white fox to April 1. 



4. Make it unlawful €o purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, 

 export, or have in possession any unprime skin. 



5. Extend the close period for beaver five years, thus making it 

 unlawful to take any beaver before November 1, 1920. 



6. Encourage the establishment of fur farms, especially on the 

 coast, where fish for food are abundant. 



7. Establish an experimental station at some suitable point in 

 Alaska where investigations and experiments in the domestication 

 and propagation of fur-bearing animals may be carried on. 



8. Make stricter regulations regarding the sale of poisons. 



9. Make a special study of the distribution, abundance, and habits 

 of the beaver. 



10. Offer a bounty for the destruction of wolves. 



