﻿GENERAL 
  ADMINISTRATIVE 
  REPORT. 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  MINOR 
  FURS 
  SHIPPED 
  FROM 
  ALASKA. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  regulations 
  all 
  shipments 
  of 
  furs 
  from 
  Alaska 
  nmst 
  be 
  

   reported 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  upon 
  appro- 
  

   priate 
  blanks 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  One 
  form 
  of 
  blank 
  covers 
  

   shipments 
  by 
  mail, 
  and 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  each 
  package 
  must 
  be 
  certi- 
  

   fied 
  on 
  the 
  blank 
  by 
  the 
  postmaster. 
  The 
  other 
  form 
  of 
  blank 
  covers 
  

   all 
  shipments 
  other 
  than 
  by 
  mail. 
  Care 
  should 
  be 
  exercised 
  to 
  report 
  

   on 
  this 
  blank 
  all 
  furs 
  taken 
  out 
  as 
  personal 
  baggage. 
  

  

  A 
  statement 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  November 
  15, 
  1913, 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  

   reports 
  referred 
  to 
  and 
  the 
  customs 
  records, 
  is 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  

   below. 
  This 
  shows 
  furs 
  exported 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $678,062.91 
  as 
  

   compared 
  'wdth 
  S630, 
  656.40 
  for 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   approximately 
  $47,406.51 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  minor 
  furs; 
  

   that 
  is, 
  furs 
  from 
  Alaska 
  other 
  than 
  fur 
  seal 
  and 
  fox 
  from 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  

   Islands. 
  The 
  Pribilof 
  furs 
  are 
  shown 
  separately 
  (p. 
  10) 
  because 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  Federal 
  Government 
  under 
  special 
  restrictions 
  of 
  law 
  

   and 
  therefore 
  not 
  a 
  comparable 
  factor 
  in 
  statistics 
  showmg 
  gain 
  or 
  

   loss 
  in 
  quantity 
  of 
  catch 
  taken 
  by 
  private 
  persons 
  or 
  firms. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  approximate 
  gains 
  shown 
  in 
  furs 
  other 
  than 
  from 
  the 
  

   Pribilofs 
  are 
  the 
  following: 
  Mink, 
  $68,000; 
  red 
  fox, 
  $38,000; 
  blue 
  

   fox, 
  $19,000; 
  white 
  fox, 
  $10,000; 
  black 
  fox, 
  $4,000; 
  muskrat, 
  $4,000; 
  

   black 
  bear, 
  $12,000; 
  glacier 
  bear, 
  $2,000, 
  and 
  wolverine, 
  $1,000. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  losses 
  there 
  are: 
  Marten, 
  $89,000; 
  silver 
  gray 
  fox, 
  $16,000; 
  

   land 
  otter, 
  $7,000, 
  and 
  ermine, 
  $4,000. 
  These 
  variations 
  are 
  caused 
  

   by 
  fluctuations 
  in 
  values 
  as 
  weU 
  as 
  by 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   skins 
  taken. 
  

  

  Minor 
  Furs 
  Shipped 
  From 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1912 
  and 
  1913. 
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  a 
  Neither 
  the 
  fur 
  seal 
  nor 
  the 
  fox 
  skins 
  from 
  the 
  PribUof 
  Islands 
  are 
  included 
  here, 
  being 
  subject 
  of 
  special 
  

   Federal 
  administrative 
  control 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  usual 
  market 
  conditions. 
  For 
  statistics 
  of 
  these, 
  see 
  p. 
  10. 
  

  

  