FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



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Table showing the 7i umber of fur-seal skins taken from the Frihilor Islands since their 

 transfer in 1867 from Bussian to American ownership; also the tax, honus, and rental 

 paid. 



Tear. 



1868 .^ 



1869a 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



Niunber 

 of skina. 



250, 

 85. 

 9, 

 99, 

 99, 

 99, 

 99, 

 99, 



99, 

 100, 



Tax, bonus, and 

 rental paid. 



$101, 

 317, 

 317, 

 316, 

 317, 

 317, 

 291, 

 253, 

 317, 

 317, 

 317, 



080. 00 

 082. 62A 

 444. 37* 

 927. 00' 

 494. 75 

 446. 971 

 155. 50 

 255. 75 

 461.39 

 410. 22J 

 594. 50 



Tear. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



18906 



Total 



Number 

 of skins. 



99, 766 



99, 922 

 75, 000 

 99, 962 

 99, 996 

 99, 982 

 99, 950 

 100, 000 

 100, 000 

 21, 000 



2, 206, 057 



Tax, bonus, and 

 rental paid. 



$316, 

 317, 

 251, 

 317, 

 317, 

 317, 

 317, 

 317, 

 317, 

 210, 



984. 75 

 295. 24 

 875. 00 

 410. 22 J 

 488. 20 

 467. 94 

 378. 72J 

 500. 00 

 500. 00 

 000. 00 



6, 208, 916. 17 



aThe skins of 1869 were called "food skina," and carried over to 1870, are added to the catch of that 

 year, tlie beginning of the lea.ie making a seeming return for thi.s year of 95,477 skin.s taken in the flr-st 

 year of the Alaska Commercial Company's lease ; tax, $2.62i per "skin taken, and rental of $55,000 per 

 annum. As this lease did not go into operation until August, 1870, the Secretary made a rebate of 

 some $22,000 rental. 



6 Lease of the Alaska Commercial Company expired May 1, 1890. Lease renewed to North Amer- 

 ican Commercial Company, allowed to kill 60,000, but secured only 21,000; tax, .$9.62 for each skin 

 taken, and .$60,000 rental per annum. 



Note. — The foregoing figures only account for those skins taken and shipped from the islands 

 between 1870 and 1890; of those taken in 1808 no time list has l)een kept. Nearly 140,000 "food skina" 

 have been taken between 1870 and 1890 which have never gone from the islands — were wasted and 

 destrojed. This should never occur again. The 1869 skins paid a tax of only $1 per skin, and the 

 rental for that year was only $5,480.75. 



Table showing the beginning of each sealing season on the islands of St. Paul and St. George, 

 from 1870 to 1890, inclusive, and the number of fur seals accepted by the lessees up to Jxdy 

 20 of each year. 



[From the Treasury agent's record, St. Paul Island.] 



a No record. c T.aken by North American Commercial Company. 



6 Accepted, but not shipped in one year; balance carried over. 



