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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUB 
  INDUSTEIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  to 
  Seattle, 
  Wash., 
  on 
  the 
  revenue 
  cutter 
  Manning. 
  At 
  Seattle 
  they 
  

   were 
  deUvered 
  to 
  an 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  who 
  promptly 
  forwarded 
  

   them 
  via 
  the 
  Northern 
  Pacific 
  and 
  the 
  Chicago, 
  Burlington 
  & 
  

   Quincy 
  Raihoads 
  to 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  Mo., 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  

   Messrs. 
  Funsten 
  Bros. 
  & 
  Co. 
  as 
  selling 
  agents 
  for 
  the 
  Department. 
  

   Owing 
  to 
  the 
  continued 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  fur 
  trade 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  

   advisable 
  to 
  postpone 
  the 
  sale 
  until 
  more 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  might 
  

   obtain, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  skins 
  remained 
  unsold 
  with 
  

   this 
  firm 
  in 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  

  

  The 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  giving 
  efi^ect 
  to 
  the 
  

   North 
  Pacific 
  Sealing 
  Convention 
  of 
  July 
  7, 
  1911, 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  

   fur-seal 
  skins 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  should 
  be 
  amiuaUy 
  sold 
  

   by 
  the 
  Government. 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  that 
  a 
  compulsory 
  

   sale 
  of 
  the 
  skins 
  shipped 
  in 
  1914 
  would 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  previously 
  

   stated 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  Government, 
  Congress 
  was 
  

   asked 
  to 
  authorize 
  an 
  indefinite 
  postponement 
  of 
  the 
  sale. 
  As 
  a 
  

   result 
  of 
  this 
  request 
  the 
  following 
  joint 
  resolution 
  was 
  approved: 
  

  

  [Public 
  Resolution 
  No. 
  65, 
  Sixty-third 
  Congress. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Res. 
  391.| 
  

  

  Joint 
  Resolution 
  Authorizing 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  to 
  postpone 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  fur- 
  

   seal 
  skins 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  until 
  such 
  time 
  as 
  in 
  his 
  discre- 
  

   tion 
  he 
  may 
  d»em 
  such 
  sale 
  advisable. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  by 
  the 
  Senate 
  and 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  of 
  America 
  in 
  

   Congress 
  assembled, 
  That 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  be, 
  and 
  he 
  hereby 
  is, 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  postpone 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  all 
  skins 
  now 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Government, 
  taken 
  from 
  seala 
  

   killed 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  for 
  food 
  purposes, 
  under 
  section 
  eleven 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   August 
  twenty-fourth, 
  nineteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  twelve, 
  until 
  such 
  time 
  as, 
  in 
  his 
  dis- 
  

   cretion, 
  he 
  shall 
  deem 
  advisable; 
  and 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  such 
  sale 
  shall 
  be 
  covered 
  into 
  

   the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Approved, 
  February 
  24, 
  1915. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  sale 
  of 
  fox 
  skins 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilofs 
  is 
  not 
  fixed 
  

   by 
  law, 
  no 
  authority 
  from 
  Congress 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  post- 
  

   ponement 
  of 
  their 
  sale. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  skins 
  shipped 
  to 
  St. 
  Louis 
  a 
  few 
  fur-seal 
  skins 
  

   and 
  fox 
  skins 
  were 
  shipped 
  for 
  scientific 
  and 
  exhibition 
  purposes. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  ON 
  FUR 
  SEALS, 
  ST. 
  PAUL 
  ISLAND, 
  1914. 
  

  

  In 
  1914 
  the 
  first 
  bull 
  was 
  reported 
  on 
  Reef 
  Rookery 
  on 
  April 
  25. 
  

   Arrivals 
  at 
  other 
  rookeries 
  were 
  noted 
  as 
  follows: 
  May 
  3, 
  Sivutch 
  

   (Sea 
  Lion 
  Rock) 
  and 
  Gorbatch; 
  May 
  4, 
  Kitovi; 
  May 
  8, 
  Zapadni; 
  May 
  

   9, 
  Tolstoi; 
  May 
  10, 
  Polovina, 
  and 
  Northeast 
  Point. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  bachelors 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  between 
  Sivutch 
  (Sea 
  

   Lion 
  Rock) 
  and 
  the 
  Reef 
  on 
  May 
  3. 
  The 
  first 
  hauled 
  out 
  were 
  noted 
  

   at 
  Northeast 
  Point, 
  May 
  10. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  cow 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  Gorbatch, 
  on 
  June 
  18, 
  and 
  had 
  already 
  

   given 
  birth 
  to 
  a 
  pup. 
  

  

  