FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA, 1909, 
Island Weights of Skins, 1909 Catch. 
11 
Number of skins. 
Number of skins. 
Weight. 
St. Paul 
Island. 
St. George 
Island. 
Total. 
Weight. 
St. Paul 
Island. 
St. George 
Island. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
4 
1 
1 
Pounds. 
595 
15 
610 
4\ 
1 
1 
n 
779 
95 
874 
4b 
2 
12 
14 
71 
359 
4 
363 
41 
13 
1 
14 
8 
424 
57 
481 
5 
493 
380 
873 
81 
195 
1 
196 
438 
39 
477 
81 
389 
11 
400 
5§ 
903 
507 
1,410 
81 
9 
9 
51 
859 
26 
885 
9 
7 
3 
10 
6 
1,373 
1,017 
2,390 
91 
1 
1 
6* 
■ 946 
38 
984 
91 
1 
1 
6£ 
1.376 
481 
1,857 
10 
1 
1 
2 
6f 
'774 
33 
807 
101 
1 
1 
2 
7 
1,045 
598 
1,643 
141 
1 
1 
Notf,.— On St.Paul Island no skins weighing more than 8§ pounds and only 1 weighing less than 5 pounds 
were taken during the lessee’s killing season. On St. George Island 4 skins weighing more than pounds 
were taken during the lessee’s killing season, and are held hv the government agents on the island pending 
orders for disposition. With these exceptions, under and over weight skins appearing in the table were 
taken in drives for the native’s food or are hold-overs from the previous season. 
London Weights of Skins, 1909 Catch. 
[London, November 10, 1909. Subject to recount. North American Commercial Company, 1909 catch, 
14,368.] 
Number of 
skins. 
Weight. 
Per cent. 
Classification. 
Lhs. 
oz. 
1 
13 
0 
Middling. 
23 
9 
0 
0. 16 
Middlings and smalls. 
290 
8 
3 
2. 04 
Smalls. 
1,224 
7 
1 
8. 61 
Large pups. 
4,097 
6 
8 
28. 83 
Middling pups. 
5,248 
5 
13 
36. 93 
Small pups. 
1,096 
5 
6 
7. 71 
Ex. small pups. 
11 
5 
1 
.08 
Ex. ex. small pups. 
84. 36 
3 
9 
0 
Middlings and smalls, low. 
65 
7 
5 
Smalls, low. 
189 
6 
7 
6. 62 
Large pups, low. 
401 
5 
14 
Middling pups, low. 
253 
5 
7 
Small pups, low. 
30 
5 
0 
Ex. small pups, low. 
1 
10 
0 
Middlings and smalls, cut. 
28 
7 
10 
Smalls, cut. 
93 
6 
8 
4. 78 
Large pups, cut. 
244 
5 
13 
Middling pups, cut. 
251 
5 
6 
Small pups, cut. 
64 
5 
0 
Ex. small pups, cut. 
9 
7 
10 
Smalls, rubbed. 
50 
7 
0 
Large pups, nibbed. 
186 
6 
6 
3.97 
Middling pups, rubbed. 
254 
5 
12 
Small pups, rubbed. 
65 
5 
7 
Ex. small pups, rubbed. 
38 
.27 
Faulty. 
14,214 
5 
Smalls. 
15 
Large pups. 
47 
Middling pups. 
58 
Small pups. 
11 
Ex. small pups. 
136 
Note.— T he statement furnished from London omits some weights, but, as will be observed, 136 of these 
are included in the classification. 
