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  ADMINISTEATIVE 
  EEPOET. 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  consisted 
  of 
  405 
  blue 
  fox 
  skins 
  and 
  31 
  white 
  fox 
  

   skins. 
  These 
  skins 
  were 
  included 
  with 
  the 
  consignment 
  of 
  fur-seal 
  

   skins 
  to 
  Messrs. 
  Funsten 
  Bros. 
  & 
  Co. 
  and 
  were 
  sold 
  by 
  that 
  firm 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  date 
  as 
  the 
  sealskins. 
  The 
  405 
  blue 
  fox 
  skins 
  sold 
  for 
  

   $17,094, 
  or 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  $42.20 
  per 
  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  31 
  white 
  fox 
  skins 
  

   for 
  $458, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  $17,552. 
  It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  mention 
  that 
  one 
  lot 
  

   of 
  six 
  blue 
  fox 
  skins 
  sold 
  for 
  $948, 
  or 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  $158. 
  

  

  The 
  net 
  proceeds 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Government 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  sale 
  of 
  sealskins 
  and 
  the 
  fox 
  skins 
  here 
  noted, 
  after 
  deducting 
  

   freight, 
  commission, 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  expenses, 
  were 
  $67,660.51. 
  

  

  There 
  yet 
  remain 
  for 
  sale 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1913 
  the 
  400 
  sealskins 
  with- 
  

   drawn 
  from 
  the 
  December, 
  1913, 
  sale, 
  as 
  noted 
  above. 
  The 
  estimated 
  

   value 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  $1 
  1,516. 
  The 
  20 
  defective 
  blue 
  fox 
  skins 
  which 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  Washington 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  worthless 
  and 
  were 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  by 
  informal 
  sale 
  for 
  $20 
  for 
  the 
  lot. 
  

  

  FUR-SEAL 
  SKINS 
  TAKEN 
  BY 
  COAST 
  INDIANS. 
  

  

  Usually 
  in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  the 
  Alaska 
  fur-seal 
  herd 
  

   migrates 
  northward 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States, 
  British 
  

   Columbia, 
  and 
  southeast 
  Alaska, 
  en 
  route 
  to 
  the 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  

   on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  By 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  convention 
  of 
  July 
  7, 
  

   1911, 
  certain 
  Indians 
  dwelUng 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  are 
  permitted 
  to 
  

   kill 
  fur 
  seals 
  under 
  prescribed 
  regulations. 
  The 
  only 
  Indians 
  to 
  avail 
  

   themselves 
  of 
  this 
  privilege 
  were 
  residents 
  of 
  the 
  La 
  Push 
  Reservation 
  

   near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Quiniault 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Clallam 
  

   County, 
  Wash. 
  

  

  The 
  fii-st 
  seal 
  was 
  killed 
  April 
  14 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  May 
  25, 
  the 
  total 
  

   being 
  91, 
  of 
  which 
  90 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  females. 
  The 
  best 
  day 
  was 
  

   April 
  15, 
  when 
  42 
  were 
  taken. 
  All 
  kiUing 
  was 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  spears. 
  

   The 
  table 
  which 
  foUows 
  shows 
  dates 
  of 
  kiUing. 
  

  

  Dates 
  of 
  Killing 
  and 
  Sex 
  op 
  Fur 
  Seals 
  Taken 
  by 
  Indians 
  off 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  Season 
  op 
  1913. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  13 
  Indians 
  engaged 
  in 
  kilHng. 
  One 
  got 
  17 
  seals, 
  while 
  

   the 
  two 
  next 
  successful 
  hunters 
  got 
  13 
  each. 
  The 
  others 
  varied 
  from 
  

   11 
  down 
  to 
  1 
  each. 
  The 
  largest 
  skin 
  as 
  to 
  dimensions 
  was 
  55 
  J 
  inches 
  

   long 
  by 
  31 
  inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  heaviest 
  skin 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  weighing 
  

  

  