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  FUE-BEAEING 
  ANIMALS. 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  reports. 
  One 
  form 
  is 
  for 
  shipments 
  by 
  mail 
  and 
  its 
  correctness 
  must 
  

   be 
  certified 
  by 
  the 
  postmaster 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  from 
  which 
  shipment 
  is 
  

   made. 
  The 
  other 
  form 
  is 
  for 
  reporting 
  shipments 
  made 
  otherwise 
  

   than 
  by 
  mail, 
  i. 
  e., 
  by 
  freight, 
  express, 
  personal 
  baggage, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pelts 
  shipped 
  from 
  

   Alaska 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  end- 
  

   ing 
  November 
  15, 
  1912, 
  November 
  15, 
  1913, 
  and 
  November 
  15, 
  1914, 
  

   respectively. 
  The 
  table 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  shipments 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  

   Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  information 
  concerning 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   this 
  report. 
  

  

  Minor 
  Furs 
  Shipped 
  prom 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1912, 
  1913, 
  and 
  1914.^ 
  

  

  a 
  Neither 
  the 
  fur-seal 
  nor 
  the 
  fox 
  skins 
  from 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  are 
  included. 
  

   b 
  Assuming 
  same 
  average 
  values 
  as 
  for 
  preceding 
  year. 
  

  

  LEASING 
  OF 
  ISLANDS. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  has 
  authority 
  to 
  lease 
  certain 
  islands 
  

   off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Alaska 
  for 
  use 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  foxes 
  and 
  other 
  

   fur-bearing 
  animals. 
  By 
  virtue 
  of 
  this 
  authority, 
  four 
  islands 
  were 
  

   leased 
  in 
  1914 
  for 
  periods 
  of 
  five 
  years 
  each, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Island. 
  Lessee. 
  

  

  Carlson 
  Moose 
  Bay 
  Fur 
  & 
  Trading 
  Co., 
  Tacoma, 
  Wash. 
  

  

  Middleton 
  Tim 
  Marcum, 
  Valdez, 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Simeonof 
  J. 
  C. 
  Smith, 
  Sand 
  Point, 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Little 
  Koniuji 
  A. 
  Grosvold, 
  Sand 
  Point, 
  Alaska. 
  

  

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