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ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



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, Korthwest coast, and 

 Lobos catches, .vhich, 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. 



AJLFRED ERASER. 



EXHIBIT A. 

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



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. 



