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FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



Table showing the amount of earnings received hy the natives of St. Paul Island for taking 

 and curing fihi)is mill the distrihulion of said earnings — the total number of fur-seal 

 skins shipped from St. Paul Island by the Alaska Commercial Company from 1870 to 

 1889, inclusive. 



[Report of Charles J. Goff, United States Treasury agent. July 31, 1890.] 



Tear. 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881c 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



Total 



Total fur- 

 seal skins 

 shipped. 



Paid to p . . ^ 



natives for ftf'^*" 



taking and "'^^^i^fjf'- 



curin 



genera] 



6,017 

 76, 134 



74, 941 

 74, 485 

 89, 924 

 89, 687 

 80, 000 

 60, 199 

 82, 000 

 80, 000 

 80, 000 



79, 905 



80, 000 

 6U, 000 

 85, 000 

 84, 995 

 85, 000 

 85, 000 

 85, 000 

 85, 000 



1, 523, 287 



skins. 



labor. 



$2, 406. 

 30, 853. 

 30, 416. 



29, 597. 

 29, 849. 



30, 098. 

 31, 848. 

 23, 981. 

 32, 654. 



31, 908. 

 31, 889. 

 31, 825. 

 31, 750. 

 23, 896. 

 33, 785. 

 33, 933. 

 33,941. 

 33, 839. 

 33, 834. 

 33, 744. 



$580. 40 

 221. 97 



76.80 

 217. 53 

 276. 0.3 

 113.40 

 146. 40 

 :, 218.38 

 ,910.86 

 215. 40 



54.00 

 250. 50 



97.00 

 240. OU 



12.00 

 134. 00 

 203. 40 



15.60 



15.00 



596, 056. 00 7, 005. 67 



Total fur 

 seals 

 killed. 



6,017 

 77, 925 

 76, 698 

 76, 488 

 97, 932 

 91,215 

 79, 199 

 62, 813 

 83, 034 

 86, 592 

 80, 276 

 81,501 

 81, 420 

 61, 987 

 86, 013 

 86,364 

 85. 689 

 85, 629 

 85, 271 

 85, 053 



1, 557, 116 



Rejected 

 stagy 

 skins. 



431 



1,536 



736 



596 



451 



1,979 



1,088 



981 



1,977 



275 



1,341 



1,414 



1,775 



941 



1,182 



635 



590 



196 



18, 124 



A GIFT DISTRIBUTION OF THESE NATIVES' EARNINGS ANNUALLY MADE BY 



THEMSELVES. 



a One thousand twenty-two dollars and ninety -two cents received by natives for making oil, under 

 head of general labor. 



6 One thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and six cents received by natives for making oil, 

 under head of general labor. 



c Fifty dollars received by school teacher. 



d Four hundred and fifty-five dollars and eight cents received by Dr. Kramer ; first-class share. 



