124 INVESTIGATION OP THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA* 



following the salt house was opened and the work as above ordered 

 was carried out to the letter; it was finished at 6 p. m. 



The following results were obtained, the measurements and weights 

 being all simultaneously made by Messrs. Elliott and Gallagher for 

 the committee, and Messrs. Hatton and Clark and "Whitney for the 

 Bureau of Fisheries; every figure of weight and measurement being 

 called out at the time it was recorded and made, and agreed to then 

 and there by all parties engaged. Mr. Hatton, for the Bureau of 

 Fisheries, verified every measurement with Mr. Elliott, and agreed 

 upon the same as they were recorded; Mr. Clark and Mr. Whitney, for 

 Fisheries Bureau, verified every weight with Mr. Gallagher, and agreed 

 upon the same as they were recorded. The following table of recorded 

 salt weights and measurements has been therefore made in complete 

 agreement with the officials in charge of the island, they having a 

 copy of it as it was made on the Salter's bench. 



The natives selected nine of their best men, who took turns in salt- 

 ing and bundling the skins. No one spoke to them as they did this 

 work, or made a suggestion even as to how they should prepare these 

 skins for shipment in salt. 



Each skin has a leather tag strung to it by one or the other of its 

 flipper holes; on this tag is the number stamped indelibly and so 

 identifies it in the bundles as recorded. 



Table shovnng the record and system of recording salted fur-seal shin measurements and 

 weights ivhich was adopted by Special Agents Elliott and Gallagher in the Government 

 salt house July 29, 1913, when making this record of those green weights and salt weights 

 and measurements of 400 fur-seal skins taken by order of Bureau of Fisheries on the island 

 of St. Paul, July 7, 1913. 







By H. W. Elliott and 









By H. W. Elliott and 



By W. I. Lembkev for 

 U. S. Bureau of Fish- 



A. F. Gallagher for 



1 Bv W.I. Lembkev for 



A. F. Gallagher for 



House Committee on 



U. S. Bureau of Fish- 



House Committee on 



eries, taken July '/, 



Expenditures in the 



eries, taken July 7, 



Expenditures in the 



1913. 





Department of Com- 

 merce, July 29, 1913. 



1913. 





Department of Com- 

 merce, July 29, 1913. 



Tagged No. 



Green 



Meas- 



No. 



Salt weight 



Tagged No. 



Green 



Meas- 



No. 



Salt weight 



of skin. 



weight. 



ure. 



of bundle. 



of skin. 



weight. 



ure. 



of bundle. 





Lbs. Oz. 



Inches. 





Lbs. Oz. 





£6*. Oz. 



Inches. 





Lbs. Oz. 



4796 

 4747 



5 13| 



6 15| 



35 

 39 



} ' 



13 14 



4297 

 4239 



6 7| 



5 44 



34 

 34 



}'= 



13 7 



442S 

 4676 



6 54 

 5 9| 



36 

 36 



> * 



15 9 



4693 

 4251 



6 9£ 

 5 124 



37 

 33 



>» 



11 9 



4757 

 4623 



7 7 

 5 llf 



41 

 32 



} • 



16 10 



4698 

 43S0 



8 5} 

 5 11} 



35 

 334 



}» 



14 10 



4318 

 4273 



7 1H 



6 10" 



34 

 34 



} ' 



16 1 



4216 

 4247 



7 4 

 4 1 



35 

 26 



» 



12 9 



4406 

 4633 



6 11 

 5 15} 



34 

 34 



} ■ 



13 5 



4334 

 4237 



7 3i 

 4 11} 



37 

 33 



}« 



15 12 



4223 

 4355 



8 7 

 5 14} 



36 

 34 



} • 



15 7 



4337 

 4725 



7 133 

 6 8J 



39 



37 



| 20 



17 



4294 

 4774 



8 2f 

 5 14* 



36 

 354 



} ' 



15 2 



4675 

 4393 



6 12} 

 6 14 



354 

 38" 



}■ 



14 12 



4324 

 4272 



6 Hi 

 5 124 



35" 

 37 



} s 



13 6 



4604 

 4234 



7 114 

 4 8 



36 

 34 



} 22 



15 4 



4315 

 4678 



s ..:. 



6 12 



37 

 394 



} • 



14 5 



4758 

 4793 



5 64 

 5 154 



38 

 374 



\ 23 



13 11 



4661 



4776 



7 14 

 5 5* 



34" 



334 



}'» 



16 2 



4371 



4244 



7 54 

 4 34 



34" 

 32 



u 



13 5 



4388 

 4246 



S 2} 

 5 15J 



37" 

 31 



}-» 



15 12 



4218 

 4212 



6 &f 

 . 13J 



36 

 324 



}* 



15 7 



4788 

 4242 



7 10 

 4 5} 



40 

 31 



» 



15 



4236 

 4233 



4 15| 



4 34 



36" 

 324 



| 26 



13 3 



4712 

 4238 



6 6 

 4 8 



40 

 33 



}« 



15 10 



4248 

 4232 



5 8J 



4 8} 



35" 

 32J 



\* 



12 11 



4243 



4794 



5 12 



6 2 



35 

 35} 



} '* 



12 12 



4685 

 4799 



6 lOf 

 6 124 



35 



37 



\ 28 



15 1 



