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REPORT OF BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. 



1. — Average Prices realized for Alaska Salted Fur-Seal SKi)is at I'lihlic Auction in London, 

 furnished by the Hudson Bay Company. 



Note. — Previous to 1871 fur-seal skins were sold privately, and it i.s impossible to obtain correct 

 average prices. 



2. — Statement of Fur-Seal Skins obtained in Trade from Indians by the Hudson Bay Com- 

 2)any on the Coast of British Columbia between Fort Simjjson and the Northern End of 

 Vancouver Island, 1852-90. 



Tear. 



Number of 



Skins 

 obtained. 



1852 

 1853 

 1854 

 1855 

 1856 

 1857 

 1858 

 1859 

 1860 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1806 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 



5 

 11 

 9 



32 



65 



28 



99 



187 



62 



71 



398 



569 



521 



243 



381 



768 



367 



430 



4,086 



8,911 



1,336 



1,229 



Tear. 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1831 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



Total number obtained in 39 

 years 



Average number obtained each 

 year 



Number of 



Skins 

 obtained. 



1,873 



1,033 



1,515 



1,210 



1,544 



1,257 



1,418 



1,882 



3,551 



557 



471 



95 



1,545 



102 



646 



289 



228 



39, 624 

 1,117 



