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MISCELLANEOUS. 



New York, December 6, 1892. 

 State of New York, 



City and County of New York, ss : 

 On this 6th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and 

 ninety-two, before me personally appeared Alfred Fraser, to me known 

 and known to be the individual described in and who executed the 

 foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the 

 same. 

 [seal.] Edwin B. Woods, 



Notary Public, Kings Co., Certificate filed in N. Y. Co. 



Alaska fur-seal skins sold for account of the Alaska Commercial Company. 1 



1871 104,899 



1872 96,283 



1873 103,724 



1874 99,150 



1875 99,634 



1876 90, 267 



1877 75,410 



1878 99,911 



1879 100,036 



1880 100,161 



1881 99,921 



1882 100,100 



1883 75,914 



c. — concerning the weights of skins. 



50 Wall Street, New York, 



December, 1892. 

 Looking over the invoices of sealskins shipped by the Alaska Com- 

 mercial Company from 1872-'75, I find the smallest number of skins 

 in any one cask in each of these years of — 



1872, 46 skins, weighing 568 pounds, or 12£ pounds per skin. 



1873, 39 " " 567 " " 14£ " " " 



1874, 46 " " 640 " " 14 " " " 



1875, 54 " " 677 " " 12£ " " « 



The gross weights above given include cask, skins, salt, and string. 



The annexed memorandum shows the average weight of all skins 

 shipped by the Alaska Commercial Company. 



There may have been, especially in the early years of the lease, a few 

 bundles of skins from the Pribilof Islands weighing as much as 60 lbs., 

 although I never remember seeing any of this weight. 



Alfred Fraser. 



Average iveight of Alaska salted fur-seal skins shipped to London. 



New York, 15th December, 1893. 



1 This is compiled from the press copy referred to in the foregoing statement of 

 Alfred Fraser. 



