FUR-SEAL ilJDirSTRY. 



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GRADES AND COMPARATIVE VALUES OF SEALSKINS. 



As was done in the 1918 Alaska report in respect to the sealskins 

 sold in 1918, record is made of the comparative trade classifications 

 and prices obtained for the various sizes of sealskins sold in 1919. 

 The following table gives the number and grade of skins of each 

 category and the high, low, and average prices received: 



Comparative Values by Grades and Sizes op Sealskins Sold in 1919. 



SUMMARY OF FUR-SEAL SKINS SHIPPED TO FUNSTEN BROS. & CO. 



Beginning with the year 1913 all merchantable fur-seal sSins 

 shipped from the Pribilof Islands have ])een forwarded to Funsten 

 Bros. & Co., St. Louis, Mo., for sale. The first sale, held in December, 

 1913, consisted of 1,896 salted skins. All subsequent sales have been 

 of dressed, dyed, and machined skins. The table following records 

 all shipments made to the fu'in in the years 1913 to 1919, inclusive, 

 sales of skins, and balances remaining in the custody of the firm. 



