280 THE SEALSKIN INDUSTRY. 



Value to Canada United States realize annually on Alaskan skins 



and United states. n • i tt • i r< , ,^ c 



consumed ni the United btates the sum oi 

 $2,100,000; the aggregate amount annually paid 

 as wages to those employed in the American 

 manufactories to be $490,000; the receipts of the 

 Pribilof Islands natives to be $40,000 annually; 

 and the profits of the lessees of said islands, 

 when 100,000 skins are taken, to be $325,000. 

 The gross amount thus received b}^ citizens of 

 the United States each year from the Alaskan 

 catch is about $3,000,000. Tli.e value of the 

 Victoria pelagic catch for 1891 has not been 

 published in the Canadian Fisheries Reports, 

 but assuming the value of the Victoria pelagic 

 catch to be $492,261, as given by the Canadian 

 report for 1890, which has been shown to be 

 abnormal, the gross Canadian receipts per annum 

 from the sealing fleet are less than 16 J per cent 

 of the total profits to the citizens of the United 

 States from the Alaskan catch. If the annual 

 receipts to the United States Government be 

 also included, the gross sum received by Canada 

 from her sealskin catch is 11.]- per cent of the 

 annual profits to the Government and people of 

 the United States on ''Alaska" sealskins. 

 Employees in rpj unmber of persons employed in the 



C an a d a. a n d 1 i J 



United titates. manufacture of sealskins in the United States is 



