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We have been able to gather some statistics that may be of interest 

 to the committee. For instance, I have a good deal about the number of 

 females killed. We do have a report from NOAA that there were only 

 230 in 1969, 121 in 1970, and 84 in 1971. 



Mr. DiNGELL. Those figures, I believe, are already in the record. 



Mr. Sharp. Now, Mr. Chairman, there are other statistics with 

 respect to the processing and exportation of seal skins showing that 

 the bulk of such skins that are processed in this country (the Canadian 

 as well as the U.S. share and Japanese share) are exported. In any 

 event if there are questions on the matter of statistics we will be happy 

 to answer them. 



( The statistics referred to follow : ) 



DATA PROVIDED BY FOUKE CO. OF GREENVILLE, S.C, RELATIVE TO SOURCES AND DESTINATION OF FUR SEAL 



SKINS SOLD AT FOUKE CO.'S AUCTIONS 12 



1 Canadian skins are processed by Fouke Co. but shipped to Montreal and not sold in the United States and are therefore 

 not included in the above figures. ,. 11 1 «nn>«™; on„..,iiu 



2 Other sources in all cases are Uruguay and South Africa. Uruguayan skins average approximately 1,400 semi-annually. 



The balance are all from South Africa. 



