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FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



other purposes," approved April 21, 1910, consigns these resources 

 to the charge of the Department of Commerce and Labor. 



In accordance with section 4 of this law a set of regulations have 

 been promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, as given 

 in full in the appendix to this report (p. 71). 



The following table shows the number and value of furs of all 

 kinds shipped from Alaska in 1910: 



Shipment op furs from Alaska in 1910. 



Products. 



Bear, black 



Bear, black, stuffed 



Bear cubs, black, alive. 



Bear, black, skulls 



Bear, blue 



Bear, brown 



Bear, brown, skulls 



Bear, glacier 



Bear, grizzly 



Bear, polar 



Bear castors 



Bear galls 



Beaver 



Beaver castors 



Coyote 



Ermine 



Fox, black 



Fox, blue 



Fox, blue, live 



Fox, cross 



Fox, grey 



Fox, red 



Fox, silver 



Fox, silver grey 



Fox, white 



Hares, arctic 



Lynx 



Marten 



Mink 



Muskrat 



Otter, land 



Otter, sea 



Otter pups, sea 



Rabbit 



Seal, fur 



Seal, unborn pup fur. . . 



Squirrel 



Weasel 



Wolf 



Wolverine 



Total. 



Southeast Alaska. 



No. 

 478 



1 



694 

 1 

 2 



4 



182 



403 



4,230 



12, 738 



493 



3 



138 



Value. 



$4,935 



20 



in:, 

 30 

 150 



1,922 



447 



450 



60 



20 

 '370 



4 

 3,541 

 4,294 

 22,081 

 5,086 

 5,213 

 600 



,207 



5 

 24 

 281 

 175 



54,095 



Central Alaska. 



No. 

 326 



60S 



1,221 



492 



5 



156 



1 



3,714 



50 



56 



13 



85 



462 



2,534 



4,479 



447 



24 



1 



180 



62 

 5 



75 



Value. 

 $3,085 



125 



50 



1,285 



20 



2 



2,763 



59 



997 



14, 730 



175 



1,007 



100 



30,0S4 



8, 650 



3,680 



120 



1, 856 

 3,738 

 10, 138 

 917 

 4,493 

 5,900 

 5 



39 

 31 

 40 

 397 



94,506 



Western Alaska. 



No. 



532 



1,026 



11 



1,682 



1 



660 



199 



5,618 



3 



57 



1,989 



782 



4,702 



16, 974 



206, 676 



921 



4 



2 



4 



H4,246 



cl21 



9 



11 



16 



7 



Value. 

 $3,821 



200 

 15 



115 



2,648 

 65 



5, S83 



160 



6 



1,477 

 250 



5,636 



1,822 



38, 688 



390 



4,019 



20,443 



18, 685 



41,319 



76, 369 



69, 245 



8,843 



720 



32 



4 



468,042 



12 



2 



15 



86 



42 



769,024 



Total. 



No. 

 1,336 

 1 

 6 

 1 

 2 



33 

 5 

 4 

 6 



56 



2,002 



11 



3,597 



2 



1,154 



5 



357 



1 



9,370 



53 



113 



2,002 



4 



1,049 



5,567 



23,738 



223,893 



1,861 



31 



3 



4 



14, 3S4 



121 



209 



109 



78 



110 



Value. 



$11,841 



20 



135 



10 



50 



1,560 



35 



125 



145 



2,798 



65 



2 



10, 568 



219 



6 



2,921 



700 



20, 426 



175 



2,849 



100 



69, 142 



9,040 



7,699 



20,563 



4 



24,0S2 



49,351 



108, 588 



75,248 



18,549 



7,170 



37 



4 



472, 249 



12 



46 



70 



407 



614 



917, 625 



a This table does not take into account the shipments of furs by mail nor of those carried out among 

 the personal effects of passengers. 



6 Of these 660 skins were from seized Japanese schooners and were sold by the United States marshal for 

 $23,100. 



c These were also from the above seized Japanese schooners and were sold by the United States marshal. 



AQUATIC FURS. 

 BEAVER. 



This is the most valuable fur-bearing aquatic animal found in the 

 interior waters of Alaska, and has been hunted with such vigor that 

 its ultimate extinction seems to be now but a question of a few years. 

 The range of this animal covers all of the mainland of Alaska, except- 



