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there were 373 fur seal skins, valued at $8,094 
| Bering Sea and 
| British Columbia-Alaskan coast, a total of 9,386 
which brought an average price of $21.56 each 
| from the price received last year (1905). 

Nov. 23, 1907.] 
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ALASKAN FUR SEALS. 
Tue shipment of fur seals by the lessees of the 
Pribilof Islands was 12,536*from St. Paul Island, 
1,040 from St. George Island, a total of 14,476 
skins for the group. These sold in the London 
market for $445,137. The number of seals killed 
on the islands this year, however, was only 12,- 
886 (11,186 on St. Paul and 1,700 on St. George 
Island), the remainder of the shipment noted 
above being composed of skins secured in pre- 
seasons and not marketed. In addition 
(this represents the price paid to the hunters for 
these skins and not the London price), taken in 
southeast Alaska; 224, valued at $1,344, taken in 
| central Alaska, and one, valued at $10, taken in 
| western Alaska; making a total of 598 skins, 
| valued at 9,448, taken by Alaskan natives, in addi- 
| tion to skins taken on the Pribilof Islands, a grand 
| total of 15,074 skins shipped from Alaska. 
The 
catch off Baranof Island by the Sitka Indians 
was unusually heavy in May, the greater part of 
the southeast Alaska catch being credited to 
them. The competition among the buyers for 
| these skins was unusually keen, as high as $24 
! being paid for very good ones. 
The pelagic fleet hailing from British Colum- 
bia and working on the Alaskan herd was com- 
posed this year of seventeen schooners, and the 
catch of the fleet amounted to 7,983 skins from 
1,403 skins from along the 
in the London market, a decrease of $3 per skin 
In 
1905 this fleet took in Bering Sea 10,832 skins, 
2,849 more than were taken in 1906. The coast 
catch also decreased in 1906 as compared with 
| 1905. 
A Japanese pelagic fleet, variously estimated 
at from twenty-five to thirty-one vessels, also 
hunted seals in Bering Sea and is reported to 
have secured 7,000 skins. Several of these ves- 
sels participated in the raids upon the rookeries 
of St. Paul Island on July 16 and 17 with rather 
| disastrous consequences to themselves, as five of 
| their men were killed and twelve captured, two 

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