SEALSKIN INDUSTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



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Deposition of Alfred Fraser^ member of the firm of G. M. Lampson& Co., 

 furriers, London. 



London trade salos. 



Tables showing 

 number of sliiiis sobl 

 and prices paid fjoia 

 1808 to 1891. 



general sealskin industry. 



State of New York, 



City and County of Neio York, ss : 



Alfred Fraser, being duly sworn, says: I am a member of the firm 

 C. M. Lampson & Co., of London, and the person (lescribed in and wlu) 

 verified an aflidavit on the 1st day of April, l<Si>-*, relating to the fur-seal 

 industry. Tbe tables hereto annexed marked A, B, 0, D, E, and F 

 have been prepared by me from the i)rinted catalogues 

 of public auction sales in London of fur-seal skins and 

 also from my private memoranda, and from my knowl- 

 edge and information of the fur-seal industry I believe 

 them to be correct in every particular. Said tables 

 state all of the salted fur-seal skins of the Alaska, 

 Copper, northwest coast, and Lobos catches, which, according to the 

 said catalogues and memoranda, were sold at public auction in Loudon 

 between the years 18G8 and 1891, together with the average price per 

 skin obtained during each of said years for the aforesaid skins. 



Alfred Frasbr. 



Sworn to before me this 5th day of July, 1892. 



[seal.] Fredk. K, Fisher, 



Notary Public, Kings County. 



(Certificate filed in New York County.) 



Exhibit A. 



Sailed Alaslca fur-seal sold in London from 1S71 to ISOl. 



Average 



price per 



skin. 



67 

 146 

 98 6 



Exhibit B. 



Salted Copper Island fur-seal sold in London in the years 1S70 to 1SD3. 



