100 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
total on hand January 1, 1920, 47,616 skins. The following table 
shows shipments received and sales of skins by the firm during the 
calendar year 1920: 
SuMMARY OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS FuR-SEAL SKINS RECEIVED AND SoLp By F'UN- 
sten Bros. & Co., St. Louis, Mo., AND BALANCES IN F'IrRM’s CustTopy, CALENDAR 
YEAR 1920. 
Receipts. Sales. Balances on hand. 
| 
Number of skins. 
Date of : | a ens 5 tet PS 
shipment D Bier Number| Date of | Food Coganier ae 
from iy ee °Y | of skins. sale. Food | Commer- skins.1 ae . Mus 
Pribilofs. : cial | Total. ELSI. 
skins.! fs 
kin | skins.? 
BRAS de ones ReEBSBIBecarod oeeEeoonediiadasooccseaer locosdeen qoosueEonisssabe Sc 43 47,573 | 47,616 
SPP Rac oe Agape nec ae Jame20 neem Sige nee 31 12| 47,573 | 47,585 
ee eae i ATM Sete On| Lee ere Re MED oie coed lee cose |Nn tO) LOOM OS 100 12} 38,473 | 38,485 
INT G eee May 20..... P3121. Seas colin s veces: oaee ee ee 12| 39,785 | 39,797 
a Abate han hee ok eae Le Reema: May 10....- 12 5,740 | 5,752 |........] 34,045 | 34,045 
June 22.....- July 30...-..| OODg Neetcee weccisa | Seemocee Reged eset [eval sees Lele ge eae 34,550 | 34,550 
NOV 20snc c= Dee. 15..-.. PAUP oe seas ootea Loseodse |BBbecensac|ssoce5oc||Ssssonee 57,612 | 57,612 
1 Skins taken from seals killed for natives’ food prior to the termination on Aug. 24, 1917, of the 5-year 
period of restricted killings provided by the act of Aug. 24, 1912. 
2 Skins taken subsequent to Aug. 24, 1917. 
FUR-SEAL SKINS ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1920. 
As in the published report for the preceding calendar year, a state- 
ment as to the number of fur-seal skins handled during the year and 
the number on hand, both at the Pribilof Islands and at St. Louis, at 
the end of the calendar year 1920 is submitted as follows: 
Sr. Lours RecorD OF SEALSKINS. 
Onthand ant 1s 1920. 28 82 See ne ee ee Se ee ee *47, 616 
Shipments received in 1920: 
IMPS) et ee ee See ee ee ee tole 
EVD ete NR Ra I eed ee Ee ee 505 
December 2. 2 ee a ee ee ee ee eee 28, 062 
——-_ 24, 879 
4 YS) or ps en leet Se eA ee 2 he ee oe 72, 495 
Sales during 1920: 
Faery: 25 A 2 ee ee 31 
TENCE) OLED STEN oe 9, 100 
IGG ee eee ee ee ee AS ee ee ee 5, 752 
—— 14, 883 
Balance on hand at St. Louis Dee. 31, 1920___-_-_-___--_--_-_- 57, 612 
PRIBILOF RECORD OF SEALSKINS. 
On hand Jan. 1, 1920: 
CPPal island so ee ee 1, 405 
Si Georcees ane = === a 412 
Sit 
2 The preceding report for 1919 gave the number on hand as 47,615, but when the ship- 
ment received November, 1919, was unpacked in 1920, one more skin was found than was 
reported shipped, thereby increasing the number on hand by 1. 
2Funsten Bros. & Co. paid the Government at the rate of $80 each for 31 sealskins, of 
which the firm reported 17 spoiled in work and 14 prepared for exhibition purposes. 
