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FISHERY AND FUR INDUSTRIES OF ALASKA IN 1912. 



Those secured on July 5 and 8 were branded with a hot iron. 

 Those on July 11, 15, and 20 were clipped with shears, after which a 

 light hot-iron brand was placed on the clipped area. Those branded 

 on St. George were of the best appearing in the drives. 



REJECTION FROM DRIVES. 



In the regular food-killing drives in the season of 1912 only large 

 2-year-olds were killed; all others were rejected. 



The following table shows the number killed and the number of 

 each class rejected in each regular drive: 



Seals Rejected from Drites. 



KILLING OF SEALS. 



On St. Paul Island the number of seals killed from August 11, 1911, 

 to July 3, 1912, was 1,193; the number taken between July 3 and 

 August 12, 1912, was 1,687, a total for the year ending August 11, 

 1912, of 2,880, which number was shipped from St. Paul Island to 

 San Francisco on the Homer September 10, 1912. 



On St. George Island the number killed from August 11, 1911, to 

 July 3, 1912, was 438; the number taken between July 3 and August 

 12, 1912, was 446, a total for the year ending August 11, 1912, of 884, 

 which number was shipped from St. George Island to San Francisco 

 on the Homer September 12. 



The total number of skins taken on the PribUof Islands in the year 

 from August 11, 1911, to August 11, 1912, both inclusive, was there- 

 fore 2,880 on St. Paul Island and 884 on St. George Island, a total of 

 3,764, all of which were shipped from the islands on September 12, 

 1912. 



