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  SERVICE. 
  83 
  

  

  be 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  manner. 
  Some 
  bids 
  were 
  received 
  but 
  various 
  obstacles 
  

   interposed 
  themselves, 
  hindering 
  the 
  ready 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  the 
  

   plans, 
  and 
  theu' 
  modification 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  delivery 
  at 
  Unalaska 
  had 
  

   to 
  be 
  allowed. 
  In 
  the 
  year 
  1914 
  two 
  sales 
  were 
  effected: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Six 
  pairs 
  of 
  young 
  blue 
  foxes 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  St. 
  George 
  

   Island 
  by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Melville 
  Dollar 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  The 
  animals 
  

   were 
  for 
  delivery 
  to 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  had 
  arranged 
  for 
  establishing 
  a 
  fox 
  

   ranch 
  in 
  Michigan. 
  Four 
  of 
  the 
  foxes 
  died 
  while 
  en 
  route 
  to 
  San 
  

   Francisco. 
  For 
  the 
  foxes 
  which 
  were 
  delivered 
  the 
  Government 
  

   received 
  SlOl 
  apiece. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Ten 
  pairs 
  of 
  young 
  blue 
  foxes 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  St. 
  George 
  

   Island 
  on 
  the 
  fisheries 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  for 
  delivery 
  at 
  Seward, 
  

   Alaska, 
  to 
  a 
  fox 
  breeder 
  conducting 
  operations 
  at 
  Fairbanks, 
  Alaska. 
  

   Five 
  pairs 
  died 
  while 
  en 
  route 
  to 
  Seward. 
  For 
  the 
  foxes 
  which 
  were 
  

   delivered 
  the 
  Government 
  received 
  $106 
  apiece. 
  

  

  The 
  sale 
  of 
  many 
  pairs 
  of 
  foxes 
  could 
  subsequently 
  have 
  been 
  

   effected, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  herds 
  it 
  was 
  

   deemed 
  unwise 
  to 
  hamper 
  their 
  future 
  well-being 
  by 
  removing 
  the 
  

   best 
  potential 
  breeding 
  elements. 
  

  

  REINDEER. 
  

  

  In 
  1911 
  a 
  small 
  herd 
  of 
  reindeer 
  was 
  introduced 
  both 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  

   and 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Islands. 
  Each 
  successive 
  year 
  has 
  shown 
  uniformly 
  

   satisfactory 
  results, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  what 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  begin- 
  

   ning 
  an 
  experiment 
  is 
  now 
  an 
  accomplished 
  piece 
  of 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  mcrease 
  in 
  each 
  herd 
  from 
  the 
  

   date 
  of 
  introduction 
  to 
  June 
  30, 
  1914: 
  

  

  St. 
  Paul 
  Island. 
  

  

  Date 
  of 
  introduction: 
  Aua:ust 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

   Number 
  introduced: 
  4 
  males, 
  21 
  females; 
  total, 
  25. 
  

  

  Number 
  present 
  June 
  30, 
  1914: 
  Age 
  1 
  year 
  and 
  upward, 
  15 
  males, 
  36 
  females; 
  fawns, 
  

   24; 
  total, 
  75. 
  

  

  St. 
  George 
  Island. 
  

  

  ' 
  Date 
  of 
  introduction: 
  September 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Number 
  introduced: 
  3 
  males, 
  12 
  females; 
  total, 
  15. 
  

  

  Number 
  present, 
  June 
  30, 
  1914: 
  Age 
  1 
  year 
  and 
  upward, 
  11 
  males, 
  26 
  females; 
  

   fawns, 
  21; 
  total, 
  58. 
  

  

  SEA 
  LIONS. 
  

  

  St. 
  Paul 
  Island. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  sea 
  lion 
  killed 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  

   at 
  Northeast 
  Point 
  on 
  January 
  24. 
  One 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   place 
  on 
  December 
  27, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  that 
  season's 
  herd, 
  

   should 
  be 
  properly 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  1914 
  catch. 
  Others 
  were 
  kiUed 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Between 
  Jan. 
  25 
  and 
  30, 
  at 
  Northeast 
  Point 
  3 
  

  

  Feb. 
  19, 
  near 
  Lukanin 
  1 
  

  

  May 
  17, 
  at 
  Northeast 
  Point 
  1 
  

  

  May 
  21, 
  in 
  Village 
  Cove 
  1 
  

  

  June 
  10, 
  in 
  a 
  drive 
  at 
  Northeast 
  Point 
  16 
  

  

  June 
  15, 
  in 
  a 
  drive 
  at 
  Northeast 
  Point 
  3 
  

  

  