INTESTIGATION OF THE FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA. 127 



Table showing the record and system of recording salted fur-seal skin measurements and 

 weights which 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 voeights 

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

 of St. Paul, July 7, 1913— Continued. 







By H. W. Elliott and 







By H. W. Elliott and 



By W.I. Lembkey for 

 U. S. Bureau of Fish- 



A. F. Gallagher for 



By W. I. Lembkey for 

 IT. S. Bureau of Fish- 



A. F. Gallagher for 



House Committee on 



House Committee on 



eries, taken July 7, 



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. 





Lbs. Oz. 



Inches. 





Lbs. Oz. 



4319 

 4717 



6 151 

 5 i 



35 

 34 



\ 161 



14 8 



4728 

 4457 



7 4 



8 5 



35 



381 



| 181 



15 10 



4370 

 4403 



7 5} 

 7 2J 



43 



34 



| 162 



16 2 



4618 

 4424 



8 

 7 14f 



34| 

 38 



j 182 



16 10 



4374 

 4422 



7 

 6 1£ 



35 



371 



} 163 



15 15 



4291 

 4442 



7 14 

 7 10 



40 



351 



| 183 



16 6 



4781 

 4463 



6 8 

 5 12f 



45 

 32 



| 164 



14 14 



4720 

 4639 



9 9i 

 7 3f 



38 

 38 



\ 184 



18 9 



4649 

 4327 



6 6 



6 13f 



37 

 38 



| 165 



15 8 



4701 

 14480 



7 6i 

 10 



41 

 32 



| 185 



14 



4772 

 4381 



8 10 

 6 5 



36 

 34 



| 166 



14 10 



4222 

 4783 



7 2| 

 6 6| 



39 

 34 



| 186 



15 14 



4343 

 4762 



5 15 

 4 15 



32 

 31 



| 167 



12 2 



4664 

 4373 



7 7 

 7 3} 



39 

 34 



| 1S7 



15 4 



4770 

 4417 



7 6J 



8 2i 



34 

 391 



| 168 



16 13 



4754 

 4731 



6 6 



7 1 



41 

 351 



| 188 



14 12 



4407 

 4429 



7 8 

 7 9J 



361 

 40 



| 169 



16 



4611 

 4634 



6 10 

 6 12 



35 

 34 



| 189 



14 10 



4615 

 4610 



6 13 

 6 51 



36 



341 



| 170 



15 



4368 

 4402 



6 3 



7 I 



32 

 32 



\ 190 



14 1 



4780 

 4452 



7 1} 

 6 9 



39 

 35 



I 171 



15 5 



4637 

 4332 



6 5 

 5 31 



35 



32 



| 191 



15 12 



4674 

 4305 



7 2J 

 5 15 



371 

 36 



| 172 



14 9 



4645 

 4408 



7 

 7 15 



40 

 36 



| 192 



16 2 



4400 

 4612 



9 21 

 8 4J 



39 

 32 



| 173 



18 8 



4722 

 4620 



7 10 

 6 101 



35 



311 



| 193 



15 8 



4689 

 4288 



9 13 

 7 8£ 



381 

 36" 



| 174 



18 



4434 

 4333 



7 91 

 6 4J 



37 

 36 



| 194 



15 



4670 

 4445 



7 3" 

 6 81 



35 



351 



| 175 



14 10 



4340 



4727 



7 9 

 6 13 



381 

 341 



| 195 



16 9 



4293 

 4648 



6 15* 

 6 7f 



40 

 34 



| 176 



14 7 



4394 

 1 4472 



7 5 

 



36 

 31 



| 196 



14 12 



4740 

 4696 



6 7 



7 15 



41 

 37 



I 177 



15 7 



4416 

 4671 



7 10| 



5 14} 



36 

 311 



j 197 



14 1 



4329 

 4398 



6 14 



7 1 



341 

 371 



| 178 



15 4 



4414 

 4655 



8 81 

 



361 

 31 



| 198 



16 10 



4421 

 4734 



7 12f 

 7 



37 

 34 



I 179 



15 8 



4460 

 4384 



7 n 



5 13} 



35 

 331 



| 199 



14 1 



4790 

 4254 



6 9J 

 6 9i 



39 

 34 



j 180 



14 5 



4438 

 4631 



7 5? 

 5 10| 



36 

 36 



i 200 



14 10 



• No green weight; Northeast Point skin. 



Note. — The following annotation was made by Walter I. Lemb- 

 key on his official record of the weights of the 400 sealskins listed 

 and measured and weighed above, all taken in the killing of July 7, 

 1913: 



All seals killed to-day dripping wet, and skins loaded with water. Steady rain, with 

 fog. Southeast wind. To determine percentage of moisture in skins to-day, 12 

 skins were weighed wet, the moisture then taken from them until the skins were 

 nearly dry, and the same skins weighed again. The aggregate wet weight was 90 

 pounds 1.5 ounces. The aggregate dry weight was 79 pounds 14.5 ounces; the aggre- 

 gate loss, 10 pounds 3 ounces, or 11 per cent. All weights to-day, therefore, should be 

 considered as averaging 11 per cent above normal weight. 



This statement of Mr. Lembkey orders a decrease of 10 per cent 

 in the green weights, which makes the increased weight of the salt- 

 cured skins 10 per cent greater than the figures show. For instance, 

 bundle No. 1 weighs 13 pounds 14 ounces; 10 per cent off from the 



