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FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1910. 



On the whole it can be seen that only a few skins of the whole 

 catch were outside the weights prescribed and that these were taken 

 unavoidably. 



Weights op Sealskins Taken on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, During the 

 Year ended August 10, 1910. 



Weight. 



Pounds. 



4 



ii 



4* 



4i 



5 



51 



SI 



51 



6 



6J 



6i 



61 



7 



~i 



7J 



n 



8 



81 



8* 



81 



9 



9i 



n 



91 



10| 



10J 



11 



Ill 



12 



Total . . . 



St. Paul 

 Island, a 



6 



4 



20 



40 



670 



710 



1,014 



1,277 



980 



1,113 



1,176 



993 



752 



553 



552 



327 



203 



172 



139 



7 



17 



4 



7 



4 



1 



2 



1 



4 



1 



10,749 



Weight. 



Pounds 



4 



44 



41 



5 



51 



51 



51 



6 



6} 



6* 



6| 



7 



7J 



71 



7f 



8 



81 



81 



9 



91 



91 



101 



101 



Total... 



St. George 

 Island, b 



1 

 5 



14 



125 



82 



406 



202 



628 



106 



524 



114 



321 



43 



168 



21 



54 



4 



5 



6 



1 



2 



1 



1 



2,834 



aNearly all the oversize skins listed from St. Paul Island were taken in a food killing from Sea Lion Rock, 

 on which occasion the skins when weighed carried from 1 to 3 pounds of water each. Had they been dry 

 when weighed, very few or none would have exceeded the prescribed weights. The major portion of skins 

 underweight were taken in food drives for the natives, when large seals were released, and, consequently, 

 the smaller seals were killed closely. 



f>Of the skins from St. George over or under the limit of weight only 3 were taken during the sealing 

 season proper. Four were taken by the company last year, and withheld from the quota; the others were 

 taken during food killings, when the natives were particularly eager for fresh meat. 



Following is a statement furnished by Messrs. C. M. Lampson & Co., 

 of the sizes of the sealskins consigned to them by the United States 

 Government for auction in London. This statement shows the classi- 

 fication of the 12,920 skins as weighed and assorted upon their receipt 

 by the firm. 



