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SEAL LIFE ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



tion sales in London of fur seal skins, and also from my private memo- 

 randa, and from knowledge and information of the fur-seal industry, I 

 believe them to be correct in every particular. Said tables state all of 

 the salted fur-seal skins of the Alaska, Copper, Northwest coast, and 

 Lobos catches, which, according to the said catalogues and memoranda, 

 were sold at public auction in London between the years 1868 and 1891, 

 together with the average price per skin obtained during each of said 

 years for the aforesaid skins. 



ALFRED FRASER. 



EXHIBIT A. 



Salted Alaska fur-seal skins sold in London from 1870 to 1891. 



Tear. Skins. 



Year. : Skins. 



Year. 



Skins. 



100. 161 

 99. 921 



100. 100 

 75,914 

 99, 887 



Year. Skius. Year. Skins. 



1885 1 99,719 



1886 ! 99,910 



1887 99,940 



1888 1 100,000 



1889 100,000 



189Q 



90 



1891 



C 20, 994 



\ 4,158 



13,473 



Total.. 1 1,877.977 



EXHIBIT B. 



Salted Copper Island fur-seal skins sold in London in the years 1870 to 1892. 



EXHIBIT C. 



Salted Northwest coast fur-seal skins sold in London prior to pelagic sealing in Bering Sea. 



EXHIBIT D. 



Salted Northwest coast fur-seal skins sold in London after commencement of pelagic sealing 



in Bering Sea. 



a To March 25. 



