REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 159 



The following table, showing the numbers und values of salted fur- 

 seal skins from all sources placed on the London market during the 

 period from 1871 to 1901, was procured from Messrs. C. M. Lampson 

 & Co., of London. It is interesting chiefly on account of comparisons 

 presented between the prices of the miscellaneous skins resulting from 

 the wasteful pelagic sealing, and those of seals taken under the best 

 conditions. The classification of the skins is that customarily used in 

 the fur trade. The numbers indicate the catch of salted skins received 

 from each source, not the yearly sales, as in some cases catches are not 

 all sold during the years in which they were taken. 



Yearly catch. 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



1891 1 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



Alaska. 



Skins. 



104,899 

 96, 283 



103, 724 

 99, 150 

 99, 634 

 90, 276 

 75, 410 

 99, 911 



100. 036 

 100, 161 



99, 921 

 100, 100 

 75, 914 

 99, 994 

 99, 874 

 99. 947 

 99, 949 



100. 037 

 100, 031 



25, 152 



13, 494 

 7,554 

 7,500 

 16, 030 

 15, 002 

 30, 004 

 20, 762 

 18, 032 

 16, 804 

 21, 924 

 22, 672 



Average 



price 

 realized. 



810. 26 

 10.91 

 12. 65 

 12.77 

 12. 35 

 8.35 

 9.71 

 16.83 

 20. 62 

 22. 24 

 19.40 

 13.04 

 20.13 

 12.59 

 14.01 

 16. 85 

 13.61 

 18.96 

 16.28 

 33.72 



30. 50 

 30.50 

 26.40 

 20. 90 

 19. 89 

 16.42 

 21.13 

 38. 08 

 33. 54 

 27.54 



Copper. 



Skins. 



30, 349 



34. 479 

 33, 198 

 26,380 

 18, 686 

 28, 215 

 38, 900 

 45, 209 

 39,311 



36. 480 

 26, 675 

 48,929 

 41, 750 

 54, 584 

 46, 296 

 47, 411 

 52, 765 

 59, 746 

 30, 681 

 31, 380 

 32, 832 

 27, 298 

 17, 721 

 14,415 

 13, 727 



9,487 

 9,786 

 13, 237 

 11,298 



Average 



price 

 realized. 



S9.73 

 9.98 

 6.04 

 6.43 

 9.41 

 14. 05 

 19.47 

 14.60 

 11.05 

 9.33 

 14.38 

 9.02 

 9.73 

 9.73 

 9.33 

 12.29 

 14. 15 

 20.01 

 16.67 

 19.73 

 17.48 

 13.87 

 13.14 

 10.99 

 13.67 

 16.76 

 29.97 

 19.65 

 23. 34 



Northwe.st coast. 



Skins. 



1, 728 

 40 

 5,071 

 2, 224 

 3,104 

 772 

 2, 698 

 14,609 

 13, 501 

 15, 887 

 22, 88(> 

 8,704 

 19, 357 

 10, 148 

 49, 079 

 39, 419 

 30, 285 

 39,884 

 47, 467 



63, 733 



72,973 



106, 368 



136, 686 



102, 460 



71,033 



40, 280 



31,407 



42, 857 



44,379 



31,476 



Average 



price 

 realized. 



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(") 

 «) 

 (") 

 «) 



$6. 28 

 7.16 

 6.33 

 8.43 

 10.22 

 15.65 



13.32 

 16.69 

 12.47 



8.66 

 10.66 



7.79 

 10.34 

 10.89 

 16.44 

 15. 09 

 13.99 



Lobos. 



Skins. 



Average 



price 

 realized. 



11,3.53 

 13, 066 

 12, 301 

 12, 295 

 14,865 

 13, 569 

 13, 200 

 12, 422 

 14, 680 

 10, 862 

 15, 049 

 14, 831 

 17, 774 

 13, 205 

 14, 241 



13, 634 

 12, 202 

 13, 624 

 12, 146 

 12, 017 

 19, 172 

 15, 926 

 14, 422 

 14, 918 

 15, 116 

 12, 831 



$3.53 

 3.46 

 8.37 

 9.91 

 9.81 

 7.50 

 4.07 

 4.66 

 3.61 

 4.34 

 4.40 

 3.97 

 4.99 

 0.73 

 8.52 



8.15 

 6.45 

 7.38 

 6.13 

 4.87 

 5.19 

 4.38 

 5.07 

 7.36 

 4.89 

 8.05 



Besides the above, data exist as follows: Robben Island, 1886, 1,832 skins at $7.87; Galapagos, 1886. 

 933 skins at 81.70; 1887, 99 skins at S1.46. Sundry sources; 1887, 239 skins at S4.14; 1899, 64 skins at 10.44. 



a Figures for August not obtained. 



b Not yet all sold. 



